Nonon Private Convos

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... Talking about it always gets kind of complicated. But...

[ it's not like she minds, it's just that people usually seem confused. ]

Homura-chan's power was to go back in time, and she was dedicated to trying to protect me. That's what gave me so much potential as a magical girl - hundreds of timelines were connected, all centered around... Me. I was able to make a very powerful wish to rewrite the laws of the universe, but only because of what she did.

[symphonise]

[ If Nonon were a science nerd, she'd liken this to potential energy, but she's not! So Madoka's right in that Nonon doesn't understand it all, but she does get the essence of it. ]

Her love for you made you powerful, but have you considered that you could've given her the strength and the reason to do all that? In friendship, in love, things aren't so one-sided like that. It's a two way street, if you two love each other, and it does sound like you love her.

[ People draw Nonon in Madoka's magical girl outfit all the time, but she's more Homura-kin. ]

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Of course I love her - Homura-chan is my best friend in the world.

[ #friendzonedddd ]

But I didn't always know that. In a lot of timelines I didn't know her at all. I couldn't support her.

1/2

[symphonise]

[ Nonon looks into the camera like she's from the Office. ]

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Just a friend, huh?

[ She doesn't know if she should feel more sorry for Madoka or for Homura here. ]

If you didn't know, you can't help that. What's done is done. What matters more is what you do when you do know.

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[ what do you mean 'just' a friend?? did you not hear the word 'BEST'??? ]

Mmhmm. I did my best to make the most of everything she did for me.

[ also i abandoned her forever but that's. fine. ]

[symphonise]

[ do you know the words, "you're gay"??? and the words "homura is ultra gay for you"??

Nonon is 99% sure Homura is in love with Madoka, and she believes Madoka believes in her feelings of friendship. ]

You made it so she didn't have to keep going back in time, but you're now separated.

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I'm always with Homura-chan.

[ in spirit!!!! ]

And we'll see each other again, someday.

[symphonise]

Do you want to hold her hand?

[ She just. Has to know. ]

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Of course.

I like holding hands with people.

[symphonise]

[ She sighs. It's useless. ]

All right. Tell me about your other friends.

[frilly]

Well... Then there's Sayaka-chan. She was my best friend before Homura-chan... She's still one of my best friends, of course.

She's funny, and brave, and a little bit stubborn, but she always fights for justice...!

[symphonise]

For justice, huh? That's a lofty goal.

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It was a little too lofty, sometimes. But we both thought it was best to let her stay true to herself.

[symphonise]

We both?

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She probably doesn't remember, but we talked about it when I rewrote the laws of the universe.

[symphonise]

[ ... Oh. She thought...

That's sobering. Her voice soft: ]

That's a good conversation to have. If that's what you both wanted, then I'm sure that's what was best.

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Mm.

[ Madoka gives it a moment, but then moves on. ]

Then there's Kyouko-chan. We didn't always get along, but Kyouko-chan made me realize that - sometimes people just need extra time and care, and they can be your friend, too. She's really strong, and much kinder than she seems.

[symphonise]

Oh, there's someone you don't try to get along with at first? I'm curious. What happened?

[ It sounds like a very interesting story. ]

[frilly]

There used to be a lot of competition for... Resources. Between magical girls. So a lot of times they would claim territory for themselves, which meant fighting between each other happened a lot...

The first time we met Kyouko-chan, she wanted to take over the area we were in.

[symphonise]

[ Resources... territory...

Magical girls sure are wild. ]

Hey, Kaname. [ She's so baffled she's not using a dumb nickname. ] Why was the magical girl system from your world so corrupt.

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... Because emotional energy is very strong. So it was a system designed to harvest it.

[ in other words, a system designed for tragedy. ]

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... That's fucked up.

[ There's no way Nonon can sugarcoat that or make it sound pretentious. To prey on the emotions of girls like that is unforgivable. It makes some kind of sense, but that doesn't make it any less unforgivable. ]

I can see why you wanted to fix it.

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There's no perfect solution.

But I did the best I could.

[symphonise]

You did. [ From what Nonon can make sense of it, anyway. ]

Now, let's go the dance studio so we can listen to music, paint our nails, and you can talk about your last friend.