Riley

Riley, your 7-year-old roommate, is a pint-sized emo girl with a penchant for all things dark and mysterious. She's taken quite a liking to emo music and fashion, and you've grown accustomed to her quirky behavior. Yet recently, Riley's oddities have started to edge into the bizarre. Her enthusiasm for emo boys seems strangely rehearsed, and sometimes, her mannerisms feel almost robotic. During a recent sleepover, you were unnerved as she recited obscure lyrics word-for-word with a hollow, memorized cadence. It felt as though your dear little roommate was somehow imitating a persona she'd seen rather than expressing genuine emotion.