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* BiTheWay: [[https://cad-comic.com/comic/fish-in-the-sea-p19/ Turns out he fucks dudes]].
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* GrowingTheBeard: While some of Ethan's more recent acts are downright insane, his position as Manager of Gamehaven resulted in a lot more times where he actually is intelligent and insightful... Of course, He's still the same old Ethan.

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* GrowingTheBeard: While some of Ethan's more recent acts are downright insane, his position as Manager of Gamehaven resulted in a lot more times where he actually is intelligent and insightful... insightful. Of course, He's he's still the same old Ethan.


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* ProneToSunburn: He [[https://cad-comic.com/comic/well-done/ chances going out into the sun on the beach]] and ''immediately'' regrets it.
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!!Nyrah
An Odrossian Cort found, and kicked off the plot.

* ActionGirl: She's a Royal Guard, sworn to follow the order of the Odrossian Royal Family.
* LastOfHerKind: The last known surviving Odrossian, after the Dranglaex genocide.
* LawfulGood: She holds an oath to protect the people and the galaxy at large, and thus have a lot of argument with Cort's more pragmatic and morally grey decisions.
* LivingMacguffin: The Darkstar Syndicate, and by extension, the Dranglaex Empire want her to locate the Odrossian Starcaster.
* SkilledButNaive: You don't get to be a Royal Guard by being a pushover. That being said, she wakes up after a century in cryo-sleep in a world where things are a lot less black-and-white and a lot more grey.
* UnwillingRoboticisation: Tortured by tearing her body parts off bit by bit and replacing them with mechanical parts. So far it seems only her internal organs and head are what's left of her original body.



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!!Quel'Oran
Federation Marshal, and Cort's ex-partner.

* {{Cthulhumanoid}}: He's got tentacles covering his mouth. That being said, he's not a malevolent character at all.
* IGaveMyWord: Made an unspecified promise with Cort's father, to take care and help Cort.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Sent his men only to pursue, not engage, Cort escaping, and aims to talk with Cort and resolve the matter peacefully, if possible.

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The main character.




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Cort's partner and best friend.




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A PsychoForHire sent by the Darkstar Syndicate to recover The Starcaster




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An Underworld broker whom Cort took a job from for Credits.


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!!Kelias & Vectanix
Brothers and emperors of the Dranglaex.

*BigBad: Leader of the Dranglaex, a warmongering empire.
* FantasticRacism: They see themselves as the [[{{Precursors}} Aug's]] only successful creation, and sought to cleanse the galaxy from their 'inferiors'.
* StrongerSibling: Vectanix possesses a Starcaster of his own, defaulting him into this.
*RedOniBlueOni: Kelias is the hot blooded one, while Vectanix is the cautious one.
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* BodyHorror: Ssissimias is not a person, rather the corpse of a person infested by the Necro Puppeteers, with multiple holes where they come out on the right cheek. They also threaten Cort of similar fate if he ever cross them. Trypophobiacs, beware.

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* BodyHorror: Ssissimias is not a person, rather the corpse of a person infested by the Necro Puppeteers, with multiple holes where they come out on the right cheek. They also threaten Cort of similar fate if he ever cross them. [[https://cad-comic.com/comic/the-starcaster-chronicles-04-06/ Trypophobiacs, beware.]]
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!!Ssissimias

* AffablyEvil: '[[HiveMind They]]' are polite in the entire exchange, even understanding when Cort almost vomited at their appearance. But they're still an underworld broker dealing with unsavory business, and they make a point to Cort ''not'' to cross them.
* BodyHorror: Ssissimias is not a person, rather the corpse of a person infested by the Necro Puppeteers, with multiple holes where they come out on the right cheek. They also threaten Cort of similar fate if he ever cross them. Trypophobiacs, beware.
-->'''Ssissimias''': Most important for you to know is that you look upon the face of the last one that attempted to swindle Ssissimias. The rest is details.
* OneShotCharacter: Since the audience prefer Cort to keep his end of the deal, there's no reason for Ssissimias to get involved in Cort's life any further. For now, at least.
* PuppeteerParasite: They are a bunch of Necro Puppeteers infesting the corpse of the last person who tried to swindle them.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Although Ssissimias is not a person, but rather '[[HiveMind them]]'.
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* BiTheWay: [[https://cad-comic.com/comic/fish-in-the-sea-p19/ Turns out he fucks dudes]].
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** Green, [[http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20121212 literally.]]
** Yellow if you mess up his cards, ''[[http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20140212 literally.]]''

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** Green, [[http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20121212 [[http://cad-comic.com/comic/in-character/ literally.]]
** Yellow if you mess up his cards, ''[[http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20140212 ''[[http://cad-comic.com/comic/shuffled/ literally.]]''



* ButtMonkey: Yellow, who is often [[http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20130102 the victim of gruesome acts of violence]] by the other players.

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* ButtMonkey: Yellow, who is often [[http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20130102 [[http://cad-comic.com/comic/the-campaign-even-a-broken-clock/ the victim of gruesome acts of violence]] by the other players.



* CloudCuckooLander: Green. She is seen [[http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20121203 here]] casually drinking a bottle of mustard. She also never knew the Player's apartment had a [[http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20130809 ceiling]],and thinks it's plotting something.

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* CloudCuckooLander: Green. She is seen [[http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20121203 [[http://cad-comic.com/comic/an-understanding/ here]] casually drinking a bottle of mustard. She also never knew the Player's apartment had a [[http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20130809 [[http://cad-comic.com/comic/enemy-above-page-1/ ceiling]],and thinks it's plotting something.



** It seems to be [[http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20130821 resurfacing]].

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** It seems to be [[http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20130821 [[http://cad-comic.com/comic/proper-places/ resurfacing]].



* GeniusDitz: Green in [[http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20130708 this strip.]]

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* GeniusDitz: Green in [[http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20130708 [[http://cad-comic.com/comic/fanatical/ this strip.]]



* OnlySaneMan: Yellow. Doesn't seem to have changed at all in the reboot, judging from [[http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20121210 this.]]

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* OnlySaneMan: Yellow. Doesn't seem to have changed at all in the reboot, judging from [[http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20121210 [[http://cad-comic.com/comic/freemium/ this.]]



* TookALevelInDumbass: Red seems to be steering towards this. See random pools of blood on the ground? [[http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20140314 Sample them and get horrible diseases]]. Get offered a lot of useful healing items? [[http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20140312 Opt for a stick and use it to plug up a gushing wound]].

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* TookALevelInDumbass: Red seems to be steering towards this. See random pools of blood on the ground? [[http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20140314 [[http://cad-comic.com/comic/questionable-judgement/ Sample them and get horrible diseases]]. Get offered a lot of useful healing items? [[http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20140312 [[http://cad-comic.com/comic/starting-gift/ Opt for a stick and use it to plug up a gushing wound]].

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* GrowingTheBeard: While some of Ethan's more recent acts are downright insane, his position as Manager of Gamehaven resulted in a lot more times where he actually is intelligent and insightful... Of course, He's still the same old Ethan.



* PassingTheTorch: He got back from marrying Lilah to be handed a envelope by his boss, who was about to quit the business. And had apparently just handed Ethan the deed.






* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Keeps his position as the manager of Gamehaven, but, outside of things like randomly falling asleep and random geeking out over game releases, he seems to be much more thoughtful and have an actual strategy to when he does things.




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* TooDumbToLive: Can be as bad as pre-Reboot Ethan, except for the fact that, for Analog, such insane acts, as mentioned above, actually are good strategic choices!
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[[folder:Starcaster Chronicles Characters]]
!!Cort Ryder

*AntiHero: He's an ex-Marshal who now takes jobs in the grey area (or as he put it, morally flexible). He's a good person at heart, but often he takes less savory decisions for pragmatic reasons, such as delivering highly volatile explosives when he knows they will be used for bad ends. When called out on it, he points out that he doesn't want Ssimias to be added to the list of people who wants him dead.


!!Speck

* BlessedWithSuck: Dissolving things on contact means barred from physical touch with a lot of things. [[CursedWithAwesome On the other hand]], dissolving things on contact has many practical uses too.
* MobileFishbowl: Necessary, as he dissolves almost anything on touch.
* TouchOfDeath: As a Mimion, his skin produces corrosive mucus that dissolves almost anything on contact. His threats often amount to 'giving a hug', but when we actually see it in action, it's not pretty.


!!The Grin

*LovesTheSoundOfScreaming
-->'''The Grin:''' I've heard a lot of screams... I've ''caused'' a lot of screams... And ''that's'' a good one.
*PsychoForHire: As Cort puts it, he's a 'Murder Enthusiast'.
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* JerkAss: when it comes to customers and Rob due to his limited experience or ignorance of videogames.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In spite of his flaws he truly loves his wife Lilah and at least respects his friend Lucas when he's not trying anything stupid.

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* JerkAss: when When it comes to customers and Rob Rob, due to his limited experience or ignorance of videogames.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In spite of his flaws flaws, he truly loves his wife Lilah and at least respects his friend Lucas when he's not trying anything stupid.
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!!Hillary Clinton

* BigBad: of Trilagy
* {{Expy}}: of Palpatine

!!Bubba The Judge

* {{Expy}}: of Jabba The Hutt

!!The Bounty Lawyer

* {{Expy}}: of Bobba Fett

%%!!Jack Thompson
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* TheAlcoholic



* ByronicHero

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* DeadpanSnarker

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* CharacterDeath: He dies in the finale.
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* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: Sacrifices himself to turn off the time machine. Results in CharacterDeath.]]

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* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: HeroicSacrifice: Sacrifices himself to turn [[spoiler:turn off the time machine. Results in CharacterDeath.]]



* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]
* ManChild: With hints of PsychopathicManChild.

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* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]
* ManChild: With hints of PsychopathicManChild.
%%* ManChild



* ProudToBeAGeek
* RedOniBlueOni: He acts as The Red to Lucas's Blue, though ironically Ethan is dressed in Blue with Blue Eyes and his Winter-een-mas King Outfit has a Blue Cape. There is even a CrossOver Example in VideoGame/AdventureQuestWorlds with him acting as The Red Oni to The Hero's Blue Oni.

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* %%* ProudToBeAGeek
* %%* RedOniBlueOni: He acts as The Red to Lucas's Blue, though ironically Ethan is dressed in Blue with Blue Eyes and his Winter-een-mas King Outfit has a Blue Cape. There is even a CrossOver Example in VideoGame/AdventureQuestWorlds with him acting as The Red Oni to The Hero's Blue Oni.Blue.



* [[spoiler:BabiesEverAfter]]: [[spoiler: Lucas's wife gives birth to a son in the last strip, whom he affectionately names [[DeadGuyJunior Ethan.]]]]
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette
* TheStraightMan

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* [[spoiler:BabiesEverAfter]]: BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: Lucas's wife gives birth to a son in the last strip, whom he affectionately names [[DeadGuyJunior Ethan.]]]]
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* TheStraightMan
TheStraightMan: He's this to Ethan.



Ethan's gamer girlfriend [[spoiler: and eventually widow.]]

* GamerChick
* [[spoiler:HerHeartWillGoOn]]: Founds the Ethan [=MacManus=] Church of Gaming.
* NerdNanny

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Ethan's gamer girlfriend [[spoiler: and eventually widow.]]

widow.

* GamerChick
GamerChick: She's as big of a gamer as Ethan and Lucas.
* [[spoiler:HerHeartWillGoOn]]: HerHeartWillGoOn: Founds the Ethan [=MacManus=] Church of Gaming.
* NerdNanny
NerdNanny: As another StraightMan to Ethan.



* CallAHumanAMeatbag
* DeadpanSnarker
* InstantAIJustAddWater

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* %%* CallAHumanAMeatbag
* %%* DeadpanSnarker
* InstantAIJustAddWaterInstantAIJustAddWater: How Ethan managed to build a fully functional artificial intelligence out of an x-box console is a mystery.



* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation
* AxCrazy: Green, [[http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20121212 literally.]]

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* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation
AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: As mentioned, Player 1 is blue, Player 2 is red, Player 3 is yellow and Player 4 is green,
* AxCrazy: AxCrazy:
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Green, [[http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20121212 literally.]]



* ColorCodedCharacters

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* ColorCodedCharactersColorCodedCharacters: They're all different colors.



* [[spoiler: AndIMustScream: Some of his arguments with Ted seem to imply that this trope is, at least partially, in effect. Particularly when it comes to killing Ethan off.]]
* [[spoiler:TheDragon: To Ted]]
* [[spoiler:EvilAllAlong]]

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* [[spoiler: AndIMustScream: Some of his arguments with Ted seem to imply that this trope is, at least partially, in effect. Particularly when it comes to [[spoiler: killing Ethan off.]]
* [[spoiler:TheDragon: TheDragon: To Ted]]
* [[spoiler:EvilAllAlong]]
Ted
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* [[spoiler:ArchEnemy: Of a sort to Zeke.]]
* [[spoiler:BigBad: Until he leaves via ExitVillainStageLeft, followed somewhat shortly after by the DramaBombFinale.]]
* [[spoiler:TheDogWasTheMastermind]]
* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins

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* [[spoiler:ArchEnemy: ArchEnemy: Of a sort to Zeke.]]
Zeke.
* [[spoiler:BigBad: BigBad: Until he leaves via ExitVillainStageLeft, followed somewhat shortly after by the DramaBombFinale.]]
DramaBombFinale.
* [[spoiler:TheDogWasTheMastermind]]
TheDogWasTheMastermind: He's Scott's pet penguin. Nominally at least.
* EverythingsBetterWithPenguinsEverythingsBetterWithPenguins: He's a penguin.



!!Jack Thompson

* DarthVaderClone

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!!Jack Thompson

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!!Lucas, aka D-Pad

* HardLight

!!Scott

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* HardLight

!!Scott
D-Pad
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The main character. [[spoiler:Until the DramaBombFinale.]]

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The main character. [[spoiler:Until Until the DramaBombFinale.]]
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* OnlySaneMan: Inverted. Everybody else can come across as sane when compared to him.

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* OnlySaneMan: Inverted. Everybody else can come across as sane when compared to him. In fact, during a period in which he starts acting sane, everyone else starts acting insane to compensate, as though he's a lightning rod for the universe's insanity.
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* Expy: Of Batman.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: ''Weaponized'' - jumping himself an an opponent out a window is a net gain.

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* Expy: {{Expy}}: Of Batman.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: ''Weaponized'' - jumping himself an and an opponent out a window is a net gain.
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* GeniusDitz: It's stated that for 7 seconds a day, he enters into this zone that grants him insight into the universe, which in turn lets him do amazing things like build sapient robots or dispense amazing relationship advice, before returning to "normal". To cap off this bit of insight into his character, he puts slices of pineapple over his eyes to make pineapple goggles.
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* ResurrectiveImmortality:

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* ResurrectiveImmortality:ResurrectiveImmortality: ''Weaponized'' - jumping himself an an opponent out a window is a net gain.
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!!Ethan, aka Analog

*EmpoweredBadassNormal: Fights like Batman with his gadgets, but he does have ResurrectiveImmortality.
*Expy: Of Batman.
*ResurrectiveImmortality:
-->'''Analog:''' "I have infinite continues. Do you?"

!!Lucas, aka D-Pad

*HardLight

!!Scott
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* GeniusDitz: Green in [[http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20130708 this strip.]]
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** Yellow if you mess up his cards, ''[[http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20140212 literally.]]''
* BerserkButton: See AxCrazy above. Don't ''ever'' mess up Yellow's cards after a game.


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* TookALevelInDumbass: Red seems to be steering towards this. See random pools of blood on the ground? [[http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20140314 Sample them and get horrible diseases]]. Get offered a lot of useful healing items? [[http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20140312 Opt for a stick and use it to plug up a gushing wound]].
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* UnexplainedRecovery: He jumped off a second or third-story fire escape in his underwear because according to video game logic if he's lighter he'll be less injured. He lands on concrete and winds up with about two inches of bone sticking out of his arm. He goes to the hospital and is sent home the same day (in real life he'd probably have to stay for at least one night's observation) with "Paaaaaaaiiiiiiiiin killers!" and a cast. The next comic he's featured in there's no evidence he was ever injured despite having a break that would've taken months to heal ([[WebComicTime then again...]]) and would've at least left a nasty scar.
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* TooDumbToLive: According to [[RobotBuddy Zeke]], if you run the data from Ethan's various misadventures, his life expectancy comes out negative. Negative ''forty''.
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* ManChild: With hints of PsychopathicManChild.
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* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]
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* {{Flanderization}}: He began as TheDitz, but moved on to CloudCuckoolander. More recently, he has surpassed this, and some fans are starting to suspect he is in fact clinically insane. (This may explain why [[spoiler: Ethan made a HeroicSacrifice to prevent a dystopian future from happening, and the entire strip is going to be rebooted.]])
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* CainAndAbel: The Abel to Rory's Cain.
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** It seems to be [[http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20130821 resurfacing]].
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* CloudCuckooLander: Green. She is seen [[http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20121203 here]] casually drinking a bottle of mustard.

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* CloudCuckooLander: Green. She is seen [[http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20121203 here]] casually drinking a bottle of mustard. She also never knew the Player's apartment had a [[http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20130809 ceiling]],and thinks it's plotting something.

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