Magia Exedra Story Transcripts/Magical Girl - Oriko Mikuni - When I Was Just a Girl

Episode 0

Oriko Mikuni File:Cv 112401 gacha chara 01.ogg	Saving the world... It is my duty—my reason for living...
Oriko Mikuni File:Cv 112401 gacha chara 02.ogg	And I will see it through, no matter the sins I must commit.
Oriko Mikuni File:Cv 112401 gacha chara 03.ogg	...Yes. It was all indeed for the sake of protecting my world.

Episode 1

These are the recollections of a wish...
...made by a Magical Girl named Oriko Mikuni.
♪ Musical track: Incertus
Oriko Mikuni	(This notebook...)
*Flip*
Oriko Mikuni	(Oh, the nostalgia.)
Kirika Kure	Oriko, I'm back! And I got a Grief Seed!
Oriko Mikuni	Thanks. How did it go?
Kirika Kure	Well, it could've gone better.
Kirika Kure	Huntin' in dribs and drabs ain't all that efficient.
Kirika Kure	Hey, what's with the notebook?
Oriko Mikuni	I came across it while cleaning up my desk.
*Thud*
Oriko Mikuni	Now...
Oriko Mikuni	There's something I want you to do...
Oriko Mikuni	...to help secure us more Grief Seeds.
Kirika Kure	Yay! I'm finally gettin' new orders!
Oriko Mikuni	Yes, you are.
Oriko Mikuni	First, you need to approach a certain Magical Girl, as an ally.
Kirika Kure	Which one? Oh, you mean her again?
Kirika Kure	So, I manipulate her and hoard her Grief Seeds?
Kirika Kure	And I can't just kill her and steal all her seeds?
Oriko Mikuni	Correct.
Oriko Mikuni	This isn't just about getting Grief Seeds.
Oriko Mikuni	We need to look beyond that.
Oriko Mikuni	Obtaining Grief Seeds is merely a means to an end.
Oriko Mikuni	What we need to achieve comes after.
Kirika Kure	This is all goin' way over my head.
Kirika Kure	But I'll do whatever you say. After all, I'm your pawn!
Oriko Mikuni	Yes. Yes, you are.
Kirika Kure	So, what should I do?
Oriko Mikuni	Help her find the Magical Girl she wants to eliminate.
Oriko Mikuni	I'll instruct you as necessary.
Kirika Kure	Okay, got it!
Kirika Kure	I'll do anything for you!
Oriko Mikuni	I'll be waiting.
♪ Music stops.

Episode 2

♪ Musical track: Scaena Felix
*Rustle*
Oriko Mikuni	(This notebook.)
Oriko Mikuni	(It's from the Haunting.)
Oriko Mikuni	(I took notes for my investigation.)
Oriko Mikuni	(Oh, the memories.)
*Rustle*
Oriko Mikuni	(My father was still alive back then.)
Oriko Mikuni	(And I wasn't a Magical Girl yet.)
Oriko Mikuni	......
Oriko Mikuni	(Heheh. And she was there, too.)
Oriko Mikuni	Komaki.
Kirika Kure	Huh?!
Kirika Kure	Oriko? Did you just say Komaki?
Oriko Mikuni	Ngh!
Oriko Mikuni	Kirika? I didn't realize you were still here.
Kirika Kure	Well, I am!
Oriko Mikuni	I'm sorry. It was just so quiet that I assumed you'd left already.
Kirika Kure	Yeah, I was keepin' quiet so that I didn't bother you!
Kirika Kure	Now, back to the whole Komaki thing.
Oriko Mikuni	Oh, it's nothing. I was just talking to myself.
Oriko Mikuni	Anyway, don't you have something you should be doing?
Kirika Kure	Yeah.
Oriko Mikuni	......
Oriko Mikuni	(How foolish of me. I shouldn't have uttered that name in Kirika's presence.)
Oriko Mikuni	(Although, I can't help but remember.)
Oriko Mikuni	(She and I investigated that incident together.)
♪ Music stops.
— Oriko Mikuni — It was before I became a Magical Girl, just before the Shiraha Girls' Academy festival.
♪ Musical track: Twilight
	A ghost?
	Don't, you'll give me the heebie-jeebies!
	If a weird rumor like this gets out, it'll damage the school's reputation!
	Maybe those "new money" kids got worked up over nothing.
	You know how easily excited they are.
	But "good family" types saw it, too...
	More than one of them, even.
	Whoa... I just got the shivers.
Oriko Mikuni	(A ghost?)
♪ Music stops.

Episode 3

♪ Musical track: Postmeridie
— Oriko Mikuni — Oriko Mikuni
— Oriko Mikuni — Daughter of Mitakihara City Councilman Hisaomi Mikuni and a student of Shiraha Girls' Academy.
— Oriko Mikuni — Perfect grades, perfect at sports, and the perfect kind of popular. She's the envy of the whole school.
— Oriko Mikuni — That was what others thought of me at the time.
Oriko Mikuni	A haunting?
	I hear loads of people have seen the ghost.
	Everyone's so on edge. I don't know how we're going to prep for the festival on time...
	No one's heard anything from the student council?
— Oriko Mikuni — It was during preparations for the festival that this rumor about the ghost started to spread.
— Oriko Mikuni — And we—the student council—were in charge of the whole festival. These ghostly concerns couldn't have come at a worse time.
Oriko Mikuni	Not yet. But I'm sure they're taking note.
Oriko Mikuni	(It's not like the student council doesn't have enough on its plate already.)
Oriko Mikuni	(With no manpower to spare, I'll just have to investigate this myself.)
Oriko Mikuni	(I'll see what I can find out.)
Oriko Mikuni	(They're from Komaki's class.)
	Man, I'm fed up with making theater props. Let's take a break.
	Good idea! Then it's back to the final push!
	I wonder if there are any croissants left.
	I dunno, they're pretty popular. They probably sold out around lunchtime.
Oriko Mikuni	(Preparations for the performance seem to be going well.)
Oriko Mikuni	(Come to think of it, Komaki is acting in that.)
Oriko Mikuni	(She told me to come and watch her.)
Oriko Mikuni	(Her dress is so beautiful. I can't wait to see her in action.)
Oriko Mikuni	(Ah. But have to investigate this ghost.)
♪ Music stops.
♪ Musical track: Twilight
	Hey, check out this video.
Oriko Mikuni	A pale apparition just crossed the camera.
— Oriko Mikuni — The class was filming a short horror movie. They were planning to make it as a mockumentary.
— Oriko Mikuni — I visited this class first because I suspected they were spreading these rumors to create some hype for their film.
	But that's not our work!
	There aren't even ghosts in our movie.
Oriko Mikuni	Oh, really?
	Nope, it's about a doll with a mind of its own. It's way cuter than some ghost story...
Oriko Mikuni	(They look really spooked. I guess they're telling the truth.)
— Oriko Mikuni — My next visit was to a student who claimed to hear someone crying in the yard behind the gymnasium.
Oriko Mikuni	So, you hear it when you pass by the yard after calligraphy club?
	Yeah. First time I heard it, it sounded more angry than sad.
	But then it started getting sadder and sadder. More of a sob.
Oriko Mikuni	(It went from angry to sad?)
Oriko Mikuni	(Why?)
	I'm so scared. It's totally putting me off using the shortcut to the clubroom.
Oriko Mikuni	(After just a few interviews, I already have a ton of information.)
— Oriko Mikuni — I went around school, gathering details, and I summarized my findings in my notebook.
— Oriko Mikuni — My notebook was a perfect record of all I had uncovered during my interviews.
— Oriko Mikuni — Besides the pale apparition caught on video, and the sobbing voice, there was...
A stage that got tidied up mysteriously: Testimony from a member of the dance club (and other similar testimonies). Things left on stage had been mysteriously tidied up overnight.
An empty gymnasium: Testimony from someone who returned to fetch something after hours (late evening). They heard footsteps coming from the empty gymnasium, but nobody was in there.
Oriko Mikuni	(I don't know if it's a ghost, but...)
Oriko Mikuni	(...something is definitely going on here.)
♪ Music stops.
Oriko Mikuni	(Time to check things out firsthand.)
Oriko Mikuni	(The first incident was near here...)
♪ Musical track: Coordinator
Oriko Mikuni	Huh?
Komaki Asako	Oriko? What are you doing here?
Oriko Mikuni	Um... I'm investigating the ghost.
Komaki Asako	What? If you're just killing time, then go home already.
Oriko Mikuni	Everyone seems so scared.
Oriko Mikuni	And we don't want to let festival preparations suffer as a result, do we?
Oriko Mikuni	Besides, the student council wants to get to the bottom of this.
Oriko Mikuni	So, what are you doing here, Komaki? Still preparing for the big day?
Komaki Asako	I was asked to.
Oriko Mikuni	Oh? Are you investigating the ghost, too?
Komaki Asako	I don't believe in ghosts!
Komaki Asako	But no one will shut up about it.
Komaki Asako	And I don't want this getting in the way of our preparations. I gotta investigate, just to shut everybody up.
Oriko Mikuni	(She was asked, and she couldn't say no.)
♪ Music stops.

Episode 4

♪ Musical track: bgm01_adv_everyday2
Komaki Asako	So, where are we investigating?
Oriko Mikuni	(Am I teaming up with Komaki of all people?)
Oriko Mikuni	(And for Komaki to be the one to make the offer...)
Oriko Mikuni	(That's a surprise. I thought she hated me.)
Komaki Asako	Hey! Are you listening to me?
Oriko Mikuni	Oh, sorry. I'm listening.
Oriko Mikuni	So...first on the agenda is the location where the pale apparition was seen.
Oriko Mikuni	Which is the hallway just up ahead.
Komaki Asako	That one, huh?
Oriko Mikuni	You're familiar with it?
Komaki Asako	Yeah. It's the quickest way to get to the school store from class.
Komaki Asako	A quick sprint down that hallway, and you're there before you know it.
Oriko Mikuni	(She runs down the hallway?)
Komaki Asako	So this is where they took that video? It's just a regular hallway though.
Oriko Mikuni	Yes, I don't think we're going to find any clues here.
Komaki Asako	Okay, next place.
Oriko Mikuni	(Oh? Isn't that girl friends with Komaki?)
Akira Namekata	Whoa, this is the weirdest team-up ever. What're you two doing together?
Komaki Asako	Oh, this and that.
Akira Namekata	Are you two reading lines together or something?
Akira Namekata	That'd explain why your acting's gotten so much better all of a sudden!
Komaki Asako	Honestly, I'm not practicing my lines!
Komaki Asako	And even if I was, I wouldn't ask Oriko to do it with me!
Akira Namekata	Man, it was totally one-note at first. All you did was shout.
Akira Namekata	But now, it low-key sounds like you're crying for real.
Akira Namekata	And that white dress really suits you. I can't wait for the show.
Komaki Asako	Hey! Listen!
Akira Namekata	Yeah, yeah, I'll get outta your way. See ya!
Oriko Mikuni	She's gone.
Komaki Asako	Let's continue with our investigation.
Oriko Mikuni	According to my notes, the crying was heard around here.
Oriko Mikuni	It started out angry.
Oriko Mikuni	But it seems sadder recently.
Komaki Asako	Here? Really? I've never heard it.
Oriko Mikuni	Oh?
Oriko Mikuni	Does that mean you come here a lot?
Komaki Asako	O-of course not! What reason would I have to come to a gloomy place like this?
Oriko Mikuni	Well, then it's no big surprise that you haven't heard the voice here.
Komaki Asako	Erm... Let's move on! Next!
Oriko Mikuni	(She's trying to hide something from me.)
Oriko Mikuni	All our other clues...
Oriko Mikuni	The mysteriously tidied stage.
Oriko Mikuni	And the footsteps in an empty room.
Oriko Mikuni	Both took place here.
Komaki Asako	Oh, the sheet music's still out. Is it the choir's?
Oriko Mikuni	They must be swamped. They probably didn't have time to tidy up after themselves.
Oriko Mikuni	(I'll have to remind them to tidy up later.)
♪ Music stops.
Komaki Asako	I guess I'll move it, then.
Oriko Mikuni	Huh?
Komaki Asako	Well, I can't just leave it here, can I?
Oriko Mikuni	You're right.
♪ Musical track: Scaena Felix
Komaki Asako	Those choir girls really get on my nerves!
Oriko Mikuni	*Sigh* They left it here on purpose to save their spot for morning practice, didn't they?
Oriko Mikuni	I've never understood it. It's an issue in the student council, too.
Komaki Asako	Yeah, well, they've got no morals!
Komaki Asako	I try to tell them not to, but they claim everybody does it! As if that's an excuse!
Komaki Asako	Okay, let's wrap this up. It's almost time to go home.
Oriko Mikuni	Huh?
Komaki Asako	I'm saying this for your sake.
Komaki Asako	You don't wanna be home late, do you?
Komaki Asako	Anyway, I'm off.
♪ Music stops.
Oriko Mikuni	Hey, wait! Komaki!
Oriko Mikuni	I think I've uncovered the mystery of our ghost.

Episode 5

♪ Musical track: Coordinator
Oriko Mikuni	I think I've uncovered the mystery of our ghost.
Komaki Asako	What?! How?!
Komaki Asako	We didn't find a single clue!
Oriko Mikuni	Oh, we did. You were very enlightening.
Komaki Asako	What's that supposed to mean?
♪ Music stops.
Oriko Mikuni	I'll start from the conclusion.
Oriko Mikuni	The ghost is, well, you, Komaki.
Komaki Asako	Huh?!
Komaki Asako	Are you for real?
Komaki Asako	You can't go around, throwing baseless accusations like that at people!
Komaki Asako	Who do you think you are?
Oriko Mikuni	Look, it's not a baseless accusation. All the evidence points that way.
Oriko Mikuni	First, there's the pale apparition caught on video.
♪ Musical track: Twilight
Oriko Mikuni	And then there's the festival performance.
Oriko Mikuni	Did you ever practice lines on your own?
Komaki Asako	W-well...
Oriko Mikuni	Why not? It's incredible that you're putting so much effort into this.
Komaki Asako	It's embarrassing!
Oriko Mikuni	Well, if that's how you feel, your secret's safe with me.
Komaki Asako	Anyway, what about my solo rehearsals?
Oriko Mikuni	Remember the testimony?
Oriko Mikuni	The voice in the yard sounded angry at first.
Oriko Mikuni	But it grew sadder day by day.
Oriko Mikuni	Just like how your friend described your performance.
Komaki Asako	My friend? Oh, you mean Akira?
Komaki Asako	So...the girl from the calligraphy club heard me?
Oriko Mikuni	If you didn't want people to know you were practicing alone...
Oriko Mikuni	...it would also explain the footsteps in the gymnasium.
Oriko Mikuni	You didn't want anyone to know...
Oriko Mikuni	...so you ran away before anyone spotted you.
Komaki Asako	*Sob* I can't believe someone heard me practice crying!
Oriko Mikuni	And finally, there's the matter of the tidy stage.
Oriko Mikuni	Any ideas?
Komaki Asako	*Sob*
Oriko Mikuni	Now, this is all just a theory.
Oriko Mikuni	But everything seems to lead back to you, Komaki.
Komaki Asako	Y-you're right. It does.
Komaki Asako	It does, but... I don't buy it!
♪ Music stops.
♪ Musical track: bgm01_adv_everyday1
♪ Music stops.

Episode 6

♪ Musical track: Amicae Carae Meae
— Oriko Mikuni — That time when Komaki and I laughed together wasn't so long ago, really.
— Oriko Mikuni — And yet, those days are long gone now.
*Thud*
Oriko Mikuni	(The way people at school look at me has changed.)
Oriko Mikuni	(But more importantly.)
Oriko Mikuni	(Komaki is gone.)
Oriko Mikuni	(Everything is different now.)
♪ Music stops.
— Oriko Mikuni — Ever since that day when I lost my father.
♪ Musical track: Incertus
Oriko Mikuni	Father...
Oriko Mikuni	......
Oriko Mikuni	(Strange. Why didn't he reply?)
Oriko Mikuni	(I feel it in my gut. Something isn't right.)
Oriko Mikuni	——?!
— Oriko Mikuni — As I stepped into my father's study, I saw it.
— Oriko Mikuni — I saw my father's body, hanging from the ceiling.
— Oriko Mikuni — He'd been accused of corruption. That's when his downfall had started.
Oriko Mikuni	......
— Oriko Mikuni — My mom died in a car accident when I was little.
— Oriko Mikuni — I had no one to rely on. My paternal uncle had cut off contact, and my other relatives were nowhere to be seen.
	It's the daughter of that corrupt lawmaker.
	Best to steer clear of her. Wouldn't want her bad name to rub off on us.
Oriko Mikuni	......
— Oriko Mikuni — I no longer fit in at school.
— Oriko Mikuni — Perfect grades, perfect at sports, and the perfect kind of popular. She's the envy of the whole school.
— Oriko Mikuni — That image had nothing to do with my own value. I was just seen as the daughter of an elite father.
Oriko Mikuni	What is my value?
Oriko Mikuni	What is the meaning of my life?
Oriko Mikuni	......
Oriko Mikuni	What am I here for?
Oriko Mikuni	What is my purpose...?
Oriko Mikuni	I...don't even know anymore.
♪ Music stops.
And that's when...
♪ Musical track: Sis Puella Magica
— Oriko Mikuni — ...Kyubey the Incubator appeared before me.
Kyubey	Oriko.
Kyubey	What is the wish that will make your Soul Gem shine?
— Oriko Mikuni — I want to know the meaning of my life.
♪ Music stops.

Episode 7

♪ Musical track: bgm01_adv_sorrow
Oriko Mikuni	(There is a meaning to my life now.)
Oriko Mikuni	(I have a mission to accomplish.)
— Oriko Mikuni — The power I gained from my wish was foresight.
— Oriko Mikuni — And my foresight showed me a path that...
Oriko Mikuni	(I will kill her.)
Oriko Mikuni	(If I eliminate her before she becomes a Magical Girl...)
Oriko Mikuni	(The world will be saved.)
Oriko Mikuni	(And to do that...)
— Oriko Mikuni — Found you.
— Oriko Mikuni — I have to hurry... so that very soon... I can erase you from existence.
Madoka Kaname	Agh...
Oriko Mikuni	(With my hands wrapped around your throat...)
Madoka Kaname	Agh...
Oriko Mikuni	Goodbye.
♪ Music stops.
*Bam*
♪ Musical track: Umbra Nigra
Oriko Mikuni	(I must find the one who blocked me in my premonition.)
Oriko Mikuni	(The one who protects her.)
Oriko Mikuni	(The guardian.)
Oriko Mikuni	(I must eliminate them.)
Oriko Mikuni	(And to do that...)
Oriko Mikuni	(...I must amass as many Grief Seeds as possible.)
Oriko Mikuni	(And execute a strategy to defeat this guardian.)
Oriko Mikuni	I'm sure there will be other sacrifices.
Oriko Mikuni	...... ......
Oriko Mikuni	(Even so, I...)
♪ Music stops.
— Oriko Mikuni — I cannot stop.
♪ Musical track: [ fateful #1]
Kirika Kure	Oriko! I forgot somethin'!
Oriko Mikuni	My, my, Kirika?
Kirika Kure	......
Oriko Mikuni	What's the matter?
Kirika Kure	That notebook got somethin' to do with Komaki?
Oriko Mikuni	What if I said it was?
Kirika Kure	I dunno, I just don't like it.
Oriko Mikuni	(She's sulking.)
— Oriko Mikuni — Ever since I forgave Kirika for accidentally killing Komaki...
— Oriko Mikuni — ...Kirika had changed.
— Oriko Mikuni — And not in a good way. In fact, it would be more accurate to say, Kirika was broken.
Kirika Kure	Oriko...you mad?
Oriko Mikuni	Hmph...
Kirika Kure	Were you teasin' me? That's so mean!
Oriko Mikuni	I'm sorry.
Oriko Mikuni	So, you said you forgot something?
Kirika Kure	Oh, yeah.
— Oriko Mikuni — Two dead.
— Oriko Mikuni — One broken.
— Oriko Mikuni — There's no backing down now.
Kirika Kure	Ah, there it is!
Kirika Kure	See ya later!
Oriko Mikuni	Bye.
Oriko Mikuni	......
— Oriko Mikuni — To save the world. That is what gives my life meaning now.
♪ Music stops.