PC CATCHALL FOR RIKA

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It would be nice if I didn't have to.

But this place isn't very kind.

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...Of course it isn't. But it doesn't mean we should allow ourselves to drown in the grim fog of it all. Hold our heads high, I say.

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[ she's a little curious to know more about this inspector, but... maybe another time. she doesn't want to make him linger on it if he doesn't want to.

i'm not even going to try to figure out a way to justify her interacting with a shard. maybe bernkastel, as a cat, swished her tail and brushed one by mistake. don't ask me.

rika talks to a friend about some kitties. ]

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[What....was that?]

[He opens his mouth. Closes his mouth. And looks over at her, questioningly.]

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[ what was what. don't worry about it. it's fine. ]

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[His eyebrows furrow.]

My dear madam, I would ask of you to explain.

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[ not getting off that easy, huh. ]

... I was right. That world was doomed.

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[nope, he's a nosy binch]

..."That world"? It seemed peaceful, but...the things you were saying...

[IT SEEMED REAL BAD]

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I believe it was Shion who killed me, that time. That's usually who it is, when Keiichi breaks into the storeroom.

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[A chill runs down his spine.]

...How many times have you died, Miss Rika?

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Hundreds.

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[internally doing the bunny holding head emoji from discord]

I'm....I'm so sorry...I...h-how?

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[ hrm, answering questions is very uncomfortable. usually - just like in that memory - she can say strange things and then just walk away from the consequences of it. but that's less of an option, here. ]

You may think of it as time loops.

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[Time...loops? Well, if he thinks on that for a moment...]

Hm. As in...time wrapping around on itself which implies...ah, I see. Reliving the same time over and over, since...time simply wouldn't progress.

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Mm. That's probably the easiest way to think about it.

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And now I must ask...............why, exactly, are you in one of these things?

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I had escaped once before.

A "friend" pulled me back in over a petty argument.

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Seems a rather drastic measure to take for a petty argument! Especially with copious amounts of dying!

[LIKE. THE HELL]

And now you've escaped but...you're here. So. Out of the frying pan into the fire....

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She's stubborn.

[ and rika nods at that second part. ]

Just when I figured out the new rules I was playing by...

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...

[Wait a second.]

Your friend who did this wasn't...Satoko, was it? The one you mentioned a couple of weeks ago.

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[ ... ]

It was.

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[A scoff.]

What a friendship that is. I would be more than furious in your position.

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... I am furious. But I can't beat some sense into her from here.

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...Would you want to go back to talk with her? Or simply take this opportunity to escape for good?

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I...

[ she doesn't have an answer for that. ]