Lunchbreak, in front of Rika's room

(See? You weren't alright at all. Just what is the matter? I got worried about you and left early myself now.)

Rika, are you OK? I came to check on you.

-In Rika's Room-

(I'm a completed brainwashed doll. Kouta-sama's puppet, Rika. A marionette whose memory and feelings have been washed from my mind. An unconscious doll in whose head is only Kouta-sama's orders. I am a completely brainwashed...)

Izumi: Rika, are you OK? I came to look in on you.

(Interference with brainwashing reinforcement confirmed. It is the same source as interfered with the training yesterday. Threat to "Brainwashed doll"s secret: High. Calculating countermeasures.)

(Calculations complete. Suggestion: brainwash the threat and place it under this programs control.)

Yes, brainwashed doll Rika accepts the sugg...

(...Dangerous...individual...dangerous? That's Izumi's voice...)

(Izumi's a threat...? Brainwash, Izumi...?)

R-rejecting, suggestion...

(what...? My head hurts... What was I just doing...?)

Izumi: Rika, are you asleep?

Izumi? Sorry, I was a little out of it. I'll open the door.

Are you OK? You really do seem sick.

Yeah... my head hurts a little.

I see. You should just lay back and get some rest. Is there anything you need? I can go ge...huh?

Oh! You found the hair pin.

Ye-yeah. (Huh? When did it get left there...)

Izumi: Where was it?
Rika: Umm...

*ring ring*
Rika: One sec.
Izumi: OK

Rika: Hello...
Computerized voice: "Package delivered."

Ah...

Package received. I am Kouta-sama's brainwashed doll Rika.

Computerized Voice: "Indeed. A doll. You are a brainwashed doll."
Brainwashed doll Rika: (I am... a doll...)

Computerized voice: "A mindless marionette that follows orders."
Brainwashed doll Rika: (I am a mindless marionette that follows orders.)

"Reissuing suggesion: Brainwash the interfering individual and place it under this program's control."

Yes, Brainwashed doll Rika accepts the suggestion. *click*

Izumi: What was the call about? You said something about a doll.

Nothing important. (I am a brainwashed doll. I will follow orders.)

Brainwashed doll Rika: More importantly, got a moment? There's something I'd like you to take a look at.
Izumi: What's wrong all of the sudden?

(Did she brush off my question about the hairpin...? No, it's more like we're talking past each other...ever since she got off the phone?)

(Now that I think about it, it feels like she's gotten weird every time she's been on the phone today...)

My tablet's not working right. Can you take a look at it?

(She's feeling sick...maybe that's why she's acting weird...? No help for it then. Best thing to do at times like this is to play along.)

Sure. What do you want me to look at?

You know, it's not like I'm an expert with these things either. When did you get a tablet, anyway?

It's not like that matters. See, here's the problem.

When Rika touched the icon, the app booted up for a moment, but quickly returned to the homescreen.

Hmm. That is kind of weird.

Brainwashed doll Rika: Izumi, you try too.
Izumi: Fine.

*whoosh*