MagiReco Mirrors story TL (part 27~36)

Layer 27: "An Agreement of Intuition" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_gn9Iwe2H0

Konoha (voiceover): After Hazuki told me about how she let word of Endless Mirrors slip to Leila's group...
                    I contacted someone and asked if we could discuss things in person.
Konoha (voiceover): That someone being Yachiyo Nanami...

Yachiyo: ...It seems it's been a while since we last met.
Konoha: Long time no see.
Yachiyo: Are the other two still doing alright?
Konoha: Yes, they're doing just fine.
Yachiyo: I see...
Konoha: .......
Yachiyo: .......
Yachiyo: ...So, what did you want to talk about regarding Mitama?
Konoha: It's about how she went missing.
Yachiyo: Yes, I've heard.
Yachiyo: Honestly, where could she have gone off to...?
Konoha: We've actually been searching for her too.
Yachiyo: Ah, really?
Konoha: If she's nowhere to be found, all the Magical Girls in Kamihama will be in trouble.
Konoha: Right?
Yachiyo: ...I suppose that's true.
Yachiyo: ...Her various eccentricities aside...
Konoha: And so, there's a few things we've managed to find out so far.
Yachiyo: A few things...?
Konoha: I thought it best to share that information with you.
Yachiyo: Why's that?
Konoha: We've run into another issue as a result of all this...
Yachiyo: That being?

(...)

Yachiyo: So those three girls...
Konoha: They might've gone into Endless Mirrors.
Konoha: We can take care of searching for them ourselves, though...
Konoha: So I'd like to request your cooperation in searching for Mitama.
Yachiyo: Why Mitama? Wouldn't finding the three of them be more pressing...?
Konoha: ...I feel like something's been *building up*.
Yachiyo: Building up?
Konoha: Yes. Something stagnant. That's why things are flowing in a bad direction...
Konoha: One bad thing leading to another, like dominoes...
Yachiyo: ...Is that just your intuition talking?
Konoha: ...Yes.
Konoha: I know there's no basis for any of it. But I can't shake this ominous feeling...
Konoha: So I want us to deal with this in parallel, rather than just addressing the most obvious problem.
Yachiyo: And that'll let us resolve all of this much quicker, then.
Konoha: Right.
Yachiyo: ...All right.
Konoha: I understand that it's somewhat of a selfish request, but since I imagine you have a stake in this too...
Yachiyo: ...One of my housemates feels the same.
Konoha: Huh?
Yachiyo: One of my housemates has a strong intuition about this as well.
Konoha: Your housemate...?

~~~
Yachiyo: You think the Mirror Witch's mansion is suspicious, Tamaki-san...?
Iroha: Maybe I'm just overthinking it, but... I have this sort of hunch...
~~~

Yachiyo: We've had some strange experiences of our own around that mansion.
Yachiyo: I've been looking into it alongside Mitama's case.
Konoha: Then...!
Yachiyo: Let's work together on it. It'll be a big help to us, too.
Konoha: ...Thank goodness...
Yachiyo: So, what's the information you wanted to share?
Konoha: Right. I'll explain.
Konoha: We've been looking into the places Mitama-san frequented before she went missing.
Yachiyo: Beforehand...
Konoha: After all, if it was around the same time, there could be a connection.
Konoha: And so, we found a particular place that Mitama-san had visited several times.
Konoha: Two of the girls we've lost contact with happen to live relatively close by there.
Konoha: So we requested their cooperation as well...
Konoha: But they weren't able to locate her, in the end.
Yachiyo: Could that just mean that your guess was incorrect?
Konoha: Maybe, but out of all the information we received, that was the only place with multiple eyewitness reports of her.
Konoha: I can't help but feel like this particular possibility is strong...
Yachiyo: ...Intuition again?
Konoha: Not enough evidence, I take it?
Yachiyo: I wouldn't say that. I'm putting my money on a hunch too, after all.
Yachiyo: So what's the location...?
Konoha: A section of Daitou Ward called Nishimachi.
Yachiyo: Nishimachi? The place they call...?
Konoha: Yes...

Konoha (voiceover): "Swindlers' Town." (まやかし町, lit. 'deception/falsehood town')

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Layer 28: "Footsteps To Follow" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2mFwujDhTE

Yachiyo: So what's the location...?
Konoha: A section of Daitou Ward called Nishimachi.
Yachiyo: Nishimachi? The place they call...?
Konoha: Yes...

Konoha (voiceover): "Swindler's Town."

Yachiyo: A fairly busy part of town... and a fairly dangerous one, too.
Yachiyo: It was even on the news lately, right? That case with the bad injuries?
Konoha: I wouldn't say they happen 24/7...
Konoha: But incidents like that happen fairly frequently there, yes.
Yachiyo: Why would Mitama go there...?
Konoha: I have no idea.
Konoha: But it seemed like she was looking into something. Maybe even looking *for* something...?
Yachiyo: I see...
Konoha: Do you think that it's a lead worth following?
Yachiyo: .......
Yachiyo: ...Yes. I'll accept the job.
Konoha: Thank you.
Yachiyo: So, what will you three be doing?
Konoha: Going back into Endless Mirrors.
Yachiyo: ...Be careful in there.
Konoha: Naturally.
Konoha: We'll share everything we find out there with you.
Yachiyo: Thank you in advance.
Konoha: .......
Konoha: ...Really, thank you for your support.
Yachiyo: I'm actually kind of surprised.
Konoha: By what?
Yachiyo: You're not usually this straightforward.
Konoha: ...Hmph.
Konoha: It just doesn't come across to some people, that's all...!
Konoha: Well, best of luck.

Yachiyo: *chuckle*
Yachiyo: (She's changed too, hasn't she...?)
Yachiyo: Now then.
[Phone ringing]
Yachiyo: ...Hello? It's been a while.
Yachiyo: ...Have you heard about Mitama? I see. ...Yeah.
Yachiyo: Well, I've received some information on where she was sighted before disappearing.
Yachiyo: In Nishimachi, Daitou Ward. ...Yes. Swindlers' Town...
Yachiyo: I'm not familiar with the area, so I'd like to ask you some things.
Yachiyo: Do you think we could meet in person?

???: M-me?! Are you sure?!
???: ...Okay, got it!

Himika: Ask me anything you want!

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Layer 29: "Illusion and Coincidence" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbx6npX8XDI

Nanaka: So, we're in Endless Mirrors. Is it any different from last time...?
Meiyui: ...What's this, all of a sudden?
Meiyui: It's basically the same.
Meiyui: The witch still stubbornly refuses to move, and still shows no sign of attacking people.
Nanaka: I see.
Meiyui: Do you feel anything amiss?
Nanaka: ...Yes, considerably so.
Nanaka: Do you think that there can be several copies of the same soul?
Meiyui: An even more sudden question...
Meiyui: If you'd like to ask pointless riddles, I suggest doing it another time.
Nanaka: No, it's very important.
Meiyui: .......
Meiyui: I suppose it could be possible if you cloned someone.
Nanaka: So even souls can be replicated?
Meiyui: What are you trying to say? I'm not fond of tedium like this.
Nanaka: I felt something. The presence of an enemy who means me harm...
Nanaka: But it was two of the exact same presence at once.
Meiyui: ...I'm still not sure what you mean.

(...)

Nanaka: The more floors we descend, the stronger the impurities become...
Meiyui: You could say it's increasing in proportion to the size of the mansion.
Meiyui: ...?!
Meiyui: ...Don't tell me. Is this what you meant?
Meiyui: Are you trying to say that there's several copies of Mirrors?
Nanaka: Indeed.
Nanaka: It's hardly noticeable most of the time, but that's exactly how sinister this feels.
Nanaka: If I were so inclined, I might even say that the fact of us being the only two team members on patrol today...
Nanaka: ...was deliberately brought about by some sort of negative twist of fate.
Meiyui: It was just a coincidence that Kako had to take care of something back home...
Meiyui: And it was a coincidence that we couldn't get ahold of Akira because of her dojo training, either.
Nanaka: Is that really so...?

Kako: Oh, thank goodness! We found them, Akira-san.
Akira: You're right! YO, HEY!

Nanaka: Oh, Kako-san and Akira-san.
Nanaka: I thought today wasn't going to work out for either of you?
Akira: Nah, it's all good.
Kako: Things were suddenly cancelled on my end as well, so we came as fast as we could.
Nanaka: Well, you could have notified us of your arrival somewhat sooner.
Nanaka: Don't you think so, Meiyui-san?
Meiyui: Quite.
Meiyui: ...Did they not need that red flower after all?
Kako: Yes, it was all cancelled.
Meiyui: Then I suppose that flower will be mine for the taking.
Kako: Huh?
Meiyui: Hii-YAH!
[slashing noise]
Kako: Aaagh!
Akira: Meiyui?!
Akira: Don't tell me you're a Mirrors clone...!
Nanaka: I believe that particular scent is coming from *you*, Akira-san.
Not-Akira: ...?!
Nanaka: You familiars...
Nanaka: Don't you ever dare impersonate those two again...!
[slashing noise]
Not-Akira: Gah... aaugh..!
[Not-Akira collapses.]
Nanaka: Those copies certainly were easy to discern.
Meiyui: They couldn't completely hide the signature they gave off as familiars...
Meiyui: I suppose that's just how far they'd matured already.
Nanaka: Exactly...
Meiyui: .......
        Clones...

[The background changes to a traditional house interior (same as Nanaka's house following a BG update).]

Meiyui: ---?!
Nanaka: ---?!
Meiyui: Where is this?!
Nanaka: We should still be in Mirrors.
Nanaka: But this is...
Meiyui: You know this place?!
Nanaka: It's my house...!

???: "If anyone starts makin' noise, shut 'em up! If you find any valuables, bring 'em over here!"
???: "A'ight, I'll cover over here!"
???: "Tie them up before they can scream!"

Nanaka: What am I being shown...? Just who are these people...?!
Meiyui: .......
Nanaka: ...You're familiar with them.
Meiyui: It's my family...
Meiyui: They were all supposed to have gone clean.
Meiyui: Stop this right NOW!
Meiyui: What do you think we all worked so hard for?!
Nanaka: Meiyui-san, stay calm!
Nanaka: This is just...
Nanaka: This is just some kind of illusion...!

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Layer 30: "The Trail She Left" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYJx_3_UPKs

~~~
Nanaka: Greetings.
Nanaka: Thank you for the introduction, Kako-san. It is I...
Nanaka: Nanaka Tokiwa~!

Leila: Nanaka Tokiwa...? I feel like I've met her somewhere...
Mito: Oh! We met her at the apartments!
Seika: Yeah... and, um... you were on her team too, right...?
Kako: Yes. It's a pleasure to meet you again.
Nanaka: May I have a small moment of your time?

(...)

Mito: So you're here to search for an enemy you sensed with your ability?
Nanaka: Yes, precisely.
Seika: But you sensed that same enemy... in two places at once?
Seika: That's... not possible, right?
Kako: It was difficult for me to believe it too, at first.
Seika: Did something convince you otherwise?
Kako: Yes.
Leila: We can't exactly split ourselves in two...
Nanaka: But I'm sure we're all familiar with something that can produce copies of itself.
Leila: What's that?
Mito: Oh, I know...!
Seika: Tell us, Mito!
Mito: A witch, right?
Nanaka: Correct! Very well done.
Nanaka: My ability signalled that there were two witches with the same characteristics.
Nanaka: I'm not entirely sure what that means...
Nanaka: But I can say one thing with certainty.
Seika: If it's reacting to a witch that poses a threat to us...
Leila: Then we need to defeat both?
Nanaka: Yes.

Nanaka (voiceover): "These are the two locations where I sensed the witch."
Nanaka (voiceover): "The first was here: the Mirror Mansion."
Nanaka (voiceover): "The second was the so-called Swindlers' Town in Daitou."
Nanaka (voiceover): "Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with the geography of Daitou.
                     But I'm sure the three of you are familiar with that location, no?"
Nanaka (voiceover): "So I'd like to pass the torch to you, now.
                     Please leave Endless Mirrors to us, and do whatever you can to investigate Swindlers' Town..."
~~~

Seika: *Pant, pant*...
Leila: This is... *pant*, the opposite direction... but are you sure...?!
Mito: *Pant*... whew. Yeah...!
Mito: It seems like the Coordinator was searching for something in Daitou...
Mito: So there might be something in her shop!

(...)

Mito: Coordinatoooor!

.......

Seika: She's not here.
Leila: Yeah... it's totally quiet.
Seika: ...No particular signs of a struggle.
Leila: Everything in the shop is where it's supposed to be. ...I'm gonna take a peek in the back.
Seika: Got it.
Mito: She didn't guard the place very well, though.
Seika: Or rather... it's like she just left one day, and didn't come back.
Seika: Which is why everything's left out...
Mito: Kinda like a horror movie.
Seika: Stop it, Mito...!
Leila (offscreen): UWAAAAH!
Seika: KYAH!
Leila: Guys, come see this!
Seika: Geeze, don't scare me like that...
Leila: S-sorry. But you'll understand in a sec!

(...)

Seika: These are...
Seika: These things scattered all over. They're... those coins you find in Mirrors?
Mito: That wasn't it...
Seika: Huh? They're totally Mirrors coins.
Mito: No, not those! The Coordinator!
Mito: This is just a theory, but I don't think she "just left" one day.
Mito: She left after making a bunch of preparations back here, but couldn't come back.
Leila: Does that mean these coins are important for whatever it was?
Mito: Yeah-- probably.
Leila: We should take them with us, then.
Leila: Let's stuff a bag with as many as we can carry, for when we find her!
Mito: Yeah! And if she gets mad at us, we'll just deal with it then~!

(...)

Seika: All right, we're almost to Swindlers' Town...!
Leila: Wait!
Mito: What now?! We've gotta hurry!
Leila: No, I mean... do you guys feel, like, any weird magic?
Seika: .......
Mito: .......
      Yeah, I think so.
Leila: I think it's coming from the three of us.
Seika: ...It's got to be the coins.

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Layer 31: "Break Through the Mirror of Memory" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk7YpN26-iE

~~~
Konoha: But if we feel anything even the least bit amiss, we'll get straight out of here.
Konoha: Agreed?
Hazuki: Agreed! Thank you...!
Ayame: All riiight! I'm gonna try real hard to look this time!
~~~

Konoha (voiceover): But we couldn't possibly get out of there.
Konoha (voiceover): We descended as far as we could, and in the place we reached in the end...
Konoha (voiceover): We could feel a mass of magic, so concentrated it seemed to be melting, pressing in on us like heat.
Konoha (voiceover): By the time we sensed the danger, we were already...

[Azalea House exterior BG]

Ayame: Konoha! Hazuki!
Ayame: Our house...! The Azalea House we protected together!

???: Come along now, everyone.
Kids(?): .......
         .......
???: Just let the nice people buy you, okay?
???: They'll be sure to treat you far nicer than you ever could be here...!

Ayame: Everyone's hands are tied up...!
Hazuki: Ayame, stay calm and think. We've been inside Mirrors this whole time...
Konoha: Right. This is an illusion... though I'm not sure what's causing it.
Ayame: But...

???: We found a bunch of stragglers over here!
???: Those are valuable goods! Bring them this way, quickly!
Director(?): S-stop! Let them go...!

Ayame: Miss Director...

???: Out of the way, you old bag!
Director(?): Gah...!
Ayame: What do you think you're DOING, you jerk?!
[slashing noise]
???: Grgh...!
[The man turns into a Mirrors familiar.]
Ayame: ---?!
Ayame: This is...
Konoha: Why are those copy-making familiars here?!
Hazuki: I-I don't know... They're only supposed to show up in the back areas...!
Konoha: That settles it, though.
Ayame: I am NEVER gonna forgive these familiars!
Hazuki: Agreed...!

[More familiars appear; the screen shakes]
Hazuki: Wha...?!
Familiar: [gibberish]!!
Kid(?): Noooo!
Kid(?): Stay back! Stay back...!
Familiar: [gibberish]!!
Kid(?): Aaaagh!
Hazuki: They're not even looking at us...
Ayame: Stop it...! They haven't even done anything...
Konoha: Ayame...
Konoha: ...
Konoha: Were these things intending to break our hearts from the moment we arrived...?
Ayame: Aaaaahh...
Hazuki: Look at Ayame! We've got to do something...!
Konoha: There's no end to Mirrors familiars, no matter how many you kill.
Konoha: We've got to get out of here...

"------"

"----!!"

Hazuki: Did you hear someone just now...?
Konoha: It's faint, but I'm picking up a magic signature!
Konoha: A Magical Girl...
Hazuki: Let's go!
Hazuki: Ayame, stand up...!
Ayame: ...'mhm.
Konoha: The voices are coming from over here...!

"----!!"

Hazuki: I can't see anyone...
Konoha: But there's someone there! Let's try to respond!
Hazuki: HEEEEEY!
???: -----!!
Hazuki: There's someone over here...!
Konoha: Try reaching out!
Hazuki: Yeah.
Hazuki: .......
Hazuki: I can touch something?!
[Suddenly, Nanaka!]
Hazuki: ---?!

[The BG returns to the Mirrors interior.]

Hazuki: Nanaka Tokiwa...
Nanaka: You're Hazuki Yusa.
Ayame: But... we were at Azalea House...
Meiyui: It seems we were both being shown an illusion.
Nanaka: Indeed.
Hazuki: Looks like that little coincidence saved both of us.
Nanaka: Yes... the two illusions interfered with each other, and collapsed.
Konoha: That nightmare would've eaten us alive if we let it...
Meiyui: Those dreams were like a curse to each of our groups.
Meiyui: Of course, the fact that we were saved is all well and good...
Meiyui: But what exactly are we looking at now?
Hazuki: I was just wondering about that same thing.
Ayame: Have we found the witch?!
Konoha: I don't think this door leads to the core where the witch is.
Ayame: Where's it go, then?
Nanaka: Where, indeed...?

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Layer 32: "Where the Coins Point" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVMlHVDBJtY

Yachiyo: ...Hello? It's been a while.
Yachiyo: ...Have you heard about Mitama? I see. ...Yeah.
Yachiyo: Well, I've received some information on where she was sighted before disappearing.
Yachiyo: In Nishimachi, Daitou Ward. ...Yes. Swindlers' Town...
Yachiyo: I'm not familiar with the area, so I'd like to ask you some things.
Yachiyo: Do you think we could meet in person?

(...)

Himika: This was such a surprise!
Himika: I never expected Yachiyo-san to call me, of all people!
Yachiyo: There's not many people I could ask to show me around.
Yachiyo: This "Swindlers' Town" place, though...
Yachiyo: This might not be the best way to say it, but it's quite unsettling.
Himika: Yeah. Even people from Daitou don't come here all that often...
[*sparkle*]
Himika: Ooh, spare change!
Yachiyo: Hey, now.
Himika: Those who mock a single cent shall soon cry over a single cent!
        That's the Mao family motto.
Himika: ...Wait, huh?
Yachiyo: Mm?
Himika: This is one of those coins from Mirrors.
Yachiyo: You're right.

*Thunk*

Yachiyo: Ack!
Mito: D'oh, sorry!
Leila: C'mon, Mito, you can't get distracted while you're walking.
Leila: You've gotta look where you're going...
Seika: Um, we're very sorry.
Yachiyo: You three...
Mito: Hey, it's Yachiyo-san!
Yachiyo: What are you doing here, of all places?
Mito: Oh, well, we were just picking these up while we walked.
Yachiyo: .......
         Mirrors coins?
Leila: Mito, that's not quite...
Leila: Um, we've been searching for Mitama-san.
Yachiyo: ---?!
Leila: It seems like she left her shop with a lot of coins on hand...
Leila: And when we came here, we found a ton of those coins lying on the ground.
Seika: So we've been collecting them...
Mito: I guess we've followed the trail in a full circle by now.
Seika: Yeah...
Yachiyo: Coins she took with her... a full circle?
Himika: Does that bring anything in particular to mind?
Yachiyo: This is just my best guess...
Yachiyo: But there's a strong chance that Mitama put those coins there for a reason.
Leila: Huh?!
Seika: So, um... should we have left them alone, then...?
Yachiyo: I'm afraid that might be so.
Seika: Oh no... what now?!
Yachiyo: There's probably not enough time to put them all back.
Yachiyo: If she was forming a circle with them, that circle was likely meant to surround something.
Yachiyo: Can anyone tell us what would be in the center of it?
Himika: Allow me! I'll draw a map on the asphalt here...
Mito: Why not use our phones' maps instead? They're portable and all.
Himika: Guh...!
Himika: To think I'd be reminded of our income gap here...

Yachiyo (voiceover): Just as Ibuki-san's group said, the coins had been arranged in a single circle...
Yachiyo (voiceover): As if to enclose a particular part of Swindlers' Town.
Yachiyo (voiceover): It almost seemed like a cage to keep something trapped inside.
Yachiyo (voiceover): At the center was a single apartment building, and an abandoned factory...

(...)

Mitama: *Sigh*...
Yachiyo: There she is...
Yachiyo: Mitama!
Mitama: ---?! Yachiyo-san...?!
Yachiyo: Mitama, thank goodness... you were here after all.
Mitama: I thought I was going to run out of magic and just wither away here...
Yachiyo: Yes, you've consumed a terrible amount.
Mitama: I've been stuck here for sooo long...
Yachiyo: Does anybody have any Grief Seeds on hand...?
Leila: Not us...
Seika: Yeah.
Himika: I've got one!
Yachiyo: Could we use it? We'll pay you back double later.
Himika: Oh, don't worry about it.
Himika: The Coordinator's done me more than enough favors already!
Yachiyo: Thank you.
[shoop!]
Mitama: Phew...
Yachiyo: What have you been doing here?
Mitama: Yachiyo-san...

Mitama (voiceover): "Mirrors has started to move."

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Layer 33: "A Several-Day Barricade" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txOtW8Ukp2E

Yachiyo: What have you been doing here?
Mitama: Yachiyo-san...
Mitama: Mirrors has started to move.
Yachiyo: .......
         Move?
Mitama: You see, one of the Mirror Witch's familiars reached maturity in this area.
Mitama: We can't leave a new Mirror Witch's Labyrinth unattended...
Mitama: So as soon as I realized what happened, I tried to inform everyone.
Mitama: But the original witch's signature suddenly got larger...
Mitama: I had to go and head it off right away.
Yachiyo: Its signature got larger-- does that mean it was moving this way?
Mitama: Most likely, yes.
Himika: So the Coordinator's been here, holding it back, this entire time?!
Seika: Huh...?
Seika: But Endless Mirrors was still over in the mirror mansion just a while ago...
Leila: Yeah.
Leila: But the Coordinator thought the Mirror Witch was moving closer...
Mito: How's that supposed to work?
Mitama: I'm not sure of that myself, either.
Mitama: But I'm sure I felt the Mirror Witch's magic signature gettting stronger.
Mitama: And if it found out about Swindlers' Town thanks to the new witch it birthed...
Mitama: I feel like I understand why it would come this way.
Yachiyo: .......
Yachiyo: As far as the Endless Mirrors that Ibuki-san's group mentioned is concerned...
Yachiyo: It makes sense if you think of it as 'the Labyrinth growing large enough to reach Daitou'.
Yachiyo: Though that's hardly a comforting thought.
         Were you not able to call for help...?
Mitama: I mean...
Mitama: It's near my home town, so I thought I could just go out here on short notice...
Mitama: And there's hardly any girls who come near Swindlers' Road, either.
Himika: Yeah. Even the local Magical Girls don't come here very often...
Mitama: On top of that, I did manage to make a barrier with Mirrors coins to pen it in...
Mitama: But I had to constantly stay nearby in order to maintain it.
Leila: Mirrors coins...?
Seika: Pen it in...?
Mito: Uh, guys? We picked all those coins up!
Mitama: Are you serious?!
Leila: W-w-w-we're sorry! Was that a bad thing?!
Himika: So *that's* what it was...!
Mitama: Those coins are the cores from the copies made in Endless Mirrors.
Mitama: So by lining a large number of them up...
Mitama: I was able to trick the witch into thinking that its allies were forming a wall outside.
Mitama: If the coins were removed... the effect should be starting to wear off right about now.
Mitama: Do you think there'll be enough time to pen it in again...?
Yachiyo: We'll still need someone to constantly maintain that barrier.
Yachiyo: Are we supposed to just do the same thing if another familiar matures elsewhere?
Himika: What else can we do, then...?
Yachiyo: Well, we now have plenty of Magical Girls who can fight, unlike Mitama.
Mito: Aha! If we all work together, we might be able to beat it!
Yachiyo: Exactly. If we act fast, we ought to be able to deal with a weak hatchling!

[At the Labyrinth entrance.]

Mitama: I'll be going in with you.
Yachiyo: Adding another person for us to protect doesn't sound like a good idea to me...
Mitama: I feel like I can find a chance for us to defeat the witch, though.
Mitama: So let me go with you this time.
Yachiyo: All right.
Himika: Okay, everyone! Let's join forces...
Mito: And go beat this baby Mirror Witch!
Seika: This isn't the time to be having fun with it...
Leila: But when you think about it, we're the first Magical Girls to actually see the Mirror Witch.
Mito: That's so exciting!
Leila: Yeah, a little.

[shooooooop!]

Meiyui: W-who's there?!
Nanaka: More familiars?!
        ...No, they don't seem like it.
Yachiyo: Tokiwa-san...!

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Layer 34: "Linked Mirrors" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PU84lkzsRFU

Meiyui: W-who's there?!
Nanaka: More familiars?!
        ...No, they don't seem like it.
Yachiyo: Tokiwa-san...!
Yachiyo: How did all of you get into this Labyrinth?
Mito: W-wait! This is weird!
Mito: Y'see, the three of us...

~~~
Nanaka (voiceover): "These are the two locations where I sensed the witch."
Nanaka (voiceover): "The first was here: the Mirror Mansion."
Nanaka (voiceover): "The second was the so-called Swindlers' Town in Daitou."
Nanaka (voiceover): "Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with the geography of Daitou.
                     But I'm sure the three of you are familiar with that location, no?"
Nanaka (voiceover): "So I'd like to pass the torch to you, now.
                     Please leave Endless Mirrors to us, and do whatever you can to investigate Swindlers' Town..."
~~~

Yachiyo: So you all came to this Labyrinth from the Mirror Mansion?
Ayame: Yeah!
Ayame: Something was showin' us these awful dreams...
Ayame: It was the WORST!
Konoha: Hazuki and I were also involved.
Konoha: Honestly, if we hadn't heard Nanaka-san's voice, we would've been in deep trouble...
Seika: Her voice...?
Nanaka: Yes. The two of us were also being shown a similar illusion.
Meiyui: But when we reached out to the voice we heard, it vanished.
Meiyui: After that, nothing's made much sense.
Meiyui: The door we found within the Labyrinth turned out to be a dead end...
Meiyui: And as we were all searching for another route...
Meiyui: The path suddenly opened up, and we met all of you.
Mitama: Right around when my barricade of Mirrors coins broke down...
Mitama: The original witch most likely noticed, and began moving again.
Himika: So the Labyrinths suddenly connected, and you popped out here in Daitou...
Himika: Does that mean you basically teleported?!
Seika: I-is something like that even possible...?
Leila: Well, they did arrive here from Endless Mirrors.
Hazuki: It may have just been an illusion, but we saw outside scenery inside of Mirrors for the first time...
Hazuki: If the Mirrors familiars aren't just copying our appearances and abilities...
Hazuki: But even our memories as well...
Hazuki: Then they could obtain just about any information there is.
Nanaka: That's a very likely possibility.
Hazuki: It's just a theory.
Hazuki: But if they linked two real-world regions together, using that power to show us lies in the form of illusions...
Hazuki: And that was reflected back on reality...?
Nanaka: Do you mean to say that the two regions would *actually* become linked?!
Yachiyo: That's ridiculous...!
Meiyui: Tell a lie enough times, and it can become true.
Ayame: Huh...?
Ayame: D'you mean you can even make lies into reality...?
Yachiyo: It's too much of a leap. We have no evidence with which to solidify that theory.
Yachiyo: All we can be sure of right now is the fact that Mirrors can show us illusions...
Yachiyo: ...And the possibility that our memories are being copied as well.
Yachiyo: And how right now, in reality, the Labyrinths have been connected regardless of physical distance.
Yachiyo: Labyrinths are already separate spaces that exist parallel to our world.
Yachiyo: It's not particularly surprising that two of them became connected to each other.
Yachiyo: Really, what's frightening right now is *their ability to interfere with other spaces*.
Yachiyo: The Mirror Witch could just keep running and running, without us ever catching it...
Nanaka: Even if it doesn't attack people, we certainly can't leave things in this state.
Seika: Right...
Seika: If it keeps on maturing, it'll eventually be too late...!
Mito: We've gotta take it down together!
Leila: Yeah-- at least this ex-familiar Mirror Witch, if nothing else.
Mitama: .......
Yachiyo: Mitama?
Mitama: If the Mirror Witch is headed for Swindlers' Town...
Mitama: Then I think there's at least one civilian who'll die as a result.

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Layer 35: "Breaking the Mirror" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gu3dGTszNc

Mitama: .......
Yachiyo: Mitama?
Mitama: If the Mirror Witch is headed for Swindlers' Town...
Mitama: Then I think there's at least one civilian who'll die as a result.
Yachiyo: A witch's nature is to attack people, after all...
Yachiyo: But what do you mean "at least one?" Are you thinking of a specific person...?
Mitama: Yes, I am. ...But it's no more than speculation on my part.
Meiyui: We can talk about the details later.
Meiyui: Our main issue right now is how to deal with this pesky witch.
Leila: The witch that's not at the Mirror Mansion is still young, right?
Seika: Yeah... So maybe we could manage to actually find it?
Nanaka: That being said, we're still within the same bizarrely complex mirror Labyrinth...
Nanaka: If we start wandering around aimlessly, it's likely to be a waste of time in the end.
Yachiyo: And it'll only be more trouble if the witch moves again in the meantime.
Himika: But if that's all true, then our only hope is to kill it in one shot...!
Himika: Some sort of big BOOM, to take out the whole Labyrinth with it!
Ayame: I don't have any sorta big bombs like that...
Hazuki: Yeah. A bomb big enough to take out a witch is hard to imagine in the first place.
Konoha: It might be possible if you imbued something with magic...
Mito: Hrmmm...
Seika: Mito?
Mito: A big, Labyrinth-sized boom...
Mito: Imbuing something with magic...

~~~
Mitama: On top of that, I did manage to make a barrier with Mirrors coins to pen it in...
Mitama: But I had to constantly stay nearby in order to maintain it.
Leila: Mirrors coins...?
Seika: Pen it in...?
Mito: Uh, guys? We picked all those coins up!
~~~

Mito: The Mirrors coins! D'you think we could use these?!
Mitama: Well, they *are* filled with magic already.
Mitama: So I could Adjust them and force them to self-destruct...
Mitama: But the coins you picked up won't be nearly enough.
Leila: Oh, actually...

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Leila: Does that mean these coins are important for whatever it was?
Mito: Yeah-- probably.
Leila: We should take them with us, then.
Leila: Let's stuff a bag with as many as we can carry, for when we find her!
~~~

Leila: We have a whole bunch of them with us!
Seika: Yeah! We took as many as we could carry...!

*Jangle, jangle, jangle.*

Mitama: ---?!
Mitama: Oh my goodness...
Yachiyo: Mitama, what would happen to the Labyrinth if we used this many?
Himika: Could we blast it straight off the map?!
Mitama: I can't be sure.
Mitama: But if we factor in that it's a freshly-hatched witch...
Mitama: We might have at least some chance.
Leila: WOAH! So we were right to bring these along!
Mito: Yep! It turned out just like Leila said!
[The screen darkens.]
Konoha: The Labyrinth is moving.
Hazuki: We might not have much time!
Konoha: Let's just try it before the situation gets worse. It's all or nothing.
Ayame: You're a real gambler, Konoha!
Konoha: I mean, we don't have time to sit around arguing, right?
Yachiyo: By the way, Mitama.
Yachiyo: When you tamper with the coins' magic to detonate them...
Yachiyo: Could we get caught in the blast?
Mitama: Well, I've never done this before, so I can't say.
Meiyui: I hardly expected that we'd be gambling with our own lives...
Nanaka: I imagine we should sprint for the exit as soon as we're done setting things up, then?
Mitama: Yes.
Mitama: I'll dump as many coins as I can in one place, get some distance from them...
Mitama: And then throw a Mirrors coin that I've Adjusted to be unstable into the pile.
Mitama: That'll trigger the explosion.
Mitama: Meanwhile, you all have to run.
Yachiyo: --All right! We have a plan, so let's make it happen! There's no time to waste!
Yachiyo: Mitama!
Mitama: Right!
Mitama: I'm the only one who can do this, so everyone else should get away first!
Mito: Do your best, Mitama-san!
Ayame: We should get goin', too!
Meiyui: Wishing you the best.
Yachiyo: .......
Mitama: Come on, Yachiyo-san. You should go with the others.
Yachiyo: You can't fight, so I imagine you'll be slower to retreat.
Yachiyo: In the worst-case scenario, I'll escort you out.
Mitama: ...Thank you.

[Screen flashes, fades to white.]

(...)

Himika: The Labyrinth is still standing...
Hazuki: Neither Yachiyo-san nor Mitama-san has come back yet...
Ayame: Does that mean they messed up...?
Konoha: In the first place, we wouldn't be able to tell whether they failed to trigger the explosion...
Nanaka: Or whether they got caught in the blast without destroying the Labyrinth...
[Another flash; the Labyrinth vanishes.]
Nanaka: ---?!
Yachiyo: *Pant, pant*... Whew...
Mitama: T-thank you...
Mitama: I managed to get out of there... thanks to you, Yachiyo-san.
Yachiyo: You're quite welcome.

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Layer 36: "Eternity and Destruction ~Endless Finale~" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N9t8hbjoCA

Yachiyo: Are you doing any better?
Mitama: Yes. My magic's all topped up, and I'm feeling juuust fine.
Mitama: Honestly, when I was holding the witch back by myself...
Mitama: I thought I might've just *died* out there!
Yachiyo: That's just how severe the situation was, I'd say.
Mitama: How are all the other girls doing?
Yachiyo: They've gone home for the day.
Yachiyo: They still have a lot of questions, of course, but they can wait for another time.
Mitama: I see.
Yachiyo: Feel free to tell us what you know about Endless Mirrors some time.

Mitama: .......
Mitama: There's something that I think.
Yachiyo (offscreen): Mitama?
Mitama: I think that Endless Mirrors is trying to make friends for itself in an imaginary house...
Mitama: So that it can play with a pretend family.
Yachiyo: .......
Yachiyo: ...Would you happen to have any tea?
Mitama: Yes. I'll put the kettle on...
Yachiyo: I'll hear your theory once we've sat down.

(...)

Yachiyo: So with all this about 'playing house', and about a specific person dying...
Yachiyo: What exactly do you know?
Mitama: It's all just speculation...
Mitama: But I believe that Endless Mirrors used to be a Magical Girl from Daitou.
Yachiyo: From Daitou...?
Mitama: Yes.
Mitama: A girl named Mikoto Sena... Though I never met her in person.
Yachiyo: But I imagine you still have a reason to believe it was her.
Mitama: Yes...

Mitama (voiceover): It started when I became a Coordinator, and learned about witch transformation.
Mitama (voiceover): While I was looking into Magical Girls who'd gone missing in Kamihama,
                    I heard the name "Mikoto Sena" from Kanagi, and began investigating her.

Mitama (voiceover): My search led me to Swindlers' Town.
Mitama (voiceover): There was a single woman standing in front of Mikoto Sena's gravestone,
                    where she'd been buried in Daitou's municipal graveyard.
                    I knew right away that the woman was her mother.

Mitama (voiceover): I told her mother that I'd been a close friend of her daughter, and she invited me to her house.
                    She had a small Buddhist altar there.
Mitama (voiceover): There was a photo of Mikoto Sena in front of it, and a single campus notebook...

Mitama (voiceover): She'd written a few things about her time as a Magical Girl inside it,
                    but the majority of what she wrote was about her ideals and her regrets.
Mitama (voiceover): About how her household had fallen apart because of her wish.
                    About how she wanted to have been raised by a more proper mother and father.
                    About how she couldn't believe that her mother had run away...

Mitama (voiceover): It seemed that she had been drawing out an ideal family in her head,
                    and convincing herself that her real-world family were imposters.
Mitama (voiceover): And it seemed as if she didn't trust anybody, apart from "one single Magical Girl."

Mitama: Of course, she didn't literally write any of it down in those words.
Mitama: But as I read through her notebook and thought about it, that was essentially what it said.
Yachiyo: I see.
Yachiyo: So Endless Mirrors is a space where she can build her ideal family...?
Mitama: It's just a feeling I have, but yes, I think so.
Mitama: And the way it closes off its heart, not making contact with anyone...
Mitama: It's just like the way she was in life.
Mitama: I think this also explains the copies that it creates...
Mitama: In addition to that, the unique magic she originally had was "suggestion."
Yachiyo: Suggestion?
Mitama: That'd be the perfect ability to use...
Mitama: ...if you were a witch that wanted to prevent people from seeing you as dangerous, right?
Yachiyo: That really seems like quite a stretch.
Yachiyo: ...Or perhaps the fact that I just said that was *itself* a result of suggestion?
Mitama: You just start going in circles from there, so I can't think about it too deeply.
Mitama: But if she came out of her usual hiding spot, and were to attack a human...
Mitama: I felt like that'd be the last nail in the coffin.
Yachiyo: You'd know whether it was Mikoto Sena based on who the witch cursed?
Mitama: Yes...
Mitama: She staked her life on her wish in order to support her mother, who was suffering in their household...
Mitama: But as her mother became free and uninhibited, she abandoned them and disappeared.
Mitama: If there was one person that the witch would resent, despite being so reclusive...
Mitama: I thought it could only be her.
Yachiyo: So today...
Yachiyo: "The fact that her mother lives in Swindlers' Town is what made your hypothesis into reality."
Mitama: Yes.
Yachiyo: .......
Yachiyo: I don't think I would conclude that just yet.
Yachiyo: The whole thing strikes me as a lot of circumstantial evidence being forced together.
Yachiyo: ...But it's better than not hypothesizing at all, I suppose.
Mitama: I'm sorry, Yachiyo-san. I just felt the need to let it all out...
Yachiyo: It's okay. We all feel that way at times.
Yachiyo: I think it's a hypothesis well worth considering, too.
Mitama: Thank you.
Mitama: ...Now then! Let's put this whole topic to rest, shall we?
Mitama: I think I'm going to refrain from exploring Mirrors for a little while.
Mitama: Connecting to a whole other Labyrinth was just such a bizarre thing, after all!
Mitama: It would be best to resume activity after getting the whole situation sorted out for ourselves.
Yachiyo: I agree.
Mitama: I'll contact everyone and let them know some time soon~.
Mitama: Oh, and I'd better put up some posters in the shop too!

(...)

Mitama (voiceover): I really hope that it's just some silly fantasy of mine. I want to be wrong about it.
Mitama (voiceover): If that date in the notebook really is the date when she became a witch, I'd be horrified...
Mitama (voiceover): Because the day that she became a witch...

Mitama (voiceover): *Was the same day that I made my wish.*