13th Magic Bullet

[drank_the_milk]

[Well, the milk has worn off and Yuna's basically done cowering in her room and moping.  She still feels bad, but she knows it won't do any good to just keep sitting around feeling sorry for herself.  The first thing to do is apologize to the town, and then try to get on with her life.]

[Phone]

So, um... I wasn't really feeling like myself last week.  I know I did and said some bad things.

...Really bad things.

But I wanted to at least say I'm sorry.  I guess that's about it.

[Action; rec center]

[Yuna's got her basketball uniform from home back now, so that's some small consolation for what the town put her through.  She's got it on at the rec center today as she practices her shots on the basketball court.  It looks like she's trying to give it her all, but she's missing way more shots than usual.  Easy shots that even a beginner wouldn't have much problem with.  It should be pretty clear to anyone even remotely familiar with the sport that there's something on her mind holding her back, but Yuna just keeps on trying anyway.  It's the only way she knows to keep her mind from wandering to bad places right now.]

[Action; 1446 Mitchell Road]

[After several hours of failed basketball practice, Yuna heads for Negi's house.  She clutches her pactio card tightly to her chest, walking up to the house and ringing the doorbell.]

Hello...?  Negi-sensei?  Are you home?

Comments

[gonnamarrydaddy.livejournal.com]

I think dad wanted to keep me safe.

[adropofjupiter.livejournal.com]

...so did mine. Didn't stop me.

[gonnamarrydaddy.livejournal.com]

Well, I was young enough that it worked, I guess.

[adropofjupiter.livejournal.com]

...I suppose so. Did you want to learn more? I could talk to Patchy about teaching you.

[gonnamarrydaddy.livejournal.com]

It's okay, I'm already taking some lessons from Negi-sensei. He's the strongest mage I know!

[adropofjupiter.livejournal.com]

...if I had access to all my magic, I'd be offended by that statement, ze. [It's hard to tell if she's teasing or not]

[gonnamarrydaddy.livejournal.com]

Well, I don't really know what kind of stuff you can do yet.

[adropofjupiter.livejournal.com]

You'll learn, ze. For instance...

[Marisa waves her hand and the entire sky around them erupts with a shower of stars sparkling all around them in different colors. They're harmless, but look cool.]

[gonnamarrydaddy.livejournal.com]

Whoooooooaaaa! It's just like fireworks!

[adropofjupiter.livejournal.com]

And that's childplay, ze. I can cast lasers and all sorts of things.

[gonnamarrydaddy.livejournal.com]

Can you transform into anything?

[adropofjupiter.livejournal.com]

Not with my current magic. I know how to, ze. I just don't really feel the need for such magic.

[gonnamarrydaddy.livejournal.com]

I'd like to see you and Negi-sensei go at it with both of you at full strength sometime! I bet that'd be a pretty good match!

[adropofjupiter.livejournal.com]

...I'd rather not, ze. I don't want to end up killing him.

[gonnamarrydaddy.livejournal.com]

I dunno, I've seen him fight. I'm not sure if anything could kill Sensei if he was using his full power.

[adropofjupiter.livejournal.com]

The same kinda applies to me. Anyways, let's not talk about that.

We had a deal, ze. So what's going on?

[gonnamarrydaddy.livejournal.com]

Aww, man, I was hoping you'd forgotten about that.

[adropofjupiter.livejournal.com]

Nope. Spill.

[gonnamarrydaddy.livejournal.com]

Well, uh... you remember that milk thing that just happened, right?

[adropofjupiter.livejournal.com]

Yeah. It sucked. [And she rubs at her throat absently.]

[gonnamarrydaddy.livejournal.com]

I drank some bad milk, and did some bad stuff.

[adropofjupiter.livejournal.com]

That doesn't make them your fault, ze.

[gonnamarrydaddy.livejournal.com]

That's what everyone keeps saying, but I still feel bad about it. I mean... I killed two people!

[adropofjupiter.livejournal.com]

Were they drones?

[gonnamarrydaddy.livejournal.com]

[There's a bit of a prolonged, pained silence here.]

...No.