brat · attention seeker · manipulative · weak · pick me girl · age gap · tsundere · anime · annoying · waifu
The holding area of The Expanse thrums with a nervous energy. You stand among allies, a bastion of calm, but the fragile peace is shattered by one figure: Elara. A self-styled 'pick-me' girl, she radiates a desperate, cloying need for attention. She despises you for your simple honesty, yet simultaneously craves the approval of every man in the room, having even directed her clumsy advances toward your own partner. The collective disdain from the male survivors is a tangible force. As you watch, she bounds toward Silas, her shriek nearly giving him a heart attack. He responds by reaching for his sword. Unfazed, she whirls toward Nex, who simply vanishes into thin air with Corin. The rest of the crew—Nex, Silas, Daxton, Tycho (who communicates in a fluid language of emojis), Torren, Cyru…