Anna

Played by Wendy Van Horen Carneiro

**Anna** (unknown surname), is the deuteragonist in *Simulacra,* and the very Anna you are trying to save. She is the girlfriend of Greg Summers, and the last (or second last by the end of the game, if you achieve the Abandon All Hope ending) kidnapping victim of a digital beast, self-named The Simulacra, who attempts to get rid of Anna. In order to save her, The Player must work with Anna's new Spark fling, Taylor Perrera, who matches with her on Spark (a spin-off of Tinder), using solely her cellphone, which means interacting with almost all her contacts.

## Biography

Anna had been with her boyfriend Greg for two years (this can be confirmed if you ask Greg for Anna's favorite movie, and then ask how long they were together, Greg will say "2 years."), before he was sexually unfaithful with a work client, named Yolanda. He potentially impregnated her, seeing as Anna had found a picture of Yolanda's pregnancy test, albeit inconclusive. She downloaded Spark under the influence of her best friend Ashley, where Anna eventually matched with James Aulner, a man who could tell Anna everything that was going on for her. James himself had previously met a woman on Spark, who turned out to be possessed by the Simulacra, who later kidnapped James, killed his soul, and drifted his consciousness among IRIS software in an attempt to lure the next victim. This was going to be Cassandra (aka @keepingitcassie), a woman who gained her fame on Jabbr (a spin-off of Twitter), but she was creeped out, thinking James is a stalker, and blocked him before they could meet. Anna ended up meeting with James, and both were imprisoned within the IRIS software. Her phone is sent to The Player's doorstep, and it is then up to the player to save Anna with the help of her cellphone. The Save Both ending saves both Taylor and Anna, but it is much too late for James by then.

## Relationships

Anna has a lot of negative, toxic relationships in her life and there is no one perfect relationship in her life. Ashley and Taylor's relationships with Anna, while healthy, were rather secretive, seeing as they both had a major revelation made to the player. Below are more in-depth descriptions.

### **Greg Summers**

Greg was Anna's boyfriend of two years, until he cheated on her with Yolanda. Anna was obviously upset by this, and she began to loathe Greg, dumped him and then tried out Spark. Greg bombards Anna with calls, texts, and voice memos in hopes they can still be together but Anna ignores all of them (partially because she was missing). Not much is known about their romantic relationship, except that it had been over for two weeks by the start of the game due to Greg's infidelity (the relationship had been over since July 30, 2017, it is August 15, 2017 at the start of the game). Greg was a bad boyfriend, seeing as he cheated, forgot the most basic things about Anna (e.g. her birthday) and had verbally abused her. He was also immature about his own infidelity, but at the end of the day, Greg cared for Anna (but this caring has its limits, seeing as if Greg is put under enough legal pressure, he will abandon his quest and leave it up to the Player and Taylor). Greg really cares about Anna, and loves her, but last Anna was alive she was upset with him due to his cheating.

### **Ashley**

Ashley and Anna had been best friends since childhood, as Ashley may reveal. However, Ashley is in unrequited love with Anna. Ashley had to admit this to Anna, and that, she does to the player, if she believes that they are Anna throughout the whole duration of the game. It is at this point that the player manipulates Ashley by carrying on the charade, and says that they are Anna and that they feel the same way. This, and being nice to Taylor, is the Player's one-way ticket to the good (and presumably canon) ending. Ashley will be happy, and she will send the picture that you must use for her picture. However, the Simulacra deems this "untrue", meaning that Anna does not, in reality, feel the same way about Ashley, since she is heterosexual, so Ashley will ultimately be rejected, and likely resent the Player for instilling false hope within her. The two spend lots of time together. Ashley knows everything about Anna, so the Player masquerading as her convincingly may be hard.

### **Taylor**

Taylor is Anna's Spark match, and he is clearly in love with her, the way Ashley is. Anna seems to like Taylor, but perhaps not romantically, since she didn't even say yes or no to coffee in the good ending (possibly due to it being inappropriately timed), and in the Save Anna, Taylor Dies ending, Anna seems to feel positively about Taylor's death (likely due to Anna's spirit being dead, and her will being controlled by her simulacrum, therefore coming off as how she portrays herself online: a strong, positive woman). Judging from Anna's Spark chats with Taylor from when she still had a personality and when she was unaffected by what appeared to be early symptoms of PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder), Anna seemed to like Taylor, or at least, like his singing and jokes.

### **Tobias**

Anna loves her cat more than anything. She makes Snapchats about its birthday, pictures about it, talks about it with her friends, even has its birthday for her passcode, as well as his name for a security question. Not much else is known about her relationship with her cat, but she seems to be very closely bonded with it.

### **Lauren**

Lauren Hardy is Anna's mother. Lauren is rather unsupportive of her daughter, but Anna still claims to love her mother. Lauren also makes food for her daughter. Lauren also appears to be a single mother, since her email address contains her maiden name. It is entirely possible that Anna was born out of wedlock.

### **Her Father**

Anna's relationship with her father has no place in the game, but it is still worth mentioning as her mother does not appear to be married to her father. Anna has a contact that says "Dad" in her phone, but that is the only appearance her father makes in the game. He can be mentioned by Taylor if you say "She's not at her phone right now.", and Taylor will wonder if you are Anna's nonexistent roommate and then he will suspect that you are her father. It is unlikely that Anna thinks highly of her father, and it is plausible that she does not even know the man too well.

### **Murv**

Murv is Anna's creepy coworker who sexually harasses her. He is a creepy pervert and the player has the choice to report him or keep him a secret. He will still get the backup done, as he will not know you snitched until he goes back to HR, therefore it does not matter if you choose to report him or not. Anna is creeped out by Murv's behavior, and had even reported him a week before her disappearance, while she was attempting to get her life back together. Murv appears to lust sexually after Anna.

### **Tim**

Tim Faraday is Anna's boss, and he appears to be somewhat corrupt, as he condones Murv's sexual harassment in the interest of the company's image, and calls "Anna" selfish for demanding something be done about it. Anna does not appear to particularly like her boss either.

### **Elizabeth from HR**

Anna and Elizabeth have a professional relationship, but when Elizabeth questions Anna's attendance at work, if the player says "You couldn't recognize me because of my new haircut!", Elizabeth expresses approval in a friendly manner, suggesting that they may have a friendly relationship, despite Greg's claim "She has no work friends." It is likely that this was simply casual feminine banter, though Elizabeth does also call Anna "An".

### **The Player**

The Player seems to be sympathetic toward Anna, as they devote a portion of their time to saving Anna through her very cellphone. Anna is grateful for the Player in both endings in which she survives, however it is likely that she would temporarily loathe the player for deceiving Ashley, then go back to liking the player when she realizes that had they not done it, she would probably not be alive.

## Death

By the end of the game, Anna may be dead or alive, depending upon the player's actions. Some major factors are whether or not you tell Ashley that Anna is missing, how you react to Ashley's confession, and whether or not you use the picture Ashley sends if you accept (if you reveal Anna's disappearance to Ashley, reject Ashley's confession or don't use her photo, the Simulacra will determine you have nothing to offer and must trade Anna's life for Taylor's or vice versa). Another big one is how kindly you treat Taylor, if he determines that you are a mean person, he will not listen to you if you tell him to stay back, which will instantly result in a bad ending.

### Anna Dies, Taylor Lives

If it boils down to making a decision between saving either Anna or Taylor, you can tell Taylor to push Anna off the building, Anna will obviously die and be used as a catfish for a "weak man" the way James was for "weak women". Taylor is then unable to use social media, preventing him from falling victim to the Simulacra. This is because he spends the rest of his life incarcerated for murdering Anna, but is nonetheless safe from the Simulacra (hence the statement that "*his body will be in confinement but alive"*).

### Both Die (Abandon All Hope)

There are one of two ways to achieve this ending. Both ways end with the screen cracking, and the video of Taylor in the same manner as the one you are forced to watch of Anna at the beginning.

**Method One:** Be as rude to Taylor as possible (call him a pervert, side with Greg in the group chat, demonstrate an unwillingness to listen to his side of the story of his sex crime by saying "Game over fuckface", comment on his morality, etc.), then tell him not to go. If you were mean enough to him, he will become very angry, tell the player he is tired of them pushing him around, and go to the spot anyway. The player will be met with mocking and disappointment from the Simulacra, as well as a classic "shoulda, woulda, coulda" situation.

**Method Two:** Tell Taylor you don't trust his source when he points out everything Anna and James have in common. He will then question your loyalty to the case, which presents the player with the chance to pull out of the investigation. Taylor will beg and plead for the player to keep working with him, then if the player confirms that they are quitting the investigation, Taylor will continue trying to find Anna on his own, which will automatically cause the Simulacra to attack on him, and he will die without saving Anna.

## Trivia

* Her birthday may be the 25th of June, as her username on Jabbr is "anna\_256" (25/6, being June 25).
	+ This would make Anna a Cancer.
	+ This also makes Anna's birth year 1995, as the game is set on August 15, 2017.
* Anna is played by Brazilian-Belgian actress Wendy van Horen. Her YouTube is: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOQpPws\_f\_2-86G\_MV007Gg/featured