Welcome one and all to the Labor Day special! Just a little special I put together in the fall for really little reason. Like usual, we're going to update every active story. And we're starting with the Heart to Hearts, specifically with Frontier Village's Heropon, Riki! We really haven't heard from him in a while. So let's not waste a second! Here we go!

Heart to Heart 53: The Secret Ingredient

Participants: Spyro and Riki

Location: Riki's House

Affinity: Green

Prerequisite: Only happens at night

Introduction

Spyro: Thanks for inviting us over for dinner, Riki.

Riki: Riki glad to host!

Spyro: I will say it, you weren't lying, Oka's a hell of a cook.

Riki: Riki so lucky to have Oka.

Spyro: Kind of reminds me of home...

Pass/Pass

Riki: Spyro sad by that?

Spyro: No, not sad, Riki. Just a little homesick is all.

Riki: Something Riki or family did?

Spyro: No. Just got reminded of good memories from home, usually involving my mother's home cooking.

Riki: Oka's food remind Spyro of mamapon's?

Spyro: I guess. Obviously there's a whole world of difference, but the key ingredient is the same.

Riki: Riki glad Spyro has good memories! Riki tell Oka how good Oka's food make Spyro feel!

(Net Affinity: +10)

Pass/Fail

Riki: Spyro sad by that?

Spyro: No, not sad, Riki. Just a little homesick is all.

Riki: Something Riki or family did?

Spyro: No. Just got reminded of good memories from home, usually involving my mother's home cooking.

Riki: Oka not intending to steal recipes from Spyro's mamapon!

Spyro: Cool your jets, Riki! I never once accused her of that! All I was saying was that I could taste the love in every dish. At least that's what mom claimed her secret ingredient was.

Riki: That what makes Oka's food so yummy!

Spyro: And all of that brought up good memories from growing up.

Riki: Riki tell Oka about good memories from her food! Spyro make her day!

(Net Affinity: 0)

Fail/Pass

Riki: Riki can confirm no food came from swamps.

Spyro: Not what I meant, Riki.

Riki: Riki not understand.

Spyro: I haven't had home cooking like that in a long time. It reminded me of my mother's recipes.

Riki: Spyro's mamapon as good a cook as Oka?

Spyro: I'd say so.

Riki: Maybe Riki bring family to Spyro's house someday! Make comparison!

Spyro: No idea how we'd make that work, Riki. But I have a feeling mom wouldn't be against hosting a dinner party with you guys some day.

Riki: Riki cannot wait!

(Net Affinity: 0)

Fail/Fail

Riki: Riki can confirm no food came from swamps.

Spyro: Not what I meant, Riki.

Riki: Riki not understand.

Spyro: I haven't had home cooking like that in a long time. It reminded me of my mother's recipes.

Riki: Spyro accuse Oka of stealing Spyro's mamapon's recipes?!

Spyro: What?! No!

Riki: Then what Spyro saying?!

Spyro: All I was saying was that the taste of quality home cooking is something that brings back a lot of good memories for me. I haven't been able to experience those memories in some time. And it was thanks to Oka's food that I was able to.

Riki: Oh! Riki get it now!

Spyro: Took you long enough, you idiotic ball of fluff.

(Net Affinity: -10)

This concludes Part I of the Labor Day Special. For Part II, head on over to The Injustice Wars for something I've been waiting to put up for a long time. So that begins probably the first set of chats Riki has had since Colony 9. And now that I've tried to type out Nopon-speak again, I'm starting to realize why he doesn't have a lot of chats in this series to date. I'll get back at it and hopefully we'll have more Riki soon. So, how does Cynder and Riki's next chat go? Tune in next time to find out! Same time... same channel!