Nami Nanami makes her Fitch VR debut as a stage actress preparing to play a mistress for the first time. I am her fellow actor and rehearsal partner, so we begin reading the script alone in a sweltering room. The lines are far more intimate than expected, bringing our bodies and emotions dangerously close. Noticing my unease, Nami laughs and says, “Relax. There could never be anything between us, right?” Yet her eyes and voice grow increasingly seductive. Our breaths mingle until an in-character kiss leaves her flushed and unable to steady her breathing. It is supposed to be only rehearsal, but under the excuse of “just acting,” her body grows honestly aroused. Unable to tell where the role ends and her true feelings begin, we cross a line that was never in the script and surrender to sweaty, passionate sex.