The Endings

**This is a list of endings in *Project Kat*. There is a bad ending, a good ending, a true ending, and 5 dead ends. In total, there are 8 endings.**

## True End K1 - Curiosity Killed the Kat

### Kat's Dream

The game starts with Kat waking up and being surrounded by a world of white, with grass and trees adorned with pink leaves. As she stood up, she stumbled upon a small gate and noticed a white flower lying on the ground. Kat picked it up, revealing it to be a lily. As she walked through a straight path, she discovered a grand manor with four vases placed at the entrance. Three of the vases contained a white flower, while the fourth one remained empty. Additionally, the door had four lights, three of which were green and one was red. Naturally, Kat carefully placed the flower inside the vase, hoping it would solve the puzzle. However, the surroundings suddenly transformed into a surreal and bloody environment, and the shadow-like entity appeared before her.

The entity spoke to Kat, warning her to be careful with her decisions and reminding her that the seemingly obvious solutions to puzzles might not be as straightforward as they seem. The entity circles her, emphasizing that her choices would have consequences, some of which she might not even remember, leading to regret. It warned Kat that she did not belong in this realm and that her actions were not mere games. The figure picked up the white lily, revealing that the lily she thought she had placed in the vase was, in fact, a bird that she had unintentionally drowned. The entity cruelly tells her that she is not yet ready to face the truth and warns her that if she were to encounter it again, it would kill her, as that was the way of the world.

With that, Kat suddenly woke up in her classroom, realizing that it had all been a weird dream. She looked at the clock and noticed that it was 11 and everyone had already left. Blinking her eyes and brushing off the peculiar dream, Kat resolved to continue with her plan.

### Occult Club

Skip ahead to later that night, where three girls, known as the “ponytail girl, the “pretty girl” and the “quiet girl”, gathered in a dimly lit room, playing Ouija board. Clearly terrified, they debated whether one of them had intentionally moved the plachette to spell the word “DIE” or if it had moved on its own. Their fears heightened when they heard a sudden knock at the door, believing it was a ghost they had summoned. To their relief, it was Kat, with a knowing smile, standing on the other side of the door. Kat explained that she is now a member of the occult club and informed the girls that their experience with the Ouija board was due to a psychological phenomenon known as the “ideomoter effect". Kat elucidated how this effect is triggered by strong beliefs and thoughts, often causing the subconscious to manifest those beliefs into reality. Rather than being appreciative of Kat's explanation, the girls responded with sarcastic remarks, teasing her for killing their mood.

   As the girls settled back around the table, the mood lightened a bit. Kat opened a note and began listing the items needed for a particular ritual. The note ended with a series of question marks, suggesting uncertainty about the potential outcome. She left the occult club and embarked on exploring the school, ticking off her tasks as she went along. In one classroom, while clearing the desks to the sides, she noticed a missing curtain, which was an essential element for blacking out the rooms, according to the ritual note. Her exploration led her to the theater club room, which she found locked. Back in the occult club room, Kat approached the ponytail girl and requested a key to access the theater club room, but the ponytail girl offered to give Kat her notebook in exchange. After giving her a notebook, Kat examined the theater club room. Once she had taken the curtain and hung it on the window, she drew lines with chalk, lit candles, and utilized a rune she had found in the occult club room.

It then flashes back to a conversation Kat had with her classmate, where she expresses concern for Kat's obsession with rituals, warning her about the dangers of summoning entities and compromising her soul. Determined, Kat insisted on continuing her pursuits, even though all previous endeavors had been disappointments, believed to be scams. Embarressed, her friend mentions that a golden envelope with a specific letter was in the occult club room, but it would require her to be a member in order to join them.

Back to the present, Kat suddenly heard a loud knock on the door, but when she checked, nobody was there. Kat continues with the ritual, burning the piece of her hair she cut out, and proceeds to blow out the candles one by one. But the candles suddenly blew out by themselves, leaving Kat standing in complete darkness. Her final step is to close her eyes and count to 100. While counting, she expresses skepticism, stating that the ritual couldn't possibly work, and wonders if her mother is worrying about her. She then hears strange noises, making it sound like something or someone was moving around the room. The sounds attracted her attention, but she remained focused on her counting. When her countdown is over, she cautiously opens her eyes and only finds herself in a strange place, excited that the ritual actually worked. Eager to explore this new realm, Kat ventured forward.

### Hallway of Doors

The walls were lined with large pipes running through them, emitting a warm and comforting sensation when touched. As she continues to wander, Kat comes across locked industrial doors, one of which is boarded up. Intriguingly, she notices a black, sticky substance oozing down from the edges, making her wonder if it has a life of its own. Kat's attention then turns to the mirrors scattered throughout the area, commenting that looking into mirrors in a location like this is just asking to be jump-scared. Continuing to walk on a seemingly unidirectional path, Kat suddenly realizes that she has ended up back where she started, as if she had been looping around, and the environment began to shift and transform as one of the halls stretched out unnaturally. Just as Kat began to feel disoriented, she stumbled upon a key hanging on the wall, as if it had been prepared specifically for her. Taking the key, she discovered a locked door with a keyhole on a large staircase.

### Into the Door

After unlocking the door, Kat stepped into a dimly lit hallway, where she assumed the ritual had already ended. However, she noticed a note on the wall with rules and regulations. It reads, "No running in hallways. No screaming during recess. No escaping. Ever."

As she walks through the door to the next hallway, a threatening voice suddenly echoes through the space, beckoning her attention. The voice claims to be entertained and, in return, receives nothing. As she continues to explore, she catches sight of a shadowy figure with blood-red eyes observing her through a clear glass panel. Kat tries to approach for a closer look, but before she can reach it, the figure slams its hand against the glass, causing her to fall to the ground.

The voice, still present, taunts her and declares that she has unknowingly embarked on a one-way trip to hell. Unfazed, Kat suggests that the voice be quiet if it isn't going to help her, promising to leave once she finds what she came for. She then stumbles upon unsealed golden envelopes scattered across the floor. Each envelope contains a different ritual with intriguing titles such as "The Mirror Ritual," "The Ritual of the Well," "The Bus Ritual," and "The Three-Room Ritual"—the very ritual Kat has just completed. She wonders if these rituals hold power, especially if they are written in golden letters.

The voice, seemingly amused by her discovery, explained that she had proven the efficacy of these rituals. However, it claimed there's no way for her to escape this place and share her knowledge with the outside world. It insisted that the knowledge must die with her. Kat refuses to believe the voice's words, dismissing the voice's attempts to scare her. Kat pressed on and found herself at a dead-end with a note, asking if she was lost. She retraces her steps, only to find the hallway morphing into a completely different path with another dead-end and another note, suggesting she should give up, as she would never leave the place. Kat ran through the ever-changing corridors, constantly watched by shadowy figures behind glass panels.

The voice, cold and without mercy, mentioning Kat's mother and how she would be devastated by losing both her husband and daughter. Angered, Kat defies the voice, stating that the voice knows nothing about her. The voice continues to torment and break Kat mentally, leaving more notes on the wall, hinting at her inability to say goodbye to her father, and now she won't be able to say goodbye to her mother either. Another note questioned whether the presence of someone else with her would reassure her that escape was possible, insinuating she was incompatible with others. More notes appeared, emphasizing there was no escape, as this was designed to be a one-way trip. The last one, with unsettling fonts, questioned why it would offer its prey a way to escape. As she ran, Kat witnessed other shadowy figures pressing against the glass, causing it to crack, further scaring her.

The voice responded to Kat by saying that it knew more about her than she thought, showing her a vision of a psychiatrist's office. In the vision, she saw herself in a cozy yet unsettling room filled with an abundance of bookshelves, a desk cluttered with papers, a cozy sofa, and a window that revealed a blood-red sky. Kat then notices a three-year-old version of herself sitting on the floor, diligently drawing with crayons. But as Kat drew closer, the child slowly disappeared into thin air. Her attention turned to someone sitting on the sofa, whom she assumed to be her psychiatrist, but, to her horror, the creature's head rose and twisted around, revealing its grotesque face with four piercing red eyes. In an instant, the abomination vanished into darkness, leaving Kat trembling with fear and bewildered.

The voice gloated about its ability to invade her thoughts, urging her to become more lively and warning her that it would decide when it was done playing with her. This voice, seemingly omniscient, toyed with her emotions, leading her deeper into a labyrinthine maze of ever-changing corridors. After what felt like an eternity of wandering, Kat arrived at a small box room, barely big enough to fit her. With a heavy door slammed shut behind her, the last note stated that she would remain trapped until she died. The voice sneered, asking if Kat enjoyed her current position and how it revealed her foolishness. It concluded with the ominous promise of relishing in her slow decay. Unable to bear the torment any longer, Kat finally broke down, shouting for the voice to shut up and to get out of her head. She asserted her autonomy and pleaded for it to let her go home. And to her surprise, much to the voice's satisfaction, it obliged. The door opened, and Kat returned to the strange place she had first appeared in after the ritual.

Shattered and filled with terror, she decided to find a way to escape and return home. It was then that she discovered and opened the door—the one that had been previously boarded up, now mysteriously ajar. With no other options, Kat stepped through the door, entering another surreal place—even more surreal than before. The realm was pitch black, execpt for a trail of blood leading the way. As she followed the trail, she came across a horrifying sight—the lifeless corpses of the three girls he had previously encountered at the Occult Club. Completely petrified, Kat mutters that this couldn't be real and that it was all her fault. Finally, she reached a small white spot in the otherwise abyssal darkness. In front of her stood a pink door with an “Exit” sign on it. Filled with a glimmer of hope, Kat reached out to open it, only to discover that the door was locked, pleading for it to open. But before Kat could turn back, the door inexplicably swung open behind her.

Trembling from the trauma she had endured, Kat whispered to herself, questioning if it was all over and if she would ever be able to return home. Tears filled her eyes as she caught a glimpse of what lay beyond the open door, and she weakly whispered, “I don't want to die...”. The screen abruptly turned black, and a horrific sound could be heard, suggesting that Kat had been viciously killed, trapping her in hell for all eternity.

## Dead End K2 - Cold Kat Feet

Kat leaves the school while Juli, Saki, and Kaya are in the clubroom. When Kat returns home, she decides not to go through with the ritual and will try to do it again at a later time. However, her notes have disappeared without a trace. Despite this, Kat convinces herself that the ritual was a scam and will lament the fact that she will never know what would have happened if she had completed it.

## Dead End K3 - Academic Spiral

As Kat walked back to the occult clubroom, she noticed Juli, Saki, and Kaya had already left, leaving the room empty. Kat decided to head home but instead of finding herself outside the school building, she found herself descending a seemingly endless flight of stairs. Each step she took led her further downward, with no end in sight. Feeling tired and hopeless, Kat fell asleep, hoping that someone would find her and bring her back to her own bed. When she woke up, she found herself on the exact same staircase as before. She then took out a piece of chalk and began marking the ground with a cross, indicating that she would be able to ascertain if she was descending the same stairs repeatedly. But as she tried to take one more step, she froze. She looked at the cross she had drawn, and it taunted her with its unchanging presence, reminding her that she was indeed trapped in a never-ending spiral. Kat grew despondent, and, as the screen went black, she whispered an apology to her mother, knowing that she would not be able to make it home.

## Dead End K4 - Nevermind Forever

Kat, feeling the need for a break from her ritual, gathers her friends Juli, Saki, and Kaya to sit down and chat. As they converse, the girls collectively decide to join Kat and participate in her ritual. However, instead of completing the ritual, they leave the school and head home. Over time, Kat starts losing interest in the ritual, realizing that the connections she has formed with her friends are far more valuable. She begins to think that it may not be as important as she initially thought, cherishing the company of her friends and finding contentment in the conversations they share.

## Dead End K5 - Party Wipe

After four girls go through with the ritual, Kat informs them that they just need to wait for 5 minutes. Saki questions the idea of doing nothing, but Kat assures them that peace and quiet can be beneficial. Kat explains that after waiting, she will burn the hair, and they will help blow out the candles one by one. Kaya mentions that the smell of burning hair is unpleasant, but Kat tells her it's the final step and they should do it properly. Juli questions what will happen after the waiting period, and Kat nonchalantly admits she doesn't know, suggesting they will likely just clean up and go home, believing it's all just a scam. Disgusted, Juli accuses Kat of deliberately involving them in order to make them help clean up afterward but Kat playfully responds by asking if they are not entertained by the situation.

After five minutes have finally passed, Kat burns the hair and instructs the girls to blow up the candles one by one. As the room descends into darkness, Kat urges the girls to close their eyes and remain silent while she counts to one hundred. However, halfway through, Kat hear noises, suggesting somebody is moving around the room. Kat hushes the girls but panics as she hears cutting sounds. Hastily ending the countdown, she opens her eyes only to witness Juli, Saki, and Kaya brutally dismembered and killed. Kat stumbled backward, desperately trying to comprehend what had transpired. Fear overwhelmed her, and without a second thought, she dashed out of the room, leaving the horrors behind. As Kat reaches the horrific hallway, she is confronted by a sinister voice. The voice informs her that despite the rules, there are some morons who believe they can bring an entire group into the ritual. The voice expressed disappointment in the lack of entertainment value, declaring it would have made things interesting for Kat. However, now the voice dismisses the hope entirely, knowing that it would not bring the enjoyment as it would've hoped. Despite her pleas, Kat immediately gets killed, just as ruthlessly as it did her friends.

## Dead End K6 - Snip Snip

After Juli, Saki, and Kaya decide to join Kat in her ritual, the group moves from room to room, but Kat's mood suddenly changes. Without warning, she decides to ruthlessly cut down all the plants in the three classrooms. The girls, desperately trying to stop her, grow increasingly angry with Kat's genocide, ultimately leading them to leave abruptly and vow to never speak to Kat again. Left standing alone in the classroom, Kat realizes the gravity of her actions and expresses deep remorse. She decides to return home, hoping to avoid any further encounters again.

## Dead End K7 - Girls' Night Out

Kat, Saki, Juli and Kaya follow the instructions of the ritual, which include tracing chalk in the rooms and reading the extended rules in the occult club. They have the option to try to leave the school, but they are unable to because the hallways are connected. Realizing that they are stuck in a loop, Kat, Saki, Juli, and Kaya notice a supply room that nobody has used before and decide to investigate it. Upon entering the supply room, they discover a hidden lawsuit filed by the parents of a missing student, along with Kaya's shoe and Kat's old lighter. Intrigued, they move on to the next room, where Kat notices an eerie space that defies the school's layout. While Saki panics, claiming the ritual is not yet complete, Kat feels the situation isn't as dangerous as it seems and decides to investigate further.

They eventually reach an ominous hallway, where they encounter a mysterious figure who warns them to stop and turn back. While Juli, Saki, and Kaya agree, Kat refuses and insists on finding answers to her problems. Kat dares to cross the line that separates safety from danger, but the figure stops, sighs, and reluctantly confirms that the ritual does indeed work, but continuing would lead to their demise, leaving their questions unanswered and their world meaningless. However, Kat remains resolute and proclaims that she has her own reasons for continuing. As the figure turns its attention towards Saki, Kaya, and Juli, it questions Kat whether she is willing to sacrifice the lives of her friends for her personal reasons and, ultimately, her own life. The figure challenges Kat, asking if she is prepared to die for the answers she seeks. Refusing to yield, Kat defiantly asks the figure to provide the answers itself, to which the figure cryptically states that it has said what needed to be said. Kat inquires about the identity of the figure, only to reveal itself as someone who has witnessed countless human deaths, saddened by the thought of adding more lives to the pile of the dead. The girls urge Kat to listen to the figure's warning, and reluctantly, she concedes. Before departing, Kat reflects on whether the figure was the same presence that had warned her through her dream earlier and the figure suggests that it may have been her subconscious trying to protect her. Accepting the advice, Kat decides to forego the ritual for the night, much to her disappointment.

After leaving the school, Saki, Juli, and Kaya notice Kat's somber mood and rally together, suggesting they all go karaoke to cheer her up. After Kat agrees, she realizes that believing in a better outcome is necessary for her well-being, at least for now.

## Dead End K8 - My Way

    When Kat is trapped in the enclosed room, she refuses to beg the voice to release her and instead loses her sanity, stating that she won't play their game and will bore them to death. The voice is resentful and leaves her, falling silent. Kat sat calmly against the wall, wanting to scream for help but staying silent, hoping that someone would eventually find her.