Maggie

**Maggie** is a minor character in *Don't Escape 4 Days in a Wasteland*. She is the wife of Barry, who dies in the first night, leaving him a somber and distraught man. She first appears as a corpse on Day 2, but is potentially encountered in the 3rd dream in a New Game+ playthrough, if Barry died in the previous run.

## Appearance

Maggie is an African-American woman in her mid-thirties to mid-forties. She has short black hair and wears a dark pink sweater, black pants and shoes.

## Personality

Maggie is described by Barry as a kind and gentle person. She and her husband were deeply in love, and she continues to watch out for him even after death.

Her appearance in David's dream reflect on this, portraying her as a wise, matronly figure.

## History

Before the events of the game, Barry and Maggie had their wedding in 1986 and would lead happily marriage for the next 10 years. They lived in a one-story house in the countryside, just 20 minutes away from the next major city. Maggie was said to be a great cook by Barry and appeared to have believe in a deeper spiritual plane, as she was known to have read a book named "*The Mysticism of Dreams*" quite frequently. It is impllied that she was both aware of her inevitable death and wrote her final message directed at both her husband and David, knowing he would eventually save Barry's life while preventing the death of Cody, whom Barry grew very attached to.

When Cate and David find Barry's house on day 2, they learn that the danger from last night killed Maggie, leaving Barry too depressed to continue living. When David examines Maggie's body, he finds a gold locket with a note she wrote for Barry in case she wouldn't survive. In the note, she encourages him to continue life without her. After David offers Barry to help burry Maggie, Barry joins him.

If Barry dies on day 3 on the roof of the Sidereal plexus building, and the player finished the game with at least one of the two required floppy disks in the sleep machine, some of David's memories carry over to his next life. Because of this, in his nightmare for the third day, David encounters Maggie, who warns David not to let Barry come with him to Sidereal Plexus. As such, when the incident on the roof happens again, only Cody is endangered, David can save him without having to sacrifice Barry, and both of them live. It should be noted that the Maggie met in the dream claims to not actually be the real Maggie, but a duplicate from Barry's recollection of her.

In the final ending, Barry is seen living with Maggie in a world where the lunar explosion never happened. The two are holding adoption papers, most likely for Cody.

## Trivia

* Maggie's corpse will always be in a preserved condition, despite all dangers of the night of Day 1 being known to mutilate victims (Locust will gnaw on bodies, gas poisons and dissolves skin, spiders tear out flesh)
* Maggie's goodbye note shows different text, presumably because the message was changed after the writing had already been pixelized:

> "*Barry*
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> *If you're reading this,*
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> *I'm sorry. I had a dream*
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> *and in that dream, I didn't*
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> *make it through the night.*
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> *I hope you won't give up.*
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> *Please go on.*
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> *\*Illegible\**
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> *Maggie*"
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