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[The video turns on, and Rika's facing the screen. It's late at night, and yet she's wide awake. She was asleep not too long ago, however she was jolted awake suddenly from a nightmare.] ... It seems as if I wasn't able to escape the nightmares either... [Her hand touches her throat for a moment, and she catches herself and places her hands in her lap.] This fog... it has something to do with it, but... I don't know what it is. It seems that everyone's dreams are very realistic, as was mine.

When I woke up, I didn't know what was real and what wasn't. I'm surprised I managed to calm myself down... [Her hand goes up to her throat again, and she scratches it lightly as she thinks of her dream. She catches herself again and quickly moves her hand away. Why is she doing this? She never reacted like this before... yet, the nightmare seemed to have had a deep effect on her.]

[She shuts off the video, but before it shuts off there's a slight mumbling--] Please... stop apologizing. I thought you were no longer doing that.

((ooc: Rika just had a dream about Hinamizawa Syndrome appearing in Johto, so she's pretty shaken up at the moment.))

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I suppose. The symptoms of the virus itself, however, are rather cruel.

Ah? Er... I take it you mean it's a lot worse than just a cough or a fever...?

There are five levels. Levels one and two, however, have no real symptoms, as those are the stages that everyone in Hinamizawa are always at. At level three, paranoia begins to set in. Once it escalates to level four, hallucinations and extreme paranoia appear.

In the last level, the infected begin to hear footsteps. There will be one extra step when they stop. At first it's quiet, but as the virus progresses, it become louder and more noticeable. In some cases, they begin to believe that there are maggots crawling in their skin and they start scratching at it, trying to dig them out. Then, they begin to claw out their own throat, and often die by those means.

*... ... what kind of horror movie do you live in Rika-san*

S... seriously?

Seriously.

*... visible shudder as he thinks about it*

That's one heck of a virus...

However, that was merely background information for my dream... and Hinamizawa in general.

Background information... Talk about a scary set-up...

Yes. My dream was about the virus appearing in Johto. It was... frightening.

The virus... often drives people to kill others before they end their own lives.

Wha... Just going by all of the details so far, that virus being anywhere sounds like a good nightmare scenario...

Yes. Having a dream where you, Misuzu, Asuka, and Mitsuru had it... I was frightened.

--eh? M-me and the others...? *getting a Bad Feeling about this.*

Yes. I knew that it wasn't real, though. However, I couldn't shake that bad feeling I had, which is why I asked you about the footsteps.

I... I see... In any case, there's nothing to worry about on that front! I'm no more paranoid than I usually am!

That's good. I'm feeling a lot better now.

I'm glad to hear it! I'm sure everyone else is fine, too.

Yes! I've just seen people succumb to the virus so many times that the nightmare almost made me believe that it really was here.

Hehe... Well trust me, I have a clean a bill of health as always. *You know, aside from the nightmares.*

That's good. That saves me from having to take care of you until you get better!

Wha-- Th-that... Wouldn't really be necessary...

Of course it would! We can't have a member of the group be sick!

Haaa... I should really give up on that. Every time I say it wouldn't be needed, you girls say it will be...

Exactly! Which is why you should just give in, Hayate!

*BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE WHIPPED BY ALL OF YOU*

Ahaha... I'll just have to wait until it comes up and see what happens.

[THE EARLIER YOU ACCEPT IT, THE EASIER IT'LL BE FOR YOU, HAYATE]

You're right. Hopefully we won't have to find out.

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