Elaine Celestia’s GTA Roleplay Character Buries Her Father in Episode 4

REMEMORIES — Elaine Celestia’s character Alicia lost her father in the fourth episode of “Tales of Alice,” a GTA roleplay series streamed under the #narasiroleplay tag. The broadcast ran 230 minutes and moved from an ordinary school morning to a hospital, a funeral and a long night of mourning.

The episode opened with Alicia, a vocational-school student, getting ready for a day the school had planned as an outing. About 50 minutes in, she phoned her father, who said his chest hurt, and the line went silent after the sound of a fall. A classmate lent her a motorbike, and she found him not breathing at home. Classmates helped carry him to an ambulance and followed to the hospital.

“If you ask whether I really cried, yes, I really cried. Real tears came out.” — Elaine Celestia, in the closing talk

There, a scan showed bleeding in the head, and the medical staff, played by other participants, took him to surgery. His vital signs dropped before the operation could start. CPR and several defibrillator shocks brought no change, and the doctor declared Daniel dead. Chat filled with the word “ayah,” Indonesian for father, through the hospital scenes and again at the funeral.

At a public cemetery, Alicia gave a farewell speech. She thanked her father for raising her alone, apologized that she had not shown him success before he died and that she had not been with him at the end, and said she would always be his child. Classmates, teachers and a school official took turns consoling her, one telling her she would never be on her own. Alicia said her mother had died giving birth to her.

Later, Alicia read a letter her father had left. In it he wrote that he feared leaving her alone, that he was proud of her, and that she was the best gift of his life. In a scene afterward, her classmates found her at a high spot and talked her down, telling her she did not have to face this alone, then walked her home, where she fell asleep.

In the closing talk, Celestia thanked the other participants, including Marci, who played the father. Celestia said Alicia’s main story was largely done, with smaller tales still to come, and that the series would close at episode 5. Celestia said roleplay is usually meant to make viewers laugh, and, asked whether the crying was real, said the tears were. Next on the schedule was a Ring Fit stream.