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Happy Weekend, everyone. And not just any weekend! It is the weekend of Mother's Day.

Have any of you heard of it? It was very popular in the town I just came from.And also very dangerous.

I have come to warn you!

In Mayfield, Mother's Day was a day when boys had to do anything that a girl asked them to do. So you boys should stay inside and be safe, okay? It would be sad if you got caught up in it. American holidays are so strange and dangerous.

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[badend_replay]

Exactly! Good friends are the most wonderful treasure to have! I pray that you only become closer and closer!

[innocent_royal]

Closer and closer...?

[Obigatory romance-y feelings. But how close is too close?]

Somehow, I'm not sure if that is a good thing...

[badend_replay]

[While Rika may be a pervert, her mind doesn't go to romance. After all, her friends are such an important part of her life without romantic feelings.]

How is it not a good thing? Friends are always wonderful. Together, you can make miracles.

[innocent_royal]

Yeah, but... If we got too close, and they disappear, it will hurt very badly.

I don't want to be in that sort of pain...

[badend_replay]

Pain is part of life. It's because it happens that we become stronger, and kinder, and learn to appreciate the important things more.

If you've suffered before, you know the value of the happy times. It's worth it, right?

[innocent_royal]

[Anastasia was quiet for awhile. Thinking about all the friends she lost, in Genessia and back home. And finally understanding what it meant to be Nivia's Princess following the conquest of her nation.

Come to think of it. Has she even cried once?]

Yeah... Can't have happiness without sadness, after all.

[badend_replay]

[Rika nods.]

It is a hard lesson. If it is troubling you, perhaps you should discuss it with your friends. That helped me.

[Though, how much it helped is debatable. Her friends did come to her rescue, but they all died again anyway. Rika is keeping a calm expression, but the memories she refers to involve more suffering than a normal girl could bear.]

Friends can be as powerful or as useless as you allow them to be. Happiness, too, only has as much value as you actively cherish.

[innocent_royal]

Yeah... I'm going to do that. I'll talk to my friends.

[She may need a nice, hard shove to get her to actually talk, though.]

[badend_replay]

Yes! Do it~. I promise, it will all work out.

Isn't it better to regret trying too hard, rather than not at all?

[innocent_royal]

Per-perhaps...

[She has Too many regrets,,or rather, one huge regret that she doesn't even know what's better.]

[badend_replay]

Please, try to trust me. I may be young, but Old Lady FurudeRika has many experiences trapped in her little head. I am certain. Trying hard is the better way to die!

[What.]

[innocent_royal]

[Dubya tee eff? Old lady? But more importantly.]

Die?! B-but I don't want to die...

[badend_replay]

... Then talk to your friends! Live with fewer regrets! Play Uno and have fun! Nipah~!

[innocent_royal]

[She blinks. What is "nipah?" More importantly...]

What is Uno?

[badend_replay]

It is a fierce, social battle played out with a deck of specially crafted cards.

[innocent_royal]

Umm...

[Yeah, nope. Anastasia still doesn't get it. She's just imagining a actual battle fought with weaponized playing cards.]

[badend_replay]

[Rika's job here is done.]

... Have you never played card games before? Like Go Fish? Or Old Geezer? It is very similar!

[innocent_royal]

I... No... I have not...
I didn't get to play games growing up...

[Being a Princess sucked like that.]

[badend_replay]

Really? How sad!

Then we must teach you games here, mustn't we?