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| - Emma is April's best friend. Like April, Emma lives at the Border House and has been a student at VAVA for about a year, but instead of traditional media she specialises in holosculpture. Her final project was a sculpture that actually bears a strong resemblance to the Maerum Queen. Emma is an upbeat, bubbly character who loves to socialise and gossip with April. She spends most of her time at VAVA or at the Fringe Cafe. She teases April about Cortez's interest in her, and shares April's dislike of Zack Lee. Besides April and Charlie, Emma is also friends with Isabel and Marcus, who took the photograph of April's friends that she keeps in her room. When April starts acting strangely, including going to Metro Circle by herself and being secretive about what she's doing, Emma goes with Charlie to ask April what's going on, but whichever scenario is chosen, April won't tell them the full story. Fiona expresses worry about Emma's sometimes wild flirting, but all of her friends agree that she's smart enough to look after herself. Indeed, Fiona guesses that Emma might have been a model, if she weren't so intelligent and creative. In the later chapters, April returns to the Border House to find Emma and Fiona in the front room. Emma urges April to leave because the Vanguard are there, but Gordon Halloway appears and orders one of the Vanguard goons to shoot Emma as an example to April. At first April thinks Emma was killed and is distraught, but Lady Alvane tells her Emma went to the hospital and that she will be all right. However, she's angry at April for not confiding in her.
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