They call him the most flamboyant straight man in all of Kansas City
What I pictured Luke Acker from C.K. Walker's "Whitefall" as, thanks to Hunter's fruity voice acting. Can't believe that guy had a girlfriend towards the end.
I really like this story. I can’t understand the negative reactions people have had to it lately. Sure, it’s not perfect, but the plot really drew me in, and I really liked the characters. I think Walker is a very good author, even if her stories aren’t perfect and “Borrasca IV” being “Borrasca IV”—but I LOVE the way she brings her characters to life; in that regard, she’s one of the best to do it.
Side note: This was clearly a plot by Big Vending to test the behavior of the average consumer in extreme situations. Think about it: The people in there, throwing money into the vending machines until they have none left, and testing their preferences for snacks and soda—that’s truly brilliant. Who else could have built this maze? Mars Inc., of course, with a horde of bulldozers! And their enforcers? Acker, for example, because the first thing he did on the bus was to tout the Milky Way bar to a half-starved test-subject to win over a life-long customer. Them commiting cannibalism was, naturally, of rudimentary importance for the statistical analysis. /j