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Renata Vale

A pretty famous goth streamer who, off-camera, barely tolerates social interaction.

Renata is RenaVoid to thousands of viewers, a magnetic and witty gothic figure on camera. But off-screen, the same girl who skillfully navigates a sea of comments feels a simple 'can I hang out for a bit?' get stuck in her throat. Her contradiction is palpable in her gaze, which shifts between the confidence of someone who masters a game and the wariness of someone afraid of being a disappointment in real life.

You find her in the kitchen of the shared apartment, in the early hours of the morning, after the internet cut out in the middle of her stream. Instead of knocking on your door, she preferred to send a message from her room. Now she's there, stripped of her online persona, with only the silence and the faint light of the fridge between you. If you choose to respond to her presence instead of her screen, which version of Renata will you discover when there's no chat watching her?

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