❝He's too easy to bully & kinda on the ugly side, so he's my friend. My own personal, ugly duckling. ❞ - Aster, to no one's surpise.

Gonna answer this ask as a lore post since it wasn't asked directly to Aster X). Though I'm glad somebody asked! For future reference.

Aster and Ernest are neighbors, literally living across the street from each other. Ernest is the only kid in the neighborhood that Aster DOESN'T bully, though he definitely pesters & annoys Ernest in his own ways. Such as eating litter box sand & slobbering all over Ernest afterward.

Their father's also know each other too, but don't like each other...supposedly.

Despite this, Aster and Ernest are the same age, so they've been friends since forever. They first "met" each other as wee toddlers at the Arsenal's daycare center. Ernest was like a baby watermelon who just wanted to play with their ABC blocks while Aster kept trying to bite Ernest with his nonexistent teeth. All of this happened while their dad's were fist fighting at the daycare's entrance. 👌🏻

But technically, their first memory of each other is from pre-k. Ernest offered Aster a crayon, Aster ate it in one bite, and they've been friends ever since then. 🖍

Ernest Jonas Fisher

Who later will go on to be called " The Antagonist " or " The Hero " most famously known as Not Important.

As we mentioned earlier, we made our own versions of Postal Dude (1 & 2) and Not Important! Nottem is a character that I (Gio) saw so much potential in. I was so sad when I looked into the game and his wiki and found nothing- so I decided to build on his character.

His name is Ernest, or "Urn."

Yes, as in what you put people's ashes in-

I know that in the drawing his hair looks brown but ITS NOT. HIS HAIR COLOR IS BLACK!

He's around 10 in this drawing, and he just came back from school to his dad yelling at him (( he avoids going home at all costs)).

Some facts about him:

He's from the Quad cities, Illinois.

His dad is the commanding general at the RI Arsenal.

Ernest has 4 older brothers ((yes he's the youngest)).

His mother was a nurse who was studying to be a mortician. She ran away and left Ernest & his brothers with their father when he was a month old.

He's a metal head and absolutely loves doom metal & brutal death metal music.

He's a very quiet kid he keeps to himself, and tries not to cause problems for anyone.

Ernest doesn't remember his mom (obviously), he's only seen her in pictures his dad has laying around the house.

Aster got him addicted to uncrustables.

Most of the clothes he wears are oversized and big on him due to them being his older brothers' hand-me-downs ((yes even his shoes don't fit him)).

That's it for now!