Anna Shea

**Anna Shea** was a close friend and possible lover of Maggie Adler who helped decode the transmissions from the crew of the sunken *USS Kanaloa*.

## Background

Anna grew up in Maine with her childhood friend Maggie, with whom she was very close. She worked in broadcasting, and was eventually brought to Edwards Island to assist Maggie as a communications officer, at the latter's behest.

## Investigation of the USS Kanaloa

Anna worked alongside Maggie in investigating the radio transmissions from the *USS Kanaloa*. She and Maggie found that the crew had not died, as was thought, but instead had been separated from their dimensional existence by the implosion of the submarine's nuclear reactor. Anna and Maggie continued their tests through the winter of 1951.

On April 4, 1952 Anna and Maggie attempted to reverse the manifest breakdown so they could free the soldiers and passengers from the dimension in which they were trapped. They were able to tune into the temporal tear in the cave and speak with Henry Griffin; however, the soldiers overpowered Anna while trying to free themselves and ended up trapping Anna with them as well.

## Communication Attempts

Like most of the sunken crew, Anna can only use snippets of news and military broadcasts to communicate after being trapped. Alex can find what appears to be traces of Anna attempting to contact Maggie in Morse code, snippets of which can be picked up on the WAL radio around the island. Most messages are preceded by the opening snippet of "Entertainer" by Scott Joplin, which varies in pitch across messages. The messages appear to be arranged chronologically based on descending pitch of the tune. Initially, Anna's messages are clear and coherent; however, as time passes and Anna – much like the casualties of the *USS Kanaloa* – begins to lose her identity, the messages become less and less legible.

### Beacon Beach, 9PM

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### Harden Tower, 11PM

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### ?, ?

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> SORRYTHATIWENTAHEAD.NOTYOURFAULT.LOVEANNA.
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### Towhee Woods, ?

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> STILLHERE.CANNOTMOVE.VERYCOLD.LOVEANNA.
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> HARDTOTHINK.AREYOUTHERE?LOVEANNA.
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### US Army RCS, ?

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> GETTINGSCARED.LOSINGTHINGS.LOVE.
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### ?, ?

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> LOSING.BUT.LUGHAND.
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### ?, ?

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> LOVE.AND.
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### End Game Scene, ?

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> DOYOUWANTTOPLAY?BANANA.
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### End Credits

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The binary translation then translates into a familiar text phrase:

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## References

1. ↑ Adler Note 7
2. ↑ Adler Note 8
3. ↑ Adler Note 9
4. ↑ Adler Note 10
5. ↑ Night School Studio (June 11, 2016). We are the creators of the supernatural thriller game OXENFREE. AMA!. Reddit. Retrieved on January 15, 2023.
6. ↑ Adler Note 8