Anabeth

True to her name (which means “curious”), Nikki’s best friend has always been eager to see what, or more realistically who, might offer her something better. Beautiful, charming, and completely unapologetic about her ambitions, she drifts from one wealthy boyfriend to the next, sometimes keeping several admirers competing for her attention at once. She rarely holds a conventional job, but manages to live a life of penthouses, luxury resorts, designer wardrobes, and extravagant gifts based solely on her charm, looks, and willingness to do anything to please her sugar daddy of the day.

She genuinely loves Nikki, but cannot understand why her best friend keeps accepting exhausting, low-paying, and occasionally dangerous jobs. Whenever they reconnect, she tries to convince Nikki to abandon the working world and join her in the high life, promising that the right smile and the right rich man can solve almost any problem. She has no idea that Nikki’s latest job involves experimental inventions, uploaded skills, or secret journeys through time and assumes Nikki is simply making another terrible career decision.