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Rika Furude | Higurashi no Naku Koro ni | expired reserve
Contact Info: plurk: secondhangmagic; aim: constitutionals
Other Characters Played: n/a
Preferred Apartment: none
Character Name: Rika Furude
Canon: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
Canon Point: post Minagoroshi-hen
Background/History: general summary, minagoroshi-hen summary
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Rika has two sides—one side is cute and innocent, and is the side she shows most people; while her other side, her true personality, is cynical and somewhat cold. She only shows her true self, however, around Hanyuu or when the situation calls for it, often choosing to put up her innocent act around most people.
The act Rika puts on most of the time is one of a sweet little girl. She’s always there to comfort those who need it, she’s polite, fairly quiet, and almost always has a smile on her face. Rika also uses cute words such as “nipaa” and “mii” when she speaks, which she often uses to her advantage to get others to do what she wants. All of these things together make people fall in love with her instantly, and immediately want to protect her. Although Rika may act like a child, that doesn’t mean she holds no responsibilities. She is the head of the Furude family, and is also the shrine maiden for Oyashiro, the deity that guards the village. Not only is Rika responsible for representing her family, but she also represents Oyashiro, often being referred to as the deity’s reincarnation.
She may be young and cute, but Rika is still very intelligent. While she may not be loud spoken, everyone is willing to listen to what she has to say due to the importance of all of her words and the quality of any advice she may give. Due to her intelligence, Rika is also very mischievous and knows how to get what she wants. When she’s is about to lose a game during a club activity, she will act upset and cute, distracting anyone who may win, and giving her a chance to win the game herself. Rika may have an air of innocence about her due to her cute personality, but she is not innocent enough to refrain from any perverted jokes or comments she may make.
Her intelligence comes from the fact that she has lived for over one hundred years, due to the many timelines she’s been through. From all of her experience, Rika knows just what to say to others, and how to get out of tight situations. When asked by the detective Ooishi why she was seen in the forest after her performance after the festival when she was really telling Tomitake about his death later that night, Rika was able to come up with a lie on the spot so Ooishi would stop questioning her.
Rika’s true personality is extremely cynical. After many years of being surrounded by death and chaos, Rika has lost her positive outlook on life and she feels as if nothing will turn out well. She often hides the truth from those around her so as not to frighten her friends, and for fear that no one will believe her. Due to the continuous time loops she’s been put through, Rika’s mind has matured while her body has not. However, she does not often present this side of herself because she doesn’t want to worry other people by suddenly acting completely different. The only person Rika feels comfortable being her true self around is Hanyuu. However, Rika will show this side to others when she is being completely serious or when she has decided that a fragment has become a dead-end and she begins to feel as if she's wasting her time. Her cynicism also causes her to have difficulty opening up to others; Rika has many secrets, and she hides them very well. If she can keep her friends from suffering from the knowledge she’s gained from repeating time and the reality that is her true self, she will do all she can to keep it from them. Due to this, for a long time, she was unwilling to tell her friends what was really going on, as she thought they would not believe her—another thing she struggles with.
She’s also much more mature and serious, dropping the cute phrases she normally uses and rarely smiling. While this side of Rika is also sly, she is much more obvious about it and crueler in her intentions. She often drinks alcohol and eat spicy foods when she is upset with Hanyuu just to fluster her, taking advantage of the fact that their senses are connected and that Hanyuu hates the taste of both. However, the alcohol also numbs her to the pain of reliving the same fate over and over while seeing her friends become unraveled and tear each other apart. Over the years, she's made a habit of drinking at night when Satoko is asleep just so she doesn't have to worry about her fate if only for a little while.
Rika’s true self is also much more outspoken than the side she presents to other people. She is also no longer polite, and will not hesitate to be cruel to others, especially when it comes to defending her friends. She also believes that no matter which Hinamizawa she ends up in, it will be a dead end. Rika will wait for her death, being bored by everything that happens, since she has been through all of it many times before, with the exception of the club meetings, which have always remained unpredictable. However, things began to change when Rika came across a world where her friends seemed to remember the past dead-end worlds.
Due to this, her friends were able to avoid their mistakes and they became set upon fixing things before they ended badly. Rika finally began to have hope—something she hadn’t had in many years. She began to believe that her fate could be defeated as she slowly began to let go of that tightly held on cynicism and made room for hope. While her cynicism has begun to finally fade, in the end, that world ended up being only a dead-end. Still, Rika has retained her hope from this last fragment, growing from it and regaining her determination to finally reach a good ending and living past June.
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Rika's only real ability is that she's able to remember everything from the different fragments of Hinamizawa she's lived through, which is only possible with Hanyuu's power to reset time.
Items/Weapons:
-an extra set of clothes (her school uniform)
-photo of her friends taken during club activities
Sample Entry:
[It takes a few moments, but Rika manages to get the video working right and angled towards her. When she appears onscreen, there’s a slightly concerned look on her face.] Mii… I’m not sure where I am. This device is supposed to transmit video to others so that means I shouldn’t be the only one here, right?
[She knows there’s the possibility that she’s just talking to herself and that there’s no one out there listening, but it’s worth a shot either way.] I think I should start with introducing myself first.
[Rika adjusts the phone so that more of her face is visible.] My name is Rika Furude, and I’m from a small village named Hinamizawa. It’s very different from this place. [She pauses, and smiles.] It’s nice to meet you. Hopefully we can work together and find a way back home. [Satisfied with her message, she shuts off the feed.]
Sample Entry Two:
The desolate nature of Haven was such a stark contrast to Hinamizawa, and Rika wasn't sure it would ever be something she would get used to. The lack of life in the town was disconcerting, and the dilapidated state of most of the buildings even more so. Yet that didn't stop Rika from making her way into the abandoned elementary school, being careful to avoid any dangerous spots.
It'd been a few days already, and Rika was already restless. She was itching to go back home, back to Hinamizawa and every time she closed her eyes she hoped that she'd wake up to the familiar sound of cicadas. The memories of the last fragment were still fresh in her mind, and Rika was determined to find a way back so that the feelings lingering behind those memories would still be strong enough to give her the strength to push through and finally reach her good end.
Rika ran her fingers idly along one of the surface of one of the desks still standing, as she wondered what the school was like before it was abandoned. Her mind briefly wandered back to Hinamizawa, and the school there, which was much smaller than the one she was in now. The thought of her friends waiting back home sent a new wave of determination through her and she took one last look around the room, taking in every detail and making sure she didn't miss any important clues that may help take her back home. Unable to find anything else, she sighed, making her way outside and to her next destination—the middle school. Although she would probably yield the same results (which were a whopping nothing), it was still worth a try. After all, after everything she went through in the last fragment, she wasn't going to just sit back and accept her fate this time, not anymore.
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