Ray Wu

**Monster**

 **Relatives**

 **Age**

 **First Appearance**

**Ray Wu** is one of four children kidnapped by SHELL during the events of Chapter 23. He has a monster formed from one of his teeth, known as Cav.

## History

During the events of Chapter 23, Ray was kidnapped by SHELL, along with Ozzy, Claire, and Enid. Wanda Lulenski and Michael Rjinder proceeded to introduce a ghost to the body of each child. This procedure would lead to the creation of Cav, as well as Drummer, Luna, and the head monster known as Enid.

SHELL paid for an apartment for the four children to stay in, as Lulenski had told them they couldn't let their families see them while they had their monsters. They also gave them various other supplies, such as uniforms and a baby gate.

Lulenski and Rjinder told the children that they could be recombined with their monsters if they apprehended four targets: Bina Blum and her monster Ayo, Julie Greathouse and her monster Kera, Abel Flores and his monster Rixis, and Desmond West and his monster Guuzy. Until then, they were instructed to remain in the apartment.

At some point, the new team located their targets, seemingly through the use of Drummer's heightened hearing abilities. Ray was sent to apprehend Bina and Ayo in the woods on the outskirts of town. He interrupted a family meeting between the Blums, sending Cav to take down Ayo, and provoking Bina with his arrogant attitude. In the struggle, Cav flung Ayo over treetops and towards a picnic area, resulting in both monsters being spotted by a small group of people. After being told off by Bina once more, Ray fled, with a woozy Cav in tow.

That evening, Ray recovered Ozzy and Drummer from the farmer's market, bring them back to the apartment.

After SHELL's reformation following the events of Chapter 30, Ray and Cav were brought on as an official agents hired to fight the outbreak of ghosts. The pair were placed on a team with Bina and Ayo, due to their monsters' similar fighting techniques.

## Relationships

### Cav

Even when SHELL viewed the monsters as a problem to solve, Ray seemed to have a good deal of affection towards Cav. He boasted about Cav's strength, showed worry when Cav was in danger, and even let Cav sleep in his bed, curled atop him like a pet. Though Ray was scared on some level of the supposed "accident" that formed Cav, he never showed any negative feelings towards Cav as a result of his fear.

Since SHELL's reformation, Cav and Ray's bond has continued to develop positively. The two often perform in commercial shoots together, with Cav seemingly picking up some of Ray's vanity.

### Abel

Though their only interaction in the comic thus far has been their fight in SHELL headquarters, Ray seems to have a much more positive attitude towards Abel now, expressing sympathy towards him for the numerous traumas he'd experienced.

## Trivia

* In an earlier draft of the comic, Ray was conceived as Nancy's boyfriend, and the two were "the Jessie and James of the comic".

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 24 Title Page
2. ↑ Chapter 26, Page 17
3. ↑ Through various statements in the comic, Abel's age can be inferred to be 17 as of the current chapter, meaning that Ray would also be 17 if their age is the same
4. ↑ Chapter 22, Page 32
5. ↑ Chapter 23, Page 17
6. ↑ Description on Chapter 24, Page 2
7. ↑ Chapter 24, Page 7
8. ↑ Chapter 24, Page 9
9. ↑ Chapter 22, Page 31
10. ↑ Chapter 31, Page 58
11. ↑ Chapter 24, Page 11
12. ↑ Chapter 24, Page 12
13. ↑ Chapter 31, Page 14
14. ↑ Chapter 34, Page 18
15. ↑ Magnolia Porter-Siddell on Twitter