The Dolls
The dolls are easily the most mysterious element of Emily Wants to Play. Everything can be explained except for these three mysterious beings: Mr. Tatters (the clown), Kiki (the porcelain girl), and Chester (the classic dummy). They can talk, they can move, and they can definitely kill, yet there’s no way of telling how or why.
What we do know about the dolls is that they each have a different game they like to play. Kiki likes to play with lights, Chester loves to play tag, and Mr. Tatters plays a version of Red Light/Green Light. All common kids games. The fact that each shares the “don’t leave me alone” sentiment may allude to them all having been kids at one point. Even when Emily joins, she introduces a brand new game (hide and seek) to keep up with the pattern, but for some reason, she appears as a ghost.
The dolls are most certainly possessed by something, yet it is unknown what. It’s interesting that they adhere to their rules, though. If you do manage to survive until 6 a.m. they let you out without a fight. You can just walk away. It’s almost as if they truly are children that just want to play. Perhaps the dolls were brought in at different times and possessed by the ghosts of children who moved in, which makes you wonder what is it about this house that causes this to happen?
At the end of the game, you can hear a news report talking about the events of the game while a tour of the house is underway. Everything is just as you left it, only at the very end when the camera turns, a box with the three dolls is sitting there and the camera suddenly goes black with a loud noise.
The game is dark, and terrifying, but the cycle continues. Make sure that if you find yourself delivering pizza after 11 PM one day that a human answers the door.
