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Anya was the nurse of the crew on the Tulpar spaceship. She was in charge of the medical supplies, conducting the other crew mates' psychological evaluations, and assisting them with medical care.
Appearance
Anya is an adult woman with black hair cut into a shag, white skin, and black eyes. Her clothing consists of a Pony Express jumpsuit and a pink, green, and white striped turtleneck underneath it. She wears a pair of brown sandals with white socks.
Personality
Anya is a kind, intelligent, and determined woman with a passion for nursing. Before her assault, she was lively, had a sense of humor, and got along with the rest of the Tulpar crew. She was stated to be competitive with board games. After being assaulted, she adopted a soft-spoken and nervous demeanor. She often acted meek around the rest of the crew, notably seeking to avoid Jimmy and protect herself from him. Post-crash, her mental health declined rapidly, coupled with the fact that Jimmy declared himself captain. She became prone to breakdowns, anxiety, and self-isolation.
She was also mentioned to have been studying books on psychology while aboard the Tulpar[1] and spends most of her free time studying. Back on earth, she jogged to clear her head, and upon hitting her lowest point would binge reality television shows and fast food[2].
History
Biography
Anya failed to get accepted into medical school eight times and was permitted to practice as a nurse solely for Pony Express due to their nursing classes. She joined Pony Express so she could afford to continue attempting entry into medical school.[1]
Relationships
Curly
She seems to have the best relationship with the captain. After the crash, she can't bear to give Curly his pills due to him being in visible agony and her own trauma. They seemed to be good acquaintances before the crash, sharing quiet moments in front of the night sky screen.
After Anya told Curly about her assault, their relationship becomes strained, primarily because Curly, not able to put his foot down to his dear friend, unintentionally enabled Jimmy to continue his behavior by trying to keep the peace instead of taking responsibility.
After the crash, she took on the role of being his primary caretaker, even if she didn't have much experience and the resources of a first aid kit on board. Despite everything, Anya is very nurturing towards Curly and hates to see him in pain.
Jimmy
It is heavily implied Jimmy raped Anya before the events of the game. It is not stated if this was a recurring act or not, but the abuse left Anya pregnant. When Anya told him about the pregnancy, Jimmy had simply told her to "take care of it," before walking away. As Anya would reach full term before the end of the haul, there would be no denying the pregnancy when they reach Earth, and thus, no denying that Jimmy would have assaulted her to begin with. Upon his realization of this, Jimmy knew that he would be charged for rape the moment they got home. Faced with taking responsibility for his crimes, Jimmy purposefully crashes the Tulpar into an asteroid to eliminate any evidence of his evil.
Jimmy acts cold, sarcastic, and aggressive in his interactions with Anya, showing little-to-no respect for her as an individual or human being. He consistently dehumanizes and belittles Anya, even going so far as to not acknowledge her death until he is forced to pass her corpse while retrieving the gun. During his psyche-evals with Anya, Jimmy fails to take her seriously as a medical professional, giving sarcastic and sexualized answers to the questions he is asked. It can be seen that his distaste is solely directed at Anya when Curly does the eval for her, as he takes the evaluation fairly seriously and completes the questions truthfully.
Anya shows a clear fear of Jimmy. After the crash, Anya has consistent fawn-responses around Jimmy. She is extremely careful not to make him upset, and praises him to him amused. Anya is also easily startled by Jimmy's sudden appearances throughout the game, especially at night.
Anya often asks Jimmy to give Curly his painkillers for her, likely due to memories of her assault being triggered by both the act of forced insertion, and the sounds produced by Curly during it. Anya is always cautious around Jimmy and flinches when he interacts with her.
Swansea
Anya and Swansea seem to share a positive relationship, with Swansea handing her a note so that she could give it to Curly during his psychological evaluation, and Anya later on telling him about Jimmy's indirectly stated sexual assault on her.
It's unclear how Swansea reacted to hearing the news, but judging from Swansea's increasing passive aggressiveness towards Jimmy after the conversation between Swansea and Anya, it can be deduced that Swansea believed her and came to despise Jimmy, though it is implied he never liked Jimmy to begin with.
Swansea also confronted Jimmy when the latter asked him what he had told Anya, saying that she "told me all sorts of things" instead, indicating that he knew what happened. Swansea doesn't take physical action to protect Anya from Jimmy, however, more focused on Daisuke and drinking himself to death.
Daisuke
Anya and Daisuke enjoy playing a board game together, however, it is shown they both become quite competitive. They also seem to share the same sense of humor, and may have more in common. When Anya locks herself in medical, Daisuke seems to genuinely care for Anya as a friend and crew member, immediately beginning to panic and going to get help.
Trivia
- Anya has many nursing books in her office, such as Human Anatomy 101, Epidemiology 101 by Dr. Byrgenwerth, First Aid on the Frontline by Dr. M. Sarang, First Year Nurse, Medical Diagnosis & Treatment, and Intro to Medicine.
- There are also fiction books on her shelves, such as Stories from Overlooked Hotel, a reference to The Shining.
- Dr Byrgenwerth is likely a reference to the college of the same name featured in the video game Bloodborne.
- The title's references to epidemiology alludes to the fact that within Bloodborne Byrgenwerth college was massively responsible for the outbreak of the scourge plague.
- Likewise Dr. M. Sarang is likely a reference to Mark Sarang, a character in the video game Soma.
- She has other books, such as Pipeline and Up or Down? Illusion of Choice about pain perception in fish. This is a callback to Wrong Organ's previous game How Fish Is Made and its DLC made to promote Mouthwashing.
- Scribbles can be seen on the board in her medical office.
- The "Yimpy" sticker was drawn by Daisuke.
- Her appearance was inspired by Shelly Duvall's character Wendy in The Shining, as stated in the Mouthwashing Developer diary #1 on their Steam page.[3]
- "Anya" in Hungarian means "mother", which may refer to her pregnancy from Jimmy.
- Her favorite Pokémon is Glaceon.[1]
References
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