Rachel

**“***Weren't they [the victims] all prostitutes? Besides, I'll be fine. I don't live too far. […] You worry about everything.***”**
— **Rachel brushing off the danger posed by the Night Ripper**

## Misc. Information

### Appearances

*The Night Ripper*

**Rachel** is a playable character and the main protagonist of *The Night Ripper*.

## Description

### Appearance

Rachel is a young, Caucasian woman presumed to be in her early 20's with long, brown hair and a pink headband. For most of the game, she carries a small bluish-black, floral patterned purse over her right shoulder. Her clothing varies.

#### **Work** **Outfit:**

With this outfit, Rachel wears a pink mid-sleeved shirt with white edges, adorned with a yellow name tag, and a pair of black work pants with pink striping on the side. She also wears white tennis shoes.

#### **Street** **Outfit:**

If the player changes Rachel's outfit using the closet, she will then wear a white long-sleeved shirt with a pale rainbow pattern across her chest and upper arms with a pair of light blue jeans. Her shoes will also be swapped with black flats.

### Personality

Rachel comes off as a stubborn, prideful, and generally confident person, preferring to be independent. As seen at the beginning of the game, she dismisses any worries about the recent killings made by her friends, believing that she isn't at risk of falling into harm’s way and even then would be perfectly capable of looking out for herself. Though she does become frightened once her life is put at stake, Rachel remains relatively composed and headstrong in the face of danger, managing to escape one perilous situation after another through her resourcefulness and perseverance. In spite of the circumstances, she never seems to act intentionally rude towards anyone, and even worries for the well-being of a prostitute, stating *"You've gotta get out of here... The Ripper is coming!!!*", only ceasing with her pleas after numerous prompts, when she is told off and threatened with violence.

### History

Rachel is a waitress for a local diner on the better side of NYC. She lives in a dingy apartment in Bedford with her roommate Rhonda. She recently broke up with her boyfriend, who unfortunately happened to be Rachel's only transportation home when she finished work in the evening.

## *The Night Ripper*

On the night of the 5th of August, 1981, Rachel finishes her shift at the diner and prepares to head home. Her friend Tim and her coworker Butch both offer to drive her home, as they are concerned for her safety due to the presence of a serial killer in the area known as the Night Ripper, but she declines, saying that since the victims were all prostitutes, she had nothing to worry about.

Her usual route blocked off by a police operation, Rachel takes a shortcut into the nearby slums and while navigating through the labyrinth of crowded housing blocks, she spots a black sedan, the Night Ripper's purported vehicle of choice, making the rounds through the neighbourhood. If seen, the Night Ripper will emerge from the car and chase after Rachel, otherwise continuing his drive around the main block in a loop. She manages to find some rope, which she uses to climb lower the fire escape of an unfinished project, but having become aware of her presence, the Night Ripper follows suit and begins to search the building for her. Rachel is able to escape onto the rooftop and parkours her way over some scaffolding to a property across the borough, accidentally dropping her purse onto the streets below in the process.

To her misfortune, the stairwell ends in a large gap, forcing Rachel to jump down into a subterranean floor. The only exit is a maintenance tunnel leading into the abandoned, rat-infested subway tunnels, from where she finds an old train station leading back to the surface. Finding herself near her apartment complex, she rushes to the front door, but without her keys and the door buzzer to ring Rhonda broken, she is left stranded outside. Rachel tries calling her over a payphone, but has no nickels on her person for the 10-cent fee, and is forced to sweep the locale for loose change. She encounters a hooker idling nearby and tries to warn her of the approaching danger, but she rudely rebuffs Rachel, believing her to be a competing sex worker looking to rob her of potential customers, also refusing to lend her money for the call. The woman is later heard screaming, then found murdered in a nearby den. Eventually, Rachel finds enough coins and calls Rhonda (dialing 911 results in a bleeper), who lets her in.

She is last seen watching a show named *Shadow Vision* on her TV, only to be startled by the sound of glass breaking behind her. The screen cuts to black as distorted quacking is heard, implying the Night Ripper has tracked Rachel down after all and has invaded her home with the intent to finally kill her, the lack of a resolution to this scenario leaving Rachel's fate uncertain.

## Gameplay

Rachel has unlimited stamina, but if she is being actively pursued by the Night Ripper, a bar displaying Panic (red) and Adrenaline (green) will appear. The bar must be filled green for Rachel to maintain her stamina, otherwise Panic will make her slow down and inevitably fall victim to the Night Ripper.

The Night Ripper kills in four hits. Rachel can hide in rooms and behind corners to avoid his field of vision.

## Gallery

Rachel in her street clothesAn alternate version of Rachel's street clothesRachel during the death screen