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* DecoyProtagonist: In a sense. While Madison is important to the story, the role of protagonist ends up being divided between her, Tara, Morgan and Abigail, and Morgan is the one who actually makes the decisions that determine the ending.



* BaitAndSwitchComment: In the true ending.
-->'''Abigail''': I said before that I had come to love the forest as much as I possibly could. But now, when we're about to leave, I realize that I was wrong. Because I love it more now than I ever have before.




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* UndeadTaxExemption: Averted. [[spoiler:In the true ending, Tara has to forge documents for her]].



* CantHoldHerLiquor: According to Madison, it only takes two drinks for Tara to pass out or fall off the barstool.



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* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:Regardless of which ending the player reaches, Evelyn meets her end, whether at the hand of her abused daughter, the queen she usurped, or the young woman she killed.]]

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* BridalCarry: [[spoiler:Does this with Tara in the ending in which only they survive]].



* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: Ginger, but still.



* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: Ginger, but still.


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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:In one of the endings, she sacrifices herself to defeat Evelyn]].


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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:In one of the endings, she sacrifices herself to defeat Evelyn]].


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* BigBad: The main antagonist of the story.


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* HateSink: Evelyn has absolutely no redeeming qualities and the characters view her with the same terror and disgust that Morgan does once they learn about who she really is.

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* JerkassToOne: Madison's generally a nice person, even if she's going through a rough patch with Tara at the start of the game, but she's unusually distrustful toward Morgan for much of the early game due to not believing Morgan's stories.



* PrecisionFStrike: Morgan usually doesn't swear, but the drops one at the climax after [[spoiler:Evelyn abducts Tara]].
-->'''Morgan''': I'm going to fucking kill her if [[spoiler:she hurts Tara]].




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* YouNeverAsked: Says this verbatim when asked why [[spoiler:she never mentioned being Fairy Queen]].

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* CallingParentsByTheirName: She refers to her mother, Evelyn, by name when talking to Tara, and later, when addressing her diectly. [[spoiler:Evelyn is not actually her mother]].

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* CallingParentsByTheirName: She refers to her mother, Evelyn, by name when talking to Tara, and later, when addressing her diectly.directly. [[spoiler:Evelyn is not actually her mother]].



* BodySurf: [[spoiler:She has prolonged her life by transfering her soul to new hosts for centuries]].

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* BodySurf: [[spoiler:She has prolonged her life by transfering transferring her soul to new hosts for centuries]].




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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: All of the townspeople respect her as mayor.


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* OnlyOneName: Like her sister, her surname isn't revealed.
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* IronicFear: Her bio on the [[https://vnstudioelan.com/games/heart-of-the-woods/characters/ Heart of the Woods character page]] reveals her to be "absolutely terrified of ghost stories.

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!! Maddie Raines

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!! Maddie Madison "Maddie" Raines


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* AffectionateNickname: In addition to Madison often going by "Maddie," Tara often calls her "Mads." Only Evelyn and Abigail regularly call her Madison.
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* HatedHometown: Morgan hates living in Eysenfeld. The only reason she doesn't leave is because if she did, [[spoiler:Evelyn would choose another victim to possess]].


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* {{Hypocrite}}: Despite not wanting to lose Madison as a partner or as a friend, Tara gives Madison the cold shoulder after the encounter with the Forest Spirit, despite the fact that Madison is willing to help out. While Morgan realizes that both Madison and Tara are to blame for their feud, she calls Tara out on her hypocrisy, and Tara realizes she's been unfair.

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** A more serious example happens during the discussion over whether Evelyn [[spoiler:killed Madison]]. Morgan regrets how harsh her answer comes across and wishes she could take it back.

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** A more serious example happens during the discussion over whether [[spoiler:whether Evelyn [[spoiler:killed killed Madison]]. Morgan regrets how harsh her answer comes across and wishes she could take it back.


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* BodySurf: [[spoiler:She has prolonged her life by transfering her soul to new hosts for centuries]].

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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: The rest of the town is rather suspicious of her, and doesn't think much of her for investigating Eysenfeld's secrets.
* ArmorPiercingResponse: She gives one to Tara when she starts ranting about Madison's departure, calling her out on freezing Maddie out despite not wanting Maddie to leave or stop being friends with her.
* BluntYes:
**After Morgan gets the drop on Maddie and Tara at their meeting near the forest, and reveals that she'd been waiting for them.
-->'''Maddie''': You were just standing in the dark? In a forest? Wearing headphones? \\
'''Morgan''': Yes, why?
** A more serious example happens during the discussion over whether Evelyn [[spoiler:killed Madison]]. Morgan regrets how harsh her answer comes across and wishes she could take it back.
-->'''Tara''': Do you seriously think she'd do that to Mads just for looking around in the woods? \\
'''Morgan''': Yes. I do.
* CallingParentsByTheirName: She refers to her mother, Evelyn, by name when talking to Tara, and later, when addressing her diectly. [[spoiler:Evelyn is not actually her mother]].


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* NiceGirl: For all her eccentricities, including waking Maddie up in the middle of the night by rapping on the window, she's a good person at heart. She realizes that she and Maddie didn't get off on the right foot, and talks things through with her in their second night in town. She later tries to play peacemaker between Tara and Maddie, and makes an effort to get Tara to understand Maddie's perspective.
* YouMonster: Says this to Evelyn, after the latter [[spoiler:uses her to destroy the forest]].
* YoureNotMyFather: She says this to Evelyn, who gets rather upset upon hearing this.


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* AbusiveParents: She's emotionally abusive to her daughter Morgan, treating her coldly [[spoiler:as part of a long campaign to break her spirit and make her Evelyn's vessel]].
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* PointyEars: It's a bit difficult to see with her hair in the way, but her ears are indeed pointed like the rest of the fairies.

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* PointyEars: It's a bit difficult to see with her hair in the way, but her ears are indeed pointed like the rest of the fairies.fairies.

!! Helena

Abigail's sister.

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* PosthumousCharacter: She lived about 200 years ago, so she died long before Madison, Tara and Morgan were born.
* UngratefulBitch: [[spoiler:When Abigail agrees to be sacrificed in her place, Helena doesn't thank or even try to stop her]].

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* PunctuatedForEmphasis: What she says about Morgan's story about her cat, as well as her claims of supernatural pheomena in Eysenfeld.
-->'''Maddie''': She. Made. It. Up.
* SawStarWarsTwentySevenTimes: She repeatedly watches ''Film/TwoThousandAndOneASpaceOdyssey''.
-->'''Tara''': How many times can you watch 2001 without getting sick of it?\\
'''Maddie''':''(cheerfully)'' I dunno, but I intend to find out.




* ExposedToTheElements: Downplayed, but it's mentioned that she's dressed rather lightly for a winter visit to Eysenfeld.
*OnlyFriend: She had friends besides Maddie in the past, but no one besides Maddie stuck around after Tara [[{{Transgender}} transitioned]].



* BalefulPolymorph: Accoding to Morgan, Geladura used to be a fairy before [[spoiler:Evelyn]] turned her into a cat. She's slowly forgetting that she's anything other than a cat.




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* DeathGlare: She often has a terrifying scowl on her face.
* EvilIsDeathlyCold: She has a cold aura around her, and seems to make the temperature in the room plummet with her presence, both figuratively and literally.
* GrandTheftMe:[[spoiler:Is planning on stealing Morgan's body on the winter solstice, and possibly choosing another person if Morgan is unavailable]]


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* IceQueen: A rather cold person who can sometimes be polite, but is never friendly.
* IHaveYourWife: When Evelyn insists that Morgan accompany her to the grove, she suggests that she could have Tara come with her instead. Morgan immediately understands that this is a threat and reluctantly complies.
* {{Jerkass}}: She's rather hostile toward others and treats her own daughter poorly.
* KickTheDog: After [[spoiler:tricking Madison into running off into the woods and causing her to freeze to death]], Evelyn complains that the person in question "selfishly" brought an end to ten years of no one dying in the woods.
* ObviouslyEvil: She has an unfriendly and threatening demeanor, and Madison has a bad feeling every time she interacts with Evelyn.
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* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Her job as Tara's manager involves her keeping the rather eccentric and often irresponsible Tara in line. She's grown a bit tired of this, which is why she announced that she's quitting after the Eysenfeld trip.
* FirstPersonSmartass: Her first person narration has many snarky remarks, often aimed at Tara.


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* HandshakeRefusal: Refuses to shake Tara's hand when meeting her.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Evelyn looks enough like Morgan that Madison immediately guesses that she is Morgan's mother.
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!!! Voiced by: Lisa Reimold, Tina Kim, Anairis Quinones


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!!! Voiced by: Lisa Reimold, Creator/LisaReimold, Tina Kim, Anairis Quinones

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* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: Ginger, but still.
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* CharacterTics: Flashing finger guns.

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* PointyEars: "Anan," the blonde one, has pointy ears, which leads one to assume it's a trait of their race.



* PimpedOutCape: She wears a massive snowflake-themed cape with a collar that's taller than her head.

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* PimpedOutCape: She wears a massive snowflake-themed cape with a collar that's taller than her head.head.
* PointyEars: It's a bit difficult to see with her hair in the way, but her ears are indeed pointed like the rest of the fairies.

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* HiveMind: This is how Maddie assumes them to be like, as they seem to function more like insects than anything.
* NoNameGiven: None of the fairies have names, which they claim are "for humans." Maddie mentally assigns the main three she speaks to with the names of Hae, Anan, and Frio.

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* PimpedOutDress: Gains one (complete with real, living flowers) when she [[spoiler: is temporarily crowned the Fairy Queen.]]



A population of fae that live in the woods.

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A population of fae Fluttering and skittering about the trees, fairies are content to keep to themselves for the most part. However, their queen has been missing for a very, very long time. So they wait, in hopes that live in the woods.
she will return someday, or that a suitable replacement may present herself...



* ExoticEyeDesigns: She has blue, diamond-shaped pupils.

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* ExoticEyeDesigns: She has blue, diamond-shaped pupils.pupils.
* PimpedOutCape: She wears a massive snowflake-themed cape with a collar that's taller than her head.
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* {{Transgender}}: Tara came out and transitioned in high school.
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* Cute Mute: Abigail can't talk to living people so she just talks through hand motions and pointing at things. [[spoiler: This changes once Maddie dies and she's able to hear Abigail's voice.]]

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* Cute Mute: CuteMute: Abigail can't talk to living people so she just talks through hand motions and pointing at things. [[spoiler: This changes once Maddie dies and she's able to hear Abigail's voice.]]




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* RoseHairedSweetie: Of the "sweet and romantic" variety.




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* GirlishPigtails: Wears her hair like this. [[spoiler: In the GoldenEnding, she's cut her hair to a short bob.]]
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* EmptyShell: How she describes herself.

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* EmptyShell: How she She describes herself.herself like this. [[spoiler: This is actually for two seperate reasons. The first, obvious one is because of how Evelyn has been grooming her to become her new vessel since she was a child. The second reason, that she only reveals to Tara later in the game, is because of the way she allowed herself to be used for loveless sex by closeted girls in the village after talk of her orientation became commonplace.]]
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* * FamilyEyeResemblance: [[spoiler: She has green eyes, same as Abigail.]]

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* * FamilyEyeResemblance: [[spoiler: She has green eyes, same as Abigail.]]
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* Cute Mute: Abigail can't talk to living people so she just talks through hand motions and pointing at things. [[spoiler: This changes once Maddie dies and she's able to hear Abigail's voice.

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* Cute Mute: Abigail can't talk to living people so she just talks through hand motions and pointing at things. [[spoiler: This changes once Maddie dies and she's able to hear Abigail's voice.]]

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* CovertPervert: Yes, really. [[spoiler: In Abigail and Maddie's optional 18+ scenes, ''she's'' always the one to initiate sex. She also admits that she had been thinking of intimacy since the moment she was able to touch Maddie, seeing as how she hadn't been able to even touch another human being for two centuries.]]




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* Cute Mute: Abigail can't talk to living people so she just talks through hand motions and pointing at things. [[spoiler: This changes once Maddie dies and she's able to hear Abigail's voice.
* FamilyEyeResemblance: [[spoiler: She has green eyes, same as Morgan.]]
* OneNameOnly: Her surname is never revealed.




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* * FamilyEyeResemblance: [[spoiler: She has green eyes, same as Abigail.]]

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* AgentScully

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* AgentScully
AgentScully: Despite being a part of "Taranormal," Maddie doesn't believe in the paranormal at all. Of course, with all that happens to her over the course of the game, she comes to change her tune.


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* AgentMulder: A firm believer in the paranormal who runs a vlog dedicated to it.

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A part-time manager, part-time video editor, and full-time babysitter, Maddie has the thankless job of handling the absolute whirlwind that is her best friend Tara.

She's professional, meticulous and intellectual; the first person to turn to when a problem needs solving. But when their investigation entangles her in an ancient curse, she's forced to confront phenomena beyond her comprehension, and more importantly, her own self-doubt.



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For the last two centuries, the ghost of a young woman has haunted the forests of Eysenfeld. That ghost is Abigail, a kind and playful soul forcibly bound to the forest as part of an ancient curse.

Two hundred years of wishing for a life cruelly denied to her have led to a feeling of crushing loneliness and one overwhelming desire: to finally have someone to talk to.




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A loyal Taranormal viewer and the daughter of Eysenfeld's mayor, Morgan is...different. When not running her small and mostly empty antique shop, she's known to disappear into the woods for days at a time. That, combined with her resistance to traditional social standards, has caused her to develop a bit of a notorious reputation in the village.

However, this resistance is not just an act of rebellion: Morgan knows that there's something sinister deep within Eysenfeld, and she's not going to stop until she tears it out at the roots.



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One of the world's most popular paranormal vloggers (according to her), Tara is unfailingly charismatic and bursting with limitless energy.

She's brash, intrepid, and always seeking something new. That often makes her a magnet for trouble: whether it's from relentless flirting, minor criminal activities or just plain pig-headedness, things around Tara have a tendency to end in chaos.
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* SadClown: It's noted several times in the game, both in segments from her perspective and the perspective of others, that she deals with sadness by trying to make jokes. This comes to a head when [[spoiler: Maddie disappears and she collapses in tears while trying to film her explanation of it.]]

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* SadClown: It's noted several times in the game, both in segments from her perspective and the perspective of others, that she deals with sadness by trying to make jokes. This comes to a head when [[spoiler: Maddie disappears and she collapses in tears while trying to film her explanation of it.]]]]

!! Geladura

Morgan's cat.

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* TalkingAnimal: Morgan ''claims'' her to be this, but she seems to be nothing but a normal cat.

!! Evelyn Fischer
!!! Voiced by: Tara Langella

Morgan's mother, and the mayor of Eysenfeld. With a frigid personality that borders on terrifying, she commands respect from those she encounters. Not that her daughter ever offers it.

It's clear from the beginning that she's not happy about Maddie and Tara's visit to her town. But Morgan claims that Evelyn is worse than she seems. Much worse.

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!! The Forest Spirit

A mysterious creature that lives in the woods.

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*YourSizeMayVary: The first time it's seen the forest spirit is absolutely massive, towering over the forest easily. It turns out to be able to change its size. [[spoiler: After Evelyn destroys one of the ancestral trees at the heart of the forest, it's barely able to maintain a size slightly bigger than a human.]]

!! The Fairies
!!! Voiced by: Lisa Reimold, Tina Kim, Anairis Quinones


A population of fae that live in the woods.

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!! The Fairy Queen
!!! Voiced by: Emaline Tuck


Queen of the fairies, and an important part of the forest. However, it's been decades since she was last seen.

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*ExoticEyeDesigns: She has blue, diamond-shaped pupils.
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!!! Voiced by:

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!!! Voiced by:by: Allie Goodell



!!! Voiced by:

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!!! Voiced by:by: Heidi Tabing



!!! Voiced by:

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!!! Voiced by:by: Creator/KiraBuckland



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!!! Voiced by:by: Stephanie Arata
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!! Maddie Raines
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->''"I'm just the girl behind the camera."''

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!! Abigail
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->''"That's simply what the world had become for me. A small world of knowns, and nothing more."''

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*CuteGhostGirl: Very cute, and very much a ghost. [[spoiler: Sort of.]]

!! Morgan Fischer
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->''"You don't have to spare my feelings. I've been called much worse."''

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*EmptyShell: How she describes herself.

!! Tara Bryck
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->''"This feels like it could be the place where we find something, you know? Something's gotta be out there. I can feel it."''

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*SadClown: It's noted several times in the game, both in segments from her perspective and the perspective of others, that she deals with sadness by trying to make jokes. This comes to a head when [[spoiler: Maddie disappears and she collapses in tears while trying to film her explanation of it.]]

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