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This article is about MERCI. For more info on SOMETHING and its variants, see the SOMETHING category page.
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MERCI is an enemy in OMORI. It is one of the many variants of SOMETHING and can only be fought in the OMORI ROUTE.
PROFILE
MERCI is a black creature shaped like a hunched-over person. One of its arms is longer than the other, and its torso is like a dress. The usual white sideways eye covers the entire face. Like the other variants, it has a clay texture instead of the normal artstyle.
STORY
On the first visit to LOST LIBRARY, MERCI makes a brief appearance as a silhouette alongside few other SOMETHING variants at the trees near the end of the library. This hints of them manifesting more of themselves into HEADSPACE.
After clearing BLACK SPACE on the OMORI ROUTE, MERCI will fully manifest itself within THE ABYSS. When fought, it usually appears by itself, with another one of itself, or team up with ANGI occasionally.
In the GLITCH MAP event from BLACK SPACE 2, there are many glitching HEADSPACE NPCs floating around. When the screen turns dark and the distorted noise ends, the NPCs end up turning into MERCIS, indicating the horrific outcome of those who stay too long in BLACK SPACE.
If one accesses RED ROOM, a hidden BLACK SPACE location only accessible via the SUNNY ROUTE or the MIXED ROUTE, the player can discover a zoo of multiple SOMETHING variants lurking around. This includes multiple roaming MERCIS as well.
BATTLE
GENERAL
| STATS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 HEART
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 JUICE
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ATTACK | DEFENSE | SPEED | LUCK | HIT |
| 666 | 333 | 84 | 53 | 80 | 10 | 95 |
SKILLS
| SKILL | NOTES | DAMAGE |
|---|---|---|
| ATTACK* | ??? touches _____’s chest.
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(Attack x 2 - Foe's defense) |
| LIAR | Liar.
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| MELODY | ??? sings a song.
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| SCREAM | ??? makes a horrifying shriek!
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(Attack x 2) |
All skills, unless stated otherwise, have a 20% variance rate. This means they will do between 80% and 120% of their regular damage.
*Only this skill will be used when being OBSERVED 
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AI
| SKILL | NOTES | EMOTION | |||
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| NEUTRAL | HAPPY | SAD | ANGRY | ||
| ATTACK | ??? touches _____’s chest. | 60% | 60% | 60% | 60% |
| LIAR | Liar. | 35% | 35% | 35% | 35% |
| MELODY | ??? sings a song. | 40% | 40% | 40% | 40% |
| SCREAM | ??? makes a horrifying shriek! | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Every turn, each enemy will start by trying to use the skill listed at the top. If the calculation fails, they move on to the second skill and so on, until reaching the final skill which is guaranteed to activate. Each calculation is done independently from the previous ones, so the added percentage is not 100%.
GALLERY
TRIVIA
- MERCI is one of the few SOMETHING variants that can be found in the 2018 Kickstarter demo's files, only via debugging. It was originally named MERCY, and its overworld sprite appeared slightly different from the one used in the full 2020 game.
- MERCI can also be found outside of the TRAIN alongside LILI and SALLI, right before you encounter ???, but cannot be interacted.
- MERCI is one of the two SOMETHING variants fought in only one location, the other being NANCI.
- In the game's data, MERCI has an unused DO NOTHING SKILL. If it was used in-game, the text mentions "??? gives an eerie smile". However, the text in the game is replaced with "Liar".
- In the game's data, the DO NOTHING skill named as LIAR has the description: "Just for the little basil in black space Not for Abyss".
- MERCI was originally intended to be fought within BLACK SPACE, and this variant has 660 HP, 330 MP, 82 ATK, 13 DEF and 87 SPD. In fact, the 2019 build shows that the ones that appeared in GLITCH MAP were originally planned to be fought there.
- MERCI's health being 666 is presumably a possible reference to the devil's number.
- In addition, her JUICE stat is 333, which could be a reference to the angel's number.