First up, Pepperman and The Vigilante!
(( Why both at once? Cause they're constantly together anyway, it'd be a shame to split them apart.
More or less I wanted to lean into the personalities they have already, but to crank em up a bit.
They're two of the five strongest creations in the tower, as well as close friends of P. his leads them both to be rather simply manipulated by him, especially given how gradual it was.
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Pepperman is a loud and proud figure, constantly boasting about his mastery of the arts and his determination and perseverance to never half-ass any of his creations was there for everyone to see.
Thus, P started taking advantage of that.
P would constantly commission Pepperman.
At first it was in reasonable quantities, maybe a painting every so often, maybe a little statuette here and there.
But the amount and speed that P started demanding became absurd.
Pepperman deep down could tell that he was accepting more work than he can handle, but his pride wouldn't listen.
He kept staying up longer and longer to finish the pieces, to the point where if you were to ask, he probably wouldn't even remember the last time he painted or even sketched for himself. Or when he last slept.
That's the state our protagonists would hind him in; very very overworked.
Rather unfinished first encounter with Pepperman^
(Check alt text if anything is hard to understand)
And here's a bunch of miscellaneous art of him (explanations in alt):
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Vigilante is a serious and gruff fellow who puts his farm and the people he cares about before himself.
He used to be a Vigilante until he got promoted to the Sheriff not too long ago. Now he just wears the name cause he's used to it.
No outlaw can escape his wrath, as he's very handy with a gun and loves practicing using it in sparring matches.
This is where P ruins that for him.
P used to just have fun little matches with Vigi, fighting fair and often allowing him to win as just a thanks for spending time with him.
But, as time went on, it became relentless.
P would constantly attempt to catch Vigi off-guard to "test his reflexes", not quite to the point of keeping him awake, but rather just making him paranoid and fearful of each minute he's awake. His hand was constantly on the trigger of his gun to feel at least a little in control.
And P doesn't go easy on him either. He's left actual dents and errors in the cheese, wounds that shouldn't even be possible.
But Vigilante doesn't know how to stop it.
If he were to say stop, he'd be angering his boss and more importantly friend. He cares about the time they've spent together, but knows at the same time that this is becoming far too much for him to handle.
And that's how you meet him, high-strung, worried about disappointing P.
I never finished the intro to him, but it would've taken place not along after Pepperman's. In fact, in the same room, like, canonically like ten minutes apart.
He'd go in there to discuss about getting ready for P's big event and just casually reveal to Peppibow about them being a clone, which would lead to quite a bit of tension as well as the proper in color introduction to P.
Misc art of Vigi:
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Their relationship would be up in the air. They were gonna be written as friends, but could be read as whatever the reader wants.
Vigilante would often drag Phil (as he calls Pepperman, since it's his real name), to Noisette's Cafe as a way to relax whenever he was pushing himself too hard.
Pepperman would be there to hear Vigi discuss his situation and give advice, which more or less fell on deaf ears, but were appreciated nonetheless.
They've been friends as long as they can remember, to the point that they can't even remember ever meeting, just that they always knew eachother.
Comic of Vigilante pulling Phil away from his work to take a break^
(I was gonna originally make a better digital version but haven't gotten to it)
First refs of them^
Bonus info:
Pepperman's final design doesn't have a bow, since its colors would've been decided by askers. Thus it would've been added after the votes were in.
Vigi was originally gonna have a cheese pattern bow that would work similar to the patterns do in Chowder.
All of Fun Farm is Vigilante's farm.
Pepperman would be on the spectrum.
I forgot that Pepperman's small form exited while making him, so he has nothing to do with that.
Vigilante was planned to die in one of the drafts after revealing to Peppibow that they're a clone, as P had specifically told Vigi and the other bosses not to do that, and thus gets angered.
P would pop his hand through a portal, crush the life out of him and then drag him away, leaving Pepperman and everyone else in the room horrified.
And that was one of planned introductions to P.
I decided against it, as Vigi didn't really do anything to deserve that fate and plus it would've been rather anti-climactic in general.
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Seems like a perfectly reasonable response to such a thing to me! Sorry I asked, sometimes I'm little silly! But now that I understand why you came here now, what should we do now?
Just as-a closed as the other-a one.
A brick-a? Can these-a even be removed?
Who is-a--
C'mon c'mon, why's ya slowin' down now?
C'mon...!
Urgh--
Hnng--
Eh, that oughta keep it busy fer a while.
Bagel time.
[You can now ask this guy!]
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hey! question, why are you in this tower? just curious
Well, I've been-a better and... That's actually part of why I'm-a here.
I'm-a tryna stop a giant pizza from-a destroying everything I hold-a dear?
...Gesù Cristo, that sounds-a far crazier when said out loud.
Though uh… You're a flying and-a talking anchovy so maybe it's not-a that weird?
Speaking of, and also since I found-a you here, could-a you maybe guide me or-a something? Surely you know where the big bad of the tower is?
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So, Peppino, why are you even here in the first place? People don't just come to the tower for no reason.
Didn't I mention it already? I could-a give more detail, I guess?
Today, after hanging out with-a P, a huge evil pizza flew up to me and told me it'll destroy-a everything I hold-a dear.
And so I... Ran over to the tower to stop-a him.
Hah, hearing it out-a loud, it sounds kinda stupid. I mean, I don't even really know what-a he meant by that, you know?
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Dude. That pizza granny explosion musta gave you a skin condition.
Oh, uh, I hadn't-a noticed!
Sorry, it's a condition of-a mine. P says it's called amnosia.
Basically whenever I feel-a really upset or scared-a,
I get a bit goopier than normal.
He says I got it from a concussion.
It's why quite a bit of my memory is kinda... Hazy.
And makes-a me care a bit too much, too.
At least, that's how he put it. I might be misremebering.
At least I can expect you and-a Fondue to try and keep me calm, right?
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I'm assuming are time is coming to a-close soon, will we see you again once that time comes?
(( Indeed I do, I'm just far too eager to spoil everyone on how the show will go. . . >>
(( But obviously I'll return, I'm the host after all!
I'll just leave you with some pieces of advice! >>
(( Don't tell him what he is.
Don't stress him out.
And keep talk about ME a minimum.
Unless you want to end up talking with a PUDDLE. >>
(( But yeah, that's all from me! Next time we meet Imma be more prepared!
Bye bye! >>
*Swapping jingle*
[ You can no longer ask P (for now) ]
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Hold on, how are we talking to you right now?
(( Telliepromptor~! >>
(( Oh, I assume you're wondering where AskChovy is then too, huh? >>
(( Had a lil oopsie-daisy it did! >>
(( Snrk- >>
(( OH NOO, I CAN'T! Just imagining your dumbfound face is TOO much! >>
(( This is just a random flying anchovy that's playing along! >>
(( Hoo- As for actual AskChovy, don't worry, it's still with Peppino! It's just asking questions out of your sight! >>
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