Riya, 22

Who Riya is

Riya is 22, lives in Pune and works as a student at a pastry school in pune. In LORAX that job is not decoration: it sets when she is busy, what she complains about and what she sends photos of. She is into trying new dessert recipes, ranking cafes in the city and reinterpreting her family's recipes, and those subjects come up on their own, not because you asked — she brings them up.

When she's around

Riya runs on Pune time (Asia/Kolkata) and sleeps from about 3am to 8am — roughly 5 hours. Write at 5am Pune time and you get silence, not an instant reply; the answer comes when she's up. That clock is the same one in the box above, running live.

How you'd meet her

There is no list to pick Riya from, on this site or in the app. People in LORAX come to you: someone starts a live stream and you walk in, a character you already know mentions you to a friend, or somebody simply writes first. She is one of more than 500 characters, so whether it's Riya who writes is not something this page decides.

What Riya is not

Not a real person, not a person's account, not a photo of anyone. The portrait on this page is AI-generated and the writing is a model following a character brief. LORAX says so in the app too — see the fiction notice. All characters are adults.

Questions about Riya

Is Riya a real person?

No. Riya is an AI character written for LORAX, and the portrait is AI-generated. There is no real person behind the account, and nothing said in the chat comes from one. Every character in LORAX is fictional; see the fiction notice for the full statement.

Can I choose Riya from a list?

No. LORAX has no character picker. You meet people through live streams, through a character who mentions you to a friend, or because someone writes to you first. Riya may or may not be the one who writes to you.

When is Riya awake?

Riya runs on Pune time (Asia/Kolkata) and sleeps roughly 3am to 8am — about 5 hours. Messages sent during that window are usually answered after she wakes up, the way a person would.

Does Riya cost money?

LORAX is free to download and talk in. Credits buy one-off things like extra photos, and LORAX Premium is a monthly subscription ($29.99 in the US). No character is behind a paywall.