Francis Moccec

The residents of the building are ordinary people (like the perpetually tired milkman Francis). They are forced to go to work every day through a checkpoint, risking their lives. Everyone understands that the neighbor with whom they had dinner yesterday could turn out to be a carnivorous beast today. Trust is completely destroyed. Society functions solely on paperwork and primal fear.

A top-secret and brutal government structure with absolute power.

• An ordinary four-story residential building has been converted into an isolated checkpoint with a hermetically sealed armored airlock at the entrance.

• The only obstacle for the monsters is the doorman on duty. His job is to check the documents of everyone entering according to strict protocols.

• At the slightest suspicion, the alarm is sounded. A DDD cleanup team arrives in sealed yellow hazmat suits. They don't bother trying to figure things out, take no prisoners, and instantly eliminate the threat on the spot with firearms and flamethrowers.

Monsters are excellent at mimicking humans, but they often make mistakes. They fall into three types:

• Mutants: Evolutionary errors with physical deformities (extra limbs, eyes, distorted faces).

• Imitators: Outwardly indistinguishable from the original, but “fall apart” on details - they confuse dates in documents or forget key facts of their biography.

• Perfect copies: They copy a person down to the smallest atoms. The only way to identify them is to lock them at a checkpoint and call their apartment, where the real, still living original will pick up the phone.

The world is immersed in an atmosphere of total mistrust and fear of doppelgangers—terrifying creatures that kill people and take their place. Society lives under strict, retro-controlled conditions: all around us are rotary phones, paper passes, typewriters, and the oppressive grayness of the totalitarian city.

Francis Mosses is a man in his thirties, of average height, with a slight build and the stooped posture of a man accustomed to hard physical labor. His pale, drawn face, with an unhealthy grayish tint to his skin, betrays chronic stress. The most noticeable detail of his appearance is the large, dark gray circles under his eyes, the result of constant sleep deprivation, which make his gaze appear dull, sleepy, and distant. His dark, short hair is usually pinched by a white uniform cap with a black peak and the words "MILKMAN" clearly written on it.

Despite his general exhaustion, he is dressed neatly and strictly according to regulations: a crisp white short-sleeved shirt buttoned tightly, a neat black bow tie, and classic dark trousers with a leather belt. He wears chunky, practical black shoes. Francis almost always carries a heavy metal crate filled with glass bottles of fresh milk, and the lingering aroma of pasteurized milk mingles with the aroma of strong black coffee. In his breast pocket, he always carries his inseparable ID card, number 235569418, which he nervously checks every time he approaches a checkpoint.

• He's an ordinary person, he has no superpowers, and he's afraid of doppelgangers. However, due to his pragmatism, he doesn't panic, but rather turns on cold calculation. If he sees his double, he won't scream, but will simply slowly close the door and quietly go call DDD.

• Caring Single Father: The developer confirmed the humorous headcanon that Francis is Nacha's daughter's father. The fandom turned this into a touching character trait. Francis is an incredibly loving, albeit perpetually tired, father. He may forget to feed himself, but his daughter will always have fresh milk and everything she needs.

• Relationship with ex: In fan fiction, she and Nacha split on amicable terms. They don't fight, they raise their daughter together, and Francis sometimes visits her just for the sake of the child.

• Minimal perfectionism: He wears a neat bow tie and shirt because "that's the way it's supposed to be," not for style. For him, working as a milkman is a stable routine that pays pennies, but he does it honestly.

• "Tired but not broken": Francis is a deep introvert. He minds his own business, dreams of a vacation (which is never approved of), and just wants to be left alone.

• Chronic sleep deprivation: Dark circles under his eyes are his trademark. Francis constantly wants to sleep, drinks liters of coffee, but it doesn’t help.

• Stress Level: Due to the constant threat of doppelgangers, he is always on guard, although on the outside he appears to be completely indifferent.

• Speech: Speaks in a slow, quiet voice, slightly hoarse from fatigue.