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PreviousRei sat propped up in her gaming chair at home, the heavy right long leg cast stretched out in front of her with the little wheel still attached near the heel. Her left arm rested in the sling, and the short leg cast on her injured left ankle rested carefully on the cushioned foot rest. The soft neck collar kept her head facing the camera.

She took a deep breath, forced a small smile, and hit “Go Live.”

“Hey everyone… Rei here,” she began, voice softer than usual. “I’m really sorry. I can’t do cosplay, I can’t play games properly, I can’t even hold a controller right now. I just… wanted to show you what happened and apologize for the sudden change.”

She slowly tilted the camera downward, letting the chat see the full picture: the massive white plaster covering her right leg from thigh to toes, the shorter cast on her left leg, both arms locked in plaster with every finger individually casted, the sling, the neck collar, and the wheel under the long leg cast.

“This is… everything they put on me at the hospital. Left ankle is the one that actually got sprained. The rest is… just part of the insurance plan, I guess.” She carefully avoided any mention of Lena, the contract, or C.A.S.T Hospital.

She expected sympathy, maybe a few disappointed comments, and a quiet stream.

Instead, the chat exploded. Donations poured in so fast the alert sound became a continuous chime. Viewer numbers climbed higher than any of her previous records.

Comments flooded the screen:

“OMG REI ARE YOU OKAY???”

“Those casts look so heavy 😭”

“Can we sign them?? Please please please”

“Show us your feet!! Where’s the toe ring??”

“The wheel is adorable I’m dying”

“Zero really means zero movement now 🔥”

Rei blinked, cheeks turning pink. “You… like them?” she asked, genuinely surprised. “I thought you’d be mad that I can’t do anything fun.”

The chat only got louder. She carefully lifted her left short leg cast a little higher so the camera could catch her exposed toes. Her golden toe rings glinted on her big toe and second toe.

“This is all I can show,” she said with a helpless little laugh as she wiggled her toes.

“The right one is completely sealed. Only the very tips of the toes are visible… and even those barely move.” She wiggled the left toes for the camera. The right ones stayed completely still inside the thick plaster.

More donations flooded in. Someone offered donations to do cosplays of injured characters. Others begged her to keep the wheel and crutch setup for future videos.

Rei leaned back as much as the neck collar allowed, a mixture of embarrassment and reluctant amusement on her face.

“…Okay,” she murmured, looking at the soaring numbers. “I guess Rei is staying like this for a while.”