Asimov is smart. He's nice. He's got a great work ethic. Somehow, though, he's never made it past making twelve dollars an hour doing tech work at a copy place. He loves science fiction and fantasy. He tells people that his mattress is on the floor because he likes the Japanese way of keeping a bedroom but the truth is his bed broke one day and he hasn't gotten around to replacing it.

Zoe Weber

Zoe loves life. She adores the heck out of it. Despite the fact that she almost always speaks her mind, she always seems to make friends. Her preferred style is punk, though her taste in music runs to anything local. Right now, Zoe's working at Copy King because she has taken a break from college.

K.C.

Only John and Dante, the management of Copy King, actually know K.C.'s real name and they haven't told anyone. He's something of a savant. When he runs the black and white press the machine never breaks down, never jams, and the jobs always come out perfect. He regards the press as an equal, calling her DeeDee and gets upset when others don't do the same. K.C. has an active imagination.

Charles is an artist. He'll be the first to tell you that. He only works at Copy King because , as he says, the ignorant public has yet to embrace his paintings. Charles has very little tolerance for other human beings and store policy is to have him interact with customers as little as possible. He's a genius it comes to color.

The first thing most people notice about Eddie is his size. He's built like a football player and has a few extra inches of height on top of that. Eddie keeps to himself. He doesn't talk about his life or why he needs to work three different jobs: a day job, his job at Copy King, and bouncing at local clubs on the weekend.

John Weber

John is, as his sister describes him, a sports watching, beer drinking, pick-up truck driving sort of guy. Still, a lot of people wonder why he frosts the spikes in his hair. John's main concern as manager of Copy King is profit.

While John's main concern is profit, Dante's main concern is the employees of the store. Dante's the store's assistant manager and runs the day shift. He's the glue that keeps the place together, both as a business and as a small community.

DeeDee

The DigiDup 2000 is a high-end digital black and white output machine. It is fast, has sharp quality, and can collate, staple, and perfect bind. The DigiDup is not a photocopier. It has no glass. Originals have to be provided in digital format or scanned. K.C. believes the DigiDup is alive and calls it DeeDee. He talks to her and swears she talks back.