Pandora

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## Character Information

* Redo
* Reality

### Occupation

College Student (Former)
Escort (Former)

## Media

### Voice Actor

Tomoyo Kurosawa

**Pandora** is a cool, calm, and collected Musician woman who speaks very little. She is an artisinal musician who loves to spend her time surrounded by flowers, working silently to make music in the depths of her favorite garden. Her work room in the garden depths is an insular space sealed off from the outside world.

## History

Born to a family of musicians, Pandora grew up playing the piano and violin from a young age. Her family expected her to eventually attend a conservatory of music, as did Pandora herself.

Her world changed forever upon encountering a male idol group as a second year in high school.

Pandora's classmates took her to see an indie group named "Ultima" live in concert, where she fell head over heels for one of its members: Hikaru Hanamaki. She had never had a crush before, so while he was rough around the edges, she couldn't see Hikaru's earnest song and dance as anything but dazzling.

From then on, Pandora's life became all about Hikaru. She begged her parents to let her work part-time, pouring all her earnings into supporting Hikaru.

Because Ultima was still rather unknown, they were very close to their fans. Interacting with them via paid photo-ops and handshake events became her sole pleasure. For Pandora, life as an idol fan was beyond fulfilling.

Though a student, Pandora was a big spender, a fact even Hikaru Hanamaki knew. Needless to say, she was given special treatment and attention, filling her with both gratification and a sense of superiority.

Pandora wrote down all that Hikaru said to her and kept it close at heart. His words of encouragement were the lone source of color in her otherwise predetermined life.

As Pandora entered a prestigious conservatory, her time with Hikaru became her reason to live. By then, Ultimate had changed record labels, causing a spike in fame and fans.

Though Hikaru's success made her happy, an unease crept in. It felt harder to catch his eye onstage. Their handshakes felt shorter. The distance between them in photos felt wider. As these doubts piled, Pandora's outlook began to grey.

"I have to make more money. Then I can spend more time with him."

Pandora cut hours at the school she'd worked so hard to get into, picking up more jobs in order to fully devote her life to Hikaru. Deep down she began to realize how unimportant she had become to him, but turned a blind eye to focus on work. She couldn't back out now. Not after she'd given Hikaru all that she had.

She attended every single event, and ran donation drives when sales were low. At times, she'd even buy hundreds of copies of the same CD. Though she knew it unnerved her friends, she bought extra tickets and invited them to live concerts. All of this, she did to see Hikaru Hanamaki in his shining splendor before a full crowd. All because she could not bring herself to admit that her love had been a mistake.

Part-timing alone couldn't sustain Pandora's spending. The rest, she earned by sugar dating. Her taxing schedules consisted of several men a day. But despite all her physical fatigue, emotionally, Pandora was fulfilled. After all, everything she did was for her beloved Hikaru.

Then, on the day of Ultima's major debut, an anonymous social media account revealed that Hikaru was intimately involved with a fan.

The scandalous photo evidence and text screenshots were a far cry from Hikaru Hanamaki's image as an idol. His fans boiled over, insisting it was someone else, or that the proof was faked.

But Pandora' who had kept a closer eye on him than anyone else, knew it could have been no one but. The mole on his face, the subtleties in his expression--they were all Hikaru's.

His typing style and usual turns of phrase in the screenshots were further proof. Pandora's devotion only confirmed the truths she so wanted to deny. The world she had put her faith into crumbled apart.

The turmoil was short-lived, as Ultima never addressed the event, continuing on as though nothing had happened. Still, the scandal left a gaping hole in Pandora's heart that would never heal.

Hikaru Hanamaki, the man she had once obsessed over, appeared now as a hideous monstrosity in the guise of a human being.

Upon self-reflecting for the first time since dropping Ultima, Pandora realized she had nothing left for her. At the age of 21, she didn't have enough credits to graduate. Even as her enraged parents disowned her, she had no strength left to defend herself.

Pandora was in no mental state to continue attending college at that point, and so instead began to post her compositions online.

Strangely enough, in spite of how hollow she felt inside, her music was steeped in raw emotion, both through vivid shades of rage and poignant lamentations.

As her work began to gain traction in niche circles, Pandora received an invitation from Bluffman.

Redo's existence came as welcome news. She found the artificial Regret was far more likable than any living, breathing idol.

For Pandora, a reality wrought in false pretenses no longer held any value. Thus, she opted for a quiet, peaceful life in Redo.

## Gallery

Compilation of all of Pandora's sprites.Official Steam card for *The Caligula Effect 2*, featuring Pandora and Kiriko.Official Twitter icon featuring Pandora.Official cafe collaboration for *The Caligula Effect 2*, featuring a drink inspired by Pandora.Official artwork published by Historia counting 7 days until the Steam release of *The Caligula Effect 2*.