video | un: furuderika

[miiraculous]

 [Near the end of the month, after playing Jumanji more times than she cared to, Rika is able to face some realities. Those being that her house is more empty than before and that she's feeling lonely. She's never lost a friend in the way that she has lost Rena. There's no way to flip a switch and have her back, and that has been weighing heavily on Rika's mind.

And yet, the matter for which she makes a network call is rather childish and unimportant in comparison.]

Is the Trench always like this..? I never expected that a game board would be so mean... Games are supposed to be fun, not like that.

[She sounds more disappointed than traumatized. Perhaps a sign of maturity? Or being numb to so much suffering.]

Where I am from, my friends and I had a club where we played games together. Games let us leave our troubles behind for a few hours and spend time together, in a piece of the world where everything was fun. It makes me sad to think that games might have been ruined for the people here, because one of them was naughty. So I...

[Rika's voice trails off. She briefly imagines a cheerful Rena and how she would react to this. As part of her grieving, Rika tries to follow in the imaginary Rena's footsteps. This is more proactive than Rika's used to, so she can't help but sound uncertain.]

I want to make a game board that isn't mean and play it with everyone here. Does anyone know where I can find some paint? And a biiig piece of wood, or something similar, for the board? I've never tried this before, but... I would quite like to try. I do not wish for the fun of games to be taken away too.

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[violetlies]

Aww. Hey, don't sweat it. We're both helping each other here. What did you do in your club back home, then?

[It's also...very odd, having someone call him kind. He's pretty used to being the villain by this point, so everyone's niceness around here is very striking. It's nice.]

Just don't let any of my classmates know, if they show up. They think I've gone soft.

[miiraculous]

Is that a bad thing? Turtles are both hard and soft, and they also live longer lives than most. Being both must surely be a good thing.

[She briskly moves on;]

We played foreign games that our club leader, Mi, imported. After school and during PE, we'd play all sorts of things together. All that mattered was having fun... and winning~.

[violetlies]

[Turtles...is he like a turtle? He's always rationalized himself as a raccoon, or maybe a rat. His Omen, Kidd, lets out a small chitter.

But he listens, nodding along.]

Ahh, so American games, I suppose. Monopoly...Risk....I looove Risk. [A game about conquering territories favored by the Ultimate Supreme Leader? How shocking.] But that's something I can definitely agree with.

Did you put any stakes on it~? DICE and I would sometimes put candy up as bets.

[miiraculous]

Yes! We bet our pride and punish the losers accordingly~! Losing is not an option in Hinamizawa~!

[violetlies]

....Should we carry that over then, too? Neeheehee....

I'll make a note of it, if so. Then I can start going into the material-gathering phase. It'll take a bit, but we'll message to make sure everything gets gathered.

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