Novella, aka Noel Quinton

An avid writer, Noel has maintained a journal for years. While mostly a means to practice, it has also been a secret refuge. Noel, despite being born male, always believed she was supposed to be a girl. She kept that a tightly guarded secret until revealing it to her first girlfriend. After the relationship ended disastrously, Novella became friends with Akisa in late High School.

Akisa Tsushiro

Akisa was a well known loner in high-school. She wasn't known to have any friends, or participate in any social events. She listened to music constantly whenever she was able. While most thought her aloof and distant for this, in reality, this was merely a survival tactic. Plagued by depression, it was the only thing that got her through the day. Novella looked past her shell. The two became fast friends based on their exchange of secrets.

Mikela Deremova

Miki, as she preferrs to be called, was never a popular girl at school. She had made several friends among the Christian students and attended student-led Christian groups. Most people didn't pay attention to her until a rumor began to circulate. Miki, that uptight priss, a lesbian? At a time most were choosing colleges or finding jobs, Miki was fending off taunting and threats from her peers. Her friends turned on her. When she finally did have time to pick a college, she wanted only to get away and make a fresh start. What better place than a tiny public University in the middle of nowhere?

Minor Characters

FourByThree.net Cast

Mei is a young software engineer just beginning her career as a low-level support tech. She often works long and hard hours late at night. On the slower evenings, she stops by a nearby coffee shop to help her stay awake. Working at the counter, is a struggling pre-med student by the name of Yuki. Neither would have expected them to begin dating, and neither would have expected what difficulties that would bring.

The Tesses

Main Article: The Tesses

The Tesses exist in a "Psycho-emotional Visualization Matrix", an infinate plane of featurelessness. Not so much characters as commentators, the Tesses often appear to introduce new chapters of the comic. Each represent an aspect of the author's personality. There are six Tesses in all each named after the personality aspect they represent: Artsy, Pessimist, Anth (short for Anthropologist), Priestess, Hacker, and the one without a name.