She can get $50 for taking a survey if she can prove she's a magical girl!

She can't really prove that over the internet unless the proof-wanting entity has a webcam, and presumably this survey doesn't. What sort of proof does it want?

It asks for state ID.

Oh yeah, she needs to get that updated, doesn't she. Does the DMV do magical girl certification if you don't have a driver's license?

. . . Huh. She could probably skip ever learning to drive if she wanted. She'll probably learn anyway, cars have more carrying capacity.

The DMV distributes state IDs that are not driver's licenses that include magical status!

Then the next time she's free and they're open she'll stop in. That probably won't be tomorrow, though, since tomorrow is magical girl club.

Tomorrow is magical girl club. Hattie skips it. Josephine, in her absence, declares that they're going to all read her favorite YA magical girl short story together and discuss it while jogging and trying target-practice-on-the-move.

Margaret tends to go for lit fic and nonfiction more than YA, but that still sounds fun! What's the story about?

It is about a girl who starscapes and attempts to use her unrealistic "coincidence arrangement" spell to deal with various high school social problems in her life, fails, and Finds Out Who Her Real Friends Are.

"That was a pretty cool story," Margaret says to Josephine as she jogs. "I liked the bit where Carrie was crushing on Joan and on her secret admirer without realizing they were the same person."

"That's one of my favorite parts!" says Josephine. "If you pay attention they use some of the same turns of phrase but she doesn't notice!"

"Oooh, I didn't pick up on that, clever author. Though I have to say the whole deal with the talent show felt a bit contrived."

"I think she had to keep it under wordcount, it didn't have enough room to develop."

"Yeah, It would've benefited from more setup. Such is the short story format." She swings past the targets and opens fire. Her markswomanship is improving.

Eventually the club concludes.

"Target shooting while running was fun," she says to Josephine on the way out. "We should have a water balloon fight or something, deal with the case where the targets are moving."

"That's a great idea, I wish I'd thought of that in time for today because Hattie'd hate it," laughs Josephine.

"Well, maybe if she's absent again sometime. Full disclosure, part of the reason I thought of it is because my prediction sense would give me an advantage."

"We'd give you a run for your money," says Sumiko.

"I would also hate this idea," volunteers Aaliyah.

"Oh, I'm sure you would, you're more experienced, I just want to practice using the sense. Aaliyah, would you hate it because of the getting wet, or something else? Because we could probably find nerf guns somewhere and that would be even better, practice-wise."

"Getting wet."

"That's also why Hattie would hate it," clarifies Josephine. "We should absolutely do a Nerf gun fight."

"This is totally happening. Does this club have a budget, or do we all have to get our own armaments?"

"We have a little budget. I'm not sure it covers enough Nerf for everybody but it could cover some for people who can't get their own," says Josephine.

"Sounds good. I can get my own, if we agree to stick to the simpler ones and not get into an arms race of increasingly ridiculous nerf artillery."

"There's some good stuff in the girly line, crossbows and things," comments Larissa.