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You're Rio Saiki, aren't you?

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

I'm right, aren't I Iori?

Or should I say—Rio?

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.

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

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

......

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

It was complicated...

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...

......

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.