Uploaded March 2013 | Updated September 2026, 21 hours ago

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"I never felt the urge to jump off a bridge, but there are times I have wanted to jump out of my life, out of my skin."
-David Levithan

The language used in the video is Urdu- and is not what the lyrics are saying at all, because Sigur Ros don't work in translatable lyrics. Just in case anyone watching this can read/understand Urdu and calls me out on it. Some of these masks nearly killed me, I'm so lazy at masking. :S

I don't think anyone thought that I WASN'T going to go back into Psychic, really. Riku as a character is probably pretty similar to what I was going for when it all started YEARS ago; thought I'd link to the original audition thing:
youtube.com/watch?v=Y1sjntO_Du0

Riku lives in the outskirts of the city, and is the son of the head of police/security within the districts of the city. Yaag is a step down from the Hunters- the police uphold the law up until psychics are concerned, where the Hunters tend to be called in to deal with the problem. He has an older brother, Zexion (20 to Riku's 17), who passed the test to join the Hunters when he was still a teenager, and moved out to work for them two years prior to Psychic Redux's beginning. Riku's psychic abilities emerged when he was four years old, and have caused tension amongst the family since his childhood, although they all keep it a secret because others discovering the truth would ruin Yaag's career. He can't stand Riku, and while Nora (their mother) tries to play peacemaker, there isn't really all THAT much she can do to help him. She borders on alcoholic, and even though Yaag is rarely home (work keeps him away) and Zexion isn't around, Riku tends to wander off for long periods of time without much warning. Still enrolled in school, his attendance is appalling, and his grades suffering as he barely pays attention when he does actually bother to turn up.

He tends to draw the attention of the Hunters, as he sometimes loses control of his powers and causes distortions and illusions unintentionally. Riku's developed his ability to use illusions- basically messing with people's heads- but has hardly refined them. He's a decent fighter, and often relies on illusion in combat, but can be headstrong and get carried away. He also travels out to the shore (we're saying it's a city near the sea, kay), which is his favourite place to take a breather and relax. When calming down there after a fight with a Hunter that he didn't intentionally provoke for once, he finds Nami's letter.