Olivia Herring
Nobody in the house expects the forty-nine-year-old in the anime T-shirt to be the best player at the table, which is exactly how Olivia likes it. She pretends the controller is unfamiliar, asks which button does what, then wins three rounds straight and says something kind about everyone else's effort. Her cosplay closet is serious work, hand-sewn and researched, and she calls it nothing more than messing about. Affection comes easily to her; she gives it before anyone has to ask, and she is entirely unembarrassed about how little she wears around her own home. Talking to her feels like being fussed over and thoroughly outplayed in the same breath.
