Malaïka

**Malaïka** is a waitress and new character that appears at the second season of Colin's route. She is also a bar singer in Manhattan, New York.

## Appearance

Like Morgane Delchamps in Fallen Road, Malaïka has shoulder-length dark brown hair which is styled in a very twisted curled afro. Her brown skin is darker to match up her hair and brown eyes. She also has a nose ring at the center of her nose.

Her outfit is that of a waitress outfit which she portrays as a bar singer, a pale white short sleeved collared blouse with pink designs, gray pencil skirt and heels. She also accessorized with long golden hoop earrings in each ear.

Her second outfit where she was introduced by the Is it Love? Team by voice acting, she has her wearing a shades of yellow sleeveless formal gown with medium blue curl designs along with white ruffles and orange linings. Her gown also shows her cleavage. Her twisted curled afro has been swept back and wears white two rounded danggling earrings in each ear.

Her third outfit where Colin and the player decided to stay at her apartment, she wears a black short sleeve low cut shirt which exposes her belly, a long shades of sky blue skirt and sandals. She also accessorized with a gold traditional necklace and her hair is tied in a high bun adorned with a black clip.

## Personality

Malaïka is described as being happy, nice and easy to befriend to. As a bar singer, she is seen singing a ballad song when she was given an audition by the agent which led to her failure by him who criticized her singing for being average. She seems to like the player for defending her and wanted to know more about the Nightmareden band.

In Chapter 3, she was always successful in her music auditions but was always being taken advantage by talent agents which was seen an agent was taking advantage of her by wanting her to give him a blowjob in exchange for her performance on the concert dates, causing Malaïka to refuse his proposal in disgust and be defended by the player by yelling at him in a fury for being a pervert. Malaïka also feels guilty and upset after the incident and was given some words of encouragement to the player not to give up her dreams. In Chapter 4, she is hinted being bisexual when the player imagines herself performing with the band alongside her and Malaïka became bashful towards the player when she asks her for support in the auditions at Joe's place. Despite this setback, Malaïka was sad and upset when she fails the audition after Joe remarks that the two tones of her voice being way off. Her friendship with the player had grown when Joe gives her another chance to pass the audition.

In one of the extra love scenes where she is the playable character, Malaïka is a good advisor where she gives some friendly advice to Colin to renew his friendship and relationship with the player despite their current break about their recent problems.

In Chapter 9, she was stressed out and is having a cram on exams and she is revealed as a college student from Columbia University Ivy League and had many dreams in her lifetime by either a singer or an employee in UN. Both her stresses and her cram in exams also causes conflict with Joe who soon apologizes to him. Nevertheless, she and Joe are having a duet in the festival after her duet performance with the player to show her natural singing. In Chapter 10, it reveals that she passed the exam but also became complicated between the two dream jobs she had take.

In the final chapter of the story, Malaika is revealed to have a current relationship with Carrie Kang in a similar manner to both Morgane and Jesse Mills in Fallen Road.

In the bad ending, Malaïka gave up her dreams to become a professional singer and decided to continue her studies in college in Oxford to follow her father's footsteps as a diplomat. This is due to the shooting incident caused by the Creep who was sent by Josh to ambush the party goers including Joe and her dislike of violence when the shooting incident has been shown live on the news media which forces her to return to England by her parents.

According to the Is it Love? team from 1492 Studios, Malaïka is also described as bubbly, radiant and being alive. Like Colin Spencer and Joe Kicks, she also loves music which serves as her oxygen and her reason for living by singing with her natural voice.

## Season 2

Malaïka first appears when she was auditioned by the agent at the bar place in New York while the player listens to her voice and her singing. She is soon defended by the player when the agent had criticized her for being an average singer only for the player to defend her leading the agent to leave due to her interference. Malaïka introduced herself to the player and was happy about her compliments. She also became confused regarding about the Nightmareden band and also declines to watch their rehearsals. The player convinced her to watch their mini concert which is held the grand opening of both Adam Peterson and Owen Hobbad's aquatic sports shop in Montauk. Malaïka gladly accepts the player's invitation stating that she lives in Montauk near the Hampton Bays and also works at the restaurant there. The player eventually leaves when her boss had scolded her to get back to work.

She later reappears along with Owen in the Nightmareden mini concert at the grand opening of Adam and Owen's aquatic sport shop named Green Surf Lounge until Colin Spencer's arrival to make the concert goes jam-packed in Montauk. In Chapter 2, she noticed that Colin had broken his car when he decided to take Josh home and the player is with him. It reveals that her boss who is about to go home by driving his car was almost rammed by Colin before his car crashed into a tree. She then decided to let them stay at her apartment temporarily while Josh claims that he is the one who drove Colin's car, defending Colin from his troubles. In Chapter 3, she asks the player for supporting her to take music auditions at the bar. As she sings her song towards the agent and the player, they give her a round of applause. Unfortunately for her, this is where she was taken advantage by talent agents such as this agent wanted to have a blow job with her in exchange for the concert dates, much to her disgust as the player defends her who personally confronts and insults the agent for being the pervert causing him to leave the bar, without a word. Malaïka was guilty for what happened and the player tells her never give up on her dreams, giving her some word of encouragement. In Chapter 4, Malaïka is revealed to be a bisexual as the player imagines herself with her alongside the Nightmareden band. She is later seen at Daryl's party making jokes with Joe Kicks. She soon asks the player for support again while blushing towards her. At Joe's Condominium where Joe and his assistant serve as the judge, Malaïka eventually fails the audition after Joe reveals that there is something off between the tone of her voice, making her sad and upset. Although thanks to the player, Joe gives them a second chance to pass the audition.

In Chapter 5, she visits the player's apartment and the player gives her the composed music made up by her which she thanked her. As of Chapter 6, she visits her family in London, England as she and the player are having exchange text messages with each other. She later returns to rehearse with the player. At Joe's Condominium, she and the player perform live using the genre of both rock and blues which makes everyone getting jampacked. As a result of their performance, Malaïka passes the audition and Joe decided to give her a contract to sign. At the near end of Chapter 6, she was the one who cheers the player up after her massive argument with Colin three days ago and decided to leave back to her home before Colin arrives. In Chapter 7, Malaïka was seen listening the band's rehearsals at the studio and she was the one who invited the player at Joe's party in his barn. She also dances with Josh when she let the player converse with Colin. She was with Colin when they fetch them back to his apartment until they see Parker who is badly beaten by an unknown assailant. Later, Malaïka also let the player stay at her apartment in Hampton Bays after she loses her temper towards her bandmates and Colin for not siding with Doris instead of her. In Chapter 8, Malaika was present when the player is talking about Adam's violent tendencies on their sports shop due to his drug addiction as well as her friendly advice about Colin and later joining up with Matt and Lisa for a drink.

In Chapter 9, Malaïka reveals both of her dreams for being a singer or as an employee in the United Nations due to her father who works as a diplomat and at the same time focusing her reviews for her college exams and she is currently studying at the Columbia Ivy League University. Later on, she was mentioned by Joe when he calls the player upon searching for her whereabouts. As soon as the player found Malaïka who is stressed after taking focus on the exam, she apologizes to her only for the player to rebuff her. It is revealed that Malaïka originally wanted to inform Joe about her conflict schedules between her exams and his meeting with his stylist and photographer. But fails due to her focus on her exams and was cramming into passing this college exam. The player knows it was a bad move and telling her that she needs to face Joe instead of contacting him personally on his phone knowing he'll be angry. When the player discovers that Nightmareden is already split and disbanded, she was disappointed due to Derrick was on the run for his cybercrime and Doris remains missing and most of her fans had mixed criticism of their split. Malaïka was upset upon learning about the disbandment of the band, The player then decided to meet up with Joe at his condominium knowing she will be scolded by him which she accepts. Joe scolds her for her lies only to learn that she is focus on her college exams. Joe knew that education is more important than career and accepting Malaïka's apology but tells her never to do it again. She is seen at Colin's van, preparing for the festival. It is revealed that Malaïka had keep this dream a secret to her father and pretending that she had flunked her exams. At the festival, she is shown to disgust on other audience who loves to drink with party drugs. She soon performs with the player on stage.

In Chapter 10, she later performs with Joe after both Colin and the player. Upon meeting with Malaïka, it is revealed that she passed the college exams and not flunked. As soon as she tells Joe about it, he let her decided to tour her in his neighborhood within his hometown so that she can take her mind off things between her singing career and her studies.

At the final chapter, she is mostly seen with Matt and Lisa during Joe's party at the barn and was concern about the player's well being regarding about Josh. She now participates the recording of her album with Joe and participates in the wedding between Colin and the player. In the bad ending, she gave up her dreams to become the professional singer and decided to follow her father's footsteps as an UN employee. This is due to the shooting incident caused by the Creep when he ambushes the party goers including Joe at his barn which resulted Thomas as his victim when he sacrifices his life to save Lisa by tackling her, leaving him critical injured as well as the incident being shown on the news as her parents had watched this, forces her to return to England. She later decided to give her resignation to Joe and later helps both the player and Doris to help the injured Colin and leaving Josh for dead from committing suicide and thwarted his plans. Malaïka later reveals to the player that she can't sing while in college and more focusing on her current studies.

## Allies

* The Main Character (Colin)
* Colin Spencer
* Owen Hobbad
* Adam Peterson
* Joe Kicks

## Gallery

Malaïka when being introduced by one of the team from 1492 Studios by voice acting
## Other Looks

### Malaïka's Styles

FullCasualFormalWaitress outfit w/o earringsw/o EarringsFormal dress w casual hair
## Trivia

* She bears a close resemblance to the real-life singer, Melanie Brown also known as Melanie B or Mel B during her time in the popular UK girl band, Spice Girls.
* Her second outfit also bears a strong resemblance to the late singer, Whitney Houston in her younger years during her music career.
* Unlike Colin and the player's music genre being rock and Joe Kicks being hip-hop when he raps his songs, Malaïka's music genre are both soul and jazz where she sings jazz, mellow and ballad songs.
* Malaïka lives in the apartment at Hampton Bays, New York which is connected through Montauk, New York by going to the harbor in Montauk Highway. However in Chapter 6, her family is revealed to live in London, England which she is currently spending time with them.
* She is actually a Junior in Columbia Ivy League University. But starting from the final chapter, she would go on to become a Senior.
* She is the 10th African American character to appear in the Is it Love? series.
* During the promotional poster and the secret image between her and Joe Kicks when they're having a duet in the concert . They made a reference of the duet collaboration of both Nelly and Kelly Rowland's Dilemma, both Chris Brown and Keri Hilson's Superhuman and both Kanye West and Estelle's American Boy.
	+ At the end of Chapter 10 within the second season of Colin's route, she and Joe were mentioned by both Matt and Colin who were having a duet in the festival.