[The video feed is triggered as Rika bumps into the communicator on the desk, but she doesn't notice that it's recording just yet. During this hour of the night, the classroom is dark, except for the front of the classroom which is lit up by a flashlight. Some may recognize it as the classroom used for the primary school students. Ever since Rika
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Bernkastel?
She's curious, of course, about Bernkastel being mentioned there and also about the poem, but then she hears that little sniff. And that becomes the priority. ]
... Rika-chan?
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Hello, Ange.
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... Are you alright?
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[Saying she is alright would be a lie.] I won't stay unhappy for too long. I doubt they would like to see me this way.
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I don't mind. Do you know where the elementary school is?
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[Rika will be waiting in the exact same spot on top of the desk with her notebook on her lap and gazing up at the blackboard.]
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Is being out late like this your hobby?
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But when Ange speaks, she quietly shuts the book and replies:]
...It's a pleasant time of day.
[Yes, yes it is her hobby. It would be even more pleasant if she could pour herself a glass of Bernkastel-vintage wine.]
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A pleasant time of day to write poetry?
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I was practicing writing in English. I wasn't too good with it back then.
[But still, writing poetry. It was a poem originally in Japanese and it was written before she did show up in Discedo. She wouldn't sign the poem with a name in the past, but ever since she met Bernkastel in Discedo... she started putting down a name.]
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[ 'Everyone has a right to pursue a happy life', huh. ... Heh. The difficult part indeed is to be given that right. But she already lost it, right? ... Then, what about Rika? ]
Your pen name is pretty interesting as well.
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[She tilts her head back to look at Ange. A tiny smile appears on her lips.]
Pen name? Furude Rika and Frederica are different.
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There's not much of a difference if you say it fast enough. [ Take that however you will. ]
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[She slips down from her desk to pick up a piece of chalk and jots down in kanji, '古手梨花' directly beneath 'Frederica'. She beams a smile, though it's not really genuine. Yeah. She's going to keep playing that way.]
They are different, you see? Nipa~☆.
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