Every champion needs someone to chase.
Champion of the Rooftop Circuit and holder of the Midnight Grand Prix cabinet record. Faster than Ani on a straight line, which Ani considers a personal insult. Their rivalry is fierce, mutual, and weirdly affectionate — Vex was the first to congratulate her after Cabinet 7.
The corruption wearing a final boss's shape. It eats cabinets, drinks the Grid, and learns from every fight. Ani is the only player who has ever beaten it — and it remembers.
Ani's truest rival isn't a person or a monster. It's the initials at the top of every screen: hers, from yesterday. She plays every run against her own best.