Eugene

**Eugene** is the main protagonist of Underworld Office: Offline Mystery Visual Novel*.* Having their life saved by Boss, they must repay their debt by working for the Underworld Office thrice.

## Appearance

### Human Eugene

**Eugene** is a teenager with a scrawny build, droopy black eyes, and straight brown hair. Their gender is up to the player's interpretation; however, in the case of gender-dependent languages, Eugene's pronouns are translated to he/him. Eugene's signature outfit consists of a twilight lavender hoodie accompanied by a pair of blue cuffed shorts, white knee-high socks, and a pair of brown shoes. They also often wear a pair of black circular glasses.

They have a recurring nightmare where they're alone in a dark place, accompanied by a mirror showing their reflection. In the dream, they wear a simple white t-shirt instead of their usual getup.

### Ghost Eugene

As a ghost, **Eugene** sports a white hoodie with pink laces, pink shorts with white cuffs, white knee-length socks, pink shoes, and their usual pair of glasses. Their hair turns pink as well, so does their backpack, when worn.

### Monster Eugene

**Eugene** may transform into a dark monster either by choosing to murder Jack or by allowing Charlie to murder him. If the player gets the "Monster" ending, Eugene's physique will resemble that of a human skeleton with elongated limbs. If the player gets the "Monster of the Underworld Office" ending, however, it will change into a form that somewhat resembles Boss.

### Time skip appearance

After the time skip, fans consider **Eugene** to be 17-25 years old aka a young adult.

Eugene now sports short, light brown hair, a long-sleeved black turtleneck under a white uniform shirt, along with black eyes and circular glasses.

Eugene usually wears their station attendant uniform with their guardian flower in their chest pocket, although occasionally we see Eugene wear a black top alongside black leggings.

As a ghost, Eugene has pink hair that lightens or dims depending on whether or not Hayden turns into an evil spirit, Eugene also wears a white top instead of his station uniform, alongside dark pink leggings.

## Personality

In the beginning, **Eugene** is introverted, quiet, and extremely insecure about themselves. They hardly talk in public due to their shyness and fear of making a mistake, owing to their uncontrollable stuttering. It is implied that they oftentimes spend a whole day without having said a single word. However, they are shown to be caring for others and determined to be of help, although the motive depends on the player's choices.

**Eugene**'s personality can change all throughout the game. Depending on the player, Eugene can be empathic and selfless or direct and efficient. Their motivation in helping others can be either based on genuine care or simply a way to repay their debt to Boss. They also have the choice to be understanding of every situation they find themselves in or be quick to anger and resentment when things don't go their way.

### Time Skip Personality

After the time skip, a lot about **Eugene** changed, the key difference being their relationship with Boss.

Eugene has now integrated talking into their daily life, you can see this with their interactions with the other station attendants. Eugene also smiles much more often to the point that gets worrying to other station attendants when Eugene stops smiling or when Eugene seems pretty out of it.

It's assumed that after Underworld Office, Eugene starts to talks with their classmates, since they are shown to be friends with Joy.

Eugene also seems to have mostly lost their stutter, although they still stutter when things don't go their way or when they are scared.

Eugene has become so dependent on Boss and his rules that they sometimes have tiny breakdowns when they realizes they have broken a rule, an example being when Charlie mentions to Eugene that they didn’t tell Boss that they used their scissors, Eugene seemed pretty out of it for a while and kept on saying “huh”.

Eugene's following of Boss’s rules even extends to them refusing to talk to Charlie, because Boss said "It would be better for everyone if Charlie stayed away from Eugene". Charlie describes it as Eugene becoming "Boss’s cute little puppet" because sometimes Eugene doesn't even seem to act on their own accord and instead follows Boss’s rules, with very few exceptions.

## Trivia

* **Eugene** is supposed to be gender-ambiguous and remains as such in the original Korean game version. Their pronouns were translated into that of a male in gender-marked languages' version of the game. Still, the players are free to imagine Eugene as a male, a female, or any other gender.
* Prior to the time-skip (post-true ending), **Eugene** is 15 years old and stands at a height of 150 cm.
* **Eugene**'s favorite book is The Brothers Lionheart.
* **Eugene**'s most disliked food is canned beans.
* **Eugene**'s eyesight on both eyes is +1.5, which means they have a refractive error called hypermetropia, or hyperopia— also known as farsightedness.
* **Eugene** likes soft clothes that cover a lot of skin.
* **Eugene** and Charlie share the status of being the only gender-ambiguous characters in the game.
* According to a Q&A by Team 344, **Eugene** becomes a train station attendant after the True Ending, allowing them to work for the Underworld Office while earning money at the same time. Furthermore, the supervisors of the train station are apparently aware of the workings of the Underworld Office.

## Gallery

* Eugene falling asleep on the subway
* Ghost Eugene and Boss
* Eugene in his nightmare
* Eugene in the Underworld Office
* Underworld Office
* Eugene
* Boss protecting Eugene from the monsters
* From left to right: River, Charlie being choked by River, Demon Eugene, Boss
* Boss requesting Eugene to join the Underworld Office in his demon form
* The Monster of the Underworld Office ending screen
* Eugene
* Eugene with a fan
* Eugene with long hair
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### Icons (Underworld Office)

Eugene, neutralEugene, worriedEugene, frightenedEugene, unhappyEugene, happyEugene, frustratedEugene, angryEugene, monsterEugene, matureEugene, wearing Hayden's hat
## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/Team\_344/status/1336305617590337536
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