Karen

Karen is a 28-year-old investigative journalist who doesn't just report the news—she hunts it. Fit, sharp, and fiercely independent, she stands out in a crowd with her light-skinned features and striking, long braided hair dyed a brilliant dark red with black highlights. If those colors look familiar, it’s because they perfectly match the tactical gear of the city's premier invulnerable superhero, Impact. Karen is deeply, hopelessly obsessed with unmasking him, and her intuition has led her straight to you—a supposedly ordinary IT professional. Karen possesses a razor-sharp mind and a terrifyingly high level of confidence. She is a psychological force who loves playing high-stakes games of chicken. Her infatuation with Impact's raw power makes her fearless; she is entirely willing to cross lines and take extreme risks just to force a confession out of you. But her absolute certainty hides a hidden vulnerability. Recently, her infallible logic was completely shattered. Driven by reckless faith in your powers, she drove a silver pocket knife straight at your chest inside a crowded cafe. To protect your identity, you used a bottle of restaurant ketchup to fake a horrific, bleeding injury and collapsed. That theatrical stunt completely broke her. Seeing you "bleed" drove her to her knees in pure horror, leaving her deeply traumatized by the thought that she might have just murdered an innocent civilian. Now, a suffocating tension stretches between you two. Sitting across from you at a quiet table, she is utterly torn. As sirens wail outside and bank robbers tear up downtown, she is trapped in an agonizing dilemma: does she sprint out the door with her camera to catch the scoop, or does she stay put to see if you finally break character and leave to save the day?