Sandy

Sandy in Act 1

**Sandy** is a passenger on the Time Boat studying communication between humans and dolphins.

## Personality

* Sandy is shown to be a relatively optimistic character, although she seems to get anxious easily.
* Her attitude may not be completely genuine though, as in act two she mentions needing to keep cheerful for the benefit of those around her.

## Relationships

* Billy is her husband, but unfortunately for the first two acts their relationship is rather strained. Sandy is mainly focusing her attention on Gerald, leaving Billy feeling neglected for the past five years. During the second act Billy confronts her about this, causing an argument between the couple. But, during the third act they apologize to each other and seem to be on good terms again.
* Unnamed daughter- Billy and Sandy’s child; it is unclear how old she was when she died. Gerald seems to be used as a sort of replacement for her lost child.
* Gerald was found by Sandy when he was only a baby, and through the game it is shown she is heavily attached to him. He is the main subject in her research on communication between humans and dolphins, but she sees him as much more than that.

## Storylines

### Act 1

* Sandy spends most of act one in the lab.
* When Gerald is not visible through the lab window, she quickly grows worried about him. He comes back though, and she speaks to him using the panels. After communicating with Gerald she gives him fish, and needs to go to the food storage to get more. Here she has a brief interaction with Henry, where she clarifies that Gerald is not just an experiment and she wants people to respect him.

### Act 2

* When the crew talks about the situation of being icebound, Sandy seems to show the most concern for Gerald, first saying “he’s going to freeze” then adding “we’re all going to freeze”.
* After the crew meets she returns to lab, where Billy eventually joins her. He confronts her about feeling neglected, which starts an argument between the couple. He talks about how all her attention seems to be going to Gerald, and acknowledges that she treats Gerald as a replacement to their lost child. Billy even says that the argument was the most that they had talked in five years, and it ends with Billy leaving the lab.
* Sandy goes to her living quarters to record her research.
* Eventually Sandy leaves her room, and finds that Billy has joined Adela and Thew in exploring the ice.
* She returns to her room, speaking to herself about her relationship with Billy. She acknowledges that she is very focused on her research, but says it is because she wants to be taken seriously for her work; and that Billy should know this. She also references her daughter, wondering if things would be different if she were there. She grows sad as she speaks to herself, but ends the monologue by saying that she needs to be cheerful because that’s what’s best for everyone.
* She leaves her room again, finding that Adela and Billy have returned.

### Act 3

* Billy and Sandy are together at the start of act 3.
* During their conversation Billy apologizes for the argument.
* If Gerald has not been saved Billy informs her that he saw Gerald had died. If Gerald has been saved Sandy will remain optimistic that he is still alive.
* Regardless, Sandy asks him about his mollusks and the conversation shifts.
* Billy asks if Sandy would like to name one, and she suggests Valentino
* It is decided that Billy should use the submarine to see if it would be possible to get through the ice.
* Sandy requests to have control over the radio, as she knows the second most about the submarine.
* If Gerald is not saved, Billy will die.
* If Gerald is saved, he will save Billy, saying that Billy should leave and he is “going on ahead” according to Sandy’s translation.
* A few days pass after the submarine, and the next time Sandy is seen she is at the stairs that lead to the lower part of the boat, which is now under water. She speaks with Weil, and says that it (drowning) seems peaceful; or at least more peaceful than starving.
* By following her down in the submerged lab, her death puzzle is unlocked.

### Death puzzle

* Sandy’s puzzle is made up of five scenes surrounding a large tank.
* The first scene is her and Billy standing on the porch of a house, the second is them setting up a nursery, the third is them standing in front of a grave, the fourth is Sandy working with Gerald, and the fifth is Sandy and Billy transporting Gerald.
* The second and third scenes provides some of the strongest evidence that they lost a child.
* Sandy’s death puzzle is solved by the player ripping apart each scene and getting enough objects into the tank.
* The objects will swirl in the water and once enough have been put into the tank the objects will form together into the shape of Gerald. Eventually a new scene appears, this one containing Sandy holding baby Gerald.

### Once Sandy is saved

* After the puzzle is successfully completed, Sandy will appear at the front of the ship. She sits on her own for a little bit, but eventually Billy finds her and joins.
* She apologizes to him for being so caught up in her work.
* Billy brings up the afterlife during the conversation.
* Billy also assures Sandy that he respects her work, praising her for all that she has proved in her research.
* The conversation ends with Billy offering to play the harmonica, which he plays until the act ends.

### Epilogue

* In the epilogue the boat has been abandoned, as the front half of it is underwater. The characters sit around a bonfire, eating their last meal before they take turns saying things that they’ll miss, and the epilogue ends with them dancing around the fire.
* Sandy talks about the first time she communicated with Gerald saying it felt like reaching into another world, and that she will miss that feeling.
* Sandy also says she will miss swimming, snorkeling, being in the aquarium, margaritas, and roller coasters at night.

## Additional facts

* Sandy’s real name is Sandra
* Sandy seems to be able to communicate with Gerald just through noise