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Friends in Strange Places: B ➡ C (She just isn't sure she wants to spend 3 points on this. By definition, it's not as likely to come up!)

She flips back to the Yourself section taps thoughtfully for a while around Battle Maiden.

Battle Maiden: B ➡ C (Like Four Star Daydream, it's absurdly powerful, but... not in a way that she thinks is particularly interesting? it removes a lot of incentive to find ways of creatively avoiding fights, which she thinks is a good thing to be trying to do!)

That leaves her with 7 points to spend. She looks over the other powers nearby and rereads them...

...Can you give me some examples of the kinds of powers Dragon Fairy Elf Witch gives? And... is using it reversible?  

Examples are kind of hard because there are just a lot of different things to be. You could be part dragon or fairy or elf or witch, or vampire, or god, or robot. All those things exist in the multiverse in more different forms than I could list, and they all have lots of different possible powers. Some people don't need to sleep, or can shapeshift into any form they can imagine, or can grow plants made of souls.

It isn't exactly possible to give up heritage you've taken, just to add more, but maybe if you tell me what you're worried about I can try to tweak the power?

...oh wow she definitely wants to not sleep!

I guess the kind of thing I would maybe be about would be - getting something like... a sensory power that I find overwhelming or unpleasant, and not being able to stop having it?

...If I used it on a robot, would I get like - the ability to run programs? Plug into a wall to recharge? A data port, the ability to connect to a wireless network? 

Dragon Fairy Elf Witch gives you advantages without drawbacks, and it sounds to me like overwhelming unpleasant sensory powers would be a drawback!

You could get any of those things from the heritage of a robot. Maybe all of them, if it was a really special robot, or a lot of different robots!

Dragon Fairy Elf Witch: C ➡ A (beep boop beep boop robot girl robot girl)

She jumps back down to the Power of Friendship section. Rereads the Generosity - Quality Time section. Thinks about her other options.

Quality Time: A (Any of the weird feelings she had about this one are obliviated by the fact that Time Enough For Love works for her friends too)

(Since that's all her points, she'll mark the others as F.)

Then she flips back to the Destination section and selects Isekai Roulette. (She wants to go - somewhere where she can make friends, solve problems and make a difference, pick up awesome skills and maybe some robot powers, and she wants it to be somewhere with learnable interdimensional travel, so she can go somewhere else after that. She trusts the Spirit can find something that matches that.)

Okay. I think that's everything. What... do we do now?

If you're sure you've picked everything you want, then you tell me so, and I grant you the Spirit's power and we go to whatever world the Spirit chose for you! ♡

Okay! I - have a few things I want to do before we leave, and I will want to go over my choices, but it shouldn't take too long.

Will you be comfortable if I put you in my backpack for a bit? I need to get back home.

Being in your backpack sounds just fine to me! ♡

♡ Alright. It'll be - probably 20 minutes to get home. Talk to you soon.

She packs up her backpack, making sure that Hydrangea is safely ensconced between her books and won't get jostled. She raises her hand and tells Mrs. Sutherland that she feels really bad and would like to go to the office.

Mrs Sutherland, having had Magini's two older siblings in class in years prior and liked them both, and also having heard about the incident last year (she wasn't teaching the juniors when it happened, but the faculty talks, and it was such a tragic story...) lets her go. 

Magini walks home. Her parents are both at work, which suits her just fine.

Okay, back. I want to - write a note to my parents, explaining a bit of what's going on, and leave a message for my friends, and then - I'll read over everything one more time, and we can go

(she gives Hydrangea a tight hug)

Okay! ♡

Are you all right?

Yeah, I'm just - A bit nervous, I guess? Really excited, but... nervous, too.

I'm going to write up a note for Mom and Dad. Do you think it'd be okay if I recorded us leaving on my computer? It won't make my parents worry less but it should make them worry... more productively? I don't want them to spend time filing a missing person's report, or something similar.

I think that would be just fine! If you think it'll help your parents then I support you doing it.

She opens her computer and  types up 

Mom, Dad -

I don't really have a good explanation for where I've gone. "Voluntary abduction by aliens" isn't a great description, but it's - about as good as I can do under the circumstances, I think. I know that sounds ridiculous, but - watch the video recording on this computer, that might help you believe it. Either way - you won't be able to find me for a while. I'm sorry, I know you'll both be confused and heartbroken about this, but - I promise I'll be okay. More than okay; I'm pretty confident that I'll be happier than I have been in a long time. Definitely happier than I have been since - well, you know. Everything. 

...Please try not to worry too much. This isn't a trick - it's me being given an unbelievably good opportunity and taking it. I love you both, and I'm going to be in good hands. And - this isn't goodbye. I'll be back. I don't know how long it'll be, but I promise I'll be back, and I'll try not to let it be too long.

P.S. this isn't really - as much of a big deal as the ridiculous disappearing act I'm doing, but - turns out I'm trans. (I think it's neat that this means both of the middle kids are girls now. Gender palindrome child order.) A neat thing about getting the whole 'voluntary abduction' thing is that I can get really good help for that, so - I'll look pretty different when I come back. You'll know it's me, though. 

Love you both,

Magini

In her speedrunner spaces, she posts

Heads up - I think I just lucked into an absurd exploit; I'm still reeling just thinking about the implications. I'm about to start an exhaustive deep dive into it right away, and - y'all know how I get with this stuff, I probably won't be posting or responding to messages while I'm investigating. Honestly, this one is weird enough that I don't think I can meaningfully explain it right now, but if I'm right about how big this is, we're talking about - something on the level of fully generalizable ACE, and I do mean fully generalizable. And yes, I know how absurd that sounds; this one is juicy, folks. I don't care how long it takes, I'll be back with some comprehensive evidence, and then - the sky's the limit, for all of us. Get hype!

Until then - be excellent to each other~

She closes her web browser, opens up a recording program, and sets it to record 5 minutes of video.

She tries to reread her entire point selection twice, just to be sure, but she notices herself skimming halfway through the first read, so she doesn't go back for a second.

She takes a deep breath.

...Wait, should I... pack anything?

I think you don't need to pack anything unless you're the sort of person who would pack things. If you're the sort of person who would pack things, then packing things will turn out well, and if you're not, then not packing things will turn out well. So go with your heart! It'll be okay.

I can't think of anything I'll obviously need ? Though, hm, I guess I'd like to have my meds...

She goes into the bathroom and grabs her bottle of ADHD meds, then comes back and starts the video recording.

Alright. I'm ready.

The notebook draws a little heart just after Magini's message, and then—

The recording will show an ethereal light, and then an absence.