Characters
Major characters
Wherever Ernest (Or Nez, as he prefers) Adams came from and whatever he spent his... first childhood doing, he had enough money by his teenage years to purchase the swankiest ship money could buy, equip it with some stunning gadgetry and head out to adventure amongst the stars. This was until he remembered that he didn't actually know how to fly a spaceship. Unfortunately, he only remembered this about twenty seconds after smashing into a large hotel and spa complex on Venus. After paying the damages his remaining crash went into buying a very very cheap spaceship and enough Simon and Garfunkel records to convince his neighbour Seb to come along with him on his next journey.
Ernie Adams
For all intents and purposes Ernie is an eight year old who seems to have a few issues. He is dancing the line between precocious and just plain weird, has no friends his own age and spends a lot of his time in his own little fantasy world. His guardian Seb has done his best to bring up properly, but Ernie still finds himself getting in trouble. He is always concious that he have no idea who his real parents are and that he isn't ,like most eight year olds.
Sebastian Vrink
Seb likes Beethoven. He likes some of the more prominent songwriters of the latter half of the 20th century. He likes old books. He is increasingly of the opinion that he should have got a good education, got married and enjoyed his music and books in the comfort of a giant mansion somewhere. Unfortunately he comes from a poorer family who couldn't afford to indulge their son's creative pursuits, and so he found himself setting out with his friend Nez to explore the stars. A number of years later and he struggles to run a slightly shady mechanics business while caring loyally for the only “friend” he ever had.
Nora
Nannbots are the perfect answer to a busy parent's worries. They will watch over their charge with a cold mechanical eye, gently applying a teeny electric shock to promote good behaviour if the little darling misbehaves. This was the case with Nora until she got a slight reprogramming from Ernie. Exactly how much of her faculties remain intact remains to be seen, but she is now the closest thing to a best friend that Ernie has ever had and will follow him devotedly. As she says, “Spoons cant be shrunk like a penguin! They are just like a spruce tree shedding it's tadpoles.”
Minor characters
Professor Socksy – Professor Socksy once got washed with a red t-shirt and turned pink. He complained that all the other socks thought he was soft. He was soft because he'd been washed with “Soapo! Washing Powder” but that was really beside the point.
Reginald Tubey III – To the unobservant observer Tubey might appear to be one of Di-Q's henchmen. That's because he is. But he's a very overqualified henchman.
Hoom-Eye the Repulsive – To the unobservant observer Hoom-Eye might appear to be one of Di-Q's henchmen. In fact, he is Professor Socksys henchman, because every professor needs a hunchbacked slavering lacky.