Pixie

> Looks like it's finally time... For my debut."
>
> **Pixie**, The Friends We Left Behind

Pixie is one of the main antagonists and the second boss in The Friends We Left Behind. She appears in the theatre room in Hathmoore Children's Asylum. She steals your flashlight and uses it like a microphone.

## Background

Though Pixie's exact background is unknown, it is implied in the game that Pixie is Momo Akane's Imaginary Friend.

Pixie likes to sing, and appears to think of the entire second level as a concert happening where the player is her sole audience.

## Personality

Pixie has an unstable, yandere-esque personality. It appears as though she wants the protagonist's attention all to herself, since she closes Twistee and Smudge outside of the theatre room, leaving the player and Pixie alone together. Based on Pixie's jumpscare lines, it is possible that she has romantic feelings towards the protagonist, though it is unknown if that is the case and remains unconfirmed.

## Appearance

Pixie is the pink Imaginary Friend. She appears to be inspired by Japanese idols, and her design features heart and star motifs.

Pixie has pink, yellow, black, and grey ribbons on her head that resemble hair. She has two buns on top of her head, as well as two pigtails made of ribbons. She has 4 pink hearts on her forehead. She also wears an oversized black bow on top of her head. Her right eye is white and shaped like a wide oval, and has yellow star-like eyelashes. Her left eye is white and slanted, and she wears a big pink star over it. Her mouth is filled with sharp, white teeth.

Pixie wears a black dress with a pink section surrounded by white scalloped lace in the center of her bodice, with crisscrossing black ribbons over top. She has black puff sleeves with grey bows on them. She has a second set of detached sleeves that are made of pink leather and have a puff at the top. She has black stars on her hands, and carries your flashlight which she steals from you before the second level begins. She holds it as if it is a microphone.

She has a thick white belt around her waist, and a smaller, yellow belt on top of it with a silver star on top. Her skirt is very large and poofy and has alternating white and black stripes with pink heart details on it. She has two huge black bows near the top of her skirt. The bottom of her skirt has scalloped lace all along the edge. Pixie wears black leather thigh-high heeled boots with pink laces and silver grommets. There are white scallops at the top of them.

## Gameplay

In the second level, the player is trapped in the theatre room in the asylum. The player should immediately wind up the gramophone and then press it to play the music. Pixie will then begin to sing along with the music, and she will eventually come up to the bottom of the stage. The player should keep winding the gramophone and playing it until she is in this position. Once she is there, the player should close the curtain. This must be done while the music is still playing, or Pixie could come onto the stage and catch you. The timing of this becomes more hard to achieve as the difficulty increases. A fabric rustling noise will begin to play, indicating that Pixie has climbed up the curtain. The player is baited to wait until she begins to climb down the curtain, at which point the player must immediately open the curtain. If timed correctly, Pixie will fall and you can take a photo with your camera and escape.

If no action is taken, and the gramophone is not played, Pixie will make her way onto the stage and catch you, resulting in losing the level.

## Jumpscare Quotes

* *"You'll regret that."*
* *"I'm going to love seeing how your vocal cords work!"*
* *"This is the last show you'll ever see!"*
* *"La la la~"*
* *"It's time for our DUET"*
* *"Now you'll watch me sing forever."*
* *"You should have paid more attention to me..."*
* *"Now I get to watch you sing!"*
* *"Seems you're not so clever after all."*

## Trivia

* Pixie's appearance and behavior is similar to Japanese idol singers, however the concept wasn't invented until the 1960s due to Momo was at the asylum since 1949.
* According to a video from Grant Marrs' TikTok and YouTube, it can be assumed that Pixie was inspired by characters from Love Live.
* The song Pixie sings is a cover of "The Prisoner's Song," which was created by Vernon Dalhart in the 1920s. The copyright for it expired, and as such Grant Marrs was able to include it in his game without issue. Grant Marrs created a new background instrumental for The Prisoner's Song for his game.
* Grant Marrs' wife voiced Pixie, according to Grant Marrs himself in the official The Friends We Left Behind Discord server.