Rika's abilities in this one are nearly identical to Nightlight/Jack Frost from Guardians of Childhood, aka the counterpart of Rise of the Guardians. I know that keeps sneaking in here, but it all just has such gorgeous lore! I mean, a dagger of tears? Nightlight does that, on the regular!
Anyways, happy birthday to me! I am now 21 years old and I think literally nothing in the world short of a pension is illegal for me age-wise anymore, which is…a weird feeling. I can drink, fuck, smoke, vote, and drive in literally every country on the planet now. I am no longer too young for anything.
I don't like it. Let's rewind back to the age of ten. Things were better at ten. I had a sense of wonder and joy and I could balance directly on my chest when I was trying to climb onto Large Flat Things like a cat without it hurting.
June 19th, 2020
Tears are worth many things in mythology.
In Greece, the tears of a woman who dared to taunt the gods marked the rock she became, an eternal mourning for her dead children.
Chinese folklore described mermaids as shedding pearls for tears.
Unicorn tears were said to heal.
And Rika, she could use tears, could use them and make them into blades and daggers, for crystalized tears were sadness and joy and strength all mixed in one, and the sadness only increased the power her icy blades held.
With these tearful swords she fought against the powers of darkness, guarding and guiding her friends who were so much younger and yet so much older. And she did not fight alone, for Satoko was right beside her, fighting with the glow of the stars and the dancing forest of a thousand moonbeams.
And Rika did not sleep, for she was the light in the darkness, and to sleep was to subside into darkness itself.
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