[55th Replay]

[badend_replay]

[ 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.

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Ricardo Street

[cruelmiracle]

[Bernkastel is just next door from Keiichi, so it's easy to spot Rika.]

In a hurry?

Ricardo Street

[badend_replay]

[ Rika stops and looks to find the source of the voice. Then shakes her head. ]

Not particularly.

I assume you've noticed?

[cruelmiracle]

His belongings are no longer in the house.

[Of course she went in and looked like a creeper.]

[badend_replay]

So he really has gone home...

Good. Keiichi isn't the sort of person who should have to suffer this sort of life. It was going to begin tainting him.

[cruelmiracle]

Do you think a person like him could suffer anything?

[badend_replay]

... We have seen him suffer before, haven't we?

[cruelmiracle]

The situation was not quite the same, even if it was similar.

[She is glad he's no longer in Mayfield, though. He complicated things when it came to interacting with the town.

Of course, Rika is still here.]

[badend_replay]

Even so. He is far better off not being here! You may no longer distress him, for example.

[cruelmiracle]

He seemed very interested in putting me in a position to distress him, if I was doing so.

[badend_replay]

... hmph. He's gone now. That's all that matters. And he's in a Hinamizawa that has made it through June.

I have no reason to worry.

[cruelmiracle]

[Bernkastel is quiet, instead studying Rika to see if the girl really believes that.

Bernkastel isn't so sure this place would give up its toys so easily.]

[badend_replay]

... Do you believe otherwise, Bernkastel?

[ Rika will return the studying look, curious about Bern's opinion on the matter. ]

[cruelmiracle]

If the pieces are truly escaping, it is likely an accident on the part of the game masters. But it may be a calculated move, and in that case I do not believe they would simply send someone home.