"You know, I'd love to do that! It's been a while since I battled in person. I would love it!"

"My Sky Strikers are quite powerful. So it could be fun to challenge you sometime!"

"I am looking respectfully."

How did Rika spend her Valentines?

Sneakily putting in gift bags of chocolate to those she loves without them noticing and raiding in a certain MMO.

"I mean, it could have craved for flesh. Who knows, given how society is!"

Seriously. What is she seeing?

"There is also that one deer girl who chases after people... A Deer is just a horse with horns."

"You see, back in 2021, where I lived a farm horse escaped from a truck delivering it to a mall and found itself in one of the biggest Arcades in Japan...."

Uuuuhhh... Where is this going?

"But have you seen what happens to horses on escalators before? Have you seen how bad of a crash they do?"

...What has Rika even seen to warrant this?

"You know. I had a thought.

You can stop a centaur chasing after you by using escalators. No way a centaur can chase you if you're on moving escalators!"

....What?

"...I have seen too much slop online to know the large lady with a boulder and the glass bridge was a viral thing for a long time-."

bern

I can't be the only one who knows of that boulder lady AI slop that was viral for a bit-. I can't be the only one who remembers that ultra specific trend of slop.

"...Extra fingers are a sign of AI. Another one is having a weird gloss on you.

And another one? Falling into a pit because a very large woman was holding a boulder and smashed a glass bridge, causing you, a ton of babies, and a dog to fall into the deep river below."

"I mean, how many fingers do you have?

Do you find yourself having the urge to eat spaghetti? Like that one celebrity when he became AI?"

Rika, no.

"I mean. Tynamos are cute at least. Is that a good compromise?"

"I mean... It reminds me of Eelektross in many ways. And I find Eelektross can be adorable if given the chance!"

bern

Those two are unironically two of my favorite Yugioh cards.

People who know me know how many of my oldshcool favs are Spellcasters-

"I did use both of them rather well in my old deck, Marina!

Don't you want to cuddle Thousand-Eyes Restrict, though? It looks friendly!"

"Hey? Chat?

I wanna show off my two cutest cards I have in my old-school deck here! How are they!?"

Rika...

"Hey? Chat?

I wanna show off my two cutest cards I have in my old-school deck here! How are they!?"

Rika...

She is just.... awkwardly hugging her calzone maker she got during Christmas..

"Oh."

"I like fruits like those so I have to say so myself! They're always good to have!"

"Lychee flavored! It's more of a dessert kind of sake. Hence why it is sweeter than others."

"....I still have more sake to drink."

...Run. RUN.

Someone is sleeping on her desk chair right now-.

"....Eep-"

Rika is surprised she still has a gut to begin with here!

bern

I feel we all experienced what Eleanor experienced at least once-.

.....Yeah. Both Writer and Rika winced upon further reading here.

That is legit what they went through once-.

.....Both Rika and writer misread that as "Shoved a snow shovel handle into the stomach".

Hugging her tail a bit, her own tail is wagging!

"I really do, don't I? Especially when it is you or Marina near me! It makes me feel happy with you two here with me!"

"Admittedly I kind of need the caffeine to keep me awake otherwise I fall asleep for a while-"