Aguafer

Aguafer was an adult Hero working in Heavendale. He was a member of the team that fought the 1st leg in The Story of Spider Day, in an unincorporated area on the edge of Heavendale owned by the Cult of the Octoleg. Aguafer fought alongside Action Figure and Jackpot. He was portrayed by Brandon.

Aguafer, along with being a recently elected senator in a special election, has the ability to create sink-holes.

## Appearance

Aguafer is both a hero and a politician, and as such is dressed in a suit. The suit is not quite perfectly tailored as he is new to the political sphere, and during the battle the sleeves of the suit are rolled up to show his muscular arms.

## History

Not much is known about Aguafer before the events of the first Spider Day. At some point, he was recently elected to the position of senator in a special election. He is very proud to be a hero, but also proud to be the first latinx senator elected in Heavendale.

## Abilities

Aguafer has the ability to create sink holes. Prior to Spider Day, it was assumed he was only able to create traditional sink holes in the ground, but it is discovered in this event that he can also create these out of living matter.

## Spider Day

Aguafer arrived at the scene of the first leg and attempted first to convince the cultists to move away from the spider. He was immediately recognized as the new senator who would start his term the following day. He becomes entangled in a web created by spider magic with his two fellow heroes and four of the cultists. In order to wash the web off of them all, Aquafer created a sink hole to plunge them into water.

A spider pod fell from the giant spider, and a 5ft spider emerges and begins to drag those still caught in the web toward him. Simultaneously, a cultist brandishing a sacrificial knife tries to stab Aguafer. Aguafer discusses his upcoming campaign for the 2028 presidential election as he creates another sink hole under the cultist, sending the cultist and one of Action Figure's hands into rushing water. As Action Figure goes into hysterics, Aguafer encourages him to "keep it together". He then has the idea of creating a sink hole in the spider, and asks for help getting up.

Action Figure creates a grappling hook by shooting his other hand onto the spider with a rope made of cultist belts. As Aguafer begins to climb, the cultists attack Action Figure and he begins to loose tension on the rope. Aguafer leaps toward the spider leg, becoming repeatedly impaled by razor sharp, pointy spider legs. Musturing his courage, he digs deep and puts both hands on the leg, successfully creating a sink hole in the leg, which he proceeded to fall through.

Proclaiming "You're messing with Heavendale, I'm gonna let that one *sink in",* he was swept into the running water and drowned.

## Trivia

* Aguafer is played by Brandon Leon-Gambetta. Brandon later went on to guest-star in the main Critical Bits podcast as Jodo for their first appearance in Episode 15: Jodo.
* It is during this leg of the spider attack that Joel finally learns the proper term for the hair he has been describing throughout the spider day recording sessions with relative degrees of success. When the Aguafer jumps onto the spider's leg, Daniel who played Action Figure comments that they are called urticating hairs.