Lily Ortiz

Lily, a character in the It Lives In The Woods book, is a student at Westchester High. She first appears in Chapter 1.

Appearance
Lily is rotund and has black drill-like hair, green eyes, and fair skin. She wears a beige blouse with a studded collar, a green cardigan with an orange fox, and a green and orange bow in her hair.

Personality
Lily is shown to be shy yet does her best to be friendly, as shown with her warmly greeting Britney. However, her kindness is often exploited, as when even Britney mocked her for her weight.

Additionally, Lily is a smart and rational person who excels in fields with objective guidelines and worries about her art class because it doesn’t have them. She is also scared of the supernatural and chooses not to venture into the woods with your character and Noah.

As of Chapter 4, Lily seems to have become more brave and outspoken, though becomes timid again when directly confronted. Lily is also a pacifist, as shown when she scolded Ava for nearly killing Jocelyn with her telekinesis.

Your Character
Lily and Your Character were childhood friends who rarely speak together again after a childhood incident involving some of your friends and the death of Noah's sister Jane. If you choose to ignore Britney and talk to her, her nerve score will improve, and so will your relationship with her. The same will happen if you call Britney out on her bullying.

Ava
Lily is scared of Ava because of the latter's fascination with the supernatural. Despite this, the two are happy with each other's company and occasionally joke with each other about the supernatural. However, there are moments of tension between them, such as in Chapter 8, when Lily scolded Ava for nearly killing Jocelyn with her telekinesis.

Britney
Lily tries to be nice to Britney but is bullied by her for being overweight. In Chapter 4, it is revealed that Lily and Britney used be friends and Lily has a crush on her, after Britney began to act kind towards Lily and asked her on a date. In Chapter 12, it is revealed that Britney was getting headaches only when she wasn't around Lily, and that she planned to embarrass Lily at Homecoming, but didn't go through with it because she realized how much she missed her. It is your choice to decide whether Lily gives Britney another chance or not.

Shannon
Shannon will be Lily's new girlfriend in Chapter 16 if the player decides to end things with Britney and if Lily survived in Chapter 15.

Trivia

 * In Chapter 4, it is implied Lily can telepathically communicate with crows, or possibly, all animals.
 * She tends to stutter when scared or under pressure.
 * As mentioned in the beginning of the book, some characters lose nerve easier than others. So far Lily seemingly loses nerve more often than the other main characters.
 * In Chapter 16 during the memorial, if she didn't survive in Chapter 15, her last name is revealed, as well as that she has a "seriously impressive knowledge" of video games, by Connor.
 * The writing for Lily's character is inspired by the song, Careful by Paramore.
 * The writing for Lily and Britney scenes are inspired by the song, Gravity by Sarah Bareilles.
 * Lily's last name, Ortiz, is the same as the first last name of Endless Summer character Diego Soto. In Book One of Endless Summer, if the MC picks up Diego's profile, his last name is stated to be "Ortiz Soto" common for Spanish households as the last name is usually the mother's maiden last name and father's last name combined. Whether or not the two are related is unclear and most likely just a coincidence.