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[witchless.livejournal.com]

[The screen shows Homura smilng softly for a few moments]

... It's nice here. Even with the danger at midnight. 

People can defend themselves without having to contract.

... I like it. And... I'm glad the people from home are here, it's safer.

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[maguskiller.livejournal.com]

'Contract'?

[He was pinged by that word, having come from a time and place where that word was important.]

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[crownedexorcist]

What do you mean by 'contract', Miss Homura?

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[witchless.livejournal.com]

You give up your soul for a wish.

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[witchless.livejournal.com]

At home there's a creature that offers to grant any wish, but at a very steep cost. It takes your soul in exchange.

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[crownedexorcist]

[That got his attention. Particularly the 'soul' part.] Such a contract exist...

[He thinks back to the Millennium Earl and his offer to revive the dead, back when he's just a child.]

What happens to the soul?

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[witchless.livejournal.com]

The soul in made into a gem. When the owner of the soul accumulates enough despair, they become a witch.

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[croibhristeoir]

[PING. Three for three, Homura.]

I'm sorry, did you just say 'contract'?

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[witchless.livejournal.com]

[Has everybody made one at some point? It seems like it...]

... I did.

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[croibhristeoir]

[Short answer: Yes.]

What kind of contract, exactly?

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[witchless.livejournal.com]

A wish in exchange for your soul.

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[crownedexorcist]

That's horrible. [The amount of despair it takes to change someone. The witch Homura speaks of might be different from what he's imagining, but it doesn't change the fact about what happens.]

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[croibhristeoir]

....For what.

[Okay, not as expected.]

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[witchless.livejournal.com]

... There's nothing you could do to reverse it either.

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[witchless.livejournal.com]

Your soul.

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[croibhristeoir]

That's....not quite what I thought I'd hear.

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[witchless.livejournal.com]

What did you think you'd hear?

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[croibhristeoir]

I mean to say that I'm familiar with contracts, but I don't believe souls are usually involved.

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[crownedexorcist]

Nothing at all?

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[witchless.livejournal.com]

We tried various methods, nothing worked.

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[witchless.livejournal.com]

What are the contracts your familiar with like?

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[croibhristeoir]

My understanding is that a magus summons and makes a contract with a familiar, and the only thing lost is a measure of prana on the magus's side.

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[skaldssong.livejournal.com]

A contract? ...What, like in writing?

[She processes the cryptic statement for a moment before coming to a conclusion.] Huh. Guess a Persona doesn't need one of those, then.

...You're right though. Or, I agree. It's pleasant here.

[maguskiller.livejournal.com]

[And there's another one. 'Wish'. Lot of terms he's wary about here.]

You're from a world with magic, then.

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[crownedexorcist]

What do you do when someone...becomes a witch? [He suspects the answer.]

[berry-paunch.livejournal.com]

What kind of contract?