Rita

**Rita** **Lockett,** or simply **Rita,** is the main character of Dyscourse. She was nominated in the International Latte Art Championships before her plane crashed on the island.

   She is 25 years old, works as a barista in a local coffee shop and recently graduated from art school. Her item is a frying pan.

## Personal life

Her dad left her mom when she was little, so she was raised by her step dad, Roger. Although she seems to prefer him over her real dad, she still claims she isn't very close with her family.

At some point, Rita's biological father sent her a letter talking about him. Because of the working conditions of the mine he works in, he tells her that he has contracted terminal lung disease and will pass away soon. She's still reluctant to reconnect with him.

## Appearance

Rita is a black female with blue, greyish hair held with a ponytail. She wears a yellow jacket with a red scarf, purple shorts and discoloured tights. Her ears are pierced, and she wears multiple bracelets.

## Personality

Although some of the choices the player makes can determine her attitude, Rita's generally established as a rational person, with enough sense of leadership to help everyone out. Most of the time she maintains a positive attitude, unless somebody is causing an inconvenience. She's also occasionally silly, pointing out details like a nice flower, or wearing a party hat just for the sake of it.

Despite her being the one who leads the group throughout all their stay on the island, she doesn't seem to be comfortable when someone considers her the head of the group.

## Relationships

* **Garrett Leon:** Garrett sees Rita as a leader and a friend. Rita doesn't take him very seriously, but is still willing to help him if he gets into a dangerous situation. They might even have the most stable relationship out of all survivors, since Garrett is known to go to great lengths to protect her (making her concerned about his safety in the process).

* **Steve Coffey:** At first, they're both shown to be distant but still fairly polite; however, their relationship heavily depends on the player's choices. They may get close enough to make Rita ask about his romantic life, and Steve about her family.
* **Teddy Redacted:** Teddy often argues with Rita for not backing up his claims since she thinks he's paranoid. Nevertheless, they're still capable of trusting each other. Teddy often worries about her -alongside with the group's well being-, and so she's shown to have concerns about Teddy's personal life.
* **Jolene Boyle:** Being the only females, Jolene takes a quick liking to Rita. Although they work well together, if Rita refuses to listen to Jolene's opinions she'll quickly become upset and unsupportive.
* **George Hatfield:** They're both seem to be in good terms, given George is one of the most rational people on the island. Most of the things he suggests seem to suit Rita just fine, unless it's a life or death situation.
* **Roger:** Roger is Rita's step dad. She's mentioned they have a good relationship.
* **Rita's biological father:** Due to his absence in her life, she dislikes him and claims that she doesn't believe she owes him anything.

## Trivia

* Rita has mentioned she originally wanted to be an artist, not a barista.
* Her original design had a wider nose.
* When rescued, she gives a speech at an university, becomes a marriage counselor (if she, Jolene and George survive and remain together at the end of the game) , she opens a cafe named "The Frying Pan" or "Catfe" (if Garret dies and Mr. Whiskers is alive), or becomes a Landmine protester (if Garret and Mr. Whisker die during the military base scene).
* Rita keeps Mr. Whiskers after being rescued despite its close relationship with Garrett.
* Given her height is addressed as "Not quite venti" in her passport, she's most likely short.
* During a dialogue when choosing to search with water with Garrett and George, it's implied she may have consumed drugs during college.