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* IAmAHumanitarian: [[spoiler: If he lives, he ends up becoming this out of desperation, thus turning into a Wendigo.]]



* HeroesLoveDogs

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* HeroesLoveDogsHeroesLoveDogs: Mike can potentially befriend a wolf if he doesn't attack it.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:She's the reason for all of the misfortune to befall the group, barring the direct influence of the Wendigos, though she didn't mean for any of it to happen. By causing Hannah's disappearance and transformation into a Wendigo, she caused Josh's descent into madness, among other things.]]

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* SickeninglySweethearts: His relationship with Jess is the most loveydovey among the group, complete with a QTE snowball fight set to romsntic music. Jess' death or apparent death is also what drives him on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against her murderer.

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* SickeninglySweethearts: His relationship with Jess is the most loveydovey among the group, complete with a QTE snowball fight set to romsntic romantic music. Jess' death or apparent death is also what drives him on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against her murderer.


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* BigBadDuumvirate: As a group, they serve as the true main antagonists of the game, [[spoiler:including Hannah]].


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* {{Wendigo}}: [[spoiler:Even based on the myths of the Wendigo's origins.]]
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* LeanAndMean: [[spoiler: As A Wendigo, Hannah hunts down the group and attempts to kill them along with the other Wendigo.]]
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* ActionSurvivor:

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* ActionSurvivor:ActionSurvivor: The most calm and resourceful of the four female protagonists, Sam seems the most likely to survive until dawn.
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* ModestyTowel: Sam wears one of these while running from the killer. Amazingly, it never comes loose.


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* JawBreaker: One of Jessica's possible deaths is being dropped from a high altitude onto the top of a mine elevator, right in front of Mike, who then notices that not only was she dropped there, but her jaw was ripped off beforehand.

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* [[spoiler:OutOfFocus: If rescued in time, she disappears in the mines for the majority of the game and only returns to the group near the finale.]]

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* [[spoiler:OutOfFocus: If rescued in time, she disappears in the mines for the majority of the game and only returns to the group near the finale.]]



* JerkAss: Calling her a bitch would be the nicest thing to say about her.



* JerkAss: Calling her a bitch would be the nicest thing to say about her. She can ease up a bit at least with Matt if his relationship values with her are high enough, asking the police if he's okay and that she's his girlfriend.



* [[spoiler: WomanScorned: Should Chris decide to sacrifice Ashely to save his own skin during the Chris VS Ashley trap, after the entire set-up is revealed to be a revenge prank caused by Josh, Ashley will be angry at Chris' decision during the event where Chris is attacked by a Wendigo as he goes out to search for Josh. This will cause her to not help Chris inside the lodge, and will instead watch as the Wendigo tears Chris' head off.]]

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* [[spoiler: WomanScorned: [[spoiler: Should Chris decide to sacrifice Ashely to save his own skin during the Chris VS Ashley trap, after the entire set-up is revealed to be a revenge prank caused by Josh, Ashley will be angry at Chris' decision during the event where Chris is attacked by a Wendigo as he goes out to search for Josh. This will cause her to not help Chris inside the lodge, and will instead watch as the Wendigo tears Chris' head off.]]



* [[spoiler: KarmicDeath: His potential decision to sacrifice Ashley during the Chris VS Ashley trap will bite him in the ass later on as the entire set-up will soon be revealed to be faked by Josh after the decision. Later on, Ashley will make the choice to sacrifice Chris to the Wendigo instead of rescuing him out of spite.]]

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* [[spoiler: KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: His potential decision to sacrifice Ashley during the Chris VS Ashley trap will bite him in the ass later on as the entire set-up will soon be revealed to be faked by Josh after the decision. Later on, Ashley will make the choice to sacrifice Chris to the Wendigo instead of rescuing him out of spite.]]



* [[spoiler: FromNobodyToNightmare]]

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* BigBad: [[spoiler: FromNobodyToNightmare]]As a Wendigo, she and the other Wendigo stalk the eight protagonists to feast on them.]]
* IAmAHumanitarian: [[spoiler: After going a month without food, she resorts to eating the corpse of her sister, turning her into a Wendigo.]]



* [[spoiler: TragicMonster: Hannah becomes a Wendigo after being forced to eat the remains of her dead sister to stay alive, after being trapped in the mines for a month without food or drink, waiting for rescue that would never come.]]

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* [[spoiler: TragicMonster: [[spoiler: Hannah becomes a Wendigo after being forced to eat the remains of her dead sister to stay alive, after being trapped in the mines for a month without food or drink, waiting for rescue that would never come.]]
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* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: The first of her potential ends.



* DeadToBeginWith

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* SchmuckBait: [[spoiler: The hand trap in the sanitorium]]




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* SickeninglySweethearts: His relationship with Jess is the most loveydovey among the group, complete with a QTE snowball fight set to romsntic music. Jess' death or apparent death is also what drives him on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against her murderer.


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* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: her fall at the radio tower, which depending on Matt's actions may be her actual death.]]
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* FinalGirl: Out of all the four female protagonists, Sam seems most likely to become this trope. Of course, this can be subverted depending on the player's actions.

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* FinalGirl: Out of all the four female protagonists, Sam seems most likely to become this trope. Of course, this can be subverted depending on the player's actions. However, there is a trophy that enforces this.
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* LovableAlphBitch: While she is catty and mean, she is also rather goofy and flirty, especially around Mike.

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* LovableAlphBitch: LovableAlphaBitch: While she is catty and mean, she is also rather goofy and flirty, especially around Mike.
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* LovableAlphBitch: While she is catty and mean, she is also rather goofy and flirty, especially around Mike.
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* [[spoiler: FromNobodyToNightmare]]




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*TagTeamTwins: Mementos left over from the two all around the lodge suggest Hannah and Beth were inseparable, and dearly loved their big brother as well.
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* DrivenToMadness: [[spoiler: His sisters' disappearances have driven Josh insane with self-loathing guilt and anger toward his friends.]]



* LoveMakesYouCrazy: [[spoiler: Losing his sisters has driven Josh to madness throughout the year.]]



* StepfordSmiler: Claims he's moved on from his sisters' disappearances. [[spoiler: Given what happens throughout the game, this turns out to be a lie.]]



* TragicVillain: [[spoiler: Calling him a "villain" is stretching it, but his sisters having gone missing took a tremendous toll on his sanity and his fate, regardless of whether he lives or dies, isn't exactly happy-ending material.]]

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* TearsOfFear: [[spoiler: Josh is sobbing and screaming when he's suffering through the hallucinations of his sisters.]]
* TragicVillain: [[spoiler: Calling him a "villain" is stretching it, but his he was an antagonist nonetheless. His sisters having gone missing took a tremendous toll on his sanity and his fate, regardless of whether he lives or dies, isn't exactly happy-ending material.]]
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* FinalGirl: Out of all the four female protagonists, Sam seems most likely to become this trope. Of course, this can be subverted depending on the player's actions.


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* BreakTheCutie: This game is not kind to poor Josh.


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* FreakOut: [[spoiler: Suffers from one after being dragged by a Wendigo, being reduced to a sobbing mess from the guilt of not being able to find his sisters.]]
* GoMadFromTheIsolation: [[spoiler: It's his greatest fear and it's heavily implied to be what happened to him in the ending if he lives, resorting to cannibalism to survive and then becoming a Wendigo.]]


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* HearingVoices: [[spoiler: He hears the voices of his sisters when having a breakdown.]]


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* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler: The fact that his sisters have been missing for a year has not been kind to his sanity, and he gets worse throughout the story.]]
* TalkativeLoon: [[spoiler: Develops into this when he is tied up in a shack by Chris and Mike, spouting out nonsensical words.]]

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* [[NiceGuy Nice Girl]]

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* [[NiceGuy Nice Girl]]
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* NiceGirl: Out of the eight protagonists, she is the most compassionate and kindhearted.



* [[spoiler:EvilAllAlong: While calling him 'evil' is a bit of a stretch, Josh is responsible for the 'psychopathic killer' plot and takes sadistic glee in his revenge prank over his friends over their involvement with the disappearance of his sisters. Subverted, however, when he is quickly replaced by the Wendigo, the true danger of the group.]]
* [[spoiler:FateWorseThanDeath: If he survives the events of the game, he is trapped in the mines and eventually becomes a Wendigo.]]
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: The first of his possible fates: bisected in a rotating saw machine.

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* [[spoiler:EvilAllAlong: While calling him 'evil' is a bit of a stretch, BitchInSheepsClothing: Josh is responsible for invites his seven friends up to the 'psychopathic killer' plot and takes sadistic glee cabin to spend some time with them, but in his revenge prank over reality [[spoiler: he wants to get back at his friends over their involvement with the disappearance of his sisters. Subverted, however, when he is quickly replaced by the Wendigo, the true danger of the group.]]
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* [[spoiler:FateWorseThanDeath: FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler: If he survives the events of the game, he is trapped in the mines and eventually becomes a Wendigo.]]
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: The first of his possible fates: bisected in a rotating saw machine. [[spoiler: This ends up subverted, as he used a fake body to get sawed in half.]]




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* TragicVillain: [[spoiler: Calling him a "villain" is stretching it, but his sisters having gone missing took a tremendous toll on his sanity and his fate, regardless of whether he lives or dies, isn't exactly happy-ending material.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: Ohhhhh boy. Don't even get started on the spoilers Josh brings to the tables.



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* JerkJockJerkJock: Can be played like this.



* AlphaBitch

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* AlphaBitchAlphaBitch: Not as bad as Emily though.



* JerkAss: Calling her a bitch would be the nicest thing to say about her.



* WasOnceAMan

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* WasOnceAMan

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* [[NiceGuy Nice Girl]]



* [[spoiler:FateWorseThanDeath: If he survives the events of the game, he is trapped in the mines and eventually becomes a Wendigo.]]



* AssholeVictim: Dr. Hill challenges the player on this notion in one of his excersises. The player is asked to rank the eight kids from most to least favorite. When the player singles out the character they most dislike, Hill offers a rebuttal in their defense, such as pointing out that Emily's seemingly overconfident nature is a mask for an actual lack of confidence.

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* AssholeVictim: Dr. Hill challenges the player on this notion in one of his excersises.exercises. The player is asked to rank the eight kids from most to least favorite. When the player singles out the character they most dislike, Hill offers a rebuttal in their defense, such as pointing out that Emily's seemingly overconfident nature is a mask for an actual lack of confidence.



* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It remains unclear if Dr. Hill's sessions are an actual event taking place in the game's world or an abstract element of gameplay.

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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It remains unclear if Dr. Hill's sessions are an actual event taking place in the game's world or an abstract element of gameplay.gameplay.


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* [[spoiler: TragicMonster: Hannah becomes a Wendigo after being forced to eat the remains of her dead sister to stay alive, after being trapped in the mines for a month without food or drink, waiting for rescue that would never come.]]

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* [[spoiler:EvilAllAlong: While calling him 'evil' is a bit of a stretch, Josh is responsible for the 'psychopathic killer' plot and takes sadistic glee in his revenge prank over his friends over their involvement with the disappearance of his sisters. Subverted, however, when he is quickly replaced by the Wendigo, the true danger of the group.]]




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* [[spoiler:OutOfFocus: If rescued in time, she disappears in the mines for the majority of the game and only returns to the group near the finale.]]




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* [[spoiler: WomanScorned: Should Chris decide to sacrifice Ashely to save his own skin during the Chris VS Ashley trap, after the entire set-up is revealed to be a revenge prank caused by Josh, Ashley will be angry at Chris' decision during the event where Chris is attacked by a Wendigo as he goes out to search for Josh. This will cause her to not help Chris inside the lodge, and will instead watch as the Wendigo tears Chris' head off.]]


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* [[spoiler: KarmicDeath: His potential decision to sacrifice Ashley during the Chris VS Ashley trap will bite him in the ass later on as the entire set-up will soon be revealed to be faked by Josh after the decision. Later on, Ashley will make the choice to sacrifice Chris to the Wendigo instead of rescuing him out of spite.]]

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* ActionSurvivor: The most physically proficient among the group, and the first to actively try to pursue the killer.




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* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The manly man, contrasting Matt's sensitive guy.



* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Possible due to the game mechanics [[spoiler: but Jessica, Josh and Ashley, Mike, and Emily are all on the chopping block ahead of him.]]




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* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Sensitive Guy, compared to Mike's manly man. Matt generally has dialogue options to mediate between the group and keep his temper under control, though he can [[RageBreakingPoint lose it]] at the player's discretion.
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* DeadToBeginWith

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* DeadToBeginWithDeadToBeginWith

!! Dr Hill

* AssholeVictim: Dr. Hill challenges the player on this notion in one of his excersises. The player is asked to rank the eight kids from most to least favorite. When the player singles out the character they most dislike, Hill offers a rebuttal in their defense, such as pointing out that Emily's seemingly overconfident nature is a mask for an actual lack of confidence.
* DrJerk: In later sessions, his office is deliberately decorated with things the player has indicated they are afraid of, and he grows increasingly violent and unhinged over time.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It remains unclear if Dr. Hill's sessions are an actual event taking place in the game's world or an abstract element of gameplay.
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!!Mike
!!Mike Munroe
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* ChildhoodFriends: The longest-standing friend of Josh, who's been his friend since third grade.
* DeadpanSnarker
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Directly references the Butterfly Effect concept the game is built on while relating a story to Sam; about how the two may have never even known eachother if not for a kid in his third grade class snapping a girl's training bra and getting moved to the front desks, which caused Chris to get moved to the back where he met Josh.
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* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: The first of his possible fates: bisected in a rotating saw machine.


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* ChickMagnet: Three girls in his social circle have at some point had a crush or dated him.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: One of the roles players can choose for him. During the game he has an opportunity to befriend a wolf, and either comfort or MercyKill a dying deer.
* HeroesLoveDogs


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* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: The first of her potential ends.
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* SuperstitionEpisode: The most superstitious of the group, given she's the first to truly believe in the Ouija Board, [spoiler]and the first to suspect the involvement of ghosts in the mystery.[/spoiler]

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* SuperstitionEpisode: The most superstitious of the group, given she's the first to truly believe in the Ouija Board, [spoiler]and [[spoiler: and the first to suspect the involvement of ghosts in the mystery.[/spoiler]
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* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: The player can choose to play Chris this way, [spoiler]first sacrificing Josh to save Ashley, and later, himself to save Ashely.[/spoiler]

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* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: The player can choose to play Chris this way, [spoiler]first way,[[spoiler: first sacrificing Josh to save Ashley, and later, himself to save Ashely.[/spoiler]]]




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* SadisticChoice: Gets a lot of these thrust upon him.

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* [[HenpeckedHusband Henpecked Boyfriend]]: Emily bosses him around constantly, and by the main timeline of the game it's clear he's getting tired of it. Potential dialogue choices have Matt calling her on it.



* SuperstitionEpisode: The most superstitious of the group, given she's the first to truly believe in the Ouija Board, [[spoiler]]and the first to suspect the involvement of ghosts in the mystery.[[/spoiler]]

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* CannotSpitItOut: Has a crush on Chris.
* SuperstitionEpisode: The most superstitious of the group, given she's the first to truly believe in the Ouija Board, [[spoiler]]and [spoiler]and the first to suspect the involvement of ghosts in the mystery.[[/spoiler]]
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* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: The player can choose to play Chris this way, [spoiler]first sacrificing Josh to save Ashley, and later, himself to save Ashely.[/spoiler]
* CannotSpitItOut: Reciprocates Ashley's crush on him, but worried that beginning a relationship could sour the good friendship they have.
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* SuperstitionEpisode: The most superstitious of the group, given she's the first to truly believe in the Ouija Board, [[spoiler]and the first to suspect the involvement of ghosts in the mystery.]]

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* SuperstitionEpisode: The most superstitious of the group, given she's the first to truly believe in the Ouija Board, [[spoiler]and [[spoiler]]and the first to suspect the involvement of ghosts in the mystery.]]
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!!Sam

!!Josh Washington

* RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic: Averted. Josh speaks very much like an ordinary teenager, frequently stumbling over his sentences, repeating himself, losing his train of thought and more.

!!Mike

*TheAtoner: Up to the player; Mike can either be regretful or unapologetic over his role in the prank on Hannah.
* JerkJock

!!Jessica

* AlphaBitch
* BackstabbingTheAlphaBitch: Her friendship with Emily fell apart after Mike broke up with Emily only to immediately move on to Jess.
* DeathBySex: The trope can be averted at the player's discretion, but she's potentially the killer's first victim, and is abducted shortly before attempting to have sex with Mike.
* PrankDate: The mastermind behind the kid's prank on Hannah in the beginning of the game.

!!Emily

* AlphaBitch: In the past she and Jessica had a GirlPosse going on.
* WomanScorned: The tutorial beginning implies Emily and Jessica are BFFs, but by the main timeline of the game, Emily has been dumped by Mike in favor of Jessica, and the two bicker constantly to the point of the groups breaking up to get the girls away from eachother.

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!!Ashley

* SuperstitionEpisode: The most superstitious of the group, given she's the first to truly believe in the Ouija Board, [[spoiler]and the first to suspect the involvement of ghosts in the mystery.]]

!!Chris

!!Hannah Washington

* DeadToBeginWith
* ShrinkingViolet: What little the player gets to know about her in the tutorial suggests she was an awkward, wallflower sort of girl with a hopeless crush on Mike.

!!Beth Washington

* DeadToBeginWith

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