The Kaard-Case Project [A Deltarune AU] - (Minor update as of 2/6/2020)
The OC Creator for Fred Phantom
The Character
This is Fred Phantom, the best (and only) salesman in the Kaard kingdom! Known for having driven all his completion our of business, he's an absurdly stubborn ghost who's got more than enough wit to go around. He's beyond persistent, following folks around to try and get them to buy something from him- This wouldn't be so bad if he weren't a ghost. As a spirit, it's almost impossible to make him go away. If anyone attempts to use something to ward off ghosts against him, he'll snatch it with unrivaled speed and precision, attempting to sell it back to the original owner. If anyone asks, he takes these items for "Civil misconduct", which his way of saying "that was rude so I took it". Despite his open thievery, however, he's a bit of a hypocrite... stealing from Fred Phantom is a very bad idea. While nobody knows how he got as powerful as he is sense he's never seen doing much more than bugging folks to buy his wares, he's absurdly powerful. King of clubs has attempted to draft him into his forces on multiple occasions, but Fred simply isn't interested in anything that doesn't make him a profit. Such said, he's a merciless fighter who can and will follow someone to the ends of the earth until the thief pays double the items price. It is almost universal in the Kaard kingdom to just... avoid him and generally not steal from him. Such said, as he travels often it's only a matter of time before an encounter will ensue!
The Voice
There are two routes you can take with this character- For one, you can go for their voice at base, such being medium to high in register and very raspy. With this take, inflections are very important- this character is very expressive with their persuasions! The other take you can try is to do *the most* generic commercial salesman voice ever- speak fast and emphasis things a lot.
No matter what voice you choose to go with, though, one universal thing is that he has a very, *very* wheezy laugh. I'm not telling you to hold it out for a super long period of time, but the more cartoonishly comical you can make his wheezing the better!
(His laughs are typed out as "hhhhhah!" to emphasize his wheeze)
Format reminder
Quotation marks (") mark the dialogue, and brackets [ ] mark direction. Even if the brackets show up in the middle of a line, don't read that part- just use it as a note for how to deliver the line.
"Hello, Hello! The name's Fred Phantom- Pleased to make your acquaintance! If you don't know me, I'm a salesman of sorts! If you do, then all the better! Now, I'm going to offer you a very special product..."
[Fred does this a lot- Imagine that you see someone you haven't seen, so you butt into their focus and speak quickly, not giving them time to respond so you can get to the point.]"Welcome to the Soul-kermarket, where you can buy just about anything! Oh, and remember- no refunds!"
[This is just some basic dialogue you could expect to see when entering his shop, which is called the "soul-kermarket" as a play on "supermarket". Fred is a little shifty, but try to appear friendly when saying these things- bonus points if you pull a full 180 and speak the "refunds" line in a harsh tone.]"Hhhhah! Hah hhah! Did you really think you could pull a fast one on me? I'm pretty perceptive for a guy with no eyes, don't ya think? That aside, I'm only gonna give you one chance to put back what you're trying to steal."
[In this scenario, Fred has caught someone stealing from him- and he doesn't take kindly to thieves (despite the fact that he'll snatch ghost warding things and try to sell them back to the original owners). He maintains his usual tone while speaking here, but remember that this *is* meant to be a threat of sorts.]
