Snowball

"Here Snowball! Snowball loves father too, don't you? ...Let's go save father together!"

- Aya after picking up Snowball

Snowball is Aya Drevis's beloved pet rabbit, and a minor character in the game. He helps Aya out during an early part of her quest to rescue her father, Alfred Drevis.

Appearance[]

Snowball is a small, albino white rabbit with striking red eyes.

Personality[]

Not much is known of Snowball's personality, though it appears he's quite loyal to his owner, Aya Drevis. Snowball also appears to enjoy Maria's cooking, as Aya implies he often pesters her when she's cooking in the kitchen.

History[]

Prior to Mad Father[]

At some point, Snowball was given to Aya as a pet. She loved him dearly, though she often played too rough with him, resulting in the poor bunny receiving a fatal injury. This act was most likely encouraged by Aya's mother, Monika, who wanted her daughter to grow up to become cruel and sadistic like her husband, Alfred.

Though nothing could be done to save Snowball, Alfred would take him to his lab and secretly make a clone of the rabbit. He would then give the new Snowball to Aya while claiming that he fixed up the original's injuries, which made the young girl happy. Aya's rather neglectful treatment of Snowball would keep repeating throughout the years, and each time Alfred would clone the rabbit and try to get Aya to take better care of him.

During the events of Mad Father[]

Snowball is first seen sleeping in the Mansion 2F Nursery, which happens to be Aya's bedroom. When Aya is having trouble getting to sleep - since the anniversary of her mother's death is tomorrow - she decides to look around in her room for a bit, which includes checking up on her beloved pet rabbit.

Soon, Monika returns as a vengeful ghost and casts a curse upon the mansion, reviving all of Alfred's test subjects and dolls. Aya heads off to investigate after hearing her father scream, but quickly returns after encountering two zombies and a blonde boy. During this, a man named Ogre appears in Aya's room, though Snowball seems to be unfazed by the man's presence.

Later on, Aya enters the Basement 1F Storehouse Entrance, but the door won't open. Noticing a small hole nearby, she realizes that her pet could sneak in there, and heads back to her room to get him.

As she beckons him to come with her, a flashback plays of the time Aya was looking for Snowball, as she was concerned about his well-being after he received a bad injury on his leg. Just as she's about to give up, her rabbit runs up to her, with Aya noticing his injury is gone. Alfred arrives and claims he had found Snowball and healed his leg, then subtly implies she should take better care of him since Snowball is an important member of their family.

Back at the Basement 1F Storehouse Entrance, Snowball heads into the crack in the wall, where he retrieves either some lighter oil (original version) or some wire (2020 remake). In the 2020 remake, Snowball can also interact with an open barrel in the room, which results in a mysterious hand grabbing the poor rabbit and pulling him inside. However, after a while, the hand places him back outside the barrel.

Snowball then gives Aya the lighter oil/wire before rushing back to Aya's bedroom, where he remains for the rest of the game. If Aya interacts with him, it says that he's sleeping, though she has the option of petting him if she so desires.

Sometime later, when Aya arrives at the Basement 2F Laboratory, she discovers various canisters that contain white rabbits sporting the various injuries she fretted about over Snowball in the past. This sight frightens the poor girl, and she refuses to look at them again, most likely because she doesn't want to consider the possibility that her beloved pet died long ago and has been replaced with clones ever since.

Snowball is seen for the last time during the game's true ending. He, along with Aya and Maria, plan to leave the Drevis Mansion behind and start a new life together after Alfred had betrayed both Aya and Maria's trust. Robin would then set fire to the mansion, as he didn't want anyone else to discover Alfred's research and hurt more people. Snowball, Aya, and Maria would watch the mansion burn for a while before deciding to head off. Before they go, the rabbit happens to stumble across a mysterious red book that belonged to Aya's father. Aya would follow after him, and upon seeing the book herself, decides to take it with her.

A few years later, Snowball passes away, but what appears to be his grave can be seen near Aya and Maria's house/clinic.

During the events of IF Mode[]

After Robin is done having his individual chats with Monika's ghost, an Old Man, and Ogre, Snowball can be seen being held in Aya's hands. The young girl apologies to her beloved pet for forgetting about him, as she was worrying about being alone when he has always been there by her side. After Aya and Maria have their chat with Robin, the two girls and Snowball leave to start a new life together.

During the events of Blood Mode[]

While Snowball doesn't make a physical appearance, a recreation of him exists in the dimension that acts as a recreation of the infamous night that changed Aya's life.

When the much-older Aya first sees him, she happy at getting to reunite with him. She then wonders if his appearance here means she is in the afterlife, or if there's some curse that's causing this.

Like before, Aya would require Snowball's assistance in acquiring some wire from the Basement 1F Storeroom. Once he accomplishes that, he rushes back to Aya's bedroom, where he remains for the rest of the game.

Aya also re-encounters the canisters containing the Snowballs that perished from one of their injuries they received from a young Aya. Unlike before, Aya is willing to examine them again after initially doing so, which may imply that she's accepted the fact that her beloved pet has been cloned multiple times over and isn't the original.