Merely

**Merely** is a character who is first introduced in *Sally.exe Continued Nightmare: Eye of Three*. She is an alternate version of Amy Rose, the older sister of Christy Glow, and one of the only living residents of Desert City.

## History

### Past

Merely lived a normal life with her sister and Jenny, until one day, things were oddly quiet. Merely and Christy noticed a giant ring, in which two Sonic clones popped out and tried to kill Merely, who told her sister to run. Christy did so. Merely eventually managed to fend off the two Sonic clones, and then went to look for her sister. She eventually found her, dead.

After her sister's death, she became embittered to the point where she is immediately suspicious of strangers who might not even know her yet. She stays with Jennifer because she is the only survivor of whom she trusts and hasn't told to her about what actually happened to her friends when they disappeared.

### Sally.exe Continued Nightmare: Eye of Three

Merely does not appear in the game until Part 2, where she plays a major role in Cream's route.

When she first spots Cream, Merely attempts to assassinate her, but she manages to get away. Cream eventually finds Jenny, who tells Merely to come on out. Merely quietly threatens Cream into not telling Jenny about what happened earlier. Jenny is welcoming of Cream, but Merely doesn't trust her. She doesn't kill Cream because of how Jennifer is watching and she cares enough for her sake that she lets Cream stay.

In the outcome where Cream helps her and survives against Brally, she is thankful that she has stayed and that she wishes for her to be safe. Merely offers Cream protection, but Cream refuses because her friends are in trouble. They will both go their separate ways. However, if Cream leaves instead of fighting, she will have two different lines of dialogue depending on whether or not Cream shows her the doll Christy made for her.

If Merely survives, there is an extra cutscene after the credits where it shows Merely and Christy interacting in the past, where she is trying to get her little sister to be less energized. After that, it shows Merely contemplating killing herself and Jenny, but then she snaps out of those thoughts and goes for a walk.

She is then approached by Jenny, who informs her that Christy is back and wants to surprise them. Merely is shocked to hear this. Jenny closes her eyes, but Merely doesn't do the same and sees how demonized Christy looks. Christy greets her sister, and warns her not to tell Jenny or else she'll get hurt by Sonic clones. She then tries to convince Merely to join her, but Merely doesn't believe her and ends up running away with Jenny.

## Personality

Merely is cold and distrusting to the point where she tries to kill anyone she spots in Desert City to keep her only living friend, Jenny, safe at all costs. She is shown to have suicidal thoughts, her flashback of her sister asking what she dreamt of was her replying with “I want to die” and even contemplating ending Jenny and her life.

In the past, Merely was much friendlier and not paranoid, and only became the way she is now because of how badly her sister's death affected her. She had a responsible attitude towards her sister.

## Appearance

Merely looks similar to Amy, but with purple eyes and she has three upturned spines. Currently, she wears a purple outfit with blue boots. In the past, she wore a green dress and boots.

## Relationships

### Jennifer

Merely and Jenny are best friends. Currently, Merely wants to protect Jenny at all costs, which is why she kills anyone who she sees set foot in Desert City.

### Christy Glow

Merely is Christy's older sister, and the two cared about each other a lot, to the point that when Christy died, Merely's entire personality changed.

When demonized Christy and Merely were talking, Christy said she missed her and wanted Merely to join her, but she didn't accept out of disbelief.

### Cream

At first, Merely doesn't trust Cream. She is confused as to why. However, if Cream shows her the doll that Christy made for her, Merely begins to trust her. And if Cream saves her from Brally, Merely says that she can stay with her and Jenny. However, Cream refuses, as she has to save her friends, and the two part ways.

## Trivia

* She and Jennifer were inspired by Sans and Papyrus from Undertale.

## References

1. ↑ Revealed on Discord.
2. ↑ Revealed in a Q/A video.
3. ↑ Revealed on Discord.