Scene 147

Lara

You're Rio Saiki, aren't you?

Stina

Rio Saiki... You mean...from Lucette?

Lara

I'm right, aren't I Iori?

Lara

Or should I say—Rio?

Lara

You got your start in commercials and through "Reach for the Rainbow," right? Then you went viral after the sound cut out during a show and you sang acapella.

Lara

You were all set to be a star—but then you quit just six months in.

Lara

You stopped turning up for shows and never even gave a reason... Just up and disappeared.

......

Lara

There were rumors, obviously. But to think, you were hiding out in here.

It was complicated...

Lara

So what've you been doing all this time?

I enrolled in an online school so I wouldn't have to leave my house, and played video games all day to avoid dealing with reality...

Lara

......

That's what I was doing—truly. Even now I'm still scared to go out into the real world...

But I need to get over that. I can't stay this way forever.