UnEmploy.exe

"RE-SCAN COMPLETE! RESULTS: 8 THREATS THAT COULD HARM YOUR ! MOVING TO QUARANTINE!"

- UnEmploy.exe

UnEmploy.exe is a virus created by Harry Gentlestein for the sole purpose of stealing power from Dalshire City so that it could be transferred to Harry. It is the sole reason behind the blackout.

Appearance
UnEmploy.exe is a very large being, a virus manifesting itself in the real world. Its body structure resembles that of a lightning strike, with its head having 10 spikes pointing in all directions. It has perpetually angry eyes and a frowning mouth, which also possess spikes to represent sharp teeth. Its arms are thin and long, and its hands are clawed. The entire body is purple, with the eyes and mouth being a lighter shade of the same color. It also seems to have codes, letters and numbers flowing through its body.

When it becomes wounded, its entire body color fades away and it is replaced by pure static.

Personality
Being simply a virus, an AI created to perform actions within coding and electronic hardware, it doesn't seem to have a very human-like personality, instead speaking through computer terms and messages. However, it treats itself as if it were an anti-virus instead of an actual virus, such as running a scan of the area, detecting the protagonists as a threat and planning to "move them to quarantine."

Powers and Abilities
Shown during its encounter, UnEmploy.exe seems to have a wide variety of powers, its most impressive one being diverting the entirety of Dalshire City's power to Harry's mansion simply by being attached to the power plant's mainframe. It's also referred to by Harry as a "leech virus", meaning it can steal the power of other entities and add to itself. When it starts getting wounded, it becomes able to shift reality around it, such as distorting the room it's being fought in, and sometimes even turning it into a large Blue Screen of Death. At said point, it's also able to perform an attack where it warps reality, dealing heavy damage to those affected.

Faults and Weaknesses
Also due to the fact that it's a virus, UnEmploy.exe is extremely weak against anti-viruses. Other than that, there's no real threat to it besides a bunch of people fighting against it.

The Dalshire Blackout
Although it appears only for the duration of one boss fight, UnEmploy.exe could be considered the secondary antagonist of the game, as it is exactly what caused the main problem and plot of the game in the first place (Dalshire City suffering a total blackout), while it sapped away power for its creator, Harry Gentlestein.

UnEmploy.exe is connected to a small device created by Harry, which was then attached to the mainframe of the city's power plant by Sam, after the latter was paid to put it there. The virus then proceeded to steal the city's power and any new power it generated for several hours, until Shelly attempted to turn it off, which caused the virus to become aggressive and engage the group in a fight in an attempt to defend itself so that it could continue doing what it was programmed to do. However, UnEmploy.exe ultimately lost the battle despite its best efforts and retreated, leaving the gadget behind and out of order, which allowed the mainframe to continue generating power for the city.

Smaller copies of UnEmploy.exe are created by Harry during the protagonists' fight against him, although they are much weaker and don't pose much of a threat like the real virus does.

Trivia

 * UnEmploy.exe used to speak normally. However, Alice has given it a unique form of speaking, in a way where it turns certain words into a more complex description between angle brackets (such as referring to a computer as ). Alice states that this characteristic was inspired on the character Spamton from the game Deltarune by Toby Fox.