Marvin E. Leigh

Before Suit Change

*"That's not a person. That is not a fucking person!”*

*-Marvin, shortly before being chased by his friend (Bacteria).*

**Marvin E. Leigh** is a member of the ASYNC Foundation. He is identified as a scientist, serving as the main protagonist of Pitfalls who functions as the camera man. He is the only named survivor of the Backrooms thus far.

## Character History

### Pitfalls

During the start of the footage, Marvin, alongside his teammates, prepare for their exploration into the Backrooms by equipping their Hazmat suits. The crew enters the Backrooms together before the footage then cuts and skips to the crew setting up cameras to take pictures. Marvin and his crew can be heard chit-chatting while setting up various equipment. The crew then continues to explore further into the Backrooms, stumbling upon a room with a grid in the middle of the floor where floorspace along the grid seems to be missing. One of the other crewmembers crosses the grid first, successfully reaching a door on the other side of the grid. The crewmember opens the door, and a strange faint green glow can be seen emanating from the door. The crewmember urges the others to come over as he exclaims "Oh, my God!" when opening the door. The crewmember requests another camera to join him. It then cuts to Marvin starting to cross the ledges between the grid. As Marvin crosses over the ledges between the grid, he either stumbles or is pushed into one of the grid's sections, causing him to fall down from a notable height without any apparent physical injuries. Marvin is now seemingly in a different section of the Backrooms. His crewmembers check up on him, and Martin informs them that he is fine, other than having pulled something in his shoulder.

Marvin stays put in the room he fell in until he suddenly hears a loud, vaguely distorted screaming which the other crewmembers are unable to hear, either because the microphone Marvin's using to communicate with his crew isn't strong enough to pick up the noise, or is unable to pick up the noise altogether. Marvin decides to follow the unidentified sound, assuming it is a person in distress. After walking for a few minutes he comes into a hallway that is almost fully shut off, but there is a small gap between the wall which allows him to climb under. The room that this leads into is a tunnel with what seems to be a dark, but star-filled night sky, which leads onto a seemingly residential street with an unexplained red glow. Marvin hears what sounds like an unidentified human voice pleading for help. Marvin starts walking along the road, shouting back in case the unidentified person(s) can hear him, but he doesn't seem to be receiving a response. He continues on, and near the end of the street he hears multiple voices shouting, causing him to enter one of the houses on the road.

Once he enters this house, the first room leads into what seems to be a living room that is completely empty, except for multiple stop signs with backwards text written on it. The living room continues onto a narrow and entirely white hallway that leads onto a different room. This room doesn't aesthetically align with the rest of the rooms in the Backrooms, as the paint seems to be peeling, and two flattened cardboard boxes, a backpack, a pair of sneakers, broken chains and two blue wooden chairs, one of which is flipped on its seat can also be seen in the room. The unidentified screaming can be heard once again, which causes Marvin to continue his exploration. The room with the peeling paint leads onto a long, typical Backrooms corridor that seems to extend quite far. Near the end of the hallway, Marvin spots something vaguely humanoid shaped (a Bacteria), and it spots him. Marvin, realising that the thing screaming was infact the Bacteria, says "That's not a person. That is not a fucking person!".

The Bacteria, realising it can no longer fool Marvin, charges at him. It starts screaming very loudly in a vaguely human way. Marvin runs as fast as he can, backtracking his steps and narrowly escapes the Bacteria. He ends up back in the room where he initially fell into, and seconds later a rope is lowered through the hole Marvin fell in. As Marvin is tethered up, he starts coughing while being pulled up before the footage ends.

### Reunion

19 days after the incident in Pitfalls, Marvin, along with Mark Blume and Randall Tachi go to Room 14C to analyse the layout of the area as Team A board up the holes in Room 14D and build a walkway to the door. They find an area with tiles instead of carpet, with some of the ceiling tiles having fallen off. They continue to travel until they find a drawing on the wall. They attempt to radio in to report their findings, however they have gone out of range and decide to head back so they can radio Team A. While heading back, they are ambushed by Peter Tench, who takes Mark's shotgun and holds the team at gunpoint. He tries to find out how many researchers are nearby before everyone realizes that Peter is a former employee. He asks if the world believes that he is dead, which Marvin confirms. As Peter tries to find out what the world thinks happened to him, Team A radios Mark. Mark tells Team A that they are being held at gunpoint by Peter and that they need backup. Despite Marvin's pleas to stop, Peter shoots Mark, telling the two remaining researchers to tell people the truth before running away. Randall and Marvin surround Mark's dead body, requesting backup.

## Trivia

* Marvin E. Leigh is the second main protagonist of the prequel series, with the first being an unidentified ASYNC Employee(Missing Persons).
* The character seems to wear the same basic yellow hazmat suits as other members of ASYNC.