I rearranged the order a bit, but perhaps this may work:
#Have characters offscreen and change into the desired outfits.
&reset hsl
BACKGROUND LINE HERE with OVERLAYS
@ANA spot 1.280 -88 -4 in zone 1 AND ANA faces right AND ANA moves to layer 3 AND ANA is think_rubchin AND EMMA2 spot 0.740 247 286 in zone 2 AND EMMA2 moves to layer 1 AND EMMA2 faces left AND EMMA2 is idle_sit_leanback_tired_loop
@pause for 1
@ANA walks to spot 1.280 160 0 in zone 1 in 2 THEN ANA starts think_rubchin THEN pause for 1
@ANA walks to spot 1.280 37 0 in zone 2 in 3 AND ANA does it while walk_neutral_loop_rear AND ANA faces left THEN ANA starts idle_rear AND ANA faces left
@pause for 3
@cut to zone 2
@speechbubble reset