Ned M. Esis

> Ahem, according to my sources, you're cringe.
>
> - Ned

Ned M. Esis is a student of Budo-ga Oka Middle & High School and its first "black market" dealer. Using the abilities of his Stand, Sell Out, Ned creates physically improbable objects and devices and sells them for cheap to occupy his insane amount of free time.

## History

Ned's origins are somewhat uncertain, but he has been operating his "black market" behind the school for some time now, often selling "monsters" to Daidai and Enoch. Otherwise, he didn't have many friends - or relationships at all - and tended to wait for people to approach him, rather than the other way around.

Ned's first major role was in helping Sumi escape house arrest by supplying her with unconventional tools that she exploited to varying degrees of success. They became kind-of friends through this, and became totally-friends after Ned suggested she fight Riyumi as part of the Principal King of the Hill. He has been slowly integrating himself into her friend group since.

Some time after that, Mel O. Ware's existence was made known to Ned after he took up residence in Sumi's computer. Ned reassured him that he wasn't going to get murdered for being malware, then gave Sumi the bazooka to use to blow up ReMA.

Afterwards, Ned was handed the principal position after Sumi won it yet again, this time without his input on the situation. He accepted it, and currently still holds the position.

## Abilities

### Stand

Ned's Stand, "Sell Out", allows him to create a number of "cards" that he can use to duplicate anything he's seen a visual representation of. The more accurate the representation is, the higher the quality of the duplicate will be, and the longer it will stay that way. While the specifics aren't known, everything Ned duplicates in this way will eventually "degrade" - becoming more and more "glitchy" as time goes on, corrupting its original function or making it difficult to use for its intended purpose. The copies will also worsen in quality if Ned tries to duplicate the same object multiple times.

## Relationships

### Family

The specifics of Ned's family aren't yet known, but it has been shown that his mother is present in his life. In addition, he has two uncles: Saul and Pete Weinkauf. Going along with this, Ned considers Mel his cousin.

### Friends

Kyou Kagemori and Ned have known each other for some time, and occasionally collaborate on projects together. Not much else is known about their relationship.

Sumi Yukikara is probably Ned's closest friend by merit of time spent in her presence as well as generally being able to get along well with each other, despite having energies that seem incompatible.

### Acquaintances

Ned sold stuff to Fimi once, and accidentally made her cry while trying to warn her about the less-than-stellar aspects of his powerset. Her copy of his Stand is called "Face Up Face Down", but she does not have a friend ability from him yet.

Ned gave Atsuya Maki a "Drying Pan" card to assist on his "Intern Boy" quest, but never got to explain how it worked.

Ned met Mira Terebigēmu once when he was hanging out with Sumi.

Ned considers Yoku Inori something friend-adjacent. The feeling is not mutual.

## Trivia

* Ned loves shrimp. His favorite kind is tileable.
* Ned doesn't know what guns are.