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Linda's involvement in the DreadOut story.
Story[]
Act 0 - Prologue[]
Linda waking up in the rocking chair.
In the Demo / Act 0 Prologue, a sleeping Linda wakes up in a rocking chair. she jolted awake, finding herself in a quite rickety shack. Intrigued by a vibration sound, she searches for its source. She then finds out her phone lying on the floor, where the vibration noises were coming from. She notices Ira was calling her, and picks up the phone. Answering her, Ira 's panicked voice can be heard asking for Linda's location, but then morphs into a demonic message. The phone switches to the camera, and Linda finds that she sees a Kuntilanak through the lens, which causes her to jump back in shock. Looking around, and slowly regain her composure, Linda begins to look for a way out.
Linda experiencing headache after noticing Ira's presence.
Outside, she sees Ira in the distance, and upon approaching her causes Linda to have a massive headache. Linda wanders through the alleyways to search for Ira, which was also haunted by the Kuntilanak she had seen earlier. Linda accidentally was able to hush away the spirit by taking a snap of her. Through the camera on her phone, she also finds a hidden hole in the wall that leads to an abandoned house backyard. She enters the house's warehouse where a Locusts begins to bother her, but she manages to get rid of it after she takes a picture of it. Linda then enters the main house, and finds one of the room with hanged bloody teddy bear. Returning where she came, she finds Ira standing at the corner of the hallway. Ira asks why Linda is here, and the player controlling Linda is given a choice of what to answer.
"If I'm not your friend, who am I? A ghost?"
Either way, it causes Ira to run off upstairs after telling Linda to follow her. Linda finds her facing back way in corner one of the room on the second floor. When Linda enters the room, she is surprised with the door closing on itself suddenly, and when she looks away, and looks back, Ira morphs into a Kuntilanak, and "kills" Linda, which gives the player the first time experiencing Limbo realm. After waking up from the apparent death, Linda hears a crying sound and goes downstairs. Linda finds Ira crying, claiming that she couldn't leave the village. Ira then informs Linda that she was the only one who could leave, and that she needed to leave. She gives Linda the keys to the exit of the house through the front door.
Linda getting ambushed by pocong.
Linda then goes outside, then suddenly a lightning struck. In a flash, and rain starts pouring. Linda realizes that the house has vanished, and ends up in a graveyard. Exploring the graveyard, Linda gets ambushed by two Pocongs. Using her camera, Linda was able to banish them, and was forced to notice an enormous Pocong hung in the tree. Having a grasp that her camera can do something beyond logic, Linda tries to snap three candles in a frame, thinking it can lead to something. all of a sudden, the giant Pocong falls down, grabbing Linda in an instant.
Linda then awakens, realizing that it was just a nightmare, and finds Ira staring comfortingly at her in the car next to her.
Act I[]
Linda waking up from her strange, yet frightening dream.
Linda, now awoken, is a little concern after she experiences a strange dream. She is greeted by Ira, who smiles comfortingly at her. On the way home, the group ends up at a blocked road. Everybody gets out from the car, and finds out that the bridge is collapse. While Ms. Siska ponders on whether to find a way across or to go back the way they came from and find another way, Doni finds a way to the other side, and runs off. The group then scattered investigating the abandoned town.
At the entrance of the mysterious town, Ms. Siska decides to round everyone to get back to the car, and find another way. But since Doni already ran far ahead, they need to find him first. This ended up for them to walk quite a distance, gathering up in front of an abandoned school.
Linda playfully strangling Ira, while Shelly casually taking picture.
They approach the school, where Doni, and Yayan ran inside the school to explore, followed by Ms. Siska, and Shelly. Meanwhile, Ira, and Linda sit on a bench outside while waiting for the others. Ira reminisces on the time when she met Linda, much to Linda's displeasure, and annoyance. After a sum amount of time, the two realizes that the group inside have been gone for too long. They then meet up back at the entrance, where Ms. Siska realizes that Yayan has gone missing. The group re-enters the abandoned school to look for Yayan, failing to notice Ira 's sudden strange and erratic behavior.
Linda encountering a giant boar inside school.
Abruptly, darkness consumes the school, and Linda suddenly finds herself alone, trapped inside the school. Linda makes her way through a hallway where she encounters a strange animal which was called Babi Ngepet. Linda notices that the creature having the chain of school keys dangling around the Babi Ngepet's neck, which means a chance for her to escape from the school, and continue her journey to regroup with her missing friends and teacher. She needs to find something to cut it so she can obtain the keys. Avoiding the rampaging boar demon, she heads upstairs where she encounters a female ghost Sundel Bolong across the hallway. Taking a picture of her back, allowing Linda to defeat her, continue on to explore. Later she locates a locked closet, which she deems suspicious, and she decides to look for the key to unlock it.
The Scissor Phantom creeping up on Linda.
After a clue from a mysterious photograph she had taken near the top of the collapsed stairs, she locates the closet key hidden inside a desk on the bottom floor, and returns back to the closet, and unlocks the door. Linda then enters an eerie room filled with mannequin heads with wigs, and scissors hanging with wires. Upon approaching the doll in the crib in the corner, she is attacked by the Scissor Phantom, who nearly cuts her head off using a large pair of scissors. Trapped in the room with the furious phantom, who believed that Linda was threatening its 'child', Linda is forced into a gruelling battle against the angry spirit. After defeating the Phantom, it drops a pair of scissors. With the scissors, she goes to cut the rope of the Babi Ngepet 's neck after finding it asleep in one part of the school.
Linda getting chased by Demit Lorong in endless hallway.
Linda goes to the exit to unlock the door so she can escape, but is blocked off from going to the entrance. There was an invisible force around her, blocking her from going to the exit despite her attempts in using other hallways and staircases. She is suddenly pulled into an endless hallway with a Demit Lorong coming closer and closer to her position, no matter where she runs. Using her IrisPhone, she manages to find a hidden door in one of the hallways, and escapes before the ghost can get to her (if the player fails to go through the hidden door before the Demit Lorong comes, Linda will be killed, and transported to the Limbo. After being revived, the player is then given a chance to go through the hidden door to escape the endless hallway).
The Lady in Red casting Black Magic on Linda while she tries to escape.
Finally making it to the exit, she is suddenly knocked down by the Mysterious Lady in Red, who blocks the entrance with thick white hairs. Linda runs away, going through various corridors to escape her, ending back at the exit again. The Lady then sends Locusts to attack Linda, disarming her from using her camera, but Linda makes her way back to the exit again. One more time, The Lady throws rats onto Linda, where the young girl is disoriented from moving correctly. Linda makes it back, seemingly defeating the Mysterious Lady in Red with her camera.
Linda finally unlocks the Exit, looking frantically around before shutting the door, and possibly making her way to escape.
Act II[]
Linda's equipment getting stolen by tuyuls.
Linda frantically escapes the school, and finds herself in a courtyard; however after walking around a bit, Linda realizes that she was boxed in by the walls around her. After a moment of wandering around aimlessly, she is attacked by a group of Tuyuls. She attempts to fight them off, but they overwhelmed her, taking both her red bag, and her phone. The Tuyuls escape with both objects, and Linda goes to try get them back.
Linda silently sneaking to avoid getting attacked by possessed Doni.
While on the way to find the Tuyuls who took her bag, and weapon, Linda comes across Doni. She attempts to talk to him, but Doni knocks her away. Realizing that her friend is possessed, Linda frantically scrambles away. After a brief chase through the village, Linda manages to block off from her possessed friend by hooking an umbrella in the door so it would hold him back. Arming herself with only an umbrella, Linda tries to find a way to escape. Before a few moments, she is attacked by Doni again, who has caught up with her. After hitting him with the umbrella she escapes into a train station.
Linda getting strangled by Second Sister who possess Doni.
After a gruelling cat and mouse game with Doni, she finally manages to escape into a train car, only to be cornered by Doni. Second Sister, the ghost who possess Doni chokes Linda, first through him, then with her own hands. After Linda nearly dies from choking, she manages to escape into the next car, where the debris manages to protect her from the Second Sister, and Doni. While watching the debris falling, the Second Sister possess Doni again, only to crack his neck, killing him. this made Linda cry in shock over her dead friend.
Linda discovering an SLR Camera.
Linda miserably gets up with a heavy heart, trying to keep herself together, despite the fact that she couldn't save her friend. After walking a short distance, Linda collapses, obviously depressed over Doni's death, and unable to continue. She falls asleep for a short moment before a mysterious hand grabs her wrist waking her up. It is revealed that one of the deceased corpses in the train car has woken her up, giving Linda the opportunity to use the SLR, an abandoned Camera. Standing up, Linda hears the sounds of her IrisPhone taking pictures and goes to retrieve it.
Linda being stranded in strange garden full of females.
Turning around, Linda finds the Tuyuls playing once again with her bag, and phone near the exit of the train car. She chases the Tuyuls away with the SLR, and goes to retrieve her belongings. Before she could exit the train car, the Tuyul Centeng appears, and after a brief fight, Linda retrieves both her bag, and her phone, and exits the car. She enters a cave, and exits the other side, only for the sun to rise, much to her surprise. Linda stumbles upon a seemingly safe heaven with other women around, and a watchful guardian above keeping watch. After sensing a supernatural vibe, Linda manages to solve the puzzle regarding the three candles, and when it suddenly becomes night again, Linda knew something was wrong.
Linda having fierce battle with Pocong Radja.
A path opens up and Linda walks across it, finding the supposedly benevolent guardian floating in front of her. Taking a picture of the guardian, it reveals itself to be the Pocong Radja, and a Boss Battle ensues. After a gruelling battle with the Pocong, Linda is picked up by the creature. Doing nothing, Linda watches the Pocong Radja perish, and she gets up, only to be confronted by the Mysterious Lady in Red. Despite her efforts to defeat the Lady in Red, Linda is soon overwhelmed, and sent to the Limbo.
Ms. Siska telling Linda to look for Ira.
Linda wakes up, finding herself in a different place from where she passed out, and decides to follow the path. After a moment or two of walking, Linda stumbles upon a Medical Firm, where she hears crying. She observes a strange bulk of clothing that is crying, but is elated to find out that it was just Shelly, who had hidden herself away. Shelly is elated to find Linda, and immediately hugs her, quickly asking for the whereabouts of her friends. With Shelly talking to fast, Linda finds herself unable to answer the question, and hears mysterious footsteps approaching. Linda puts herself between Shelly, and the mysterious footsteps, ready to defend her friend, and nervously awaits the newcomer. A hand appears in the doorway, and Linda prepares to defend both herself, and Shelly, only revealed to be Ms. Siska, who is injured. The teacher briefly states Linda and Shelly's name and collapses, leading to Shelly, and Linda helping Ms. Siska recover. Linda tells everything that happened to Shelly, and Ms. Siska tells her that she didn't know what had happened to Ira. She tells Linda to save Ira. Linda leaves the medical firm leaving Shelly, and Ms. Siska inside.
Linda preparing to have conversation with possessed Ira.
Outside, she sees Ira standing, and then running away, leading Linda somewhere. Upon following Ira, Linda on occasion comes across with Matianak ghost which is not quite hostile towards Linda. The lead ends inside a small house, Linda enters, and sees Ira with a doll called Suzie. Ira talks to Linda (The player is given a choice that determines Ira's fate, weather Ira will be killed by the Third Sister, or kept her alive). The Third Sister briefly mentions Linda should go to the mansions to look for answer. Linda then wakes up after being intimidated by The Third Sister, with possessed Ira already gone. Linda then decides to head back to the Medical Firm. On the track of going back, Linda gets attacked by a bunch of Palasiks, and Linda has to defeat them in order to continue.
Linda is lost for words after witnessing Shelly's gruesome death.
Returning to the Medical Firm, Linda finds Shelly is already killed, and Ms. Siska is nowhere to be found. After mourning Shelly's death, Linda heads to the mansion. In the stairs leading to the mansion, Linda stumbles upon a ghost of Gundul Pringis.
Inside the mansion, Linda will have to face the Second Sister, mostly entire time. The first one, The Second Sister attempts to possess Linda, but Linda is able to resist it, and defeat her by taking a picture of her reflection in the mirror hallway. Linda then continues to explore the mansion. When reaching the second floor, Linda tries to open a big door but then getting blasted by unknown force, and fell down to the first floor. Then, the Second Sister tries to attack Linda again, and Linda has to battle her. Only this time without any mirrors in the surrounding, making Linda has to trace her presence, because the Second Sister is invisible, and can only be seen through the mirror.
Linda battling the Second Sister throughout the mansion.
After defeating her for the second time, Linda heads back to second floor, and now can enter the big door which lead her into a large room with three mirrors with fake reflection in it. In the "duplicate room" Linda finds a key which can be used to open the dress room, and before continuing journey to the dressing room, once again Linda is disrupted by the Second Sister, trapping her in mirror world, and prevent her from leaving. But Linda with strong willpower is unstoppable, and able to figure out a way to escape from mirror world. She then steps in to the dress room, ready to battle the Second Sister one last time.
The First Sister coming into surface behind Linda inside her room.
After eventually defeat the Second Sister, the mirror in the room will shatter, revealing a secret room which lead Linda into Lady In Red's room a.k.a the First Sister. There, while Linda sits in front of a mirror, The First Sister approaches her from behind, taunting her. Linda is then dragged by her own reflection (possibly made by the First Sister's power) in to the mirror, entering a mirror realm.
For a more detailed account of Linda's journey inside the mirror realm see: Linda/Keepers of the Dark Story.
After escaping the mirror realm, Linda regains her consciousness, and finds that she has returned to the abandoned school. From here, Linda has two choices: enter the school to battle the First Sister, and Demit Pintu or leave the school, and escape the town. The choice will determine her fate at the ending.
Ending 1: Wrong Turn (Non-Canon)[]
Linda, and the Police Officer moments before the car crashes.
Linda escapes through the Village exit, running frantically away from the village. Eventually she runs into some police officers, who were presumably looking for her missing group after failure to return home from the field trip. Exhausted, Linda reports to the officers, who decide to send her home via one of the patrol cars.
On the way home, the First Sister suddenly appears in front of the car, causing the patrol car to crash, leading to the death of both the police officer, and Linda.
Ending 2: The End is the Beginning is the End (Canon)[]
Linda is transported to a void realm guarded by Demit Pintu.
Linda decides to enter the school once more, and the First Sister greets her with her new demonic looks, and power. She tries her best to defeat the First Sister, but something is protecting the First Sister, making her invulnerable against Linda's attacks. With a single touch, the First Sister teleports Linda to a void realm, lurked by Demit Pintu. Linda needs to defeat Demit Pintu in order to cancel its territory, and back to reality. After defeating Demit Pintu, Linda has to deal with the First Sister again. This round, Linda is having a premonition, in order to break the First Sister barrier, she needs to locate Demit Pintu's shadow that is guarding the area, and takes a picture of it. Linda's efforts finally bear fruit, with Demit Pintu gone, she is now able to dealt a blow to the First Sister.
Linda facing the First Sister who's turned sinister.
This makes the First Sister in complete rage, and goes berserk. She traps Linda in a cage made out of her hairs, and approaches Linda, laughing madly. Fortunately, Linda is able to break the cage, which makes the First Sister suffer in pain, and disappear temporally, followed by a shadow of snake scales emerging, and destroys the school exit door. Linda immediately runs towards the door, because its the only exit way. Inside, Linda stumble across a dead end, but when Linda switches to her camera view, a path is shown. Using her camera guidance, Linda follows the path which is some kind of labyrinth, and Linda has to walk in caution to choose the right path. To add tension, she is also being chased by the First Sister, now in her monsterous form. Following the snake bone trail, Linda comes across of its head, and takes a picture of a candle in front of the snake head. This makes the snake head moves and pounces Linda, sending her into Limbo realm.
Linda pulling up chains towards the First Sister.
In Limbo realm, Linda wakes up, finding the First Sister floating in front of her. The Sister turns, reaching out to her, dashing towards the seventeen year old. As they both come in contact, a flash occurs; causing the First Sister to be pushed back, along with causing a terrifying being with a giant dread eye to appear in the view. The First Sister turns to look a the enormous eye, until turning back to Linda. She floats very slowly toward Linda. Without clear explanation, Linda is able to pull chains that can seal the First Sister’s movements. After a few times, the Sister is bounded by chains. The eye behind her turns into a mouth. The First Sister breaks the chain and teleports in front of Linda in an instant. With an eerie atmosphere, the First Sister holds onto Linda’s hand, embracing her silently. She then slowly walks away chanting parting messages to Linda. She walks inside the mouth. Once inside, it closes, with the First Sister disappearing towards oblivion.
Ms. Siska is then to be revealed as the mastermind.
Back in reality, Linda wakes up and collapses. Ms. Siska comes over, with a strange wound on her neck, and what appears to be an infant wrapped in a bundle. She whispers something in Linda's ear before roughly shoving her head, and walking away. While Siska walks away, a snake's tale is protrudes from the bundle. Upon seeing this, Linda feels sick, and throws up.
Linda accepting her new role.
Sometime later, Linda is shown to have somehow escaped the town, and returned to civilization, now having shoulder length hair instead of her ponytail, and a completely new attire. She walks along the streets of a city listening to something on her headset, seemingly controlling the people she passes by. Linda stops at a bus stop, and looks at the camera, taking off her head set where she slightly winces in pain. She open her eyes, and Linda stares straight ahead, her skin growing paler, and her eyes glowing red.
However, if Linda manages to prevent Ira's death, instead of listening to the ending music, it is revealed that Linda is actually listening Ira's voicemail, having listened to it at least 2208 times, supposedly to suppress her new powers. Ira tells Linda that it was their turn to be keepers of the darkness. Realizing that her powers were leaking, and she was unconsciously stirring the darkness in humans as well as ghosts, Linda opens her headsets, accepting her fate as the new Lady in Red.