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Prototype snippet. Hitomi Shizuki. QBWs. Class-A Innovator. AMT fields. Can't witch out but has a power limit (Soul gem). Sword-armed with a GN blade
I didn't expect this a week ago. in fact, i didn't even expect my new predicament. Have you wondered what it feels like to wake up with two sets of memories stuffed into you? It's not fun, that I know. especially when your body also becomes quite different.
The only thing that stopped me from thinking it was a dream... It was the pain.
At the start, the side effects were bad enough that I couldn't really care that I was Shizuki Hitomi. a sheltered rich girl with lots of wealth. close friends of Madoka and Hitomi. and from my own influence... Apparently a magical girl from the start and a 00 Innovator with their QBWs and ability to hear the thoughts of people in bursts. and a weird reality-warping AMT field.
Actually trying to do anything as Shizuki had been weird. and unpleasant. If i remembered it right, It seemed i had a headstart of weeks before the official events. Sure. the main cast weren't putting their pawns and chips into action. but...
The money? Oh yes, i was not ashamed. but... The ritualized and regimented life? All of the extra classes on top of school especially with music? I really disliked, and there were moments I wanted to scream into the heads of people with my quantum brainwaves in telepathy.
Granted, after getting over the shock plus trying to explain my sudden below-average performance in school and odd behavior. I had already began to put my own plans into action. As far as i can decide on my transformation, it was like the fanart of Hitomi. except I had a huge blade with a green coating on its edges that was capable of piercing nearly anything. Much to my heavy relief, my soul gem didn't have any side effects when darkened. it simply refilled itself over time like a matter of stamina and bedrest. Also another addition to my tools was a AMT field, the ability to use the walls of my mind and imagination as a protective barrier and to cause some level of reality warping. as well as the ability to neutralize magic partly with it deployed.
However, if there was one thing i knew. It was that if i simply stood around and did nothing... Mami would end up putting Madoka and Sayaka into risk only to get herself killed by the witch form of Nagisa, Sayaka would make a stupid wish to heal Kyousuke. who wouldn't really make a great boyfriend and would end up being with me (Not that mattered. I needed to steer Sayaka away from her own scripted path). Kyoko and I would end up being the factors behind Miki's despair that in turn would get Kyoko into a grave early... and Madoka.. Madoka would ultimately become a... alien being for lack of a word.
That didn't mean i would stay on my scripted path either. I had wealth and the ability to purify soul gems behind my side. plus my QBWs and precognition. Yes, There was Mami but... she would be too idealistic as of right now. and in truth I could make do without her. but then trying to steer the series away from its conclusion would get harder. The closet thing I had to a companion right now was Sayaka miki and Madoka. but in the end miki would either make a meaningless wish or be manipulated by Kyubey. "And that's how the cat ended up with an God." I mused. "Failure to deal with unexpected knock on effects and the lengths people will go to if they have nothing to lose versus a slight chance of salvation."
Taking a deep breath. Hitomi... No. me started to laugh in her own room as green eyes flashed an unnatural gold. "Well then, Mitakihara city. I hope you have prepared yourself for one of the genuine next-generation Magical girls. All I need is time and resources, and perhaps I will be able to stop Madoka from contracting... and perhaps bring in a new age for humanity. Puella Magicas are interesting, but not the final step given their current limitations and the fatal flaw in the form of soul gem despair. Perhaps the PMMM world can also create Innovators or find a way around the soul gem problem. of perhaps... some other new form of transhuman."
These past few days had been very productive to Hitomi shizuki. Being quiet and having tested out my powers first on some unsuspecting people caught near a Witch. It wasn't long before I constructed a completely fake persona for most purposes. After impressing Sayaka with some classical music knowledge (Story be damned, girls can love each other!). I not only secured my own position but I also started to be able to get my way with my... parents.
Speaking of which, Hitomi's parents were... tended to be distant for lack of a better word. they were busy with business and deals. and to be honest, I wouldn't blame them. Then again. on the occasions they came home. I requested more money and lenience from them. even resorting to mental suggestions and manipulation with Innovator QBWs to prevent the possiblity of them finding out. I felt bad for them but as long as the plot went on. they were of secondary importance. Combined with my own practice at picking off some weak witches and familiars. as well as amassing money and grief seeds along with my services as a... unlimited grief seed.
Shizuki. The green-haired rich girl with a (apparent) crush on Kyosuke. of rather myself. started to build up a network of allies and informants. complete with ways to message each other as well as hazard pay under my employment. The Kazamino group had proved theirselves. as did a few in Mitakihara. With them and adjustments to my schedule to account for school and my parents. I had much more robust data gathering and intel. though I was still a bit limited without more girls.
The green haired girl... myself...(Two points of views?) now had the ability to easily monitor most of the routes and areas frequented by the main cast and to some degree I had a idea of what was going on in Kazamino. but to my dismay the real areas of importance like where Homura was living and Nagisa's status were still unknown or off-limits and i had no idea of the full picture in Kazamino. Despite that setback. I had at least caught footage and pictures of people that looked like Homura witch-hunting or Nagisa (?) in the streets. I just needed more time with my workload. plus. since I still had to deal with school and I couldn't just suddenly leave, there was no way I could try to follow them when they were at their most active.
Speaking of which. School was getting harder, I had already mastered the arts of using my QBWs to steal answers and make things easier. but by the time the school day was over, I already had backlogs of messages and social media chats to deal with. and that took up time. I had caught glimpses of Homura but for security reasons, I couldn't act strange around her.
Which meant i had to prevent my eyes from glowing in the dark as much as possible when alone.
On the subject of Homura, I found the girl absolutely fascinating. The girl was cold. sure, but there were times when I caught glances of kindness and pieces of her old moemura personality. Yet there was something special about the time-traveler. something I sensed. I didn't know what was going on. but I deduced there was more to Homura than just her history. Even amongst other Magicas. Homura was on a whole different level in terms of abilities and reflexes (Hitomi/Self had observed the girl hastily catching an entire stack of books without breaking a sweat at one point). Perhaps Akemi didn't even know what she was capable of even. Even as I planned to make my moves, I made a reminder to myself to keep a eye on her.
Throwing myself on the bed. the sheets were quite soft today and it wasn't a bad day. but I felt a bit hurt about Sayaka and Madoka giggling at each other while I just observed from behind the shadows. stressed out both by my entire solo workload and ECA classes and to... some extent. being alone at my big home, Not to mention that I was worried about what Sayaka was thinking about Kyousuke right now. At least Kyubey wasn't around to disturb me right now-I had already sent him a hint after giving him a massive headache from screaming into the incubator's mind with my white noise of QBW visions when i decided i had enough information from him.
Of course, I was concerned about what Homura might be doing now. The girl had her own interests to distrust me. since I was behaving differently than normal and I already was a Magical girl. plus I was keeping tabs on her with my network. The problem was that while her time magic was neutralized partly by my AMT field. she could still easily pose a threat to me if things went that way... but right now, I needed her. and she could use someone who was able to share her consciousness for her own repressed problems.
Clutching the blankets as I ignored a chat request from one of my informants. a yellow-clad magical girl. I laid there for a while as not even a combined Magical-girl-Innovator body was standing up to my combined workload. I was still getting used to the fact my soul gem had its own upper reserve limits. Maybe I find a way to create extra gems as condensers eventually, but for now I was just a really powerful. but ultimately still a Purebred Class-A Innovator Magica girl. eyes closed. feeling the blankets with artwork of teddy bears and rabbits on them-
I heard it, It was like a flash going through my mind.
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!!!!!
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There it was again, I would have ignored it. but that signature from my QBWs seemed familiar.
Allowing my eyes to glow. I tracked the presence as it got inside my house and began making its way, searching several rooms before going toward my room. That was Akemi. right?
Around the corner and on course to my room.
I heard the door opening as standing there with quite the tension in the atmosphere... was Homura Akemi. I quickly shut down the gold glow on my green eyes in time to prevent her from seeing it. "Hitomi?"
I froze up, So Homura had figured out what i was up to. was it? Of perhaps she was alerted to the presence of my informants investigating her from behind the shadows? I had to give her some credit, she was quite skilled at knowing when she was being watched.
The only guess I had was that she had detected one of my girls during a witch hunt. and the girl in question was caught inside her ability... Maybe I should have tracked Oriko down... or either she caught me talking and consulting with one of my employed girls in question.
I only let my expression twist into an eerie smile as I stood up in bed. clutching my sheets close to me. My QBWs confirmed that she was aware that I had something to do now with what was going on.
"Why are you here. Homu-chan~?"
Perhaps its time Homura got her explanation for Hitomi's behavior.. Of rather the person driving her around.
One of many possible Hitomi designs
Amount of preparation time before series start:Weeks
GN Blade can slice though other weapons including Kyoko's spear chains. but has marginal ranged ability in the form of beam weaponry. Very high potential
