Chapter 1

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Chapter 1 is the first chapter of Paper Lily, following the prologue and preceding Chapter 2. It follows Lacie, a suicidal girl, struggling to find her place in the world as the primary character.

Plot

This is the plot of the True Ending. Other endings may include differences in the plot.

Lacie speaks to herself about how the first item on a list is the hardest to cross off. The player is given several choices on what to order, but as she waits for her order, Lacie overhears people talking about her and storms out, going home. At home, Lacie crosses off a list of things she wants to do before she dies, then prepares for a ritual using instructions given to her in a golden letter and asks her brother Hiro to leave for the night. At midnight, Lacie follows the ritual, summoning a bus to take her away.

Lacie falls asleep on the bus, but then remembers advice she found on online forums telling her to not take the bus to the end and gets off at the next stop. She finds herself just outside a forest and passes through it, passing a large tree. She finds a treehouse, where she meets a demon named Rune. Rune tells Lacie that a figure called Red may be able to break a curse on her. Lacie makes it past a locked site and comes out at a lakeside within the forest.

At the lakeside, Lacie finds a goldfish that is supposedly responsible for keeping the area alive. Lacie finds a mer-like creature on a dock, which she shoos away before hitching a ride on a small boat there. The boat takes her to a door with room for many doorknobs. One doorknob takes Lacie to two moths, who wish to kill their younger brother for being too annoying. Lacie disposes of it (potentially non-lethally) and is rewarded with another doorknob.

Following this doorknob, Lacie passes out and wakes up in a cell. Escaping the area through a vent, she finds herself in the middle of a facility. There she meets Sai. Sai drops the first swear in the game and leads Lacie away as a primal demon appears. They find themselves in what appears to be an operation room, where they hide until the primal leaves.

Further exploring the facility, they come across a house and enter, only to be imprisoned by its inhabitant. After breaking free, she explores the house and discovers the story of Miss Knives until bringing her to a complete mental breakdown, destroying the house, which is revealed to just have been an illusion brought about by Knives' psychic powers.

Lacie eventually comes across another door with room for more doorknobs. She puts in the Return Doorknob and goes home.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of Chapter 1 is composed primarily by Crawk and plasterbrain.

List of all songs in Chapter 1

Song number	Song name	Composer	Notes
01	A Witch's Wail (Trailer ver.)	Crawk	Plays in the trailer.
02	Lacie's Lullaby	Crawk	Plays on the title screen.
03	Every Day Lacie	plasterbrain	Plays in the cafe.
04	Anxiety	plasterbrain	Plays in the cafe.
05	Wistful - Sunset	plasterbrain	Plays in Lacie's House.
06	Theme of Brother	plasterbrain	Plays during scenes with Hiro.
07	The Way Forward	plasterbrain	Plays during preparation of the ritual.
08	One For Sorrow	plasterbrain	Plays during the ritual.
09	The Last Thing You See	Crawk	Plays in Lacie's dreams.
10	Rude Awakening	plasterbrain	Plays on the bus once Lacie wakes up.
11	Voice of Trees - Midnight	Crawk	Plays in the Forest before the Daylight Gate is passed.
12	Unexpected Danger	Crawk	Plays during the spike traps. The whole song can only be heard in-game by not closing the tutorial popup.
13	Theme of Rune	plasterbrain	Plays when speaking to Rune.
14	Lost Between the Lines	plasterbrain	Plays inside Red's Treehouse
15	Voice of Trees - Daylight	Crawk	Plays in the Forest past the Daylight Gate.
16	Locked Horrors	plasterbrain	Plays in the Locked Site.
17	Respite	Crawk	Plays in Lakeside.
18	Awkward Exchange	Crawk	Plays when meeting Aoi.
19	Shop Between Worlds - Closed	Crawk	Plays in the Shop Between Worlds.
20	The Facility	Crawk	Plays in the Facility.
21	Theme of Sai	plasterbrain	Plays when speaking to Sai.
22	A Single White Lily	Crawk	Plays from the music box in the Facility. Inspired by Neal K Sound's Butterfly Waltz.
23	Burning Past	Crawk	Plays in Miss Knives' House.
24	Theme of Lacie	Crawk	Plays when Lacie talks to Sai in Miss Knives' House.
25	Excuse Me!	plasterbrain	Plays when meeting Miss Knives.
26	Burning Resolve	Crawk	Plays in Miss Knives' House.
27	With All Your Heart	Neal K Sound	Plays during Miss Knives' flashbacks.
28	A Witch's Wail	Crawk	Plays during the fight with Miss Knives. Split into parts that play separately in the game files, combined in the soundtrack.
29	A Witch's Lament	Crawk	Plays once Miss Knives is defeated.
30	Against All Odds	Crawk	Plays in the final cutscene.