E

E is a major character in both Version 1 and Version 2, she and . were very close. She is playable in The Prologue of Version 2, and joins the party at the end of Chapter 3. She committed suicide before the events of the main game, and her spirit is a boss fight in both versions.

Appearance
E has long, red hair with blue eyes. She wears a light red shirt with a black pattern on it, and a dark red skirt. Her boots are black with red in the middle of them. When dead, she becomes entirely red, with glowing red eyes. In Version 1, she only appears dead, and is purely red.

Personality
E is mentioned to be paranoid by D, and seemed to have no hope in making it out of the situation they're all in, having an argument with D in The Prologue about how they were inevitably going to die. She is hard on herself often, feeling immediate guilt for shouting at D and later on calling herself a stupid idiot after trying to kill ., Hiveling and C. She mentions in The Prologue when interacting with the clock that she doesn't want to be awake, and shows some signs of depression, made clear when she kills herself.

Version 1
In Version 1, E is heard of through multiple notes throughout Desolate Atmosphere and The Library. Kamia hints that a dead soul is hunting ., likely in reference to E, after defeating her. Once in C's House,. wanders around until she finds E sitting in a room. E reveals that she's mentally snapped, saying she expected. to die soon after she did, and then attempting to kill her one of the two Boss Fights in Version 1. E attacks with red knives as her primary weapon, then proceeds to chase. around the room. . must hit E when she stops moving. Every attack is an instant kill, the same with Kamia in Version 1. Defeating E makes her come to her senses and apologize, then C walks in and is shocked to find E there. C explains that E has to go, and E departs after saying goodbye to. once more.

The Prologue
E is controlled by the player in The Prologue, where she wakes up and looks for D. When she finds D, she quickly devolves into arguing about their situation. This eventually causes D to leave the kitchen after E shouts at her, which E seems to instantly regret. When E leaves the kitchen however, she is transported to E's Mind instead. There, Bloodshot E begins to manifest, guiding E to destroy the hearts in The Heart Room. Upon doing so, Bloodshot E fully forms and assumes power over E's Mind, telling E that her 'escape' is ready. At the end of the Prologue, E leaves a note for D and leaves with a knife, presumably to The Library, where it's hinted that she committed suicide.

Chapter 1: The Phantom of Seisa
Throughout the first chapter, common enemies are glitched versions of E. E's suicide is also read before Twisted Library begins. This time, Kamia doesn't mention anything about E, however.

Chapter 2: Welcome to No Demon's Land
In the cutscene before the player controls Hiveling in Chapter 2, Hiveling briefly changes into E while arguing with ., causing. to break down and pass out.

Chapter 3: Spirit House
E's spirit returns as the boss fight of Chapter 3, reciting similarly to how she did in Version 1, showing that she isn't sane. Beating her makes her show deep regret and results in E and. trying to blame themselves for what happened. E promises to help. from this point onwards to repay everything .'s done for her, and she joins the party during the ending.

Chapter 4: Confronting the Mind
E is now in the party in Chapter 4, and tries to explain what they should do. Hiveling and C seem distrusting of her, and E becomes desperate to earn their trust, revealing that since she experienced Bloodshot E, she knows what to do to stop Bloodshot D. Her advice ultimately works and Bloodshot D is taken out. During the game's ending, E leaves. once more to return to the other spirits.

D
D and E were shown living together in The Prologue, with D showing a lot of care and sympathy towards the pessimistic E. The two are clearly close, and D is never seen again after E's suicide at the end of The Prologue, she is only seen speaking in Chapter 1's suicide note, showing that D ran after E and watched her commit suicide. It can be assumed that this mentally destroyed D. D mentions that the two were like sisters.

.
. and E appear to be very close, as. attempts to get over trauma from E's suicide throughout the game, and often hallucinates about her. In Chapter 3, E's spirit is the boss, seemingly gone mad due to Bloodshot E being given control over her. She tries to kill. so that she can join her in the afterlife, but gets defeated and returns to her senses. The two get incredibly emotional over what happened to E, each blaming themselves, before settling down as E promises to redeem herself to ., while. feels as though she doesn't have to. They're mentioned to have been like sisters to one another. In the true ending of the game, E leaves. as she belongs with the other spirits, and they share an emotional goodbye.

Hiveling
Hiveling doesn't immediately trust E after the boss fight, instead thinking that she's on Bloodshot D's side. She also starts to think that. was losing interest in her due to E, but the two eventually end up on good terms, taking Bloodshot D out.

C
In both versions, C is less than enthusiastic about E's prescence, demanding that she leave. In Version 1, C explains that E can't stay, and E goes, but in Version 2, E sticks around a little longer. E gains C's trust faster than Hiveling's, but C makes a few snarky remarks to E. The two still end up friendly towards each other by the time E departs.

Bloodshot E
Bloodshot E is a manifestation of E's dark thoughts, guiding her towards her suicide, which she refers to as the only escape. After E's fight in Chapter 3, she appears to regret listening to Bloodshot E, and panics when she learns that. is under the same risk. E is determined to stop Bloodshot D from leading. down a similar road to E. E also moves slowly towards the exit of E's Mind after Bloodshot E takes control, indicating unwillingness or emptiness due to Bloodshot E.

Trivia

 * E is the final party member in Version 2, joining just before the final chapter.
 * The music that plays during E's boss fight in Version 2 is Miracle Matter's theme from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards.
 * During E's Version 2 boss fight, she has a move called 'Self Doubt' which deals damage to her rather than the player.
 * This implies that she's still self deprecating and doesn't think she can win.


 * E is one of the original two boss fights from Version 1, the other being Kamia.
 * Both D and . are said to have been like sisters to E.
 * In The Prologue, E gets her own text box colour, red.
 * This doesn't carry over to Chapter 3 or 4.


 * E is the reasoning for the game's name. During her suicide text, she mutters to D 'you can't' before dying, presumably having not finished her sentence.
 * This is similar to the FNaF 2 Death Minigames, where when the Purple Man touches Freddy, it says 'you can't' at the bottom of the screen.


 * E has official artwork of her on Calamituff's DeviantArt, however her outfit is different and her eyes are red in the art compared to her sprite in Version 2.