| Name | Aysha |
|---|---|
| Age | 25 |
| Description | Aysha is a self-centred, strong-willed young woman who uses superpowers to punch, kick and burn her way through fighting the zombie-like hordes she accidentally unleashed. |
| Pronouns | she/her |
| Want | Recognition from others, to be known as “successful”, to get attention online |
| Need | Self-acceptance |
| Who they were before the game | Enchanted by social media, and failing at her career, Aysha was a saleswoman for the diet and nutrient-supplement MLM company NutriWow. After investing all of her money in the pyramid scheme, she distanced herself from her community and tried to remodel herself after her favourite American influencers. |
| Inciting Incident (that makes them the person we should play) | NutriWow’s latest product line has taken the supplement world by storm, but it has unforeseen side effects - turning Aysha’s customers into ravenous, zombie-like beasts. |
| Aysha’s customers pursue her, desperate for more product, and her community turn against her, blaming her for what happened. She discovers that other NutriWow products give her special powers which she can use to fight back. | |
| Themes to explore | Capitalism |
| Capitalism has colonised Aysha’s entire life, down to her thoughts, turns of phrase. | |
| The evil corporation NutriWow is the villain, turning people into zombie-like drones. | |
| Body Positivity | |
| NutriWow profits from (predominantly) women’s insecurity, promising health, weight loss and fitness in order for them to be happy. | |
| Aysha needs to accept herself to separate her worth from the MLM. | |
| Fantasy/Reality | |
| Aysha believes in a fantasy world where she can be rich and respected, ignoring the reality of the negative effect she has on people. ~ | |
| The style of the game is stylised and cartoonish to reflect Aysha’s naivete. | |
| Betrayal | |
| Aysha betrays her community by selling them unsafe, unregulated drinks and by abusing their trust for her own profit. | |
| NutriWow and her capitalist dreams betray her when she realises they were a scam. | |
| Voice print guide | Aysha uses ditsy Americanisms and business jargon learned from social media. She blathers extensively about emotions but on an extremely surface level; she never goes deeper than cocktail-party dream analysis. |
Aysha is ALWAYS impulsive, casual, cliche and self-centred in her word choices. Aysha is NEVER vulnerable, vindictive or considerate in her word choice. | | Sample Dialogue | “These drinks are ruining my life, I’m so addicted!” ”I would literally die of embarrassment if that happened to me.” ”I’m unlocking my potential one sip at a time.” |
Conversation Goals:
Aysha: Hey! Sara! Long time, no see!
Sara’s demeanour immediately sours.
Sara: Oh.
Aysha: What are you doing here, babe?
Sara: I thought that I would be safe here from the NutriWow drones, but I guess not.
Aysha: What? Are there drones in here too?
Sara: Are you serious?
Aysha laughs.
Aysha: Oh! Ahah! I’m not a drone, don’t worry! Just a dedicated sales representative with a zombie outbreak on her hands.
Sara: It is on your hands. You have never had any idea what was in those “health drinks” and now your customers are wandering the streets as mindless zombies.
Aysha: I try to help my customers by sharing this amazing opportunity to grow their health, and this is just a simple formula error, I’m sure of it. NutriWow products have only done good things for me, and all this negative thinking that you’re putting out there is only going to make things worse.