Support 2: Practice makes perfect! [Action] (Backdated to the 24th)

[kugimin]

[So Madoka thinks she's got the gist of this 'Dark Hour' thing, and with others already ahead of her in the leveling game, she needs to start catching up or else they'll always be helping her when she wants to help them.

Which is why you'll probably see her going after small shadows during the Dark Hour tonight. She's being really careful to avoid groups or ones that might run off to stronger shadows, but that means she's spending a lot of energy to pick and choose her targets as she moves through the streets.

After taking out another shadow with what appears to be a curtain rod (it was the first sturdy object she could find and she figured she could use it like a spear), she wipes the sweat from her brow and lets out a sigh...]

Maybe I should have asked someone to power level me, instead... Still, no way I'm going to stay as the weakest of my family around here!

[She emphasizes this point with a clenched fist of determination and looks around for her next target.]

Comments

[assaultedramen]

Well the we gotta get you in shape if you're gonna make it here, don't we?

[kugimin]

[Madoka is still kinda laying there as the adrenaline has left tired and sore.]

You find some form of training that doesn't put my life on the line, and I'll consider it...

[assaultedramen]

If your life isn't on the line then how will you learn?

[kugimin]

[Yeah, Madoka is still kicking back, so she's mostly just talking up to the sky as she rests and answers Miki.]

Yeah yeah, I've seen those type of movies too. But I'm serious, I'd rather work up on the easy stuff instead of just suddenly have to fight a tiger...

[assaultedramen]

Yeah you're probably right. I did get in trouble last time I endangers a bunch of kids.

[kugimin]

Is endangering a bunch of kids what got you thrown into jail in the first place?

[assaultedramen]

K-kind of.

[kugimin]

Yeah, see, that's too extreme if it's illegal...

[assaultedramen]

It wasn't extreme they weren't jumping over pits of lava or anything.

[kugimin]

Well it's probably just a matter of opinion or frame of reference, but you might want to avoid putting a challenge way above someone's ability next time.

[assaultedramen]

Well the challenges isn't what got me in trouble, it was chaining the doors to the school shut.

This face.

[kugimin]

...I guess you probably shouldn't have used public property then, huh?

Re: This face.

[assaultedramen]

Well everyone was in one place. I was able to test them because of it.

[kugimin]

At least you got out though. Maybe learned something?

[assaultedramen]

I did. Do you know what someone can do with a plastic spoon, a lighter, and a pencil?

[kugimin]

...Some damage?

[assaultedramen]

Maybe? The other prisoners wouldn't tell me they just laughed and pretended like they were jabbing each other.

[kugimin]

[For some reason, Madoka feels that answer was oddly anticlimactic, and thus doesn't have a good response to it.]

...I...see...

[assaultedramen]

If you ever end up in prison you can ask them the answer.

[kugimin]

I think I could still live a very happy life without having to ask them for the answer...

[assaultedramen]

Yeah, prison's not very fun.

So, uh, do you want to try and run back to the hotel or just stay here till the dark hour is over?

[kugimin]

[Madoka looks over the side of the building at the shadows still down there...]

I think we might want to at least wait a moment...

Still, if I can get back to the dorms before this thing ends, it'll probably look like I never left them...

[assaultedramen]

Oh yeah, It is a school night. I guess we should get you back quickly then...

[kugimin]

[Madoka goes to look to see if those things are still there.]

Is the Dark Hour almost over? Are the Shadows somewhere else now? Because I don't think hopping to rooftop to rooftop is any safer...

[assaultedramen]

[Nope, too late. Miki is already charging at Madoka, aiming to tackle the girl throw her over her shoulder, then leap to the next roof.]