Mateo Monatt

Lousy Salesman

Weirdo

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## Introduction

Mateo Monatt is a Spooky Month original character created by @mrmonatt on Twitter, or Cruz. He is a lanky investigator whom is heavily disliked by most due to his reputation as a con artist and scammer.

## Personality

Mateo, on the outside, often attempts the persona of a confident and charismatic businessman. This often leads to him coming off as condescending or “douchey”, which makes him considered unlikeable to most. However in reality, Mateo is an extremely fragile and nervous man, one who is quick to panic about anything and everything. It is noted that he is almost always physically trembling at least a little, and his behavior tends to be very sporadic and unhinged. Despite this, he has his moments of sass, and occasionally snaps back at others with crude remarks before apologizing for his behavior. Mat is also a massive crybaby, often bursting into tears over the smallest instances, though especially if he ever suspects that his husband, Bob, is upset.

His empathy and love towards Bob is indescribable. For a long time in their relationship Mateo would base all of his opinions and ideas off of Bob’s, only wanting to do what Bob wanted to do and ignoring his own needs to prioritize his husband’s. His ultimate goal was, and still is, making sure Bob is as happy as possible. Bob has always tried his best in helping Mateo be his own person, resulting in some improvements.

## Backstory

### Childhood

Mateo was born a female under the name “Maureen” to his wealthy parents Rory and Maxine Monatt. Maxine never wanted a child, and only had Mateo as a way to fix her marriage with Rory, however this did not succeed. This caused Maxine to resent her child, often subjecting the young Mateo to several forms of verbal and physical abuse. Rory, meanwhile, was a very successful businessman who was often away from home. He was mostly unaware of the abuse occurring, however if he were to be he likely wouldn’t care. Mateo was practically never shown love, as during the times he was not being tormented by his mother, both parents would actively neglect his emotional needs. Parental love and affection was replaced with gifted material possessions, this choice impacting Mateo greatly later in life.

Due to his constant desires for attention and love, Mateo was prone to being either disliked or manipulated by others his age. He often sought attention from peers and teachers, whether it was through small, “bare minimum” accomplishments or even fake injuries. These behaviors made him a target for bullying, and he was very frequently ridiculed and tormented by his peers. This caused him to eventually distance himself from everyone around him, never wanting to form relationships with anyone again.

**SUICIDE WARNING -** All throughout his younger years Mateo watched his mother’s slow mental decline. This all ended when at nine years old he found her hanging body in his parents’ bathroom. In the letter she wrote, Maxine blamed Mateo, calling him unspeakable things despite him being just a child. Rory also would give several hints that he, too, blamed Mateo, but was much less direct about it. Due to Maxine having been the one that cared for Mateo while Rory was away, Rory hired a butler that looked after his son for the remainder of his childhood. Unfortunately, this butler was just as emotionally absent as Mateo’s parents, so much so to the point that Mateo cannot recall said butler’s name nowadays.

### Young Adult

Due to his upbringing, Mateo has always had a connection with money. Other people have failed him time and time again, but money never has. Money buys things, and those things made him happy. He had studied to become an investigator, something he was sure would make him wealthier than ever. Though even after his college graduation, several years of work, and his income being one that others would kill to have, it was never enough.

Mateo began the habit of reselling items, buying entire stocks then selling them for much higher prices. This gave him quite the negative reputation, though he attempted to never pay any mind as he was getting what he believed he wanted out of it. This addiction would only get worse as years went by, going from simple reselling to anonymous drug deals.

**PR\*STITUTION, S/A, R\*PE, DRUG ABUSE, AND TRANS F\*TISHIZATION WARNING -** Mateo quickly reached a point of desperation where he would do anything for money. He turned to prostitution, selling his body for high prices. He was mid-transition around this time, and many fetishized that factor about him. His boundaries were often overstepped, and he was often fed illegal drugs to “enhance the experience”. His consent didn’t matter to his customers, so he eventually learned to just let them do as they wished, no matter what. After all, it didn’t matter as long as he was getting paid, right?

### Strange Turnaround

Mateo heavily devoted his work as an investigator to catching the infamous, cannibalistic serial killer terrorizing his town. If he were to get this individual behind bars, he’d be golden.

It was late one evening when Mateo finally met the man he was hunting for years. A break-in is what it was, the killer, who he later finds out is named Bob Velseb, just showing up in Mateo’s home office while he was working.

Mateo saw the threat before him. He saw the opportunity before him. Yet this opportunity didn’t involve detaining the knife-wielding killer. He instead requested a moment to “get ready”, to which the confused murderer complied out of intrigue. Dawning an expensive suit and freshening his exhausted appearance, Mateo led Bob to his bathroom where he sat in the tub to, in his words, “not leave a mess”.

“Do what you must,” he said.

Yet, despite such compliance, Bob could see how terrified Mateo was. He looked down to see such a fragile and broken individual, and the idea of harming him made him feel… sick? After several backs-and-forths of clarifications after clarifications, the knife finally clattered to the floor. This cold-blooded murderer just couldn’t do it. And it made Mateo furious. Mateo lashed out, feeling as if the greatest opportunity of a lifetime was just dangled in front of him before being cruelly snatched away. He shouted, he fought, he cried… he knew he couldn’t end it himself.

But Mateo was met with love that night. Bob wrapped Mateo in a warm embrace, calming and reassuring him that he would never leave his side no matter what. And he truly did stay true to his word, the two living together for the rest of their days and getting married. Mateo was weary and untrusting of Bob at first, though was surprisingly quick to grow attached to him. Nothing else mattered to him now. For once in his life, Mateo had found something he truly cared about. Finally he could see that being loved really is a wonderful thing.

## The Cult

Mateo is an active member of Spooky Town’s infamous cult, worshipping the Eyes of the Universe. He was tricked into joining by Bob (he didn’t know how Mateo would react if he told him prior), the man’s hopes being that the group would help protect his husband. Mat was horrified upon seeing Eyes for the first time, and even briefly (for the first time) feared Bob as he wasn’t aware of his true intentions. After Bob’s gentle reassurance, he agreed to participate.

Shortly after this first encounter, Mateo woke up one day to a small crystal growing from his skin. He couldn’t remove it, and in a panic awakened his husband to show him. Bob was dumbfounded, but both were quick to correlate this phenomenon with Mat joining the cult. This teal-colored gem was clearly not your average medical condition, after all. The two consulted the group’s higher ups, receiving the knowledge that a few other members had similar situations. In order to treat this nameless condition, Mateo was given a set of rings, ones he mustn’t ever take off. These would prevent new crystals from forming, however ones that had already existed would remain.

Mateo has several clusters of tiny crystals within his internal organs (this being proven with the presence of unusual dark areas on an x-ray). These aren’t painful and do not affect him much besides periods of discomfort. The original crystal embedded in his skin eventually grew to its full size, along with a few small ones that had formed under his skin before receiving the rings. Again, this process wasn’t necessarily painful, but could be very uncomfortable.

These crystals are said to grant their host some sort of hidden power, but besides his glowing sometimes, Mat never noticed any new abilities. Specific details of this phenomenon are still unknown.

## Trivia

* Mateo has a transatlantic accent, his voice claim being James Patrick March from American Horror Story.
* He is Mexican and Irish.
* He is a gay, transgender male.
* His name, **Ma**teo **Mon**att is an anagram for Mammon.
* Due to his job as a crime scene investigator, Mateo often covers up the evidence of Bob’s crimes in order to protect him from consequences.
* Mateo and Bob’s ship name is called “MoreMeat”.
* He loves when Bob sings to him.
* He loves wandering “dead” malls.
* He likes burgers. Not just because Bob makes them. Cruz just really likes burgers.
* Mateo likes how the cult’s robes make him blend in.

## Gallery

mateo’s reference sheetcruz’s commissioned mat plushie