#rikuto

♡ = Shogo from BabyKingdom

♧ = Hyo from Shellmy

◇ = Ruimaru from Vivarush

♤ = Roku

bold = all together

italics = English in the original (I tried rewording the more confusing bits)

♡ Why am I tied again?

Stuck in the quicksand called freedom

What I used to understand has become incomprehensible

♧ My subconscious anxiety

The telomere erosion¹ gets in the way

Mistakes and “it is what it is” feed the wounds

◇ Everyone says it from the place they can’t return from

♤ This is (◇ This is)

♤ All (◇ All)

♤ Because of the bad times we live in -- so they say

Keeping on living saying it’s someone else’s fault

Unable to turn the spear² on ourselves

And before realizing, that dream had changed into clownery

There are multiple tools to find excuses

If you think you are wrong

It all comes down to whether you can admit it

♤ So even if you’re scared

♡ Even if you’re hurt

♧ Even if you’re broken

◇ Go back

♧ Why am I being corroded again?

Stuck in the quicksand called love

Not even my best friends’ advice reaches me -- psychological reactance³

◇ My everyday life, covered in dust and sunken deeply

I couldn’t think of it as smart

♤ I know you don’t want salvation

♡ If it’s what you wish, let’s sink as further down as we can

♤ Together

♡ & ♤ Into the darkness

The way all we do is run has become ingrained

Under the rain of ignored and dismissed wounds

And now even the way back⁴ is stagnant

There are multiple tools to find excuses

If you think you are wrong

It all comes down to whether you can admit it

Before becoming like me, go back

◇ I know what triggered my downfall

You can take back a home

Who is the reason you became an underdog?

♡ Stop preaching endlessly at me

Are you not here for a reason?

This is not a movie, this is reality

♧ We wanna keep our life

Cut the crap, the seasons are changing

Even if you don’t know now

♤ The day may come when you know

This shouldn’t be your end

This goes out to you

♤ Putting on a performance, lost

♡ Lines of mockery

♤ & ♡ I repeat them

♧ If you go and munch on sympathy

◇ Emotions

♧ Are sold at a discounted price

◇ & ♧ Damn it

♧ Hit by misfortune, going back and forth

◇ Covering my heart in mud for as long as I stay submerged

♡ How long are you going to stay on the retreat path

Crouching there?

♤ The way all we do is run has become ingrained

Under the rain of ignored and dismissed wounds

And now even the way back is stagnant

Keeping on living saying it’s someone else’s fault

Unable to turn the spear on ourselves

And before realizing, that dream had changed into clownery

There are multiple tools to find excuses

If you think you are wrong

It all comes down to whether you can admit it

♡ So even if you’re scared

◇ Even if you’re hurt

♧ Even if you’re broken

♤ Even if you can’t come back

♡ Even if I can’t save you

◇ Even if we fall

♧ Carrying the weight of karma⁵

Keep holding my hand

¹Roku explains in his blog that telomeres are the parts of chromosomes responsible for aging, as they naturally erode as time goes by. He explains that it is a metaphor/creative way of saying “growing old”

²equivalent of “pointing a finger”

³Roku explains that this is the psychological phenomenon of resisting when your freedom of choice is taken away. He gives an example: if they tell you “go study”, then you don’t want to do it. But if they say “don’t go to school”, you suddenly want to go. In the context of the song, this is basically saying that the speaker’s friends’ advice doesn’t get through because the speaker will do the opposite anyways

⁴this is so funny because it makes sense in the context of the song as a way of saying “the path of finding yourself again”, but in his blog Roku says he chose the word fukuro (“return path”) because it fit with the metrics lmao

Whumper reaches Whumpee just two feet in front of them, sharing the same air. They look at Whumpee from below their lids

"Kneel."

Whumpee falls instantly too their knees, eyes glazed over in fear and unwilling submission. Their friends watch, horrified; Whumper circles them, trailing a hand to cup under Whumpee's chin and Whumpee is visibly shaking.

"Still so good for me, Whumpee."

Whumpers voice is nearly a purr. They wrench back Whumpee's head to look at them and a tear streaks down Whumpee's cheek. Whumper smiles.

"Let's show your friends just how good you can be for me, yeah? I'm sure they would all love to hear your beautiful screams. Open."

Whumpee opens their mouth immediately, almost instinctually. A flash of metal, and Whumper drags a knife down the front of Whumpee's chest. They cut through cloth, exposing and ripping anew the mess of scars on Whumpee's front, evidence of Whumpee's past musings.

From Whumpee's mouth, ajar, comes a piercing shriek, underlied with so much fear and pain of present and past that Whumpee's friends flinch away.

Finally, one of Whumpee's friends lurches forward, engaging Whumper in combat and forcing them away from Whumpee. Whumpee kneels there, trembling but somehow still upright. The other two friends come forward, one of them cradling Whumpee's cheeks and coaxing them out of their haze. Light returns to Whumpee's irises and their eyes fill with tears.

The duel rages behind them as Whumpee sinks to their hands and knees, pressing their head into their friends chest as they sob. Their tears mix with drops of blood on the ground below them and their friend places a hand on their back uncertainly.

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And so the Harry Potter series continues... I don’t have a drawing ready this time, but I probably will very soon. Enjoy!!

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Age: 17

Hair: long and ginger, she usually likes to tie it in two braids and to wear a red headband

Eyes: brown and almond-shaped

Distinguishing features: freckles on her face and shoulders

Extra info: even though her immediate family is mostly Asian, her father’s side of the family is characterized by various cultures. That’s why she and her siblings have more of a “western” appearance.

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Rikuto is the second oldest of four children. She has an older brother called Jun'ichi, a twin brother named Atsushi and a younger sister called Rio. Her mother is Ito Junko and her father is Araki Hideyoshi. Rikuto and Atsushi are not identical twins. He looks more like their father while she is more like their mother: bold, stubborn and full of energy. Her father is a very famous auror, but Rikuto doesn't like to act smug about it. She would much rather be seen for her own achievements, but she doesn't hide the fact that Hideyoshi is her father. She gets along best with her older broter Jun'ichi.

Rikuto spent the larger part of her childhood with her uncle Chihiro as her parents were always very busy and needed the extra help with their children. To this day she still brags about being uncle's favourite niece. Spending time with him while observing his excellent work with magical creatures taught Rikuto how to solve any sort of problem with calm and ease.

On her first year of Hogwarts she was sorted into Gryffindor and immediately made a bunch of new friends. Her brother Atsushi ended up in Slytherin instead, but that never put a strain on their relationship, since Rikuto's mother always taught her to be respectful and not judgemental regardless of skin colour, religion or house. At the end of the day Atsushi was still her brother and she loved him.

Rikuto is particularly gifted in Defense against the dark arts and Charms.

Jun'ichi and their cousin, Takara, often go around the school pulling pranks on the stdents and they usually bring Rikuto along with them. That's probably one of the reasons why she and Ridley get along so well. Other than pulling pranks and hanging out with Ridley, Rikuto also spends her free time with Atsushi and his best friend Sebastian.

When her little sister Rio finally came to Hogwarts, Rikuto always made sure to keep an eye on her, but she never invaded her personal space because of it.