Magia Exedra Story Transcripts/temp/portrait ningyo

Episode 1

(Narration)	Amidst the endless tapestry of time and space, this place was but one of a myriad of possibilities that may have existed.
(Narration)	This story is a little memory quietly tucked away in a corner of that possibility.
♪ Musical track: Conturbatio
Sayaka Miki	*Sigh*
Sayaka Miki	......
Sayaka Miki	(Time for a little break.)
Sayaka Miki	(There are still more Witches to kill, after all.)
	I'm so sorry I'm late, honey. What did you do during preschool today?
	The teacher read us "The Little Mermaid"!
	That's nice.
	But I felt really bad for the mermaid...
	She saved the prince, but he didn't even notice.
	And then she turned into bubbles at the end and disappeared...
Sayaka Miki	(The Little Mermaid, huh...)
♪ Music stops.
♪ Musical track: Serena Ira
(Narration)	That poor, unloved mermaid...
(Narration)	...turned into bubbles.
(Narration)	*Burble* *Burble*
(Narration)	My soul is sinking...
(Narration)	...into the cold, dark depths of the ocean.
(Narration)	I'm suffering and alone... But it wasn't supposed to be like this.
(Narration)	Is that how you felt, little mermaid?
(Narration)	All you did was fall in love with a prince.
(Narration)	Just like I fell in love with Kyosuke's music. I just wanted to help him.
(Narration)	Didn't the little mermaid make a contract with the sea witch?
Kyubey	I will grant you one wish— any wish you desire!
(Narration)	She traded her voice for legs to walk upon land.
(Narration)	And the witch warned her that, if the prince didn't fall in love with her, she'd turn into bubbles.
Mami Tomoe	Having been chosen by Kyubey...
Mami Tomoe	...you have the rare chance to have any wish granted.
Mami Tomoe	But remember, that wish lies side-by-side with death.
(Narration)	I wanted to save him.
Kyosuke Kamijo	The doctor came and told me himself. He said that with current medicine, it just wasn't possible.
Kyosuke Kamijo	My hand will never move again.
Kyosuke Kamijo	Not until the day miracles or magic start existing in this world.
Sayaka Miki	They do exist.
Sayaka Miki	Miracles...and magic...are real!
(Narration)	The little mermaid saved the prince from the sea and wanted to see him once more.
Sayaka Miki	You can really grant any wish, right?
Kyubey	Don't worry.
Kyubey	Your wish is absolutely grantable.
(Narration)	I knew what I was getting myself into, so I don't have any regrets.
(Narration)	None at all...
Hitomi Shizuki	For a long time now, I...
Hitomi Shizuki	...have been in love with Kyosuke Kamijo.
(Narration)	Oh...
(Narration)	I wonder how the little mermaid felt.
(Narration)	The prince mistook a different woman for the one who saved his life...
(Narration)	...and the little mermaid didn't have a voice to tell him the truth, or that she loved him.
Kyosuke Kamijo	It's just like you said, Sayaka... It's a miracle.
(Narration)	Hey, Kyosuke... Would you have believed me if I said I was the one who saved you?
(Narration)	If you did, would you have picked me instead of Hitomi?
(Narration)	What am I thinking? I really am...a horrible person.
Mami Tomoe	Miki, do you truly wish for his dream to come true?
(Narration)	I'm sorry, Mami. I was stupid.
(Narration)	Ugh... I just keep getting worse and worse.
(Narration)	I'll sink all the way to the bottom...alone.
(Narration)	What was I trying to do?! Just what was I hoping for?!
(Narration)	To hear Kyosuke play the violin again?
(Narration)	To see Kyosuke smile again?
Mami Tomoe	Or do you actually wish to grant his dream so that he will be grateful to you?
(Narration)	...... ......
(Narration)	There's no way I could tell him...
(Narration)	...that I'm the one who made that miracle happen.
(Narration)	I can't ask him to love me when I have a body like this.
(Narration)	Even if I haven't lost my voice... I still can't say anything.
(Narration)	I hate this. I thought I wouldn't have any regrets, but...here I am.
(Narration)	That poor little mermaid turned into bubbles...
(Narration)	...as a reward for having saved someone's life.
(Narration)	She tried so hard, and he still never loved her. He never even thanked her for it.
(Narration)	But at the beginning... I didn't want that either.
Sayaka Miki	I guess I'm a little bit proud of myself right now, too.
Sayaka Miki	Anyway! I'm really getting fired up for this now.
Sayaka Miki	From here on, I—Magical Girl Sayaka...
Sayaka Miki	...will keep Mitakihara City super-duper safe and sound!
Madoka Kaname	You really don't have any regrets at all?
Sayaka Miki	Well...
Sayaka Miki	If I have any regret, it's probably that I hesitated for so long.
(Narration)	I was so glad I saved him, and wished to hear him play the violin again from the bottom of my heart.
(Narration)	I swear that that's the truth.
(Narration)	But the little mermaid wasn't rewarded.
(Narration)	And I can never go back to the way I was.
(Narration)	I have to keep fighting Witches day after day until I die.
(Narration)	And at the very end... what will become of me? What can become of me?
(Narration)	*Sigh* I'll just sink into the cold, dark sea...
Kyoko Sakura	I mean, you already paid your dues— and paid way too high a price.
Kyoko Sakura	So now, you just gotta think about how to get your money's worth.
(Narration)	Sorry, but that's just not possible.
(Narration)	I don't want to lie about my feelings, prayers, or miracles.
(Narration)	If I lie about my wish... just what's left for me?
Kyoko Sakura	Make him so helpless he can't do a thing without you.
Kyoko Sakura	Do that, and this time, he'll really be yours and yours alone.
(Narration)	If the little mermaid killed the prince, her curse would have been broken.
(Narration)	But that's impossible for me.
(Narration)	So I'll just turn into bubbles...
(Narration)	*Burble*
(Narration)	Bubbles are supposed to float, but my soul just keeps sinking.
(Narration)	I was turned into stone, so...
(Narration)	...becoming a beautiful bubble isn't even possible.
(Narration)	It's a crueler fate than any fairy tale.
Sayaka Miki	If you really want to do something for me...
Sayaka Miki	...you should experience what I've experienced first.
Sayaka Miki	You can't, can you? Of course not.
Sayaka Miki	You can't give up being human just out of pity, can you?!
Madoka Kaname	Pity...?! That's not...
(Narration)	I said such terrible things to Madoka... I need to apologize.
(Narration)	I know it's not fair... She'll forgive me no matter what.
(Narration)	*Sigh* I don't even know what's going through my mind these days.
(Narration)	When will this drifting dream be over?
(Narration)	*Burble* *Burble*
(Narration)	I can't turn into bubbles, so I'll sink deeper and deeper into the frigid sea... to a place with no light.
(Narration)	I'll keep going further and further down...
(Narration)	...into the cold, dark, and lonely depths.
♪ Music stops.
♪ Musical track: Decretum
(Narration)	Who's there?
(Narration)	Mami?
(Narration)	And...Madoka?
(Narration)	That's them, for sure.
(Narration)	But it's so dark, I can't see anything...
(Narration)	...!
(Narration)	That voice...
(Narration)	So it was you... What a weird dream.
♪ Music stops.
♪ Musical track: Conturbatio
Sayaka Miki	......
Sayaka Miki	Did I fall asleep?
Sayaka Miki	I felt like I was dreaming...
Sayaka Miki	......
Sayaka Miki	But I...I can't remember.
♪ Music stops.