It's OK to be Clumsy: Story (WIP)

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Part 1
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riko: "Hmhmhm~ Hmhmhm hm~"
riko: "Yup, meat's done."
riko: "Next up is... peeling the carrots!"
riko: "Ah, right. Now's when I should put the shiitake mushrooms in..."
riko: "(Planning everything out, setting everything up, taking care of everything step by step...)"
riko: "........."
riko: "But my peeling knife can take care of it... I'm the lunch shop girl, after all!"
riko: "My kitchen knife can do it just as well as any carrot peeler!"
riko: "And moreover, cutting up this whale... I think I can make it super delicious...!"
riko: "After all, this is the knife my Big Sis gave me!"
riko: Cooking so skillfully all by herself for someone who isn't even her real little sister, having a sister who gives me such lovingly crafted meals...
riko: "If I'm being given this knife from such a loving sis..."
riko: "I absolutely Cannot let myself fail!"
riko: "... Alrighty!"
riko: (I'm gonna make a tasty lunch for my big sis!)
riko: "Hmmm, welp."
riko: "Since they're easy to cut, I'll start by cutting the carrots in short slices..."
riko: "Don't move the hand holding the knife, turn the carrot around first, then..."
riko: "............"
riko: "Owch..."
riko: "Ah, I cut my finger again..."
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Pickled Plum
Pickled Radish
Egg Roll
Red Salmon
Omelettes
Hamburg Steak~
'We're tired of yakisoba bread, we wanna eat something tasty~'
riko: "... Ah!"
riko: "............ Huh?"
riko: "Where am I...?"
riko: "I swear I was at home just now..."
familiar: *gibberish*
riko: "Gyah!?"
riko: "A-A familiar!?"
riko: (Is this... a Witch's barrier?)
riko: (But there was no sign of witches nearby...)
~*fight*~
familiar: *gibberish*
riko: "W-Whoa!?"
riko: "I-In any case, if this is a Witch's barrier..."
riko: "I'll just hurry and beat this Witch, and then I can get out of here!"
riko: "Alrighty... let's go!"
riko: "Yaaah!"
riko: "Is that... the last of the familiars?"
riko: "Whew... looks like that's it for now...!"
riko: "............"
riko: "... This place feels kinda strange..."
riko: "Is this really a Witch's barrier...?"
riko: "This wall here is rock-solid, but that wall over there is white and fluffy..."
riko: "And sticking out of that wall is... a color photo?"
riko: "And there's something that looks like a balun..." (???)
riko: "And besides, what's this? Something smells really nice..."
riko: "It smells really nice, just like the Chiaki House's kitchen..."
riko: "............"
riko: "... Ah."
riko: "No way, am I... inside a bento box!?"
riko: (I thought this was a Witch's barrier, but... was I wrong...?)
???: "Riko, are you alright?"
riko: "Kyah? W-Who's there!?"
kyubey: "It's me."
riko: "Ah... Kyubey...!"
riko: "... wait, Kyubey!?"
riko: "I haven't seen you at all recently... why'd you show up now?"
kyubey: "Riko... what on Earth are you saying?"
kyubey: "Haven't I always been by your side all this time?"
kyubey: "Did you forget?"
riko: "Eh... is that true?"
kyubey: "It is."
kyubey: "I mean, it's dangerous to leave you alone."
kyubey: "Isn't it better if we act together to eradicate witches?"
riko: "Yeah, you're right. Thank you, Kyubey..."
kyubey: "On that note, Riko, are you in good physical shape?"
riko: "Yep! I'm good to go!"
kyubey: "Should I check your Soul Gem?"
riko: "I already said I'm good to go!"
riko: "Losing to a Witch... well, it only happened once, but..."
riko: "But I won't let it happen again!"
riko: "Hmph."
kyubey: "If that's how it is, I don't think there's any reason to worry."
kyubey: "It looks like there's no cause for fuss." (??)
kyubey: "If your heart becomes unstable, your Soul Gem will quickly be tainted."
kyubey: "If, for instance, you intense dread or fear..."
kyubey: "Just take a deep breath, and try your best to calm down."
riko: "Well, I... I don't really.... feel scared or anything!"
kyubey: "You can't afford to be careless."
kyubey: "Witches will target the weak spots in humans' hearts, and use that to work their way in."
riko: "I-I know that!"

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Part 2
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riko: "The whole point of magical girls is to destroy witches."
riko: "So there's no way I could lose to a witch..."
riko: "I'm not anxious, and I'm not scared! I'm totally calm...!"
kyubey: "Are you really sure you can say that with full confidence?"
riko: "............"
*flashback time*
riko's mom: "So then, when you've got them all gathered up, you use the bottom end of the kitchen knife..."
riko: "L-Like this...?"
riko: "Ow..."
mom: "Riko! Are you all right...?"
riko: "Y-Yeah... just this is no problem at all!"
mom: "............"
mom: "... I think we'll end our cooking class here for today."
riko: "Huh!?"
mom: "Now, Riko, please clean the knife and put it away."
riko: "Why!? No! I still want you to teach me more!"
mom: "Nope~"
riko: "But Mom, you promised me you'd teach me about cooking!"
mom: "I did, but..."
mom: "If we do any more than this, it might agitate the cut on your finger, right?"
riko: "Mh............"
mom: "Your dad and I have been teaching you how to use that knife, but..."
mom: "We've told you that you still need to wait until you're a bit older before you can use it."
riko: "Aw, why...?"
mom: "Because, Riko, you've always been clumsy with your hands."
mom: "With the scissors, or with cutting plastic wrap, you're always cutting your fingers..."
riko: "I don't cut them that much..."
mom: "Right, and when you're older, you'll be able to handle these things more easily."
mom: "So we'll have another lesson sometime later, okay?"
riko: "............-"
riko: "... But my sister got this kitchen knife especially for me..."
riko: "So I wanna get better at cooking as fast as I can!"
riko: "Please, Mom!"
mom: "Nope~. Come on, let's finish cleaning up, okay?"
riko: "Aww..."
riko: (Even though... I'm a lunch vendor's daughter.)
riko: (They won't even teach me how to use a kitchen knife...)
*back to the present*
riko: "............"
kyubey: "What's the matter, Riko?"
riko: "... Nothing! I was just thinking a little bit about something, that's all..."
riko: "... yeah, even more than witches, cooking is still what's most important to me!"
kyubey: "Cooking?"
riko: "Yep!"
riko: "I can't let myself get thrown off track here!"
riko: "So I'll hurry and beat this witch, leave this barrier, and get back to practicing my cooking..."
kyubey: "More than facing witches, you say..."
kyubey: "This is something even more important to you than that?"
riko: "It's super important!"
riko: (Exterminating witches is something I can do fine all by myself...)
riko: (But cooking... if I do it alone, I can't ever get better...)
riko: "............"
kyubey: "This 'cooking', is it something that causes you distress?"
riko: "...N-No, it's not like that!"
riko: "Hey, just look, Kyubey! I'm totally alright now!"
riko: "Ah!? A familiar!"
riko: "Kyubey! Let's go after it!"
kyubey: "Right!"
*battle*
familiar: *familiar gibberish*
riko: "Whowhoaa!"
riko: "... I'll end you... with this!"
*it dies*
riko: "Hah... hah..."
riko: (They're kinda huge in number, but these familiars aren't very strong...)
kyubey: "Riko, are you getting too tired to keep fighting?"
kyubey: "It might be a good idea to take a short break."
riko: "Nah, I'm okay!"
riko: "Thanks for worrying about me, Kyubey."
...
*a wild Stacey appears*
...
Pickled Plum
Pickled Radish
Egg Roll
Red Salmon
Omelettes
Hamburg Steak~
...
[Tasty Tasty Lunches are wasted on a clumsy girl like you]
[Give us your tasty memories and we'll slurp them all up♪]
 riko: "What's this weird song..."
riko: "............"
riko: (Lunches... clumsy...)
riko: "Are the lyrics talking to me...?"
... Huh?
...That's right, I... wasn't doing any cooking at home...
I was heading for the station so I could get to my Big Sis's house...
I started getting used to going to Big Sis's house because I knew I could play there all by myself, without Mom watching over me. And then...
*at the station*
riko: "The kitchen knife Sis gave me... and then the recipe..."
riko: (Yep, my bag is all in order!)
riko: "It's 20 more minutes till the next train..."
riko: "Hehe, smooth sailing-"
riko: "--!?"
riko: "Wha... a witch!?"
riko: "............"
riko: "I've still... got time..."
riko: "... Alright, here I go...!"
*witch fight*
riko: "Hryaaah!"
stacey: *witch gibberish*
riko: "Huh? The witch disappeared...?"
stacey: *more intense witch gibberish*
riko: "Kyaaaah!"
*...back to present*
riko: "...!"
kyubey: "Riko? Riko!?"
riko: "Kyubey... I... the witch, from behind..."
kyubey: "Witch? What are you talking about?"
riko: "And then... um, umm..."
riko: "............"
riko: (What is it that happened to me after that...?)
riko: (I can't remember...)
kyubey: "Riko... your face is a concerning color."
riko: "K-Kyubey..."
riko: "I... I think somehow, I might have gotten e-eaten by a witch..."
kyubey: "Saying more strange things, huh..."
kyubey: "You're alive and you're talking to me here, aren't you?"
kyubey: "So you've got to keep a cool head."
riko: "... I-is that true, I wonder..."
kyubey: "Good grief, you need to pull yourself together."
kyubey: "Even though you're alone, it was easy for you to come here and fight witches, wasn't it?"
kyubey: "This time, all you need to do is find the witch..."
kyubey: "And before you know it, the witch is taken out and you're all done."
riko: "Y-You're right... sorry for getting so weak-hearted..."
*the world Changes*
riko: "Hyah!?"
riko: "W-What... is this...!"

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Part 3
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riko: "Hyah!?"
riko: "W-What... is this...! Everything's totally different from before...!"
riko: "And also, something smells..."
riko: "Hey, Kyubey! All this... what happened here!?"
kyubey: "I don't know, but... it seems like a witch's doing, don't you think?"
riko: "A witch!?"
kyubey: "When they feel fear and anxiety, that's when humans become weak."
kyubey: "And witches love nothing more than weak, fearful humans."
kyubey: "So it's not strange for a witch to give you fearful thoughts in order to weaken you."
riko: "S-So the witch... is targeting... me...?"
riko: (W-What do I do...)
kyubey: "See, what you're feeling right now is 'fear'."
riko: "--!"
kyubey: "Fear and anxiety are what cause Soul Gems to become cloudy."
kyubey: "When your Soul Gem gets cloudy, that's when you start losing the strength to fight."
kyubey: "And that's when you're eaten by a witch."
riko: "............"
riko: (...N-No! When I feel afraid, that's a Witch's thoughts being planted...!) (??)
riko: "I'm okay, I'm okay..."
riko: "Something like this doesn't scare me at all...!"
...
*a grainy room*
...
riko: "............ Huh?"
riko: "My... house...?"
riko: "... Hah!"
riko: (No, I gotta calm down...)
riko: (This has to be the witch's doing... I just gotta endure it...!)
riko: "............"
riko: "............ ............"
riko: "It's really, really quiet..."
riko: (This is... exactly like it was when I was watching the house by myself...)
riko: "............"
riko: "... R-Right! I'll just turn on the TV."
riko: "Remote control..."
*click*
riko: "...Hm?"
*clickclickclick*
riko: "... It won't turn on."
*bing bong*
riko: "Hiih!?"
riko: (Intercom...!?)
riko: "No! This is a witch's trick...!"
riko: "I'm not scared, I'm not scared...!"
*Briiiiiiiiing!*
riko: "--!?"
*Briiiiiiiiing! Briiiiiiiiing!*
riko: "T-The telephone..."
*Briiiiiiiiing! Briiiiiiiiing! Briiiiiiiiing! Briiiiiiiiing! Briiiiiiiiing! Briiiiiiiiing!*
*Hello, I'm afraid I'm not home to take your call right now. Please leave your name, number and message after the beep.*
riko: "Ah..."
*beep*
[Riko, it's Big Sis.]
[You didn't come over at all today even though you promised you'd come over and play, and you didn't call either. I was worried, so I thought I'd call you.]
riko: "... That's right!"
riko: "Oh no! I was late to meet Big Sis, I gotta apologize!"
sis?: "You know, Riko, I understand."
sis?: "Riko, you ran away, didn't you?"
riko: "... Huh?"
sis?: "You were so unbelievably clumsy that you just couldn't get any cooking done."
sis?: "You were so scared of measuring up to me that you ran away, didn't you?"
sis?: "Even though you were so excited to show your cooking to your Big Sis, huuh?"
sis?: "You really are a disappointment."
riko: "... So..."
riko: "I'm sorry... I'm sorry...!"
riko: "Big Sis, I'm sorry...!"
riko: "But please... don't be disappointed in me...!"
riko: "Please, please don't hate me...! Don't leave me all alone...!"
riko: "Please..."
............! ... Ri............ ............ko...!
............ Riko!
*back in reality*
riko: "I-I'm sorry... I'm sorry...!"
kyubey: "Get a hold of yourself, Riko!"
riko: "--!?"
riko: "... Kyubey...?"
riko: "... Haah... you surprised me..."
kyubey: "Are you alright? It seemed the witch was setting something up..."
riko: "N-Nah... It was nothing..."
riko: (Right, that was something the witch set up just to scare me...!)
riko: (Something like that... my real Big Sis would never say anything like that to me...)
riko: "Sorry for worrying you... I'm totally ready to go now!"
riko: "For doing something like this... I will never, ever forgive that witch!"
*battle*
kyubey's voice: "It's coming from over there!"
riko: "Gotcha."
riko: "Whew..."
riko: "Whew... Hi-yaah!"
*it dies*
riko: "Haah..."
kyubey: "Good work, Riko."
riko: "Uuuh... I'm so tired..."
kyubey: "Still, this is a bit of a bother."
kyubey: "We still haven't ascertained the whereabouts of the main witch."
riko: "Right..."
riko: "Are we sure that the witch is really here...?"
kyubey: "It's likely."
kyubey: "If not, there would be no way this place can come into existence."
riko: "Is that so..."
kyubey: "Now that we've secured the witch, why don't we take a break?"
kyubey: "We've reached the main witch, and it'd be a bother if you couldn't battle it, right?"
riko: "No, that's enough, Kyubey!"
riko: "I'm just a little tired, so..."
riko: "I'm still totally calm, so it's okay to go without a break!"
riko: (Besides, I wanna hurry and make it to Big Sis's house...)
riko: "... Ah."
*Stacey again*
*and an inverted palette!*
Pickled Plum
Pickled Radish
Egg Roll
Red Salmon
Omelettes
Hamburg Steak~
[Looks like it could be a tasty lunch  But it's nasty as soon as it's in your mouth
No tasty memories anywhere you look]
[The whole thing tastes nothing but bitter  What are you even putting in it
Cut it and it tastes like burning iron♪]
riko: "That weird singing again..."
riko: "............"
riko: "What you're putting in... tastes like iron..."
riko: "............"
*flashback to school*
man: "Okay, has everyone washed their hands?"
man: "Those in charge of the kitchen knives, be careful not to cut your fingers~"
man: "Also, it's dangerous to point the knife at others, so don't do that.~"
riko: "Kaay!"
riko: (I definitely won't cut my fingers today, definitely won't cut my fingers...!)
pigtail girl: "Riko-chan, which one do you wanna cut, the onion or the carrot~?"
riko: "Ah, um... the carrot is fine!"
pigtail girl: "Got it! Then I'll go ahead and do the onion."
riko: "Alrighty... gotta do my best...!"
pigtail girl: "Ah Riko-chan, why not use the peeler? It's right here."
riko: "... Nah, I'm fine!"
riko: "I've been practicing peeling carrots, after all!"
riko: (And keeping it a secret from Mom...)
pigtail girl: "Wow! That's so cool!"
riko: "... Ehehe."
riko: "Kay, then. Now, stay focused..."
riko: "............"
riko: "Ow-..."
riko: "... Ah!"
blue boy: "Whoaa!?"
*clong!*
blue boy: "... Watch it, Chiaki! You can't just go dropping the knife!"
riko: "Ah... I-I'm sorry."
blue boy: "Seriously, that could've really hurt someone!"
blue boy: "You'd think the daughter of a lunch vendor would know how to use a knife, wouldn't you?"
riko: "---!"
blue boy: "Hey, guys!"
blue boy: "We'd better not leave this girl alone if we wanna get any cooking done!"
pigtail girl: "Ahahahaha."
longhaired girl: "That's so true~"
riko: "............" *tearful*
*darkness*
Even though you're a lunch vendor's daughter | You can't even use a knife | How clumsy | No one even taught you that much | Even though you're a lunch vendor's daughter | You can't cook anything either | It's because you're so clumsy | It's your fault | To get any cooking done | We can't leave this girl alone | To get any cooking done
*back to the present and a very tiny riko*
riko: "............ sniff..."
riko: "... Ah... I, again..."
riko: "Kyu..."
riko: "Kyubey!?"
riko: "How did you get so big!?"
kyubey: "That's not it, Riko. You've got it backwards."
riko: "Backwards...?"
kyubey: "You got smaller."
riko: "... I, I did!?"
kyubey: "... You really are scared of this witch, aren't you?"
riko: "It... it's not that...!"
kyubey: "Your Soul Gem is clouded by anxiety and fear."
kyubey: "At the rate your Soul Gem is clouding, it's weakening your magic power."
kyubey: "And without magic to maintain your original form, you might just disappear..."
riko: "N-No way...!?"
kyubey: "Well, that's nothing more than my own theory."
riko: "... I-I... what do I do..."

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Part 4
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*we begin with a flashback*
sis: "Okay, here you go."
riko: "... Sis, what is this...?"
sis: "Come on, just open it and see?"
riko: "O-Okay..."
riko: "............ Woow~ It's a cute little kitchen knife! From Kujira!" (<?)
sis: "Hehe, that's a present I got just for you!"
riko: "Thank you so much!"
riko: "But, why...?"
sis: "So you can become a person who makes tasty meals, for my sake."
sis: "Riko, you've talked about it before, haven't you?"
riko: "Yep."
sis: "Well, it made me so happy to know you felt that way."
sis: "So I wanted to help you out!"
sis: "And then, I decided I'd give you this knife as a present."
riko: "...!"
riko: "...I'm so happy you feel that way too, Sis...!"
riko: "Thank you so much, Sis! I mean it!"
sis: "Let's cook something together someday, okay?"
riko: "...Yeah!"
*a later flashback*
riko: "Ow..."
riko: "I cut my finger again..."
*another flashback*
riko's mom: "Your father and I, teaching you how to use that knife..."
riko's mom: "We've told you, Riko, not until you're a little older."
*another flashback*
blue boy: "You'd think the daughter of a lunch vendor would know how to use a knife, wouldn't you?"
*darkness*
[My clumsiness, the fact that no one will teach me how to use a knife even though I'm a lunch vendor's daughter, all of it, it's my...]
*back to present tiny riko*
riko: "... I-I... really..."
riko: "I was really scared..."
riko: "Today, just going over to Sis's house to hang out... really was...!"
[If I can't even handle a knife,
there's no way I can make anything tasty.
I didn't want my sister associated with someone as clumsy and pitiful as me.]
[What would I do if Sis became disappointed in me?
What would I do if she grew to hate me?
When I imagined that, it was so intensely terrifying that my legs wouldn't move.]
riko: "At this rate, I..."
riko: "I'll never be as good as Sis..."
kyubey: "R-Riko.."
riko: "... sniff............ hic..."
riko: "............h..."
riko: "............"
riko: "... That's it."
*fade to the darkness*
[It'd
be better if I
just ran away from here.]
*she does exactly that*
kyubey: "Kyu!?"
kyubey: "Wait, Riko! Where do you think you're going!?"
riko: "Huff... huff... huff...!"
*darkness*
[Maybe, maybe there just might be something else out there that's more suited for me...]
[That won't make people disappointed and won't make them laugh. The perfect thing for me...!]
*a still absconding riko*
riko: "Huff... huff... huff...!"
[Taking over the bento shop,
trying to compare to an "Ideal Big Sister",
that's no way for me to live...!]
[awaY from the witch
awaY from thiS barrier
aWaY from the iDeal mE
I'lL rUn aWaY fRoM AlL oF iT]
*absconding riko runs into something*
riko: "Kyaah!?"
riko: "Owow..."
riko: "W-What...!?"
riko: "... huh...?"
*Shadow Riko appears*
???: "............"
riko: "... Who are you...?"
riko: "Are you... trying to pose as me...?"
riko: "Ah, could it be you're my copy!?"
riko: "But this isn't the Endless Mirror, so..."
riko: "S-So why...?"
???: "............"
riko: "----! Wait a second, that's...!"
riko: "That thing you've got in your right hand! Isn't that a Kujira knife!?"
???: "............"
riko: "Why are you carrying that!?"
riko: "Hey! Give me an answer!!"
??? (a different voice): "... Ah! Riko?"
sis?: "Jeez, Riko... I waited forever for you but you never showed up."
sis?: "I was worried sick, so I came out to meet you."
riko: "S-Sis...!? What are you doing in a place like..."
???: "............"
*the shadow moves in*
riko: "---!?"
riko: (The knife...! What is she planning to do...!?)
riko: "Don't! Wait, please stop!! Wait, I said! Listen to me! Hey!?"
*the shadow reaches the sis*
sis: "What's the matter, Riko?"
???: "............"
riko: "Hey! Wait, I said! Stop it!!"
*battle time*
*after battle*
riko: "Don't! Wait, please stop!! Wait, I said! Listen to me! Hey!?"
*the shadow reaches the sis*
sis: "What's the matter, Riko?"
???: "............"
riko: "Hey! Wait, I said! Stop it!!"
*darkness, Stacey appears briefly*
...
Pickled Plum
Pickled Radish
Egg Roll
Red Salmon
Omelettes
Hamburg Steak~
...
*darkness, the shadow appears with sis*
[If there's no tasty lunch, I'll get started on a wonderful one right now
I've already picked the tool for the job]
[Sweet sweet memories stuffed with honey
Slice them up and I bet they'll be juicy
Then I can cook a lunch that's tasty♪]
riko: "Hey! Can't you hear my voice!?"
riko: "That's mine! Give back my special knife!"
???: "............"
riko: "Why... won't they listen to me...!"
riko: "Hey, I said! Answer me! Heey!"
???: "............"
sis?: "Riko? Is something wrong?"
riko: "Stop it...! Don't do anything bad to my sister!"
riko: "Please... please, I'm begging youuu!"
riko: "Sis, get awaaay!"
*She stabs her.*
sis?: "Ah............ eh............?"
riko: "A... a, aa, aaa, Aaah..."
riko: "aAAAAAAAAh!!"
...
Pickled Plum
Pickled Radish
Egg Roll
Red Salmon
Omelettes
Hamburg Steak~
...
*darkness, the shadow appears but no sis this time*
[If there's no tasty lunch, I'll get started on a wonderful one right now
I've already picked the tool for the job]
[My favorite sis in the whooole wide world
With my clumsy cooking, I'm kinda insecure
Just do a little cutting, then Shake Shake the salt♪]
*back to a tiny, crying riko*
riko: "A... ah............"
riko: "Sis, ter............ sis..."
[Now, right here in front of you,
we're gonna cook it all up!]
riko: "----!"
riko: "... No........."
riko: " NOOOO!!"