Brandon An

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A chubby Black man wearing a heavy winter jacket despite the tunnel heat, carrying a comically oversized hammer looped over one shoulder, its round head nearly as wide as a Chopper tire and glittering with some lightweight magical metal. No other visible armor or gear.^B1C22

Floor 3, in its final minutes, per his own last message; never shown on the page^B3C3

Descends through the Rage Elemental's stairwell hole to floor 3 with Meadow Lark's 36 remaining residents, riding a cruder cart system built from chopper wheels and wood^B1C41

The Big Shot Chicken safe room, floor 2, helping build the MOAB, then staying behind with Imani as Carl and Donut ride out to lure the Rage Elemental away^B1C40

The Big Shot Chicken safe room, floor 2, watching the recap episode^B1C39

The Big Shot Chicken safe room, floor 2, pulling residents clear of the door^B1C38

A side hallway off the main corridor, bordering the kobold quadrant, floor 2, towing the parade float toward the stairs^B1C37

Floor 2's first safe room, the storm shelter, still bringing residents in as the next episode starts^B1C31

The borough boss arena, saying goodbye as Carl and Donut head down to floor 2 alone^B1C27

The borough boss arena at the center of the spiral maze, helping wipe out the Ball of Swine^B1C26

At his group's encampment beside a round maze's drawbridge gate, floor 1^B1C22

Send the group's non-fighters down to floor 3 early once everyone's slept, since there's no point keeping them on a floor they can't train on; he and the rest of Meadow Lark plan to go with them rather than risk getting separated^B1C31

Party:

Named Meadow Lark in the pre-fight mugshot lineup, alongside Chris, Yolanda, and Imani^B1C26

Agatha:

Asks Carl and Donut to try to find her, calling her "a crazy asshole, but she's our crazy asshole"^B1C27

Calls her a "crazy bat" who's going to get them all killed when she forces her way into the fight^B1C26

Chides her for wasting a can of spray paint; Brandon's account of the facility fire implicates her without naming her outright^B1C22

Carl:

Sends a final chat message, also addressed to Imani and Elle, arriving while the party was incommunicado waiting for floor 4 to open; Carl finds it in a new "Messages from deceased Crawlers" folder and it vanishes from his list once he closes it^B3C3

First contact since parting ways at the end of floor 2: a long message reporting his group is deep in its own race and class selection, that he stayed human himself while Chris and Imani did not, and that most residents are still level one despite stacking up Legendary Pacifist Boxes for clearing floor 3 without landing a hit. Carl writes back asking him to stay safe and passes along the manager-benefit advice Odette once gave them^B2C8

Says a final goodbye, pulling him into a hug rather than the offered handshake, after Carl asks him to loot whatever's left in the hole^B1C41

Helps design and build the MOAB, argues (and mostly loses) over renaming it Bomb Chicken, and gets a message from him afterward to get his group to the stairs immediately^B1C40

Locks eyes with him right after the new safe-room-closure rule is announced, both silently realizing it's time to give up on staying with the group; questions him when he starts clearing floor space and pulling items from his inventory^B1C39

Takes Elle McGibbons from him at the safe room door and helps her drink down a health potion^B1C38

Reunites with him at the parade float, recaps the Mind Horrors fight, and thanks him for helping the group at his own detriment^B1C37

Turns down his offer of help moving the group, agrees to let him and Donut clear a path first, and shakes his hand goodbye^B1C27

Meets him for the first time, startled by his Royal Bodyguard title before laughing it off; lays out his group's situation and hears Carl's plan to team up against the borough boss^B1C22

Chris Andrews 2:

Recounts, in his final message, a fight that drove Chris out of the party along with a few others, all of whom are now confirmed dead except Chris himself; Chris is alive per Brandon's chat list but won't accept his messages, which Brandon guesses might be a block. Asks Carl to find Chris and pass along an apology and an unspoken "I love you"^B3C3

Works alongside him on the MOAB's build^B1C40

Confirmed as his older brother in the narration this chapter, the first time either brother's age is stated^B1C31

His brother and fellow night-shift coworker; speaks for him since Chris rarely talks^B1C22

Donut:

Scratches her goodbye, calling her Princess Donut^B1C27

Meets her for the first time, apologizes for assuming Carl was traveling alone, and pats her head; she's outraged and thrilled in equal measure^B1C22

Imani C:

Coworker; Brandon won't say much about what she had to do defending residents during one attack, only that it was for the better^B1C22

Yolanda Martinez 13:

Coworker at the same facility^B1C22

Jack:

Growls in fury once Jack's dead, furious the man knew about the rule since Brandon himself had it explained to him^B1C38

Henry:

Holds the line with him against the advancing Shade Gremlins in floor 3's last minutes; both die^B3C3