Alice Gray

Alice as she appears in Guest From the Future

**Alice Gray** is the daughter of Anna Gray and Dorian Black, and the granddaughter of Richard Gray. She is, at least thus far, the couple's only child.

## Biography

Alice is the title character of her debut game, *Guest From The Future*. She emerges from the time stream before her mother knows that she will ever even exist, begging Anna to come forward in time with her. A tragedy has befallen the family and several members of the Gray clan, including Anna herself, have been killed. Alice herself is deeply ill and knows that she has limited time to set everything right. With Anna's help, the precipitating event is stopped and the Gray family members survive. At the end of the main game, Anna receives confirmation from the doctor that she is indeed pregnant.

In the bonus chapter, Alice becomes the player character. It's Anna's birthday and she's gone mysteriously missing. Their ransacked home suggests that she's been kidnapped; fortunately, whoever took her didn't know to bring along Richard's skull, and his spirit advises his granddaughter as she works to rescue her mother.

In *The Generous Gift*, Alice is celebrating her sixth birthday. She gets kidnapped by the game's antagonist and Anna must rescue her. It turns out that the kidnapper wanted Anna all along, believing that her time-traveling powers must be stopped for the good of humanity, and he used Alice as bait to lure Anna into a trap.

In *Heritage*, Anna brings Alice with her as she goes to assist her husband's sister. Alice is not present for much of the game, but she does have some brief dialogue in which she mentions that her grandfather Richard has gone 'on vacation.'

In *Trace in Time*, Alice is seen briefly at the beginning and end of the main game, enjoying an outing with her parents to an ice cream parlor.

In *Echo of the Past*, Alice is once again a main driving force in the story. As she is helping Anna to clean out their attic, they find a doll which bears incredibly strong resemblance to Alice. Alice promptly disappears, and Anna must resolve the mystery in order to get her daughter back.

Alice has not yet been mentioned in the *Detectives United* series, but in *Timeless Voyage*, Anna has a photograph of her in her wallet. (The child's appearance in the photo is identical to Alice as she appears in *The Generous Gift*, which launched a few months after *Timeless Voyage*.) Alice has a second photographic cameo in *Timeless Voyage* as well, when Agent Brown travels to the McGray estate thirty years in the future; he finds a picture of Anna and Alice with some of their McGray cousins.

## Relationships

### Anna Gray

Alice's mother is fiercely devoted to her and will do anything to help her if she's in trouble. Alice is similarly devoted to Anna and just as fearless, willing to charge into dangerous situations if her mother needs her.

### Dorian Black

Not much is shown of Dorian and Alice's relationship, as Dorian is chiefly an offscreen character. However, he does help to rescue his daughter during the events of *The Generous Gift*, and is shown carefully putting a helmet on her head before taking her home on his motorcycle. Anna's inner dialogue observes that he is a good father.

### Richard Gray

As snarky as he is, Richard is extremely attached to his granddaughter. When he first learns of her existence, he promises not to spoil her too much. In the bonus chapter of *Guest From the Future*, he treats her very affectionately; clicking on his skull when it's not active may even prompt him to address her as "darling." As he says a final goodbye to Anna near the end of *Horizon of Wishes*, he mentions that he is very proud of Alice.

### James Blackthorne

It hasn't been shown in any of the games proper, but *Guest From the Future* suggests that James and Alice have a close relationship. When speaking to her mother about the fact that she was away on a Detectives United case while something else was happening, Alice refers to him as "Uncle James."

## Trivia

* In addition to her photo cameo in *Timeless Voyage*, Alice has appeared in the *Detectives United* games in the collectible sidequests. The case cards in *Timeless Voyage* include a reference to the events of *Guest From the Future.* In *Deadly Debt*, the collection is timepieces, and one of them is a rocking horse alarm clock stated to be one of her favorite possessions.
* She is almost an exact duplicate of her maternal great-aunt, Alexandra Grim, who is a prominent figure in the events of *Echo of the Past.* She very much takes after her mother Anna in both appearance and also in powers, although her time travel abilities are different; she has limitations which Anna does not, possibly due to her youth.
* In *Echo of the Past*, Alice is voiced by Dallis MacKenzie, who also voices Alexandra. Having the same voice actress enhances the extreme similarity between the two characters.