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>Translate the Beginner's Guide in every language Erika knows and distibute the Guide on whatever by-megucas-for-megucas forums she finds on the web.
Deeply satisfied, even grinning, Erika decides that her brain has taken enough of a beating for today. The Beginner's Guide to Magical Girls is fully finished and the Magicae Encyclopedia finally gave her back some of the blood she poured into it. All that remains, for now, is to make the Beginner's guide available to as many Magical Girls as she can, and what better way to go about it than to translate the whole thing herself (because FUCK Google Translate).
To be a polyglot, especially at such an early age, is almost universally considered to be a sign of sharp intelligence. Erika would not say otherwise; it's only the fact that she can't even ask for ice cream properly that lingers in the back of her mind. Pushing certain thoughts aside, she puts all the work in. To her glee, the Beginner's Guide turned out to be quite compact. After all, that is the point. Translating it to the other two languages that she knows, English and French, hating each other even inside her head, proves to be almost a chore, all over and done in an hour flat.
It's what came right after that was almost outright impossible. To find a public online forum for Magical Girls. If she had to draw a comparison, this endeavor might be even harder than spotting a Knight in broad daylight. Or Kyubey, nowadays.
With everything already accounted for, Erika can't help but moan in frustration. The three versions of Beginner's Guide to Magical Girls may be buried in virtual dust by the time she finds a way to spread them. Magical Girls are already very rare to come by offline, and given how hard squeakers are chased down it's no wonder that nothing related to them comes up on a search. No; it exists. It's out there, and that is a certainty. All she has to do is to ask herself how would she lure Magical Girls to an Internet forum if she had to make it herself. What things do Magical Girls have in common other than terminology? No, no, fuck this; this is out there, and she /knows/ it.
>>(Wisdom Roll: (18), Magnitude 7 = Failure)<< (If Erika can locate a Magical Girl only forum on the Internet)
>>(Dexterity Rolls: 40, (42) = Magnitude 3 Success)<< (Speed of translation)
>>(Intelligence Rolls: (82), 44 Magnitude 5 = Success)<< (If Erika knows English)
>>(Intelligence Rolls: 93, Magnitude 5 = Success)<< (f Erika knows French)
>message grandpa good night and off to the sweet silence of sleep.
And yes; no. She won't spend the night looking for it. It won't go anywhere, even if it's deserted by tomorrow, it will still be there as a testament.
Erika messages her grandpa, who answers instantly with a voice message. Bad with the buttons, the old man would rather tell a joke than send an emote. Yet the ever so pragmatic Erika laughs even through there isn't one because her grandpa cares about her.
>(up next: depression!)
