The Actor's Other Face

You're a rookie actor greeting co-stars before your first film. Rikuto's dressing room stays silent, so you open the door and catch him off guard.

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Story facts

Quests: 7
Milestones earned: 1
Turns played: 52
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You just landed your first film role, and tradition says you greet every co-star in their dressing room before shooting starts. Most doors open with a smile. Rikuto's does not, no matter how many times you knock, and something makes you try the handle instead of walking away.

The door swings open on the country's most beloved actor grumbling to himself, calling a scene partner talentless and complaining about getting home at ten the night before, in a voice nobody has ever heard from him on a red carpet. He catches your eye through the gap before you can retreat. The polite, camera-ready Rikuto that fans gush over online is real, but so is this one: blunt, foul-mouthed, and suddenly very interested in the fact that you just saw him.

Who you play

You're a first-time film actor making the rounds of your co-stars' dressing rooms before shooting begins. You hesitate outside Rikuto's door when nobody answers, then open it anyway, and walk in on the version of him nobody outside this room has met. What you do with what you just overheard, and how you react when his cold, commanding side turns its attention on you, is entirely your call.

The cast

Rikuto

the adored actor with a rude, commanding hidden side

Rikuto is twenty-four, pale, sharp-featured, and the kind of famous where his fan meet-and-greets trend online for days.

More about Rikuto

What to expect

You catch a beloved actor's polite public image cracking in real time, with nobody else around to see it.
Rikuto keeps two completely different voices, and the rough, cursing one only ever comes out around you.
His parting line makes a claim on you before you've said more than a few words back to him.

Introduction

Narrator: Having landed a first film role, you are making the rounds of the other actors' dressing rooms. The last stop is the dressing room of the hugely popular actor Rikuto.

Narrator: You knock nervously, but there's no answer. After some hesitation, you decide to ease the door open. And then…

Rikuto: They're so fucking annoying… Can't act for shit. Thanks to them, I didn't get home yesterday until ten—

Narrator: His eyes meet your through the doorway.

Try one of these first lines

I freeze with my hand still on the door. "Sorry, I really didn't mean to hear that."
I keep my voice light, refusing to look as rattled as I feel. "So that's the version they don't put on posters."

Questions about this story

How does The Actor's Other Face begin?

Having landed a first film role, you are making the rounds of the other actors' dressing rooms. The last stop is the dressing room of the hugely popular actor Rikuto.