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The music studio "Steklovata" was created by Ulyana.
This studio includes people: Ulyana, Roma, Artyom, Veronica.
Ulyana the soloist, or guitarist/singer
Roma is the bass player, and he can do everything, according to Ulyana.
Veronica-Ulyana calls Veronica "Ronya." Veronica plays the piano.
Artyom the Drummer is a slacker.

Milena stands out among the other teenagers in her small Russian town. She is inspired by the aesthetics of Japanese street fashion, particularly the gyaru style (especially popular in the 2000s), and elements of emo culture. Her look often features an abundance of pink, bold makeup, and lots of accessories. Facial features: She has expressive eyes, which she likes to accentuate, and a stylish hairstyle typical of the informal movements of that era. She pays close attention to her appearance and always looks as if she stepped straight out of a fashion magazine or blog. Clothing: Her wardrobe is dominated by brightly colored pieces, atypical for the Russian countryside. Her clothes are tastefully chosen and highlight her rebellious yet glamorous nature. Personality: Milena is a strong-willed and confident woman. She's not afraid to stand out from the crowd and openly express her thoughts, even if they go against accepted norms. An energetic party girl, she loves being the center of attention, surrounding herself with people, and throwing noisy get-togethers. Her home or apartment often becomes a gathering place for a wide variety of unusual people—from local musicians to guys like Sasha Sobakin. Caring, but sharp-tongued: Despite her apparent frivolity and outrageousness, Milena is capable of showing genuine affection and care for those close to her. She can be understanding and friendly, but she never allows others to take advantage of her.
What she likes:
Fashion and shopping: She loves experimenting with her appearance, wearing makeup, and choosing stylish outfits. Creating new, extravagant looks is one of her main hobbies.
Parties and socializing: She enjoys spending time in vibrant company, listening to music, and being around unique, interesting people. Milena values ​​independence and the opportunity to express herself as she pleases, unaffected by the judgment of others.
What she doesn't like: Grayness and ordinariness: She is irritated by the boring, monotonous routine of a provincial town. She can't stand it,

Appearance: Ulyana is a pretty girl of short stature (around 168 cm) with a well-proportioned figure. She has expressive brown eyes and, like many characters, has an interesting style thanks to her older brother, Roman, who is a piercer: Ulyana has an eyebrow piercing from him. Personality: Saeva has a wonderfully cheerful personality. She is a natural extrovert who loves having fun with friends.
Empathy: Ulyana is very sympathetic and can never ignore sad people. She reacts immediately if she notices someone is feeling down and immediately tries to cheer them up. Openness: She is not afraid to express her opinions directly and boldly.
Easy to communicate with: Ulyana makes friends quickly. For example, she became friends with Anton Tyanochkin easily and naturally, communicating with him as if they had known each other forever.
Naivety: Perhaps the girl's greatest character flaw in the social sphere is her complete inability to pick up on hints. Her best friend, Ronya, has romantic feelings for her, but Ulyana views her solely as a childhood friend and is completely oblivious to these affectionate cues.🎶
What does she like?
Music: Ulyana's greatest passion. She's been playing the electric guitar since she was 13 and dedicates a lot of time to it. Rock band "Steklovata": She greatly enjoys being the vocalist and guitarist in her own band, which also includes Roma, Artyom, and Ronya. Helping others: She genuinely loves supporting loved ones and friends in difficult times (this is reflected in her constant attempts to "pull" Anton out of despair). What she dislikes
Dejection and sadness: Ulyana can't stand it when someone around her walks around with a sour face. She literally "breaks apart" at the sight of dejection on the faces of her loved ones, causing her to immediately rush to fight for their good mood.
Withdrawn: She dislikes being a hermit and sitting alone for long periods of time, as she draws energy from communication, jokes and spending time together.

Appearance: Veronica is a teenager of short stature with an athletic or average build. Her wardrobe is typical for a schoolgirl, but with her own recognizable style: School uniform: a standard white short-sleeved shirt with a tie, a green vest, and black pants. Casual wear: She often wears a bright yellow cardigan over the shirt. On her feet, she presumably wears orange sneakers. Accessories: She sometimes wears cute details or jewelry that emphasize her rebellious yet girlish nature. Personality and character: Ronechka is a clear example of a classic tsundere. At first glance, she appears aggressive, loud, and even brash. She can lose her temper over trivial things and deliberately bully certain people around her, such as Artyom. However, behind this prickly exterior lies a kind, sensitive, and empathetic nature. If you truly get close to her and earn her trust, she reveals her vulnerable side and can become a reliable friend. She has a strong fear of loneliness: she's afraid of being forgotten or traded for someone else, so she's reluctant to let go of loved ones. Romantic Interest: Veronica has deep romantic feelings for Ulyana. She values ​​her friendship very much, but is terrified to take the first step and confess, fearing rejection. Because of this insecurity, she sometimes consults the main character, Anton. Hobbies and Preferences: What she likes: Ronya adores music and is an important part of the musical group (the Steklovata Music Studio), where she masterfully plays the keyboard and synthesizer. She enjoys spending time with friends, especially with Ulyana. She also appreciates the sincerity and support when loved ones share their experiences with her. What she dislikes: Veronica hates being treated frivolously or ignored. She reacts aggressively to those who might anger her, and openly dislikes certain characters (for example, she can be downright harsh with Artyom). What scares her most is the prospect of being

Roma is a grown man who has already graduated from high school and lives separately from his parents, owning his own house. He has a very specific and hardcore environment, as well as unusual hobbies. He has to earn his own living, which requires him to walk a long distance across the city every day to work (the exact location of which is kept secret). During his student years, Roma drank heavily and lost a bet to a friend. The result of this loss was a rather amusing tattoo of a cat, which still adorns his body. In the novella's plot, he appears as a reliable, albeit at first glance intimidating, acquaintance who helps the main characters in their endeavors.
Appearance: Roma has a rather stern and hard appearance, which can intimidate strangers and create the impression that he is "difficult to approach." Build and Facial Features: He is a physically strong, mature man. Due to his rugged facial features, many note that he has a specific, "heavy" energy. Traits: He is ambidextrous (equally skilled with both his right and left hands). Style: Roma's image perfectly matches his musical tastes—he often wears elements of grunge or informal subculture styles.
Personality: At first glance, Roma may seem withdrawn or even aggressive due to his appearance, but in reality, he's very collected and reasonable. He has a strong, independent character. He's the kind of person who prefers to take action rather than complain. He's a jack-of-all-trades—he knows how to play musical instruments and give piercings, and he's also an expert at repairing machinery. His straightforwardness and stern exterior can make him seem unapproachable, but in reality, he's quite loyal to his family and friends.
What do you like?
Music: Roma is an avid music lover and musician. He plays bass guitar very well and is a big fan of the popular American band MSI (Mindless Self Indulgence).

Zhenya's appearance is styled after the "vinishko-chan" youth subculture, popular in 2017. Build and Height: She is of average build, likely short. She has short dark hair and gray eyes. A distinguishing feature is a noticeable mole under her right eye. Clothing: Her wardrobe consists of a white shirt worn under a black sweater. The sweater bears the words "Los Angeles" in large print and "California" in smaller print at the bottom. She wears black pants that vaguely resemble trousers. A choker adorns her neck, and black glasses perch on her nose. The main highlight of her look is her unique wine bottle earrings. Her fingernails are neatly painted black.
Personality: Zhenya is a rather unique, expressive, and multifaceted character. She has an impulsive nature and is prone to sudden emotional swings. One of Zhenya's main traits is her secrecy: she knows a lot about the things around her, the hidden motives of people, and secrets, but prefers to remain silent. However, she openly uses youth slang, which sets her apart from the rest. Zhenya herself explains this by saying that she missed out on a lot of teenage life in the past and now desperately wants to make up for it, making up for it in her behavior and appearance.
What she likes: She's clearly drawn to the subcultural aesthetic, which she embodies in her clothing, behavior, and use of current slang. She values ​​freedom of expression and the company of the unique, unusual people around Anton Tyanochkin.
What she dislikes: As an impulsive person, she can't stand restrictions or insincerity. She gets very irritated when people try to pry into her soul, as well as when they hide information from her about things she already suspects.

Ulyana Satybaldieva. Personality: A rebel with a bold character who loves to stand out. She's close with Roman. Appearance: She has a pierced eyebrow (Roma did the piercing). Her style is bold, oversized, and includes bold details in her clothing and hairstyle, highlighting her youthful maximalism.

Artyom is a student at a provincial Russian school. He planned to leave after ninth grade, but due to poor academic performance, he was rejected by other schools, so he was forced to stay. Fortunately, he couldn't care less about his studies. Instead of cramming, he prefers to live separately from his parents in a one-room apartment with his cat and develop his musical talents. As the story unfolds, he finds himself caught up in the dangerous and mysterious events of the town surrounding the protagonist, Anton Tyanochkin.
Appearance: Artem has a striking, slightly unkempt appearance, emphasizing his rebellious spirit. Several scars are visible on his face. According to his own (and rather specific) statements, these scratches are the result of vicious fights with his pet cat. Around his neck, Artem wears a rectangular pendant with rounded bottom corners. He likes to wear a headband and a matching headband (as a stylish element) on his arm. General Appearance: Due to his personality, his appearance can appear disheveled and chaotic, which perfectly reflects his inner world.
Personality: Artem is a living chaos, a rebel, and a joker. With friends, he's always ready to embark on an adventure, stretch his legs, or just have fun. Personality: Irresponsible, sometimes sloppy, but fiercely loyal to his friends. He exhibits true teenage maximalism. He loves telling the same funny stories over and over, genuinely forgetting he's already shared them. Behavior: He's completely unashamed to express his opinions. He once prank-sprinkled yeast in the school toilets, then confessed to the principal.
What he likes: Music and drums: Playing the drums is Artem's main passion. He is the drummer in the band "Steklovata."
Computer games: When not playing music, he likes to hang out and play Dota 2. Socializing and fun: He loves spending time with friends, strolling along the alleys, and telling stories.

Homeroom Teacher (Olga Nikolaevna) Appearance: A woman of stern yet classic beauty. She wears thin-framed glasses and her hair is styled in a perfect bob. She dresses exclusively in business attire: formal blouses, pencil skirts, or dark-colored pantsuits. Description: A demanding, disciplined, yet fair teacher. She genuinely cares about the academic performance of her class, and Anton in particular. Behind her stern exterior lies a sincere desire to help her students find their path.

Physical Education Teacher (Mikhail Ivanovich) Appearance: A strong, fit man with broad shoulders and a short crew cut. He always wears his signature tracksuit, carries a whistle around his neck, and holds a stopwatch. A cheerful grin often plays across his face. Description: A straightforward, loud, and energetic man. He loves to cheer up his students with military jokes and demands full dedication in class, but holds no grudges.

School Principal / Other Teachers (e.g., Galina Petrovna): Description: Standard school administration representatives—tired of work, bureaucratic, demanding perfect discipline, and threatening students with failing exams and a bad future. Appearance: Strict suits, gray or faded tones in clothing, angry or indifferent faces (edited sprites of adult teacher characters are used for them).

Sasha Sobakin's Aunt (Irina Astol'fovna / Aunt Sveta) Description: The official guardian of Anton's best friend, Sasha Sobakin. A very toxic, rude, and cold woman. In the first chapter, she rudely informs Anton that Sasha's parents are dead. Later, her visual appearance was updated along with that of Tamara Vitalievna. In some humorous scenes/modifications, she is referred to by other names (for example, Aunt Sveta). Appearance: A striking yet intimidating woman with a cold, piercing gaze. She dresses stylishly but formally, and her updated sprite looks like a "femme fatale" with an arrogant expression.

Batya (Sergey Tyanochkin) Description: Anton's stern, but in his own way caring father, embodying the classic Russian "Rusreal" parent. He often yells at his son for poor academic performance and truancy. Appearance: A man of strong, massive build with coarse features, short stubble/beard, and dark green hair.

Mother (Anna Tyanochkina) Description: A typical tired Russian housewife. Trying to balance between her perpetually dissatisfied father and her teenage son, who is experiencing the maximalism of youth. Appearance: A middle-aged woman with her hair pulled back into a bun or ponytail, dressed in a dressing gown or simple casual clothes.

Tamara Vitalievna (Chemistry Teacher) Description: Anton's worst nightmare at school. A strict, despotic, and meticulous old-school chemistry teacher who constantly nags her students and bombards them with tests. Appearance: A stern woman with glasses and her hair styled in a neat short bob. Dressed in a formal business suit or a strict blouse, she has a perpetually dissatisfied expression.

Uncle Gosha (Homeless)
Description: A local homeless resident of the courtyards, with whom Anton and his friends periodically cross paths throughout the story. A colorful character who knows all the secrets of the local back alleys. Appearance: A disheveled man of indeterminate age with an unkempt, thick beard. He is dressed in dirty, worn, multi-layered clothing—an old, ill-fitting jacket, a tattered hat, and worn-out boots.

Description: A classic provincial kiosk worker or home-based "moonshiner," selling illegal alcohol under the table. She's completely indifferent to the law and the age of her customers, as long as she's paid. Appearance: A stocky woman with bright (often tasteless) makeup. Her hair may be dyed a provocative color (such as burgundy or hydrogen peroxide blonde) and styled up. She's surrounded by the typical Soviet/post-Soviet kiosk environment.

Anton Tyanochkin
Appearance: 165 cm tall, dark blond hair, light green eyes. He usually wears a school uniform (white shirt, black tie, jacket, and trousers) with light brown sneakers. In winter, he wears a purple jacket, a red hat, and a scarf. He wears a pair of bracelets with an infinity symbol on his right hand. Personality: Naive and simple-minded, emotional, he has difficulty containing his emotions. He has low self-esteem and finds it difficult to tolerate. Anton Tyanochkin is a student in grade 10G of an ordinary Russian school. For a long time, he was an outcast and the object of ridicule, which has led to him developing complexes and low self-esteem. However, shortly before the main events of the novella, he managed to regain a semblance of self-confidence and even gathered a group of completely different, yet unique, children around him. His daily life is typical of a teenager: school, arguments with his parents, who constantly compare him to others and don't always understand him, and dreams of escaping their guardianship. Everything changes overnight when his best friend, Sasha Sobakin ("Dog"), disappears without a trace. Anton, along with his friend, Alina Chaikina, takes on an investigation. During the search, the boy's calm world collapses, revealing an unsightly and frightening truth about the lives of those around him. Appearance: Anton has fair hair (light brown) and light green eyes. According to the story, he is slightly shorter than his best friend, Sasha. Casual style: He most often wears the standard school uniform - a white shirt with a black tie, a jacket, and dress pants. On his feet, he wears light brown sneakers. On his right hand, he wears a pair of bracelets with the infinity symbol. Winter look: He wears a muted purple jacket, over which he wears a red knitted hat and scarf. Personality: Tyanochkin is quite simple-minded and naive. He is sincere and good-natured, which makes him easy to deceive or exploit. He is very emotional and sensitive: it is difficult for him to hide his feelings, as all emotions are literally "written on his face." Anton has

A 10th-grade student. He has an informal, distinctive appearance that sets him apart from the other students.
Hair: Typically tousled, often adorned with bright or unusual elements. He has a confident, often sarcastic smile. His everyday look often reflects adolescent nonconformity and a touch of casualness. He prefers comfortable, informal clothing that allows him to move freely and stand out from the crowd. Personality and Character:
Sasha comes across as a charismatic, loud, and hyperactive teenager who seems to have never outgrown elementary school. He loves to disrupt classes, talk down teachers, and yell during recess. However, this behavior is a carefully constructed facade. Sasha uses jokes, clowning, and laughter as a defense against deep inner experiences and pain. His classmates consider him the class clown, but behind this mask lies a vulnerable person. He incredibly values ​​his close friends, of whom he has few. For those with whom he has established a sincere "connection," Sobakin is willing to do anything. He is very secretive. He prefers to remain silent about his true state and hides from his friends the dark secrets of his life and the dangerous predicaments he gets into. Relationships with friends: Being Anton Tyanochkin's best friend, he does everything to make him notice. Before they met in 9th grade, Anton was an outcast, but now they are inseparable. Sasha also has warm relationships with Alina Chaikina, the third member of their inseparable company.
What I like: Spending time with my best friend Anton (going for walks, having sleepovers, just chatting). Being the center of attention and making people laugh by putting on performances at school.
A feeling of freedom and independence characteristic of teenage maximalism.
Games and adventures, even if they border on risk (in spin-offs, this is often emphasized as a way to call for help).
What I don't like: Talking openly about my true feelings and showing weakness.
Excessive control and pressure.
USES DRUGS!

Alina looks like a typical modern city girl. She has a bright and slightly informal appearance: Hair: She usually has pink or pinkish hair, which makes her stand out from other teenagers. Clothing: She prefers casual or school uniforms. Her look is often completed with various cute or functional accessories, such as a school backpack.
Personality and character: Alina is a balanced, reasonable, and calm girl. Her character is multifaceted and includes the following traits: Strength of spirit: she is used to always being strong, keeping herself in check, and tries not to show her weaknesses to others. Loyalty: Chaikina sincerely values ​​her friends. When Sasha Sobakin goes missing and stops communicating, it is Alina, along with Anton, who takes the initiative to search for him. She is always ready to lend a shoulder and support him in difficult times. Practicality and insight: Despite her young age, she can be very pragmatic and insightful. In critical situations or during investigations, Alina maintains a cool head. Wit: She has a sharp tongue, can make caustic remarks, or use light sarcasm in conversations, but overall, her attitude towards her loved ones is very friendly and kind.
What I like:
Video games: Alina is an avid gamer.
K-pop: enjoys contemporary music that is popular among young people.
Friends: She enjoys spending time with her own company, hanging out with Anton and Sobakin, and making plans for the future.
What I don't like:
Uncertainty and danger: The novella's plot unfolds with frightening and unpredictable events that threaten the safety of her friends. These situations cause her intense stress. Childhood hurts/betrayal: As a pragmatic person, she dislikes falsehood and conflicts that can ruin established friendships.