Lazily swinging her legs back and forth, Jiyu's dark eyes follow the trespassing puella magi. The beige haired newcomer cheerfully follows two adults- a brunette and a man with a similar hair colour. 'Presumably her parents' Jiyu speculates.
Leaping down from her seat on the stone fountain the brunette magical girl discreetly trails the trio, wanting to gain more information on the newcomer. So Jiyu watches for what others would not. Magical girls are naturally more graceful than a normal human being- with the exception of dancers, acrobats and such. Self assured, as no regular human could take on a Puella Magi. 'Although there are circumstances in which it could happen, but no one thinks about that.'
Her expressions seemed fake and forced, her happy smile fading when the grown ups looked away. Jiyu huffs as she stops at a pretzel shop and orders. This way she won't look suspicious sitting alone at a table. Leaning on the grey tiled wall while waiting for her order, the tan girl finally gets a glimpse of the girls ring. Summoning a miniscule amount of magic as to not be sensed, Jiyu enhances her eyesight to see the runes carved into the silver. 'Kirsten, hm? Now what in the world are you doing here… A quick search on Facebook should be enough, especially since your father is wearing a name tag.'
Just as Jiyu pulls out her cell phone to check, her name is called from the counter. Stuffing the phone back into her purse, she returns to the counter and takes the pretzel from the middle aged blonde woman. Giving her thanks with a polite smile she strides over to the tables. Tactfully she avoids the dirtied tables, taking a seat at one of the recently cleared ones instead. Tearing a small piece off of the pretzel she pops it into her mouth.
Wiping her hands on a napkin she pulls her phone out again, opening facebook. Not on her account of course, but a fake one she had set up when she learned it was a surprisingly useful way to find information on others. Most people didn't know how to work privacy settings, much to her benefit.
Kirsten Fernald-Adlington. Thirteen years old, previously lived in San Francisco before moving to Valeport, Canada.
Jiyu winces slightly. Big city Puella Magi always had it the worst. Territorial rights and grief seeds become fought over, to the death. There may be more witches, but there are always a higher amount of puella magi around. Likely to be aggressive and suspicious on contact. More importantly, Valeport will barely be able to sustain another girl.
She turns her phone off and starts ripping her pretzel up, eating piece by piece. She does not move nor react as Kirsten sends a wary glance in her general direction before exiting the area with her parents.
"Ah," Jiyu mumbles, "She noticed."
Sorry about the shortness :/
Anyways, I want to thank Psykoakuma for her review and analysis, and my reply: I very much enjoyed reading your review and your analogy with the scientist as well. While that is not completely it, you are somewhat correct. I would like to explain, but it would ruin some things I wish to reveal later, so please accept my apologizes for the lack of explanation. To continue the research of the illness could be fear, cowardice, selflessness, or determination. Or any other thing really. In Jiyu's case, if she was the scientist, she would be too scared to kill herself and would rather just let the illness take her. She would research out of boredom, there isn't much to do in quarintine after all. The reason I claimed indolence as her Witch's nature is that she could had warned others, she could had tried to do something. But she never did. While this was not why Jiyu became a Witch, it is something she thought about often. Indolence, because despite being a Puella Magi she never honestly tried. Sure, she translated runes the runes. But only out of curiosity. She didn't take Florence on as an apprentice because it was too much effort. It is part of her personality. You are right. There isn't an answer. What is more correct? To become a witch and consume humans and supply a puella magi with a grief seed later, or to kill oneself in order to protect said humans, yet prevent a fellow magical girl from gaining a grief seed so she can continue saving other humans and eventually turn herself? It is a matter of opinion in the end.
Thank you for your time everyone! I'll reply to any comments or questions so don't be shy.