"Astre, admin ka pa rin naman nung page, diba?" Pagtatanong ni Rus sa kanya, she nodded. "Good, so what we're gonna do is to have live,"
"T-teka, magla-live ako?" Dahan-dahan akong umiling. Hindi pa man siya nagsasalita ay pinangunahan na ako ng isip ko.
"Mm," si Rus.
"Oh no, Rus, I can't--"
"Why not?" He asked, "It's for your name naman. You'll just explain the truth, and show to that stupid followers of Nica na sinungaling ang kinampihan nila,"
"Pero--"
"We'll accompany you," Sabi niya.
"I think... tama si Rus," si Astre. What, pati ba naman ikaw Astre? Goodness damn. "Kahit mga three minutes lang--umm, two minutes, gano'n. Then ipi-pin ko na lang sa group page para makita nila,"
"Okay, fine," wala naman akong magagawa na kasi dalawa na silang nagsabi. "E anong sasabihin ko?"
"Just tell them you're the real owner of this picture, " then he showed a picture of my pale face. Yung pinasa ko kay Astre, "and that's it,"
"Hmm, okay," he gave me the phone he's holding. "I'll start now, pwede? Ayaw kong magtagal sa camera,"
"Yup," may ti-nype siya sandali sa laptop na nasa center table, "here, tell me if you're ready," there I nodded.
Damn, ba't pa kasi ako napasok dito? Damn, Snow.
Pero wala na akong magagawa. Hindi ko na mababago ang lahat. All I can do is to do this thing, para malinis na ang pangalan ko sa rpw. And maybe... I'll... stop living as a role player. That days and weeks of experiences and misery's enough. I plan to leave and delete my rp account for good na.
I took deep breaths, and relaxed myself. Okay, trust yourself and don't be an anti-camera, Snow.
"Okay na," sabi ko kay Rus. There he pressed a key and the live... started.
This is it, Neige Prise.
"Umm, good evening, everyone," pagbati ko, "you all know about what happened months ago, right? A 'poser' issue appeared,"
Iyon pa lang ang nasasabi ko pero nagulat na lang dahil ang dami nang nanood. Kinabahan lang ako dahil mostly sa reactions ay angry. Yet, I have to finish this.
Bago pa man nakapagsalitang muli ay nahagip ng mga mata ko ang iilang comments. And most of it says that 'Nica's back,' and 'please paki expose ang poser.' And it hurts a little.
"Continue," napatingin ako kay Rus na nasa tabi ko na pala nakaupo. Hindi siya kita sa camera. "Neige,"
"H-ha? A, oo," sabay harap sa laptop. "Umm, everyone... I just wanted to clear that I am Neige Prise," pagsasabi ko sa rp name ko, "I'm Neige Prise and I'm the real owner of this face, this picture," sabay pakita ng picture sa laptop, "Neige Prise is not a poser. I am not a poser. Hindi ako magnanakaw ng mukha,"
Then took a deep sigh after saying that.
There my eyes were glued on the comment section again. And there, a lot of confusion's written. Many questions appeared, and little by little the reactions went heart, sad and care.
"I just... wanted to apologize, dahil umabot pa sa ganito ang lahat," paliwanag ko, "I was new to rpw, and I did not expect that this will happen. I just... want to experience what roleplay world is, yet with this my name and reputation on social media's broken,"
I slightly bit my lip.
"I'm the real owner of the picture," pag uulit ko, "umm, if anyone of you still says that I'm a poser, just watch this video and you'll know. And... please, if anyone knows Nica Ahorv, please dm me. We need to talk,"
And this is it. Wala na akong iba pang masasabi kaya ie-end ko na to.
"Again, hindi ako poser. Thank you so much," at ako na mismo ang pumindot ng end.
"That was brave, Neige," rinig kong sabi ni Rus kaya napatingin ako sa kanya. "Well done,"
"Woohooo!" Malakas na palakpak na mula kina Lance at Brent ang sunod kong narinig. "Magiging okay ka na sa rp kaya mag celebrate tayo!"
Natawa ako dahil do'n, "Kailangan pa bang i celebrate yon?"
"Oo naman!" Sagot ni Astre, "At don't worry mare, sagot namin ang celebration ngayon!"
"Wow, you guys..." I smiled, "thank you."
