In the Roblox horror game Pasahero by MS: Horror, Lola is the dying grandmother whose urgent phone call sets the entire night drive into motion. While she initially begs the protagonist, Buno, to rush home before sunrise across the landslide-blocked old road, her plea conceals a dark supernatural reality: Lola is a Manananggal, and her impending death threatens to pass an inescapable family curse onto the next living relative.
Understanding Lola requires unraveling the cassette tapes left by Lolo Berting at MS Gas stations along the 30-kilometer route between the landslide and Poblacion. Here is the complete lore, identity breakdown, and story impact of Lola in Pasahero.
Who Is Lola in Pasahero?
At the start of the drive, Lola leaves a voice message explaining that Lolo has been missing for three nights and that the main highway is buried under a landslide. She tells Buno that a doctor visited that afternoon but refused to look at her, signaling that her death is imminent. She pleads with Buno to take Lolo's tricycle along the old road and return home before sunrise so she can hold him one last time.
As revealed across Lolo Berting's recorded cassette tapes, Lola is an aswang—specifically a Manananggal. By day, she appears as an ordinary village elder who attends mass, cooks for the household, and lives a normal life. By night, her torso separates from her lower half, sprouting bat-like wings to hunt across the countryside while her legs remain stationary in roadside sheds.
Lola's Motive and the Bloodline Curse
Lola's desperate demand for Buno to return before the sun rises is not an act of affection. According to Lolo Berting's tapes, the Manananggal affliction is rooted directly in Lola's maternal bloodline, handed down from her mother and grandmother before her.
When a host dies, the creature leaves its body and seeks out the closest living blood relative to inherit the entity:
- The Transfer Mechanism: The curse automatically binds to whichever living descendant is nearest at the exact moment of physical death.
- The Sunrise Deadline: Lola's doctor confirmed she would not survive past the coming morning. If Buno reaches the house before sunrise, the proximity guarantees that Buno receives the entity.
- Lolo's Counter-Warning: Lolo Berting warns Buno from the glovebox tapes never to rush home, urging him to listen to the stations first and learn the truth before making a final choice at kilometer 30.
The Clues: Kilometer 10 and the Baguio Bell
Lolo Berting reveals that he discovered Lola's secret long before the events of the game. At kilometer 10, a severed pair of legs stands waiting inside a roadside shed.
Players can identify the legs as Lola's through a specific personal keepsake:
- The Silver Bell: Lolo bought Lola a small silver bell on a red string along Session Road in Baguio for their 10th wedding anniversary.
- Permanent Placement: Lola wore the bell on her left ankle and never took it off. The bell remains on the left ankle of the severed legs at kilometer 10, proving beyond doubt that the creature stalking the road is Lola.
- Sound Mechanics: The Manananggal emits an inverted "tick tick" sound in the dark. A loud ticking sound indicates the flying torso is far away, while a faint or soft ticking indicates she is dangerously close. When the sound stops entirely, drivers must reach a lit gas station immediately, as the creature avoids bright station lights.
Lola and the Fate of Buno's Mother
The mystery of Lola also resolves the fate of Buno's mother, Elsie. Eighteen years prior, Lola revealed the truth of the inheritance to Elsie. Terrified of what she would become, Elsie took baby Buno in the middle of a stormy night, wrapped him in a blanket, and fled down the road barefoot in her white nightdress.
Lolo Berting found baby Buno the next morning inside the passenger shed at kilometer 17 with Elsie's rosary, but Elsie was never recovered alive. In his tapes, Lolo reveals his lingering guilt: he drove past the shed at kilometer 17 that rainy night and saw a figure in white waving, but he slowed down and drove on instead of stopping.
Because Elsie remains tied to the road at kilometer 17 as a spirit, she represents an alternative for the bloodline. Because the dead cannot carry or pass on the curse, intercepting the lineage at the gate before sunrise presents a way to break the cycle permanently.
Lola-Related Endings in Pasahero
The official badge data and gameplay walkthroughs document four story endings tied to Lola's curse, Lolo's tapes, and Buno's survival:
| Ending Badge | Official Subtitle | Narrative Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Ang Pamana | The Inheritance | Buno completes the drive and brings Lolo's tricycle back home through the night, accepting or involuntarily receiving the family curse as Lola passes away. |
| Asin | Salt | The player uses salt stored in the glovebox against the Manananggal's severed lower half at kilometer 10, preventing the flying torso from reuniting before the sun destroys it. |
| Liwanag | Light | Buno survives the grueling 30-kilometer route and avoids the trap, keeping the headlights on and driving until the morning sun breaks across the road. |
| Walang Paalam | Liwanag: Walang Paalam | A variation of the morning survival ending where daybreak arrives over the road, but unresolved family tragedy leaves characters without a final farewell. |
Frequently Asked Questions About Lola
Why does Lola tell Buno to come home before the sun comes up?
Lola is dying before morning arrives. If Buno is physically close to her when she dies, her Manananggal curse automatically transfers into Buno as the closest living blood relative.
How does Lolo Berting prove Lola is the monster?
Lolo identifies the severed legs waiting at the kilometer 10 shed by the silver bell on a red string attached to the left ankle. Lolo bought that exact bell for Lola on Session Road in Baguio for their 10th anniversary, and she never took it off.
Can you kill or stop Lola in Pasahero?
According to Lolo's tapes and the game's badge list, players can use salt found in the tricycle's glovebox on the legs at kilometer 10. Salting the legs prevents the flying torso from reattaching, leaving the separated creature vulnerable to destruction when the sun rises, which unlocks the Asin ending.
Why do some audio tapes tell Buno to leave passengers behind?
Lolo Berting warns that Lola's entity eventually tracked and caught him while he was attempting to salt her legs at kilometer 10. After being attacked, Lolo's voice was manipulated by the entity to urge Buno to abandon survivors and rush straight into Lola's trap before sunrise.
