Jessica's Story(Most Plausible w/evidence)

[Archangel]

So we can all agree that Outlast 2's ending is very confusing at first. It took me a few hours before I could even process what had happened. In the end, I didn't really care about the main story with Blake and Lynn. I was more invested in Blake and Jessica's story. It was very nice and sad and amazing. And yet it never completely explains what happens to Jessica. What she killed? Did she commit suicide? What happened to her? These questions can be answered two different ways. The first answer could be the suicide theory and the second answer could be the murdered theory. I personally like the suicide theory more, but the murder theory is just as viable. Either way, both of the theories have holes. Holes that will shoot down the theory. But for now, this post is going to focus on sharing Jessica's story and how she was led to committing suicide. I like this theory far more, but like I said, it has holes. (An example will be that at the staircase, Jessica is still moving when Blake arrives. But when he picks her up and puts her back down, she goes completely limp thus signifying her death. There's just a lot of evidence proving that she lived after the attack, just in Blakes mind though.)

Before I can start this theory however, you must know of the reverse order theory. Long story short (and an already made reddit post able to be read and is more in depth) the events of the school sequences are in reverse order. Jessica's story starts at the end of the game. Where Blake and her are in the dry food storage talking about if Lynn is Blake's girlfriend or not. And her story ends at the beginning of the game where she is found dead by suicide. Keep this in mind as you read. Reverse order.

DISCLAIMER: I know Jessica was more likely murdered and that Blake only believes that she killed herself because Lautermilch manipulated him. This is just Jessica's story that happened in Blakes mind. I personally love the suicide story more than the murder story as it is very tragic with what happens. More tragic than just a "surprise" twist that she was murdered at the staircase.

I will have evidence in between parts of Jesica's story as well! So don't worry about that!

So. Jessica, Lynn, and Blake. A good trio of friends (based on the picture seen multiple times of them standing around each other). Lynn always thought Jess as her little sister ("Fire in the Sky" recording) and Blake is both of their best friends. (Little do they know, both girls like Blake and Blake likes Lynn.) So one night, Blake and Jessica are hanging out after school in the dry food storage. Jessica talks to him about how Lynn stated that Blake has never kissed Lynn in the play. Blake is embarrassed by this and tries to push it off. Jessica asks him if Lynn is his girlfriend. He doesn't say and because of this, Jessica holds him down to try and force him to tell her. Blake doesn't and Jessica tells him he has to say she wins as payment for not telling her in the first place. He gives in and she wins. They both walk down the halls holding hands. Jessica asks if she could come over to his house (even though Blake says he parents aren't home yet and it's very dark outside). Blake says sure but then asks why. Jessica just replies "I don't know." Then Father Lautermilch cuts them both off. "You don't know what Jessica?" he asks. Lautermilch starts to question them and even accuses Blake of having bad thoughts with Jessica and that he needs to go home and pray. Lautermilch then starts to force Blake away from him and Jessica. Jessica tries to tell him to stay and tries to hold him back, but Lautermilch forces him out. Blake walks away about to leave the school when he hears Jessica scream. Blake turns around and sarts to run for Jessica. As he gets closer, he sees her running down the other hall with Lautermilch following her. Blake continues to give chase but doesn't get there in time. He runs into the stairwell and finds Jessica pushed down the stairs bloody and beaten with a broken neck. At the top of the stairs is Lautermilch crouched down in the shadows. (Did he mean to push her down? There is no confirmation as to what happened. Jess could have fell down trying to get out of his grip for all we know.) Lautermilch tells Blake "I don't know what you... think you saw." While he says this, Blake grabs Jessica and holds her close to him as he cries. Jessica is barely able to move, moving her arms a tiny bit, trying to lift her head but failing because of the broken neck, moving her mouth as to say something but nothing comes out, and moving her eyes around frantically. Lautermilch stands up and makes for Blake. Blake puts Jessica down and runs. Blake runs to the bathroom at the other end of the school and hides in a stall. Meanwhile, Lautermilch is singing a song to Blake as he looks for her.

"Oh be careful little eyes what you see, oh be careful little eyes what you see. There's a father up above, and he's looking down in love, so be careful little eyes what you see. Oh be careful little hands what you do, oh be careful little hands what you do. There's a father up above, and he's looking down in love, so be careful little hands what you do. Oh be careful little mouth what you say, oh be careful little mouth what you say. There's a father up above, and he's looking down in love, so be careful little mouth what you say."

[Archangel]

Blake runs for the bathroom door and escapes Lautermilch. He runs back down the hall and back towards Jessica. Lautermilch is close on his heels however. Blake is able to grab Jessica and run upstairs. Lautermilch is right on them now, trying to confuse Blake and tell him he doesn't know what's going on, he's just scared, he's confused. Blake then turns into a room and sees an open window. He jumps out the window and shimmies along the ledge until he ends up in another classroom with an open window. He finds himself walking through the halls with Jessica trying to find a way out. He finds his way into the Library. Lautermilch cuts them off there and they have to find a new way out. They're able to lose Lautermilch in the library, but not for long. They make their way around the maze of book cases looking for an exit while Lautermilch is right behind them. They find a small room and try to hide in there. Jessica see's Lautermilch and warns blake "He's coming!" Blake, still holding onto Jessica runs down out of the small room and right into Lautermilch. They turn around and run towards the back of room and squeeze between a bookshelf and a wall. The find themselves in the computer lab. They make their way through there and into the upper area that looks down onto the pool. They make their way around and find a staircase that leads to an exit. They see their way out! They go for it, but Lautermilch stands in the way as he has cut them off. Jessica, with what little energy she has, starts screaming. Blake turns around and starts running again. Lautermilch catches up with them and pushes them both out of the window and into the pool below. Blake regains himself and grabs Jessica. Lautermilch is within grabbing distance in the pool. He goes for them both. Blake runs for the edge of the pool and gets out. He runs into the girls changing room to go through the exit. Locked. He comes out and tries the boys room. Surprisingly the door was open already. The same door Lautermilch had cut them off at. Speaking of which, Lautermilch is gone. They can't find him. Blake still carrying Jessica, makes his way back towards the computer lab and and tries to exit through there. As they run to the doors, Lautermilch is at the end of the hall. He shuts and locks the doors forcing Jessica and Blake to find a new way. They run back around the pool and passed the window they fell through. Lautermilch pulls the fire alarm and it starts raining. The sprinklers are going off and the bell is ringing. Lautermilch is right behind them. Blake runs as fast as he can away from Lautermilch and ends up climbing a ladder. Now their on the roof. Trying to find a way out with Lautermilch right behind them. They make their way across the roof and find a doorway back in that leads to a staircase. They go all the way downstairs and find themselves outside in the outdoor lunch area. All the doors are locked and Lautermilch is still hot on their heels. Blake finds a hatch in the ground and goes through it. They end up in the cafeteria now. Lautermilch still following them. Jessica is still scared. She whispers "Don't let me go." Blake continues to look for a way out. He finds his way into the administration part of the building. A place with a phone. He looks around and finds a phone. He tries to call someone but when he picks up the phone to dial, Lautermilch is on the other end.

"Hello? Hello? Oh thank God you're alive. I need you to stay calm. We're going to get you help. We'll get you help. I want you to find a place to hide.Someplace safe where you can remember the taste of her kiss when you felt her neck break you diseased c*cksucker!"

Blake gets freaked out and drops the phone. No way to call for help. And worse, Lautermilch knows where they are now. Blake runs out of the room with Jessica and starts to get away as fast as he can. He goes back the way he came. He hears Lautermilch's footsteps not too far away. Blake runs down the hall with Jessica and hides in a locker. Squeezed together inside the small space, all they can do is listen for Lautermilch as he walks down the hall. He stops in front of the locker. He doesn't see them and walks away. Blake gets out and goes back towards the way he came from. He goes past the room with the phone, and finds another set of doors that are locked. But instead there is a missing ceiling tile with a perfectly placed step ladder. Blake hauls Jessica over through the door way by going through the ceiling. They go through another door that leads to an exit. The go to the exit door but it's locked. Then Lautermilch grabs them. Blake fights him off and runs back to where he came in. He sees an open side door. He runs through and locks it shut. Knowing Lautermilch will get through anyways, Blake breaks through a vent and starts to crawl through that with Jessica. Lautermilch gets in the vent too and keeps chasing them relentlesly. He grabs Blake's foot and Blake shakes him loose. He crawls fast and faster until the weight of him and Jessica break the vent and they fall into a classroom. They get their bearings and start to walk the halls. Blake tries most doors and their locked. Blake hears Lautermilch laughing maliciously. Jessica says she's scared. She's able to point out an open door for Blake and they run through it quickly. They make their way down the hall and into the music class room. They know where they are. They open the door and look down the hall. Dead ahead are the front doors to the school. Blake starts to run for the doors but stops as Lautermilch walks into view. Standing right in front of the doors. Blake charges at him head on and wins. He gets passed Lautermilch and runs out the front doors. It's cold and snowing out. He runs straight ahead and goes through the gate. They made it out. The school is behind them. They're running away free from Lautermilch.

NOW FINALLY SOME ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ EVIDENCE! I literally replayed the every school sequence in reverse order and this is exactly what happens. Starting from the moment Jessica is attacked to when they escape the school in the very first sequence where Blake runs out the front doors after running into the black silhouette of a man. This is exactly what happened because I'm writing this post as I PLAY THE GAME BACKWARDS! All the school sequences happen in reverse order. Remember? What I described as Blake and Jessica escaping Lautermilch is every single school sequence. Just reversed. I don't know how else to prove that that is the evidence to prove all of that does happen. Go replay every sequence backwards for yourself. You'll see what I mean. It's not that long, trust me. Also, the recording called "The Storm" has Blake talking about when they escaped the school.

[Archangel]

"We're out. I got Jessica out. It was cold but the snow had just started. We'll find a grownup and tell them what happened. We're gonna be okay. It's not my fault.

This happens right after they leave the school. The snow starts to fall fast and blindes them almost entirely. But they manage to get out. This is the second sequence where Blake runs out the front doors and outside the school.

After escaping the school, they go to find an adult. Sadly this does not turn out well for them. An investigation is done and Lautermilch is questioned. Lautermilch lies his way out of the situation saying that Jessica got hurt when she "triped" out of the window and into the pool. (When in reality, Blake took most of the cushion of the fall) After an amount of time to heal, Jessica comes back to school and her life is turned into a living nightmare.

EVIDENCE: There isn't really much evidence for this. This is just some made up filler to fill in the dead space between what happens after Blake and Jessica escape, and what happens when they go back to school

Lautermilch continues to harass Jessica and make her life horrible. During her time at the pool, Lautermilch would follow her into the changing rooms and beat her until she would bleed. She would call out for Blake to help her but he is nowhere to be found. He hears Jessica and tries to get to her, but doesn't show up in time.

EVIDENCE: When you're walking around the pool upstairs in one sequence, you see Jessica praying while walking around the pool and into the changing room. Right behind her is the weird formations that appear on wall when Lautermilch is around. They're a lot more condensed and only appearing behind her as if they are following her. This implies that Lautermilch would follow her in. Jessica's is even praying for protection as she knows that he is right behind her. When you explore the changing room for yourself, the shower would rain blood and the toilet overflows with blood. (The blood may mean something different, but until I find that out, I'm going to believe this is what it means)

It would get to the point where Lautermilch even sabotaged her trip to the piano factory with the rest of the class. It would only be Blake, Jessica, Lautermilch, and possibly some other teachers at the school that day. Jessica and Blake would have to spend their day in Library Study while everyone else is gone. Lautermilch would come in to try and harass Jessica. Jessica would make an attempt to get away from him, screaming fro Blake to help. Blake would try to get to them, but Lautermilch would take Jessica away to a different place, lock Blake in the library, and would hurt Jessica or even worse.

EVIDENCE: In one of the earlier sequences you find an email stating that Lautermilch told the guidance councilor that Jessica's mental state isn't good for her own well being. The email also states that they don't doubt this because of Jessica's father and his "big personality." It states that Jessica had forged her father's signature and it looks "embarrassing in what an obvious forgery it is." The email ends saying that "we'll put on her on library study that day." Near the end of the Library chatper in the game, you run down a hall and Demon Lautermilch is there chasing you. You hear Jessica scream and you even see her running away yelling "Please Blake!" This is what happened during the field trip while everyone was gone. Jessica tried to run from Lautermilch but didn't get away.

Jessica is attacked multiple times by Lautermilch and each time she calls out for Blake. Blake wants to get there, but never shows up in time to save her. Jessica loves Blake and relies on him. But because he never shows up in time, she begins to lose faith in him. She feels that he has abandoned her. She's reached her breaking point. She's done. She lost her mother, her dad is a horrible person, she's constantly attacked by Loutermilch, and worst of all she's lost her hope in Blake. She only sees one way to make it all stop. Suicide. She tells Blake to go to the band room. Blake enters and sees a note one the board.

"I'm sorry I have to do this You should have loved me. You should have helped me, Jesus forgive me, I don't know what to do. I'm so so sorry. - Jessica

[Archangel]

Blake runs out and turns the corner and see's Jessica hanging. But she's still alive and struggling. Wiggling around in the air. Blake runs over to get her down, yelling for help. But he can't get her down. She dies. He wasn't strong enough to lift her body up.

EVIDENCE: I didn't put evidence in because the story was reaching it's high point and I didn't want to break it up. It's shown that Jessica does love Blake. In one of her hangman game papers, the letters will spell out "Jessica Loves Blake." In a note passed between Lynn and Jess, Lynn jokingly mocks Jessica for having a "big sloppy crush on Blake." Lynn has no idea how right she is though. Even in Jessica's note to Blake, she states that he should have loved her, and not Lynn. We know that Jessica isn't immediately dead when Blake finds her hanging because of one important scene. When you have to follow Jessica's voice with Blakes microphone, the light flashes and you see her right in front of you hanging. Just as the light fades away, she starts to move frantically and you can hear her choking. This is right when Blake finds her hanging. We know Blake tries to help her but fails because of one line of dialogue he says in a recording. The recording is called "Dead Prophets" and is recorded when Knoth dies.

"The Priest dies. You didn't have to do anything. You were a child, nobody could expect anything of you. None of this is my fault."

Deciphering this line, Blake switches from reality, to thinking about Jessica. "The Priest Dies. You didn't have to do anything." Talking about how Papa Knoth dies and Blake didn't have to do anything to kill him because Knoth kills himself. "You were a child, nobody could expect anything of you." This is what happened after Jessica dies. When the other teachers show up, they can't do anything aside from comfort Blake and pull Jessica's body down. They couldn't expect Blake to have done anything. He was just a kid and wasn't strong enough to pull her down himself. Besides, Jessica was always the stronger one.

Blake blames himself for her death. Nightmares about her throughout the rest of his life, until one day, Blake and Lynn go to Arizona to investigate a women's death. The plan doesn't go how they wanted it and Lynn gets kidnapped and Blake has to find her. Meanwhile, MURKOFF is testing microwaves there and Blake is affected by them greatly, reliving Jessica's death and the night they escaped the school. But as Blake relives these memories, his conscious is cleared and he soon learns he couldn't do anything to save her. He wasn't strong enough. He tried to save her multiple times. It wasn't a matter of he failed and she dies, it was a matter of, he tried his best to do whatever he could. And that's all he could do that mattered.

As Blake dies holding a baby that may or may not be real, he goes back to school. He is dead from the MURKOFF facility exploding and melting down. Back at school however, in the afterlife, he hears Jessica calling to him. He follows her voice, and finds her in the dry food storage. Jessica has her rope burn around her neck. Jessica is still dead, and now so is Blake. They both have met in the afterlife. Jessica finally gives Blake the closure he needs in one final prayer to God. As they both kneel to pray, Jessica says this.

"I'll never let you go. You never let me go."

Evidence: This is the final scene in the game. It's the two of them meeting in the afterlife. The rope burns do appear on Jessica's neck. It's not known what triggers this yet, but as far as I know, it's random. It doesn't matter about getting all collectibles. It just happens.

Well there you guys go. Jessica's story. Before she commits suicide, and what happens after she commits suicide. It's a tragic story that ends with a happy ending. Jessica and Blake. Reunited in the afterlife. A perfect ending for a perfect story between to young lovers.

The End.

[Super]

Holy damn, I loved your explanation of the story. It was clear, and precise. Everyone needs to read it.

My one problem though is... How come Blake didn't meet with Lynn in the afterlife..? I mean its his wife?

Did his love for his own wife falter? or possibly be fake to begin with? maybe I missed it while reading.

[Archangel]

引用自 SuperToxicBeast：

Holy damn, I loved your explanation of the story. It was clear, and precise. Everyone needs to read it.

My one problem though is... How come Blake didn't meet with Lynn in the afterlife..? I mean its his wife?

Did his love for his own wife falter? or possibly be fake to begin with? maybe I missed it while reading.

First of all, thank you for compliment, it means a lot. I'm glad you liked my theory.

Now, as for your questions...
That's honestly a really good question, and one of many I still have...It should've ended with him and Lynn, I agree. But, I guess his first real love was Jessica though, and then with his guilt of not helping or saving her, in the end he died without that weight on his shoulders anymore...

To be honest, in my opinion I believe that if it weren't for Jessica's suicide, she would've been his wife instead of Lynn.
But, that's just me...it sure points to how strong his feelings are for her, compared to Lynn, throughout the game

[AgentBlacklight]

It's a real good explanation. However I do not think Blake have died. Sun engulfing might've been either reactor meltdown, possibly, but that might be stretching too far. Personally, I think it was just one last hallucination, and Blake sees it as the sun engulfing Earth because Murkoff Facility is located in the direction from which the sun rises.

[Super]

引用自 Blake Langermann：

It's a real good explanation. However I do not think Blake have died. Sun engulfing might've been either reactor meltdown, possibly, but that might be stretching too far. Personally, I think it was just one last hallucination, and Blake sees it as the sun engulfing Earth because Murkoff Facility is located in the direction from which the sun rises.

I was thinking he was hallucinting at the end and saw the end of the world, after that his brain shut down.

In the last vision he is with jessica in the afterlife.

HE is also in a cooler in the kitchen, which may symbolize his body becoming stone cold as he died due to too much insanity?

That was my theory.

[AlexVezok]

Wait, in your second message. Are you saying that Blake as a Child grabbed Jessica and escaped from father loutermilch, while she had the neck broken and she couldn´t move? Sorry but that´s impossible to happen.

The murder theory is the most accurate for the game. Damn, even the chapter where you see Jessica on the stairs with the broken neck is called "Murder before suicide" or something like that. It´s pretty obvious that Jessica fell by accident in a struggle between her and Father loutermilch.

And I don´t think Blake died. The final scene was an hallucination. You can´t have hallucinations if you are dead.

[Super]

引用自 AlexVezok：

And I don´t think Blake died. The final scene was an hallucination. You can´t have hallucinations if you are dead.

Fair enough, Blake doesnt die after he sees the sun explode, he dies after seeing Jessica in the freezer.

I am like... 99% positive he dies. lol. though nothing is confirmed.

[Archangel]

引用自 AlexVezok：

Wait, in your second message. Are you saying that Blake as a Child grabbed Jessica and escaped from father loutermilch, while she had the neck broken and she couldn´t move? Sorry but that´s impossible to happen.

The murder theory is the most accurate for the game. Damn, even the chapter where you see Jessica on the stairs with the broken neck is called "Murder before suicide" or something like that. It´s pretty obvious that Jessica fell by accident in a struggle between her and Father loutermilch.

And I don´t think Blake died. The final scene was an hallucination. You can´t have hallucinations if you are dead.

Yeah, after reviewing everything again, I've come to the conclusion that it was murder as well...I'm trying to make another scenario like this one for the murder case...
tbh, this just depresses me even more...but yeah, I agree. She was murdered :(

[Archangel]

I haven't made it yet but I planned out the murder theory and sadly, it is the more correct ending for Jessica. I am a firm believer that she is was murdered by Lautermilch when he "accidentally" pushed her down the stairs. Like I said, Jessica does go limp when Blake puts her down to run from Lautermilch. The movements she makes when Blake first sees her are probably her final movements before she dies. The thing is however, Blake doesn't know this. There is clear manipulation from Lautermilch towards Blake. Without going into so much detail (i plan the detail to come in my murder theory post) Lautermilch is able to manipulate Blake into thinking Jessica had committed suicide. We have to remember, Blake is still young and he just saw a fresh death of not only someone he knew, but someone he cared about. His mind isn't fully developed yet and so he doesn't know how to take this. Lautermilch takes advantage of this and through the power of words, convinces him that she had hung herself. So Blake knows that she was murdered, but he doesn't remember it happening because of Lautermilch. I once saw a great comment to explain how this happens.

"Don't ever underestimate the powers of religion and authority on a developing child's psyche."

I hate that she was murdered and I love the suicide theory the most, but she was murdered. There is a light in this darkness however. Both theories are true and happen at the same time in game. The suicide theory, is what is happening inside Blake's mind, while in reality, the truth is the murder theory. Like I said, I'm gonna make a post soon about it. I just have to get more information and evidence to make it as detailed as possible.

For your thoughts on how he escaped, I honestly don't have any other idea on how they would have gotten out. Blake only goes to that stairwell with her twice. When he first finds Jessica hurt, and when he runs back through stairwell after evading Lautermilch in the bathroom. He never makes back there any other time. I'm really sorry, but all I can believe is that this is just a hole in the theory. If I could think of any other way they could have escaped, I would gladly talk about it, but I can't find any other way. We escape the school through Blake's eyes. We see every little detail in his escape.

I'll be honest with you though, I only played through the game once completely, then I watched JSE's playthrough and Markiplier's playthrough. After that I just replayed the school scenes (which you can replay from the main menu) in reverse order a couple times. Aside from that, I get the rest of my evidence from a youtube video that is just every school sequence in the game. It's about an hour long to watch but it's a great video to go to when you want to see specific points.

[Otterhond101]

My experience of the game gave me the impression that Jessica fell down the stairs running from the father and broke her neck and somehow the father manipulated Blake into help staging Jessica's death as a suicide instead. Which would cover both the murder and the "suicide". .

[Aileen:3]

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