[Jillian

A companion character accompanying the player through the escape academy levels.

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Jillian is a companion character who accompanies the player through the levels of Escape Academy, and she is one of the characters you can seek out for optional side conversations while exploring the academy map. This guide covers where to find her, how to trigger her dialogue, and what to expect from her role across the game.

Who Jillian Is

Jillian serves as a companion character in Escape Academy, appearing alongside the player as they progress through the academy's levels. Beyond her story role, she is also one of the named NPCs scattered around the explorable map whom you can talk to for optional side conversations.

How to Find Jillian

Jillian can be located on the academy map during exploration segments, not inside individual puzzle rooms. To reach her:

1. Start by exploring the map and talking to everyone available. A good route begins near the top of the map, by the headmaster's office — note that the headmaster may appear invisible due to a visual bug, but you can still highlight their position and talk to them [src-cc415a0c9f].
2. Move on to the quad and look for the person standing in the middle. This character is named Jillian (sometimes rendered "Gillian") [src-cc415a0c9f].
3. Go through the full conversation with her.

Step-by-Step Walkthrough

1. Talk to the headmaster first. Head to the top of the map near the headmaster's office and interact with the headmaster's spot, even if the character model isn't rendering [src-cc415a0c9f].
2. Head to the quad. Walk to the central area of the map and find the person standing in the middle — this is Jillian [src-cc415a0c9f].
3. Complete her conversation. Exhaust her dialogue to count it toward your optional side conversations.
4. Continue to the library. After Jillian, talk to the person in the library at the bottom right of the map and go through that conversation as well [src-cc415a0c9f].

Following this route, the conversation in the library unlocked the achievement for having eight optional side conversations in the referenced playthrough [src-cc415a0c9f]. If your achievement doesn't unlock at this point, don't worry — there are many more chances to have side conversations later in the game [src-cc415a0c9f].

Tips

• Talk to everyone on the map. Jillian's conversation is one of several optional chats; sweeping the map for NPCs (headmaster's office, quad, library) is the most efficient way to bank side conversations toward the eight-conversation achievement [src-cc415a0c9f].
• Don't be thrown by naming. Sources render her name as either "Jillian" or "Gillian" — it's the same quad NPC [src-cc415a0c9f].
• Visual bugs don't block progress. As with the invisible headmaster, you can still interact with characters even when their models don't display properly [src-cc415a0c9f].
• Order doesn't matter for puzzles. After finishing the map conversations, you can tackle the academy's puzzles in any order you like [src-cc415a0c9f].

Jillian's Role in the Story

Jillian also appears during later story content, accompanying the player through levels. In the finale, she has a notable change of heart that some players find abrupt given the limited time for character arcs [src-7094380fcf]. During these sequences she urges the player to stay alert and look around, and she participates in puzzle-solving moments — for example, working through "fill to the line" puzzles that are described as classic Professor Leon puzzles [src-7094380fcf].

Rewards

• Progress toward the eight optional side conversations achievement by completing Jillian's quad conversation along with the headmaster's and the library NPC's [src-cc415a0c9f].

Related Characters and Next Steps

After speaking with Jillian, continue your map sweep to the library, then move on to the puzzle rooms — for instance, the computer lab on the far left side of the map, where the Lab Rat puzzle awaits [src-cc415a0c9f]. Keep talking to every available character as you progress; each optional conversation counts toward the achievement, and Jillian is one of the earliest and easiest to check off.

Details

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Companion

Sources

• We Escape From The Clutches Of EVIL | Escape Academy | Finale
• Escape Academy - All Achievements/Trophies Walkthrough - 100% Puzzle Solution Guide (Xbox Game Pass)