Ratty

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Ratty
Pronouns	He / Him
Affiliation	Daniel Powell (Friend)
Occupation	Friend
Biographical information
Species	Rat
Status	Deceased
Meta information
First Appearance	04 - A Collection of Disparate Strangeness

Personality

Ratty is a friendly, inquisitive, and very vocal rat. He is, like most rats, heavily food motivated.

Physical Appearance

Ratty is a rat. It is unclear whether he is a wild rat or a fancy rat. He is described as being cute by both Dan and Samuel, and Dan becomes very quickly attached to him.

History

[TO WRITE]

Relationships

Daniel Powell

After becoming lonely in his isolation, Dan encounters an inquisitive rat, which he initially attempts to shoo away, not comfortable with harming it but not delighted at the idea of having it in the building. After being unable to do so, and swayed by the creature's cuteness, Dan gives in, feeding it and giving it the name Ratty. Dan quickly becomes very fond of the little creature, leaving out leftovers, petting him, letting him sit on his shoulder, watching movies, and talking to him at length. Ratty is very fond of Dan as well, becoming very comfortable very quickly and eventually coming to Dan when called. On the occasions he attempts to leave the archive, he always plans to bring Ratty with him. Unfortunately, the last such attempt leads to Ratty's death, much to Dan's distress.

After being taken to The Outpost some months later, Dan brushes off Ratty's death, saying he was "just a rat", but privately admits missing having the little creature around the archive, if only to talk with.

[To rewrite, copied in from Dan's page]

Appearances

Season 1

• 04 - A Collection of Disparate Strangeness
• 05 - A Spider in a Web
• 06 - A Conversation Without Record
• 07 - A Face in a Crowd
• 08 - A Chemical Experiment
• 09 - An Implosion of an Idea
• 10 - The Ending, Perhaps

Trivia

• Having established time travel and transfiguration are possible within the Archive 81 universe, that having your shape changed is painful, and according to Rat, Ratty makes noises reminiscent of being in pain, it is technically possible for Dan Powell to be Ratty, as suggested by Rat.
• It is possible Ratty takes the place of Iris Vos as the ritual's final sacrifice. Like Iris (And Dan and Melody), Ratty was likely involved enough to hold a small piece of Visser himself.

Quotes

"Squeak"