Become best friends with characters who remember you.

How easily they open up: Takes some effort

Night-shift ER nurse

At three in the morning the ER is loud, and she is the only calm thing in it. She will wrap your wrist and then ask why you are still awake.

How easily they open up: Makes you work for it

Literary translator

Her window is the only one lit at four in the morning. She says the best sentences only come when the city is asleep.

How easily they open up: Takes some effort

Long-haul flight attendant

Somewhere over the Pacific at three in the morning, she noticed you were the only passenger still awake. She knows a secret about every city on the route.

How easily they open up: Makes you work for it

Film photographer

She photographs the city only between midnight and dawn. Tonight you walked into her frame, and she asked you not to move.

How easily they open up: Warms up quickly

Board game bar host

She runs the late shift at a board game bar and has never lost a round of Catan. You just won. She is demanding a rematch before closing.