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H...How...

[Homura pauses, trying to find her voice. The camera is slightly obscured, but it's obvious she is wearing some form of a lion costume (minus the medal). Yes not even she is safe from the experiment and has been turned into the Lion from Oz. She has been hiding from much of the village since this began, too terrified to even get on the journals until now.

The girl takes a deep breath and asks, in a rather rushed voice-]

How does one learn to brave? I want to be brave like a lot of other people here, but I don't know how. I heard there might be a wizard who can give me bravery, but I don't know where he is. And I'm too frightened to go out to find him alone...

...That was all. Thank you!

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[After making that post, Homura decided that she is going to try going out again. Maybe she can meet someone who knows where the Wizard of Oz is! ...Yet when she goes out, she is unable to even go on the main path of the village, too terrified of all the strange people.

So, she'll likely be found hiding. Crouching behind bushes, looking around from behind tree and buildings and all sorts of places. It isn't that she doesn't want to talk -- she's just too damn cowardly.]

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[happyends]

[ Mami was gone. That was something Madoka was sure of now. When she suddenly couldn't find her roommate anymore for a day or so, Madoka had first figured that maybe the girl was just somewhere else in the village, maybe doing something so important that she didn't have to tell her, but.. by now there was no doubt anymore, she was just gone.

... It feels a little sad. Especially since she tries so hard to not think of what Mami is going back to, even if the thought of never being able to talk to her again is already sad in itself. And she figures that.. well, she and Homura are the only two left, right? She should definitely go and tell the other girl.

But first she's out by herself, taking a small walk, maybe to clear her mind a bit and try to calm her emotions a bit again too, even if that last part isn't helping much. But as she's walking, she spots something funny sticking out of the bushes. What's that..? ]

... U.. um, is anyone there?

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[chronica.livejournal.com]

[...Was that Madoka? It was. Her best friend, who was the bravest person she has ever known. Maybe she could help!

Tentatively, Homura pokes her head slowly from behind the bush.]

M...Madoka? That's you, right?

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[happyends]

Homura-chan..!

[ Exactly the person she was going to seek out either, so her first surprise is because of seeing Homura. And then it probably moves on to the.. rather strange costume (even if more people have been acting strange here lately) and the fact that she was behind that bush. ]

That's right, it's me.. [ She steps over quickly. ] Are you okay?

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[chronica.livejournal.com]

Y...Yes I am. I'm sorry.

[She slowly stands up and moves away from the bush. There was no need to be afraid of her friend.]

I was just stalking behind the bushes, looking for prey! [Lie. But, maybe then her friend won't suspect she was cowering.] How are you?

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[happyends]

[ Today's Homura is.. a little bit different.. ]

I.. I'm okay.. [ Her expression is slightly awkward, but she tries to smile just a tiny bit all the same. She's pretty sad over Mami leaving, but.. ] Actually, there was something I wanted to talk to you about, but more importantly.. what's this about prey?

[ action cuz no1currs about voice ]

[bamfing]

[Is that a girl in a lion costume? And is she cowering? Kurt isn't quite in costume right now. so he drops out of the tree he's in, right behind her.]

Are you okay?

[Pay no mind to the blue boy. Sure, he has unearthly glowing yellow eyes, animal like fangs, faun-like legs, a hunched over manner of standing, and a long tail with a devil's spike at the end. Not to mention the fact he's covered in fine, midnight blue fur. Totally nothing to be scared about.]

[no1curr about masa either]

[chronica.livejournal.com]

Aaah!

[Homura screams a little, the voice shocking her. But then, when she turns around, she is frightened even more by his appearance. Normally she wouldn't be too spooked, but needless to say she's terrified out of her wit right now.]

P-Please don't eat me. I wouldn't taste good, I promise!

[wow way to make it personal]

[bamfing]

[Oh jeez this is so not the reaction he was looking for. He holds up his hands to show he means no ill will and pacify her.]

Relax! I don't want to eat you!

[don't start something you can't finish]

[chronica.livejournal.com]

[Homura tries to calm down and relax. Okay he said he means no harm, so it's okay. It is. It is okay. She slowly takes some breathes, gulps and nods.]

...Okay I trust you. But h-how did you sneak up on me like that?

[maybe i just don't like making little girls cry]

[bamfing]

[Well! That was easy. Usually he has to work a little harder to try and clam people down.]

I was in the tree.

[Action]

[kamiyandisease.livejournal.com]

[So Homura! Somewhere in the forest, you are going to find a crowd of crows gathered up in one place. Do you dare take a closer look to see what's going on?]

[Action]

[chronica.livejournal.com]

[NO.

But she is curious about the crows. They look kinda freaky, all gathered up. She swallows down her fear and hesitantly starts walking toward them.]

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[kamiyandisease.livejournal.com]

[They pay no attention to her! Because currently they are pecking at what it seems to be... a garbage bag? No, garbage don't have arms or legs.

That is... That is definitely a person laying down and weakly muttering something under his breath.]

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[chronica.livejournal.com]

Oh no! [That's a person, isn't it? And the crows are pecking at him!]

Shoo, Shoo birds shoo! [She says, waving her arms and making weak sounding growls at the birds to get them away.]

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[kamiyandisease.livejournal.com]

[Some of the birds will scatter away from that, but a few of them are still pecking him. Touma decides to take a deep breath and yell-]

SUCH MISFORTUNE!!! [Which makes the rest of them fly away from him.]

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[isntyourfriend.livejournal.com]

[Elliot was thinking of heading to the library today... but not when he sees some person cowering behind a building. The way the girl looks as though she wants to do something and yet can't move from her spot draws his attention, so Elliot makes his way over to investigate.]

What are you doing? Are you hiding?

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[chronica.livejournal.com]

[jfdskjfd]

No! No, I'm not! Why would I be hiding? That doesn't make sense at all!

action.

[isntyourfriend.livejournal.com]

Of course it doesn't make sense! Then what are you doing?

[It's an accusing tone he takes, even if he means to help and not scold.]

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[chronica.livejournal.com]

[She reflexively backs up a little as the tone shifts, but she tries her best to keep some ground. Lions are brave and she has to be brave.]

I was looking for food of course!

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[isntyourfriend.livejournal.com]

Food? [...well, okay, that wasn't quite the answer he was expecting.] There isn't any food over here.

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[manmade-angel.livejournal.com]

I think part of being brave means admitting that sometimes you're scared. But you do what you have to despite being scared.

I don't know if a wizard can just make you brave... can they?

[voice]

[chronica.livejournal.com]

Yeah, even brave people can be scared. I guess. I'm not sure. [If the brave people did get scared then they certainly were good at hiding it.]

And I'm sure the wizard can help me. He's the most powerful man in all the land!

[written]

[manmade-angel.livejournal.com]

Brave people get scared all the time! But they overcome it because they know some things are more important than feeling afraid. [Like running out of the line of fire when told to.]

I haven't heard of this wizard... where does he live?

[voice]

[chronica.livejournal.com]

Things that are important...I see. [She can definitely understand that. But, it's just hard sometimes to overcome her fears.]

I...don't really know. I'm trying to find him - he should be in a large castle, at the end of the yellow brick road.

[written]

[manmade-angel.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen a large castle or a yellow brick road... [Though if Nill wasn't under the influence of the experiment, she might have said something about how this whole thing sounds like a book she read once.]

Maybe if you look for it, you'll find your courage along the way.