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That man is... clearly a man, by some definition at least... and yet Marie would be lying if she told herself that his words didn't strike a chord in her. Somehow, somewhere, she has been touched. People laze about when 'there's nothing to do' or 'they are tired', both valid excuses she uses as well; but she's never lazy about breaking into forbidden ground, and she's never tired when it comes to her research.
People blessed with a passion, like her, could be much more rare than she thought
and weird.
>Inspect this... Phallic Object.
But what the fuck is this. A dildo, of course, by all and any metric. And yet, this meticulous craftmanship wouldn't escape anyone. The 'phallic object' looks more like a thick magical wand; greenish and transparent, it houses a single red rose inside of it, surrounded by twisting golden branches that grow around it from the base.
It looks like a dick, of course.
Magnificent dildo: "All beauty comes from pain. Your suffering is a rose that will bloom in winter."
>It was time for Marie to leave. She had seen everything.
Well; fuck this, anyway. Marie is, indeed, upset: she may be as invested in her craft as he is in his, so calling her intrusion a 'failure' did leave a sour taste in her mouth. Not even asking his name, the Magical Girl simply turns around and leaves- and no one calls her, and no one stops her. After all, whoever that weirdo was does have a good point: time should not be wasted.
>Try to transform.
Thankfully, Marie didn't find any homeless in the abandoned dojo near her house. Ghost stories often lure students in, and at least half of them are her fault. From the very first time they broke in when she just happened to be there, Marie made it her duty to scare the ever-living shit out of them by wearing the Tengu mask on the wall; it kept the rumors going.
Now, the Tengu mask is watching over her as Marie takes a deep breath and gets ready for whatever is going to happen.
Because if her magic doesn't work
if her magic causes her to faint just like that
then straight-up transforming can easily end up badly.
But if she can't even transform then that's it: it will be safe to say that she'd been scammed to fuck out of.
Relax, Marie: no use getting angry yet. She looks at the Tengu mask and the Tengu mask looks back at her. As if saying: 'there is no escape, so relax'.
...
Let's go.
