I will not be that original for the #knd background character expension, because I am not that imaginative for background characters in the first place. I usually don’t care about them, because they’re in the background but ah what the hell, why not.
Here’s Numbuh Ten to Midnight from the comic Op: P.A.P.E.R.C.U.T.. We don’t know much about him, so I’ll start with his name : Jerome Milford, based on Jerome Tobacyk and Gary Milford, some dudes who wrote stuff about paranormal phenomenons. He looks rad with his black robe. I love this, okay? Black robes are awesome.
He clearly changes his voice to sound more ominous or mysterious. He normally has braces so his voices is actually ‘nerdy’. Also, his official title is the ‘Master of the Mystically Mysterious’, but we don’t know which sector he is from. There’s a lot of groups that are not actual sectors: the full time 2x4 tech scientists, the decommissioning squad, the artic guards and trainers, the full time medics, the hair stylists, etc... so why not say he’s from a special force against paranormal stuff that would also include vampires, werewolves/dogs, ghosts, leprechauns and stuff? Because I decided it was the case and you can’t stop me low key want now a fic were he has to deal with Nigel for being an actual demon xD
«Unscientific».... I bet Ten to Midnight would be the first to claim Father is a demon let me have this
A bunch of headcanon stuff:
- He totally is a goth nerd
- He listens to goth/metal bands like Evanescence or Within Temptation.
- He shops at Hot Topic
- He actually likes horror movies
- When he’s confronted to actual monsters, he can get surprised and scared and losing his cool just like in the comic.
- He takes everything to his work related seriously, even if people just want to make fun of him
- He reads a lot
- The dude has canonically bags under his eyes, undeniably proof he also stays up late all the time. Why? I don’t know, to get in the mood maybe?
Little bonus because I thought this quite funny:
