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| | A collection of Question and Answer sessions with Deculture, collected from threads or from his Ask.fm. This page contains questions and answers about mundane aspects of the setting, including buildings, geographic locations, institutions such as Officios, political entities, and general non-magic-related setting info. | | A collection of Question and Answer sessions with Deculture, collected from threads or from his Ask.fm. This page contains questions and answers about mundane aspects of the setting, including buildings, geographic locations, institutions such as Officios, political entities, and general non-magic-related setting info. |
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| | ==Questions from Threads== | | ==Questions from Threads== |
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| − | *And how many people in the Officio know the thing with the tongue? [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/21931774/#p21934096]
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| − | **And a lot of people in the Officio. You can count most of the Eversors as fans of Midori's manga. Not a lot of the Vindicares, though, because they're an uppity bunch. [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/21931774/#p21934082]
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| − | **Some of them have alliances with each other, some are rivals, others are sworn enemies. You have to really see each Officio as sort of a large business, and the Incubators their CEOs. Their employees may not like each other very much, but it rarely comes to blows when the CEOs are concerned.
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| − | **Except for Jyuubey, which is I hope I've portrayed as something of an underground movement thing. He's actually more of an outcast. But they do have that 'all Incubators are my brothers' kinda deal. [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/21931774/#p21934170]
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| − | *Errr... Midori mentioned that she had got up to twenty-six volumes on her manga. But when we first brought up the subject on the plane.
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| − | *>Midori nods after a moment. "Y-yeah, sempai. I'm up to the sixth volume already."
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| − | *Is that a continuity error/typo or was Midori lying? [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/22381994/#p22389778]
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| − | **Ahaha, well, let's just say Midori may have been hiding some volumes from her publisher! [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/22381994/#p22389806]
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| − | ** it's part of their training as an Eversor, and if their ability set complements it or if they want to specialize in it, it's going to figure quite heavily into their daily training routine. Basic grappling is something that all Eversors learn, though, probably making up 20% of their career hours on the mat. And no, it's not useful against witches, but very useful against other magical girls![https://ask.fm/Deculture/answers/151606277556]
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| − | **They can, but they have bigger fish to fry. And they're not invincible- no one in the setting is. They can just output a whole lot of magic, but they can still be killed just like a regular Magical Girl. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/127999159988]
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| − | *Bigger fish to fry? More than WP? Seriously? I suppose we are talking about Pinky, and this timeline Homu would have her eyes on TTO, no?
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| − | **Yes. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/127999627700]
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| − | *What is the First Warmaster even DOING that she's so busy? Don't they all just lounge around in their sweet moonfort and eat vegan food?
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| − | **The biggest rips of the Akashic Portal happen around or on Pinky's grief seed. That's what keeps the First busy, mostly - they're sent out to close the worst ones and kill anything that manages to get through. Think of a WPN-level Witch manifesting near your headquarters on a daily basis, and you have to deal with them. That's why they can't leave the moon to deal with stuff that happens down below. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/127202463156]
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| − | **When the Warmaster is indisposed and can't handle things at the moment, or when she can't handle the threat by herself (a very rare case). [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/127202799540]
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| − | *I keep seeing discussion of Solution H. I imagine that waking up with more penis than you started with would be disturbing. Is there some sort of preparation for Solution H?
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| − | **It's just like any over-the-counter drug for enhancing sexual performance, anon! Don't think too much on it, that way lies madness! [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/127033408180]
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| − | *What are the services of the Church of the Blessed Lady like?
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| − | **Very solemn, with lots of choir songs and self-reflection. Much like a Roman Catholic mass. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/127030653108]
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| − | **In all seriousness, she'll be quite loyal unless you do something that either violates her contract with you or disgust her enough that she checks herself out. But contracts with hired Magical Girls are usually reliable. They're good girls. This is one of the main causes of Officio-versus-Officio conflicts. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/126995228084]
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| − | *Is the word "meguca" actually used for anything in the MGNQ universe?
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| − | **Nope! The accepted nomenclature is 'Magical Girl ' or 'sparklie'. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/126996169396]
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| − | *What about puella maga?
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| − | **That's cultist talk! But also the Incubators use it to refer to their employees from time to time. Kyuubey and Eightball always snicker to themselves when Fuubey uses it. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/127029151156]
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| − | *Could you tell us the metods and some examples of how Nicole and Malal pre-contract defeated sparklies? It's something that I always wanted to know, considering how difficult it has to be for a normal Cheating.
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| − | **Shaped charges. Getting crazy good with a gun and basically anything to smack a Soul Gem to dust with. Taking advantage of the fact that Magical Girls are still girls - just a lot of mean things that Nicole or Malal are particularly proud about, but they had to do them to survive.
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| − | **Malal also had a really strong intuition that bordered on precognition even when she wasn't contracted. It gave her nightmares and migraines constantly if she abused it. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/126897950132]
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| − | *what event can make a huge betting ring in the 9th officio?
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| − | **Sayaka versus Chiaki in another sparring match. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/126834156980]
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| − | *Do any officios/other factions have any Maerorus in active rotation?
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| − | **Nope. Only the First has them.
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| − | **But the Thirteenth has their own secret projects. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/126717972404]
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| | *Are there any megucas in places of power outside of Officio control, like queens, princesses or politicians? | | *Are there any megucas in places of power outside of Officio control, like queens, princesses or politicians? |
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| | *What's the current year of MGNQ? | | *What's the current year of MGNQ? |
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| | *Outside of the Eighth and the Ninth, how much does the average Eversor get paid yearly? | | *Outside of the Eighth and the Ninth, how much does the average Eversor get paid yearly? |
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| − | **Nah, it's just that some Vanus tend to overwork themselves/get carried away. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/115770242228]
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| − | *What's the difference of Mami not being an Aide to the Warmaster, but instead and aide to the Incubator?
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| − | **She's just slightly higher up the ladder, as well as handles the Incubator's really tough stuff (goes with him on the Moon trips, as such). [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/115681184948]
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| − | **There are a few, definitely. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/115678451636]
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| − | *In the MGNQ-verse is Metal Wolf Chaos a video game or an Action Documentary?
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| − | **Totally both. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/115665101748]
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| − | *In the grim darkness of MGNQ, are there any major changes to the world structure that haven't been explicitly mentioned? (Countries that ceased to exist, alternate histories, etc)
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| − | **Hmm, well...I don't think there are really MAJOR changes to the world structure. Maybe some disasters don't have as many casualties because of discreet magical girl rescue squads. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/115641430452]
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| − | *Do Offico educate MGs that come from impoverished or uneducated backgrounds? If so, what does a program like that look like?
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| − | **Scholarships! They're also tasked to go to school whenever they're not out of the weekly duty rotation. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/115614742196]
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| − | *So you're telling me that MGs have to go to school? That's lame. What happens if they play hooky or something?
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| − | **They get punished by their squad leader, or rank leader. In public. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/115622774452]
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| − | *How do megucas operate in areas that are heavily religious/misogynistic like Saudi Arabia? Do costumes change to conform with local standards?
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| − | **Callidus would usually take care of that kind of thing! [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/115610992820]
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| − | *What makes Mitakihara Town so special that _3_ Incubators worked it at one point? Why not set up shop in Tokyo or something?
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| − | **Kyuubey was the original Incubator who was tasked to manage it. The Third simply moved operations because he wanted to assist his younger brother at first. Jyuubey wanted to prove himself by taking over an older brother's territory.
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| − | **If you ask all three of them, though, they'll say that they're strangely drawn to the place. A sort of 'if you build it, they will come' kind of vibe. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/115597049780]
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| − | *Are there any other species with the 'despair equals more energy' power that Incubator's exploit?
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| − | **I wouldn't say so! [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/115567770804]
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| − | *Does there exist actual Pirate Magical Girls in MGNQ
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| − | **I wouldn't discount the possibility! [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/115513621172]
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| − | *How do Incubators find and contract girls who are not in the immediate area? Do they have "talent scouts" who bring promising girls in? Do they take leave from the office to look for likely candidates?
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| − | **Yes to all two. All Officios have different approaches to getting contractees, but a general agreement among all Incubators is that no trickery should ever be involved. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/115484457652]
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| − | **Quite a handful! But again, no Incubator is going to allow that kind of thing from happening without his permission. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/115430962356]
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| − | **They have their own magical weapons, but they're often used as a last resort if non-magical firearms are available. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/115416301236]
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| − | **The Inquisition is quite similar to kind of Inquisitors in Abnett's Eisenhorn/Ravenor series, yes. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/115415299764]
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| − | **Yes to the latter. They usually have at least a satellite office staffed with a squad of girls. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/115411034036]
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| − | *Why would the templars want Kyoko when Sayaka is their saint?
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| − | **They were going to extend their invitation to Sayaka too, until Murderface decided she'll be her Equerry. But besides that, they know that not even Kyuubey will accept that kind of deal. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/115404768436]
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| − | **First - Enka
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| − | **Mary Sue Springfield is sponsored by Red Bull, and she has her own barbecue sauce! [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/115225014964]
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| − | **Hmm, you'll have to ask the writeup guys for that! [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/115225505716]
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| − | **You can't learn how to take a body apart until you know how to put it back together again, make it walk around and serve tea! [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/115152045492]
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| − | **It's like meeting your heroes and seeing that they're really nothing like you imagined them to be. But a lot of contracted girls still like to watch those kind of shows. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/115004800180]
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| − | **Because of hope. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/115027411124]
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| − | *does chiaka as a warmaster have enough power to make Mami's birthday a holiday within the officio? declare it as Mamis day!?
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| − | **The Eighth definitely does! [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/114860716980]
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| − | *Maybe Chiaki would bother to manage her officio if she was given a Mother Base-esque module ala MGS: Peacewalker? I'd bet the 4th or the 13th already developed something as such too!
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| − | **They do get excited, yes! Not too sure about the shady jobs though, hahaha! [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/114462369716]
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| − | *Pinky forbids lesbian sex? That's hilarious! Is she going to friendzone Murderface again at the end of the quest?
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| − | **Hahaha, no, not really! It's just that the people behind the Blessed Lady religion made it a tenet to forbid illicit relationships between girls, because it's forbidden love. Probably they had an inkling that forbidden love screwed up something huge. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/114443943860]
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| − | **The First = Pretty much the best at everything
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| − | **The Second = Knightly charges/crusades/Witch destruction
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| − | **The Third = Money
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| − | **The Fourth = Anything mechanical/construction
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| − | **The Fifth = unknown at the moment
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| − | **The Sixth = Witch hunting/Surfing
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| − | **The Seventh = Mediating/Peacekeeping
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| − | **The Eighth = America
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| − | **The Ninth = All-rounders
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| − | **The Tenth = Illegal activities
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| − | **The Eleventh = unknown at the moment
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| − | **The Twelfth = unknown at the moment
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| − | **The Thirteenth = SCIENCE
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| − | **The Fourteenth = Lewd
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| − | **The Fifteenth = unknown at the moment
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| − | **The Sixteenth = Quick smash-and-grab types, protection, tactics
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| − | **The Seventeenth = all-rounders
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| − | **The Eighteenth = unknown at the moment
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| − | **The Nineteenth = unknown at the moment
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| − | **The Twentieth = espionage and subterfuge [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/114435982772]
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| − | **Pretty much everything that they feel would make the Blessed Lady cry, from worshiping her in the wrong manner to lesbian sex. But the Fourteenth has been a bit radical with that lately, and Raleigh Alondight has been mellowing out the puritanism of the Second as of late (although they'll still smash any revealed bloodthirsty cults or magical girls that use their powers for evil). [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/114435721908]
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| − | *> from worshiping her in the wrong manner to lesbian sex ...and the Second hasn't wiped nearly every magical girl off the planet because?
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| − | **The Second's High Inquisitor was recently inducted into the First, so puritanism with the second has mellowed out on that regard. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/114435866804]
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| − | **You can say the Second and the Fourteenth can look at other Officios and tap 'em on the shoulder saying 'Oi, dat's a bit too heretical, pack it in'. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/114435335092]
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| − | **Not as a whole, but individually? Contribute to the battle against heat death by contracts, and basically do their own thing as they see fit, but without fucking up too much! [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/114432676276]
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| − | *Really?! No necrons in MGNQ?
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| − | **No necrons !!! [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/114426470068]
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| − | *Fourth has South America? Coulda swore you said it was Eighth before...
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| − | **I really need to get back and read my notes, hahaha [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/114410903988]
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| − | *Is there an Officio that has a jurisdiction over Africa and South America?
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| − | **Hmm. Africa, probably not, but South America should be under the Fourth's protection. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/114405985716]
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| − | *What do you have to do to become a member of the Twentieth?
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| − | **You have to be a very good Callidus, not just in technique but also in personality and temperament. The sort of Callidus that can disappear forever whenever she likes, who doesn't have many friends, and just really being dedicated to the job. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/114406039220]
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| − | **It's a bit more nebulous, but it's sort of an unwritten rule unless two officios share one country. Eighth is very particular about USA USA USA USA, Seventeenth is very particular about Canada. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/114397281716]
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| − | *8Most likely the latter, but I wouldn't discount the former! [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/114399711668]
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| − | **I would say it's a very real issue, but then again the in-combat magical girls undergo rigorous mental and physical training to at least be prepared for it. The girls that get chosen for really dangerous ones are often those that can 'take' it, however, even if things start to go to shit. Still, sometimes all it takes are friends who can really understand to help someone cope (i.e. your own fellow magical girls). At-risk girls or girls who really get affected are quietly reassigned to less combat roles, or assigned long furloughs. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/114398490804]
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| − | *Do magical girls get assigned according to the Incubators that contracted them?
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| − | **I would say so! If a girl is contracted by Kyuubey, it automatically follows that she will be a member of the Ninth Officio! [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/114396542132]
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| − | *What sets the Sixth apart from other Officios, besides Australia?
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| − | **Their love of noice waves! [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/114396372660]
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| − | **Some of them know but they're all made to sign NDAs. They're paid well enough to keep quiet. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/114394324660]
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| − | **The Fourth has a few of them I think. Namely the one with the death metal attacks? I forget her name. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/114382666420]
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| − | **If the Incubator's been in that body for a while, it'll taste like marshmallows. If it's a recent transfer, you'll be eating cat. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/114366560948]
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| − | **Counseling, career talks, magical girl magic shows (made to look like an actual magic show, for the kids). Basically it's not a recruitment drive, it's to make sure that young girls who have their lives ahead of themselves DON'T think that contracting is a viable career choice. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/114367080372]
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| − | **Well, I imagine some of them would have outreach programs to fulfill social responsibilities and that sort of thing. The Eighth would have car wash drives with Magical Girls in bikinis, The Ninth would have school tours and so on, the Sixth would hold surfing contests. Something of that like. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/114365764788]
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| − | **The Twelfth, but they stick with donation drives and their own money so they're somewhat stable. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/114363443124]
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| − | **Coordinate with the First for instructions and launch assaults accordingly. If it truly was something the progs don't pick up, the First would deploy its Warmaster and her five-person retinue to take care of it personally. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/114363371188]
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| − | **I would say so. The Thirteenth helped develop scanners for that, integrating them in Culexus' Anima Speculum helmets. Each hospital wing of an Officio should have one too. And an incubator can remotely keep track of someone's soul gem purity. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/114362739892]
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| − | **They deal with it by ignoring it or reaching out and making agreements and treaties with the Incubators in question. There's a bit of a cold war going on with the countries who have magical girls under their employ, in that the first nation to use magical girls offensively against other countries will result in magical girl counterattacks on a grand scale.
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| − | **Some of them allow it, unless there's interests at stake. But usually all it takes is a stern word to remind them that they don't move unless the Incubator wants them to. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/114361443764]
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| − | **I would say not a lot, they're a bit greedy when it comes to giving technology over (with exception of the Fourth Officio). [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/114361396148]
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| − | **I'm assuming you're asking about the Seventeenth, so one is a stupid good emotional tenacity. The senior Magical Girls of that Officio are very resistant to witching out. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/114359085492]
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| − | **Well, besides all the benefits, obviously - I think it's more or less an Officio that's on par with the Eighth or Ninth, but with certain differences. For example, they currently have the largest Culexus division of all the Officios, which really speaks a lot about how they take care of them. The Incubator's a decent sort, rivalries can be heated but generally civil (well besides how Odette can get a bit extreme). [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/114358888116]
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| − | **Sure. Contracting with the Sixth gets you the harshest training available (besides the First) and you can surf all you like. For the Seventh, you get an inherent amount of freedom, but you have to generally go out and do public service discreetly. The Eighth = America. The Ninth, you get to be a dildo. Thirteenth you get to be a nerd, Fourteenth you get to be Nero's concubine, Sixteenth you get to be tacticool, Seventeenth you get all the syrup you want, Twentieth you just disappear. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/114358270900]
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| − | *Why didn't the US government hired a group of mercenary magical girls to win the Vietnam War? I am sure that in another timeline they used a blue naked nuclear physicist, and a working class shotgun wielding rapist Batman, to stop communism from spreading to SE Asia.
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| − | **Incubators rarely like it if their girls become involved in incidents like Vietnam, but I'm sure a handful were deployed to protect the soldiers from afar. Not enough to win, though, merely to help. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/114340402356]
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| − | **Hahaha, I would definitely say so. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/114323146164]
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| − | *So, why did the First Officio decide to place their base on the moon?
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| − | **Uninterrupted line of sight anywhere for their moon laser! [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/114315685044]
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| − | **That's obvious! It's Midori! [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/114278231476]
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| − | **That would go to Enishi, then. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/114278364340]
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| − | **It varies wildly between 2000-500, depending on their recruitment policies. The Ninth has the highest count at 2000~ or so, while the Fourth has less than 400~. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/114256712116]
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| − | **The Incubator's Aide helps the Incubator run the massive logistic side of things that don't specifically have to do with anything the Warmaster's duties. It's not as high up the ladder to Warmaster and Equerry, certainly, they outrank her, but most of the Officio also depends upon her for the nitty-gritty stuff. A 'Shadow Warmaster' is a very apt description. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/114215533236]
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| − | **Just one, but they need to sign the paperwork for it first. If it's the Sixth, well, they'll wolf the hell out of it until someone sensible like Eleanor or their Warmaster comes around. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/114173104308]
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| − | **Because it was a reactionary attempt, really. They didn't know the First was there, they just piled in. They knew after they got rekt. So it doesn't count as a real attempt. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/114166959796]
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| − | **An entire Officio's worth is the official rumor. It's never been done or attempted before (although the Sixteenth did give their go, with disastrous results). [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/114156909492]
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| − | **Well, generally the first step would be being a Warmaster for some time, and be able to catch the eye of the First with your deeds and actions. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/114155849396]
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| − | **If you mean Kharn, then the First passed her over because she was a bit too unstable. [http://ask.fm/Deculture/answer/114156381876]
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