[55th Replay]

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[ Rika noticed pretty early on. Keiichi was droned one day and it continued for a while. She tired to convince herself that it wasn't anything to worry about and he'd be back to normal soon, but it didn't happen.

So at first she was an emo mess. Which just meant that she tried to avoid social interactions and holed up in her room whenever possible.

Comments

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[dutying]

[ And just as Minako is out right near her house on Ricardo Street, about to start on a walk, she's bumped into by the younger girl. She looks a bit surprised, but then sobers up again a moment after it. ]

... In a hurry?

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m-mi!

[ Rika looks just as surprised. In her hurry she completely forgot that other people lived on this street. ]

N-no, not particularly. I'm sorry, I was not paying attention.

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[dutying]

It's not a problem. [ Minako is actually a bit more pleasant than normal - maybe because she got some of her powers back again. ]

You weren't running from anything bad though, right?

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Not at all! Though I apologize if it seemed that way!

Do you live on this street?

[godisachild]

[Considering you're on his street, it isn't hard to run into him. Pokey just barely keeps himself from being knocked to the ground, looking up in annoyance before recognizing who it is.]

....What're you running from?

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Pokey, sir!

[ Rika looks a bit glad to see him. After all, saying good bye to one friend and then immediately running into another one... For a moment, she looks a bit relieved. Then she wipes that look off and replaces it with a big smile. ]

Nothing~! It is just too nice of a day to not be running, don't you think?

[godisachild]

Eh, I'm not exactly that big of a runner.

[Oh. So this is the voice we're going with right now, huh. He guesses that's no skin off his nose, so he'll just shrug for the moment.]

And it's always a nice day here. I just haven't seen you over in the neighborhood for awhile.

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Not a runner, really? Is Pokey more a board games person, then?

[ She nods, still smiling. ] I was being silly. But I feel much better now. What about you? I have not seen you in a while. How have you been?

[Phone]

[chaoschildofgod]

You're really as excited as you said, aren't you? I wonder if I'll be stuck in the same grade myself.

[Phone]

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mi~i. Perhaps chaos and I will be in the same class! We could walk to school together!

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[chaoschildofgod]

If we're both in high school, we could do that anyway if you would like. Being in your company is interesting.

[Phone]

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Then it should be a plan, chaos~ I can begin stopping by your house in the mornings once school starts.

Phone

[adropofjupiter]

Oh. School. I guess torture awaits us all.

Phone

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School is only torture if you're torturing other people~. But if you make it fun, it stops being hard.

Phone

[adropofjupiter]

How is it not torture? You're forced to be inside for eight hours a day with only a short break to eat something while learning stuff that's boring and really doesn't even apply to most of us.

Pure torture, ze.

Phone

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You should make friends with some of your classmates! Then you can turn school into a game.

Phone

[hontobakabaka]

"I'm not sure there's much to look forward to, but, if you'd like to meet, I'm Ruri. Just name the time and place."

Phone

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I have never been to high school before, so this will be very interesting! It is nice to meet you, Ruri! I am Rika Furude!

Are you free this afternoon? Do you know any card games?

[hontobakabaka]

"I know several card games... Generally people don't like to play them with me though, or at least they didn't back home."

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I would be very happy to play card games with you then, if that would be okay! It would be very fun.

Why don't we play in the park?