The preserved files
Earlier character dossiers
The cast has grown. These earlier stories, creatures and crews remain part of the archive, at their original addresses.
Meet the current original cast →Ananke
CharacterShe scheduled the future. The future arrived through the service entrance.
Anna Banana
CharacterShe could make a crowd laugh at anyone. Then she gave it the obvious choice.
Aubrey Rosales
CharacterEvery flower was in its proper place. That made the destruction wonderfully efficient.
Bunny Lopez
CharacterShe knew every shortcut in the city. The city had been saving one especially for her.
Crème Puffs
CharacterShe built a dessert taller than common sense. The guests brought both less and more than she expected.
Demon Rose
CharacterThe room remembered her. Unfortunately for the room, she remembered the bill.
Elowen Vale
CharacterThe tree showed her several futures. She selected the one with the best accommodation.
Emma
CharacterEmma feared being exposed. The household feared losing a fraud they could finally afford.
Ghostlight
CharacterGhostlight wanted the audience. The audience needed the exit.
Gropey
CreatureIf Gropey could reach it, Gropey considered ownership settled.
Honey Rodriguez
CharacterEveryone called her sweet until she started remembering what they owed.
Isabella
CharacterShe commissioned a better version of herself. It immediately became difficult to live up to.
Isadora
CharacterShe wanted a room that would never stop applauding. The room misunderstood nothing.
Jelly Beanz Jen
CharacterJen promised she could never lose. The carnival took that personally.
Jinxy Jenkins
CharacterShe claimed winter could not touch her. Winter requested a demonstration.
Kandi Kane
CharacterFormer Queen. Patient Zero. Current Example.
Kaylen Mire
CharacterHer map turned a swamp into an estate. The swamp declined the promotion.
Latch
CharacterLatch was told to hold the door. Nobody returned to explain when that should end.
Lilith
CharacterShe sold other people a good night. Her own account was badly overdue.
Linda
CharacterThe stranger demanded fear. Linda asked whether he had a reservation.
Lumpy
CreatureThey called him dead weight. Then they discovered who had been holding the roof up.
Marley Voss
CharacterMarley claimed everything the sea returned. The sea regarded this as a temporary arrangement.
Mel
CharacterMel stamped a masterpiece without making it. The metal insisted on discussing the arrangement.
Michaela
CharacterShe brought a legendary sword into a very practical tunnel.
Mona Khalifa
CharacterThey loved her anger once they found a way to put their name on it.
Moonwalk
CharacterMoonwalk could take back a step. It mistook that for taking back what happened there.
Nyxa.exe
CharacterThey replaced her with something more elegant. It immediately needed her help.
Pearl
CharacterThey called her blessed because the water shone. Nobody checked what was leaking into it.
Pipa
CharacterPipa could imitate any whistle in the city. Trust proved harder to counterfeit.
Recoil
CharacterRecoil promised every insult would be returned. Eventually nobody else needed to participate.
Sable Reign
CharacterThe crown fit perfectly. The consequences required alterations.
Tatiana la Tetona
CharacterShe promised to break the fortress before sunrise. Technically, she broke a building.
The Fishbeck Twins
AntagonistEach twin could prove the other was elsewhere. Neither could prove anyone should care.
The Goon Gang
GroupEveryone came to lead. Nobody brought the ladder.
The Runt Swarm
GroupThe fortress counted strength by height. Its supplies were stored close to the floor.
The Runts
CreatureThey were assigned the work nobody valued and the blame nobody wanted.
The Warden
AntagonistThe first person he failed to keep in line was himself. He made everyone else pay for the lesson.
The Warpig
CreatureThey bred a reputation for destruction around a creature mostly interested in what was cooking.
Tripwire
CharacterTripwire detected everything. That was precisely the problem.
Turnip
CreatureTurnip had an answer for everything. The answers had only recently started meeting the questions.
Vexxy
CharacterThey hired her to keep the alarms quiet. They should have specified which alarms.
Virelle
CharacterThey gave her a name meant to break her. She made them say it while asking for help.