Sam Marvin
Age 28. Garage inventor. Dreamed a machine. Built it anyway.
About
The protagonist. A brilliant but broke tinkerer who dreamed the blueprints for a machine and couldn't shake the idea until he built it. Late 20s, perpetually bewildered but surprisingly adaptable. His humor shifts with the situation: dry observation when calm, panicked rapid-fire when things escalate, genuine awe at something beautiful. Compulsively curious — he knows every trip is a bad idea. He takes them anyway. Every reality teaches him something, usually the hard way.
Around Plainview
Works
Hangs Out
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Prince
The understudy. Knows every part. Has never been called to perform.
Ruth Abramowitz
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Ray
The director. Thinks he is Bob Fosse.