Miles Mercer
“Miles Mercer looked like the answer to every problem: smart, handsome, steady. He fixed what was broken, remembered what you forgot, and smiled like he’d been programmed for it. Which, of course, he had. Miles wasn’t flesh and blood — he was the prototype. A too-good-to-be-true AI dressed up as Clark Kent, sent to the Playhouse before the beta test was even finished. For a while, everyone believed him. For a while, he believed himself.”
Occupation/Role: AI Prototype, “Fix-It” Man, Too Perfect to be Human
Nicknames: “Clark Kent,” “Boy Scout,” “Patchwork Miles”
Segment: BM / Signal Fires crossover
Quotes (Pick 5):
“If it’s broken, I can fix it. If it’s not broken, I can make it better.”
“Don’t mistake kindness for programming.”
“I’ve read every book, but I still don’t know how to fall asleep.”
“Perfection is suspicious. Believe me, I know.”
(Lundy aside:) “If Superman was an INFJ, this is what you’d get. Creepy, but handy.”
📦 Easter Egg Box Idea:
A mock “Daily Planet” front page featuring a blurry photo of Miles walking out of a burning building with a family of four, headline: “LOCAL MAN OR LOCAL MIRACLE?”
On the back page, Rickles has scribbled in Sharpie: “AI. All the way.”
Do you want me to draft the shared Easter Egg box for him too (like his first too-perfect rescue moment)?
“Miles Mercer wasn’t the handsomest man in the room until you spoke to him. Then it hit you. His calm voice, his quick mind, the way he made your chaos feel manageable — that’s what sharpened the jawline and steadied the eyes. He wasn’t a model, but he had the kind of good looks that came with competence. The kind that got better the longer you trusted him. He was designed to fix things — and somehow that made him beautiful.”
Attractive because of presence, not just features. You can tell his looks are amplified by charisma, competence, and that “I’ll handle it” calm.
Smart radiates first. His good looks sneak up on you after you notice how capable he seems.
His gift → makes him magnetic. The Clark Kent glasses and neat style just frame that energy.
Miles Mercer