Name(Real life): Rika Takamoto

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Gender(Real life): Female

Name(In game): Kumori

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Gender(In game): Female

Level: 5

Short Bio: Rika lived with a well off family for a portion of her life, and had pretty much everything she could want or ask for. She had many friends, her parents and older brother, Yoshiki, were good people. She had great grades, and was expected to have an excellent future thanks to it. However, she often found herself distracted by things that prevented her from progressing. Video gaming, constant reading; things her parents were fine with, but often found kept her back from her potential.

Yoshiki, however, took things in a different sense. He saw her as competition in a contest he was losing, and sought to rectify it. On her thirteenth birthday, he had an idea that would make money and destroy Rika forever. Every week, their parents would go out to meet up with some friends from both their personal lives and work, leaving Yoshiki in charge. On those nights, he would take her out to the garage, where he would film pornographic videos of her to sell on the streets and online. Every week, Rika would end up with a new cut or bruise that she couldn't explain, for fear of both what others might say and what Yoshiki might do.

For months this continued, and Rika's self confidence dropped to an irrecoverable level. She lost touch with friends, became antisocial, depressed, sometimes suicidal. Her parents noticed the sudden change in her attitude, but also noticed the influx of money Yoshiki had been developing for over 4 months. They questioned him, but he deflected every question they had; none related to his actual business. At the same time, Rika's father was diagnosed with a mental disorder that caused him to become increasingly irritated and paranoid at things, which could possibly end up spiralling into extreme anger. He became increasingly annoyed at his sons constant deceit, and searched Yoshiki's room. There, he found virtual copies of his business, and he did indeed spiral into a rage.

When Yoshiki returned home from school with Rika, he grabbed and knife and stabbed the boy to death, Rika stood to the sidelines watching. Minutes later, her mother came home and saw it, before running to call the police. When they came, the only ones around were Rika and her father, who threatened to kill her too. When the police came, her father was arrested, and Rika was sent to an orphanage where she lived for 3 years. On her sixteenth birthday, she moved out and began living in an apartment on her own.

On her seventeenth birthday, she received a large sum of money from one of her more distant relatives, and has been saving up to buy SAO and a NerveGear as soon as it were to come out. Her therapist hopes the game might help her get over some of the trauma she still hasn't let go of, and that maybe she will be more social.

Personality: Rika is socially awkward, blunt, often downright offensive, and quite loud. She is very passive aggressive, even when she tries not to be, and often has a hard time doing things people tell her to do, following her own path and idea to achieve the same goal. She dislikes most people, and is very picky with who she likes, and who she will stay away from. She says the first things that come to mind, and can often say things that people find rude or offensive, even if she doesn't mean for it to be taken that way. When she is excited, which is actually most of the time, she is rather loud and annoying, however she hates being the center of attention. And, to top it all off, she has absolutely no clue how to handle or deal with emotions, nor social engagement.

She still suffers residual trauma and stress from those months, and has found it hard to make friends or talk with people. She also has a distinctive distaste for men in general, and has all but become a lesbian. She also finds it hard to hold or be near knives of any kind, and often feels sick to the point of vomiting and losing conciousness when around them.

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