River

**River** is one of the employees in the Underworld Office. Along with Hayden and Joan, she helps Eugene pay their debt after they were saved by Boss.

## Appearance

**River** is a tall and slim woman with long hair. Like Boss, she has a purely black-and-white body in order to distinguish the dead from mortals. The upper portion of her hair is black while the baseline is white. Aside from this, the only white parts of her body are the entirety of her arms, her neck, her ears, and the lower half of her face. River is the only Underworld Office employee who does not wear a shade of indigo.

When she was human, River also seemed to be an office worker. She wore a white dress shirt tucked into a black pencil skirt with a back slit, and black stockings that had holes at the feet, presumably from overuse. She had fair skin and her hair was tied into a low ponytail that reached slightly above her tailbone. She held a black necktie on her left hand and a black blazer on the other.

## Personality

**River** is a free spirit. She wants to have fun first and foremost, which often makes her impulsive. She would even willingly risk gaining more misdeeds just to fight bad people she sees randomly in the streets. River also enjoys teasing people and getting in their nerves, usually with Boss, who is easily annoyed by her antics. Despite this, River cares for her friends immensely, as evidenced in her interactions with Eugene. She is also not as mindless as she appears to be and acts mature when it counts.

## Likeability

To increase River's friendship level, choose the options that prompt Eugene to agree with her quips or to have confidence in themselves.

Choices that increase likeability:

##### In chapter 1:-

* R... r... right. [+1]
* W... why are you telling me all this? [+1]
* B... but how...? [+1]
* Uh... Yes... Yes I do. [+1]

##### In chapter 3:-

* I think it'd be fun with you, too, River... [+1]
* (What kind of relationship do they have...) [+1]
* Ghosts can do that? [+1]
* Do they turn into scary monsters? [+1]
* (She looks like she's having fun...) [+1]
* What are you going to take responsibility for? [+1]
* (She seems to be eager to do things...) [+1]
* I didn't mean anything like that! [+1]
	+ IF YOU CHOOSE TO NOT FOLLOW SEAN'S WAY:-
		- [Don't follow Sean's way] [+5]
		- I... feel like there would be less people that's not scared of Boss... Haha... [+1]
		- Linda doesn't... want to win the lottery! [+1]
		- Stop being doubtful, let's go! [+3]
		- Then you can just stay a loser like that! [+3]
		- I... I did my part, it's your turn now [+3]
		- You... smell it? [+3]
		- I... I'm glad I can help [+3]
	+ IF YOU CHOOSE TO FOLLOW SEAN'S WAY:-
		- Y... You didn't mean to do that, Sean [+1]
		- Sean will be lonely, we should go with him. [+1]
		- Go outside if you're going to fight! [+1]
		- ...Joan... You're not going to say anything? [+1]

## Biography

###### Chapter 1: Eugene

River first appears in Chapter 1: Eugene when Boss takes Eugene to his body in front of the gate. Once she sees Eugene, she asks them if they are okay. She tries to comfort Eugene by saying that they were ghosts from the Underworld office who usually don't hurt people. After she apologizes to Eugene for scaring them, the three go to the Attendant's office where they meet Hayden and Joan. Once the introductions were over, she explains the rules of the Underworld Office.

###### Chapter 2: Luke

Eugene struggles to go to sleep but gets smacked in the head by River which makes them leave their body. After Boss reminds River that teams were being changed that day, River tells Hayden and Eugene to enjoy themselves before leaving to join Joan.

###### Chapter 3: Sean

When Eugene goes to bed that night and leaves their body, River is seen sitting on the windowsill waiting for them. River tries to mess around with Eugene which causes Boss to smack her on the head with his fan. He then tells the two that they will be teaming up to which River excitedly takes Eugene away. After explaining to Eugene about how ghosts stack up if they harm a mortal, Eugene tells her about Linda. River then flies with Eugene to go to meet Sean through which the player is given two choices to either go Sean's way and let him collect enough luck to let Linda win the lottery or go against what Sean wants and push him to visit his mother in her dreams.

###### Chapter 4: Early Sleep

In Chapter 4: Early Sleep, Eugene decides to sleep early and hang out with the ghosts instead of spending time in the real world during the day. The Underworld Office ghosts are surprised at Eugene's premature appearance but think nothing of it. After Eugene talks to Hayden, River calls the boy over and asks about Linda. When Sean starts to cry hearing about his mother River teases him, earning a whack on the back of the head from Boss. Boss then tells River to stop teasing Sean and to go get Eugene, unaware that Eugene was already at the office. Upon seeing the teen in the office earlier than expected, Boss gets infuriated and proceeds to drag Eugene back home, where he immediately fires them. When Eugene asks why, Boss vaguely answers that it's both his and Eugene's fault that it turned out like this and that he hopes to never see Eugene again.

River leaves a letter for Eugene to read which tells them that she is sorry for what happened and that they have treated the child too much like other Ghosts. She signs off by calling them Eugene instead of newbie which saddens the teen.

###### Chapter 5: Charlie

After getting fired, Eugene encounters a vengeful monster named Charlie on the subway and attempts to solve the problem. However, Charlie cannot be pacified and instead threatens Eugene's life. If Eugene calls River, Joan will appear and save Eugene. Back in the Underworld Office, the rest of the ghosts are fretting over Eugene's abandoned physical body. River apologizes to Eugene saying that she would have helped them, had they not been in trouble at the subway station. She couldn't come to save them as she would have turned into a monster if she had done so. She asks Eugene if he is alright and then thanks Joan for helping out.

## Quotes

> *"But you can't be friends with anyone. Having a bad friend is worse than not having one. Like our Boss who pretends to be normal, but actually isn't inside."*
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—Chapter 1: Eugene

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> *"If you did something bad to another person and stacked up misdeeds, then you either get punished or help someone out and make up for it! If you got help from others, then you must return their kindness through helping back. It's called karma. Personally, I like paying back the harms much more!"*
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—Chapter 1: Eugene

> *"Sometimes, your fist is the only way out in this cruel world. You just need to punch them in the face like this without hesitating!"*
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—Chapter 3: Sean

## Gallery

"River's Anger"River's silhouetteRiver, as seen by EugeneJoan and River arguing in Chapter 3: SeanRiver and EugeneRiver with awesome\* sunglassesRiver's friendship end photoFancy riverKazoo riverHappy riverVery angry river
### Icons

River, neutralRiver, happyRiver, neutral 2River, criedRiver, angry
## Trivia

* In Chapter 7, if the player chooses to go with Boss to the Underworld Office after becoming a monster, **River** will remark how Boss "tamed" her when referring to Charlie.
* **River** died in a subway.
* **River** was 29 years old when she died.
* **River** doesn't like cumbersome nor baggy clothing.
* **River** is into hip hop and rock music.