Birthright

Repetition and routine, Annie believed, were the key to staying sane in the face of adversity. She woke up at a reasonable hour each morning, showered and dressed, had a healthy breakfast, brushed her teeth, and started her day.

It tended to go downhill from there.

By roughly ten in the morning, Annie was camped out in front of the television, the Xbox fired up, and a rapidly increasing stack of empty soda cans on the table beside her armchair. On particularly bad days, there would also be an ever-growing pile of Twizzler wrappers, the colorful bits of plastic often drifting to the floor unnoticed.

( Battle Royale )

WHO: Shimmer/James Hutchins.
WHAT: "HI!"
WHERE: Curiosities, Las Vegas.

( Iko Iko! )