Mr. Parker

**Mr. Parker** is a character in *Magical Girl Policy*. He has not directly appeared in the main series, but is the viewpoint character in the vignette "Monster Insurance". He is a wealthy businessman and the owner of the Loose Change arcade.

## Appearance

Mr. Parker is a middle-aged man. He prefers professional, businesslike attire for work.

## Personality

Mr. Parker tries to maintain a professional attitude even while annoyed. He has taught himself to remain serious and firm during negotiations, as he has been taken advantage of by insurance companies in the past. As typical of a businessman, Mr. Parker is money-focused and thinks a great deal about profits and losses. He does, however, make sure his companies remain ethical and professional, as he believes that treating customers well is the key to a healthy business, and is willing to endure lawsuits if it means the company's good reputation may be maintained. He dislikes insurance companies for taking the opposite approach, as their model is built around denying their customers. He also doesn't like the trend of companies hiring attractive young women in less professional attire in order to take advantage of older men's insecurities.

Mr. Parker is a donor to Schuyler Adamson University.

Despite owning Loose Change, an arcade, Mr. Parker has no real interest in video games nor knowledge of them.

## Abilities

Mr. Parker is a shrewd businessman, maintaining his wealth from his strategic buying and selling of several companies.

## Biography

### Background

Mr. Parker became the owner of Loose Change some years ago when he happened upon the opportunity during a time he had investment capital. He is usually not personally involved in the arcade's affairs and leaves a manager in charge. He started taking Overwatch Insurance's "anomalous creature property damage" rider, colloquially known as "monster insurance", six months ago, something his wife had suggested he do with all of his businesses. Loose Change is decently profitable, though its consumer base drops significantly during the summer, as many SAU students leave Kessia City during the break.

### Week 1

After the Spirit Guard's battle with Polygal at Loose Change, Mr. Parker arrives to handle the aftermath personally, as the arcade's manager is currently taking time off for surgery. He meets with the police, and after five hours the police finish their investigation of the scene and questioning of employee Eli Drake and his friends Robert and Cory, Mr. Parker is left to speak with the late-arriving Overwatch Insurance agent Ms. Chamis. He is surprised to find the experience noticeably smoother than with other insurers he's dealt with in the past. Proud of Eli's work in evacuating the children when Polygal attacked, Mr. Parker gives him a bonus on his paycheck.

When Ms. Kuna calls Robert the next day, she claims to have found out he was at the Polygal attack by asking Mr. Parker about Eli, the employee who remained at the scene. It is unclear if this conversation actually occurred, however, because the Spirit Guard would have already informed her of Robert, Cory, and Eli.

## Relationships

### Eli Drake

Mr. Parker is apparently not personally familiar with Loose Change employee Eli. He doesn't like that Eli would be visited by his friends Cory and Robert at work, but based on the manager's glowing review of Eli as the best employee over the summer and learning how he handled the Polygal attack, he considers him a valuable employee and gives him a bonus. Eli would quit the job some weeks later, however.

### Ms. Chamis and Overwatch Insurance

Mr. Parker first started paying for business continuity and anomalous creature riders from Overwatch Insurance six months ago, as his wife had suggested he insure his businesses against monster attacks. He is initially offput by Ms. Chamis for arriving at Loose Change hours late and being the exact type of less professionally-dressed young woman that companies hire to take advantage of older men, but finds the experience to be quite painless compared to when he's made insurance claims to other companies. This is because the new and rapidly growing monster insurance space is so competitive that Overwatch Insurance avoids cheating customers out of money here in order to maintain a good reputation, similar to Mr. Parker's own beliefs on business.

### Kessia City Police Department

Mr. Parker expresses frustration over the police's handling of monster attacks, as only younger officers seem to try to get any work done there and little of value is accomplished. He is annoyed at the older cops' complacency in this matter, and considers sending the police to deal with monster attacks a waste of taxpayer money.