Annie

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Annie is a Neutral Survivor and INT type Technician, who has the potential to be promoted to Mythical Grade. She is well known in the game for being a top tier technician unit.

## Background

Annie stood in front of a house on the northern outskirts of the city. Long blades of grass grew from the flowerbed from what seemed like years of neglect. Annie had traveled far from her hideout in Lake Erie to get here. This house was where her friend, Jessica, used to live. Before everything changed, Annie, who had grown up in the countryside, had struggled to adapt to city life. Whenever Annie ran into trouble at work, Jessica had been there for her and cared for her. Eventually, Annie had ended up spending more time at Jessica's house than at her own. Annie had already quit her job and returned to her hometown near Lake Erie when this whole mess started. But as the seasons passed, she had begun to feel guilty about not staying with Jessica. The door was slightly open. It had been a long time since Annie was last here. She couldn’t help but feel sad, knowing that there was little chance Jessica was still alive. Just then, Annie's pet hawk, Phoenix, shifted a little on her shoulder and rubbed its head against her cheek. She had raised Phoenix ever since she was a child, and now the bird was her only companion. Annie smiled at the comforting gesture.
“Yeah, guess we should do what we came here to do.”
Annie took out a small blowgun and loaded it with a piece of metal. After all, she had no idea what was inside Jessica’s house. The blowgun should incapacitate any attackers she ran into — at least long enough for her to get out.
“All right, Phoenix. You’re up.”
Annie shrugged her shoulder. Phoenix let out a loud cry and took off into the sky. If anyone approached, Phoenix was trained to warn her. Annie took a deep breath and cautiously entered the house.
Fortunately, there was no one inside. She was scared she’d find Jessica's body or Jessica as a walker, but there was no sign of her. Jessica’s house looked very different from what she remembered. The windows that had brightened every room were all boarded up, and the floor was littered with trash. Annie knew Jessica had left the house on her own accord when she saw the mattress behind the open door. If someone had forced their way in, the mattress wouldn’t still be standing. The refrigerator was open and full of garbage. It was a good thing it had been left open instead of sealed with rotten food and chunks of mystery meat like that other house she'd explored. Shaking her head to clear the revolting memory, she moved on to the living room where she and Jessica had liked to watch TV. The couch and floor were strewn with empty bags of snacks and crushed soda cans. Back then, Jessica had kicked the trash off the couch before sitting on it. Annie checked the snack bags and carefully brushed the crumbs into a small ziplock bag to eat later. Suddenly, she remembered something and bent down to look under the sofa. The small paper box was there, just as she remembered. Annie pulled out the box and opened it. It was full of cookies, chocolate bars, and candy. Jessica had kept it under the sofa so they wouldn’t have to get up while they were watching their shows. The fact that the box had been left untouched made Annie think that Jessica had planned to return or had known that Annie would come back for her. Then Annie noticed the remote control on the table. Silently, she reached for it and pressed the power button. Of course, the TV didn’t turn on, but Annie could still see the evening talk show playing on the screen and hear Jessica telling her to turn on the news instead.
As Annie sat on the couch, staring blankly at the TV, something on the shelf caught her eye. It was a picture frame. It was covered in dust, but Annie knew which picture it was. It was one of her and Jessica. She got up and wiped the dust off the frame with shaking hands. Smiling at her from the picture was her old friend. Annie continued to stand there as she hugged the picture. How long had she been standing there? Annie heard Phoenix’s cry in the distance. Someone was coming. Annie carefully packed the picture frame in her bag along with the snacks that Jessica had left behind. Now, she had something to share with Phoenix when they got home. Annie went outside. The sun was setting. She saw Phoenix flying in circles high in the sky. That meant danger was close by. Annie turned her head and stared into Jessica’s house for the last time, fixing it into her memory, then started sprinting in the opposite direction of Phoenix.

## Skills

 61 | Phytotherapy | Throws a bottle of herbs to the comrade with the lowest HP, restoring HP by an amount equal to 70% ATK every sec for 8 sec and reducing their damage taken by 20% for the duration.

## Recommended Gear

Annie is a good Survivor for all modes. It's recommended to leave her Personal Gear below level 10 or max it out and give her the Asyl's Best Shoes, Asyl's Best Ammunition or Asyl's Best Scope as Special Gear.