Marv

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**Marv** is the project manager at Fizzle and the one directly responsible for Jackie’s internship duties. A friendly face to some and an insufferable micromanager to others, Marv’s true intentions at Fizzle are as inscrutable as his head is bald. However, he does seem to be an unscrupulous and manipulative individual, persuading Jackie to kill monsters on her first day of the job and threatening to have her internship "reconsidered" if she refuses.

## Story

**Major story spoilers ahead!**

On Jackie's first day at Fizzle, Marv is showing her an introductory video providing some details about her internship. Jackie pauses the video, explaining that she's already seen it, so Marv prepares to break the ice before being interrupted by the sudden appearance of a Joblin Sellsword. Jackie is understandably shaken, but Marv reacts extremely casually, instructing Jackie to go kill it. She does so, and afterwards Marv tasks her with descending into Joblin and killing the rest of the monsters. When Jackie refuses, Marv threatens to have Avie "reconsider" her position, and she pensively agrees.

After Jackie is defeated by the Caffiend's horde of Joblins, she tells Marv she doesn't think she's up to the task of clearing out the dungeon. Marv dismisses her concerns and sends her back down again. Once Jackie triumphs over the Caffiend, she retrieves his Mana Press and brings it back to Marv. He explains its arcane power as a Relic of a failed startup, then installs it in the Fizzle lobby on the central fountain. He also tells Jackie that the slide to Styxcoin was discovered by the cleaning crew the previous night, tasking her with retrieving the Relic from there as well. The slide to Winkydink opens up while Jackie is fighting through Styxcoin, and Marv tasks her with obtaining its Relic on top of the previous two.

When Jackie recovers the third Relic, Marv prepares to explain its purpose to her, but it mysteriously installs itself before he can say anything. The Fizzle fountain rises up and reveals a colorful portal beneath it. Marv, caught off-guard, calls it the "Portal of Productivity" and orders Jackie to keep away from it to try and quell her suspicions. Afterwards, he disappears from the Fizzle office. Unsurprisingly, Marv's lie is not compelling enough for Jackie, and she leaps in to explore.

Jackie enters the Co-Working Space and begins fighting through it. She eventually reaches the very bottom of it and finds Marv waving his arms around, in the middle of a bizarre ritual. He explains that the power of all the startups that Cubicle has dissolved has accumulated in the Co-Working Space, and by using this power in conjunction with the Relics Jackie gathered, he might be able to convince Cubicle to give Fizzle more funding. Jackie fails to see why Marv would go to all this trouble instead of simply being a better manager, and the two clash. She ultimately defeats Marv, who tells her that she has doomed Fizzle. He claims that he has a safety net, unlike the other employees of Fizzle, and disappears.

**More spoilers lie ahead!**
Marv reappears on floor 999 of Cubicle as Vested Marv, explaining that when Fizzle went under, Cubicle offered him a corporate position that he accepted. He tells Jackie that the only way to stand up to overwhelming corporate power is to wield great power, but Jackie once again tells him that everything could have been avoided had he just been a better manager. Once again the two do battle, and Jackie emerges victorious. She takes Marv's Union Buster and proceeds higher in Cubicle.

After the defeat of Avie, Marv's fate is unknown. He is not seen in the ending, and the Fizzle employees wonder about what happened to him (although they are not particularly worried about him, after all he put them through).

## Boss Fight

**Marv**, the Inside Traitor, is the boss of the Co-Working Space. He wields the Cornercutter, another of which is also found in the center of the arena. He moves and strikes swiftly and purposefully with a slew of attacks.

* **Smoke Bomb** - To get around the arena quickly, Marv teleports by disappearing and reappearing in clouds of smoke.
* **Slice** - Marv runs up to Jackie, then slices at her with his sword.
* **Thrust** - Marv points his sword at Jackie, then thrusts forward, covering a long distance.
* **Trust Fall** - Marv teleports above Jackie, crosses his arms over his chest, and falls flat onto the ground. This creates a large explosion.
* **Office Barrage** - Several random junk items appear above Marv, and they fly at Jackie one by one.
* **Parry** - Periodically, Marv will put up his sword in a defensive stance and flash briefly. If Jackie attacks him during this period, he takes no damage and counterattacks.

**More spoilers lie ahead!**
**Vested Marv** is the boss of floor 999 of Cubicle. True to his name, he wears an open vest, and he now wields the Union Buster, a gigantic box cutter. Many of his attacks are identical to the first fight, but he has some new tricks up his lack of sleeves.

* **Smoke Bomb** - Same as the first fight.
* **Thrust** - Same as the first fight.
* **Trust Fall** - Same as the first fight.
* **Office Barrage** - Same as the first fight.
* **Parry** - Same as the first fight.
* **Buster Slice** - Marv runs up to Jackie, then slices at her twice.
* **Tack Trap** - Occasionally, Marv will lay down a clump of upright thumbtacks. These hurt Jackie on contact, but can be destroyed by attacking them.

Once Vested Marv has lost enough health, he extends the Union Cutter, increasing the range of all his sword attacks. Additionally, Cubicle Fulfillers begin entering the arena, some of which drop cubes and the rest of which attack Jackie.