Milo

— Milo to Lola while walking to Satan's house

## Sang "Milo" Bong

**Sang Bong**, better known as **Milo**, is one of the two protagonists of the game *Afterparty* from Night School Studio.

## Personality

Compared to his best friend Lola, Milo is more timid and skittish. He is playful and has plenty of witty banter between himself and Lola; however, he is usually something of a "scared puppy" type when faced with danger. He seems to be a great source of moral support for Lola, who seems to usually take charge between the two of them.

Milo often takes the more direct and simple solution to achieving what they need to escape Hell, such as defeating Artesius in a pong match and opting for Lynda Landon's invitation offer over Fela's. Lola references his tendency to have some pretty bad ideas, one of which being to outdrink Satan in order to escape Hell.

Milo is shy and socially awkward, having had few friends during his years in school outside of Lola. He is a geeky person; he enjoys playing video games and can go on tangents about implausibilities within shows such as *Batman: The Animated Series*. Milo struggles with depression and self-loathing; at one point, Milo decided to toss Lola's acceptance letter for a one-day veteran's hospital event in order to have her there for him while in a depressive episode.

### Official Description

*"With his intelligence and work ethic, Milo skated through school with relative ease, but a fear of rejection stopped him from making new friends. Worried that a lack of experience will make it increasingly difficult to live the life he wants, he sees his hopefully brief time in Hell as an opportunity to learn how to relax and socialize."*

## Appearance

Milo is fair-skinned and has slightly spiky bright purple hair with lavender tips. The sides of his hair are shaven.

He wears a light shirt under a dark blue collared shirt and orange cardigan with grey pants or jeans and black Converse.

If Milo and Lola choose to beat Satan and escape Hell, Milo is seen after a timeskip wearing a blue sweater with a red-and-white striped collar, grey slacks, and a nametag.

## Background

Milo was born to his two parents and grew up alongside a sister. Gene and his wife eventually divorced, with Gene taking Milo and his wife taking their daughter. While Gene remarried to a woman named Barbra within three months, Milo's mother never did and continued to run a magic shop alone, which Milo feels obligated to stay behind and help her with. When he was younger, Milo initially disliked his English name; he went through phases of wanting to be called "Marty the Magnificent", "Owen", Duke, and Charlie before eventually getting used to "Milo."

Milo has been friends with Lola since at least pre-school, where they were paired up due to being the last ones left in a buddy system. They attended Jefferson Junior High together, where Milo was on the cheerleading squad. At some point, Milo joined a production of the Shakespeare comedy *Love's Labour's Lost* as Lord Biron to get closer to a girl named Sally Mitchell; however, he never spoke to her outside of their lines, and Sally ended up dating his understudy.

Milo had a lifelong dream of playing in a band, but has never wanted to become famous. When he was eleven in sixth grade, he chose to play both the harpsichord and the classical trumpet at a sixth grade talent show, causing him to be relentlessly booed and later beaten up by someone named Chad Leckler. According to himself, Milo has kissed three people since then.

Upon entering college, Milo was involved in several embarrassing incidents and subjected to bullying as a result, including throwing up in the annex's auditorium after giving blood on his first day and throwing up on an admissions director after having his wisdom teeth removed on his second day. While Milo wanted to work at his mother's shop after graduation, Lola intended to move across the country to live with her father in order to seek new opportunities, causing tension between them.

While driving with Lola, Milo was involved in a car accident at the stoplight at Oak Grove due to another driver running a red light. Lola died on impact, while Milo died three hours later. According to his tombstone in promotional material, Milo was born in November 19XX and died in August 20XX. Depending on who they chose on the invitation mission, Satan can either say that Milo and Lola were sent to Hell for deceit ("With one denying truth, there goes to Hell; that one having done says 'I did not'.") or commerce ("Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.").

## Relationships

* Lola - Milo and Lola have been friends their entire lives and are very close as a result, often teasing and poking fun towards each other. Lola and Milo have a pact to always drink the same amount of alcohol so they "can't lie to each other about how drunk [they're] getting". [TBC]
* Gene - Milo had a tough relationship with his father, who was often strict and disapproved of his friendship of Lola due to her being a girl; however, Milo recognized that he was trying his best to ensure Milo had a good life, and that he was working hard and struggled with his lack of fluency in English.
* Unnamed sister - Milo describes his sister as "[sounding] like the Bad Seed if she wasn’t struck by lightning, grew up and followed an archaeologist named Steve to New Mexico."
* Eliza - Eliza is attracted towards Milo and will always ask for his number if he pursues her instead of Greg as a suspect, even if he chooses to condemn her instead of sympathizing after hearing her backstory. She follows up by setting up a date between them and flirting over text, and if Milo tells her that he wants to escape Hell and can't go on the date, she is understanding and tells him to take care.
* Wormhorn - [TBC]

## Quotes

**Lola:** "*Shitlips, I mean Milo... who cares, man, seriously, they're just being dickbags.*"
**Milo:** "*Well it doesn't feel that way! It feels like I'm a freshly born antelope just learning how to walk. I should know how to make adult friends by now!*"
— Milo and Lola at the graduation mixer.
"*Oh my God, Lola, we're dead! We're fucking dead and there's a god! [groans] There's a God and we're dead! Jesus Christ, Lola! Holy shit! We're dead and--and--and there are demon janitors!*"
— Milo upon exiting Feisty's for the first time.
**Milo:** "*Huh. I wonder what advice Sam was gonna have for us.*"
**Lola:** "*Yeah, I'm wondering that, too, actually--actually--I'm--I'm wondering why you didn't think to ask?*"
**Milo:** "*Hey, I did ask! And then I zoned out and started thinking about the Gray Ghost episode of Batman, like-- Batman goes to the actor's house who played the Gray Ghost and, like, admonishes him for not being Gray Ghost! What a complete nutjob! Like, I don't think Michael Keaton is literally, you know, swinging from light poles. But then the crazy part is the fucking actor then saves Batman's life when he just shows up on a roof in the costume! The entire thing is completely insane! So, uh... yeah. I guess I’m just thinking about that.*"
— Milo and Lola (if Milo didn't ask Sam for a piece of advice and Lola says nothing)
**Milo:** "*Okay, so... I have another interesting thought. But I want you to promise that you won't make fun of me if it's dumb. They say there's a fine line between madness and genius... And I feel like I might have broken through to the other side. But I'm not totally sure which side I started on.*"
**Lola:** "*Do you really think of me as someone who's looking to humiliate you at every turn?*"
**Milo:** "*You can only pants someone on the jungle gym so many times, Lola. But look--*"
— Milo and Lola outside The Sealed Knot (if Lola says "Is that how you think of me?")
## Trivia

* Milo is voiced by Khoi Dao, who also provided voice talent for characters such as Cancer Cell in *Cells At Work!*, Gai Ogata in *Sword Gai: The Animation*, and Tim Goodman in the 2018 video game *Detective Pikachu*.
* Milo's concept and final textures were done by Claire Chen, while his model was created by Eric Romano. A turnaround of his model with animations done by Ruel Pascual can be found here.
* Milo and Lola's names were intentionally made similar to emphasize their friendship.
* Milo has cried at a coffee commercial.
* Milo was once pranked by Alpha Phi; they told him he had won a date with Jessica Rabbit and spiked his coffee with LSD, leading him to make out with a rosebush.
* Milo is allergic to kittens.
* Milo's dorm was located next to someone who won his beer pong league tournament.
* Milo's uncle used to talk to him about "how great Brooklyn used to be".
* Milo enjoys watching old MTV Spring Break videos.
* Milo puts his pants on by sitting down, shoving both feet in at once, and standing up (as opposed to Lola, who puts on one leg at a time).
* Milo once convinced someone to give him a free mini-pizza after dropping three previous ones on the ground.
* Milo has cursed out at firemen for their sirens being too loud in the past.
* Milo once had an idea for instant smores, which would later end up ruined by a German microwave.
* Milo loves aardvarks and considered getting a tattoo of the animal in life.

## Gallery

### Concept Art

Outfit explorations for Milo. (Link)Milo outfit concepts. (Link)Hair color explorations for Milo. (Link)An expression chart for Milo. (Link)A turnaround of Milo's model. (Converted to GIF; original)
### In-Game Art

Milo's texting avatar.Wormhorn's mask of Milo.Wormhorn's mask of Young Milo.Milo's pin on the map.The painting in Milo's home.Milo's image in the credit sequence.

### Promotional Art

Milo, Lola, and Satan having a drinkoff. (Twitter)"Meet Milo" artwork. (Link)A wallpaper of Milo and Lola. (Twitter)"Friends" artwork. (Link)New Year's 2018 artwork. (Link)Holiday artwork. (Link)Night School Studios' fifth anniversary artwork. (Link)Halloween 2018 artwork. (Link)Halloween 2019 artwork. (Link)Holiday 2018 artwork. (Link)A sketch of Milo, Lola, and Claire going to PAX East 2019. (Instagram)Milo character information slide.Panel #2. (Twitter)Milo and Lola playing their own game at the Xbox Experience. (Twitter)Elyse Willems drawn as a character from *Afterparty*. (Twitter)Tetra Ninja drawn as a character from *Afterparty*. (Twitter)Trisha
Hershberger drawn as a character from *Afterparty*. (Twitter)Meghan Camarena drawn as a character from *Afterparty*.
(Twitter)GhostRobo drawn as a character from *Afterparty*. (Twitter)Holiday 2019 artwork. (Twitter)
## References

1. ↑ *"I dunno... This is sorta lame, right? How fun can a party be if controllers aren't involved?"*
- Milo to Allison if he says "This party seems kinda lame..."
2. ↑ Character images provided in IGN article: "Afterparty's Voice Cast Includes Horizon Zero Dawn, The Walking Dead Actors"
3. ↑ Lola: *"No, it's-- It's not-- it's not leaving school so much as Milo and I have known each other forever..."*
Milo: "*Yeah, like genuinely forever. We got paired up in pre-school cause we were the last picked in a buddy system."*
- Milo and Lola during Sam's second drive to Welkin Way
4. ↑ Lola: *"Oh, Milo wanted to be famous."*
Milo: *"No I didn't. Why would you say that?"*
Lola: *"Uh, you know what-- I don't know. It just popped into my head."*
- Milo and Lola while walking Lynda back to Sam's boat (determinant)
5. ↑ If Milo speaks with the intellectual couple at the graduation mixer first.
6. ↑ If Milo speaks with the movie guys at the graduation mixer first.
7. ↑ Stated by Apollyon if Lola says "Do you know how we died?" and "Yeah, I do."
8. ↑ *"Deceit. You lie. "With one (...) says, "I did not." You lied to Fela, as you lied in life, as you are lying to yourselves right now that you want to help me--"*
- Satan (if Milo and Lola chose Fela and refuse to drink against Satan)
9. ↑ *"Commerce. You trade things that have no value. "Each one must (...) a cheerful giver." You traded with Ono for Lynda's freedom, as you traded in life... as you are trying to trade victory for victory now."*
- Satan (if Milo and Lola chose Lynda and refuse to drink against Satan)
10. ↑ Said "Your sisters sound like that?" during Wormhorn's replica of Lola's life
11. ↑ *"Did Milo and and Lola become friends because they share two letters of their names?" (...)* (Tumblr)
12. ↑ *"No, I'm just saying, it'd be too weird now. You're funderful, you know you're funderful-- but you can't date someone you've already seen cry at a coffee commercial."*
- Lola if Milo says "Okay, take it easy."
13. ↑ Said "Get a grip, Milo!" upon walking out into Hell for the first time
14. ↑ Sam: *"They're the only types you can know. If you wanted a different crowd, you probably shouldn't have drowned all those kittens."*
Milo: *"We didn't drown any kittens, okay? I would never do that."*
Lola: *"Yeah, you're pretty allergic."*
- Sam, Milo, and Lola while walking down 1st and Izzard.
15. ↑ *"Hey, fellas. Beer pong, huh? My--my dorm was next to the guy who won his league tournament."*
- Milo while approaching Tommy and Artesius for the first time (determinant)
16. ↑ Said "Why are you telling us this?" to Sam at the Schoolyard Strangler
17. ↑ *"Well watch me shine now, mother fucker. I watch old MTV Spring Break videos all the time."*
- Milo to Valac if he chose "Well watch me shine now!" (Lovable Lush)
18. ↑ Chose Sam's second advice and said "He's just a man."
19. ↑ Chose Milo to speak with Satan and said "Is the contest real?"
20. ↑ Said by Lola if they examine the Thrall Tattoos shop in Thrall City.

 Monarchs
 1st and Izzard
 Bobolyne Park
 Little Rantalia
 Thrall City
 Minor Characters