Naomi

* In-game
* Render

* Having to accept she and her loved ones will die before graduating high school

### Voice

Allegra Clark

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> *"Seriously? This was your big thing. How can you say it just doesn't matter? How are we supposed to just... be FINE?! It's easy for you guys to give up on everything but I... I had so much planned... I have so many things I've worked on that I'll never get to see!"*
> —Naomi to Fang and the group when they accept their deaths
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**Naomi** is one of the main characters in *Goodbye Volcano High*. She is the student council president at Volcano High during its 2021-2022 school year, and shares the same homeroom teacher, Misty Roberts, with Fang.

## Appearance

Naomi is a light lilac parasaurolophus who is 5'5" tall. She has orange markings over her snout and extending to the top of the horn on the back of her head, as well as along the top side of her tail. She has green eyes and blonde hair in a bob cut.

She typically wears a pair of pink horn-rimmed glasses, a white short-sleeved dress shirt with a pink bow, dark gray paints that end at the middle of her calves, and white shoes with pink shoelaces.

## Personality

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> *"No, the future is what we make it! I've worked really hard to get the life I want, and I'm not gonna let a big jerk rock ruin that!"*
> —Naomi to Reed about the asteroid
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Naomi is the smart, organized, and knowledgeable head of the school's Yearbook Committee. She aspires to be a physician after graduating high school, and is even looking up pre-med classes online. Naomi enjoys figuring out how things work, even if it goes beyond the purview of her desired medical field, such as electronics. Naomi greatly enjoys fashion and cosplay, and even makes a lot of her own clothes.

Naomi can be socially awkward, timid and insecure, awkwardly dancing around her emotions towards Fang when the topic comes up, as well as being easily embarrassed in conversations whenever she feels like she missteps. On occasion, she can sound condescending when trying to be polite.

Naomi has a somewhat neurotic and perfectionist personality. For example, when she is first introduced in the game, she rushes into the classroom to take her seat because she is afraid of being late, not realizing how dangerous it is as she almost bumps into Fang and Reed, when Ms. Roberts would have cared more about the safety of the students over Naomi's reputation. While many players might not really give this moment a lot of thought, it actually foreshadows a lot about Naomi's personality, and how while she can be well-intentioned (trying not to be late), she accidentally can end up being a bit self-absorbed and lacking perspective.

Naomi's neurotic side is also shown by her reactions when contemplating the possibility of having a blank spot in the yearbook if Reed does not appear for it, as well as her intent focus on making the yearbook as good as possible. Both due to her perfectionist nature and latent discomfort before crowds, she finds public speaking a great challenge. She is also quick to give criticism, even if it comes from a place of love.

However, when in a comfortable environment and mentally dialed in, Naomi is capable of being confident and insightful, such as when she discusses the topic of "flow" with Fang while fixing their MIDI controller. In such situations, she also tends to be much more animated, and to an extent even playful, acting decisively to solve problems during Legends & Lore sessions (albeit with a bad habit of metagaming), and keeping up with her friends' more crass humor whenever it comes out.

Naomi spends much of the school year in doubt/denial about the asteroid, refusing to let it ruin her life, but it is later revealed that Naomi struggles immensely due to the looming deadly threat, which is poised to ruin a future that she had worked so hard for. To distract herself from this, she tries her best to believe that it will simply miss Earth or that the impact will not be that powerful. Naomi has kept herself busy and occupied rather than be idle and linger on the thoughts of everyone's impending doom. When the group begins to accept their deaths at the bonfire, Naomi panics and begins to lash out at her friends, offending them. Despite this, the Dinogang is able to reconcile and Naomi begins to learn how to live and enjoy life in the present, instead of worrying about the future.

Despite everything, Fang comments in the photo gallery that Naomi is "the bravest out of all of us." owing to her willingness to put herself in emotionally vulnerable positions: how she hates public speaking but commits to it; how she texts Fang about her love for them; how she reveals herself to Fang outside Lava Java; and how she tries her best to remain cheerful while struggling with her fears of the asteroid. By the end, she agrees to burn her yearbook as a Worm Drama tribute and to show she wants to live in the present.

## Background

Naomi is the best friend of Naser, the two bonding over trying to make the most of their school years and extracurricular activities. She often spends time at his house, but Fang tries to avoid her. Naomi has a secret crush on Fang.

In the recent past, Naomi crossed paths with Reed in the library, who got her into *L&L*. He would later help support her after her speech when she ran for Student Government Representative. At that point, the two were close enough for Reed to refer to her with the nickname "Mims", though he doesn't use it outside of that conversation.

## *Goodbye Volcano High*

### Episode One

Naomi is first seen in the classroom, interrupting Reed and Fang's conversation, discussing L&L plans with him before taking a seat.

Later, after Fang is caught texting by Roberts, she talks about the electromagnetic interference affecting electronics, and begins to infodump about it, but stops when she realizes that Ms. Robert's request to do so was rhetorical. When asked to explain her future plans, she tells her that she wants to become a physician. Naomi then prompts Fang to answer the same question, making them reveal their plans for the band's future.

As they leave homeroom, Naomi strikes Fang up for a conversation. She apologizes for putting Fang on the spot. She acts unwittingly condescending, believing Fang simply hasn't made a good plan for their future yet, and that they never seemed the type to go to university; despite this, she was interested in their decision to want to play music as a career. All the same, Fang invites her to visit one of Worm Drama's shows some time.

After school, Naomi goes to Fang's house to work on the yearbook. When Fang reveals their presence, Naomi wishes to learn more about Fang's band. She ends up spilling Fang's secret about winning Battle of the Bands and CalderaFest, as well as going on a tour, in front of Naser. Although Naser is concerned about the plan, Naomi agrees it would be great, and she asks Fang to play a song for her. Fang plays Untitled Number Seven for Naomi and Naser. If the player performs badly enough, Naomi will ask an additional question: "It's about you, right? About feeling lonely?" Fang can confirm this, or say "Not going there."

### Episode Two

On Photo Day, Fang asks Naomi to help repair the midi controller. Naomi gives the condition that Fang must find Reed and get him photographed. Naomi explains to Fang about the concept of "flow".

### Episode Five

Naomi goes to Lava Java to watch the Battle of the Bands, intent on revealing herself as being Fang's secret admirer after the show.

Depending on the player's choice, Fang may immediately meet "Pretty Hero" outside, or accidentally get distracted while mingling inside. Regardless, Fang meets with "Pretty Hero" in the back alley, and Naomi reveals herself as having been "Pretty Hero" the entire time.

### Episode Seven

During the group campfire scene, when the group begins surrendering their dreams and futures to the asteroid, Naomi has an emotional breakdown (possibly a panic attack) and begins ranting at her friends, saying she is shocked they seem nonchalant about having their dreams unfulfilled. She ends up flaring passions all around the group, and the resulting argument causes everyone to split up.

In order to mend relations, Fang goes and talks with each of the Dinogang in a one-on-one, with who they speak to dependent on who they had managed to create a strong Affinity with over the course of the game. Depending on the player's actions, Fang may decide to begin a romantic relationship with Naomi, or to remain just friends.

### Episode Eight

If Fang chose to enter a relationship with Naomi in the previous episode, the two can have a picnic date by the beach, and Naomi will offer to give Fang an outfit she designed.

If Fang rejects the date, Naomi will instead come over to Fang's house to watch movies with them and Naser. Depending on the player's choice of movie, Naomi will react differently:

* Anime (Pretty Heroes): Fang and Naomi will be engaged, but Naser will be disinterested
* Documentary: Naomi and Naser will be engaged, but Fang will fall asleep. Naser puts cheesies on Fang's head
* Horror: Fang will be engaged, but Naomi and Naser will find it terrifying. Naser accidentally knocks over his bowl of snacks and it lands on Naomi's head.

On the final day, Naomi is last seen streaming the concert to Fang's parents Sabah and Saeed.

## Development History

> Naomi is a know-it-all who's President of the Student Council. Naser is her condescending jerk of a sidekick. They are inseparable. They are unbearable. They have perfect A grades and parents who love them and shirts that are always buttoned all the way to the top. In short, they represent everything Fang does NOT want to be. Unfortunately, Naser is Fang's brother... and Naomi comes as part of the package deal.
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Naomi was developed during the earliest stages of *Goodbye Volcano High*, when the game had been imagined as a dating sim. It is unknown which of the three player characters (Fang, Rosa, or Leo) she was designed to be a romantic partner for, though in the Pitch Trailer, there is a shot of Leo holding her shoulder. When the dating sim concept was dropped, Naomi was folded into the main story.

Naomi was originally imagined as an antagonist with a more know-it-all, insufferable personality, and on the receiving end of a one-sided rivalry with Fang. She was the Student Council President with Naser as her sidekick, with suggestions that the two had more romantic intentions with each other. Following the game's narrative reboot, Naomi's role and personality were changed significantly.

Naomi appears in all three of the game's trailers using her final design. She first speaks in the Story Trailer, and her voice talent, Allegra Clark, was revealed afterward.

"Naomi" can be both a Hebrew name meaning "pleasantness" and a Japanese name meaning various things depending on how it is written.

## Quotes

* *"I just wanted to say sorry that I put you on the spot. I didn't realize you haven't really made a plan. Still, I think it's interesting that you want to play music. You never seemed like the kind of person who would go to university."* (to Fang)
* *"It's called flow, and people feel it from all sorts of things. Exercise, painting, math even. I feel it when I'm doing things like this—putting things together. Or back together. It's like you're doing exactly what you're meant to do."*
* *"I guess I want someone who sees the same world I do. God, that's cheesy."*
* *"...Sure. We can talk later. It's fine. I'm used to waiting for you. Bye, Fang..."*
* *"Seriously? This was your big thing. How can you say it just doesn't matter? How are we supposed to just... be FINE?"*
* *"Easy for you to say. Some people want more from life than deliveries and board games!"* (to Reed)
* *"It's easy for you guys to give up on everything. But I had so much planned... I have so many things I've worked on that I'll never get to see."*
* *"Fine. Whatever. Now that YOUR dream is cancelled, I guess we should all just accept our fates!"* (to Fang)
* *"Before this year, I had all these plans. And when my future became a maybe... I held on so hard. Too hard. I'm sorry. I kind of freaked out.. and I just... I guess I wanted to say... who needs a future when all my friends are in the present?"* (to the group)

## Trivia

* Although this may be seen as extremely obvious (this Trivia point is listed here just in case some players did not catch it), in the alleyway, Naomi can be seen wearing the *Pretty Heroes* inspired outfit she previously sent a picture of to Fang, underneath the jacket. The implication is that Naomi was going to take off her jacket and surprise Fang with it, but because Fang's reaction was not positive enough, Naomi went home early instead.
* Her phone number is 555-6821.
	+ This, like all 555 numbers seen in media, is a placeholder "fake" phone number, and is not indicative of a real phone number that exists.
* According to the developers (Kyle McKernan in a KO\_OP Twitch stream), Naomi was inspired by Tracy Flick from the 1999 movie *Election*, as well as Paris Geller from *Gilmore Girls*.

## Gallery

### Art

Naomi's reference sheetPreliminary sketch by Kyle McKernan when deciding if dinosaurs should have hairFirst passSecond pass3D head reference (bottom, second from left)Naomi (bottom left) in the 2020 key artNaomi and Naser from their shared 2020 profileNaomi with Naser in a promotional illustration by Ellen AlsopNaomi cosplaying Beidou from *Genshin Impact*
### Screenshots

Naomi (top) at the beach campfire in the Reveal TrailerNaomi (bottom) at the beach campfire in the demoNaomi at Volcano HighNaomi during the assemblyLinneaLinnea powered upNaomi during the presentation about collegeNaomi arrives at Lava JavaNaomi infatuated by Worm Drama playing at Lava JavaNaomi during the bonfire meetupNaomi contemplates burning her work-in-progress yearbookNaomi and Fang if the player decides to enter a relationship with herNaomi comforting a distraught Fang about never seeing their parents againCustomizing Pretty Heroes on the date with NaomiNaser and Naomi handling promNaomi taking photosNaomi with Reed and Naser on the roofNaomi with her friendsNaomi on the final day
## References

1. ↑ https://www.artstation.com/artwork/VJVOg4
2. ↑ Quote from official site, 2020
3. ↑ KO\_OP Newsletter: Volcano High Bulletin July 2020 Dispatch
4. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi\_(given\_name)

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