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Episode 04 - Crossroads

**Crossroads** is the fourth episode of The Scratched Universe, It was released in August 3rd, 2021.

Work in progress…

## Appearances

* Heavy Guy - A Heavy class mercenary and stand user with the resolve to be the strongest.
* Crush - Heavy Guy’s stand specialising in short-ranged combat and abilities.
* KIA - A Soldier class mercenary and stand user with extensive knowledge of the Distorted.
* American Myth - KIA’s stand specialising in ranged combat and abilities.
* Fixer - A Scout class mercenary and former Locomotive Engineer who survived the outbreak at Railway United. Currently lives with Jumpsuit and Bonkbot in his apartment, and is confirmed to be suffering from PTSD and Survivor’s Guilt.
* Jumpsuit - A Scout class mercenary, reformed serial killer, and former Locomotive Engineer who survived the outbreak at Railway United. Currently lives with Fixer and Bonkbot in Fixer’s apartment, and is shown to have been affected by Hotrod’s death.
* Bonkbot - A custom-built BLU Robot Scout who aided in Jumpsuit and Fixer’s escape from the outbreak at Railway United. Currently lives with the duo in Fixer’s apartment.
* Alien Walker - Arachnid-like robots of alien origin responsible for the Distortion outbreaks in server networks.
* The Distorted - Former mercenaries successfully transformed into puppets of the Distortion outbreak, intent on killing anyone who gets in their way.
* The Slam - A rare Distorted variant with superhuman strength.
* Foster (brief) - A Scout class mercenary working for the V.A.C as a high ranking Commanding officer.
* Veerus (brief) - A mysterious Medic class mercenary and stand user aiding in the Alien invasion.
* Sniffers (brief) - Zombie-like Pyros that rely on echolocation and their sensitive sense of smell to detect others and traverse the terrain around them.
* Bravo (cameo)

## Trivia

* *Crossroads* marks KIA’s first appearance in the series since Episode 1.
	+ Additionally, Episode 4 reaffirms KIA’s status as the first stand user shown in the series, with American Myth being the first stand shown in the series
	+ This also marks the first appearance of a deceased member of KIA’s former security team since Episode 1.
* This is the first episode in the series to debut the appearance of a lieutenant Alien Walker
	+ Additionally, this is the first episode in the series to imply a ranking system amongst the Alien Walkers
* *Crossroads* introduces Distorted variants for the first time.
* From *Crossroads* onwards, the series switches from the perspectives of the two protagonists: Heavy Guy and Fixer.
* It is implied through Bonkbot that the unknown RED Engineer Fixer and Jumpsuit were close to may have survived the Railway United outbreak, as dialogue suggests he was nowhere to be found
* This is the first episode within the series to not have unique names for the episode chapters
	+ Additionally, this is the final episode within the series to utilize 'chapters' for each episode
Screaming Eagle

Screaming Eagle is a supporting character in The Scratched Universe. He is introduced in Episode 05 - Kicking against Pricks.

He is a member of the Black Feather Nestwork (B.F.N), a cable news television channel of the server network.

## Appearance

Screaming Eagle is a BLU Soldier who wears fancy attire, following B.F.N's dress code. Like all of its cast members, Screaming Eagle is a member of the Birdhead species.

The standard Soldier helmet is worn over his bald eagle head, and a Brawling Buccaneer coat is worn over his torso.

## Personality

Not much is known about Screaming Eagle's personality as he was only seen for a few moments.

Like most members of the B.F.N, he shares the sense of professionalism and organized speech during his reports.

## Abilities

It is currently unknown if Screaming Eagle - along with the other newscast members, have supernatural or anomalous properties.
Fight the System

Fight the System / FtS is the gadget-bound stand of The Masked Spy. It makes its debut in Episode 02 - Endless Greed.

## Appearance

Fight the System has some resemblance to switchblades such as the Sharp Dresser or Big Earner, but with a more sophisticated and highly advanced look to it. The blade is retractable, making a distinct noise when doing so.

When the stand is being used to perform any sort of action involving its ability, its body will emit brief blue colored LED lights through some of its protrusions.

## Abilities

Fight the System's abilities can be summarized as portable malware for any kind of machinery, such as an Engineer's buildings and even the server the stand user is currently in.

When the stand user desires to infiltrate the systems of a machine, Fight the System's blade must be unsheathed and then "connected" by making physical contact with the target. In terms of "hijacking" a server, no physical contact is necessary as FtS can remotely access it by spawning one of its many data cubes with the stand user's commands. It will then contact with the server and fulfill FtS' demand.

* **Item Spawning**:

As evidenced in EP:02, FtS can spawn world entities such as Halloween gifts and Spy knives.

* **Body Absorption**:

Fight the System can absorb the body of a dead victim, deleting them permanently from the data network.

* **Entity Manipulation**:

The Masked Spy controlled one of his dead victims (a RED Medic) as a puppet, managed to give him a way to bypass friendly fire, allowing the controlled Medic to kill his own teammates and was proven to be a perfectly preserved disguise with no changes whatsoever.

* **RCON Access**:

Fight the System successfully turned off the respawn system of a standard Fragging server, a command that can only be accessible and possible to be used by a server owner.

## Trivia

* The original weapon model was created by the user Gian9er, published on Gamebanana;
* Fight the System's overall look and usage is inspired by the Parazon, a gadget from the videogame called Warframe;
	+ The same applies for most of its sound design.
Magnum Opus

## The Magnum Opus

The Magnum Opus, or more commonly known as Desert Eagle, is a magnum pistol that featured for the first time in Episode 03 - The Distortion. It is Fixer's signature weapon.

The weapon is a prototype, meaning that it is the first of its production line and it is not currently available for public use. It is unknown if more exist, but knowing that Jumpsuit somehow knew of its existence inside Railway United and possibly smuggled it for future use, it is likely.

## Attributes

### Appearance

The Magnum Opus bears an extremely similar appearance to the IMI Desert Eagle, but with a more fitting artistic style akin to the world of *Team Fortress 2.*

### Damage

The weapon possesses a very low fire rate due to its very strong recoil and heavy build, but it compensates this by having some of the most devastating damage possible from a single secondary weapon.

The bullets deal heavy damage to a target's body, between 106 to 147 HP, depending on the affected area - legs being the lowest, torso being the highest. However, what the weapon excels at is headshot damage, dealing enough damage to instantly kill any normal mercenary - 454 to 941 HP.

### Ammunition

The weapon fires modified pistol rounds with innate armor piercing and can punch-through several targets at once, should they be conveniently lined up with the bullet's trajectory. The weapon sports a magazine of 7 rounds and reserves of 35, for a total of 5 magazines; suffers from no damage falloff and has near-perfect accuracy.

## References

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert\_Eagle
Unknown Sniper Rifle

This sniper rifle is Dispatch's preferred weapon. Its name is currently unknown.

## Attributes

### Appearance

The weapon's appearance is rather futuristic and somewhat out of place. The weapon's framework has a dark yellow, black and grey color scheme, with blue scope lenses. Inside the scope, the display is futuristic and digital, along with a short beeping noise when the weapon is fully charged and ready to fire.

### Damage

For now, the damage on the weapon was only briefly showcased being able to kill a Distorted Spy in a single hit, sending the body flying dozens of meters away and causing the body to immediately start decomposition.

The kinetic power is strong enough to at least perfectly dispatch of a light-class Distorted mercenary with a single shot to the head.

### Ammunition

The kind of ammunition the weapon uses is unknown, but it is more powerful than a standard sniper rifle bullet. When the weapon was fired, it triggered a sonic boom - which is a sound associated with shock waves created when an object travels through the air faster than the speed of sound. Sonic booms generate enormous amounts of sound energy, sounding similar to an explosion or a thunderclap to the human ear. However, no weapon sound was heard before or after the sonic boom.

The amount of ammunition within the weapon's "magazine" and the total of reserves are currently unknown.

## Trivia

* The original weapon is a TF2 mod created by ChoEv, with the given name of *Singularity*.
* The weapon's firing sound has great resemblance to Halo 3's Beam Rifle firing sounds;
Vile

> That's a Vile: flanks or rushes its victims, then it blows up. Don't let it blow up near you!
>
> KIA, introducing the Vile to Heavy Guy and Smoke

## The Vile

### Species

Distorted Variant

The Vile is a common Variant focused on ambushing or flanking its victims before expiring itself in a violent and devastating acidic explosion. A Vile is the result of a somewhat common organic reaction of the Distortion towards Medic hosts when regenerating lost tissue in the cerebral cortex.

This type of variant can be a common encounter in compromised servers or derelicts. A Vile can also be created by forcing a mutation from a Lieutenant’s flash.

Viles are disposable, easy to create, can deal massive damage to anyone within its explosion radius, and have enough intelligence to utilize ambush and flanking tactics to reach their target.

## Appearance

Viles are Medic class Distorted mercenaries that went through the Variant phase with little visual changes. Their heads are bulbous, repulsive glowing masses of sickly green-colored matter, hence their namesake - covering their faces within a gas mask.

## Abilities & Weaknesses

Viles are to be considered as normal Distorted mercenaries but with a higher tendency to flank or ambush their target, should the opportunity be possible. Otherwise, the Vile will recklessly sprint at their target, expire itself and trigger its extremely damaging acidic explosion. Viles are to be exterminated on sight due to their reckless, cunning nature and innate ability to not feel any sort of pain.

### Volatile Explosion

When a Vile is expired or forces this on itself, the body will convulse and their heads will bloat momentarily before the entire host explodes in a shower of acidic viscera, dealing extremely high damage to any victims caught in its blast radius.

### Pain Suppression

Viles do not feel pain, and thus their pursuit is not interrupted even if limbs are cut or blown apart.

### High Intelligence

Like most Medic hosts of the Distortion, Viles possess a great degree of intelligence and utilize it to flank, ambush, hide or be silent in order to catch their target.
Hamafolius

**Hamafolius** (lit. "bucket leaf") is a clade of Erectufyte found in arid regions of Nusku.

## Description

Native to the northern deserts of Nusku, Hamafolius is capable of opening and closing their bucket-shaped leaves against their stem. Due to the arid habitat, Hamafolius generally keeps its leaves closed, only opening them during the brief periods of rain to collect as much water as possible.

## Navigation

	+ *Purpungomorph*
		- Purpungos†
		- *Latafylla*
			* *Latafyllid*
				+ Latafyllo†
				+ *Prototerrafylla*
					- Prototerrafyllo
					- *Euterrafyllo*
						* *Euterrafyllomorph*
							+ *Terrafyllomorph*
								- *Terrafyte*
									* Bulbufyte
									* Terrafyllo
								- Latusfyte
							+ Brevefyte
						* Erectufolius
							+ Erectufyte
							+ **Hamafolius**
			* Simafolium†
	+ *Euvelosfyllo*†
		- Velosfyllo†
		- Acusfyte†
Prototerrafyllo

**Prototerrafyllo** (lit. "early land leaf") is a lineage of Latafyllo which comprise all known extant Purpungos.

## Description

### Composition

Prototerrafyllo uses sexual production, having evolved a male gametangium from the tip of their stem: the female gametangia are derived from their leaves once they reach a large enough covering of male gametes. The fertilized female gametes are then released to be dispersed away from the parent.

The basal Prototerrafyllo, which remain exclusively in the water, are smaller than their terrestrial derivatives, and have a less dense canopy. They release their fertilized gametes as spores, which are dispersed into the water via currents. They have no specializations on their leaves for catching male gametes beyond a rough surface.

### History

The evolution of Prototerrafyllo (which likely began in Nusku's pupil), marked the beginning of the Proto-Nuskuan Extinction. With improved genetic diversity from its sexual reproduction, the Prototerrafyllo outcompeted every asexually reproducing group of Purpungos within eight million years: approximately halfway through this period, a branch evolved into the true Terrafyllo, the first terrestrial Purpungos. This in turn led to a cascade of events that altered the composition of Nusku's oceans and took roughly forty million years to stabilize.

At the turn of Nusku's second biological era, the aquatic Prototerrafyllo have a monopoly on the oceanic ecosystems, and are poised to diversify as one of the key players in the new era.

## Navigation

	+ *Purpungomorph*
		- Purpungos†
		- *Latafylla*
			* *Latafyllid*
				+ Latafyllo†
				+ *Prototerrafylla*
					- **Prototerrafyllo**
					- *Euterrafyllo*
						* *Euterrafyllomorph*
							+ *Terrafyllomorph*
								- *Terrafyte*
									* Bulbufyte
									* Terrafyllo
								- Latusfyte
							+ Brevefyte
						* Erectufolius
							+ Erectufyte
							+ Hamafolius
			* Simafolium†
	+ *Euvelosfyllo*†
		- Velosfyllo†
		- Acusfyte†
Fantasic Republic

## Overview

The Senate of The Fantasic Republic otherwise known as the Fantasic Republic or Fantasia, is a large state located within the Enlightened Region. It is one of the largest and most populated nations in all of Fantasy, having gotten it's name through being a union between a diverse population of Fantasy creatures/species. Fantasia can also be found within the Spore Realm controlling most of the "Spore Low Lands" and can be found in the Northern Islands controlling the island of "Skipio."

## Government

Fantasia is a Representative Democratic Republic, meaning the people will vote on a delegate to represent their Region in the Senate. The Senate is the legislative branch of the Fantasic Republic, while executive power is held by the Chancellor whom which is elected through the Regional vote. The Chronicles of Natural Rights serves as Fantasia's judicial backbone to keep, create, and destroy laws.

## Military

The Grand Army of Fantasia is the main protector of the Fantasic Republic. The G.A.F. consist of mainly "clones' a human species who lives near Manstale. All Clone Adult Males are apart of this Grand Army. The Grand Army of Fantasia (G.A.F.) consist of 2.9 Million Clones and the head of this massive force is Chancellor of the Fantasic Republic. The Grand Army of Fantasia is divided into 2 Corps of 1.45 Million Clones. 1 Corp is led by a Commander who the 2nd Highest ranking Army rank. A Corp is divided further into 12 Divisions of 120,000 Clones. A Division is led by a General and a Master Jewbel Knight. A Division is further divided into 24 Legions. One Legion consist of 5,000 Soldiers, a Legion is led by a Lieutenant Colonel and sometimes a Jewbel Squire. A Legion is even more divided into 48 Companies. One Company consist of 104 soldiers, a company is led by a Captain who is considered the most basic officer. A Company can be further divided into 12 Teams. One Team consist of 8 Soldiers who are led either by a Royal Knight or a Head Knight.

While the Grand Army mostly consist of clones there are also specialist units. There is the Guard Division. The Guard Division consist of 3 units, Guards, Royal Guards, and Arcane Guardians. There is also the Assassin Legion which consist of Assassins. The Defense Division consist of 3 units, Archers, Mages, and Artillery. The last specialist unit is the Tank Division. The Rank Division consist of just 2 units, the Giants and Elite Knights.

[NAVY WIP]

## Diplomacy

Insert country here - Insert diplomatic status with them here
Episode 05 - Kicking against Pricks

**Kicking against Pricks** is the fifth episode of The Scratched Universe. It was released February 26th, 2022.

Work in progress…

## Appearances

* Heavy Guy - A Heavy class mercenary and stand user working alongside KIA.
* Crush - Heavy Guy’s stand specialising in short-range combat and abilities.
* KIA - A Soldier class mercenary and stand user working alongside Heavy Guy.
* American Myth - KIA’s stand specialising in ranged combat and abilities.
* P-Rick - A Scout class mercenary living the life of a Fragger. He is a stand user who utilises his stand to gain the upper hand and otherwise cheat in fragging matches. He is temporarily killed by Jumpsuit but is brought back to life through the respawn system.
* Drop It - P-Rick’s stand specialising in short-range combat and abilities, alongside being able to manipulate time.
* Fixer - A Scout class mercenary suffering from PTSD and Survivor’s Guilt after surviving the events of the Railway United outbreak. Currently works Server Janitorial Duty as a Server Cleaner (courtesy of Foster).
* Jumpsuit - A Scout class mercenary and reformed serial killer who survived the events of the Railway United outbreak. Alongside Fixer, he currently works Server Janitorial Duty as a Server Cleaner (courtesy of Foster).
* Bonkbot - A custom built BLU Robot Scout living with Fixer and Jumpsuit after helping the duo escape the Railway United Outbreak.
* Janitor - A Demoman class mercenary living the life of a civilian working Server Janitorial Duty as the Cleaning Chief.
* Molly - A custom built drone designed with helping Janitor and the other Server Cleaners in janitorial duties through the abilities programmed into her advanced technology.
* Foster (brief) - A Scout class mercenary working for V.A.C as a high ranking Commander, and is responsible for giving Fixer and Jumpsuit their new jobs.
* Dispatch (brief) - A Sniper class mercenary working for V.A.C as a high ranking Assassin.
* Hotrod (brief) - The deceased form of an Engineer class mercenary. It is unknown whether or not Hotrod is a Distorted, but it is heavily implied that he has been resurrected since his death during the Railway United outbreak.
* Terge and Skimmer (brief) - A Demoman and Sniper class mercenary civilians respectively, both working Server Janitorial Duty as Server Cleaners for Janitor.
* Smoke (cameo)

## Trivia

* *Kicking against Pricks* is the first episode in which both protagonists cross paths for the first and only time (as of Episode 6 Part 2)
* This episode marks the first time Jumpsuit communicates with Fixer
* This is the only episode outside of *I for an Eye* to not feature the Alien Walker
* As of Episode 6 Part 2, this is the only episode where Heavy Guy uses a physical weapon. This is not counting the finger weapon he used in the previous episode
	+ Additionally, this is the first time since *I for an Eye* where KIA uses a rocket launcher
* This is the first episode within the series to not utilize 'chapters' within the episode
	+ Additionally, episodes following *Kicking against Pricks* do not return to the 'chapters' format per episode
GEl

The unnamed Gel character appears in Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 6 for only a moment. He is one of the episodes many teachers. He is one of the teachers in this episode when Red Guy is trying to turn off the machine. He was going to be a future teacher who was going to teach them about gel.

## Quotes

* "Let's learn about gel, I know about gel..."

## Trivia

* In the "health shape" from Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 5 there's a "food group" called GEL.
Sniffers

Full body view of a RED Sniffer

Sniffers are zombie-like Pyros that have been infected by Veerus' Stand. They make their debut in Episode 01 - I for an Eye.

## Appearance

Sniffers appear to only be composed of Pyro class mercenaries, ranging from RED and BLU with different states of decay. Their mouths are always partially exposed, showing their teeth and rotting jaws. They are somewhat difficult to be recognized from a distance due to their silhouette.

Recently created Sniffers do not show signs of rot and decay from their bodies, making recognition even more difficult from a distance.

Their posture and movement is erratic, twitchy and animalistic, especially when provoked.

A RED Sniffer variant (Decayed)A BLU Sniffer variant (Decayed)
## Abilities & Weaknesses

Sniffers do not possess many worthwhile abilities, functioning more as cannon fodder for their master. They are almost completely blind and partially deaf, guiding themselves with echolocation originating from their voices and footsteps. However, their strength lies in their numbers and tracking ability.

Sniffers can only sense the presence of prey when disturbed by unusual noises such as voices, gunfire and loud bangs; or if the prey is showing signs of emotion through a certain threshold, which will be detectable through its very sensitive sense of smell, hence their namesake.

If a fellow mercenary is expressing emotions like anger; fear; sadness or happiness, these will be secreted from their bodies as a form of pheromones, which will then be detected by Sniffers.

Sniffers can be disposed of rather easily: if the victim controls their emotions entirely and does not raise suspicion through loud noises, the Sniffer will be completely oblivious of their whereabouts, giving the mercenary a chance to either escape or kill it.

Sniffers are not resilient and can be killed rather easily by powerful weaponry through loud or silent means, although it is ill-advised to use loud weaponry when in the vicinity of a group of Sniffers, as their fragile appearance can cause naïve mercenaries to underestimate their overwhelming strength and speed in numbers. Silenced weaponry however, can make trivial work of Sniffers from a distance, or up close with certain kinds of melee weapons.

## Trivia

* The Sniffers' faces is a workshop cosmetic item called The Fume Filtrater, created by Ry▲n, Zwappa, Rotzlöffel and Juodvarnis;
	+ Which in itself takes inspiration from the Snork from the S.T.A.L.K.E.R series.
* Their overall behavior and sound design is inspired by the Fallout series' feral ghouls.
Crowley

Crowley is a supporting character in The Scratched Universe. He is introduced in Episode 05 - Kicking against Pricks.

He is the founder and host of the Black Feather Nestwork (B.F.N), a cable news television channel of the server network.

## Appearance

Crowley is a RED Spy who wears fancy attire, following B.F.N's dress code. Like all of its cast members, Crowley is a member of the Birdhead species, showing his avian head; hands and talons. He wears a Tsarboosh on the top of his head; and a Smoking Gunman coat over his body.

During his presentations, he is shown having a partially filled wine glass resting on his right hand.

## Personality

Crowley is a polite, posh, intelligent and organized birdhead mercenary. During his introductions, he warmly welcomes his viewers as "fellow mercenaries" before beginning his reports.

During his reports, his speech and mannerisms are organized, professional and also shows sign of respect towards any and all mercenaries - including the diseased if said reports reference this to begin with.

## Abilities

It is currently unknown if Crowley - along with the other newscast members, have supernatural or anomalous properties.

## Trivia

* Crowley is heavily inspired by Sir Raven from *The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy*, an American animated television series.
Ullr

**Ullr** is the sixth and final planet in the Roseus System.

## Description

### Composition

Ullr is cooler and dryer than the other planets in the habitable zone: however, it is also the only planet with a day-night cycle.

Ullr has a single "moon" named Lilla. While smaller than Ullr, Lilla has roughly the mass of Earth, and both bodies are tidally-locked with each other, making Ullr and Lilla more like a dual-planet system, comparable to Pluto and Charon.

### Life

Ullr is the farthest planet in the Roseus System's habitable zone. It was the final planet in the system to develop life, doing so 15 million years after life first appeared on Mazu. Due to its distance from Roseus, Ullr is less capable of supporting biomass than Mazu or Nusku.

## Videos

No videos regarding Ullr have been released. Content regarding Ullr will be listed under "Season 4".
Whimmer

> Whimmers by themselves are completely harmless. They function like living jammers. (...)
>
> KIA, introducing the Whimmers to Heavy Guy and Smoke

## The Whimmer

### Species

Distorted Variant

The Whimmer is an environmental hazard, deployed within derelict servers to isolate and secure any inbound and outbound signals, and seize function of any electronic devices within its vicinity. Whimmers are often deployed in groups to intensify and be more efficient in their sole purpose. They are a very common Variant as their big groups and frequent appearances prove their highly successful mutation rates.

A Whimmer will move on its own accord to find the most efficient spot to utilize its jamming ability. They will then become idle and a constant electronic “singing” will be heard.  During their singing, random gibberish can be heard, including distorted and undecipherable Morse code.

As it was explained by KIA himself, Whimmers by themselves are completely harmless. They only exist to perform their purpose of being a living jamming device. They don’t react to any kind of outside source, like noise; damage inflicted upon it; or speech. They also have no sense of self-preservation.

It is not clear if Whimmers themselves are sentient or self-aware, like their fellow Distorted and Variants counterparts.

## Appearance

Whimmers take on the appearance of a Spy mercenary, with no sign of decay, rot or body damage. The only difference between a Spy and a Whimmer is their long cyan glowing “sapling” protruding from the neck, where the head should be located.

The sapling itself is alive and will move on its own when the body is idle and capturing a signal. Blood spilled from the sapling is colored cyan, much like a Walker’s glow.

The bodies are often struck in poses as if they were in pain; worshipping something; or in awe. They can also be seen twitching very subtly.

## Abilities & Weaknesses

### Electronic Interference

The most important ability of a Whimmer. In order for the Distorted’s derelict servers to remain safe from the VAC or any kind of outside sources, the server’s communications center must remain active to give the impression that the server is working as normal. The Whimmers do not allow any kind of signal to be received or sent through the satellite dishes, except for the Aliens’ own jamming signal that allows the Whimmers to perform their task.

Any and all kinds of digital communication will seize function until every Whimmer present in the server is destroyed.

### Machinery Corruption

Unlike organic lifeforms, machines cannot be distorted by a Walker’s glow. They are instead altered by the signal received and propagated by the Whimmers’ signal.

Any and all kinds of sentient or non-sentient machinery and robotics caught in the radius of a Whimmer will turn on the creator and both teams. The buildings will be corrupted and taken over by the Distortion.
The Omen

> Awaken the warrior spirit.
>
> - Omen, giving Heavy Guy life-saving advice

The Omen is a demonic stand manifestation of an unknown phenomena that resides within its stand user, Heavy Guy.

Much like an omen, The Omen has two sides to itself: a more motivational and direct speaker, with orange eyes and an assertive touch, deeper and less demonic voice – the good side; a more fiendish, devilish speaker who is harsh, distressing and foreboding – the bad side. Both sides of the Omen will often express themselves in polarizing ways towards its “target”, or in conjunction with each other at once. When both sides speak in unison, each eye will glow its own color of orange or red. When only one side expresses itself, both eyes will glow in the corresponding color.

The Omen can predict the future from its omens in the form of riddles; comparisons; quotes from Heavy Guy’s own words; or its own direct speech. It can also foreshadow future events that have not yet occurred in the present, both direct or indirectly.

It appears to be able to teleport and manifest itself in a large radius from its user without issue.

## Appearance

The Omen has the appearance of a Heavy mercenary, but with a body that remains partially manifested in shadow, surrounded in black smoke. Only the hair and mask are fully manifested.

His head is full of floating long silver hair, and his face is covered by a menacing, fierce, red demonic mask with elongated horns; gnarly teeth and twisted fangs. The mask has a wooden living eye on the forehead region – also known as a third eye, a symbol often associated with enlightenment. When his eyes are manifested, they glow red and yellow on each pupil.

## Abilities

It is unknown how powerful the Omen is, but it has been noted in its appearances to be clairvoyant; omnipotent; able to stop time; and teleport around the vicinity without needing its user.

When it manifests itself, a dark aura and thick black fog will envelop itself around Heavy Guy. Anything outside of this aura will be unaware of the events, as time itself seems to stop.

Interestingly enough, the Omen is not mentioned or even acknowledged by anyone when it manifests itself, except for its possible victim – such as P-Rick, who seemed to be aware of its presence.

## Gallery

### Episode 06 - Smoke & Mirrors

Omen's first appearanceBoth sides of Omen speaking to Heavy GuyOmen commenting on KIAOmen commenting on SmokeOmen commenting on the WalkersOmen inciting Guy to use his ancestral bloodOmen threatening Guy to use the ancestral bloodOmen saving Guy from his 2nd imminent death
## Trivia

* The Omen's mask is used directly from The Oni's mask from Dead by Daylight;
* The Omen's design was not finished until EP6 Part 2 was released, hence why his look in EP5 was quite different;
* The Omen is voiced by Blackimus;
P-Rick

P-Rick is a minor antagonist in The Scratched Universe. He is introduced in Episode 05 - Kicking against Pricks.

He is a RED Scout mercenary and a stand user with the role of a Fragger who cheats discreetly during the matches by using his stand to gain an upper hand and win unfairly.

During the events of EP:05, it is confirmed that P-Rick had cheated several times before the occurrence during the third stage of cp\_dustbowl. When the last control point was being contested by Heavy Guy while KIA was defending it, P-Rick decided to get cocky and presumably pushed them both out of the control point while capturing it instantly by himself. This was the last straw and he was soon confronted by KIA.

After his defeat and temporary death, P-Rick was shook by the events and the realization that because of his attitude, he could have gotten himself permanently killed if it weren't for Janitor, the cleaning chief who was present on the server, who kept the respawn systems activated. This "premonition" has seemingly changed P-Rick's attitude as he then thanked the Medic who aided him and mentioned these facts before leaving the clinic.

## Appearance

P-Rick is a RED Scout who wears a Brotherhood of Arms and a pair of black Summer Shades on his head; Tagger's Threads and Breakneck Baggies over his body and legs; a pair of Digit Divulger gloves, "Leather Open" styled; and a pair of Beat Walkers.

Unlike most Scouts, his eye color is brown and the standard dog tags aren't seen on him.

## Personality

P-Rick is a selfish, pompous, cocky, narcissistic braggart who disregards the established rules and manipulates matches for his own personal gain. An example of this attitude can be seen in EP:05 where he outright states that he does not follow any sort of rules, believing that no one can get far in their lives by being fair within the fragging servers if they follow the rules.

His bad attitude managed to annoy KIA and Fixer; enraged Heavy Guy by smacking his hat off; and cause Jumpsuit to kill him after insulting him and Fixer over them not helping him instantly, while being horribly mangled and crippled beyond healing.

P-Rick is quite fragile and gets upset very easily when someone mocks or insults anything related to him, such as his name.

## Abilities

Apart from being a stand user, P-Rick has the normal traits of a Scout in terms of speed, health and weaponry. A single sucker punch from KIA was enough to knock him down. He can not take a great deal of damage without being incapacitated for good, nor can he defend himself effectively in physical combat without the help from his stand, Drop It.

In order to gain the upper hand, his stand is used to turn the odds in his favor.
Janitor

Janitor is an ally in The Scratched Universe. He is introduced in Episode 05 - Kicking against Pricks.

He is the cleaning chief of an unknown company who provides services related to server maintenance.

## Appearance

Janitor is a RED Demoman who wears a working attire consisting of: Groundkeeper overalls on his torso; a pair of Stickyjumper's Shorts on his legs; and a Short Fuse hat on his head. His face has mutton chops, and the usual grenades on a Demoman's chest are not seen on his person.

## Personality

Janitor is a very laid back, relaxed and care free individual who treats his employees with respect and friendliness. He acknowledged Jumpsuit's quiet nature and even provided the latter with a notepad out of his own free will, just in case.

Janitor is recognized more as a good reliable friend rather than a simple work boss amongst his employees, namely Skimmer and Terge, who refer to him by name instead of using formality (Boss, Chief, etc.) .

During a job, Janitor is very thorough with his duty and training of his employees, explaining with great detail all the important topics.

His general good attitude, charisma and supportive nature have earned the respect of his employees, who work efficiently and productively under his rule, keeping in mind that the janitorial jobs themselves are quite difficult and exhausting.

## Abilities

Janitor seems to be a normal Demoman, so all the traits of one apply to him as well.

## Trivia

* Due to the events of EP5, P-Rick may only be alive thanks to Janitor for one of two possible reasons:
	1. He was aware of the fight between P-Rick, Heavy Guy and KIA through one of the surveillance monitors which showed a good view of the 3rd stage's final control point;
	2. He was cautious and kept the respawn systems activated throughout the whole job due to Foster's concern regarding walker activity;
	3. A mixture of both reasons can also be possible.
The Masked Spy

The Masked Spy is an antagonist in *The Scratched Universe*. He was introduced in Episode 02 - Endless Greed. His actual name is unknown.

He is a Spy class mercenary, a vampire and a stand user, presumably with evil intentions, due to the events of EP:02. During his fight with Heavy Guy, he was defeated by falling down the pit into the depths of Hell.

However, a plan seems to be unfolding.

## Appearance

The Masked Spy is a BLU Spy who wears a green knotted bandana over his long blonde hair; a white porcelain mask that covers his face and a Distinguished Rogue, "*Tie"* styled.

His face is pale white, with orange eyes and vampire fangs.

## Personality

Personality wise, the Masked Spy is a menace to the entire server network. He's extremely self-centered and confident, thinking highly of himself being above everyone else due to his vampiric superhuman and stand abilities. These boastful manners were shown when he repeatedly ordered Heavy Guy to activate his stand during their fight.

He takes pleasure in inflicting pain to others, toying with his victims before finishing them off for the better or worse.

## Abilities

### Stand User

The Masked Spy's stand is Fight the System; a gadget-bound stand.

### Vampiric

When first introduced, it is shown that he possesses vampiric abilities but are manifested through a vastly improved physical prowess.

* **Regeneration**: the masked Spy can regenerate his body at an astonishingly high speed, recovering in mere seconds from a broken spine and arm;
* **Blood** **Drain**: he can drain the blood from his victims to increase his vitality. This ability is reinforced by his stand, which can drain mercenaries **entirely, removing them permanently from the world.**

## Trivia

* His appearance is inspired by Dio Brando from *JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood;*
Purpungos

A basal Purpungos

**Purpungos** (lit. "purple fungus") is a kingdom of photosynthetic organisms found on Nusku.

## Description

The name "purple fungus" is somewhat of a misnomer, as Purpungos are photosynthetic, making them more akin to terrestrial plants. They represent all known multicellular phototrophs on Nusku.

Purpungos derive their coloration from a purple pigment that serves a similar role to chlorophyll: this pigment is highly effective at absorbing infrared light, making it well-suited for the light generated by Roseus. Their stems are darkly colored, and their roots are used to anchor their position rather than absorb nutrients.

### History

The first Purpungos emerged around the same time as Manuseptum, roughly 1,813,000,000 years after life first appeared on Nusku. Early Purpungos were mushroom-shaped, and reproduced asexually via budding. These early representatives were no more than 35cm tall at the most.

Over roughly 80 million years, the Purpungos diversified considerably, colonizing every region of Nusku up to the sub-zero zone. In the shallow regions, they formed large reefs which acted as one of the most prominent aquatic biomes and a source of several evolutionary developments.

#### Proto-Nuskuean Extinction Event

The emergence of Prototerrafyllo marked the beginning of the Proto-Nuskean Extinction, driving all asexually reproducing Purpungos (including the entire Velosfyllo lineage) extinct by 4205 ma. The emergence of Terrafyllo and the resulting cascade triggered the second wave of the mass extinction, driving multiple lineages of life extinct over the next 40 years, marking the end of the first era in Nusku's evolutionary history.

## Navigation

	+ *Purpungomorph*
		- **Purpungos**†
		- *Latafylla*
			* *Latafyllid*
				+ Latafyllo†
				+ *Prototerrafylla*
					- Prototerrafyllo
					- *Euterrafyllo*
						* *Euterrafyllomorph*
							+ *Terrafyllomorph*
								- *Terrafyte*
									* Bulbufyte
									* Terrafyllo
								- Latusfyte
							+ Brevefyte
						* Erectufolius
							+ Erectufyte
							+ Hamafolius
			* Simafolium†
	+ *Euvelosfyllo*†
		- Velosfyllo†
		- Acusfyte†
Veerus

Veerus is a main antagonist in *The Scratched Universe.* He is briefly seen in the end of Episode 01 - I for an Eye, and properly introduced in Episode 03 - The Distortion.

Veerus is a mysterious BLU Medic with seemingly malicious intentions and appears to be in allegiance to the Alien race that has invaded the server network.

## Appearance

His appearance shares similarities to clerics or mages from medieval times, albeit with some modern touches, such as his large overcoat, reminiscent of a WWI or WWII German infantry overcoat, but in white instead of grey; his Medi Gun backpack with flasks full of glowing, neon-green liquid on the bottom half and on top of the tank on the left hand side, along with two crooked antennae jutting out from the coils on top are also fixed upon the backpack; and utility gear around his body.

The face is completely covered by two masks: a plague doctor mask, reminiscent of medieval eras; and a modern respirator.

## Personality

Veerus' personality is almost non existent, as he does not seem to speak at all unless absolutely necessary and does not react to any kind of event whatsoever. However, it has been noticed that inside his cold demeanor, Veerus can be slightly communicative through body language, specifically his posture.

## Abilities

Veerus seems to possess supernatural abilities akin to the "gift" provided to him by the Alien race, such as control over packs of Sniffers. This gift has also provided Veerus with his own stand - making him a much more dangerous asset.

The body of Veerus suffers from mutations, as evidenced by a large gaping maw with small tentacles that protrude from his facial region once he takes off the masks that completely cover his face. However, this mutation does not seem to affect his speech, as Veerus can still speak like any normal Medic mercenary, but with a raspier and guttural tone to it.

## Trivia

* Despite the resemblances, Veerus is **not** inspired by The Blightcaller, a well known TF2 Freak;
* Veerus' name is a play on the Portuguese pronunciation of the word *"Virus" [vi-rus]*, which is roughly pronounced as *"Vírus" [vee-roosh]*;
Skimmer

Skimmer is a supporting character in The Scratched Universe. He is introduced in Episode 05 - Kicking against Pricks.

He's a RED Sniper who works in server Janitorial Duty as a Civilian, with lots of years of experience and knowledge under his belt. When he met the newest colleagues - Fixer and Jumpsuit, he greeted and accepted them with open arms, welcoming the fellow Scouts to the shift.

## Biography

### Illegal Fishing

Skimmer is a man who has two jobs: janitorial duty and illegal fishing. It is known through Skimmer's story in EP:06 that his main income does not come from janitorial duty, but rather the fishing industry. He, along with more Snipers, go out in deep and far off lands to catch exotic fauna, to sell them later in the markets for large amounts of money.

The job is considered as illegal towards the law for fishing in unknown lands and capturing exotic fauna within the waters, but the companies and people to who they sell the product to do not report to the authorities as the food quality of the fauna has a solid reputation to be extremely profitable for the buyers in the culinary business.

## Appearance

Skimmer is a RED Sniper who wears a Covert Cover on his head; an Australian Argyle jacket; and a grey Five-Month Shadow beard. He does not seem to use the glasses that Snipers usually have.

## Personality

Skimmer is a wise, calm and sympathetic mercenary. He was not shook nor did he judge Jumpsuit's appearance at all, including his silent mannerisms - merely complimenting it when Fixer referenced this to him with a well known phrase: *"No problem! Actions speak louder than words, right?"*. He humbly accepted their two new colleagues very well, welcoming them with open arms and a positive attitude.

He seems to know a lot more about the company's past, as his colleague Terge was clueless about the fact that convicts had worked in the janitorial company. This may no longer be the case within the present days.

In Episode 06, Skimmer has already shown signs of trust and respect for Jumpsuit, telling off Terge to not push sensitive or offensive topics about Jumpsuit looking like the killer type. He has also shown incredible sympathy and care towards Fixer's mourning situation.

## Abilities

Skimmer appears to be a normal mercenary with no supernatural or anomalous properties.

## Trivia

* Skimmer's name is a reference to a type of swimming pool sanitation tool, known as a *pool skimmer.* Said tool's purpose is to filter and scoop small debris, much like the server cleaners' job activities.
Fruit Shop Fiend

The Fruit Shop Fiend, or more commonly referred by their users as *carbine*, is a fully automatic carbine assault rifle that was featured for the first time in Episode 03 - The Distortion, resting on Foster's back.

The weapon is often used amongst the V.A.C taskforces' squad members for its reliability, general usefulness and relatively low weight. It is well known for its customization: from bigger magazines to longer barrels, or silencers for covert operations.

## Attributes

### Appearance

Fruit Shop Fiend shares an extremely similar appearance to the M4A1 Carbine, but with a more fitting artistic style akin to the world of *Team Fortress 2.*

## References

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M4\_carbine#M4A1

## Trivia

* The Fruit Shop Fiend is a direct reference to the iconic M4A1 assault rifle, from the Counter-Strike series.
Dispatch

Dispatch is an ally in The Scratched Universe. He is introduced in Episode 05 - Kicking against Pricks.

Codenamed Dispatch, he is a RED Sniper mercenary who works for the Valiant Alliance Corporation (V.A.C) under the role of Assassin within its private taskforces.

## Appearance

Dispatch is a RED Sniper who is wearing military gear fit for his duty as an assassin: his head is completely covered by a helmet with night-vision goggles and a camouflaged balaclava; his upper and lower body are covered by a long coat; and a pair of camouflaged cargo pants are worn on his legs.

Dispatch is equipped with a unique weapon, unknown to the weapon database.

A medal with a golden coating is embedded into the coat, to the contrary of silver medals that are commonly seen by most taskforce members.

## Personality

Personality wise, Dispatch is rather similar to Foster: calm, cool and collected, but with a sense of humor.

He has shown displays of sympathy and reassurance towards his fellow colleague Foster, when the latter showed worry towards Fixer and Jumpsuit, but mainly to Bonkbot due to his unknown but possible military origins.

Not much can be said about Dispatch for the time being other than he is a very informative, professional and caring individual towards his comrades.

## Abilities

Like all of the V.A.C taskforce members, Dispatch was given military training, and due to his rank amongst his squads, displayed by the gold coated medal, it is safe to assume that his physical and combat abilities are on a much higher state.

It is safe to assume that his sharpshooting skills are on a much higher level than the normal Sniper mercenary. This is further evidenced later on in EP:06 where a shot is fired towards the driver of the runaway train. The projectile ricochets 3 times in a path to only hit the target and not damage anything else. This could be deemed as supernatural, or even anomalous.

His perception seems to be enhanced as he knew the location of a cloaked Distorted Spy and managed to successfully headshot it, as no one else was aware of its presence, excluding Foster, who was perfectly aware and even hinted it towards a fellow Soldier within his squad.