Nalani Wood

Nalani Wood is a character that appears in *Mask of Deceit*. She is the third personality in the Wood Quintet.

## Appearance

Since Nalani is still technically Wood, she looks exactly the same except for the fact that Nalani wears her hair in a ponytail.

## Personality

Nalani is a very shy and quiet girl. She often stutters while speaking. She is very easily scared and intimidated by even the smallest things. Nalani feels the most comfortable around people she trusts and people she considers strong such as Ghastly or Cotoli. She has a desire to become stronger, but her emotions always get the better of her so she rarely succeeds.

## History

### Before the Story

Nalani was created alongside the other alters at the conclusion of the ZR-8 Incident. She represents the loss of innocence that comes with a traumatic event, said trauma being Wood witnessing her mother's murder. That innocence was locked away in Wood's mind, eventually becoming Nalani. This is the reason why Nalani is very fragile and child-like: she is what Wood acted like before her mother's death.

## Mask of Deceit

Nalani first appeared in the third case, *The Defensive Turnabout*. She apparently randomly gained control whilst another alter, implied to be Wood, was at the Prosecutor's Office. Her fear takes over and she begins to cry, which leads to being found by Sora Lin. The two introduce themselves to each other and Ghastly is next to arrive. Sora tells Ghastly about Nalani, calling her 'child' on multiple occasions. Nalani eventually took a liking to the two of them, calling them 'funny'.

## Relationships

### Sora Lin

Sora was one of the first people Nalani met. Sora is kind and quiet around Nalani, as she knows how easily the girl can be frightened. Nalani trusts Sora and is especially fond of the latter's hair, liking to cuddle it because of it's softness. Nalani also likes Sora's singing and falls asleep to it.

### Ghastly Bespoke

Nalani was rather afraid of Ghastly at first, as she is with all men that she meets. However, as she spent more time with him and learnt more about him, she came to like him and finds his awkward tendencies to be funny. She admired Ghastly's strength (both mental and physical) and aims to be like him in that respect.

### James Devine

James is kind and patient with Nalani, her being the only female with which he does not flirt, as he is afraid of embarrassing or scaring her. Nalani's feelings for James aren't as strong as Nicoletta's feelings, but she does not take advantage of him like Nevada does. The two are overall very good friends.

### Other Quintet Members

Nalani has no qualms with Wood, but has some sort of issue feeling the same way about the remaining three personalities. Nalani dislikes Nevada for being murderous, cursing all of the time and the way she insults others without remorse. Nalani thinks that Nicoletta is too upbeat and possessive of people like James. Finally, Nalani dislikes Nova for thinking that she is above everyone else and is even scared of the princess-like alter ago.

## Quotes

- "N-Nalani... M-My name is... Nalani..."

- "S-Sorry for crying... I do that a lot..."

- "Yeah... I suddenly gained control, a-and now I don't know where I am... s-so I got scared... I was all alone..."

- "You two are funny." *(talking about Ghastly Bespoke and Sora Lin)*

## Trivia

- Nalani shares similarities with Toko Fukawa from *Danganronpa* ​in regards to the fact that they both have shy personalities, they stutter a lot with their speech and that they are both authors.

- Nalani was originally supposed to be the last of the personalities, but this changed when Nicoletta and Nova were created.

- Nalani has a pillow named Mr. Hugs, similar to Anton Burke having a blanket called Snuggles.

- It's implied that Nalani's stories are inspired by the murder cases that her alters (Wood and Nevada) and their friends solve.

- Nalani's pen name, Necole Worden, shares the same initials to her real name; a hint to her real identity.