Marie

> *"Delicious!~ Delicious!~ Your flesh was tastier than I thought!~"*
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> - Marie as she munches on Riba's flesh.
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**Marie** is one of the inhabitants of the mansion in *(Mario) The Music Box*.

## Profile

Marie is a woman appearing in her late 20's. She has brown hair, blue eyes, and a red dress. Her affiliation to the mansion is unknown, but she is included in the family photo along with the rest of its members and some sources claim she is the head maid of the Aduraice residence.

Long ago, she had just happened upon Anna who had just returned from brutally attacking Serina and burying her alive at Beatrice's behest. A horrified Marie runs off to inform Alice of what had happened, unwittingly resulting in Alice going after Anna to kill the child.

Marie later becomes a victim of Alice's killing spree following the death of Anna, and after her death her spirit is unable to move on to the afterlife and becomes bound to the mansion as a hostile spirit that initiates in cannibalism, looming in the area of the Left Wing.

## Cannibal Spirit

As of the remastered version, Marie makes her first appearance when Mario makes his way through the left wing. He hides in a nearby closet and wonders if he should peek and see who is out there. Should he do so, he will catch a brief glimpse of Marie holding her hands up to her face before she suddenly lunges to the closet he is hiding in and drags him out of it, proceeding to eat him alive. If Mario does not open the closet to peek out at Marie, she leaves the area for the moment, but her haunting laughter is heard to let the player know that she is far from gone. The Hallway Spirit Marie replaced originally had this role with what the spirit did to Mario being ambiguous as opposed to being shown eating Mario alive.

Later, Riba goes on ahead to the garden to find a way to escape the mansion after he calmed Mario down and brought him to safety. When Mario is controllable again, he can exit through the left wing and catch up to Riba, unaware that a spirit is now stalking him. Said spirit is Marie who is haunting the halls closer to the southernmost edges; Mario will not leave the area without going to the garden to meet with Riba first, so he must be careful and avoid being caught by Marie. If he is caught during this time, Marie will gore him through his mouth with one of her arms morphed into a sickle-like blade, killing him as she cackles.

Once the two men reach the garden with the large gap, Riba volunteers to search for a long piece of wood that they can use as a bridge to get to the other side. Should Mario give Riba the lantern, Riba ends up being caught by Marie and is devoured; Mario stumbles upon the sight and is quickly turned into Marie's next meal as well. Should Mario insist on going, Marie will instead catch him and feast upon his insides, commenting on the taste among other things and rejoicing that she and Mario are now one; Riba stumbles upon this sight and laments being left to his own once again. Allowing Riba to go without a light source will allow him to be able to evade Marie with the player being in control of him, but if he is caught during this time then Marie will greet Riba and ask if he's missed her before goring him through his head before she makes ready to eat him; Riba will respawn away from Marie after this and swears to avoid her (the original game had Riba knocked out and waking up immobilized to watch Mario being eaten alive first before Marie realizes Riba is still alive and become her next meal).

Due to Riba not carrying any light source with him, her character is well-blended with the dark environmental elements of the room, making very difficult to see her. Once again, Marie fails to catch any of her victims, and she disappears from the area after Mario and Riba regroup.

## Gallery

Marie (top left, next to Alfred) included in the family photo.Marie as the Cannibal Spirit.Marie eating Mario from Riba's view.Marie Found MarioMarie & Co in Updated the family photo.
## Trivia

* Marie could be a ghoul, a specific kind of evil spirit that takes on human form and engages in cannibalism.
* Marie is currently one of the few family members whose deaths had not yet been revealed.
* Interestingly, Marie is not only similar to Mario in name (hers being one letter off of Mario), but also shares many genetic similarities with him, (blue eyes, brown hair). She also wears mostly red, and (darkly) she and Mario are both avid food aficionados. According to CorpseSyndrome, this is a direct reference.