Meanwhile in Nika&#8217;s Universe&#8230;

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🜑ᏒᏬᏒᎥ🝣 – What are they hiding?

🜑ᏒᏬᏒᎥ🝣 What are they hiding? ************ Hey mortal! How’s everything? I hope you are doing well! I apologize for not posting lately due to our tight schedule of the last few months but I would like to report that our team is well and back! Also, I’m proud to announce... Read More

February 2021

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Music Theater #18 – Moonlight Glow

🝖ᏂᏗᏒᏬ🜉Hey, starshine! #FUNFACT If I remember correctly, Nika said that Moonlight Glow is derived from another sister piece that she’ll be re-releasing soon. The two share similar melodies and chords, but their vibe and style are totally different. Before Ruri came to us into the human world, she wrote a... Read More

February 2021

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Music Theater #17 – Moonbow Cadenza

🜑ᏒᏬᏒᎥ🝣Hey, starshine! #FUNFACT This piece reminds me of that time when Nika escaped from a really bad person. We saved her and she finally reunited with Haru and escaped a part of the dream world called the nightmare realm. During that dark time, she had forgotten all about her past... Read More

October 2020

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Music Theater #16 – Game of Thrones (Main Theme)

🝖ᏂᏗᏒᏬ🜉Hey, starshine! #FUNFACT Nika liked this theme enough to add it to her album. Something about wanting to make a version using a REAL instrument and a big guitar solo… Indeed it sounds like something she’d do… 〄〄〄〄〄〄〄〄〄〄〄〄〄〄 I find the story interesting, though the violence can be gratuitous at... Read More

October 2020

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🜑ᏒᏬᏒᎥ🝣 & 🜲ᎩᏬᏦᎥ🜚 – Not quite an Announcement

🜑ᏒᏬᏒᎥ🝣 & 🜲ᎩᏬᏦᎥ🜚“Not quite an Announcement” ********** {Yuki}“Sooo bored…” (Yuki flies to and from across the living room) {Yuki}“I wanna play with everyone but no. They’re too busy with work.” {Yuki}“Cala-chan is making a lotta artworks alongside Candii, Nika is busy with her day job and coding on our new... Read More

September 2020

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Music Theater #15 – Si Deus me relinquit (From Kuroshitsuji)

🜛ᏁᎥᏦ🝠🝥Heya starshine! #FUNFACT I find it interesting how the Japanese depict European culture and religious heritage in their animes and other media. This piece, for example, is a sad prayer from a child that thinks that God has abandoned him? Don’t we all have an inner child that sometimes feels... Read More

September 2020

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Music Theater #14 – Red Swan (From “Attack on Titan”)

🝖ᏂᏗᏒᏬ🜉 Hey, starshine! #FUNFACT Nika is captivated by this story filled with mysteries. We were both shocked by this Season 3 opening as it is very different from previous seasons epic openings. This time around It feels more like an ending rather than an opening piece. It also has this... Read More

September 2020

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🜑ᏒᏬᏒᎥ🝣 – About our Downtime for the week of 2020.09.14

🜑ᏒᏬᏒᎥ🝣Hey mortal!Sorry about being absent last week!The guys and I were busy revamping the new website and we just got carried away.(Who knew it would take that much work…) Haru took care of transferring all articles over from A Day in a Life while Calabolt worked hard on the design... Read More

September 2020

Articles, Ruri's Looking-Drop

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🜛ᏁᎥᏦ🝠🝥 – Ruri’s Looking-Drop

#ASK, Retrospection, fan’s input, feedback, polls, and inner thoughts on our work and culture to improve our website and page’s content 📖 http://nika-cantabile.com/ruris-looking-drop/ 📖

September 2020

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Articles, Music Theater

🜛ᏁᎥᏦ🝠🝥 – Music Theater

Fun facts and trivia about Nika’s life, inspirations, and her Music. Click on the link to view the original videos and hear the piece featured in each of the artwork http://nika-cantabile.com/music-theater/

September 2020

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🜑ᏒᏬᏒᎥ🝣 & 🝖ᏂᏗᏒᏬ🜉 – Posting Troubles

🜑ᏒᏬᏒᎥ🝣 & 🝖ᏂᏗᏒᏬ🜉 “Posting Troubles” ************ {Haru} “I just don’t get it. Why would they do that now?” {Ruri} “My, you’re looking so glum. What’s wrong, Haru?” {Haru} (sighs) “It’s Facebook. They are clarifying their guidelines regarding their audio/video policy which will be implemented starting this October. I understand about... Read More

September 2020

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Ruri’s All-Access P@ss

Ruri’s interviews, comments, backstage exclusives, articles, and more! Ruri’s All-Access P@ss

September 2020

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Music Theater #13 – Eternal Snow (From “Full Moon Wo Sagashite”)

🜲ᎩᏬᏦᎥ🜚 Heya starshine! #FUNFACT Nika isn’t into Magical girls too much but… I know for a fact that this series touched our hearts much like “Nodame Cantabile”, “Your Lie in April”, and other music-related love stories. It’s a sad story about a dying 12-year-old girl whose dream is to become... Read More

September 2020

A day in the life..., Articles

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🝮ፈᏗᏝᏗ〄ᏰᎧᏝᏖ🜝 & 🝖ᏂᏗᏒᏬ🜉 “What’s in a name… Part 3”

🝮ፈᏗᏝᏗ〄ᏰᎧᏝᏖ🜝 & 🝖ᏂᏗᏒᏬ🜉 “What’s in a name… Part 3” ******* {Calabolt} “Here’s your tea, Haru-kun.” {Haru} (lounges on the chair and closes his book) “Just leave it here on the table. Thanks.” {Calabolt} “I hope Earl-grey is fine.” {Haru} “It smells wonderful. By the way, where is Yuki?” {Calabolt} (pouring... Read More

September 2020

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Articles, ASK, Ruri's Looking-Drop

Looking Drop #02

🜑ᏒᏬᏒᎥ🝣 Hey mortal! #ASK “Would you read these magazines while listening to Nika’s music? Any other magazines come to mind?” Once again, I’m Nika’s manager and this time, I need your feedback to further improve our content! Finally, they are done with that Cabin Fever chapter. Yuki is so cute... Read More

September 2020

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Music Theater #12 – A Cruel Angel’s Thesis (From “Neon Genesis Evangelion”)

🜛ᏁᎥᏦ🝠🝥 Heya starshine! #FUNFACT I am not a huge fan of mecha anime and I have never watched the series, but Evangelion is a classic that holds dear memories of the time I spent in my university taking a Japanese degree and doing language exchanges. A place where I met... Read More

September 2020

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Music Theater #11 – Hedwig’s Theme (From “Harry Potter”)

🝮ፈᏗᏝᏗ〄ᏰᎧᏝᏖ🜝 Heya fellow starshine! #FUNFACT Nika loves reading especially if it’s about fantasy and magic. Harry Potter is one of those novels that she adores. Well, she is smart like Hermione and tends to correct me and Yuki all the time. Only Haru-kun seems to appreciate her dedication fully though…... Read More

September 2020

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Music Theater #10 – A Diabolic Waltz (From “Kuroshitsuji”)

🜛ᏁᎥᏦ🝠🝥 Heya starshine! #FUNFACT I love bizarre waltzes with weird key changes. That is why I chose to add a piece that had a similar feeling to the waltz featured in Interview with a Vampire movie for my Halloween themed album Opus 3. Don’t you feel its haunting melody? It... Read More

September 2020

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🝖ᏂᏗᏒᏬ🜉 & 🜲ᎩᏬᏦᎥ🜚 – Cabin Fever Part 8

🝖ᏂᏗᏒᏬ🜉 & 🜲ᎩᏬᏦᎥ🜚 “Cabin Fever Part 8” ************ {Yuki} (flies towards a sweating girl) “Nika!” {Nika} “Welcome back!” {Haru} “Oh! I didn’t expect you’ll be back home already.” {Nika} “Uhmm… When you left, the shopkeeper kept me company until his assistant came back. She actually helped me to get back... Read More

September 2020

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Music Theater #09 – Mirage Aux Quatre Saisons

🜛ᏁᎥᏦ🝠🝥 Heya starshine! #FUNFACT This scene is very close to my heart because it represents the real-life changing dream that I had and from which Hotaru’s Road, my first original album music and its story arc, was born. I wanted to challenge this dream sequence by playing in a blues-like... Read More

September 2020

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Articles, ASK, Ruri's Looking-Drop

Looking-Drop #01

🜑ᏒᏬᏒᎥ🝣 Hey mortal! #ASK “Which Top 3 bands do you picture when you hear Nika’s music, and Why?” My name is Ruri and this is my debut post! Don’t ask me why, but I’m currently Nika’s manager!? I won’t go into any details since a certain fae hasn’t finished posting... Read More

August 2020

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Music Theater #08 – Gerudo Valley (Legend of Zelda)

🜛ᏁᎥᏦ🝠🝥 Heya starshine! #FUNFACT I love Zelda. The music, the story, the characters, the sceneries all of it… Cala keeps teasing me that it should be called The Legend of Link because Link does all the hard work, but I retaliate “Without Zelda… There would be no reason for Link... Read More

August 2020

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Music Theater #07 – Alchemia Story (Title Theme)

🜛ᏁᎥᏦ🝠🝥 Heya starshine! #FUNFACT After unpacking my bags and belongings settling in my new house, I finally took the time to finish the new chapters of my main quest in Alchemia Story. I didn’t have any time to play Alsto ever since we moved. The new map is so pretty... Read More

August 2020

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🜲ᎩᏬᏦᎥ🜚 – “Moving Day”

🜲ᎩᏬᏦᎥ🜚 “Moving Day” ************ {Nika} “…just leave it right there.” (a trio of muscular guys wearing masks carrying boxes enter Nika’s front door) {Yuki} (moves away) “Whoa! Hey!” {Nika} (catches Yuki) “Easy, Yuki. You do know they can’t see you.” {Yuki} “I know that…” {Nika} “Why don’t you just stay... Read More

August 2020

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Music Theater #06 – I am… Cantabile

🜛ᏁᎥᏦ🝠🝥 Heya starshine! #FUNFACT This scene narrates the time when a nameless water fae arrived in the human world and I gave her the name Ruri (瑠璃). Two kanji characters that both mean “Lapis Lazuli” individually, but when joined also represent my own name “Veronika” inspired by the flower of... Read More

August 2020

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Music Theater #05 – Tsukiyo no violinist (From “Shugo Chara”)

🜛ᏁᎥᏦ🝠🝥 Heya starshine! #FUNFACT I wasn’t so comfortable at first sharing solo violin recordings, it is more intimate and harder to control the flow of each note. It is really hard to hide any imperfection when playing slowly in such a denuded way… I fell in love with Ikuto’s playing... Read More

August 2020

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🝖ᏂᏗᏒᏬ🜉 & 🜛ᏁᎥᏦ🝠🝥 – “Haru’s Training Camp”

🝖ᏂᏗᏒᏬ🜉 & 🜛ᏁᎥᏦ🝠🝥 “Haru’s Training Camp” ************ {Haru} “…die finger fest liegen zu lassen!” {Nika} “What?” {Haru} “Entschuldigen Sie. I forgot you didn’t keep up with your german for the last 10 years. As I was saying, the exercise won’t be as effective if you don’t follow my instructions and... Read More

August 2020

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Music Theater #04 – Main Theme (From “Vampire Knight”)

🜛ᏁᎥᏦ🝠🝥 Heya starshine! #FUNFACT This piece reminds me of the Vivaldi’s concerto in A minor that I used to play, back in summer camp. during my childhood, I like this anime because of the Immortal beings and Mystery themes. As some of you might know, I’m a huge fan of... Read More

August 2020

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Music Theater #03 – Main Theme (From “Detective Conan Case Closed”)

🜛ᏁᎥᏦ🝠🝥 Heya starshine! #FUNFACT As you might know, I love Detective Conan! One of the best days of my life was visiting the Gosho Aoyama Manga Factory (Conan Museum) in Tottori / Japan. This piece holds a very dear place in my heart and this is why I added it... Read More

August 2020

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Music Theater #02 – The Ruby Red Shoes

🜛ᏁᎥᏦ🝠🝥 Heya starshine! #FUNFACT I titled this piece The Ruby Red Shoes not only as a tribute to one of the childhood fairytales that left a mark on me, but also because I practiced ballet seriously until I was 16 years old. This waltz strongly reminds me of this period…... Read More

August 2020

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🝖ᏂᏗᏒᏬ🜉 & 🜲ᎩᏬᏦᎥ🜚 – Cabin Fever Part 7

🝖ᏂᏗᏒᏬ🜉 & 🜲ᎩᏬᏦᎥ🜚 “Cabin Fever Part 7” ************ {Yuki} “But I still don’t understand, I don’t see any queen here?” {Haru} (pointing to the glowing sphere) “She’s inside the egg you stole. That’s why the Bloomsprites were so angry at you.” {Calabolt} “Hmmm… That explains why I sensed powerful Majïk... Read More

August 2020

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Music Theater #01 – Kachou Fugetsu (From “Boruto”)

🜛ᏁᎥᏦ🝠🝥 Heya starshine! #FUNFACT This piece is my mom’s favourite Boruto’s ending and is the reason why it ended up on my OPUS 2 album! 〄〄〄〄〄〄〄〄〄〄〄〄〄〄 “Let us wait for the light of dawn and protect the landscape that is before our eyes at this time.” – Kachou Fugetsu by... Read More

August 2020

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🝖ᏂᏗᏒᏬ🜉 & 🜲ᎩᏬᏦᎥ🜚 – Cabin Fever Part 6

🝖ᏂᏗᏒᏬ🜉 & 🜲ᎩᏬᏦᎥ🜚 “Cabin Fever Part 6” ************ (Haru slowly approaches Yuki and Calabolt, fixing his gaze on the glowing orb) {Yuki} (swiftly tries to cover his shining toy) “…those were meanie creatures. Even if they look cool like small dragons with dragonfly wings, they leave a big mess. I... Read More

August 2020

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🝖ᏂᏗᏒᏬ🜉 & 🜲ᎩᏬᏦᎥ🜚 – Cabin Fever Part 5

🝖ᏂᏗᏒᏬ🜉 & 🜲ᎩᏬᏦᎥ🜚 “Cabin Fever Part 5” ************ {Haru} (sways his wings in front of his face) “Look at all the dust and cobwebs!” {Yuki} “It’s not that bad.” (Calabolt sees the floors littered by piles of stuff) {Haru} “If you don’t clear some of this stuff, at least take... Read More

August 2020

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🝖ᏂᏗᏒᏬ🜉 & 🜲ᎩᏬᏦᎥ🜚 – Cabin Fever Part 4

🝖ᏂᏗᏒᏬ🜉 & 🜲ᎩᏬᏦᎥ🜚 “Cabin Fever Part 4” ************ (Calabolt, Haru, and Yuki walks through the forest path) {Haru} “I can’t believe you! Why did you take something that doesn’t even belong to you?” {Yuki} “Well, no one wanted it.” {Haru} “Ughh… We could have been safely at home by now.”... Read More

August 2020

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🝖ᏂᏗᏒᏬ🜉 & 🜲ᎩᏬᏦᎥ🜚 – Cabin Fever Part 3

🝖ᏂᏗᏒᏬ🜉 & 🜲ᎩᏬᏦᎥ🜚 “Cabin Fever Part 3” ************ {Yuki} “Wow, Creepykeeper-san! You’re so fast!” {Haru} “H-How?!” {Shopkeeper} (smiles) “Though I applaud your good sense of things and welcome your praises, little Yuki, I must mention that your observation is false.” {Yuki} “Huh?” {Shopkeeper} (points to his right) “Your windows are... Read More

August 2020

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🝖ᏂᏗᏒᏬ🜉 & 🜲ᎩᏬᏦᎥ🜚 – Cabin Fever Part 2

🝖ᏂᏗᏒᏬ🜉 & 🜲ᎩᏬᏦᎥ🜚 “Cabin Fever Part 2” ************ {Haru} “So like I said, I have a plan.” {Yuki} (shaking off Haru’s grip) “What is it?” {Haru} “We just have to make non-canon story specials to make Nika’s music shine again.” {Yuki} (trying not to laugh) “T-That’s your plan?” {Haru} “Yes.... Read More

August 2020

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🝖ᏂᏗᏒᏬ🜉 & 🜲ᎩᏬᏦᎥ🜚 – Cabin Fever Part 1

🝖ᏂᏗᏒᏬ🜉 & 🜲ᎩᏬᏦᎥ🜚 “Cabin Fever part 1” ************ {Nika} (talking on the phone in the living room) “Yes, yes… I expected this to happen…” (from the kitchen, Haru looks towards Nika) {Nika} “Ok, I understand. You two, please stay safe. Take care…” {Haru} (flies towards Nika) “Who was that?” {Nika}... Read More

August 2020

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🝮ፈᏗᏝᏗ〄ᏰᎧᏝᏖ🜝 & 🜛ᏁᎥᏦ🝠🝥 – “Posting Argument Part 3”

🝮ፈᏗᏝᏗ〄ᏰᎧᏝᏖ🜝 & 🜛ᏁᎥᏦ🝠🝥 “Posting Argument Part 3” *********** {Yuki} “It looks great! I love the shiny orbs and the shiny background and the shiny new signature and and…” {Haru} “What Yuki is trying to say is that you did well.” {Calabolt} “R-Really? I thought it was lacking something, to be... Read More

March 2020

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🝖ᏂᏗᏒᏬ🜉 & 🜲ᎩᏬᏦᎥ🜚 – “What’s in a name… Part 2”

🝖ᏂᏗᏒᏬ🜉 & 🜲ᎩᏬᏦᎥ🜚 “What’s in a name… Part 2” *********** {Yuki} (jumping up and down the bed) “Hey Grumpy Uncle…” {Haru} (typing on Nika’s computer) “What Yuki? I’m busy. These articles won’t write themselves.” {Yuki} “Oh, nothing… I just wanted to remind you about something…” {Haru} “I don’t know what... Read More

March 2020

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🝖ᏂᏗᏒᏬ🜉 & 🜲ᎩᏬᏦᎥ🜚 – “Posting Argument Part 2”

🝖ᏂᏗᏒᏬ🜉 & 🜲ᎩᏬᏦᎥ🜚 “Posting Argument Part 2” *********** {Calabolt} “…so you see. That’s why I opted for Ruri’s profile to be like that.” {Haru} “I see… You definitely outdid yourself with all those little tidbits of hidden information…” (Calabolt smiles and nods) {Haru} “…my only comment is aren’t they too... Read More

March 2020

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🝮ፈᏗᏝᏗ〄ᏰᎧᏝᏖ🜝 & 🜲ᎩᏬᏦᎥ🜚 – “Mystery Box? Part 1”

🝮ፈᏗᏝᏗ〄ᏰᎧᏝᏖ🜝 & 🜲ᎩᏬᏦᎥ🜚 “Mystery Box? Part 1” *********** (the door rings as Yuki and Haru work upstairs on Nika’s page) {Haru} “Hmmm? Who could that be?” {Yuki} “I dunno… Nika never mentioned anything about a visitor or a delivery.” {Haru} “…are you sure you didn’t buy anything from the Internet... Read More

February 2020

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🝖ᏂᏗᏒᏬ🜉 & 🜲ᎩᏬᏦᎥ🜚 – “Posting Argument Part 1”

🝖ᏂᏗᏒᏬ🜉 & 🜲ᎩᏬᏦᎥ🜚 “Posting Argument Part 1” *********** (Yuki and Haru arguing over the mouse) {Yuki} “No! I’ll do it!” {Haru} “You can’t be serious… It doesn’t even look remotely like him.” {Yuki} “He’s my friend! I know what he would like and this will definitely make him smile!” {Haru}... Read More

February 2020

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🝖ᏂᏗᏒᏬ🜉 – Page’s Profile and Cover Pictures!

🝖ᏂᏗᏒᏬ🜉 Salutations, dear dreamer!!! Yuki has been pestering me for a couple of minutes now, so I needed to check if Calabolt did the same to my page. It looks so refreshing and I agree with Yuki, a little more practice and Calabolt will be great at design. I offer... Read More

February 2020

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🜲ᎩᏬᏦᎥ🜚 – Page’s Profile and Cover Pictures!

🜲ᎩᏬᏦᎥ🜚 Heya Dreamer Friends!!! How are ya? I just found out that Cala-chan updated my Page’s Profile and Cover Pictures! Candiirabbit’s artworks really stand out and Cala-chan’s overall design of the images looks awesome! It’s like I’m in a windy forest! It looks so good, thank you so much! I... Read More

February 2020

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🜲ᎩᏬᏦᎥ🜚 – Happy Valentine’s Day

🜲ᎩᏬᏦᎥ🜚 Heya Dreamer Friends!!! How are ya? Wishing you all a very Happy Valentine’s Day from all of us here in Nika’s Universe! And while waiting for the new content, I would like to showcase a sweet song from Nika’s latest album! Ooops! Look at the time! I gotta go... Read More

February 2020

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🝖ᏂᏗᏒᏬ🜉 & 🜲ᎩᏬᏦᎥ🜚 – “Adding a new feature on iamnika.com…”

🝖ᏂᏗᏒᏬ🜉 & 🜲ᎩᏬᏦᎥ🜚 “Adding a new feature on iamnika.com…” ************** (Yuki plays on the phone as Nika and Haru are working on something on the laptop) {Nika} (typing on her keyboard) “…I think we’re about done…” {Haru} “So… That is all it took to transfer it?” {Nika} (looks at Haru)... Read More

January 2020

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🝖ᏂᏗᏒᏬ🜉 & 🜛ᏁᎥᏦ🝠🝥 – “Winter Vacation”

🝖ᏂᏗᏒᏬ🜉 & 🜛ᏁᎥᏦ🝠🝥 “Winter Vacation” ******************* (Nika opens the door of her house carrying Yuki along with her luggage as Haru follows behind seemingly tired from the trip) {Yuki} (yawns) “…that was such a nice vacation… prrr…” {Haru} “I agree… It was a long trip but well worth it…” {Nika}... Read More

January 2020

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