Un assemblage de mensonges

Title: Persephone's Waltz, Chapter 19: Just another form of insanity
Characters/Pairings: Madoka/Sayaka, Homura, Walpurgis Night, Kyuubei, (skip) Kyoko, cheer up /u/ there's MadoHomu coming
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer/Warnings: See table of contents.

It gets worse. And our heroines, even Homura, are running out of time to whip out the last-minute save that will turn it around for good.

(This part is back on the every-three-days update schedule, and the next one should be too.)

( then I'll have no choice but to lose the rest of my mind and become a witch )

Title: Persephone's Waltz, Chapter 17: There's nobody else.
Characters/Pairings: Madoka/Sayaka, Junko, (skip) Hitomi/Kyousuke, Albertine
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer/Warnings: See table of contents.

With the clock ticking, it's training montage time for Sayaka in the last chapter before the final showdown begins.

This chapter draws on information from the PSP game, so heads-up if you're avoiding spoilers from that.

( 'Wouldn't listen to a word I said about danger and storms, they just kept trying to sneak information about Akemi out of me...not that Dad was real subtle about it!' )

Title: Persephone's Waltz, Chapter 15: Don't you go worrying about storms!
Characters/Pairings: Madoka/Sayaka, families, (skip) Homura
Rating: R
Disclaimer/Warnings: See table of contents.

Our heroines finally get in touch with their families, and the R rating is finally for something other than violence.

So we've clearly hit the point at which the schedule changes from "every n days" to "whenever I finish a new chapter." Sorry for the delay on this one, and I'll be writing the rest as fast as I can! Also, thanks to those of you who have pointed out honorific issues; after the story is finished I will go back through and do some fixing.

( 'We don't need — we're somewhere safe. I promise.' )

Title: Persephone's Waltz, Chapter 13: Can you make it?
Characters/Pairings: Madoka/Sayaka, Kyuubei, (skip) original characters, Kyoko
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer/Warnings: See table of contents.

A wild Kyuubei appears! Sayaka got a SOUL GEM! Sayaka uses Transform! It's super effective!

( And she was enveloped in blue light, swimming in it, her heart dancing. )

Title: Persephone's Waltz, Chapter 11: I bet you think that's really wonderful!
Characters/Pairings: Homura, Madoka, Sayaka, (skip) some Homulilly, Kyuubei
Rating: R
Disclaimer/Warnings: See table of contents.

Homura is not happy. And it's about time for Sayaka's regularly scheduled breakdown.

( Her jaw was set, lips trembling; she was furious as much as terrified, and in that moment Madoka adored her, would have done anything for her. )

Title: Persephone's Waltz, Chapter 9: All that matters is to keep moving.
Characters/Pairings: Homura, Madoka, Sayaka
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer/Warnings: See table of contents.

In which the BFFship of Sayaka and Madoka struggles to weather strained conditions; there are more escape attempts, interspersed with waltzing; and Sayaka won't forgive anyone who makes Madoka cry, herself included.

( 'If she wanted you to avoid contracting so bad, why couldn't she be straightforward about it, huh? Why does she have to be a freak about it?' )

Title: Persephone's Waltz, Chapter 7: You can't forget that that's wrong!
Characters/Pairings: Homura, Madoka, Sayaka
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer/Warnings: See table of contents.

Sayaka joins the party! Also, she doesn't know about Homura yet. What will Madoka do? Hijinks ensue. And by "hijinks" I mean "a whole new round of panicky escape attempts."

( Sayaka stirred or huffed in her sleep several times without waking. Madoka, frantically putting as much of the room in order as she could, jumped each time. )

Title: Persephone's Waltz, Chapter 5: Can't you just tell me?
Characters/Pairings: Homura, Madoka, (skip) Kriemhild Gretchen
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer/Warnings: See table of contents.

Madoka admits to needing care for her bumps and bruises, and Homura inadvertently reveals some of her own inner wreckage.

( She dutifully reported the pains as Homura's questing fingers moved down the muscles of her neck. )

Title: Persephone's Waltz, Chapter 3: If I write Mama a letter....
Characters/Pairings: Homura, Madoka
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer/Warnings: See table of contents.

Homura reveals a few more pieces of information, and Madoka tries to come up with a more subtle plan.

( By now she must have been reported missing, and the police would be searching. They'd have to find her soon enough. But that was no reason she couldn't help them along a bit. )

Title: Persephone's Waltz, Chapter 1: This is a joke, right?
Characters/Pairings: Homura, Madoka, Sayaka, Hitomi, Walpurgisnacht
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer/Warnings: See table of contents.

Madoka has a mysterious dream, and there's a new student in her class. So far, it's a rewound timeline like any other...right?

Dates are based on the timetable worked out at the wiki.

( There's a creature floating overhead, a monster of gears and lace, its shrill laughter rattling a cityful of broken windows as explosions bloom uselessly across its flanks. )