Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2016 22:38:12 GMT
Wip af
I still call them mahou shoujo because why not, but if there's any question just ask really. To stay true to the show I’d say age down your character if they’re above their early twenties. Got no ideas how to incorporate some things from DCM so any ideas pitch em down below
I'll put down the info for the basics of the series and how this'll all work but if you got any ideas of out this info just ask.
NOTE: I need cloth garments for Homura and Madoka; need to discuss Angel and Demon leaders; other roles need to be discussed; world building needs to be discussed; Incubators need to be discussed.
I have an idea that this is ALL set after the third movie, a new world order is birthed and the Law of Cycles (see below) is broken. The world isn't quite right or normal and we can talk how it can be different.
Key:
New universe - Universe of this AU
Old Universe - Universe where madoka was god
Original Universe - Universe before Madoka
World-
Race-
Demons: still have their skin spectrum, eyes, and horns and Hell isn’t like the hell we think of but rather a pocket dimension in an office building in which they can receive orders by Homura. Homura is their true leader and her word is absolute; but they have a second in command who everyone reports to. Demons only desire to keep their world as is, in their minds they are protecting the Law of Cycles and believe that their God is innocent in this ordeal. They only physically protect Madoka as Homura handles Madoka's socially. They regard Madoka as a victim of an unfair system and see this new universe as a better alternative. They are Mahou Shoujo that swore loyalty to the Demon God Homura and has proven to become a part of her court. Demons have an added task of keeping incubators as far away as possible from Madoka. Human mahou shoujo become Demon mahou shoujo upon death upon Homura's permission; when they become one with the new cycle and possess familiars. These familiars are invisible to humans and are like extra eyes for the demons. They still need to clean their gems as Homura still needs to stave off the evetual heat death of the universe by them fighting off Wraiths.
Angels: Angels are lead by a leader, a previous court member of the goddess Madoka who still retains the memory that Homura isn't to be trusted. Their leader doesn't remember the previous universe incredibly well but understands that Madoka has a much larger role to play. Angels believe that Homura is a tyrant with an iron grip on this world and that this world is a dystopia. They have the ability to see the Demon's familiars as well as understanding that at any time Demon God Homura is able to control and contort the world around them. Their task is to try and get to Madoka to remember her wish but with memory distortion from Homura, they are finding this task very difficult. Angels have halos, wings, and the added ability to go into a 'witch' form due to their link to the previous Law of Cycles. Human mahou shoujo can become Angel mahou shoujo by having their soul gems being contorted to have a grief seed simultaneously in their gem. This is granted by their leader and only the most trusted humans are converted. They are still normal mahou shoujo and require to clean their gems.
Humans: All mahou shoujo at first, they may switch sides and possess basic mahou shoujo abilities. They may have loyalties to this current world, believe that the Angels are right, or not care and are only trying to survive. Angels and Demons are trying to recruit these humans to their side.
All species are susceptible to becoming a mahou shoujo
City-
The city of Daten has big and fantastic structures littered throughout the whole place and is filled with witches. Daten is very large and divided into sectors based on what is located in each sector:
Pecunia Sector- This is where many of the financial businesses of Daten are located; this part is filled with skyscrapers and large office buildings. This sector is nicknamed the fishbowl sector since the large buildings are covered with glass. Many of the jobs are located here as well and many of the people are in a rush with horrible traffic. There are cafes with fast food places for the fast paced lifestyle, and there always something new being built. This is where much of the transport services are as well; subways, the airport and taxis are located here. Hell is located in an office building here.
Villa Sector- This is the residential part of Daten where many of the homes are and the schools are also located here. There are family owned shops (be it cafes, restaurants, etc.) and small grocery stores on main street and this sector has much of the flora of the city. The bus from the Pecunia sector can take you from Villa to any other sector you desire and many of the students here travel to Convivium. This sector also contains a few parks, community centers, and a shelter from natural disasters. The most northern area contains the high school where many of the students walk to school with the middle and elementary school located more towards main street. Heaven is located here in an abandoned church.
Convivium Sector- This is the recreation sector with many businesses meant for entertainment at all hours of the night and this part is the most illuminated and colorful at night. This sector is connected directly to Mercatura with a bridge and have both bus routes and subway trains for high speed travel. Nightclubs, karaoke bars, ice skating rinks, movie theaters, classy restaurants, an amusement park, arcades, and almost anything else are all crammed here. Many students some here to have fun in the later hours and this sector is nicknamed the Night Life Sector. Most of the hotels are located here for tourists, and some mahou shoujos actually take residence in hotels. But there’s a seedy underbelly to all this fun with illegal drug deals, strip clubs, prostitution, etc. being located in this sector as well, in the southern most area.
Mercatura Sector - This sector might be the smallest but this is where most of the shopping malls and stores are. Anything you could ask for is located here for a price. Fashion, food, electronics, books, music, domestic, etc. can all be found for sale in this sector. This sector seems to be the day counterpart to Convivium, as students also come here after school or in the afternoon on weekends. Nicknamed for obvious reasons, the Shopping Sector, always keep an eye out for the new opening stores and get your wallets ready. Many of the advertisements have the mascots of the city, a party girl and a gothic girl. This sector is located more towards the middle of Daten.
Cognitio Sector- This is the sector meant for knowledge and this is where Daten university is located. Libraries, museums, and modern art make up to cognitio sector. There are places to learn technical skills or really any skill you want. The city hall, court, newspaper business, and other things are located here as well. This sector is very close to Villa and from the most northern part it is in walking distance. This sector is most visited during finals and standard testing times. There is a coffee shop to help keep the late night studiers up. Hospital is located here as well.
Information (if you got no idea what I'm talking about):
How the series universe worked (image isn't mine and idk who to credit):
If you want more info check below.
Law of Cycles-
In the canon series, a girl named Madoka Kaname had been fated to die from the cycle all mahou shoujo face, in fact she would have become one of the most powerful witch. But, Homura Akemi (her best friend), refused her fate and with her time traveling magic, created a separate timeline before Madoka became a mahou shoujo to change her fate. Timelines were dropped and resetted, Madoka dying in almost every single one. Due to Homura’s repeated fiddling with timelines, Madoka’s grief in each timeline exponentially grew, her fates growing worse and her potential magic reaching to the point that she could become God.
Every attempt Homura tried to save her dear friend, only caused her more suffering. In the last timeline, Madoka learned of the fate of all mahou shoujo in the past, present and the future as well as her potential god powers. To save the fates of every magica girl that had ever existed, she utters her last wish,
“I wish to erase all witches from existence before they’re even born. Every witch in the universe, from the past and the future, with own hands.”
In this instance, Madoka had become the most powerful witch in existence due to the immeasurable amount of grief and pain destroying her newly formed soul gem. Her witch was so powerful in had plagued the entire universe with a curse but in accordance with her wish, she stays true to her word and emerges as a new being. Erasing her own witch form, this paradox removes the human Madoka Kaname from existence as she then becomes a concept known as the Law of Cycles. The laws of the universe are rewritten, and a new world is birthed with Madoka overseeing it.
But the mahou shoujo still exist. Madoka had wished to change the system, not human nature and as such instead of witches there are wraiths. Before a mahou shoujo falls in the breaking point, Madoka absolves them of their pain by taking their curse and putting onto herself instead. This process causes their gem to disappear, leaving the magica girl to die in peace. The law of Cycles is a mahou shoujo’s hope, their salvation. Also a legend passed down orally from one mahou shoujo to another.
In the third movie, the law of cycles is broken as a new god and universe is formed and now run by Homura. She didn’t want Madoka to suffer throughout eternity and takes the burden instead, returning Madoka in her human state to live the life she wanted. This selfish desire causes the fates of other magical girls to be in risk; causing the Homura to now say she is a demon for disrupting god’s order. If Madoka remembers her wish she will return to her throne for an epic battle like non other. Although, we don’t get to see how the world works now and mostly we can discuss what we’d like to happen in this new world. Homura and Madoka will have different names for the PSG universe; and will probably be played due to the idea I have
Mahou Shoujo-
The magical girls; but men are recruited as well, it’s just females are more common; they can call you magical boys if wanted (and magical people if asked). Mahou shoujos are usually of a younger range, there are magica girls as young as 8 but also as old as early 20s; this is because this stage of life is very emotional and easily exploitable by the incubators. A Mahou Shoujo’s job is to defeat witches and eventually fulfill their fate to become witches, restoring energy to the universe. The nature of the mahou shoujo are still mysterious, as even incubators don’t fully comprehend that full extent of their powers. Mahou Shoujo have a much shorter lifespan than regular people and will live to their early 30s at best. A magical girl that survived a year is considered as a formidable foe. No one knows that they become witches except Angels.
Mahou Shoujos usually team up with their friends and create alliances with other teams.
All new mahou shoujo will go to a certain sector at first; whether it's their favorite hang out, they think its a good idea or they go with their team, etc is up to you. They can switch sectors maybe even hunt in two sectors that are close by to each other. New mahou shoujos will try to resume their normal lives, but their are some who drop out of school or work.
All mahou shoujos know their race specific incubator and are on friendly grounds with them. Since an incubator really is the only one a mahou shoujo can trust, as the others are looking out for themselves and incubators are neutral towards everyone. Even mahou shoujos that know the truth, survived, and have a hatred of the incubators, still confide in them time to time because they are the only ones they can talk to. This is also why some mahou shoujos that are enlightened actively hurt and kill incubators; only to find that another takes their place quickly.
Magic-
Their magic depends on either their wish, their personality or something that represents them (for example, if they are a cook they get fire powers); each ability is unique to the mahou shoujo. Be creative with their powers! It's magic, throw logic out of the window!
At first, a new mahou shoujo’s powers will be very limited to a few active/non active abilities. The more experienced the mahou shoujo, the more powers they learn from experimenting with their magic; the original magical ability can be developed into a completely new tool for the mahou shoujo. Despite magical girls usually having weapons with their transformation, some are purely defensive and give no weapon; this causes the mahou shoujo to become creative with their magic.
For example, one magical girl’s original ability was to summon ribbons, as she become more experienced and as a veteran, she was able to make magical guns out of her ribbons adding an offensive ability under her belt. This magical girl, in particular, has multiple offensive techniques due to her long experience. Veterans can also enchant non-magical items to enhance their use (such as binoculars for enhanced vision, or a melee weapon to effect familiars).
Mahou shoujos can actually combine their magic and make powerful attacks from the combine forces but require a strong bond between the individuals.
Henshin-
The mahou shoujos undergo a magical transformation of their body that activate their powers and the ability to freely summon their weapons without it being attached to the Soul Gem. Their soul gems become a part of their henshin costume. They are also given costumes that may provide protection and the clothes never subtract the user’s abilities.
Contracts-
To become a mahou shoujo, one must make a contract with an incubator. Before this, they must be a suitable candidate as normal people will not believe the incubator’s presence. This is usually people of desperate and emotionally upsetting backgrounds; the ribbon magical girl mentioned above made her wish on the brink of death, another magical girl made her wish for her sick loved one, etc. Once they make their wish, the incubator will form their soul gem and they will be tasked with fighting witches from that day forward. The incubator target desperate targets since well, who would believe them other wise.
Depending on the situation, the candidate might not even know of the mahou shoujo, magic, or of the incubator’s existence but there are times where candidates were aware.
Wish-
The boundary of said wish seems to be limitless, and the incubator will often grant things seen as only miracles. It is up to the mahou shoujo to reveal their wish and some express regret for their decision. Once the wish is made, the incubator will remove their soul and form it into their soul gem.
Certain wishes will give abilities; some wished for someone's health and they gained enhanced healing powers, two wished to change one's mind/perception and they gained hallucinatory/persuasion abilities, one who wished for their writing could read minds, etc. These abilities usually have set backs; either it consumes a lot of magic, damages their psyche, or causes traumatic events. If a mahou shoujo begins to reject their wish and powers because of a traumatic event, then these abilities are void and their use of magic is changed.
Soul Gem-
The essence of the the mahou shoujo and the source of their powers; the soul gem is exactly what it sounds like, a gem that contains the user’s soul. The only way to kill a magical girl is to destroy their soul gem; but injuries will incapacitate them. They will shatter in one hit directly. The magic from the soul gem isn’t unlimited as the more magic the user commands, the more tainted it becomes. The gem’s color will darken, showing how tainted the soul gem has become and it will darken even faster depending if the mahou shoujo is going insane. The mahou shoujo can remove this corruption with grief cubes, cubes left by wraiths. If a mahou shoujo fails to clean her soul gem of grief for an extended period of time, it will shatter and become a grief seed; turning the previous mahou shoujo’s soul to become a witch and effectively killing the user’s body. This is when the Goddess madoka would appear down and absolve the user of the grief they faced, allowing them to die peacefully. Unkown what happens in the new universe under Homura.
The mahou shoujo’s body is actually only a husk for the soul gem to control. That is why when the soul gem shatters, the user’s body will still exist and falls dead. Since the consciousness of a mahou shoujo is now separated from her body, the body has a much bigger pain tolerance once transformed and can withstand being stabbed, bones being broken, etc. Due to this, a mahou shoujo can ignore all feelings of physical pain but risk the user’s reaction time to their injuries. Not only pain tolerance, but a mahou shoujo once transformed into their battle form will have increased strength, agility, and other attributes to aid fighting.
If the mahou shoujo is separated from the soul gem for more than 100 meters, the body will become limp and lifeless (the body will become weaker the farther it is) but they will revive once the gem is brought back to the user. If separated from the mahou shoujo for more than 2 days, the body will begin to rot. Luckily, the soul gem transforms with the mahou shoujo’s henshin and outside of henshin, turns into a ring on their middle left finger (the nail of the finger also has the symbol of the Mahou Shoujo) so that the magical girl will not lose it. It can only be cleaned in its original egg shape and this form can be accessed any time outside of henshin.
The Leader of the Angels makes new Angels by accessing their witch form by using accumulated grief to form a grief seed in their gem, this effectively gives Angels the ability to gain powers of their witch form but at the cost of having their soul gem being at the brink of breaking. Human mahou shoujo do not know of this process and the witch powers of Angels act more of extra abilities.
Grief seeds-
These are a the witch version of soul gems and possess the form of a witch. They were used in the original world to clean soul gems.
Some grief seeds can be decorated with ribbons, string with flowers or other things if the decoration pertains to their wish and the wish was deeply personal or if they're extremely powerful.
Both grief seeds and soul gems bear the shape of the mahou shoujo’s soul gem during the henshin. Grief seeds bear another extra symbol that represents the witch.
Grief Cubes-
These are how mahou shoujo clean their soul gems, with the grief cubes dropped by wraiths. Multiple are needed for a full clean from the brink of corruption. Mahou shoujos show their trust in another by offering a grief cube; rejecting this offer means you are hostile towards them and refuse to work together. A full grief cube glows with a dark aura and must be disposed; give to your incubator to dispose of. One grief cube is dropped per wraith but since wraiths travel in groups, multiple grief cubes can be collected.
Witches-
The final form of a mahou shoujo and are beings that spread negative feelings throughout the world. The broken mind of a mahou shoujo will cause their soul gem to turn into a grief seed and their soul to become a monster that only desires to spread their curses on to people. These curses drive marked victims to kill others, themself, or cause accidents. They can lure helpless people that feel the same as them into their world and will absorb their souls (by eating, dragging into themselves, etc). The witches hide in labyrinths and have familiars in their worlds. They usually have their original powers or have a variant of them. Normal witches are affected by nonmagical firearms but require a whole lot more than regular magic attacks. The witch has a different name than their previous mahuo shoujo form and usually has a german origin.
Witches no longer exist in this new world by themselves but as an angel mahou shoujo's alternative form.
Labyrinths-
In the original universe, it was a witch's world, a pocket universe. This is how the angel leader keeps heaven safe from Homura's eye. Only the leader may do this as they were a part of the original law of cycles. Only Angels are allowed into the heaven labyrinth.
Familiars-
Demons possess familiars which were in the original universe beings that formed out of the witches' powers. Now they're extensions of the demon mahou shoujo's powers and can harm other mahou shoujo if the user is strong enough. Familiars can really be anything in relation to the user and follow the same theme as the user's mahou shoujo form.
Wraiths (name can be changed idk):
So wraiths are the version of witches after the law of cycles is born. They form out of people's griefs and look very uniform and they travel in groups. There are classes of wraiths and the higher the class the higher the threat they pose. They don't have barriers at all and wander in the human world mostly at night. They drop cubes instead of grief seeds; they absorb less grief so killing multiple packs is suggested. They can interact with physical objects, have some sort of affect on soul gems, steal magical powers, and even take forms of memories of mahou shoujo.
The rank of wraiths are:
Weapons-
Mahou Shoujo can summon only one type of weapon out of thin air; some can summon a large amount of the weapon, some use magical ammo, etc. No matter how heavy the weapon appears, the mahou shoujo will be able to easily wield it. The weapon can really be anything and mahou shoujo can attack with magic as well. But it is up to the mahou shoujo to make names for their attacks (there is a trend of naming attacks in italian).
Runes-
This is the language of witches and their labyrinths. There are three variations of the runic script, the main set being archaic (and most used) while musical and modern are based on it. Image shown below is from the Puella Magi wikia and not mine (Modern, Archaic, and Musical). Mahou shoujo must study and decipher this code before they understand what this means as this was ONLY in the original universe! Angels will understand runes and may speak and write in them in order to keep information from Demons.
Incubators-
Messengers of Magic that grant the mahou shoujos’ wish in exchange they will fight witches for the Incubators. Incubators do have names they give to the mahou shoujo, ending in, “bey”. The first part of their name (for example: Kyubey) are speculated to be similar to an identification number for the race. Incubators are emotionless, the ones who do show emotions are considered mentally ill. They are uninterested to human feelings and don’t comprehend their emotions. Incubators have a very casual speaking manner, with no polite phrasing at all but will speak the honest truth when asked. They do not withhold information as much as they use to in the original universe. Their relationship with mahou shoujo are much more improved. They don't know or understand what the law of cycles is but wish to research it in order to see if they can extract more energy from it. They aren't working for Homura or Madoka!
In this universe, incubators appear as humanoids with cat ears and long tassel-like appendages that split into three sections at their tip with golden rings around them as well as very fluffy tails. They can transform into an animal like form if the mahou shoujo prefers. Demon incubators, Angel incubators and human incubators have different appearances but have all the same abilities. Incubators also have no gender, but can use male or female pronouns on their decision. Multiple incubators work together and it’s unknown how many are in Daten.
Incubators have telepathy and communicate with potential mahou shoujo and current mahou shoujo with this ability. They actually don’t move their mouths at all to speak as this is their only way of communication. Mahou shoujos can actually communicate with telepathy with each other if an incubator is nearby. Incubator’s abilities include: teleportation, invisibility, wish granting, creating soul gems, soul gem simulation, and replication. Replication is when an Incubator has been killed and another is required to take its' place; in this case the new incubator will eat the dead remains in order to gain its knowledge and memories to easily take its' place and get rid of the corpse (incubators of only the same race eat each other).
Incubators despite having no need to eat, enjoy human food and like taking hot baths; but they will only do this when offered. An incubator will always answer the call of any mahou shoujo and appear immediately. Incubators are oddly social as each incubator race wishes to speak with the other race; whether man-made or with their own powers.
Human Incubator- Faabey
Demon Incubator- (slot open)
Angel Incubator- (slot open)
I need ideas for how the new law of cycles work as it doesn't function normally like in the old universe functioned since it's under new management. In the own cannon there are a lot of theories; I'll put down as many as I can so we get an idea of how we want this to work
I still call them mahou shoujo because why not, but if there's any question just ask really. To stay true to the show I’d say age down your character if they’re above their early twenties. Got no ideas how to incorporate some things from DCM so any ideas pitch em down below
I'll put down the info for the basics of the series and how this'll all work but if you got any ideas of out this info just ask.
NOTE: I need cloth garments for Homura and Madoka; need to discuss Angel and Demon leaders; other roles need to be discussed; world building needs to be discussed; Incubators need to be discussed.
I have an idea that this is ALL set after the third movie, a new world order is birthed and the Law of Cycles (see below) is broken. The world isn't quite right or normal and we can talk how it can be different.
The demon god Homura had birthed the new universe and the original God Madoka is now a prisoner, unable to remember her true form. The mahou shoujo's fates are now in danger now that their original god is missing. A mahou shoujo leader that knows of the Demon God's betrayal lead the Angels to rebel against Homura and return their original god while trying to return Madoka's memories. But the Demon God Homura have followers that defend their universe from the rebelling group. Regular Mahou shoujos that aren't recruited to either face the crossfire that will result.
Key:
New universe - Universe of this AU
Old Universe - Universe where madoka was god
Original Universe - Universe before Madoka
World-
Race-
Demons: still have their skin spectrum, eyes, and horns and Hell isn’t like the hell we think of but rather a pocket dimension in an office building in which they can receive orders by Homura. Homura is their true leader and her word is absolute; but they have a second in command who everyone reports to. Demons only desire to keep their world as is, in their minds they are protecting the Law of Cycles and believe that their God is innocent in this ordeal. They only physically protect Madoka as Homura handles Madoka's socially. They regard Madoka as a victim of an unfair system and see this new universe as a better alternative. They are Mahou Shoujo that swore loyalty to the Demon God Homura and has proven to become a part of her court. Demons have an added task of keeping incubators as far away as possible from Madoka. Human mahou shoujo become Demon mahou shoujo upon death upon Homura's permission; when they become one with the new cycle and possess familiars. These familiars are invisible to humans and are like extra eyes for the demons. They still need to clean their gems as Homura still needs to stave off the evetual heat death of the universe by them fighting off Wraiths.
Angels: Angels are lead by a leader, a previous court member of the goddess Madoka who still retains the memory that Homura isn't to be trusted. Their leader doesn't remember the previous universe incredibly well but understands that Madoka has a much larger role to play. Angels believe that Homura is a tyrant with an iron grip on this world and that this world is a dystopia. They have the ability to see the Demon's familiars as well as understanding that at any time Demon God Homura is able to control and contort the world around them. Their task is to try and get to Madoka to remember her wish but with memory distortion from Homura, they are finding this task very difficult. Angels have halos, wings, and the added ability to go into a 'witch' form due to their link to the previous Law of Cycles. Human mahou shoujo can become Angel mahou shoujo by having their soul gems being contorted to have a grief seed simultaneously in their gem. This is granted by their leader and only the most trusted humans are converted. They are still normal mahou shoujo and require to clean their gems.
Humans: All mahou shoujo at first, they may switch sides and possess basic mahou shoujo abilities. They may have loyalties to this current world, believe that the Angels are right, or not care and are only trying to survive. Angels and Demons are trying to recruit these humans to their side.
All species are susceptible to becoming a mahou shoujo
City-
The city of Daten has big and fantastic structures littered throughout the whole place and is filled with witches. Daten is very large and divided into sectors based on what is located in each sector:
Pecunia Sector- This is where many of the financial businesses of Daten are located; this part is filled with skyscrapers and large office buildings. This sector is nicknamed the fishbowl sector since the large buildings are covered with glass. Many of the jobs are located here as well and many of the people are in a rush with horrible traffic. There are cafes with fast food places for the fast paced lifestyle, and there always something new being built. This is where much of the transport services are as well; subways, the airport and taxis are located here. Hell is located in an office building here.
Villa Sector- This is the residential part of Daten where many of the homes are and the schools are also located here. There are family owned shops (be it cafes, restaurants, etc.) and small grocery stores on main street and this sector has much of the flora of the city. The bus from the Pecunia sector can take you from Villa to any other sector you desire and many of the students here travel to Convivium. This sector also contains a few parks, community centers, and a shelter from natural disasters. The most northern area contains the high school where many of the students walk to school with the middle and elementary school located more towards main street. Heaven is located here in an abandoned church.
Convivium Sector- This is the recreation sector with many businesses meant for entertainment at all hours of the night and this part is the most illuminated and colorful at night. This sector is connected directly to Mercatura with a bridge and have both bus routes and subway trains for high speed travel. Nightclubs, karaoke bars, ice skating rinks, movie theaters, classy restaurants, an amusement park, arcades, and almost anything else are all crammed here. Many students some here to have fun in the later hours and this sector is nicknamed the Night Life Sector. Most of the hotels are located here for tourists, and some mahou shoujos actually take residence in hotels. But there’s a seedy underbelly to all this fun with illegal drug deals, strip clubs, prostitution, etc. being located in this sector as well, in the southern most area.
Mercatura Sector - This sector might be the smallest but this is where most of the shopping malls and stores are. Anything you could ask for is located here for a price. Fashion, food, electronics, books, music, domestic, etc. can all be found for sale in this sector. This sector seems to be the day counterpart to Convivium, as students also come here after school or in the afternoon on weekends. Nicknamed for obvious reasons, the Shopping Sector, always keep an eye out for the new opening stores and get your wallets ready. Many of the advertisements have the mascots of the city, a party girl and a gothic girl. This sector is located more towards the middle of Daten.
Cognitio Sector- This is the sector meant for knowledge and this is where Daten university is located. Libraries, museums, and modern art make up to cognitio sector. There are places to learn technical skills or really any skill you want. The city hall, court, newspaper business, and other things are located here as well. This sector is very close to Villa and from the most northern part it is in walking distance. This sector is most visited during finals and standard testing times. There is a coffee shop to help keep the late night studiers up. Hospital is located here as well.
Information (if you got no idea what I'm talking about):
How the series universe worked (image isn't mine and idk who to credit):
If you want more info check below.
Law of Cycles-
In the canon series, a girl named Madoka Kaname had been fated to die from the cycle all mahou shoujo face, in fact she would have become one of the most powerful witch. But, Homura Akemi (her best friend), refused her fate and with her time traveling magic, created a separate timeline before Madoka became a mahou shoujo to change her fate. Timelines were dropped and resetted, Madoka dying in almost every single one. Due to Homura’s repeated fiddling with timelines, Madoka’s grief in each timeline exponentially grew, her fates growing worse and her potential magic reaching to the point that she could become God.
Every attempt Homura tried to save her dear friend, only caused her more suffering. In the last timeline, Madoka learned of the fate of all mahou shoujo in the past, present and the future as well as her potential god powers. To save the fates of every magica girl that had ever existed, she utters her last wish,
“I wish to erase all witches from existence before they’re even born. Every witch in the universe, from the past and the future, with own hands.”
In this instance, Madoka had become the most powerful witch in existence due to the immeasurable amount of grief and pain destroying her newly formed soul gem. Her witch was so powerful in had plagued the entire universe with a curse but in accordance with her wish, she stays true to her word and emerges as a new being. Erasing her own witch form, this paradox removes the human Madoka Kaname from existence as she then becomes a concept known as the Law of Cycles. The laws of the universe are rewritten, and a new world is birthed with Madoka overseeing it.
But the mahou shoujo still exist. Madoka had wished to change the system, not human nature and as such instead of witches there are wraiths. Before a mahou shoujo falls in the breaking point, Madoka absolves them of their pain by taking their curse and putting onto herself instead. This process causes their gem to disappear, leaving the magica girl to die in peace. The law of Cycles is a mahou shoujo’s hope, their salvation. Also a legend passed down orally from one mahou shoujo to another.
In the third movie, the law of cycles is broken as a new god and universe is formed and now run by Homura. She didn’t want Madoka to suffer throughout eternity and takes the burden instead, returning Madoka in her human state to live the life she wanted. This selfish desire causes the fates of other magical girls to be in risk; causing the Homura to now say she is a demon for disrupting god’s order. If Madoka remembers her wish she will return to her throne for an epic battle like non other. Although, we don’t get to see how the world works now and mostly we can discuss what we’d like to happen in this new world. Homura and Madoka will have different names for the PSG universe; and will probably be played due to the idea I have
Mahou Shoujo-
The magical girls; but men are recruited as well, it’s just females are more common; they can call you magical boys if wanted (and magical people if asked). Mahou shoujos are usually of a younger range, there are magica girls as young as 8 but also as old as early 20s; this is because this stage of life is very emotional and easily exploitable by the incubators. A Mahou Shoujo’s job is to defeat witches and eventually fulfill their fate to become witches, restoring energy to the universe. The nature of the mahou shoujo are still mysterious, as even incubators don’t fully comprehend that full extent of their powers. Mahou Shoujo have a much shorter lifespan than regular people and will live to their early 30s at best. A magical girl that survived a year is considered as a formidable foe. No one knows that they become witches except Angels.
Mahou Shoujos usually team up with their friends and create alliances with other teams.
All new mahou shoujo will go to a certain sector at first; whether it's their favorite hang out, they think its a good idea or they go with their team, etc is up to you. They can switch sectors maybe even hunt in two sectors that are close by to each other. New mahou shoujos will try to resume their normal lives, but their are some who drop out of school or work.
All mahou shoujos know their race specific incubator and are on friendly grounds with them. Since an incubator really is the only one a mahou shoujo can trust, as the others are looking out for themselves and incubators are neutral towards everyone. Even mahou shoujos that know the truth, survived, and have a hatred of the incubators, still confide in them time to time because they are the only ones they can talk to. This is also why some mahou shoujos that are enlightened actively hurt and kill incubators; only to find that another takes their place quickly.
Magic-
Their magic depends on either their wish, their personality or something that represents them (for example, if they are a cook they get fire powers); each ability is unique to the mahou shoujo. Be creative with their powers! It's magic, throw logic out of the window!
At first, a new mahou shoujo’s powers will be very limited to a few active/non active abilities. The more experienced the mahou shoujo, the more powers they learn from experimenting with their magic; the original magical ability can be developed into a completely new tool for the mahou shoujo. Despite magical girls usually having weapons with their transformation, some are purely defensive and give no weapon; this causes the mahou shoujo to become creative with their magic.
For example, one magical girl’s original ability was to summon ribbons, as she become more experienced and as a veteran, she was able to make magical guns out of her ribbons adding an offensive ability under her belt. This magical girl, in particular, has multiple offensive techniques due to her long experience. Veterans can also enchant non-magical items to enhance their use (such as binoculars for enhanced vision, or a melee weapon to effect familiars).
Mahou shoujos can actually combine their magic and make powerful attacks from the combine forces but require a strong bond between the individuals.
Henshin-
The mahou shoujos undergo a magical transformation of their body that activate their powers and the ability to freely summon their weapons without it being attached to the Soul Gem. Their soul gems become a part of their henshin costume. They are also given costumes that may provide protection and the clothes never subtract the user’s abilities.
Contracts-
To become a mahou shoujo, one must make a contract with an incubator. Before this, they must be a suitable candidate as normal people will not believe the incubator’s presence. This is usually people of desperate and emotionally upsetting backgrounds; the ribbon magical girl mentioned above made her wish on the brink of death, another magical girl made her wish for her sick loved one, etc. Once they make their wish, the incubator will form their soul gem and they will be tasked with fighting witches from that day forward. The incubator target desperate targets since well, who would believe them other wise.
Depending on the situation, the candidate might not even know of the mahou shoujo, magic, or of the incubator’s existence but there are times where candidates were aware.
Wish-
The boundary of said wish seems to be limitless, and the incubator will often grant things seen as only miracles. It is up to the mahou shoujo to reveal their wish and some express regret for their decision. Once the wish is made, the incubator will remove their soul and form it into their soul gem.
Certain wishes will give abilities; some wished for someone's health and they gained enhanced healing powers, two wished to change one's mind/perception and they gained hallucinatory/persuasion abilities, one who wished for their writing could read minds, etc. These abilities usually have set backs; either it consumes a lot of magic, damages their psyche, or causes traumatic events. If a mahou shoujo begins to reject their wish and powers because of a traumatic event, then these abilities are void and their use of magic is changed.
Soul Gem-
The essence of the the mahou shoujo and the source of their powers; the soul gem is exactly what it sounds like, a gem that contains the user’s soul. The only way to kill a magical girl is to destroy their soul gem; but injuries will incapacitate them. They will shatter in one hit directly. The magic from the soul gem isn’t unlimited as the more magic the user commands, the more tainted it becomes. The gem’s color will darken, showing how tainted the soul gem has become and it will darken even faster depending if the mahou shoujo is going insane. The mahou shoujo can remove this corruption with grief cubes, cubes left by wraiths. If a mahou shoujo fails to clean her soul gem of grief for an extended period of time, it will shatter and become a grief seed; turning the previous mahou shoujo’s soul to become a witch and effectively killing the user’s body. This is when the Goddess madoka would appear down and absolve the user of the grief they faced, allowing them to die peacefully. Unkown what happens in the new universe under Homura.
The mahou shoujo’s body is actually only a husk for the soul gem to control. That is why when the soul gem shatters, the user’s body will still exist and falls dead. Since the consciousness of a mahou shoujo is now separated from her body, the body has a much bigger pain tolerance once transformed and can withstand being stabbed, bones being broken, etc. Due to this, a mahou shoujo can ignore all feelings of physical pain but risk the user’s reaction time to their injuries. Not only pain tolerance, but a mahou shoujo once transformed into their battle form will have increased strength, agility, and other attributes to aid fighting.
If the mahou shoujo is separated from the soul gem for more than 100 meters, the body will become limp and lifeless (the body will become weaker the farther it is) but they will revive once the gem is brought back to the user. If separated from the mahou shoujo for more than 2 days, the body will begin to rot. Luckily, the soul gem transforms with the mahou shoujo’s henshin and outside of henshin, turns into a ring on their middle left finger (the nail of the finger also has the symbol of the Mahou Shoujo) so that the magical girl will not lose it. It can only be cleaned in its original egg shape and this form can be accessed any time outside of henshin.
The Leader of the Angels makes new Angels by accessing their witch form by using accumulated grief to form a grief seed in their gem, this effectively gives Angels the ability to gain powers of their witch form but at the cost of having their soul gem being at the brink of breaking. Human mahou shoujo do not know of this process and the witch powers of Angels act more of extra abilities.
Grief seeds-
These are a the witch version of soul gems and possess the form of a witch. They were used in the original world to clean soul gems.
Some grief seeds can be decorated with ribbons, string with flowers or other things if the decoration pertains to their wish and the wish was deeply personal or if they're extremely powerful.
Both grief seeds and soul gems bear the shape of the mahou shoujo’s soul gem during the henshin. Grief seeds bear another extra symbol that represents the witch.
Grief Cubes-
These are how mahou shoujo clean their soul gems, with the grief cubes dropped by wraiths. Multiple are needed for a full clean from the brink of corruption. Mahou shoujos show their trust in another by offering a grief cube; rejecting this offer means you are hostile towards them and refuse to work together. A full grief cube glows with a dark aura and must be disposed; give to your incubator to dispose of. One grief cube is dropped per wraith but since wraiths travel in groups, multiple grief cubes can be collected.
Witches-
The final form of a mahou shoujo and are beings that spread negative feelings throughout the world. The broken mind of a mahou shoujo will cause their soul gem to turn into a grief seed and their soul to become a monster that only desires to spread their curses on to people. These curses drive marked victims to kill others, themself, or cause accidents. They can lure helpless people that feel the same as them into their world and will absorb their souls (by eating, dragging into themselves, etc). The witches hide in labyrinths and have familiars in their worlds. They usually have their original powers or have a variant of them. Normal witches are affected by nonmagical firearms but require a whole lot more than regular magic attacks. The witch has a different name than their previous mahuo shoujo form and usually has a german origin.
Witches no longer exist in this new world by themselves but as an angel mahou shoujo's alternative form.
Labyrinths-
In the original universe, it was a witch's world, a pocket universe. This is how the angel leader keeps heaven safe from Homura's eye. Only the leader may do this as they were a part of the original law of cycles. Only Angels are allowed into the heaven labyrinth.
Familiars-
Demons possess familiars which were in the original universe beings that formed out of the witches' powers. Now they're extensions of the demon mahou shoujo's powers and can harm other mahou shoujo if the user is strong enough. Familiars can really be anything in relation to the user and follow the same theme as the user's mahou shoujo form.
Wraiths (name can be changed idk):
So wraiths are the version of witches after the law of cycles is born. They form out of people's griefs and look very uniform and they travel in groups. There are classes of wraiths and the higher the class the higher the threat they pose. They don't have barriers at all and wander in the human world mostly at night. They drop cubes instead of grief seeds; they absorb less grief so killing multiple packs is suggested. They can interact with physical objects, have some sort of affect on soul gems, steal magical powers, and even take forms of memories of mahou shoujo.
The rank of wraiths are:
- Normal Wraith: Small fries; appear EVERYWHERE; in large numbers they assault with lasers
- Shugen Wraith: Stronger than normal wraith; possess flaring heat; bronze sabres appears from its palms and posses a flaming javelin
- Satori Wraiths: Stronger than Shugen level; Squashes foes with blocks; appearance causes earth to erode, metal to corrode, machines are useless, and skin becomes tough
- Moksha Wraith: Strongest Wraith; Everything is fucking cold; nothing really known, average mahou shoujo never encounters.
Weapons-
Mahou Shoujo can summon only one type of weapon out of thin air; some can summon a large amount of the weapon, some use magical ammo, etc. No matter how heavy the weapon appears, the mahou shoujo will be able to easily wield it. The weapon can really be anything and mahou shoujo can attack with magic as well. But it is up to the mahou shoujo to make names for their attacks (there is a trend of naming attacks in italian).
Runes-
This is the language of witches and their labyrinths. There are three variations of the runic script, the main set being archaic (and most used) while musical and modern are based on it. Image shown below is from the Puella Magi wikia and not mine (Modern, Archaic, and Musical). Mahou shoujo must study and decipher this code before they understand what this means as this was ONLY in the original universe! Angels will understand runes and may speak and write in them in order to keep information from Demons.
Incubators-
Messengers of Magic that grant the mahou shoujos’ wish in exchange they will fight witches for the Incubators. Incubators do have names they give to the mahou shoujo, ending in, “bey”. The first part of their name (for example: Kyubey) are speculated to be similar to an identification number for the race. Incubators are emotionless, the ones who do show emotions are considered mentally ill. They are uninterested to human feelings and don’t comprehend their emotions. Incubators have a very casual speaking manner, with no polite phrasing at all but will speak the honest truth when asked. They do not withhold information as much as they use to in the original universe. Their relationship with mahou shoujo are much more improved. They don't know or understand what the law of cycles is but wish to research it in order to see if they can extract more energy from it. They aren't working for Homura or Madoka!
In this universe, incubators appear as humanoids with cat ears and long tassel-like appendages that split into three sections at their tip with golden rings around them as well as very fluffy tails. They can transform into an animal like form if the mahou shoujo prefers. Demon incubators, Angel incubators and human incubators have different appearances but have all the same abilities. Incubators also have no gender, but can use male or female pronouns on their decision. Multiple incubators work together and it’s unknown how many are in Daten.
Incubators have telepathy and communicate with potential mahou shoujo and current mahou shoujo with this ability. They actually don’t move their mouths at all to speak as this is their only way of communication. Mahou shoujos can actually communicate with telepathy with each other if an incubator is nearby. Incubator’s abilities include: teleportation, invisibility, wish granting, creating soul gems, soul gem simulation, and replication. Replication is when an Incubator has been killed and another is required to take its' place; in this case the new incubator will eat the dead remains in order to gain its knowledge and memories to easily take its' place and get rid of the corpse (incubators of only the same race eat each other).
Incubators despite having no need to eat, enjoy human food and like taking hot baths; but they will only do this when offered. An incubator will always answer the call of any mahou shoujo and appear immediately. Incubators are oddly social as each incubator race wishes to speak with the other race; whether man-made or with their own powers.
Human Incubator- Faabey
Demon Incubator- (slot open)
Angel Incubator- (slot open)
I need ideas for how the new law of cycles work as it doesn't function normally like in the old universe functioned since it's under new management. In the own cannon there are a lot of theories; I'll put down as many as I can so we get an idea of how we want this to work