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* ActionMom: Director Tsukumary is revealed to be a mother in Issue #6 and gets a call from their kid while she's in the middle of commanding Chimera's troops as they all mobilize against [[spoiler:Gray]].
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: [[spoiler:After devouring the Red Girl in Issue #6, Gray ended up inheriting the God's crimson skin alongside her [[LovecraftianSuperpower Eldritch Abilities]] and HorrorHunger.]]
* CannibalismSuperpower: [[spoiler:By consuming both Gabriel ''and'' the Red Girl, Gray emerges from the obelisk of flesh permanently possessing ''[[AllYourPowersCombined both]]'' of their respective abilities, enabling her to effortlessly intercept the ballistic missile launched at her by Chimera before it could kill everybody at the water park. But this also had the side-effect of reigniting her HorrorHunger, indicating to Vince that she'll need to start feeding regularly again.]]
* TheCavalry: After Vince and his friends get arrested by Chimera and are thrown into the back of a transport vehicle, Matt arrives at the nick of time to [[RammingAlwaysWorks ram the transport with his van]] while its passing an intersection, flipping the Chimera vehicle onto its side while enabling Vince and the others to escape while the drivers are knocked unconscious. Matt also swoops in to save Vince from being shot by Tsukumary almost immediately afterwards.
* TheCavalry: After Vince and his friends get arrested by Chimera and are thrown into the back of a transport vehicle, Matt arrives at the nick of time to [[RammingAlwaysWorks ram the transport with his van]] while its passing an intersection, flipping the Chimera vehicle onto its side while enabling Vince and the others to escape while the drivers are knocked unconscious. Matt also swoops in to save Vince from being shot by Tsukumary almost immediately afterwards.
* CrazyPrepared: When Matt swoops in to save Vince from being shot by Director Tsukumary, he boasts how futile it is to fight him since [[TemptingFate everybody knows that you can't physically harm a Ghost]]. Cue Tsukumary whipping out [[PowerFist knuckle dusters]] [[MagicalWeapon inscribed with magic runes]] before [[CurbstompBattle cracking Matt's skull open with a single punch]]. [[spoiler:Thankfully Matt isn't killed by this and returns the favor to Tsukumary while armed with a hunk of rubble near the end of the issue.]]
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** The Red Girl's physical appearance has an eerie resemblance to a younger Gray but she has crimson-colored skin and [[BloodyMurder wields a knife seemingly constructed out of her own blood]]. [[spoiler:And that's not even getting into her LampreyMouth NightmareFace once she seizes control of Gray's body...]]
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** The Red Girl's physical appearance has an eerie resemblance to a Gray [[spoiler:(or more specifically, Gray's younger Gray sister)]] but she has crimson-colored skin and [[BloodyMurder wields a knife seemingly constructed out of her own blood]]. [[spoiler:And that's not even getting into her LampreyMouth NightmareFace once she seizes starts seizing control of Gray's body...]]
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** Ivory's dad was murdered in a robbery when he was 10 years old and was groomed by his [[TheDon Crime Lord]] Uncle Goldie to be a ProfessionalKiller who could "clean up the streets" of Santo Pedro as his personal enforcer. While Ivory actually [[ReluctantWarrior abhors violence]] and wants to get out of the game, its his only reliable source of income as the gang's primary breadwinner. [[spoiler:Ivory also might be involved in the disappearance of Molly's kid brother, who haunts him alongside a black wolf-like monstrosity similar to the one Gray defeated in issue #3.]]
** Before Gray became the FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire of Santo Pedro, she was [[spoiler:Special Division Private Grayson Brown, an "[[HunterOfMonsters Oddity Hunter]]" who served under a [[NoSuchAgency clandestine organization]] dedicated to [[CreatureHunterOrganization combating supernatural threats]]. She's also greatly haunted by a BlackCloak wearing Spaniard who keeps creeping up in gore-filled visions featuring the deaths of her loved ones.]]
** Before Gray became the FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire of Santo Pedro, she was [[spoiler:Special Division Private Grayson Brown, an "[[HunterOfMonsters Oddity Hunter]]" who served under a [[NoSuchAgency clandestine organization]] dedicated to [[CreatureHunterOrganization combating supernatural threats]]. She's also greatly haunted by a BlackCloak wearing Spaniard who keeps creeping up in gore-filled visions featuring the deaths of her loved ones.]]
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** Ivory's dad was murdered in a robbery when he was 10 years old and was groomed by his [[TheDon Crime Lord]] Uncle Goldie to be a ProfessionalKiller who could "clean up the streets" of Santo Pedro as his personal enforcer. While Ivory actually [[ReluctantWarrior abhors violence]] and wants to get out of the game, its his only reliable source of income as the gang's primary breadwinner. [[spoiler:Ivory also might be involved in the disappearance of Molly's kid brother, who haunts him alongside a the same black wolf-like monstrosity similar to the one Gray defeated in issue Issue #3.]]
** Before Gray became the FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire of Santo Pedro, she was[[spoiler:Special Division Private [[spoiler:Grayson Brown, a young bride who was about to get hitched to a childhood sweetheart until she unwittingly became the host body for both Gabriel and the [[EldritchAbomination Red Girl]] on the night of her wedding. This transformed her into a bloodthirsty HumanoidAbomination who committed an act so horrific that the Red Girl erased her memory of the event [[TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow as an warped act of mercy]]. Grayson Brown, then fled her home in Manhattan, became a [[TheMostWanted wanted criminal]], had an affair with a Magician in Edinburgh that ended in her breaking his heart, and was inevitably recruited into [[CreatureHunterOrganization Chimera]] as a sanctioned "[[HunterOfMonsters Oddity Hunter]]" who served under Director Tsukumari.]]
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:With a[[NoSuchAgency clandestine organization]] dedicated to [[CreatureHunterOrganization combating supernatural threats]]. She's also greatly haunted by little assistance from a BlackCloak wearing Spaniard who keeps creeping up in gore-filled visions featuring [[TakeUpMySword dying Gabriel]], Gray not only defeats the deaths of self-proclaimed God trying to [[GrandTheftMe steal her loved ones.]] body]], but ''' ''[[EatingTheEnemy devours the entire]] EldritchAbomination [[EatenAlive alive]]'' ''' in retaliation and [[CannibalismSuperpower gains its power in the process]].]]
** Before Gray became the FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire of Santo Pedro, she was
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:With a
* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler:The Red Girl claims to be an [[TheOldGods Ancient Deity]] that reigned over Santo Pedro alongside her siblings until Gabriel and his companions "[[CannibalismSuperpower ate [their] flesh]]" as a part of some kind of war effort. Through ThePowerOfHate, the Red Girl survived by clinging to Gabriel's psyche and seemingly [[SharingABody becoming one with his very being]]. But Gabriel was betrayed and their shared body was cast into the sea where the two [[AndIMustScream aimlessly drifted together]] until the night Gray discovered whatever was left of their remains, which led to Gray [[TrappedInTheHost involuntarily becoming their new host body]]. Now with [[BarrierMaiden Gabriel]] out of the picture, this Deity is determined to take Gray's body for herself so she can reunite with her siblings and finish the work their "[[MotherOfAThousandYoung mother]]" started, which could result in countless causalities if she is left unchallenged.]]
* {{Hermaphrodite}}: [[spoiler:While combating Gray within her own EldritchLocation of a MentalWorld, the Red Girl gradually goes from a crimson-skinned replica of Gray's younger sister to a hermaphroditic humanoid with [[ScaryStitches patchwork flesh]] and ornate golden armor that forms an eyeless cowl over her face.]]
* GodzillaThreshold: After multiple elite task force units lost their lives trying to terminate [[spoiler:Gray after her EldritchTransformation in Issue #5]], Tsukumary orders a missile strike to bomb the "obelisk" and level the entire water park with it. When Tsukumary catches Vince sneaking his way back into the park to try and help Gray, she pulls a gun on the kid and is perfectly willing to shoot him if it means she can drag him back to the safe zone alive.
* GodzillaThreshold: After multiple elite task force units lost their lives trying to terminate [[spoiler:Gray after her EldritchTransformation in Issue #5]], Tsukumary orders a missile strike to bomb the "obelisk" and level the entire water park with it. When Tsukumary catches Vince sneaking his way back into the park to try and help Gray, she pulls a gun on the kid and is perfectly willing to shoot him if it means she can drag him back to the safe zone alive.
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* KnightOfCerebus: While the comic does intentionally dip into SurrealHorror at [[MoodWhiplash abrupt moments]] where it can be at its [[MoodDissonance most dissonant]], the overall narrative was still at its core a relatively upbeat ComingOfAgeStory meets RoommateCom. That all changes with the Red Girl in Issue #5, whose debut heralds the story's hard drive into ''[[CosmicHorrorReveal Cosmic Horror]]''.
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* KnightOfCerebus: While the comic does intentionally dip into SurrealHorror at [[MoodWhiplash abrupt moments]] where it can be at its [[MoodDissonance most dissonant]], the overall narrative was still at its core a relatively upbeat ComingOfAgeStory meets RoommateCom. That all changes with the Red Girl in Issue #5, whose debut heralds the story's hard drive dive into ''[[CosmicHorrorReveal Cosmic Horror]]''.
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* TheUnmasquedWorld: The world of Nights is one where the supernatural is real and universally known and accepted as another mundane aspect of life. That said, this doesn't mean there aren't any supernatural creatures lurking around who endanger the lives around them, necessitating the existence of Oddity Hunters who directly deal with these threats as they emerge.
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* RelationshipUpgrade: [[spoiler:After several issues of constant UnresolvedSexualTension building between the two, Vince and Gray finally seal the deal in the aftermath of Issue #6 where they have both TheBigDamnKiss and TheirFirstTime.]]
* TheUnmasquedWorld: The world of Nights is one where the supernatural is real and universally known and accepted as another mundane aspect of life. That said, this doesn't mean there aren't any [[OurCryptidsAreMoreMysterious supernatural creatures lurking around who endanger the lives aroundthem, them]], necessitating the existence of Oddity Hunters who directly deal with these threats as they emerge.
* TheUnmasquedWorld: The world of Nights is one where the supernatural is real and universally known and accepted as another mundane aspect of life. That said, this doesn't mean there aren't any [[OurCryptidsAreMoreMysterious supernatural creatures lurking around who endanger the lives around
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: [[spoiler: Issue #1 concludes with a FlashForward to the far future where Santo Pedro is completely destroyed, a giant glowing Eldritch Abomination towers over the city’s ruins, and Vince’s narration pegs ''Gray'' as the one responsible for ''[[ApocalypseMaiden killing the world]]'', [[LittleDidIKnow much to his own initial ignorance to who she truly was.]] Multiple characters throughout the story, including one of Ivory’s targets and both Directors Tsukumari and Tsukumary, also allude to the idea that Gray isn’t as harmless as the main cast would like to believe.]]
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: [[spoiler: Issue #1 concludes with a FlashForward to the far future where Santo Pedro is completely destroyed, a giant glowing Eldritch Abomination towers over the city’s ruins, and Vince’s narration pegs ''Gray'' as the one responsible for ''[[ApocalypseMaiden killing the world]]'', [[LittleDidIKnow much to his own initial ignorance to who she truly was.]] Multiple characters throughout the story, including one of Ivory’s targets and both Directors Tsukumari and Tsukumary, also allude to the idea that Gray isn’t as harmless as the main cast would like to believe. Issue #5 shows that while Gray herself is farthest thing from being evil, [[EnemyWithin the Red Girl definitely is]].]]
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* BigBrotherMentor: Both Ivory and Matt try their upmost best to be this for Vince since the former became his [[PromotionToParent legal guardian]], pushing him to commit to his studies and to never resort to violence, [[HypocriticalHumor all while introducing the kid to stuff]] like ''Manga/IchiTheKiller'' and [[OptionalSexualEncounter NSFW]] [[GameMod mods]] for ''Franchise/TombRaider''. Ivory even gushes over the prospect of finally being able to be the kid’s RomanticWingman when Vince admits he’s interested in a girl he knows.
* BilingualBonus: Gray originally hails from Germany and regularly speaks in her mother tongue while bantering with the rest of the cast. [[spoiler:This also enables her to [[TheTease playfully flirt with Vince]] without him fully realizing it [[TeasingFromBehindTheLanguageBarrier since he can’t understand what she’s actually saying]].]]
* BilingualBonus: Gray originally hails from Germany and regularly speaks in her mother tongue while bantering with the rest of the cast. [[spoiler:This also enables her to [[TheTease playfully flirt with Vince]] without him fully realizing it [[TeasingFromBehindTheLanguageBarrier since he can’t understand what she’s actually saying]].]]
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* BarrierMaiden: [[spoiler:For one reason or another, Gabriel was the only one keeping the Red Girl [[SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan contained inside Gray]] but has grown weak over the countless years of upholding his vigil and is desperately trying to warn Gray of the crisis brewing via [[DreamingOfThingsToCome prophetic dreams]] of what will happen if she doesn't take action. But since Gabriel [[LanguageBarrier can only speak Spanish]], [[PoorCommunicationKills his warnings fall of deaf ears]] as Gray becomes increasingly convinced that ''he himself'' is the threat trying to take over her body.]]
* BigBrotherMentor: Both Ivory and Matt try their upmost best to be this for Vince since the former became his [[PromotionToParent legal guardian]], pushing him to commit to his studies and to never resort to violence, [[HypocriticalHumor all while introducing the kid to stuff]] like ''Manga/IchiTheKiller'' and [[OptionalSexualEncounter NSFW]] [[GameMod mods]] for ''Franchise/TombRaider''. Ivory even gushes over the prospect of finally being able to be the kid’s RomanticWingman when Vince admits he’s interested in a girl heknows.
knows, but that moment gets [[PlayedForLaughs hilariously soured]] the second Matt spells out to him who Vince is crushing on.
*BilingualBonus: BilingualBonus:
** Gray originally hails from Germany and regularly speaks in her mother tongue while bantering with the rest of the cast. [[spoiler:This also enables her to [[TheTease playfully flirt with Vince]] without him fully realizing it [[TeasingFromBehindTheLanguageBarrier since he can’t understand what she’s actually saying]].]]
* BigBrotherMentor: Both Ivory and Matt try their upmost best to be this for Vince since the former became his [[PromotionToParent legal guardian]], pushing him to commit to his studies and to never resort to violence, [[HypocriticalHumor all while introducing the kid to stuff]] like ''Manga/IchiTheKiller'' and [[OptionalSexualEncounter NSFW]] [[GameMod mods]] for ''Franchise/TombRaider''. Ivory even gushes over the prospect of finally being able to be the kid’s RomanticWingman when Vince admits he’s interested in a girl he
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** Gray originally hails from Germany and regularly speaks in her mother tongue while bantering with the rest of the cast. [[spoiler:This also enables her to [[TheTease playfully flirt with Vince]] without him fully realizing it [[TeasingFromBehindTheLanguageBarrier since he can’t understand what she’s actually saying]].]]
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* CleavageWindow: Director Tsukumary, the leader of the [[HunterOfMonsters Oddity Hunters]] [[spoiler: after Tsukumari’s death]], has a [[MostCommonSuperpower massive bust]] emphasized by her cleavage exposing blouse. Even Gray refers to her as the "Mean Boob Lady."
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** Gabriel speaks exclusively in Spanish and drops major hints that [[spoiler: [[DarkIsNotEvil he's not the villain]] Gray believes he is if you can understand his dialogue. Unfortunately for him, [[PoorCommunicationKills Gray doesn't understand what he's actually saying before she plunges a knife into his neck]].]]
* CleavageWindow: Director Tsukumary, the leader ofthe [[HunterOfMonsters Oddity Hunters]] [[spoiler: after [[CreatureHunterOrganization Chimera]] [[spoiler:after Tsukumari’s death]], has a [[MostCommonSuperpower massive bust]] emphasized by her cleavage exposing blouse. Even Gray refers to her as the "Mean Boob Lady."
* CleavageWindow: Director Tsukumary, the leader of
* CreepyChild:
** Molly's little brother constantly appears before [[spoiler:Ivory]] CoveredWithScars as if he was mauled by a feral beast while refusing to say a single word. He's also apparently strong enough to throw a grown man around like a rag doll if significantly provoked.
** The Red Girl's physical appearance has an eerie resemblance to a younger Gray but she has crimson-colored skin and [[BloodyMurder wields a knife seemingly constructed out of her own blood]]. [[spoiler:And that's not even getting into her LampreyMouth NightmareFace once she seizes control of Gray's body...]]
** Molly's little brother constantly appears before [[spoiler:Ivory]] CoveredWithScars as if he was mauled by a feral beast while refusing to say a single word. He's also apparently strong enough to throw a grown man around like a rag doll if significantly provoked.
** The Red Girl's physical appearance has an eerie resemblance to a younger Gray but she has crimson-colored skin and [[BloodyMurder wields a knife seemingly constructed out of her own blood]]. [[spoiler:And that's not even getting into her LampreyMouth NightmareFace once she seizes control of Gray's body...]]
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** Ivory’s dad was murdered in a robbery when he was 10 years old and was groomed by his [[TheDon Crime Lord]] Uncle Goldie to be a ProfessionalKiller who could clean up the streets of Santo Pedro as his personal enforcer. While Ivory actually [[ReluctantWarrior abhors violence]] and wants to get out of the game, its his only reliable source of income as the gang’s primary breadwinner. [[spoiler:Ivory also might be involved in the disappearance of Molly’s kid brother, who haunts him alongside a black wolf-like monstrosity similar to the one Gray defeated in issue #3.]]
** Before Gray became the FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire of Santo Pedro, she was [[spoiler:Special Division Private Grayson Brown, an "[[HunterOfMonsters Oddity Hunter]]" who served under a [[NoSuchAgency clandestine organization]] dedicated to combating supernatural threats. She’s also greatly haunted by an incident in her past involving a BlackCloak wearing Spaniard who keeps creeping up in gore-filled visions featuring the deaths of her loved ones.]]
** Before Gray became the FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire of Santo Pedro, she was [[spoiler:Special Division Private Grayson Brown, an "[[HunterOfMonsters Oddity Hunter]]" who served under a [[NoSuchAgency clandestine organization]] dedicated to combating supernatural threats. She’s also greatly haunted by an incident in her past involving a BlackCloak wearing Spaniard who keeps creeping up in gore-filled visions featuring the deaths of her loved ones.]]
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** Ivory’s dad was murdered in a robbery when he was 10 years old and was groomed by his [[TheDon Crime Lord]] Uncle Goldie to be a ProfessionalKiller who could clean "clean up the streets streets" of Santo Pedro as his personal enforcer. While Ivory actually [[ReluctantWarrior abhors violence]] and wants to get out of the game, its his only reliable source of income as the gang’s primary breadwinner. [[spoiler:Ivory also might be involved in the disappearance of Molly’s kid brother, who haunts him alongside a black wolf-like monstrosity similar to the one Gray defeated in issue #3.]]
** Before Gray became the FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire of Santo Pedro, she was [[spoiler:Special Division Private Grayson Brown, an "[[HunterOfMonsters Oddity Hunter]]" who served under a [[NoSuchAgency clandestine organization]] dedicated to [[CreatureHunterOrganization combating supernaturalthreats. threats]]. She’s also greatly haunted by an incident in her past involving a BlackCloak wearing Spaniard who keeps creeping up in gore-filled visions featuring the deaths of her loved ones.]]
** Before Gray became the FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire of Santo Pedro, she was [[spoiler:Special Division Private Grayson Brown, an "[[HunterOfMonsters Oddity Hunter]]" who served under a [[NoSuchAgency clandestine organization]] dedicated to [[CreatureHunterOrganization combating supernatural
* EldritchTransformation: [[spoiler: After the Red Girl seizes control of Gray's body, her face cracks open like a porcelain doll and gradually mutates into a literal [[HostileWeather category 5 tornado]] of '''[[FlayingAlive flayed skin]]''' with [[TheWallsHaveEyes giant pulsing red eyes]].]]
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* HunterOfHisOwnKind: [[spoiler:Issue #3 reveals that Gray used to work for some kind of [[NoSuchAgency covert government organization]] as an "[[HunterOfMonsters Oddity Hunter]]" who answered directly to Director Tsukumari as part of some arrangement that resulted in her being [[ReassignedToAntarctica dumped in Santa Pedro]]. While Gray tells Vince that she wasn’t a part of them for long, her personal file they have in their archives is comprehensive and [[ClassifiedInformation heavily redacted]].]]
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* HunterOfHisOwnKind: [[spoiler:Issue #3 reveals that Gray used to work for some kind of [[NoSuchAgency covert government organization]] called Chimera as an "[[HunterOfMonsters Oddity Hunter]]" who answered directly to Director Tsukumari as part of some arrangement that resulted in her being [[ReassignedToAntarctica dumped in Santa Pedro]]. While Gray tells Vince that she wasn’t a part of them for long, her personal file they have in their archives is comprehensive and [[ClassifiedInformation heavily redacted]].]]
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* LoveAtFirstSight: Vince becomes ''immediately'' enamored with Gray when he meets her face-to-face for the first time in 1999, regardless of the fact that he had just witnessed Gray casually penetrate her own skull to check her brain for a concussion after he had smacked her with his skateboard in a knee-jerk reaction.
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* KnightOfCerebus: While the comic does intentionally dip into SurrealHorror at [[MoodWhiplash abrupt moments]] where it can be at its [[MoodDissonance most dissonant]], the overall narrative was still at its core a relatively upbeat ComingOfAgeStory meets RoommateCom. That all changes with the Red Girl in Issue #5, whose debut heralds the story's hard drive into ''[[CosmicHorrorReveal Cosmic Horror]]''.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Vince becomes ''immediately'' enamored with Gray when he meets her face-to-face for the first time in 1999, regardless of the fact that he had just witnessed Gray casuallypenetrate ''penetrate her own skull skull'' to check her brain for a concussion after he had smacked her with his skateboard in a knee-jerk reaction.reaction.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Gabriel, the mysterious crimson armored Spaniard who has been haunting Gray's dreams, turns out to have been the only thing [[SealedEvilInACan keeping the Red Girl contained within Gray]]. And Gray plays right into the Red Girl's plan by killing Gabriel on her behalf.]]
* LoveAtFirstSight: Vince becomes ''immediately'' enamored with Gray when he meets her face-to-face for the first time in 1999, regardless of the fact that he had just witnessed Gray casually
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Gabriel, the mysterious crimson armored Spaniard who has been haunting Gray's dreams, turns out to have been the only thing [[SealedEvilInACan keeping the Red Girl contained within Gray]]. And Gray plays right into the Red Girl's plan by killing Gabriel on her behalf.]]
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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Gray possesses many of the typical Vampire characteristics such as {{Flight}}, [[LightningBruiser enhanced strength and speed]], [[AbsurdlySharpClaws retractable razor-sharp claws]], [[TheAgeless immortality]], a [[HealingFactor rapid healing factor]], and a [[WeakenedByTheLight natural aversion to the sun]]. But she also notably lacks a need to consume blood and claims to be a special case [[VegetarianVampire who hasn’t needed to feed in over 50 years]].
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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Gray possesses many of the typical Vampire characteristics such as {{Flight}}, [[LightningBruiser enhanced strength and speed]], [[AbsurdlySharpClaws retractable razor-sharp claws]], [[TheAgeless immortality]], a [[HealingFactor rapid healing factor]], and a [[WeakenedByTheLight natural aversion to the sun]]. But she also notably lacks a need to consume blood and claims to be a special case [[VegetarianVampire who hasn’t needed to feed in over 50 years]]. [[spoiler:Subverted in Issue #5, where its revealed that Gray is ''[[HumanoidAbomination FAR]] [[ApocalypseMaiden WORSE]]'' than a vampire.]]
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[[caption-width-right:1000:''[[{{Tagline}} Youth is wasted on the young...]]'' ]]
-> ''Mom used to tell me stories about Santo Pedro. Where she wanted to raise me. She grew up there, in a place nicknamed "The Devil's Chair," where she met my father. I used to think that name was scary. She couldn't wait to show me everything she knew made it special. The friends I'd make, who I'd fall in love with. I wonder if that's all she wanted.''
-> ''But now its 1999 and she didn't live long enough to see that...''
Welcome to the TurnOfTheMillennium. [[AlternateHistory Florida is owned by Spain.]] [[DifferentStatesOfAmerica America consists of 31 States.]] The internet is still [[SlowLoadingInternetImage infantile]] and irrelevant...
''And ghosts, vampires, and all the other ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight [[TheUnmasquedWorld casually exists amongst humanity.]]''
[[ConvenientlyAnOrphan Orphaned by the unfortunate death of his parents]], Vince Okonma has arrived in the anomalous city of [[CityOfAdventure Santo Pedro]] to live with his [[ProfessionalKiller gun-for-hire]] cousin Ivory and his IndieGame developer turned [[DemBones skeletal]] [[FriendlyGhost specter]] roommate Matt. But while adjusting to the paranormal oddities of his new surroundings, Vince befriends and quickly develops a crush on Gray: a [[StatuesqueStunner tall]] [[RavenHairIvorySkin beautiful]] [[StickyFingers kleptomaniac]] German Vampire who ''also'' has been crashing at Ivory's place. After spending five years living together under the same roof, Vince must navigate his way through the [[ComingOfAgeStory trials and tribulations of adolescence]] as he struggles to muster up the confidence to [[CannotSpitItOut finally confess his feelings for Gray]]...all while gradually stumbling into a CosmicHorrorStory of [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt apocalyptic proportions]] in the process.
Published by Creator/ImageComics, ''Nights'' is an ongoing GothicHorror UrbanFantasy comic series written by Wyatt Kennedy, drawn by Luigi Formisano, with color art by Francesco Segala and Gloria Martinelli. Its first issue debuted on October 11, 2023.
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!!''Nights (2023)'' provides examples of:
* AffectionateNickname: Gray has affectionately been calling Vince her "''Rechte'' Hand" ever since he helped her steal an old lady's hat during the night they first met.
* AlternateHistory: The story takes place in a world where America is only comprised of 31 States and Spain apparently owns the entirety of Florida as a territory. Also, the supernatural exists and is treated as a [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight mundane aspect of life]] that the people of Santo Pedro have long since gotten used to.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: [[spoiler: Issue #1 concludes with a FlashForward to the far future where Santo Pedro is completely destroyed, a giant glowing Eldritch Abomination towers over the city’s ruins, and Vince’s narration pegs ''Gray'' as the one responsible for ''[[ApocalypseMaiden killing the world]]'', [[LittleDidIKnow much to his own initial ignorance to who she truly was.]] Multiple characters throughout the story, including one of Ivory’s targets and both Directors Tsukumari and Tsukumary, also allude to the idea that Gray isn’t as harmless as the main cast would like to believe.]]
* AxCrazy: On top of secretly moonlighting as a cold-blooded assassin, Ivory seems to secretly harbor a SplitPersonality or some [[DemonicPossession Dark Entity]] that constantly belittles him and compels him to commit [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill acts of ultra-violence]] while he’s on the clock. Ivory absolutely loathes this part of himself and tries to keep it hidden from his loved ones as best as he can.
* BigBrotherMentor: Both Ivory and Matt try their upmost best to be this for Vince since the former became his [[PromotionToParent legal guardian]], pushing him to commit to his studies and to never resort to violence, [[HypocriticalHumor all while introducing the kid to stuff]] like ''Manga/IchiTheKiller'' and [[OptionalSexualEncounter NSFW]] [[GameMod mods]] for ''Franchise/TombRaider''. Ivory even gushes over the prospect of finally being able to be the kid’s RomanticWingman when Vince admits he’s interested in a girl he knows.
* BilingualBonus: Gray originally hails from Germany and regularly speaks in her mother tongue while bantering with the rest of the cast. [[spoiler:This also enables her to [[TheTease playfully flirt with Vince]] without him fully realizing it [[TeasingFromBehindTheLanguageBarrier since he can’t understand what she’s actually saying]].]]
-->'''Gray:''' [After falling into a cavern] You okay?
-->'''Vince:''' Yeah. I was trying to catch you.
-->'''Gray:''' ''Du hast mich erwischt, liebling.''[[note]]"You got me, ''[[SignificantNameShift darling]]''."[[/note]]
-->'''Vince:''' [[CrushBlush W-What does that mean?]]
* CleavageWindow: Director Tsukumary, the leader of the [[HunterOfMonsters Oddity Hunters]] [[spoiler: after Tsukumari’s death]], has a [[MostCommonSuperpower massive bust]] emphasized by her cleavage exposing blouse. Even Gray refers to her as the "Mean Boob Lady."
* CoolBigSis: In contrast to Ivory and Matt, who are generally try to be the more "responsible" parental figures in Vince’s life, Gray is initially more of a [[ManicPixieDreamGirl manic]] older sister figure whose blithe and mischievous nature Vince is immediately enthralled by.
* CoolMask: Director Tsukumari wears a [[BlingofWar black and gold]] Oni mask that conceals the lower half of his face. It isn’t just for show though, as he needs it in order to communicate due to being heavily disfigured under it. Tsukumari also can only use it for a limited amount of time but can "[[InsertPaymentToUse buy more minutes]]" via ''[[RitualMagic smoking blunts wrapped in his written sins]]'' while wearing the mask.
* DarkAndTroubledPast:
** Ivory’s dad was murdered in a robbery when he was 10 years old and was groomed by his [[TheDon Crime Lord]] Uncle Goldie to be a ProfessionalKiller who could clean up the streets of Santo Pedro as his personal enforcer. While Ivory actually [[ReluctantWarrior abhors violence]] and wants to get out of the game, its his only reliable source of income as the gang’s primary breadwinner. [[spoiler:Ivory also might be involved in the disappearance of Molly’s kid brother, who haunts him alongside a black wolf-like monstrosity similar to the one Gray defeated in issue #3.]]
** Before Gray became the FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire of Santo Pedro, she was [[spoiler:Special Division Private Grayson Brown, an "[[HunterOfMonsters Oddity Hunter]]" who served under a [[NoSuchAgency clandestine organization]] dedicated to combating supernatural threats. She’s also greatly haunted by an incident in her past involving a BlackCloak wearing Spaniard who keeps creeping up in gore-filled visions featuring the deaths of her loved ones.]]
* DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu: A major focal point of the narrative revolves around the budding ParanormalRomance between Vince and Gray. The former is a relatively normal teenage boy while the latter is a [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld 185 year old]] German Vampire [[spoiler:who will apparently be responsible for ''[[ApocalypseMaiden killing the entire world]]'' in the far future.]]
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Gray is the sole Vampire living in Santo Pedro. While she is an [[StickyFingers unapologetic thief]] [[NewJobAsThePlotDemands who can’t keep a job to save her own skin]], she’s incredibly [[BlitheSpirit upbeat]] and loves her roommates [[FamilyOfChoice as if they were her own family]].
* HunterOfHisOwnKind: [[spoiler:Issue #3 reveals that Gray used to work for some kind of [[NoSuchAgency covert government organization]] as an "[[HunterOfMonsters Oddity Hunter]]" who answered directly to Director Tsukumari as part of some arrangement that resulted in her being [[ReassignedToAntarctica dumped in Santa Pedro]]. While Gray tells Vince that she wasn’t a part of them for long, her personal file they have in their archives is comprehensive and [[ClassifiedInformation heavily redacted]].]]
* InUniverseSoundtrack: The comic has its own official Spotify playlist for each issue, which features an eclectic mix of tracks from artists such as [[FolkRock The Stampeders]], Music/{{Nas}}, [[UsefulNotes/{{Synthwave}} Com Truise]], and Music/{{Thundercat}}. A lot of these tracks are even played in-universe via [[DiegeticSwitch Vince’s MP3 player and Ivory’s car radio]].
* LoveAtFirstSight: Vince becomes ''immediately'' enamored with Gray when he meets her face-to-face for the first time in 1999, regardless of the fact that he had just witnessed Gray casually penetrate her own skull to check her brain for a concussion after he had smacked her with his skateboard in a knee-jerk reaction.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Gray is over 185 years old, but is still [[TheAgeless physically 19 due to her vampirism]].
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: One of the most common sights to see In Santo Pedro are the Ghosts of people who died but couldn’t move on to the next life due to unfinished business they still have in the land of the living. They always manifest with the appearance of a skeleton with luminescent eyes, and if the Ghost doesn’t succeed in getting their affairs in order in less than 25 years, they will simply cease to exist in the blink of an eye.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Gray possesses many of the typical Vampire characteristics such as {{Flight}}, [[LightningBruiser enhanced strength and speed]], [[AbsurdlySharpClaws retractable razor-sharp claws]], [[TheAgeless immortality]], a [[HealingFactor rapid healing factor]], and a [[WeakenedByTheLight natural aversion to the sun]]. But she also notably lacks a need to consume blood and claims to be a special case [[VegetarianVampire who hasn’t needed to feed in over 50 years]].
* PrecociousCrush: PlayedForDrama. Vince first met [[TheAgeless Gray]] in 1999 when he was still a preteen and has been [[LoveAtFirstSight attracted to her ever since]]. One of the big things keeping him from being open about his true feelings for her is the fear that Gray might still see him [[LikeBrotherAndSister like a younger sibling]] even after the TimeSkip puts them in the same physical age range. [[spoiler:The SignificantNameShift Gray uses in Issue #4 heavily implies that [[FromRoommatesToRomance she's grown attracted to Vince in the same way]].]]
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The main cast of characters is comprised of a HormoneAddledTeenager with an avid interest in [[SingerSongwriter songwriting]], his older cousin who secretly works as a [[ProfessionalKiller hitman]] for a living, the DeadpanSnarker [[FriendlyGhost Ghost]] of a IndieGame dev who translates {{Hentai}} as a side gig, and a [[MonsterRoommate German Vampire]] with a [[StickyFingers kleptomaniac streak]], [[RoommateCom who all live together under the same roof]].
* TheUnmasquedWorld: The world of Nights is one where the supernatural is real and universally known and accepted as another mundane aspect of life. That said, this doesn’t mean there aren’t any supernatural creatures lurking around who endanger the lives around them, necessitating the existence of Oddity Hunters who directly deal with these threats as they emerge.
* WeirdnessMagnet: The entire city of Santo Pedro is a hotbed of paranormal activity ranging from benign things like jogging ghosts and [[TalkingAnimal talking star-nosed moles]] to [[OurCryptidsAreMoreMysterious horrific man-eating cryptids]] and [[spoiler: full-blown EldritchAbominations]].
* YourDaysAreNumbered: By virtue of being a Ghost, Matt only has 25 years to settle his unfinished business on Earth or else he’ll cease to exist. While Matt doesn’t make a big deal about this while around the rest of the gang for the most part, Issue #4 sees him becoming more openly concerned about his fate while [[HatesBeingAlone feeling increasingly alienated]] by Ivory and the others, who he wishes he can lean on more for [[AFriendInNeed morale support]].
[[caption-width-right:1000:''[[{{Tagline}} Youth is wasted on the young...]]'' ]]
-> ''Mom used to tell me stories about Santo Pedro. Where she wanted to raise me. She grew up there, in a place nicknamed "The Devil's Chair," where she met my father. I used to think that name was scary. She couldn't wait to show me everything she knew made it special. The friends I'd make, who I'd fall in love with. I wonder if that's all she wanted.''
-> ''But now its 1999 and she didn't live long enough to see that...''
Welcome to the TurnOfTheMillennium. [[AlternateHistory Florida is owned by Spain.]] [[DifferentStatesOfAmerica America consists of 31 States.]] The internet is still [[SlowLoadingInternetImage infantile]] and irrelevant...
''And ghosts, vampires, and all the other ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight [[TheUnmasquedWorld casually exists amongst humanity.]]''
[[ConvenientlyAnOrphan Orphaned by the unfortunate death of his parents]], Vince Okonma has arrived in the anomalous city of [[CityOfAdventure Santo Pedro]] to live with his [[ProfessionalKiller gun-for-hire]] cousin Ivory and his IndieGame developer turned [[DemBones skeletal]] [[FriendlyGhost specter]] roommate Matt. But while adjusting to the paranormal oddities of his new surroundings, Vince befriends and quickly develops a crush on Gray: a [[StatuesqueStunner tall]] [[RavenHairIvorySkin beautiful]] [[StickyFingers kleptomaniac]] German Vampire who ''also'' has been crashing at Ivory's place. After spending five years living together under the same roof, Vince must navigate his way through the [[ComingOfAgeStory trials and tribulations of adolescence]] as he struggles to muster up the confidence to [[CannotSpitItOut finally confess his feelings for Gray]]...all while gradually stumbling into a CosmicHorrorStory of [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt apocalyptic proportions]] in the process.
Published by Creator/ImageComics, ''Nights'' is an ongoing GothicHorror UrbanFantasy comic series written by Wyatt Kennedy, drawn by Luigi Formisano, with color art by Francesco Segala and Gloria Martinelli. Its first issue debuted on October 11, 2023.
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!!''Nights (2023)'' provides examples of:
* AffectionateNickname: Gray has affectionately been calling Vince her "''Rechte'' Hand" ever since he helped her steal an old lady's hat during the night they first met.
* AlternateHistory: The story takes place in a world where America is only comprised of 31 States and Spain apparently owns the entirety of Florida as a territory. Also, the supernatural exists and is treated as a [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight mundane aspect of life]] that the people of Santo Pedro have long since gotten used to.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: [[spoiler: Issue #1 concludes with a FlashForward to the far future where Santo Pedro is completely destroyed, a giant glowing Eldritch Abomination towers over the city’s ruins, and Vince’s narration pegs ''Gray'' as the one responsible for ''[[ApocalypseMaiden killing the world]]'', [[LittleDidIKnow much to his own initial ignorance to who she truly was.]] Multiple characters throughout the story, including one of Ivory’s targets and both Directors Tsukumari and Tsukumary, also allude to the idea that Gray isn’t as harmless as the main cast would like to believe.]]
* AxCrazy: On top of secretly moonlighting as a cold-blooded assassin, Ivory seems to secretly harbor a SplitPersonality or some [[DemonicPossession Dark Entity]] that constantly belittles him and compels him to commit [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill acts of ultra-violence]] while he’s on the clock. Ivory absolutely loathes this part of himself and tries to keep it hidden from his loved ones as best as he can.
* BigBrotherMentor: Both Ivory and Matt try their upmost best to be this for Vince since the former became his [[PromotionToParent legal guardian]], pushing him to commit to his studies and to never resort to violence, [[HypocriticalHumor all while introducing the kid to stuff]] like ''Manga/IchiTheKiller'' and [[OptionalSexualEncounter NSFW]] [[GameMod mods]] for ''Franchise/TombRaider''. Ivory even gushes over the prospect of finally being able to be the kid’s RomanticWingman when Vince admits he’s interested in a girl he knows.
* BilingualBonus: Gray originally hails from Germany and regularly speaks in her mother tongue while bantering with the rest of the cast. [[spoiler:This also enables her to [[TheTease playfully flirt with Vince]] without him fully realizing it [[TeasingFromBehindTheLanguageBarrier since he can’t understand what she’s actually saying]].]]
-->'''Gray:''' [After falling into a cavern] You okay?
-->'''Vince:''' Yeah. I was trying to catch you.
-->'''Gray:''' ''Du hast mich erwischt, liebling.''[[note]]"You got me, ''[[SignificantNameShift darling]]''."[[/note]]
-->'''Vince:''' [[CrushBlush W-What does that mean?]]
* CleavageWindow: Director Tsukumary, the leader of the [[HunterOfMonsters Oddity Hunters]] [[spoiler: after Tsukumari’s death]], has a [[MostCommonSuperpower massive bust]] emphasized by her cleavage exposing blouse. Even Gray refers to her as the "Mean Boob Lady."
* CoolBigSis: In contrast to Ivory and Matt, who are generally try to be the more "responsible" parental figures in Vince’s life, Gray is initially more of a [[ManicPixieDreamGirl manic]] older sister figure whose blithe and mischievous nature Vince is immediately enthralled by.
* CoolMask: Director Tsukumari wears a [[BlingofWar black and gold]] Oni mask that conceals the lower half of his face. It isn’t just for show though, as he needs it in order to communicate due to being heavily disfigured under it. Tsukumari also can only use it for a limited amount of time but can "[[InsertPaymentToUse buy more minutes]]" via ''[[RitualMagic smoking blunts wrapped in his written sins]]'' while wearing the mask.
* DarkAndTroubledPast:
** Ivory’s dad was murdered in a robbery when he was 10 years old and was groomed by his [[TheDon Crime Lord]] Uncle Goldie to be a ProfessionalKiller who could clean up the streets of Santo Pedro as his personal enforcer. While Ivory actually [[ReluctantWarrior abhors violence]] and wants to get out of the game, its his only reliable source of income as the gang’s primary breadwinner. [[spoiler:Ivory also might be involved in the disappearance of Molly’s kid brother, who haunts him alongside a black wolf-like monstrosity similar to the one Gray defeated in issue #3.]]
** Before Gray became the FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire of Santo Pedro, she was [[spoiler:Special Division Private Grayson Brown, an "[[HunterOfMonsters Oddity Hunter]]" who served under a [[NoSuchAgency clandestine organization]] dedicated to combating supernatural threats. She’s also greatly haunted by an incident in her past involving a BlackCloak wearing Spaniard who keeps creeping up in gore-filled visions featuring the deaths of her loved ones.]]
* DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu: A major focal point of the narrative revolves around the budding ParanormalRomance between Vince and Gray. The former is a relatively normal teenage boy while the latter is a [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld 185 year old]] German Vampire [[spoiler:who will apparently be responsible for ''[[ApocalypseMaiden killing the entire world]]'' in the far future.]]
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Gray is the sole Vampire living in Santo Pedro. While she is an [[StickyFingers unapologetic thief]] [[NewJobAsThePlotDemands who can’t keep a job to save her own skin]], she’s incredibly [[BlitheSpirit upbeat]] and loves her roommates [[FamilyOfChoice as if they were her own family]].
* HunterOfHisOwnKind: [[spoiler:Issue #3 reveals that Gray used to work for some kind of [[NoSuchAgency covert government organization]] as an "[[HunterOfMonsters Oddity Hunter]]" who answered directly to Director Tsukumari as part of some arrangement that resulted in her being [[ReassignedToAntarctica dumped in Santa Pedro]]. While Gray tells Vince that she wasn’t a part of them for long, her personal file they have in their archives is comprehensive and [[ClassifiedInformation heavily redacted]].]]
* InUniverseSoundtrack: The comic has its own official Spotify playlist for each issue, which features an eclectic mix of tracks from artists such as [[FolkRock The Stampeders]], Music/{{Nas}}, [[UsefulNotes/{{Synthwave}} Com Truise]], and Music/{{Thundercat}}. A lot of these tracks are even played in-universe via [[DiegeticSwitch Vince’s MP3 player and Ivory’s car radio]].
* LoveAtFirstSight: Vince becomes ''immediately'' enamored with Gray when he meets her face-to-face for the first time in 1999, regardless of the fact that he had just witnessed Gray casually penetrate her own skull to check her brain for a concussion after he had smacked her with his skateboard in a knee-jerk reaction.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Gray is over 185 years old, but is still [[TheAgeless physically 19 due to her vampirism]].
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: One of the most common sights to see In Santo Pedro are the Ghosts of people who died but couldn’t move on to the next life due to unfinished business they still have in the land of the living. They always manifest with the appearance of a skeleton with luminescent eyes, and if the Ghost doesn’t succeed in getting their affairs in order in less than 25 years, they will simply cease to exist in the blink of an eye.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Gray possesses many of the typical Vampire characteristics such as {{Flight}}, [[LightningBruiser enhanced strength and speed]], [[AbsurdlySharpClaws retractable razor-sharp claws]], [[TheAgeless immortality]], a [[HealingFactor rapid healing factor]], and a [[WeakenedByTheLight natural aversion to the sun]]. But she also notably lacks a need to consume blood and claims to be a special case [[VegetarianVampire who hasn’t needed to feed in over 50 years]].
* PrecociousCrush: PlayedForDrama. Vince first met [[TheAgeless Gray]] in 1999 when he was still a preteen and has been [[LoveAtFirstSight attracted to her ever since]]. One of the big things keeping him from being open about his true feelings for her is the fear that Gray might still see him [[LikeBrotherAndSister like a younger sibling]] even after the TimeSkip puts them in the same physical age range. [[spoiler:The SignificantNameShift Gray uses in Issue #4 heavily implies that [[FromRoommatesToRomance she's grown attracted to Vince in the same way]].]]
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The main cast of characters is comprised of a HormoneAddledTeenager with an avid interest in [[SingerSongwriter songwriting]], his older cousin who secretly works as a [[ProfessionalKiller hitman]] for a living, the DeadpanSnarker [[FriendlyGhost Ghost]] of a IndieGame dev who translates {{Hentai}} as a side gig, and a [[MonsterRoommate German Vampire]] with a [[StickyFingers kleptomaniac streak]], [[RoommateCom who all live together under the same roof]].
* TheUnmasquedWorld: The world of Nights is one where the supernatural is real and universally known and accepted as another mundane aspect of life. That said, this doesn’t mean there aren’t any supernatural creatures lurking around who endanger the lives around them, necessitating the existence of Oddity Hunters who directly deal with these threats as they emerge.
* WeirdnessMagnet: The entire city of Santo Pedro is a hotbed of paranormal activity ranging from benign things like jogging ghosts and [[TalkingAnimal talking star-nosed moles]] to [[OurCryptidsAreMoreMysterious horrific man-eating cryptids]] and [[spoiler: full-blown EldritchAbominations]].
* YourDaysAreNumbered: By virtue of being a Ghost, Matt only has 25 years to settle his unfinished business on Earth or else he’ll cease to exist. While Matt doesn’t make a big deal about this while around the rest of the gang for the most part, Issue #4 sees him becoming more openly concerned about his fate while [[HatesBeingAlone feeling increasingly alienated]] by Ivory and the others, who he wishes he can lean on more for [[AFriendInNeed morale support]].
