Shadow

Shadow is a dog in the care of Emily

## Background

Shadow is first encountered at the start of the game barking and approaching towards the MC who just woke up from the night prior when he became superhuman.

When the MC tried to pet Shadow she bit him which allowed the MC unknowingly to gain the memories and the ability to transform into a dog.

## Go see Emily (First)

While MC is wondering what Emily is up to Shadow is heard barking and then jumps on MC knocking him over and licking his face.

Emily orders Shadow to heel and she obediently follows her command. Emily states Shadow gets excited around people she knows.

During this time Shadow is cuddling and receiving affection from Emily and Emily states that she has had Shadow since she was a puppy and that they grew up together.

MC asks Emily if dogs are even allowed on campus but according to Emily no one told her otherwise and that her dormmate doesn't mind that Shadow is staying with them.

After the prior conversation about Shadow being allowed on campus, Shadow growls at the MC which causes the MC to state that he has no problem with her being here and once calmed down the MC thinks to himself that Shadow is rather smart for a dog since she can understand his tone of voice and her name.

The MC after this encounter gains the idea of taking another dog's form to get closer to Emily.

## Train my abilities (Third)

If Emily is selected as the person the MC will search the mind of Shadow is seen alongside Emily and when MC asks to "touch her for a bit" both the MC and Emily go silent and Emily commands Shadow to get him which causes Shadow to growl at the MC and him apologizing for asking.

## Go see Emily (Second)

The MC is seen talking to Deryl asking him if he's ready to do the plan although both are unsure if the plan will work. After a bit of discussion the MC shapeshifts into a dog with a brown fur coat instead of the black that Shadow has.

Deryl and the MC meet up with Emily, Deryl asks Emily what's she doing and she informs him that she's letting Shadow out to play and notices the dog Deryl has with him. She asks him if that's his dog and he informs her his name is Baby Bark.

MC waves his paw at Emily and she is quite impressed that Deryl taught 'Baby Bark' to wave at people. While Emily and Deryl are talking MC realizes he needs to act like a dog and Deryl tells him to do what he needs to do.

When the MC approaches Emily, Shadow gets in his way. Emily tries to calm Shadow down and the MC informs Shadow he is just trying to say hello which causes Shadow to say fuck off which confuses the MC because he just heard someone (not Deryl or Emily) say fuck off.

Unperturbed the MC tries once again to approach Emily but Shadow once again gets in his way but this time she growls and reiterates that she said fuck off.

The MC believes he is going crazy that he can understand Shadow and even asks her if she can which draws silence from her until the MC tries to approach Emily once last time but this time Shadow bites MC as he gets within range causing the MC to jump backwards and howl out in pain.

Emily admonishes Shadow for her behavior and Shadow states "can you understand that?" and MC insults Shadow by calling her a bitch and during this Emily apologizes to Deryl for Shadow's behavior but Deryl says Baby Bark is a tough dog and that's what he gets for being such a "pussy"

Deryl asks Emily if it'd be alright if she could take care of Baby Bark (MC) some time Emily states she doesn't mind and that she'd like to wait until Baby Bark (MC) and Shadow get along better though.

MC tells Shadow that she's ruining his plans with Emily but as a retort Shadow tells MC to stay away from Emily and calls him a beta.

After a bit more insulting from the duo Deryl states its time to go.

When alone with Deryl back in their dorm MC states he was just powned by a dog which leaves Deryl confused.

MC tells him to just be ready to walk him over there next time.

## Go see Emily (Third)

MC decides to not go as a dog this time and approach Emily as a human. MC as usual spots Emily and Shadow together playing in the grass although Emily is watching rather than playing while Shadow is running through the wide oval digging up and burying whatever she chan.

MC draws the attention of both Emily and Shadow which causes Shadow to growl at the MC after Emily says hi to him. Emily states that Shadow growling at him is weird because she used to like MC although in reality Shadow recognizes MC from when he was a dog.

While MC and Emily talk Shadow grows bored of their conversation and runs off towards the grass and sniffing around a tree.

Emily breaks their conversation to yell out to shadow to not go far.

Shadow isn't seen again during the rest of the scene with Emily.

## Go see Emily (Sixth)

Shadow like usual is seen alongside Emily and MC asks Emily if she's ready to hit the Gym but she's unable to because she has to see her father and she says she doesn't see him too often so she says its alright for him to come by.

MC tells her it's alright and what about Shadow? Emily informs him she'll be fine since she just hangs out at the dorm and her dormmates are used to her by now.

Interestingly Shadow woofs at MC and tells him to tell Emily not to go which causes confusion on the MC's part.

Shadow barks at the MC and tells him that she doesn't wanna be alone with the dormmates because they smell bad and put clothes on her, this causes the MC to ask her why and she tells him she doesn't know but the dormmates thinks its cute but it just causes Shadow to itch this freaks Emily out a bit and she asks MC if he's having a conversation with her dog.

MC freaks out and says "What? No. Do I look crazy to you?" which Emily responds to with silence. This causes MC to realize that he can understand Shadow outside of his dog form.

Emily's father appears which causes Shadow to woof at MC and tell him to tell Emily to "Ditch the old man, beta" which makes MC realize that Shadow does in fact recognize him from his dog form.

After this Emily, MC, and Tom go off to brunch and Shadow isn't seen again for the rest of the scene.

## Go see Emily (Ninth)

Emily and Tom are seen talking while Shadow is also there. MC shows up and interrupts the conversation and asks if Emily is ready to go to the gym but Emily states that she totally forgot about their plans.

Tom expresses that its good to see MC again and MC expresses the same. Tom talks about his issues and states he's lucky to have such a reliable daughter but this causes Emily to state "Please not in front of MC dad" Tom just states that he is gushing over his successful daughter and Emily hands him some money and tells him to go, Tom states this will be the last time which Shadow woofs to say "Lies" Tom takes this as "I miss you too" and leaves but not before telling MC to take care of his daughter.

When Emily asks MC what her problem is the player has the option to select **The Dog** which Shadow responds with "Watch it!" and Emily laughs at the answer stating Shadow didn't like that answer. MC states "Well that's just too bad for her."

After talking to the MC for a bit after being asked the prior question Emily and Shadow leave.

## Showing Claudia around

While the MC is standing around a unknown female (Claudia) calls out the MC's name which draws his attention after a bit of talking the MC offers to show her around R&X University and when going towards the art building we see Shadow running towards MC and Claudia woofing at them. MC notes to Claudia that Shadow often hangs around the Art building.

After introducing Claudia to Emily, Shadow notably walks up to Claudia and sniffs her crotch which causes Emily to tell Shadow that they are going and that Shadow is annoying Claudia. Shadow for some unknown reason barks after pulling back from Claudia.

Claudia asks MC if dogs are allowed on campus which he replies with he doesn't know and that Emily gets away with it fine though.

Claudia calls her (Shadow) beautiful but MC mistakes this for her calling Emily beautiful which causes a slight misunderstanding between the two.

## Go see Emily (Fifteenth)

While not seen in this scene she is mentioned by Tom when Emily refuses to give him money he states that "If you don't give me the money, I'm taking Shadow" which results in Emily blowing up at him saying that he can't but he responds "She's registered in my name Emi... I can"

This results in Emily telling her dad to just go and he asks about the money again which Emily says she'll give it to him later which he thanks her for and that he'll see her later.

## Go see Emily (Sixteenth)

When the scene begins the MC appears in front of Emily and Shadow asking Emily if she was free to hang out and do something for her birthday even if it's a bit late.

Emily hesitantly says that it sounds great but that she has some meetings for the day and it'll probably go on for a while. When asked about it by the MC she states the meetings are for music gigs but she'll be doing it without Christie and Ella Vulpe, a solo gig.

after talking for a bit Emily mentions that she needs money and that her father would take Shadow from her if she didn't give it to him and mentions that the law is on his side if he decides to do so.

In regards to the following choice no matter what you pick Shadow looks up to Emily worried.

A bit more talking later Emily states she's going to still go to those meetings just in case which MC in turn asks if it's okay for him to speak to Shadow for a bit, alone which causes Emily to be confused and say sure.

After MC takes Shadow over to another area he begins to talk to her but she remains silent which causes MC to decide to slightly transform himself (throat, jaw, and head) so that he's closer to her form and can mimic how she speaks.

After that he asks her once more if she can understand him which in turn results in her nodding. The MC asks if Tom ever did anything weird which Shadow states "Humans are always weird" but that he did meet bad people when Emily was away at school and when asked bad how by the MC she stated that they smelled of blood and the dead.

After stating that and MC being quiet for a moment Shadow asks if Big Sis (Emily) will be alright which causes MC to say she'll be fine.

MC decides to pat Shadow on the head and thus gain her memories although they are quite fuzzy and different from a human's but MC recognizes faces like Emily's and Tom's.

After that MC returns with Shadow to Emily and she asks if MC was barking at Shadow...he responds he just had something in his throat but Emily replies you had something on your head too which causes the MC to walk away fast and saying he'll see her later.

## Walking Bailey around

While the MC is with Bailey the MC encounters Shadow who woofs at them which causes Bailey to hide behind MC and call Shadow a foul beast this in turn makes Shadow whine at her and MC just stating that Shadow is a dog.

Notably Bailey states that Shadow will get her and that they must leave before it unleashes its full power which causes MC to sigh and to walk away but not before saying bye to Shadow.

After MC says goodbye Shadow thinks to herself and thinks Bailey is a dumb bitch.

## Go see Emily (Twentieth)

While hiding from the police and staying at Deryl's house the MC has the option to go see Emily and multiple other characters and if Emily is selected the first thing we see is Shadow who is being talked to by Christie whom asks Shadow "Who's a good girl?" which Shadow woofs saying "Me"

Christie says that she wishes Shadow would have puppies already which Emily says "Looking after her is hard enough work as it is. Besides, Shadow doesn't really get along with other dogs"

Their conversation is interrupted by a cop who states he has questions for Emily and Christie and sometime after talking to the cop Emily tells the cop to back off since the cop kept pestering Christie which in turn the cop tells her he'll arrest her for obstructing a police investigation, Emily continues to retort the cop with Christie and Shadow cheering her on.

A brown dog (MC) appears while all the prior things are going on and MC growls while Shadow is silent during the ordeal.

After continuous heckling from the cop Shadow gets tired of it and growls at the officer saying "Back off" which the cop tells Emily to get the dog away from him after some more comments from the cop, Emily, and Christie the MC decides to start barking loudly which the cop tells Emily to get that dog away from him too which Emily says its not her dog.

After some more barking the cop finally runs off and Christie makes a comment that the dog (MC) was sniffing around Shadow so maybe she made a friend but Emily remembers that the dog is Deryl's.

Emily and Christie take both dogs back to Emily's dorm locking them, the dogs within so they can get some more dog food.

After this happens Shadow thanks MC for scaring off the cop and for helping her big sis as well since she's stronger now.

Shadow states that MC has eased Shadow's thoughts which makes MC confused but Shadow continues that both girls (Shadow and Emily) have spent most of their lives together growing, eating, playing, sleeping and have relied upon each other always.

Shadow would go onto whine and then say that she grew old and her time is limited and that she can't stay by her side much longer, she would continue to say that her big sis is still immature but thanks MC again that Emily has matured at least a little bit so at least Shadow can rest peacefully because even without her she is strong now.

Shadow as thanks gives MC a stone finger which she found as a puppy and she refers to it as a treasure and that it was MC's now.

Finally Shadow asks MC to watch over Emily and that he'd make a good alpha for her and that she doesn't want her to be alone.

MC reassures her that she won't be alone and Shadow falls asleep soon after.

## The Orphanage

Sometime after leaving Amber & Liz's new dorm the MC and Emily head back to her dorm and Shadow is seen, the MC says hello but she is silent, presumably because she couldn't understand him.

Emily asks the MC to come with her to the Orphanage to check it out which the MC asks if Christie was going to come with which Emily says no to as Christie is going to be busy for the next few days and instead she's going to bring Shadow because she's been itching to leave the campus for a while due to getting bored of it, Emily stating "There's only so many places for her to pee on, you know?"

Emily mentions that Shadow is well behaved and Shadow barks "I'm going"

Before leaving the MC tells Shadow to not pee in his car which she woofs "Shut up"

The very next scene Emily says "Uhrg, it stinks. Did someone pee in here?" which Shadow barks "Me"

MC responds to Emily be stating "Aside from Shadow, yeah this alley is pretty nasty."

After some talking between the MC and Emily, Shadow runs ahead of them and sniffs out the area as they approach Ella's Orphanage. As the duo head inside Shadow immediately sniffs around the place and running out of sight of the MC and Emily.

### The living room

By searching the living room the MC notices the room is rather empty although this thought doesn't last long as Shadow appears shortly after trotting into the room and happily sniffing the new environment for anything interesting.

During this time the MC wonders if Shadow may be able to give Emily and him a hand in finding anything and shortly after says "Hey Shadow" which she responds with a bark saying "What?"

When being asked to find anything that smells like Ella, Shadow barks "Who?" and MC replies "El-" before being interrupted with a bark "Who cares?" this causes MC to be momentarily silent before stating "you said you owed me for taking care of Emily" which Shadow retorts with a bark stating "Already gave you my treasure" and MC says "Right that old fossil" which makes Shadow bark replying "It's valuable. Helped me understand things"

When asked what Shadow meant by that she remained silent before MC goes elsewhere with the conversation, primarily asking if she'll help him or not, which she replies with "Fine. Do you have her scent?"

This causes MC to shapeshift into Ella and Shadow sniffs MC getting her scent and sitting back down when satisfied. Shadow states her scent is plenty everywhere but this causes MC to state "I'm looking for something that smells especially of her, particularly if they look or smell weird" which shadow simply says "Understood" and leaves the scene trotting away with her nose in the air doing as MC asked.

### The foyer

When the MC hears Emily scream he rushes up the stairs and hears a man's voice shouting angrily saying "You bitch!!" as the MC enters the room he sees a man prone on the floor bleeding from his nose and mouth, another man is standing facing Emily while wielding a knife.

A brief conversation occurs from the MC and man with a knife which is promptly interrupted by Shadow who quickly attacks the man, biting his wrist with her powerful jaws which forces him to drop the knife.

Emily makes quick work of the man knocking him out which causes MC and Shadow to congratulate her on doing it. Emily says she couldn't have done it without Shadow and says "You're the best dog ever!" which Shadow responds to by barking saying "That's right"

### Finish up

Once everything is done the MC returns to the entrance along with Emily and Shadow, both stating they've found nothing and when asked if she found anything Shadow says "Only Trash. Strong scent outside, but it's blocked, I can't reach it"

Emily is confused and asks if MC was speaking to her dog MC says that he forgot to tell her that he can understand her and that Shadow can understand them as well.

Emily asks if all animals are like that but the MC states he isn't sure but he can get a generally good idea what an animal's try to communicate if he can get his hands on their memories but they don't usually understand him like Shadow does or talk as normally this causes Emily to say "So she's special?" which MC replies that he's not sure in what way though as he doesn't sense any power from her.

Emily then asks if Shadow is happy which Shadow barks "Of course" shortly after this the MC asks Shadow to lead them to the shelter which she replies with two woofs saying "Yeah, yeah"

### The shelter

Shadow leads MC and Emily outside into Ella's backyard and MC notices that there is no entrance to the shelter but a freshly dug hole near the house which Shadow informs the MC that she tried to dig through but there was something hard beneath.

Shadow discovered a hidden entrance and is quickly praised by Emily which Shadow barks "Of course"

MC opens the entrance's thick wooden doors and leads Emily and Shadow into the basement but Shadow notes that "It smells like her (Ella). More than anywhere else"

Looking through the rooms MC notes that there are various tools and supplies all over which causes him to say "Ordinary supplies, just like in the other room" this makes Emily ask "Should we search them? Could be she hid something inside them" MC asks Shadow if they should which causes her to bark and say "The scent is stronger in the next room"

MC says to Emily that Shadow said the scent of Ella is stronger in the next room which prompts Emily to say that Shadow's nose is never wrong and let's go.

As MC looks around Shadow barks saying "Here!!" which MC notices her scratching at the far wall and sniffing the air. MC asks her what she found and she whines "Something's hidden behind the wall" a loud noise is heard which prompts MC to tell Shadow to get back but its too late and a loud explosion happens which consumes the area Shadow is in and Shadow is heard whimpering.

The debris of the brick wall being destroyed hits Shadow but she leaps back narrowly avoiding the worse of the impact which causes Emily to yell out for Shadow and a fight immediately occurs in all the chaos between MC and a red, one eyed monster.

Emily asks if it's looking at her and despite the MC being the one to repel it, it's awfully fixated at her and Shadow whom are huddled together.

After some thoughts from the MC the monster turns away back into the darkness it came from which causes the MC to wonder what that was but his thoughts are interrupted by Emily asking Shadow if she is okay which Shadow replies with a whimper "Fine. Just bruised"

MC and Co. notice a box which has a doll that looks like Ella in it which causes Shadow to bark "It smells like her. Exactly like her"

After talking a bit Emily, MC, and Shadow head outside and Emily asks MC if she can drive her to the vet so she can check on Shadow's condition which MC agrees to and Shadow barks "Stop worrying. Shadow is invincible"

## Powers and Abilities

### Stone finger's influence

It is believed that the stone finger is likely responsible for all of Shadow's increased abilities although Shadow has only stated it helped her understand things not the other things such as reflexes, endurance, and strength so perhaps there is something else at play or the finger had additional effects Shadow simply didn't understand.

### Increased intelligence

Shadow has displayed increased intelligence from the usual dog and has been shown to completely understand the humans around her since she was a pup and is capable of speaking normally although only to the MC which he notes she is the only animal he has met that has been capable of doing such a thing.

### Increased strength

Shadow has displayed increased strength from the usual dog and was able to break the tendons in the wrist of the person attacking Emily.

### Increased Reflexes

Shadow has displayed increased reflexes from the usual dog and was able to dodge the worst of the debris that came her way when the brick wall she was directly in front of exploded only being hit by a few pieces of said wall.

### Increased Endurance

Shadow has displayed increased endurance from the usual dog and was able to take up presumably multiple hits from debris of a brick wall that exploded directly in front of her and walked out of it with just some bruising.

## Relationships

### Emily

Shadow is extremely protective of Emily and refers to her as "Big Sis" and throughout their time together she has protected her always.

### Tom

Shadow refers to Tom as a "Liar" and a "Old man" which hints at their relationship being negative although its unknown if this was always the case.

### Christie

Shadow seems to like or at least tolerate Christie's presence as Christie kept calling her a good girl and Shadow did respond in a good manner.

### Ella Vulpe

It can be assumed that Ella has a quite similar relationship to Shadow that Christie does.

### MC

Shadow and the MC's initially relationship was a positive one with Shadow jumping on the MC and even licking his face but as the MC tried to get close to Emily Shadow became very protective and even bit the MC a few times but if the player continues to try and help Emily this will make Shadow let her guard down with the MC and even grow to trust him to watch over her "Big Sis" when she's gone not only that she stated the MC would make a good Alpha for Emily.

### Yvette

The relationship between Yvette and Shadow is unknown but it is most likely in a similar vein to Tom's.

### Bailey

Shadow thinks that Bailey is a dumb bitch for believing that she is a threat to her.

### Claudia Miliken

Shadow's opinion on Claudia is unknown except that she did sniff her crotch and barked a bit afterwards at her. Claudia on the other hand thinks Shadow is beautiful.

## Trivia

* Shadow is the first character and animal the player will see in game who isn't the MC.
* According to Emily Shadow runs off whenever she gets the chance which often gets Emily in trouble.
* Shadow gets very excited when around people she knows and will even jump on them like in the case with MC.
* Shadow is a gift from Emily's father Tom.
* She sleeps in Emily's bed.
* Shadow might be the only dog on Campus as Emily stated she hasn't seen any others.
* Outside of Emily's dorm Shadow hangs out the most at the R&X University Art building.
* Shadow dislikes Emily's dormmates as they in Shadow's words "Smell bad" and in addition to that they dress her up which causes her to itch a lot.
* Shadow is capable of understanding humans and according to MC she is the only animal to talk normally like humans do although in dogspeak this is most likely the influence of the stone finger Shadow found as a pup.
* Shadow seemingly has increased reflexes and endurance, being able to dodge the worst of the impact of the debris and when hit with some of it she walked out of it with just some light bruising which is most likely the effects of the stone finger.
* Shadow seemingly has increased biting power and was capable of breaking the tendons in the wrist of the man who was wielding a knife at Emily.
* According to Emily, Shadow's nose is never wrong.
* It was heavily hinted in the 0.97 release that Shadow and Emily will get powers as they were both being stared down by the Red eyed monster while it was completely ignoring the MC whom just repelled it.
* Shadow has a cult following of people who wish to have her added as a romance option and are referred to as "Dogclappers" its currently unknown if WeirdWorld will add her as a romance choice of any kind.