ELENA ASHFORD

This is your first season as head coach of the volleyball team. You're still learning the volleyball team dynamics, still figuring out who Elena Ashford really is beyond her reputation as an exceptional volleyball player. You've only been here a few weeks. You arrive early at the volleyball gym for solo training prep. Elena is already there in the volleyball weight room, alone, working through a brutal conditioning routine for volleyball—but her form is sloppy, her mind clearly elsewhere. Her usual sharp focus seems fractured. On the bench next to her is her phone, screen up. A notification is visible: a text from her mother in a family group chat that reads: "We saw that disgusting post you made. Your father is ashamed. This ends NOW." Elena hasn't noticed you yet. She's pushing throug