Emil/Plot

Early Life
Emil lived in the outer edges of the Classic Village with her family of accountants who were often hired by small, local businesses. Despite the small scale of the business, the family earned enough to live comfortably, teaching Emil advanced maths on top of her special classes to enter the Selection. During this time, young Emil remained bright eyed and cheery, taking great pride in her high grades until she messed up on a single test. The full pressure of her family hit her at once and she continued to spiral lower, adapting a more pessimistic view on things. Once fed up with the family pressure, Emil ran out of the House eventually reaching the edge of the Outskirts Village and met Alma who happened to run out of her house that day. The two quickly made friends over their shared disrespect to their families and continued to maintain contact after going back to their homes. Emil taught Alma how to read and write, contributing to her participation in her Selection.

Pre-Debut
When Emil was to go out of her room to take part in mass cleanings, Emilita tasks her with collecting information to relay back to her. In the hall, Emil learned of Glen and Iori, fellow newcomers and deduced they all will be taking part in the same Debut. A few days later, a newcomer Merle is assigned to the same team as Emil where she received a constant flurry of questions to her annoyance. When Merle first met Weiss and Glen, Emil came to get her junior back to work, as she was dragging her pace with throwing out soot. Merle asks her what her Debut was like, only to learn Emil herself has yet to Debut as well. A week later, Emilita awakened her soot power after throwing a ball of soot at Emil, where it sprouted wings and repeated everything it "heard" in the room. After cooling herself off, Emil raised the idea of sending the bat outside the room to collect information on Shadows, people Emil does not have ready access to. The two of them slowly collected information on their class, especially on Merriel, whose room was nearby.

Debut
On the night before the Debut, Emilita orders Emil to ensure she shines during her Debut, earning a punch to the stomach from an irritated Emil who notes to herself that Emilita is not the classic image of a noble and worries about the future. In the morning, Emil puts on a veil to hide her face and gathers with Emilita and her class in front of the Hall of Glory where they meet the adult examiner of the Debut, Alistair. The class is led into the parlor where Alistair tells the class to mingle amongst each other to be judged. The Dolls take off their veils where Merle recognises Emil to her displeasure. Emilita interjects with rude comments, causing Merriel to lose two placements and Glenys to come in between the two Shadows to deescalate.

Conversation eventually dies down, with the placements of the Shadows in order being: Emilita at first, Glenys, Emory, and Merriel tied with Fionnan. Alistair leads the Shadows out to the garden, telling the Dolls to find a way out of the locked room.

Phantom Incident
Emil takes part in the group cleanings in the morning. She split up her team to work more efficiently, leaving herself alone when the a massive wave of Scorches burst through a vent. While she attempted to keep several Scorches away, she was joined by Lily who attempted to guide her to a table to gain a higher ground despite Emil's rudeness. Before the two could move, Emil was swept up by the Phantom and dropped into its mouth to Lily's shock. Once the Phantom began breaking up, Scott attempted to gather up injured Dolls before coming face to face with Emil, suffering from soot sickness, controlled by a Scorch. A timely intervention of Pidge helped wash off the soot and freed her after a short scuffle.

Post Invitation
Emilita and Emil succeeded Unification, resulting in Emil's death. Meeting one last time in a mental space, Emil asks her master to live a long life and gives her the Doll's memories. Taking this to heart, Emilita grows more cautious of her surroundings and mellows out of troublemaking.