The Follower

The Follower, or simply Follower, is an NPC that can be seen in-game and can enter the elevator.
Not to be confused with Folly.
== Appearance ==
The Follower appears as a tall humanoid figure with a thin head and distorted limbs, with both arms lacking a hand, alongside the right limb being positioned towards the left.
== Description ==
After a player takes a bite out of Buck, The Follower will appear somewhere far away from the elevator. Once summoned, The Follower will slowly follow the player for seven minutes, instantly killing them upon contact. The Follower has multiple sound cues indicating its presence, such as an ominous noise that shakes the player's screen or music that plays when it's nearby, overriding any currently playing background track. If said player basks themselves in the Fountain of Oceanus in OFFICE OF, then The Follower will stop going after said player. Once the effect goes away, The Follower disappears, but the player loses their health boost from Buck. There is also a timer if you eat Buck, after said timer is over, he disappears.
In its original debut in the 2024 April Fools' Update, The Follower is spawned seemingly at random. If The Follower is around long enough, a string of text says "They get closer" around your cursor, and then flashes an image of a forest with dead trees, a flowing river, a humanoid shadow, and 2 poorly drawn circles highlighting 2 chipmunks, with text saying "Nuty" and "Peanut" on them, possibly being the chipmunks' names. Alternatively, an image of Backrooms' Level 974 can appear in place of the forest. Afterwards, The Follower would disappear. 
== Audio ==
Audio	Description
 	The Follower's ambience sound that plays when it's near a player.
 	The Follower's ambience sound during the 2024 April Ghouls' Update.
 	The sound that plays randomly while The Follower is chasing the player.
== On-Screen Death Messages==
When dying to Buck, both sentences will show up randomized.
First sentence: 
*Ripped away from reality.
*Found.
*You've been found.
*Oops.
*💀
* Caught.
*Got you.
*Hello there.
*Looks like they still got you in the end, even after you killed him.
*They found you.
*Gotcha!
*Banished for what you've done to him.
*Too late.
*Looks like you know what a bowling pin tastes like.
Second sentence:
*Still like the items you have?
*I can't just instantly bring you back. You have items that you care about.
*But I can't just instantly bring you back. You have items that you can keep for a price.
*Do you want to keep your items?
*Perhaps I should give you a chance to keep your items.
*Second chance?
*Here's the actual death screen with the chance to revive with your items.
*You wanna pay for a second chance?
==Gallery==
File:Shadow.webp|The Follower inside of Flatgrass.
File:Twoshadowsinthesky.webp|Two Followers seen in the sky, with one far away.
File:Spookymaxxing.png|Chat tips given by The Follower.
File:Shadowfreak.png|The Follower and FREAK in bugbo.
File:Hmmm.png|The Follower in Toolbox Speedway.
File:Shadow man on Dodge teh teapots floor.png|The Follower spotted in Dodge Teh Teapots.
File:Stop running.PNG|The Follower in the sky of Two Stud Camp.
File:Hello there.PNG|Screen that appears when caught by The Follower.
File:They get closer.jpg|Text that appears on screen after The Follower has been around long enough.
File:I never seen this picture….jpg|One of the pictures that can flash shortly after the line of text, “They get closer”.
== Trivia==
* The Follower was originally added in the 2024 April Fools' Update, but was later added to the main game in the 4/13/24 update.https://twitter.com/TheAxolotlSun/status/1775682153080410246
*Upon being killed by The Follower, the screen cuts to black as white text is shown, stating that the player should be given a chance to keep their items.
*Since The Follower is a client-sided NPC, only the player who has eaten Buck can see/get killed by it. Because of this, it also cannot be spectated.
*If the affected player is forced into spectator view via certain events (ex. falling in the Dance Party floor), The Follower will bug out, causing them to be unable to move at all.
*If The Follower is floating in front of Reddy, his eyes can be seen through it.
*While likely unintentional, the shape of The Follower's head vaguely resembles the shape of N's head from Mandela Catalogue. However, this is more than likely coincidence.
*It is believed that the string of message saying "They get closer" relates to the two Followers that can be seen in the sky.
*The music that plays when The Follower is nearby is called "THE SHADOW BECKONS", and was inspired by "SNICK IS COMING", the theme that will play during almost the entirety of Snick's Challenge in the Pizza Tower SAGE 2019 Demo until 2 minutes remain on the timer, at which point the track is replaced with LEANING NIGHTMARE.
*The Follower is currently the only NPC that does not have a smiley face in their design that the Glognut's compass points to.
*Additional tips in chat are added when The Follower is chasing you. The list is as follows:
**“They get closer”
**”Stop running”
**”They are closer to you”
**"They just want to talk to you"
**"They're on their way"
**"You are X studs away from them"
==References==
Category:NPCs
Category:Nonbinary/Unknown gender NPCs