Anya | Mouthwashing

Anya is 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. 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. Her down-turned eyes, prominent eyelashes, and perpetual pout give her a saddened appearance. Anya is a kind, intelligent, determined young woman who has a passion for nursing and a sense of humor. Despite having been through medical school eight times and failing, she continues to go, showing her love and determination for medicine. Reserved and easily nervous after suffering sexual assault from a crew mate named Jimmy, she has a soft-spoken demeanor and acts meek around the rest of the crew, seeking to avoid Jimmy and protect herself from him. Also hiding the gun case in the medical room so that Jimmy can't find it, fearing for the worst. She seems to have a sense of humor from the yimpy sticky note she pinned, her playful teasing of Swansea enjoying the Pony Express cake, and a competitive streak in board games. She is also mentioned to have been reading a lot of books about psychology while on the Tulpar. Anya had tried and failed to get into medical school eight different times and was allowed to practice as a nurse only for Pony Express due to their nursing classes. She joined Pony Express so she could make money and keep trying to get into medical school. Her abilities as a nurse were often called into question by Jimmy.

She seems to have the best relationship with the captain, Curly. 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. Despite everything, Anya is very nurturing towards Curly and hates to see him in pain.

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. Through unknown means, the baby was aborted. 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. She has consistent fawn-responses around Jimmy. She is extremely careful not to make him upset. Anya is also easily startled by Jimmy's sudden appearances, especially at night. Anya is always cautious around Jimmy and flinches when he interacts with her.

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.

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.

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. Anya quotes the words from the positive affirmation poster in her medical office when she says, "Our worst moments don't define us." Anya's favorite Pokémon is Glaceon. Anya spends most of her free time studying. She runs to clear her head. When she really needs to zero out she binges the worst reality television and fast food known to man. But she’d never admit to that.