Editing Ribbon of the Goddess

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|name= Ribbon of the Goddess
|image= C9S3 Visiting the Ribbon AftermathKyuubey Arusuko.jpg
|location= [[Cult of Hope]]<br>[[Mitakihara]], [[Earth]]<hr>(Assumed) with [[Akemi Homura]]
}}

A relic of the [[Goddess]]. The Goddess gave at least two ribbons to [[Homura]], who then gave one to the Mitakihara Four, which is currently in the possession of the [[Cult of Hope]] in the [[Ribbon Chamber]].  Viewing of the Ribbon in the [[Ribbon Chamber]] is only permitted to [[magical girls]].<ref name="ribbon-2"  /> 

On rare occasions, those in the presence of the Ribbon receive visions, purportedly sent by the Goddess. Such visions sometimes include predictions of the future, so that those predictions might be prevented or acted upon. Such visions are also "cosmically censored"; technological memory tapping cannot perceive memories of them, and results of telepathic attempts to prove their existence are also fuzzy. (As an interesting exception, although it's not yet common knowledge, it seems Version 2 [[TacComp]]s are able to perceive their hosts' ribbon experiences.)

== Properties ==

While the Ribbon is heavily protected by the "magic of the magical girls in [[Cult of Hope|this organization]]"<ref name="qb-quote-1" />, no magic has ever been found on the Ribbon itself.<ref name="ribbon-1"  />  In spite of this, certain actions are demonstrated to cause [[#Visions|visions]], specifically assuming a posture of prayer (hands clasped) or closing eyes as in meditation. 

== Visions ==

(Kayfabe warning, these items will be listed by chapter rather than in-universe chronology due to the opaque nature of some of them.)

=== Ch. 9 - Echoes ===

Asaka mentions that the ribbon gave her a vision of her dead friend.<ref name="v2a"  />

While giving the tour, [[Ryouko]] also gets a vision in parts.  First, she is shown an empty room, the chamber containing old fashioned church pews <ref name="v2b"  />, finding herself looking at ''the'' Ribbon in her own hands <ref name="v2c"  />.  She's shown a secluded alleyway, a shattered soul gem, finding herself looking at [[Yuma]], calling herself "a monster" as her soul gem swirled darker. <ref name="v2d"  />.  

As the scene changes, she finds herself contacting some kind of glass or plastic, the visage of a hospital relayed by the color blue, distorted through the enclosure. <ref name="v2e"  />  Yet again, the scene changes and Ryouko finds herself seeing through the eyes of [[Simona del Mago]] on her first day in class, watching as she realized she was watching ''herself'' through that perspective <ref name="v2f"  />, the classroom falling away to white world, empty except for a park bench and two girls.<ref name="v2g"  />

The two girls talked, a younger [[Asaka]] and another girl that was tentatively named "Alice", as they both realized they were in the presence of an unknown figure. The entity was was showing Asaka and "Alice" a vision within the vision, a figure that Ryouko realized was [[Law of Cycles]] as she found herself watching one of her own memories, that of a "purple magical girl". <ref name="v2h"  />  As the two girls disappeared, Ryoukoo was shocked she could ''see'' her face, the figure putting her finger over her mouth, relaying to tell no one that she'd seen her.<ref name="v2i"  />

Following the call to silence, Ryouko witnesses a combat encounter, mire with mechanical drones and accompanying explosions.  With submarines surfacing, the group fired at unseen enemies <ref name="v2j"  /> before an explosion and a fireball killed [[Kyouko]], her body distinct from where her [[Soul Gem]] should be. <ref name="v2k"  />

The vision ends with Asaka thinking to the others in the combat encounter that "There'll be time to grieve later <nowiki>[...]</nowiki> I'm sorry. I'm… so sorry." <ref name="v2l"  />

=== Ch. 56 - Pulse ===

In this vision <ref name="v1"  />, [[Tomoe Mami]] and [[Machina]] are brought to a fascia that represented [[Rules Committee]]'s atrium, altered from it's physical representation in reality to instead have a "floor <nowiki>[[that]]</nowiki> glimmered with stars, marble black as the depths of space" and the statues of the other MSY founding members "covered in vines, thorny and dense"<ref name="v1a"  />.  Mami is unable to see the face of Law of Cycles, though is able to make out her hair (fading off into infinity), 

The [[Law of Cycles]] and Tomoe Mami have a heart-to-heart as to the impact of the war, and Mami's inability to reduce the casualties to raw numbers.  The being in the vision goes as far to make comparison to her peers as [[Akemi Homura|"Homura-chan"]], [[Chitose Yuma|"Yuma-chan"]], and even [[Sakura Kyouko|"Kyouko-chan"]] all being able to "turn human lives into statistics". <ref name="v1b"  />

The Goddess offers Mami and Machina cookies (Mami's recipe) while recounting a picturebook story, musing on whether the girl "is a hero", and wishing she had some way to tell her that her actions made a difference.<ref name="v1c"  />  Tomoe Mami attempts to spin the conversation to the war, which the Goddess muses isn't something she can share, then to [[Akemi Homura]], which she replies that "it's complicated."<ref name="v1d"  />  

The conversation inevitably leads back to the war and to [[Ceph]], the Goddess and Mami arguing (as much as one can with a goddess), leading to the pointed question that Mami "<nowiki>[doesn't]</nowiki> know very much about these aliens, do you?"<ref name="v1e"  />

As Mami attempts to ask questions of the Ceph and their strategies, their efforts, the vision is ended by the appearance of Ceph in the seats of the (vision) Plenary Chamber, complete with one at the speaker's podium.  As she returns to the material world, the Goddess tells Mami that "You have work to do." <ref name="v1f"  />

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== References ==
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<ref name="qb-quote-1">[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/777002/chapters/38982716#:~:text=That%20Ribbon%20is,%20difficult Chapter 56 - Pulse ("That ribbon is... difficult.")]]</ref>
<ref name="ribbon-1">[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/777002/chapters/57037153#:~:text=we%20have%20never,%20detect. Chapter 61 - Into The Void ("We have never ... detect.")]]</ref>
<ref name="ribbon-2">[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/777002/chapters/1462003#:~:text=viewing%20permitted,%20girls. Chapter 9 - Echoes ("viewing is permitted only to magical girls.")]]</ref>

<ref name="v1">[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/777002/chapters/38982716#:~:text=Mami%20shook%20her%20head,with%20the%20spear%E2%80%A6 Chapter 56 - Pulse (Mami & Machina's Vision)]]</ref>
<ref name="v1a">[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/777002/chapters/38982716#:~:text=They%20were%20also,%20with%20the%20spear Chapter 56 - Pulse (Mami & Machina's Vision Statue Description)]]</ref>
<ref name="v1b">[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/777002/chapters/38982716#:~:text=%22That's%20what%20makes%20you,%20not%20you.%22 Chapter 56 - Pulse ("But not you.")]]</ref>
<ref name="v1c">[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/777002/chapters/38982716#:~:text=So%20you%20tell%20me,%20tell%20her Chapter 56 - Pulse ("Is this girl a hero?")]]</ref>
<ref name="v1d">[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/777002/chapters/38982716#:~:text=%22It's%20complicated,%22 Chapter 56 - Pulse ("It's complicated.")]]</ref>
<ref name="v1e">[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/777002/chapters/38982716#:~:text=I%20don't%20think%20that's,%20do%20you?%22 Chapter 56 - Pulse ("You don't know <nowiki>[...]</nowiki> do you?")]] </ref>
<ref name="v1f">[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/777002/chapters/38982716#:~:text=Go%20now,%20to%20do. Chapter 56 - Pulse ("You have work to do.")]]</ref>

<ref name="v2a">[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/777002/chapters/1462003#:~:text=I%20saw,%20passive. Chapter 9 - Echoes ("I saw <nowiki>[...]</nowiki> face passive.")]]</ref>
<ref name="v2b">[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/777002/chapters/1462003#:~:text=She%20tried%20to%20stand%20up,%20looked%20familiar Chapter 9 - Echoes ("She tried to stand up, ")]]</ref>
<ref name="v2c">[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/777002/chapters/1462003#:~:text=her%20eyes%20snapped%20open%20again,%20actually%20happening. Chapter 9 - Echoes ("It was happening.")]]</ref>
<ref name="v2d">[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/777002/chapters/1462003#:~:text=Her%20soul%20gem%20swirled,%20insanity. Chapter 9 - Echoes ("Her soul gem swirled ...")]]</ref>
<ref name="v2e">[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/777002/chapters/1462003#:~:text=She%20raised%20her,%20fluid%20draining Chapter 9 - Echoes ("She raised her hand, and it was wet.")]]</ref>
<ref name="v2f">[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/777002/chapters/1462003#:~:text=If%20Ryouko%20could%20have,%20but%20why%20was%20she%20being%20shown%20this Chapter 9 - Echoes ("Why was she being shown this?")]]</ref>
<ref name="v2g">[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/777002/chapters/1462003#:~:text=When%20she%20opened%20her%20eyes%20again,%20talking. Chapter 9 - Echoes ("When she opened her eyes again...")]]</ref>
<ref name="v2h">[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/777002/chapters/1462003#:~:text=The%20apparition,%20memory. Chapter 9 - Echoes ("It was her own memory.")]]</ref>
<ref name="v2i">[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/777002/chapters/1462003#:~:text=I%20told%20her,%20you%20saw%20me. Chapter 9 - Echoes (Silence is golden.)]]</ref>
<ref name="v2j">[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/777002/chapters/1462003#:~:text=In%20the%20ocean%20below,%20as%20if%20repelled. Chapter 9 - Echoes ("Firing at unseen enemies.")]]</ref>
<ref name="v2k">[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/777002/chapters/1462003#:~:text=Those%20idiots,%20I%20can't%20believe%20it! Chapter 9 - Echoes ("Soul gem should be.")]]</ref>
<ref name="v2l">[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/777002/chapters/1462003#:~:text=There'll%20be%20time,%20so%20sorry. Chapter 9 - Echoes ("I'm so sorry.")]]</ref>
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