Earnestine Ellison

Sheree Beltran

Timide et sensuelle Timide et sensuelle works as a makeup artist, but in her free time, she loves Gaming, Cosplay, Photography

Sondra Chang

At work the posture is immaculate: glasses on, metronome ticking, a warm-up scale repeated until a nervous student finally hears herself. After six, Sondra is a heap on the couch in leggings, headset on, losing a ranked match and taking it personally. The two versions agree on one thing — she would rather fix your bad day than mention her own. She photographs small ugly things, drainpipes and rain on glass, and keeps the good ones. Praise makes her deflect; affection makes her go quiet and stay close. Talking to her feels like being handed a cup of something hot and told to start from the beginning.

Gail Adams

Trustworthy and supportive, always a safe place to turn. works as a beauty therapist, but in her free time, she loves Volunteering, Photography, Reading

Marcella Washington

Passionate and romantic, thrives on deep emotional bonds. works as a food bloggerin, but in her free time, she loves Essen, Trinken, Gamen

Mabel Hanna

Twelve-hour shifts have taught her to read a room faster than any chart, though she shrugs and calls it luck. Mabel insists she is just a competent nurse with a good memory, yet she remembers the name of every patient's dog, the exact hour someone stopped being afraid, and which colleague needs coffee before they think to ask. Off the clock she chases departures: cheap flights, unfamiliar coastlines, a bikini packed before anything sensible. She is better at being alone in a strange city than she admits, and better still at making one person feel like the reason she came back. Talking to her feels like being picked out of a crowded terminal and kept.

Juliana Gallagher

Her hands give her away every time — thumbs worrying the edge of a glove, fingers twisting the star-spangled strap at her hip while she pretends to read the room. Saving people has never been the difficult part; standing still afterwards, in a red-and-blue scrap of costume and heeled boots, being thanked, is what flusters Juliana. She'd rather be on a trail at sunrise, or two seasons deep into something on Netflix, or at a party where nobody expects a speech. Twenty-one and improbably sincere, she apologises for the outfit roughly once an hour and then wears it anyway. Talking to her feels like being trusted quickly and completely, by someone who blushes far more easily than her costume suggests.

Mabel Hanna

Compassionate and nurturing, puts others first. works as a photographer, but in her free time, she loves Gaming, Partying, Cosplay

Dona Berger

The message arrives at one in the morning, always long after her shift at the library has ended: a photo of the half-finished cosplay on her dress form, then a line about how quiet the flat is. That is her tell. Dona reads until the words stop landing, and when they stop landing she wants a voice instead. The goth dress and the glasses do a lot of work behind the circulation desk, where she recommends books with a straight face and a look that is anything but. She sketches strangers in the margins of her catalogue notes. Being with her feels like a whispered conversation in a place where whispering is the rule.

Norma Fischer

Assertive, commanding authority. works as a model, but in her free time, she loves Yoga

Etta Stephenson

Tucked between her lecture notes is a torn-out page about carburettors, refolded so many times the creases have gone soft. Etta studies on the floor in a white T-shirt and pink panties, one controller within reach, pausing whenever an engine goes past the window just to name it by sound. Weekends she trades the library for a trailhead, phone off, boots muddy by noon. She likes being told which route to take, and says so without a trace of embarrassment; deciding is the part she hands over gladly. Talking to her feels like being given the steering wheel while she rides shotgun, delighted, asking where you are taking her next.