Emily

Emily is a student at R&X University.

## Background

### Early Life

Emily’s early life was fairly normal until her father Tom lost his job. After a year of trying and failing to find another, he simply gave up and relied on handouts. Tom’s unemployment coupled with her mother's refusal to be anything other than a housewife led to scarcity and constant fighting between her parents, which Emily only barely made it through thanks to her dog Shadow. This continued until her first year of High School, where she met Ella and Christie and formed a band called Superhuman. After the band hit it big, her parents gained control of the money Emily earned, which they used to improve their quality of life and engage in recreational drug use. After turning 18, she would cut them off from everything but the bare minimum they need to survive, which would cause her father to seek out a loan from the mob to wean his wife off of the drugs they had been taking.

### Early College Events

Emily is first seen at the very beginning of the game, shortly after MC wakes up after receiving his powers. She introduces herself after making sure MC hadn't been attacked by Shadow and then leaves. She later runs into MC and Deryl at R&X after their confrontation with Jared, and tells them about him and the cheerleaders. She tells MC to come around the art building if he wants to hang out with her.

Emily begins hanging out with MC after his attempt at getting closer to her as a dog is foiled by Shadow. She answers questions he has about Ella, and eventually the pair start working out together after Christie teases her about her weight. MC and Emily use the sauna together after their first workout session together, and Emily gives him a handjob if he chooses to go without a towel.

### The Frat Party

Emily accompanied Christie to the frat party where the Kenny incident happened, though they end up getting separated when Christie goes off to interrogate MC about Ella. When the killing starts, she pairs up with Deryl to try and find their friends, but are unsuccessful since the twins are locked in an upstairs room and Christie already ran away. They end up accidentally wandering into the end of MC’s fight with Kenny, forcing him to choose between saving them and finishing Kenny off.

### The Sorority Party

Emily is invited to the sorority party that Alice held to host her strip poker game, although she ends up leaving early after a confrontation with Jared and Jess. If MC chooses to follow her outside, she tells him about how Jared tricked her into sleeping with her, and how it ruined her friendship with Jess. If MC got the handjob scene from her side route, they can fuck here which unlocks Emily’s romance route.

### Getting Stronger

Emily ends up canceling a workout session with MC to have brunch with her father. The meal seemingly goes well, but afterwards he pressures her into giving him money. Growing tired of being pushed around, Emily asks MC to help her be stronger. If he accepts, he pushes her to stand up for herself with Jared and possibly Christie. He also has her take martial arts lessons from Alice, which causes her to finally have it out with Jess.

As thanks for his help, Emily takes him to dinner at a nightclub owned by her friend and former employer Ian. Their dinner is interrupted by her father asking for yet more money, which Emily refuses to give. After dinner, Emily thanks him for coming, and that she was glad to not be alone on her birthday.

After being refused over the phone, Tom comes to R&X to talk to Emily in person. He demands $20,000 from her and refuses to tell her what it’s for. She initially refuses, but eventually caves when he threatens to take Shadow away from her. MC comes to invite her to dinner to pay her back for treating him, but she refuses since she needs to start working again to pay her dad. After MC gets her money back and forces her father to come clean, Emily invites him to a one night only performance of Superhuman.

### The Performance

At the performance, Emily invites MC backstage to meet with the band. After all 3 of them are together, Ella and Christie tease Emily for her obvious infatuation with MC. During the performance the girls play a rather dark song titled “my suicide”, which MC suspects was written during a dark time in one of their lives. If MC says he enjoyed the performance, the girls take him back to Christie’s apartment, where they “play never have I ever”. If MC chooses ask about sleeping with a teacher, Emily reveals that she lost her virginity to her chemistry teacher Mr. Evans. After the game is over Emily has a foursome with MC and her friends.

### Finding out the truth

After having his identity revealed, MC goes to visit Emily and Christie in the form of a dog. After seeing her stand up to a police officer, they bring him back to Emily’s dorm, where he reveals himself to them. MC and Christie than share everything they know about Ella. Emily is disturbed by this information, but ultimately decides that it’s their duty as Ella’s friends to set her straight.

### Bonfire Party

Emily attends the bonfire party held by R&X after The Battle of Diamonds, Where goes on a hike through the woods with Shadow, MC, and Michael. While joking the trio discuss their complicated relationships with their fathers. After the hike, Emily pulls MC aside for some alone time, but they are interrupted by Michael.

### Investigating Ella's Apartment

After the bonfire party, MC calls Emily just as she and Christie were about to go investigating Ella’s apartment. While searching the kitchen, Emily and MC have a discussion about the possibility of Ella changing her ways, and whether or not Emily is a bad person for wanting to save her. They also find a note addressed to her and Christie. Aside from telling them some things they already knew at that point, Ella explains why she didn’t make them superhumans, and tells them that MC will disappear with her soon. She also assures them that she has set up protections against the supernatural for them, claiming that even if they die they’ll be alright in the end.

### Investigating the High School

The next location on the list is the high school the girls attended, with Emily checking out the room that was used for Ella’s “occult club”. When MC comes to check on her, they briefly talk about Ella’s time in the club. If MC unlocked Emily’s romance route, they also talk about their relationship. Emily asks him if them being together would cause a problem with the other women in his life, and asks if he’s ok staying with her even if she isn’t willing to commit to being his girlfriend. Saying no takes you off of her romance route, while saying yes continues it and gives a sex scene. At some point after MC leaves, Emily finds a vial of monster material that causes MC to have a vision of the 3rd apostle speaking to him.

### Investigating the Orphanage

After visiting Liz and Amber at their new dorm, Emily and MC check out Ella’s Orphanage. They find nothing but a squatter in the building itself, but are able to find a bomb shelter with help from Christie and Shadow. In the shelter they are attacked by a monster, who retreats after seeing Emily. They also find a picture of a young Ella with Tanos Xanthe and a doll of Ella.

### Reunion with "Ella"

After the Ella doll is brought to life, MC brings her to meet Emily and Christie. After Christie gets done hugging her, Emily asks if what she’s doing is going to make the world a better place, to which she says yes. Emily is overjoyed to hear this, and girls set off to go drinking together.

## Relationships

### Parents

Emily has a complicated relationship with her parents. While she does care about them, she also resents that they neglected her and lived off of her money instead of earning their own. This is only exacerbated when her father tries to extort everything she has in her quest line.

### Jess

Emily and Jess used to be friends, but that ended when Emily slept with Jared. Even after Jess finds out the truth, she still refuses to forgive Emily. Emily does seem to still care about Jess, as according to Alice she went out of her way to look for her during the Kenny incident.

## Trivia

* A development thread created by Weirdworld before the games first release reveals that Emily was originally intended to be a vastly different character then what she ended up being. She was described as having taken a sudden interest in MC, and stalking him constantly to find out his secrets. Her eyes were also a much brighter shade of red then they were in her final design.