MagiReco Another Story 7.5

The True Form of the Attackers

7.5.1
[the rabbit witch's labyrinth dissolves and they're on a sidewalk]
Sayaka: "All cleaned up! How many does this make, again?"
Homura: "Uh, umm... I don't remember. A lot?"
Madoka: "That's right. There were too many to count..."
Sayaka: "sigh... Well, after a break, let's keep searching!"
Madoka: "That's right."
[they search with their magic]
Madoka: "..."
[Madoka finds something]
Madoka: "Eh!?"
Homura: "What's wrong?"
Madoka: "This magic... I think it's a magical girl!"
Sayaka: "Someone knows we're in a pinch and came to help?"
Madoka: "Let's go see!"
[in an alley, we see a black and a white feather]
white feather: "!?"
Madoka: "Huh? Wings of Magius!?"
Homura: "Why are they in Mitakihara?"
Sayaka: "I don't know, but..."
white feather: "Let's do this... Are you prepared?"
black feather: "Y-yes..."
Sayaka: "They sure don't seem like they came here to help us."
Madoka: "Yeah, though this isn't the time to be fighting with other magical girls..."
[Sayaka transforms]
Sayaka: "I can't go down without a say in things."
[Homura transforms]
Homura: "That's right."
[Madoka transforms]
Madoka: "Are you ready? Let's go!"

7.5.2
[in an alley]
white feather: "Damn! They're strong!"
black feather: "A-any more than this..."
Sayaka: "Give up already?"
"If so, then tell us what you're doing in Mitakihara."
white feather: "..."
black feather: "..."
Sayaka: "Something you can't say?"
black feather: "I-it's..."
white feather: "Don't speak. Then there will be no problem."
black feather: "Y-yes!"
Sayaka: "You're free to stay silent, but then don't complain about what's going to happen to you!"
black feather: "Eh?"
Homura: "If you at least explain to us, then we won't have to use any more violence."
Madoka: "Only if you tell us, though..."
black feather: "Eh? Eh?"
Sayaka: "We still have energy reserves. Do you think it's still okay to stay silent?"
black feather: "I-I can't... fight outside Kamihama... anymore..."
"A-are you not afraid... of becoming witches...?"
Sayaka: "..."
black feather: "I, I don't w-want to! I don't want to be a witch!"
Sayaka: "..."
black feather: "We're just working... so that we don't become witches..."
"L-Let's be freed from this spell... together with you..."
Madoka: "Sayaka-chan..."
Sayaka: "...It's okay."
"I understand how you feel, but I won't sympathize."
"I... won't forgive any method of living on that requires sacrificing others."
white feather: "Hah! What lipservice..."
Sayaka: "Then tell us what you plan on doing!"
black feather: "Hiii! I-I... can't... tell you..."
Homura: "Please tell us."
"If you just tell us, we won't have to resort to any more violence."
black feather: "..."
Madoka: "Okay?"
white feather: "Don't speak! We have nothing to say!"
black feather: "A-alright! Then, I won't talk..."
Madoka: "..."

7.5.3
[in an alley]
white feather: "..."
black feather: "..."
Sayaka: "For now, we've tied them up, but they don't seem like they're going to talk."
Homura: "What should we do... It's not like we're actually going to do anything cruel."
Madoka: "It's a problem."
*a phone rings*
Sayaka: "Isn't that yours, Madoka?"
Madoka: "Ah, it's from Iroha-chan."
Homura: "Why don't you check what it says? Maybe something happened in Kamihama."
Madoka: "Okay."
[fade to gray]
Iroha: *"We learned something about Tomoe san, so I'll tell you now."*
[in the alley]
Homura: "This is..."
Sayaka: "Madoka, next, next!"
Madoka: "Ah, y-yeah! Wait just a sec!"
[fade to gray]
Madoka: *In summary of what Iroha-chan told me...*
*Mami-san might have been turned into a rumor...*
[back to the alley]
Sayaka: "Mami-san became a rumor..."
Homura: "No way..."
Madoka: "But, she sent a method of saving her."
"'If you can get across to her heart, the rumor will come off.'"
Sayaka: "Get across..."
Homura: "To her heart..."
Madoka: "What?"
Sayaka: "Do you think we really understand Mami-san?"
Madoka: "Huh?"
Homura: "That's right. She never really told us how she really felt..."
Madoka: "..."
"For me, Mami-san is strong and kind and reliable..."
"A senpai I look up to as a veteran magical girl."
"But..."
"I've never seen Mami-san ever having trouble..."
Homura: "..."
Sayaka: "Yeah..."
"It's probably not true at all..."
"That Mami-san is a strong person with nothing to fear."
Madoka: "Even if Mami-san has weak points, I will accept them."
"Even though I've relied on her all this time, I want her to rely on me."
Homura: "Kaname-san..."
Madoka: "And then, together, we can search for a way to avoid becoming witches."
Sayaka: "That's right! I'll accept her too."
Madoka: "And so, for now..."
Homura: "Yes, get the Wings of Magius to..."
Sayaka: "Tell us what they know!"
[fade to gray]
???: *"I won't allow you to do that."*
[back in the alley]
Sayaka: "Huh?"
Homura: "No way..."
[Holy Mami shows up!]
Mami: "If you are going to harm my comrades..."
"I will have no mercy, even if it's you."
Madoka: "Mami-san!"
Mami: "The one who brought witches to Mitakihara was me."
Sayaka: "No way... Why would you do that, Mami-san..."
Mami: "Because I have a responsibility."
"The responsibility for involving all of you in the world of magical girls."
"And so, I can't have you be involved any further."
Sayaka: "That doesn't mean you should release witches in Mitakihara..."
"Mami-san, there's something wrong with you!"
Mami: "Stay quiet here in Mitakihara."
"If you do that, Magius will save you..."
Homura: "..."
Mami: "I don't want any of you to despair."
Madoka: "Mami-san..."
Mami: "Please, you understand, right?"
Madoka: "I don't understand. I don't get it!"
"Are you saying that it's okay for witches to cause misfortune to everyone in Mitakihara?"
Mami: "That's not what I think."
Madoka: "But that's how the Wings of Magius are working!"
Mami: "That's because we need to. It's necessary for salvation."
Homura: "But fighting in Mitakihara has a risk of turning into a witch."
"Even knowing that, you brought witches here, Mami-san?"
"Are you saying it's better that we become witches!?"
Mami: "Of course not."
"Yes, there's no way it's okay to become a witch..."
Madoka: "Then, you should understand, that Magius..."
Mami: "Yes, Magius alone can save us."
Madoka: "Huh?"
Mami: "Now do you understand?"
"Magius are the ones who created a city where you don't become witches..."
"That in of itself is salvation."
Madoka: "No, it's not... That's definitely wrong!"
"Magius, the people who did such a cruel thing to you, is not anyone's salvation!"
"Hey, Mami-san, stop doing this!"
"We'll accept anyone you are, Mami-san!"
"Please come back to us, Mami-san!"
Alina: "What the heck, I came to get Mami..."
"And I find the best possible situation!"
Madoka: "Y-You are..."
Alina: "Aha, how is it reuniting with the person you were searching for?"
"Are you sad? Scared? Hateful?"
"You should be emotional and ready to give up."
Madoka: "W-what are you saying?"
Alina: "Aha"
"I'm glad you're letting me have some fun."
"But that doesn't change that you're getting in our way!"
[she attacks]
[fade to gray]
Sayaka: *"W-what's this!?"*
Homura: *"A b-barrier!? We can't get out!"*
Madoka: *"Stop it! Don't get in our way! Give Mami-san back to us!"*
*"Don't make Mami-san do any more cruel things!"*
[back in the alley]
Alina: "Ahahahaha"
"Now they can just quietly wait in my barrier until the end."
"Mami, I'll leave the finishing touches to you."
Mami: "Yes."
[she uses some magic]
Mami: "I've secured it with my ribbons. They definitely will not be able to escape from the inside."
Alina: "Aah, you're the best!"
"Now our interlopers will only be able to wring their hands and watch."

7.5.4
[battle]
[Kyouko is fighting the sheep witch]
Kyouko: "Ready yourself! Haah!"
witch: "...!?!?"
[in an abandoned building]
black feather 1: "W-wow... Strong!"
Kyouko: "Really? ...to be impressed by just this..."
black feather 2 (taller): "There's... a grief seed..."
white feather: "This is enough for today. You may go back."
black feather 2: "Yes..."
Kyouko: "Then, I'm off too."
white feather: "You will stay."
Kyouko: "Huh? Why?"
white feather: "I will show you around headquarters."
"You're strong, and you seem trustworthy."
Kyouko: "!?"
"Heeh..."
(Isn't this... a little *too* easy?)
(I should watch out... there must be a catch.)
(Or maybe they're just short on hands...)
(No, between the two, it's probably that they need more people.)
(Most of them can't handle a fight on their own.)
(They also might try to confine any strong magical girls.)
white feather: "Come with me."
Kyouko: "Okay, got it."
(Like this, will they really be able to 'free magical girls'?)
(Well, in any case, I'll go size them up.)