Erica Mason

Erica Mason is the daughter of Alodie and Peter Mason and the main character of the game. You follow Erica throughout the game and your decisions shape her destiny.

Childhood
Little is known about Erica's childhood. Both of her parents seemed to care dearly for her. In early stages of the game, her father talks to Erica about her mother and their relationship before marriage. He mentions a supernatural ability Erica's mother had. Peter states that Alodie died, but he reassures Erica that she will always be with her. At last he asks Erica if she had her mother's ability what would she see by looking into the fire. It is hinted that Erica also has this supernatural ability.

Shortly after Erica witnessed the murder of her father. She also caught a glimpse of her father's killer, but she recalls it as just a silhouette.

Present day
Erica carried on with her life the best way she could. The constant nightmares of her father's murder continue tormenting her to this very day. She keeps talking to herself in the mirror about the events and depending on the player, she either tries to move on or resents herself for not doing anything back then.

Her life was going relatively normal until the day she receives a package. A present, from an unknown source, the only notable remark about the package was a stamp that said 'fragile'. Erica drops the package at once when she sees a real human hand covered in blood. She stares in horror at the bright silver medallion held firmly by the bloody had.

Erica calls the cops and gets interviewed by Sgt. Duncan Blake, he is the one leading the investigation. He suspects that whoever is behind this murder also was the one responsible for the murder of Erica's father (unofficially). Sgt. Blake explains that other people related her father might be in danger. He suggests Erica to move to Delphi House to be safer, since they are going to continue the investigation from there.

Delphi House
Before having a rough and somewhat awkward introduction with the desk clerk (later known as Karl Steinbeck), Erica has many alternatives where she can either peek on people talking, examining some masks, or answering a phone call.
 * If Erica peeks on the door, she would see Dr. Rosa Ballard and David Caulker talking about Kirstie. She would be caught shortly after.
 * If Erica examines the masks on the other hand, she would get caught by Karl Steinbeck as soon as she grabs one of the masks.
 * Finally, If she answers the phone call, the mysterious person on the other side (Mia Greene, although you find out this later on) claims to know everything about Erica and warns her to not trust anyone. She also admits to be the murderer and sender of package. In one of the options She tells to a distressed Erica to follow the music to find out more a document that has information on Alodie Carter.

Regardless of what happens, Dr. Ballard and Caulker would show up. Dr. Ballard would introduce herself and Caulker to both Erica and Blake. Blake suggests Erica to get some rest. Dr. Ballard claims to remember Erica when she was young as they walk towards her room. Erica doesn't seem to remember her though.

Day 1
After a night of sleep. Erica dreams of her father once again. She sees the murderer once more but she wakes up before she could get a more clear visual of the dark shadow.

Erica heads downstairs and she meets Kirstie Caulker, then she meets Tobi Neumann and Hannah Kayein the next door. After an uneasy confrontation with a hostile Tobi, Erica plays piano with Hannah until Hannah has a nosebleed that worsened quite rapidly. Tobi intervenes and helps Hannah while Kristie and and other people come to the scene to assist.
 * If Erica Manages to calm Kirstie down, she would ask Kirstie to find some help. Erica, Tobi and Hannah would share a laugh with Tobi's impression of Kirstie.
 * If Erica Fails to calm Kirstie down, Tobi would try to calm down Kirstie and Dr. Ballard would misinterpret Tobi's intentions and would order the Care-helpers to seize Tobi.
 * If Erica manages to convince Dr. Ballard Tobi was helping Dr. Ballard would not dose her with a tranquilizer.
 * If Erica fails however, Dr. Ballard would inject Tobi with a dosage of sedative.

Shortly after the events, Dr Ballard tells Erica Sargent Blake is waiting for her at the main desk. Here is where she meets Lucien Flowers, the man who runs the House (there is a painting of Lucien and Peter at the entrance of the Delphi House which is where Erica sees his face for the first time).

After a brief conversation, Blake enters the room and chats with both Erica and Lucien. Asking Erica for help to identify the murderer. Lucien explains to Erica that her father developed a process that helps patients recreate their past experiences. The player can choose if Erica wants to proceed or not with the therapy.

Later on Erica gets asked if she wants to do something something for lunch, she could either make perfume with Hannah, check on Tobi(who fought with an employee of the House a moments ago) or have lunch and hang out with Kristie. Erica would only find a secret entrance if she hang outs with either Kirstie or Tobi.

At night, depending on what choices Erica made she could get a diffuser by either Hannah or Lucien, or if she successfully made one yourself while making perfume.

That very same night Erica will dream with pink Oleander petals falling from the sky. Erica will wake up either on her bed or outside the house. This depends on what Erica decided to do with the diffuser before going to bed(keeping it makes Erica wake up in bed, whilst throwing it out makes her wake up outside).

Day 2
Erica receives a present from an unknown source. After being rushed by Kristie to open it up, the girls get shocked when they see a porcelain doll that Erica had when she was a kid. Hanna has a seizure shortly after they find the doll was holding a piece of human skin that had a tattoo on it. Erica recognizes the tattoo to be the one of the man at the desk, Karl Steinbeck.

Back in Flowers' office, Erica, Lucien and Blake try to understand what happened and what to do next. Blake suggests to go back to Erica's apartment to gather some clues and for her to get more clothes.

When Erica tries to open the door to her apparent they realize the door was forced open, after a quick search they found no one in her apartment. Blake tries to enter to the apartment next door after he smells something coming out from the mail gap. Blake tells Erica to stay, Erica debates whether to follow Sargent Blake or to stay in her destroyed apartment.
 * If Erica decides to stay put the phone in her house would ring.
 * If Erica follows him, she would find the apartment to be completely graffitied with the Delphic Epsilon symbol.
 * Erica could now either Check the mini fridge that also leads to check a picture in the wall that reveals to have a peek hole of her apartment's living room or go the next door.
 * If Erica peeks on the hole, she'd see a shadow moving across, she could either warn Blake or just ignore it
 * If Erica tells Blake about the shadow, Blake would go back to search the apartment. Shortly after the house phone would ring.
 * If Erica goes to the next door, Blake would stop her, informing her Steinbeck is dead.

If Erica didn't decide to check on the next door, the phone would ring.
 * If Erica picks up the phone, she would have a conversation with Mia Greene once more, she adverts Erica not to trust anyone and that they're lying to her, also saying that she has taken care of her for a long time. She also says that there is a corpse in the house and invites her to take a look, since she can't run away for ever from the inevitable.

Back home, depending on what Erica chose, Erica would check on Hannah, or she would peek on Dr. Ballard taking Hannah away with Toby, or lastly, she would write a feel better card with Kristie for Hannah. Regardless on how things occur, Tobi confides on Erica she has seen the same petals Hannah has seen in her dreams.

Later on during the same night, Erica, Flowers and Blake decided to go to Chief David Caulker's place, so they can discuss about the past events. Erica questions the nature of this choice at first but she decides to go along. Blake and Flowers make Erica do a face recognition of a woman that results to be the mysterious murderer. Flowers tell to Blake and Erica that Mia Greene was a patient that was very close to Erica's mother. However, this information doesn't add up according Flowers and Blake, since records indicate that she died of an overdose many many years ago when Erica's mom passed away.

Blake receives a call and takes off with Lucien, leaving behind a bleeding Erica with the Chief.
 * If Erica hung out with Kirstie, Caulker would hand over a napkin with 'we need to talk' written in it.

Erica goes to the bathroom upstairs to clean up when she hears a noise downstairs. Erica could either peek through the bathroom window or head downstairs.
 * If Erica peeks through the window she would see a fox roaming around the backyard. She then would head downstairs only to find Chief Caulker dead.
 * If Erica heads downstairs instead, she would find Caulker mortally wounded but still alive. He would hand over a crumbled piece of paper that contains a drawing made by Kirstie. He would die shortly after.

Erica realizes Caulker has the same wounds in his chest that her father had the night he died. Erica find a Delphic Epsilon medallion in Caulker's desk along a picture of him a Kirstie.

After this shocking experience she finally meets face to face with Mia Greene, whom at first tells Erica that she has been expecting to have this conversation for a long time. She explains to a fearful Erica about the real intentions in Delphi House and that the ones she murdered were part of it as well, she includes Dr. Ballard, Blake, Caulker and Flowers in her speech. She insists Erica to use the new found medallion in one of the secret entrances so she can see what is really going on.

Back in Delphi House, Erica talks with Blake and depending on the relationship was built with Blake, she confides on him and Blake hugs her, giving her the option to kiss him. Here is where Erica has one the most important options of the game. She either  lies to Blake telling him nothing. Or  she tells him about Greene and suggest a place where they could find her.


 * If Erica  Lies, she goes through a secret entrance(depending which one she found(only one door can be found per play-through)). Erica then roams the corridors of this alien place.
 * if Erica decides to skip all other events and head through the left passage, she would peek on Blake and Flowers talking some pretty incriminating information about Erica.
 * If she explores at least one of the right doors however, she would only see Dr. Ballard going through the same big door Blake and Flowers went through. She could also find out about Hanna's death in the red room, she could also see Dr. Ballard performing a therapy on Tobi, similar to the one Erica went through. This time though, Dr. Ballard would inject something into Tobi's bloodstream.


 * Once Erica leaves the place and goes to a warehouse not far from there, she comes across an altar that had a picture of her mother (the picture varies depending on what Erica chose at the beginning of the story), she also finds some phials inside a box under the altar. Here is where she meets Greene, whom sprays her with something on her face, making her plummeted unconscious on the ground.

After Blake warns her about the phial's content, Greene shows up, slighting Blake's throat and killing him right on the spot. She then proceeds to spray Erica to knock her unconscious.
 * If Erica decides to tell the  truth to Blake however, they both go to the warehouse, here Erica looks into Blake's stuff while hes inspecting the place. Leading to an argument. They adventured inside to explore the place together this time. Once they get to the altar, Erica finds the phials with a red liquid inside, right next to it she sees a picture of her mother covered in petals(the picture varies depending on what Erica chose at the beginning of the story).

Resolution
Erica goes through a series of hallucinations, where she sees a ritual and her father. When she awakes, Mi Greene asks her to join her. She tells her the story about Peter Mason and how he found out about Erica's mother gift. She warns Erica that the same fate awaits for her if she continues at Delphi House. At first Erica doesn't believe her. However, when Greene tells her that Alodie is alive, Erica decides to help at once.

Before entering Delphi house, Mia knocks down a guard and offers Erica the chance of killing him. If Erica kills the guard, she would walk the corridors armed with a knife, if she backs down, she would walk unarmed while the power goes off.

Erica will encounter Blake if she 'Lied before (because he'd be dead if Erica told him where Greene would be), he would look concerned, claiming he was looking for her this whole time and he was worried, this only would happen if Erica is unnamed. If Erica is armed Blake would launch and attack Erica, attempting to kill her even. Regardless of how things unraveled, Mia ultimately shows up and kills him with a single shot between the eyes.

Erica seems to lose herself when she sees Blake dying. But she gets cutoff when Mia falls on her knees. Knowing her death is near and being unable to continue, she offers her gun to Erica and tells her to do whatever it takes to save her mom.

Erica goes through the secret door and confronts Dr. Ballard, who's performing experiments on Tobi. Depending on what Erica chooses, she can either kill Dr.Ballard or let her live ( she escapes the room when Kristie shows up). She also has the option to either save Tobi by administrating the correct medicine, or letting her die by giving her the wrong medicine. The later would traumatize Kristie and she would tell you to go away.

As she goes through the passage she meets face to face with Lucien coming out of a gate holding a special medallion.

Ending
Lucien tries to convince Erica not to shoot him, telling her everything Mia told her was a lie. Erica has the option to shoot him or lower the gun. If Erica chooses not to shoot him, Erica would doubt herself and admit she needs help and guidance. If Erica did not kill anyone, she becomes one of the leaders of the Delphi House. However, if she killed someone, Lucien would dose her and she will become a prisoner in the Delphi House for ever.

If Erica chooses to shoot him, Erica will get access to the medallion that leads to the final room. Here she sees the roots of a huge oleander plant. Erica sees an oleander lamp, similar to the one her father had when young Erica played a card game with him. Once she lights it up she has the option to inhale the oleander or throw it. If Erica chooses to throw it, Erica will throw the candle-lamp onto the oleander vines, setting them on fire and eventually burning down Delphi house. If you saved Tobi, both Tobi and Kristie would survive. However, if you failed to save Tobi, Kristie would die in the fire.

If Erica chooses to Breathe In, Erica is transported to an altar where other people were waiting for Erica to arrive. Here, she can decide to become the 'Butterfly' Priestess or reject it, that would end up with the building on fire as well.

Notes/trivia

 * When the original game trailer came out(back in 2017), the actress that plays Erica was much older.
 * Erica Seems to posses supernatural abilities, just like her mother. Interestingly, her abilities are different, being able to have visions and flashbacks without the need of staring into fire unlike her mom.
 * Little is explained on why the Delphi comunity needs Erica.