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- "You're right. You're always right."
- — Ollie Starkey to Margaret
Margaret Worthing is a character in We Happy Few.
Margaret seen in the game is a hallucination by Ollie Starkey, who'll guide him throughout his Act, acting as his moral compass.
Appearance[]
Margaret is a very young girl with short black hair, and brown eyes. She wears a grey box pleated gymslip with a green belt over a white, long sleeved blouse. She wears a red/green striped tie.
She's also seen wearing white knee high socks, and black Mary Janes.
Personality[]
How Margaret was when she was alive is mostly unknown, though it can be assumed she was very kind and helpful. If Ollie is anything to go by, she was quite assertive and didn't like it when people swore. She also learned how to speak Latin.
History[]
Born on the 8th of August, 1934. Margaret Worthing is the daughter of Jack Worthing, better known later in his life as Uncle Jack. She was the same age as Arthur, and went to the same school, she was also Ollie's neighbour. Despite being 12, she still had an interest in dolls.
In 1946, she accompanied her father to fight in the Battle of Flowers, getting crowned Junior Field Commander by Sally Boyle. It's also said that she helped feed her family by growing vegetables.
In 1947, after Germany occupied Great Britain and ordered all citizens in Wellington Wells to send their children to Germany, Margaret was excited to go. Jack, on the other hand, couldn't imagine living without his daughter, so he hid her away form the world.
Ollie Starkey knew about his secret, and, in a fit of rage, revealed her location to the German soldiers, who'd find her soon afterwards. She'd run away in a blind panic, only to get gunned down and shot by the soldiers. Her death would not only greatly impact her father, but also Ollie.
Her death was covered up to appear as if it was a disappearance.
Ollie, out of grief, would soon begin to hallucinate Margaret Worthing's presence around him, growing a bond between him and his imagination. At some point, Ollie would go to Sally for an Oblivion pill in order to completely forget what he did to Margaret, only for his memories to get scrambled; believing that Margaret was his daughter, and that Jack was the one who ratted him out.
Sometime in 1964, during a recording of an unreleased broadcast, Uncle Jack would accidentally remember and bring up Margaret during one of his segments about Dolls. Having had enough of lying to the public, he reveals the truth about the food production, and that everyone needs to stop taking their Joy. The broadcast would, of course, not be released, though the Executive Committee forgot to destroy the tape before they all forgot about it.
Ollie, having such strong belief in the lie that he created, would despise seeing Jack's face everywhere, smashing all of the televisions he'd come across. During one of these incidents, Margaret convinced him to go to the Garden District, where there are no televisions present.
Events of We Happy Few[]
Margaret is not seen at any point during the previous two Acts until the third one begins, apart from occasional framed paintings depicting her.
When Arthur reveals to Ollie that the tanks were pâpier-mache, Margaret asks if Ollie knew they were fake all along, which Ollie denies, saying 'you don't forget a thing like that.' Margaret is still unsure about this answer, as she recalls that Ollie used to be General Byng's secretary, and doesn't see how he could've not known.
Ollie eventually manages to get into Byng’s office to confront him about the tanks, to which Byng responds by telling Ollie that he was the one who printed the newspaper upon it being requisitioned. This information upsets Margaret. Ollie snaps and says he will speak to Victoria Byng instead. This angers Robert Byng and causes him to set off the camp alarms.
From there, Margaret and Ollie fight through Wellington Wells, solving and creating problems as they go. Margaret will try and be rational at every turn, pointing out the obvious for Ollie to understand what to do next.
Eventually, the two come across Victoria Byng. Ollie attempts to reason to her about the near collapse of the city, stating that people are getting skinnier due to a food shortage and that they keep painting the streets in rainbows, though she is in denial and refuses to help. This causes Ollie to tie Victoria to a chair and deprive her off Joy until she's willing to listen to him, however, she manages to escape after convincing him she's listened. With the information gathered from Victoria, the two head to Mount Badon Bridge to get into the Parade District.
After some troubles, the two end up in the Parade District and enter the Broadcast Tower, where Ollie discovers that the members of the Executive Committee are just as daft as the rest of the population, and once again decides to take matter into his own hands. Margaret suggests that Ollie should get Uncle Jack to tell everyone the truth because everyone listens to him, despite Ollie's resent towards the idea.
When the two enter the studio, they find that Uncle Jack has disappeared elsewhere, and that all of the cameras have been smashed. However, Ollie finds one last tape recorded of Uncle Jack, which he watched and he finds out the truth that he is not Margaret’s father and Jack is, meaning that Ollie was the one who tipped them off and got Margaret killed by the Germans.
In an effort to make up for what he's done, Ollie broadcasts the recording for everyone to see in Wellington Wells with slight assist by Margaret calling out when something's happening. In the end, he gets up on the roof and says his last goodbye to Margaret before getting his float out of Wellington Wells for good.
During the Epilogue, Ollie is seen letting go of a photo of Margaret, letting it fly away into the wind.
Trivia[]
- Julia Chaney has a portrait of Margaret in her house. The reason for this is currently unknown.
- In Act II, when Sally goes back to her old home to retrieve functional chemical devices and remembers the past, the two girls that Mrs. Boyle embraces use Margaret's model.
- Her portrait greatly resembles that of Anne Frank, the Jewish girl who was hidden from the Germans along with her family but were eventually found out. Margaret's clothes in the portrait also somewhat resemble Anne's school uniform.
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