Nonon Private Convos

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[symphonise]

We'll double that number tonight, at least.

[ It's a promise. ]

[frilly]

It's like a real girls' night...!

[ like they have in movies and on tv!! ]

[symphonise]

[ Madoka.... ]

We're both girls, and we're both real?

[ So, like, yes....? is Nonon's tone. ]

[frilly]

... A-ahh, I just mean - usually when I had sleepovers with Sayaka-chan, we didn't do stuff like this.

[symphonise]

Is that your best friend? What did you do with her?

[ If Nonon were to be honest, she doesn't exactly do sleepovers much either, but that's neither here nor there. ]

[frilly]

One of my best friends.

Mostly we just talked and listened to music. A lot of times our sleepovers were because I had babysit my little brother for the night.

[symphonise]

What a responsible older sister. We can do that, too, if you want.

[ Since.... the music ban has been lifted!! For sad reasons, but it's lifted!! ]

What do you think about make up?

[frilly]

That would make me happy, if we could.

[ both because of Sayaka and Chuuya, in this case... ]

I used to watch Mama put makeup on every morning. I would get ready for school while she got ready for work... But I don't know how to wear it, myself.

[symphonise]

We can hit the parlor or the dance studio next.

[ It's strange how accommodating Nonon is to Madoka, but she doesn't want to linger too much on that thought. The point is to take their mind off of things even if there are a few things she wonders about the younger girl. ]

We can paint our nails. [ For that full TV and movies feel. ] I don't wear makeup unless I'm performing on stage, but I could teach you a few things. Just remember that makeup is to express yourself however you want, okay?

[ She just doesn't wear it all the time because she knows she's more than cute without it. ]

[frilly]

I'm okay without makeup - u-unless you really want to wear it! It sounds kind of fun, but... I don't really need to learn how to wear it.

[ Because when all this is over, she's not exactly going back to a normal life. But let's not talk about that. ]

But nail polish sounds really fun! Let's get nail polish to put on in the dance studio.

[symphonise]

[ She looks at Madoka sharply. Nonon is insensitive on purpose. The only way she's good at riling people up is if she can read them. ]

It's not about need. It's about want. What we're doing tonight is about what we want to do. [ She lets that hang for a second before moving on. ] I like that idea. We can paint nails while listening to good music.

[ When they reach the Beauty Salon, she waves Madoka to wherever all the masks are kept. ]

[frilly]

W-well, maybe it could be fun...?

[ She takes this to mean that Nonon wants to get all made up, which she is fine with!!

And of course, follows along easily to pick out a mask. ]

What color do you want to do your nails?

[symphonise]

We'll take about it later.

[ She points to random beauty tools. ]

Make sure to get a brush or little spatula if you're not doing a sheet mask. It'll make it easier for you.

[ Nonon picks a sheet mask to try to rejuvenate life in her skin to combat how life-sucking the trial was. ]

I'm thinking red. Bold and daring. What about you?

[frilly]

[ Madoka hums, and picks a sheet mask too, because that seems the easiest... ]

Umm... [ she looks down at her hands to inspect her nails... one of them already has? a little pink symbol on it?? ]

Pink, probably.

[symphonise]

[ This is the night for taking things easy. Nonon puts on her sheet mask and looks ridiculous.

She peers over when Madoka looks down at her nails. ]

Oh? What's that?

[frilly]

[ Madoka talks while she's putting on her own mask, and for convenience goes ahead and pulls her hair out of pigtails and into a ponytail instead. ]

It's a mark that magical girls get. I never thought about it much before, but I think it's fine to just paint over it.

[symphonise]

[ Nonon finds a comfortable chair to take a seat and waves at Madoka to do the same. ]

If you want to leave it showing, that's fine, too, but I wanted to ask about that. What kind of magical girl are you? Your statue said something about being Law of Cycles?

[ Two weeks here is enough for her to start believing and accepting most things. Probably. ]

[frilly]

[ Honestly Madoka probably should have waited two weeks before just telling people about herself, but she's been pretty open about it from the get-go, oops. ]

Mm. It's kind of a long story, but um... I was a regular magical girl... [ whatever that means ] For a lot of timelines? But now I'm kind of different.

[symphonise]

[ What is two weeks to the Law of Cycles? ]

We have all of tonight or however long until you want to see someone else. [ So tell her that long story if you want.

....

.... Hm. ]

Timelines?

[ What. ]

[frilly]

Well - magical girls become magical girls in exchange for a wish. My best friend wished to be able to repeat time. So... It was a little complicated.

[symphonise]

It sounds a lot complicated. [ Very deadpan. ]

What was your wish?

[frilly]

Homura-chan kept going back to before I made my wish, so there were a lot of them. Wishing to revive a stray cat, or wishing just to be a magical girl - to be useful...

Magical girls fight witches, but magical girls also become witches. That's the cycle. So, my final wish was erase all witches before they're created, with my own hands. S-so, um... I'm the law that sees them off so that they just pass away peacefully, instead.

[symphonise]

[ Nonon's brain isn't really wrapping around the concept of timeloops or time paradoxes very well. It's beyond her comprehension right now. Give her a moment as the cogs turn.

When the understanding comes, her expression darkens. ]

Did you know you'd turn into a witch when you made a wish to become a magical girl?

[ Her voice is clipped. ]

[frilly]

[ ... These days, she understands where Kyuubey was coming from - and why what he was doing was necessary. Why it was 'right' to his race. But at the same time, she still hasn't forgiven his original methods. ]

... Not the first time, no. But... The final time, yes.

[symphonise]

What does that mean for you? When this is all over, what happens to you?

[ Nonon isn't the most intelligent person in any room, but she can connect dots easily enough. ]