Mathrika Adris

**Mathrika "Rika" Adris** is a player character in **Lost in Paradise**. She is played by **Zel**.

## Appearance

Rika is a pale-skinned five foot eight half-elf. Her eyes are half orange and half purple. She has long pink braided hair and straight-cut bangs. Part of her braid is pulled back by a blue ribbon. She adorns spiky goggles on the top of her head and a grey collared blouse with a dark blue regency cravat. She wears a medium brown corset with an open skirt and dark blue shorts. Her footwear consists of thigh-high laced and heeled boots with mechanical gear decorations.

## Personality

Rika is a trigger-happy and unstable individual. She is generally energetic and outgoing, but has a major disregard for safety which can lead to many people being wary of her, most notably her parents and **Aiz**. She often acts and speaks without thinking, causing her to sometimes do and say disrespectful or outrageous things. She has a knack for creating all kinds of weapons and often tests them out without holding back. Despite her previous experiences, she doesn't understand how dangerous the munitions she creates can be. Her lack of understanding on the consequences of her actions creates a situation in which she continues her abrasive nature.

## Backstory

### Childhood

Rika grew up in a wealthy household and was treated well by her parents, possibly even spoiled. She was able to get a lot of the things she wanted, starting with anything mechanical. She loved tinkering with things and became well versed in crafting items. Once she was a teenager, she began constructing her own weaponry. Rika, being sheltered from most things that cause harm, paid no mind to how dangerous the inventions she made were.

### Before Lost in Paradise

Eventually, Rika's parents became rather concerned for her. They seemed to be afraid of their own child and soon began taking away a lot of the weapon parts Rika was using. Rika still found ways to make dangerous items and soon enough, her parents told her that she would be kicked out of the house at age eighteen. Despite this, Rika still had an addiction to creating weapons. So, when she was kicked out, she took it in stride.

Rika was homeless for a bit, but found some jobs making weaponry here and there. One day she was able to start making weapons and modifications to mechs and made enough money to become financially stable, renting an apartment in the city.

## Lost in Paradise

### Meeting the Group

In session 1, Rika meets the group. She meets most of them in Aiz's workshop after the underground mech fight. She attempts to mess around with Aiz's equipment, much to his dismay.

## Relationships

### Umbra Silverstein

During the meeting at Aiz's shop in session one, Umbra believes Rika to be immature for her age. Rika somewhat proves this fact by grumpily replying to him and brushing him off as just another stubborn person. On the train in session two (?), Rika and Umbra are forced to share a room. As Umbra is attempting to read a book, Rika begins annoying him by repeatedly poking him and asking what he is reading over and over. Umbra attempts to cast a spell to make Rika fall asleep but it fails and they end up playing the card game "War" (Rika only playing because of its name).

Before the fight at the maple crossing occurred, Rika was scolded by Umbra for stealing candy from **Kosai** (?). After the fight, Umbra and Rika share the same room on the train again. Rika pushes for information on Umbra after mentioning she has accidentally murdered someone in the past. Umbra opens up to her about his **hair tie emotion suppressor™** and that he has also done something similar. (not murder i dont think?).

Later in the night, Umbra approaches Rika before she goes to bed and simply asks her if they are friends now. She says yes and he says she can call him Penumbra. She replies saying he can call her Rika since her full name is Mathrika, but that he already does. Umbra chooses to call her "Math".

When the party arrives in the main city for the day of remembrance, Rika and Umbra share a room once again. Umbra says he has a job offer to take care of and Rika begs to follow along. Umbra reluctantly agrees with the promise that if she starts to get tired she head back and sleep.

After they get the job from Kosai, Rika mentions she has an invitation to the party the Oni Alliance is holding which they are trying to infiltrate. Rika and Umbra change into more formal wear, Umbra pointing out that the patterns on their clothing match.

Once they get inside the party on the 80th floor, Rika sees that the dance floor is open and forcefully drags Umbra to dance with her. Umbra is caught off guard but agrees. Once they begin dancing (and Rika falls but Umbra catches her), a man named **Taro**, who was also dancing, challenges them to a dance-off. They agree to humor him and absolutely CRUSH the dance competition, Taro could only HOPE to keep up with them... Rika did worse than Umbra... But Umbra killed it (nat 20) and carried the both of them.

Umbra and Rika attempt to eavesdrop on a meeting taking place in another room. Umbra goes briefly invisible and Rika opens the door to the meeting to let Umbra in, pretending it was a drunk accident. Rika and Umbra then meet up afterwards and he briefly mentions what he heard to both Rika and Kosai.

Meanwhile, Aiz has committed terrorism. The building immediately becomes dangerous (fires/it's collapsing) and Rika begins freaking out. Kosai says "baiii" and then Umbra uses Dimension Door to get him and Rika to safety (the ground).

Umbra suggests Rika goes back to the inn and gathers the other party members. She worries for his safety but he reassures her. Umbra takes out his magic book and has Rika sign her name so that they can communicate telepathically.

Rika ends up back at the inn and the whole big speech starts happening. Umbra communicates to Rika, asking if she has any idea what's going on. Rika explains that she sees an illusion of a man who is the one giving the speech. (Send.)

## Quotes

* LiP

*Lost in Paradise*

* "Whaaat, is the little boy gonna cry?" (Said mockingly to Aiz).

* "Ugh, I HATE clothes like this! It's been a while since I've had to wear something like this..." (Before the party mission in session 4/5).

* "I said not like a real person in the sky but like an illusion of a man or something. I don't get it. Send." (Messaging Umbra, not knowing how the sending spell works).

## Trivia

* Similarly to Violo Aria, Rika was inspired by a character from media. She was inspired by **Jinx** from **Arcane,** specifically.
	+ Rika originally had light blue hair to resemble Jinx, but was retconned to have light pink hair instead.
* Rika was also originally only **18**, but her age was changed to **20**. *For NOOO particular reason...*

## References

1. ↑ **Rika:** "I accidentally ending up killing someone once because of my recklessness and yet I am still as reckless as before."
2. ↑ **"The group"** refers to the group of player characters in **Lost in Paradise** that are sticking together through this journey. It does not yet have an official name.
3. ↑ It is implied that **Rika** and **Aiz** have met at least once prior. (See **Relationships** section)
4. ↑ **Umbra:** "Aren't you a grown woman?" *(In response to Rika tormenting Aiz)*
5. ↑ The reason is that Rika's player loves **Umbra** and wants them to date. **Umbra's** player, however, felt more comfortable with this idea if Rika was at least **20** **years old**.