#riko’s log

[stormseclipse]

New Year’s resolution: post here more. I lurk on the tag periodically and man, i miss it here. I have so many ideas and drawings but it’s hard to find the energy sometimes.

So my plan is to try harder! Lol

[stormseclipse]

Personally I’ve always kind of liked CyclonisxAerrow. It’s that enemies to lovers I crave lmao.

What's a rarepair in Storm Hawks that you wish there was more of? Or anything of, actually.

For me it's Harrier x Rinjiin. So far I have found nothing on it. One day I shall make something for it. Today is not that day. All I have are headcanons.

Reblog this with a rarepair and I might scribble some art for it.

[jtl-fics]

more importantly how would riko fit into camping setting this man never touched grass

LMAO Shoulda known this would be the follow-up ask from you my dear.

I know we talked about Riko and stars but I'm gonna write a lil bit about it. So more under the cut.

There was a time where the car that is taking Riko from place to place, media event to media event breaks down in the middle of the road. There's no cell service and it's just him and a driver. The driver heads off, swearing to be back with a tow truck or whatever assistance they need.

Riko sits in that backseat arms crossed and PISSED about what's going on. He's going to miss his media engagement, it's going to be a whole damn thing. Who knows how Master will react. He can't do anything because he needs his suit to be perfect for when he shows up fashionably late to the engagement and the interview.

Then an hour passes, maybe two, maybe three, and it's dark. He can no longer entertain himself by counting the stitches in the fine Italian leather seats like he'd been doing when he ran out of Exy strategies to think about and funny excuses to give to people who might not even know he's not there.

He climbs out of the car figuring he can count a few stars, make exy plays out of their formations if nothing else. It'll get boring just like the few times he and Kevin snuck up to the top of the stadium and looked at the muted stars. Staring up at the stars won't ruin his suit.

He looks up and the universe is greeting him.

He gets back in the car suddenly feeling overwhelmed by what he had just seen. Sits and tries to count the stitches (finite, with an end) just by touch but he keeps getting different numbers since his fingers aren't that sensitive anymore.

He takes a breath and climbs out of the car again and looks up. The universe greets him again and it's endless. He can't possibly count what is up there, it's bigger than him. He looks at his suit and knows that he's not going to be going to make it and he can think up a good story about why he's dirty.

He settles on the hood of the car staring up into the sky and he feels small. A car passes him and he doesn't even try to stop it too transfixed by the heavens above him.

A few more hours pass like this and he wonders if his driver just legged it fearing the repercussions of improper maintenance of a Moriyama vehicle. He wonders if he lives here now.

The car is kind of uncomfortable he looks to the side and thinks about laying on the grass and thinks about insects and worms and things beneath him. Small things that can be destroyed by him so easily right under his polished shoes. He's above them, high above them.

He looks up at the stars again and finds himself laying with the bugs in the grass.

It's nice.

[alcego]

frankly, i think it's hilarious when people in a "fucked up story" fandom get mad when people in their fandom enjoy fucked up stories and characters. what did you expect?

[excalibur0]

i completely forgot that riko died. so there was just this increasing dread as the moment approached and my memory returned ;-;

[giggly-squiggily]

The Calm Before The Storm (Jujutsu Kaisen)

Heyo! I wrote this while thinking of these dummies (affectionate) so now I'm gonna share it with y'all :D I just love Gojo and Geto's dynamic, and Riko makes me happy- so naturally we're gonna get some fluff with them! I hope you like it!

CW: JJK anime spoilers (Season 2, Ep. 3); swearing

Cloud 9 (Taglist):

@thatbigbisexual29 @duckymcdoorknob @baby-tickles2022 @cupcake-spice13 @chuuyahasdimples

Summary: In which Geto worries about Gojo, Riko becomes a GeJo shipper, and tickle wars commence.

“Hey.” A finger poked along Gojo’s ribs, making the teen shoot up with a grunt. “Take a break. You’re working too hard.”

“Oh yes- cause stretching out like a log is really straining me.” Gojo stuck his tongue out at Geto, rubbing at the spot his friend jabbed. “I’ll be sure to limit my time bathing in the sun going forward.”

“You know what I mean.” The finger moved upward, gently flicking him against his forehead- right between the eyes.

“So, are you two like- dating or something?” Riko asked from her spot on the nearest seat, leaning into her hands as she watched them. “Cause you act like a married couple.”

“We’re not-” Gojo began.

“He’s not my type.” Geto shrugged. Gojo gaped, glasses drooping in shock.

“The hell does that mean? I am SO your type!”

“Eh?”

“Well- you’re not my type either, so there.”

“Now hold up-”

“Definitely married.” Riko smiled against her hands, giggling when Gojo glared with a huff.

“He’s just being fussy. Don’t pay it any mind.” Geto poked Gojo once more, earning another huff and a bat to his hands. “Come on- stop glaring at the poor girl.”

“Would you get o-ohoff! Ugh, you’re so annoy-Eh!” Gojo yelped when Riko suddenly appeared, bouncing over to him with wiggling fingers. “Not you too, you bra-ahahaht! No dohoohohn’t!”

“Oh man- he’s ticklish!” She cried, delighted. Her cheers quickly turned to squeals of her own when he retaliated, digging into her ribs with rapid fingers. “Stahhahap it, you jeheheherk!”

“You fihihihihirst!”

“I’ll leave you to it.” Geto took a seat on Riko’s abandoned chair, stretching out his arms as the duo beside him battled it out. From the looks of it- Gojo was clearly winning, but Riko was nothing to sneeze at. He closed his eyes as he stretched, letting out a low hum of satisfaction.

He could fall asleep like this- and he probably would have had the room not suddenly grown quiet.

“I’ll go low, you go high.” Gojo whispered, the sound of footsteps approaching him came after. Riko was giggling softly, barely over a whisper as Gojo shushed her. How cute- they seemed to think they could get the jump on him.

They’d see how wrong they were very soon.

“Ready? One, Two, THREE~” Geto shot his eyes open, reaching up to find-

“HA!” Gojo cackled as he grabbed his wrists, pulling them up and over his head. “You fell for it! Riko, sit on him!”

“On it!” Within seconds he was pinned, the girl snug against his thighs while his best friend kept an iron grip on his wrists. “Now what?”

“Tickle him!”

“Okay!”

“Now wait just a moment-” Geto was about to argue his case when he snapped his lips shut, eyes widening as fingers skittered across his torso. Still dressed in his beach clothes, his bare chest was accessible, giving Riko plenty of surface area to work with. He forced himself to stiffen, hoping that would numb the ticklishness shooting up his nerve endings.

“Hm…are you sure he’s ticklish? He’s not even squirming.” Riko switched to pinching, then kneading- both methods that made his current predicament that much harder to deal with. “You were as wiggly as that sea cucumber!”

“Oh he’s ticklish alright- look at him; he’s barely holding it in!” Gojo’s voice was suddenly close to his ear- way too close. “Come on Suguru, you know you wanna laugh. Just let it out~ We won’t judge how you sound.”

Oh that tricky bastard! Geto cracked one eye open to glare, flexing one of his hands out to graze the skin on Gojo’s belly. The other boy jerked back with a huff, cheeks pink as he fumed. One point for Geto!

“Riko, go for the hips.” No! The consequences of his actions!

“Okay! Here I GO! Tickle tickle tickle tickle tickle!” She cried, dropping her hands to the specified spot before going to town. Geto almost threw her off with how hard he spasmed, his stoney expression cracking with each flick of her fingers. “It’s working! It’s working, he’s gonna laugh!”

“Keep going! Use your nails!” Gojo encouraged, readjusting his grip on Geto’s arms so he only needed one hand. With the other he dragged it down to his armpit, moving past his shirt so he could wiggle within. “Give in, Suguru. Laugh for us.”

That did it. Every defense in Geto’s book suddenly shattered as he sank in his seat, head thrown back and laughter flooding out. “Ah! Aheahhahhahahahhaha! Nohohohoohoho! Nohohoho doohohohohn’t you freahahhahaking dahhahahahhahre! Sahahhaatoruuhuhuhuhu!”

“Wow- he’s so loud!” Riko sounded amazed, sharing a grin with Gojo.

“Yeah! Let’s make him scream louder!” He mouthed a new word, and Riko nodded, wasting no time. Scooting down his legs, she latched onto his thighs.

“AHAHAHHA!” Geto all but shrieked, arching with a howl at the new feeling. His face was on fire, and tears were burning the back of his eyes as he thrashed and squirmed in his seat. He had to get out of this soon!

With a sudden burst of strength, he broke free of Gojo’s grip, grabbing him by the forearms and pulling the other down into the chair with him. Riko was just barely saved from Gojo’s flailing limbs when Geto jabbed her in the belly with his foot, making her scramble back with a giggle.

The chair was a warzone- fingers flying and limbs soaring. Gojo was switching between yells of triumph and mercy as Geto dug into his lower ribs, just barely avoiding the other’s vengeful fingers in return. Riko quickly joined the fray once more, trying to get Geto’s neck while swatting away Gojo’s retaliating fingers against her waist. The chair shook beneath them- still somewhat intact despite three teenagers going to town on it.

Before long, it was empty- three bodies spread before it as they gasped for air between wheezes and hiccups. Gojo’s glasses were missing alongside Riko’s bandana. Geto’s hair fell in long strands down his back, just as disheveled as the others. Someone’s foot was pressing into Geto’s hip, but he didn’t care.

“Sohoho…who wohohon?” He asked.

“Mehehe!” Gojo raised a tired peace sign, letting his arm flop over his eyes a second later. Riko twirled a finger in sleepy celebration. “Ugh, I’m so…tired.” He groaned through a yawn.

“Then sleep. We don’t have anywhere to go until morning.” Geto nudged him, barely fighting off his own yawn. “You do need rest, Satoru.”

“I’ll rest…when I’m..” Gojo didn’t finish his sentence, head drooping sideways as sleep took over.

“You really do care for him. Like you’re his husband.” Riko whispered against his calf, smiling up at him. “It’s sweet.”

“Still on that, are we?” Geto grinned with a fond eye roll, getting comfortable. “If that’s how you see it, then I guess it’s true.”

“Knew it.” She closed her eyes, face relaxing into a peaceful expression. “I’m gonna miss this…”

“Yeah. Me too.” Geto spoke to sleeping bodies, staring up at the ceiling with a heavy smile.

Thanks for reading!

[p5x-theories]

What We Know About P5X

(updated 12/18/24)

Persona 5: The Phantom X (P5X) has previously had three beta tests, the first of which ran from March 29th to 31st 2023, the second of which ran from August 18th to 25th 2023, and the third of which ran from January 16th to 31st 2024. The open beta, essentially the game's official launch, began on April 12th 2024. A global launch has been confirmed, though we don't yet know when it will happen. Here’s a summary of what we know about the game itself so far. Hopefully this’ll be useful, whether you're new around here or not!

I also keep updated posts about the game's story, playable characters, and other useful information, which can be found in this blog's pinned post (along with this post!).

Keeping this as succinct as I can, but it's still a little long, so under the cut it goes.

Overview

P5X is a turn-based RPG mobile game with gacha elements, developed by Black Wings Game Studio and published by Perfect World Games. While not directly creating it, it is officially licensed by Atlus and Sega. Atlus has apparently been very involved in its production, including Shigenori Soejima designing the protagonist and his Persona, and Atlus writing the story and collab's plots. This is discussed in more detail in the interviews here if you're curious.

The game's setting has been confirmed to be an alternate/"parallel" world to Persona 5's, though translated promotional information also confirms the plot has something to do with these two worlds interacting through "time and space".

As Perfect World Games and Black Wings Game Studio are Chinese game companies, and Atlus and Sega are Japanese game companies, P5X is produced in Chinese and Japanese, with no current official English translations, though the third beta had files that possibly indicate future plans to translate the game into English, and Spanish, among other languages. The dialogue in-game is voiced in both Japanese and Chinese, with Japanese and Chinese voice actors for the characters. Presumably, the global release will fill in the other languages.

Right now, we know the game is available on both mobile (iOS and Android) and PC (Google Play Games and Steam), and it's been officially stated that a console version is planned for after the game releases globally. The first three of the beta tests were closed betas, available only in China, Taiwan, Macau, and Hong Kong, where players could sign up for a chance to get in, and actual beta accounts were given out via lottery. The open beta requires only a Chinese phone number to sign up, although the Taiwan/Macau/Hong Kong version also allows players to log in with a Google account.

Note that there was some confusion about whether the open beta was the game's official launch at first, due to the language barrier. Posts on this blog prior to 5/15/2024 often refer to it as the "fourth beta" instead, and may erroneously suggest it was just another beta test.

As of 9/24/24, the game has been officially announced for a Japanese release, though has been at least one Japanese beta test prior to the official release.

There are specifically two main gachas in the game- a character gacha for gaining teammates, and a weapons gacha for gaining better weapons for those teammates. While the game is extremely similar to Persona 5 overall, there are many aspects, obviously including the gacha, that differ from it, which are summarized below and detailed further in another post.

The Characters

So far, there are 23 new Persona users. These characters can be divided into story teammates and "Phantom Idol" (gacha-only) teammates.

The story teammates so far are the protagonist (codename Wonder), an owl named Ruferu in Japanese which has sometimes been translated as "Luffy" by fans (codename Cattle), an athletic classmate of the protagonist's named Motoha Arai (codename Closer), a boy from another class with an interest in cooking named Shun Kanou (codename Soy), and disciplinary committee member Riko Tanemura (codename Wind). These teammates have all joined as part of the plot of the game.

The "Phantom Idol" teammates ("Kaidoru" in Japanese) are described as being cognitive beings created by Wonder's Velvet Room attendant, Merope, to assist him in the Metaverse, based on people Wonder meets, though they are only copies.

So far, they include Motoha's best friend Tomoko Noge (codename Moko), imaginative first year student Kiyoshi Kurotani (codename Key), Wonder's family friend Kayo Tomiyama (codename Okyann), college freshman from China Yaoling Li (codename Rin), aspiring actor Reo Kamiyama (codename Leon), Yaoling's traditionally-dressed neighbor Yukimi Fujikawa (codename Yuki), fencing high school student Seiji Shiratori (codename Fleuret), injured ice skater Kotone Montagne (codename Mont), an online friend of Wonder's who goes by the name YUI (codename Bui), 10 year-old math prodigy Haruna Nishimori (codename Riddle), unemployed fisherman Toshiya Sumi (codename Sepia), and aspiring puppeteer Miyu Sahara (codename Puppet).

Later Phantom Idols added after the initial release of the game include student working for her family's store Minami Miyashita (codename Marian), 75 year-old alcoholic woman Chizuko Nagao (codename Vino), flairtender Yuumi Shiina (codename Phoebe), aspiring musician Ayaka Sakai (codename Chord), medical intern Kira Kitazato (codename Messa), flower-loving third year Masaki Ashiya (codename Cherish), and fashion student/Shibuya mascot superfan Runa Dogenzaka (codename Howler). Alternate, summer versions of some characters have also be added as part of a summer event, and an alternate version of Kotone was later added alongside her Confidant.

The full group of Phantom Thieves from Persona 5 Royal also appear as Phantom Idols: Joker, Mona, Skull, Panther, Fox, Queen, Oracle, Noir, Violet, and Crow. Datamining also found some of Wolf’s battle voice lines from P5S at least in the first beta, and an icon from P5S with Sophie in every beta and the official release, suggesting they may later be added as well. Joker, at the very least, seems to have some larger role in the plot, as Wonder has a dream about them fighting at the start of the game, and later what seems to be a Phantom Idol Joker comes out of nowhere to rescue Wonder and Cattle in Mementos. Wonder is also able to use his universe's Leblanc to visit the Leblanc of Joker's universe, and spend time with the P5 Thieves there.

There is also a multi-chapter Persona 5 Collab event, which involves the P5X and P5 Phantom Thieves meeting in strange Metaverse locations that mix aspects of both P5 and P5X's Palaces. Similar to the PQ games, the teams cannot leave these areas until they defeat the ruler of each area, and afterward, none of them seem to retain their memories of the events, though they regain these memories when they enter the next location to appear. Later, a P5R collab event was held as well (see the same link as the original P5 event above).

Munehisa Iwai, Tae Takemi, and Chihaya Mifune also return in P5X. Iwai runs the weapon gacha, Takemi sells medicine like in P5, and Chihaya tells fortunes. The other original P5 confidants’ portraits and 3D models have been found in every betas' data, and the Councillor Arcana card was with the other cards in the second, third, and fourth betas' data specifically, but it’s currently unknown whether they’ll actually return in any capacity.

The developers have also repeatedly expressed interest in having collabs with the other numbered Persona series games in the future. Izanagi and Asterius have been in the game files since the beta tests.

Music

Several new songs appear in P5X, five of which feature vocals by Lyn: the opening song "Ambitions and Visions", "Last Strike", "Wake Up Your Hero", "Shadow", and "Fatal Desire". The new instrumental tracks so far include background music for the Palaces, background music for special fights, a new music track for Mementos and some other areas affiliated with Mementos, and some music for P5X's rhythm minigame/side quest, where Wonder plays music as a member of his school's music club.

When Ayaka Sakai (Chord) was added, two songs sung by her were also added to the game.

Locations

The majority of P5 and P5R’s locations have been confirmed for P5X, including Yongen-Jaya, Kichijoji, Shibuya, and Shinjuku, but the protagonist lives in a new location called Zoshigaya, and goes to a new school called Kokatsu Academy located in Shimokitazawa. Another school named Kiga High School has also been mentioned.

(Note that not every store is exactly identical to the P5 version; the Big Bang Burger in Shibuya is now called Boom Bang Burger, with no apparent traces of the space theming, and the Crossroads bar in Shinjuku has also been rebranded. Leblanc was also rebranded to a generic coffee shop in previous betas, but in the open beta has been turned back into Leblanc.)

Mementos and the concept of Palaces also return in P5X, though there are some differences. Mementos' floors are no longer randomly generated, and now have set layouts. Related to this, Mementos also now operates as a sort of hub, with characters entering Palaces through Mementos, from the entrance to each Palace located within the massive floors of Mementos. Mementos also has special battle locations apparently similar to “domains” in other gacha games, where completing the fight gives special items to strengthen characters and weapons, generally themed after P5′s Palaces (so far Kamoshida, Madarame, Kaneshiro, and Okumura's Palace-themed "domains" have been found, as well as one that doesn't seem to match any known Palace).

Basic Game Mechanics

For the most part, P5X operates extremely similarly to P5, both in and out of the Metaverse. One notable difference is that there is no calendar- days can pass due to the story, but they're not numbered, instead listed as simply "Yesterday", "Today", and "Tomorrow". There are also more time slots to perform other activities, as Wonder can do two after school activities, two activities even later in the day, and then a final one at night. Performing activities also costs hourglasses, which refill at a rate of 5 per real-world day.

One interesting and more significant change made in this category is that Confidants have a total of 20 ranks, instead of the series-standard 10, though there are still only 10 ranks that actually progress their story. They also haven't been associated with any Arcana, though the P5R Arcana cards have all been found in the second beta's data.

The UI elements of combat look a little different (as well as all the skill animations), appearing to be more optimized for mobile play, but otherwise it seems largely the same to P5, though one notable difference is that Navigator skills can be called in at will (and then have a cooldown), rather than occurring randomly. There is a new kind of special ability called a Highlight, which is similar to P5S’s Showtime attacks where the character executes a special move with their Persona, though not all Highlights are attacks, and some heal or have alternative effects instead.

The protagonist can gain Personas in combat (or from the gacha), though it no longer requires talking to them, and instead appears to have a random chance of occurring. Challenge battles in the Velvet Room, like in P5R, are available to attempt. Palace exploration also seems relatively standard, even if the Palace itself and the method of entering it is different. One major change is that several shadow/Persona designs have been censored in the mainland China version of the game; this includes Incubus and many others being given shorts, Bugs' stomach being repaired with the blood removed, Mara being given a large hat, Hell Biker and other skeletal Personas having a helmet/mask that obscures the skull, and several female Personas like Lamia being given shirts. However, these changes are purely cosmetic, and also seem to be reverted in the Taiwan/Macau/Hong Kong version (and possibly the Korean version as well).

Miscellaneous

It’s worth noting that because the game has yet to be officially translated to English in any capacity (outside of a single file confirming its English title as "Persona 5: The Phantom X"), character names can only be absolutely confirmed when they’re either written in Japanese kana (as opposed to the Japanese kanji characters that names are typically written in) or spoken aloud in official material, to confirm which reading of the Japanese name is the intended one for this specific character.

The characters do also have Chinese names, of course, but as the voice acting defaults to Japanese (including in Chinese promotional material), and the game is set in Japan, the names that would most likely be used by the global release are their Japanese ones. As such, the Japanese names are the ones presented in the Characters section earlier in this post, and are the main ones that this blog uses.

All the codenames, however, are written in English, and thus the most easily confirmed as official.

[capcavan]

It’s entirely your fault I’m imagining an AU where Riko doesn’t know what Wymack looks like, has a one night stand with him and finds out after the fact. Then he buys a burner phone to text Kevin (because he blocked his number) to be like: Sorry I fucked your dad. I promise I didn’t know it was him. But also I’d do it again

I am sorry for fucking your dad, but in my defense, I fuck anyone who even remotely reminds me of you, which is everyone with a penis or a bitchy attitude! Can't wait for you to get older, you will be so hot! Tell your dad to log in to grindr again!

[astharoshebarvon]

Hello. Thanks for sharing your fav BL covers & arts. Love them! Do you mind if I ask your top 10 favorite BL media ever (can be manga, manhwa, manhua, danmei, etc)? Thank you if you want to answer....

Hello! Sorry for the late reply, I don't log in everyday.

As for your question, its so so difficult. I've got lots of fav BL mangas, I read some manhwa, few manhua and danmei, mostly its yaoi manga and light novels.

So here are the names of some of them. The ones I am not writing here ( which are a lot) are just as loved.

Tokyo Babylon/ X/1999 since it was the first one I read. Seishirou/Subaru and Fuuma/Kamui will always be cherished

Junjou Romantica since it was also one of the first ones I saw and read and it will always be special.

Sasaki and Miyano. I love them, they belong together.

Given. where I should say I love Yuki and will never understand the hate he gets.

Hinohara Meguru works, Secret XXX, God's Bethroted, Therapy Game

Shimizu Yuki's Ze, it's a lovely story.

Sekaiichi Hatsukoi

Ten Count

Hana Hasumi's Pendulum series/ Beast Omegaverse series

Ayumu Nagisa's Aijitsu no Hanayome/ Kind Winter Sun and Smiling Blossom

Sorry, I think it's more than 10 but some of the works are interconnected, there are just so many good ones, Sakyou Aya's Kuroneko and Alpha/Omega series, Minaduki Yuu's Love Nest series, You Can Have My Back and Only the Ring Finger Knows novels, Love Control by Hasukawa Ai, Nigari Shio's works, Takasaki Bosco's, Riko Sakura's works are just so good. There are a lot of them, really I don't think I can name them all.

I am reading Love trap manhwa and there was that one with rabbit shapeshifters who were taken in by a girl, it was mpreg, then there is kiss me liar which is famous.

As long as the art is lovely and there isnt cheating and some things I don't like I give the stories a shot.

I hope the answer was satisfactory. Thank you for the question!

[ahdishna]

Riko Mikogami garage kit (Log House)

[sifasdt]

SIFAS Daily Theatre Classic: 2023-03-17

(Transcription after the break.)

[Image transcription:]

SIFAS Daily Theatre for 2023-03-17

Big Adventure at the Lake!?

Mari: Hey Riko, would you like to go play at the lake? Riko: The lake? Sounds good, let’s go! Mari: I have a fun attraction at that lake in mind~! Riko: An attraction......? Ah, I know! Wakeboarding! Mari: Nope, ziplining. Riko: Ziplining...? Mari: We’ll fly over the lake using a rope and pulley system! Riko: Huh!? Mari: The longest zip line in the world is 2130 meters long. The one at the lake isn’t that long, but flying over a lake is already a big adventure~ 𝅘𝅥𝅮 Riko: Hold on, Mari-chan! I just thought it’d be nice to read at the lake... Mari: That’s okay, too! There’s a log cabin cafe by the lake. We can go there after ziplining! Come on, let’s go~!! Riko: Hold on, Mari-chan! Mari-chaaan!!

[End transcription.]

[stormseclipse]

Reupload because I ended up making it a redraw lol

@uncertainty5 is the Finn to my Aerrow so it’s only fitting I add them in XD

Happy spoopy month!!

[ryqoshay]

A Perfect World: Heading Back to Base

Primary Pairing: YohaRiko Also Starring: Kanan Words: 639 Rating: G? AU: A world where everything is... perfect... Prompt: Remnants

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Author's Note: Primary entry for the 17th

Summary: Yohane, Riko and Kanan head back to their headquarters after destroying a portal facility

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Yoshiko sneered as she stared out the window of Kanan’s car.

“Yocchan?” Riko asked from beside her.

“It’s barely been a week.” Yoshiko shook her head. “But they’ve already rebuilt it. I can’t even enjoy seeing the remnants of our work.”

Riko leaned across her girlfriend to see the new research facility that had been built to replace the one they had destroyed not long ago. As much as she hated to admit, she was a little impressed by the speed of construction. And the general public had already forgotten about the media’s cover story for the incident that claimed the explosions had been fireworks set off as a prank.

“It’s like we’re not even making a difference.” Yoshiko continued to lament.

“Nonsense.” Kanan said from the front seat. “You-chan intercepted reports indicating that even with the new facility up and running, the projects they were running have been delayed by months, if not years. One project in particular has been abandoned entirely as the unique test subject apparently escaped in the chaos we caused. And since it was some really high-level classified project, all data pertaining to it had been kept on site, and thus has been lost.”

“Well, I suppose that is one silver lining…” Yoshiko admitted.

“And just think of all the money and resources the government had to divert in order to reconstruct the facility.” Riko added.

“Resources stolen from other dimensions.” Yoshiko went back to grousing.

“Hey, we just took out a major portal facility.” Riko pointed out. “Even if they rebuild that twice as fast as the lab, that’s still several days of respite for dozens of other worlds. They have that time to rest and reorganize. Or like in the world you and I just visited, they can use the opportunity to counterattack and set back the invasion significantly.”

“I suppose…”

Riko patted her girlfriend’s leg. “Are you just sulking because you didn’t get to play longer in the logging mech?”

“… No…”

Riko giggled. Yoshiko was easier to read than she would ever admit.

“Checkpoint.” Kanan called. “Get your IDs ready.”

Yoshiko and Riko quickly sat up properly and retrieved the cards they were to use in such a situation.

Kanan slowed the vehicle to a stop, rolled down the window and held out her ID to the man approaching.

“Sergeant Moneypenny.” The man greeted, reading the ID.

“I am escorting Captain Bond and General Mansfield to a safe location.” Kanan explained.

The man stooped to get a look at the other occupants in the car. “A vehicle escorting a general would have clearance to fly.” He said after a moment.

“I ordered the sergeant to remain on the surface to avoid interfering with arriving emergency vehicles.” Riko explained.

“Understood.” The man gave a curt nod before standing back up and saluting.

Yoshiko and Riko nodded their acknowledgement of the salute and Kanan guided the car through the checkpoint. As soon as they were back to normal road speeds, Yoshiko turned to Riko.

“Seems like General Riri is getting better at lying on the spot.” She teased, emphasizing the fake rank. Her mood had obviously improved.

Riko felt heat rise in her cheeks. “I just said what made sense to me.”

“Well, it got us through without raising suspicion.” Kanan said. “So, thank you for that, Riko-chan.”

“Anyway, home, James.” Yoshiko pretended to order.

“I thought that was Bond’s first name.” Kana said. “So technically your first name, Captain.”

“It says Jaime.” Yoshiko read her ID.

“What was your given name this mission, Kanan-chan?” Riko asked.

“I think it says Eve on my ID.” Kanan replied.

“Well whatever our na…” Yoshiko cut off with a yawn, “names are, let’s just get back to base.” She leaned against Riko and yawned again.

“Right.” Kanan replied before turning the car toward the highway.

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Author's Note Continued: I'm not sure why I decided to go with Bond code names, other than that they amused me. I did unfortunately run out of space for a comment about how the movies don't exist in this world and the girls only know them due to having intercepted some stuff being taken from one of the worlds being invaded.

Also, Prank was from '21 and Firewords from '22, which is why I leaned toward following up from their use last year. I think that makes three YohaRiko Promptober events for the Paragon world side of things. I may end up stringing them together into a single chapter for whenever I get around to making a proper Perfect World collection.

[chuluoyi]

Guess Hoyo hates us.... I haven't logged on to TOT for like 2 weeks after I failed to get Bakerlon Lukey... And last I checked I have 12 s-chips... Idk what to do anymore...

And omg I would pay for a Rosa backstory! Enough about the men, let the queen take charge 🤭🤭🫶🏻🫶🏻 Plus I have a gacha addiction so- I guess that's another thing motivating me to play...

Mahito... That name makes me want to commit mass murder... Istg I love his VA like he's legit one of my favourite VAs but Mahito as a character is just utter crap (No offence to Mahito Girlies) He's so... idk... he needs therapy... And I need it too cause he killed off Nanami pookie bear

HAHAHHA Genshit really is shit.... The gacha odds are shit... The artifacts are shit... The only thing that isn't shit is the 2D men.... Wrio and Neuv look so good I can't believe I'm seriously considering downloading that 13GB game onto my phone again just cause of 2 fictional men...

Also I guess we have that kind of bad luck... I'm blessed with Qiqi and you with Keqing.... And Hoyo wonders why people complain... Fates are hard to get, and characters are even harder to get...

Overall, screw Genshin 🙄 I'm not even gonna mince my words anymore I've had enough!!! 😭😭💀💀

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don’t worry disco anon i still didn’t manage to get him!!😭😭 my s chips are less than 1000 now and well…😭

gacha addiction is soo true!!😭 the other day i went to a jjk-themed cafe with season 2 gashapon and i impulsively pulled it—and i only got riko!😭 it was quite pricey too but i can’t help pulling arghh

right!! i almost can’t believe who his VA is😩 he nails mahito so well—the way he screamed back at yuji gave me the chills🤧 and mahito is actually such a well-written villain too that we felt this much rage for him🥹 but he’s also utterly irredeemable oh god

artifacts omg i couldn’t count how many times i have farmed in that accursed vv domain and up until this day i haven’t gotten a decent elemental mastery cup🥲🥲 HAHAHAHAH SO TRUE I AGREE W U🥹🥹🥹 the only thing that isn’t shit is the men! i lit used a different phone to play genshin bcs it almost took 20GB of space😭 “screw genshin” omg you’re so me back then too!🤣🤣 until i come back🥲

[p5x-theories]

This might be farfetched, but since we will get two palace rulers at the same time, and they animated a cutscene of Polter getting her metanav app aready, what if we both get Wind and Polter at the same time? After all compated to the other two palaces, they teased this one since day one, so i think it will be slighty more plot relevant than just Bad Guy of the week. Maybe the Makoto/Fox event was a test on how to split in two parts a palace?

I think it depends on what you mean by "at the same time"?

I do agree that I think the collab Museum and Bank chapters were kind of a test run/foreshadowing/whatever for how this two-ruler Palace will work! I talked more about my theories for that here, haha. It seems pretty likely, even if the places they go for the collab chapters aren't quite the same as a Palace in every way.

As for the question of when we're getting Polter, though: it really didn't sound, at least from the datamined quest logs, like Polter will be joining in this chapter. It pretty clearly mentioned Riko joining the team, but Polter was only mentioned in the very last quest, still preoccupied with the "weird app" on her phone. For that reason, assuming nothing has changed significantly since the version those were found in, I think it's highly likely Polter will join in the next chapter of the story, the second half of this duo Palace, rather than at the exact same time as Riko. But I'd be happy to get proven wrong and see her sooner!

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