Lily Tabacchi

* Aged 9
* Aged 10

Original Lily [basis]

Failed Lilys [past selves]

**Lily Tabacchi** is a nine year old girl who lives with her father, and is the main protagonist of *Lily's Well*. Her house is located at Bethany's Mirror, Vermont, USA.

## Personality

Lily is depicted as a curious young girl. Her hobbies include knitting and watching movies; she is exceptionally good at knitting. She demonstrates a desire to help others due to her response to the cries from the well, and is even willing to bend or break the rules that Papa has given her in order to do so. She is shown to be creative, using a variety of household items to construct her ropes.

## History

**♦ Opening Cutscene**

Lily knits and eats dinner with her father before he has to leave for work, putting Lily to bed and leaving her in the house alone. Lily wakes in the middle of the night, hearing a mysterious call for help from the well within her garden. Not sure of what to do, she decides to make a rope, taking different objects from both outside and inside her house to attempt to help the person trapped in the well.

**♦ Gameplay**

Lily looks around her house and the surrounding area for objects she can use to create rope. The ending, and her overall fate, is determined by what combination of potential rope pieces the player decides to use. After each of the main endings, a new flower grows in Lily's garden, allowing the player to keep track of what endings they have achieved.

## **Rope Endings**

### **◊ One Rope Ending** - Lily falls to her death.

Lily makes a rope with only one good piece of possible rope. She discovers that the rope is too short, she tries climb back up but before she can, she hears the rope being cut and looks up. A cloaked figure is seen cutting the rope. She then falls to her death. This ending unlocks the achievement "Don't Look Up" on Steam.

### **◊ Two Ropes Ending** - Lily falls to her death.

Lily makes a rope with only two good pieces of possible rope. She discovers that the rope is too short and decides to try climb back up. However, the rain, combined with the sweat on Lily's palms, makes it too hard to climb the rope, she slips and falls to her death. This ending unlocks the achievement "Butterfingers" on Steam.

### **◊ Three Ropes Ending** - Lily falls to her death.

Lily creates a rope with three good pieces of possible rope. When she gets to the end of her rope, there is no bottom of the well in sight. However, a lamp on the wall of the well turns on by itself. Lily decides to reach out and try take the lamp from its hook, only to miss and fall to her death. Her legs are both seen to be broken with exposed bone. This ending unlocks the achievement "Dying Light" on Steam.

### **◊ Four Ropes Ending** - Lily is thrown onto the rocks by the lake and dies.

Lily makes her rope with four good rope pieces. When she reaches the end of her rope, the bottom of the well is nowhere to be seen. However, Lily spots a tunnel in the side of the well that she could reach. She jumps into the tunnel and follows it and finds that the tunnel comes out over the lake. Before she can finish her train of thought, Lily is swept away by a flood of water from behind and dies by being thrown onto the rocks below. Her body is so horribly mangled that 'not even papa would recognize [her] now.' This ending unlocks the achievement "I Can Drown" on Steam.

### **◊ Five Ropes Ending** - Lily suffocates to death.

Lily makes her rope with five good pieces of rope. Her rope ends in front of a mysterious window. She tries to swing over to take a peek inside, however, she overshoots and ends up falling into the room. When the lights come on, Lily is seemingly back in her bedroom, and Papa is home. He reassures Lily that it was all just a bad dream, and then reminds her to remember and listen to his rules, even if he isn't home. Lily then goes back to sleep, reminding herself of Papa's words as she falls asleep. She is smothered to death with a pillow by her father moments afterwards. This ending unlocks the achievement "Smothering Affection" on Steam.

### **◊ Six Ropes Ending** - Lily presumably dies from either starvation or infection.

Lily ties her six good rope pieces together and descends into the well. Her rope ends in a strange room, with a pile of... something in the corner. Lily approaches to investigate and discovers it to be a corpse covered in maggots. She remembers learning about maggots, and how they eat dead things, and stares at the corpse in horror. The room goes dark, and Lily realizes the well has been covered, and she is trapped. Lily presumably dies of starvation, or infection caused by the maggots. Her corpse is eaten by them, and only a skeleton remains. This ending unlocks the achievement "Itchy Tasty" on Steam.

### **◊ Seven Ropes Ending** - Lily dies from blood loss.

Lily creates a rope with seven of her materials and climbs down into the well. Near the end of her rope, there are some vines growing up the wall of the well. Lily jumps onto them, before realizing the plant is clinging onto her. The leaves of the plant jab into Lily's skin and begin draining her blood. Lily dies from blood loss, tangled within the vines. This ending unlocks the achievement "Feed Me, Lily! Feed Me!" on Steam.

### **◊ Eight Ropes Ending** - Lily is killed by mangled Lily clones.

Lily makes her rope with eight of the possible materials. Her rope ends, however, there is an open vent cover nearby. Lily jumps inside, following the vent. She falls through one of the vents into a room, breaking her leg. The sound of her fall wakes those within the room - failed, mangled Lily clones. Lily stares at them in horror and is killed by them. This ending unlocks the achievement "Noisy Monster Cage" on Steam.

### **◊ Nine Ropes Ending** -Lily dies at the bottom of the well.

Lily constructs a rope with nine good materials and descends into the well. Her rope ends at a point where she can just about see the bottom of the well. She decides to go back up and try find something else to add to her rope, but before she can begin her ascent, her rope is cut. Lily falls to the bottom of the well. She tries to stand, but both her legs are broken, with bone breaking through her skin. Lily desperately cries for help, screaming from the bottom of the well, but nobody comes to help her. Lily dies at the bottom of the well. This ending unlocks the achievement "Rock Bottom" on Steam.

### **◊ Ten Ropes Ending and Unlearned Lesson** - Lily is shot by Papa.

Lily's rope is made from all ten good materials, and she descends to the bottom of the well When she reached the bottom of the well, she realizes there is nobody there. Before she can climb back up, her rope is cut. Lily makes her way through the building she discovers at the bottom of the well, until she is taken to the lab where her papa is working. Papa explains to Lily about Generation Iteration Development, to Lily's horror. Lily unsuccessfully pleads for her life before being shot. This ending unlocks the achievement "Next Iteration" on Steam.

If the player repeats the ending, Lily's papa will meet in front of his office instead of in it, shooting her immediately. After getting this ending, the rose outfit will appear in Lily's closet. This ending unlocks the achievement "Unlearned Lesson" on Steam.

### **◊** **True Ending** - Lily survives.

This ending can only be obtained after all 10 other rope endings have been achieved. Lily, for reasons unknown to her, remembers a phone number. She goes to the house phone and calls the number, to be greeted by a voice at the other end of the phone. She explains who she is, and the caller reveals she is the 'Original Lily'. Lily breaks down into tears during the call and waits for Original Lily to arrive. When Original Lily arrives, Original Lily helps Lily pack up. Lily sits in the car waiting for Original Lily to come back. After a while, she goes back to the house and finds Original Lily pouring kerosene. Lily asks her if this is papa's punishment, then helps her pour the kerosene. They send some down the well for papa, then throw the lighter and set the house alight. The two of them drive to a diner and sit and eat pancakes together. This ending unlocks the achievement "Break the Cycle" on Steam.

## **Other/Alt Endings**

### **◊ Bad Craftsmanship Ending** - Lily falls to her death.

Lily creates a rope with at least one faulty material. She begins her descent, but the rope snaps under her weight, and Lily falls to her death. This ending unlocks the achievement "Poor Construction" on Steam.

### **◊ Vehicular Manslaughter Ending** - Lily gets run over.

Lily spends too much time in the road in front of her house and is hit by a car and killed. After you get this ending, the frog outfit will appear in Lily's closet. This ending unlocks the achievement "Street Smarts" on Steam.

### **◊ Don't Feed the Wildlife Ending** - Lily gets eaten.

After continuously feeding the eyes beef jerky, when you attempt to enter the area again a monster will appear, telling Lily it's hungry and will eat her. It appears to be made out of mangled Lilys. After getting this ending, the red riding outfit will appear in Lily's closet. This ending unlocks the achievement "4827a. Prohibition" on Steam.

### **◊ Ma / Ladder ending**

After walking in and out of the pantry, a ladder appears. Lily climbs the ladder and messages start to pop up of a conversation between Tony (papa) and Ma. when Lily reaches the top, we see Original Lily seeing Ma's corpse hung in the attic, which severely distresses her. This ending unlocks the achievement "Ma" on Steam.

### **◊ Mother ending**

Take right in the 8 ropes ending, go to the fan and place the shears into the fan to jam it. Lily goes forward and drops into a room with a painting of Ume from "I Cannot Drown", which was also created by PureIceBlue. After getting this ending, the Kyu-Ah Lily outfit appears in Lily's closet. While getting this ending classifies as getting ending 8, this unlocks the achievement "Mother" on Steam.

### **◊ Stupid Idiot ending - Lily gets eaten.**

Put every single rope item in the garbage can out front. It will go to a cutscene of cloaked figures watching Lily throw out anything she can get her hands on, such as Papa's weed whacker. Papa then presses the soft lock prevention button to stop lily from continuing to throw things out. The trash can will proceed to eat Lily. Instead of the screen saying "Dead End", like it normally does, it says "Stupid Idiot End."

## **Trivia**

* Given that the game takes place in Spring 2005, and Lily is 9 years old, the versions of Lily controlled by the player were 'born' in 1995.
* Although there is a birthday card that says that Lily was born on July 20, 1984, it is revealed in the True Ending that this birth date applies to the Original Lily, making her 19 years old.
* The cult that papa is a part of is the same cult that Ume founded from PureIceBlue's previous game, "I Cannot Drown".
* Even though the game leads you to believe Lily's original hair color is pink, her real hair color is actually a dirty blonde. This is shown in the Ma / Ladder ending that shows Lily with short blonde hair. This is also shown in the birthday DLC trailer.
* Lily's name could possibly be a reference to the lily flower which represents the life cycle and rebirth.
* Lily's favorite flower is a Sunflower! Sunflowers usually represent loyalty or devotion.
* Lily loves slugs!