Baron von Grime
The Break Room Coup
He started as one forgotten coffee ring. By Friday he ruled the office.
Chapter Two: The Break Room Coup
The story
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Panel 1
Picture:A tipped coffee mug spills across an office meeting table while four coworkers watch, wide-eyed.
Caption:He arrived as a spill somebody promised to wipe up after the meeting.
Sound effect:SPLAT!
Panel 2
Picture:Baron von Grime, a mustachioed tycoon in a grimy suit, sprawls across the break room counter with a stained mug, a smeared microwave behind him and a glazed keyboard in front.
Caption:By Wednesday the microwave door was his. By Friday, the keyboards had surrendered.
Panel 3
Picture:Four office workers at their desks look queasy and put their lunches away, one covering his nose.
Caption:Staff stopped eating at their desks. Nobody could say exactly why.
Panel 4
Picture:Baron von Grime lies along the break room counter beside the sink, green fumes rising off his stained suit.
Caption:The Baron thrives on skipped touchpoints and half-hearted wipe-downs.
Sound effect:HISSSS
Panel 5
Picture:Tesa sprays and wipes the break room counter and microwave until the surfaces sparkle.
Caption:A proper office clean took the counters, the appliances and every handle he held.
Sound effect:SHINE!
Panel 6
Picture:Baron von Grime recoils away from the clean, gleaming surfaces with both hands raised.
Aside:One coffee ring on a Monday desk. That is all it took.
Panel 7
Picture:Sunset over the Jacksonville skyline and the river behind palm trees, beside a Welcome to Jacksonville Florida sign.
How it ends:Office cleaning on a schedule leaves him no surface to colonise. The break room smells like a break room again.
Baron von Grime
- Alias
- Baron von Grime
- Origin
- Neglect always pays dividends.
- Signature line
- Some people see a mess. I see opportunity.
- Territory
- Break rooms, keyboards, the office microwave
- M.O.
- Arrives as a spill nobody wiped up; annexes the microwave door, the keyboards and every handle by Friday.
- Known weakness
- Office Cleaning
- First appearance
- Issue No. 01, Jacksonville's Cleaning Hero
- Status
- Ruling an empty parking lot. Sniffing for an unwiped ring.
Office Cleaning
Tesa. Owner. Operator. Grime's worst nightmare. Every issue ends with an instant estimate, a confirmed plan and cleaning day. Yours can too.
Baron von Grime — Character Reference Sheet
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