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UNI, originally known as EMPTY FRIEND, is a character and NPC in OMORI. He is one of the three mysterious BETA CHARACTERS encountered on ONE DAY LEFT of the OMORI ROUTE, only in NIGHTTIME TREEHOUSE.
PROFILE
APPEARANCE
UNI is a dark, shadowy humanoid with a simplistic appearance compared to the other two BETA CHARACTERS. He notably has one large eye on his face, bearing a great resemblance to SOMETHING and its variants. UNI also has multiple spikes on his head, and his body is entirely dark in color, similar to that of STRANGER.
PERSONALITY
Not much can be currently inferred about UNI's personality due to him only appearing for one time in-game, along with the lack of dialogue from the character himself besides the distorted noise he emits when interacted with.
STORY
After OMORI rescues BASIL from BLACK SPACE on the OMORI ROUTE, UNI will appear inside NIGHTTIME TREEHOUSE's monochrome treehouse as a hidden character on ONE DAY LEFT. He can be encountered once the area's secret entrance is initiated within LAST RESORT. Note that this entrance can only be done once.
After MR. JAWSUM hands over ownership of LAST RESORT to HERO, the player can enter the right elevator, which was formerly malfunctioning. This transports OMORI into NIGHTTIME TREEHOUSE, except he enters there without BASIL.
UNI can be found standing alone inside the treehouse, near the monochrome table. Getting close to UNI will cause him to emit a low-pitched noise while turning around to face OMORI. This also causes the screen to briefly glitch as UNI vanishes from the overworld. He cannot be found anywhere else as his encounter is a one-time-only event.
GALLERY
TRIVIA
- UNI's head appears to resemble the clock found in NEIGHBOR'S ROOM.
- According to several early drafts, UNI was originally named EMPTY FRIEND and was intended to be a fightable enemy. He was also planned to appear in OTHERWORLD as a regular NPC.
- UNI is sometimes depicted alongside some of the SOMETHING variants, indicating he was planned to be one of them during the game's early development stages.
- The noise that UNI makes when facing OMORI is labeled as SE_bs_drool.
- UNI's placement in the TREEHOUSE HOUSE has the same placement where BASIL sits, as shown through the MEMORY LANE. It is unknown if UNI and BASIL share an actual connection.