History Characters / InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusSpecter

** He's pre-Infinity Train Chloe in the sense that he ends up isolated with nothing to do by someone too stubborn to give them the time of day, and the assistants to said stubboron someone have a severe case of BystanderSyndrome, the only thing they're capable of doing is writing their thoughts down.

** Amusingly, to tie in with Chloe's Heather Mason traits, he has traits of Vincent -- both [[VideoGame/SilentHill3 game self]] and [[Film/SilentHillRevelation3D film self]] but leaning more to the latter: He has the Smith traits of being a smug slimeball who is willing to get a rile out of others if he needs to, but keeps Cooper's ties and closeness to Heather and ends up betraying the life he ever knew (in this case, the Knights of Hanoi) to change. The fact that he's the one who sticks with Chloe plays similar to the end of ''Revolution 3D'' when Christopher de Silva tasks Vincent to protect his daughter while he stays in Silent Hill.

* MirrorCharacter: Surprisingly, he has many parallels to Jesse Cosay from ''Infinity Train'' Book 2, since both of their stories involves meeting a female non-human humanoid denizen that helps lead them to gaining a spine and not be subservient to others with the defining moment telling the corrupter that wants them to confirm to shut up right now. The main difference is that MT lives, while Lampetia has been killed and is currently in the hands of the Apex. Both of them are willing to go back on the Train to save them, but Jesse's goal is to bring MT to the real world while Specter wishes to retrieve Lampetia from the Apex child who snatched her heart.

* AdaptationalHeroism: Was a villain when VRAINS started, later upgraded to AntiVillain throughout Season 2, and finally into a background character by Season 3 due to his seiyuu busy at the time. In ''Knight of the Orange Lily'' he was neither a villain but he certainly didn't have aspects of a hero as well. By the time he returns to the Train in ''Crocus'', he willingly wishes to return to the Train to make amends, all while being aware that he has done some ''horrible'' things in the past.
* AdaptationalIntelligence: In canon, you could tell Specter that Ryoken was a moustache-twirdling supervillain who eats kittens for breakfast and he'd ''still'' find a way to paint him as a good man, but that's due to loyalty to Ryoken and the Hanoi rather than being oblivious. Here, he's at least smart enough to ''notice'' when he goes too far and that he can't stay with Ryoken if he refuses to reciprocate that Specter ''desperately'' needs help.

* AdaptationalSexuality: Has no canon love interest but the co-author reveals that he's gay and crushes on Ryoken. Unfortunately, Ryoken doesn't seem to reciprocate (he tells Yuri he doesn't "see Specter that way" but it's not certain if it's either to Specter being a damsel in distress or romantic partner). Author notes for the Palimpsest Car confirms he's demiromantic (in which he can't have a romance with someone unless they formed a deep emotional bond) for Ryoken.

* BadassNormal: Plays this the most straight in the team, as while London has telekinesis and both Tokio and Gladion have their Pokemon, Specter doesn't bring his duel disk with him, leaving him alone with whatever he can find on the Train for safety and his wits to see what makes others tick.
* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: The Lost Incident had him (at age 6) go through electrocution for ''six months'' if he didn't win a duel. Unlike most victims, he's the only one who ''loved it'' because he thought that Dr. Kougami and the Hanoi were giving him a purpose. This gets inverted by the time he's trapped in the Kougami Manor after his first Train Trip where not only was it ''not'' effective, but it made him more determined to leave for the Train for proper healing.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: He served the Hanoi because Ryoken gave him purpose after [[ItMakesSenseInContext losing the tree that he considered his monster]], but in terms of the ''Blossomverse'', he's close to London because of how the wrestler was willing to die to save Specter's ass despite their frosty friendship. In fact, it's ''because'' of London that Specter has the strength to get ready for the Train, his other two reasons are to see Easter and Lampetia again. Easter points out that London should be careful in regards to this, given how fanatically loyal he's been to Ryoken in the past.

* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Specter already had it rough in the original trilogy, but ''Crocus'' decides to one-up it by giving him a fear of reflections, have him be isolated in the mansion of the Knights of Hanoi at the hands of the man he loves, Ryoken, and then be ''assaulted by the past memories of his train trip'' when that gets restored thanks to One-One.

** Act 2 focused on the time he spent with Lampetia and explaining how he felt so distant from everyone in the orphanage he grew up in.

** Chloe and Specter didn't really interact that much in the original trilogy. In here, not only do they get more interactions together, but his bond with Chloe in ''Crocus'' is more akin to a partnership in contrast to the near romantic one they had in ''Infinity Train: Boiling Point'' and ''Melancholy Afterlife''. Chloe even tells Augustine outright that she doesn't have romantic feelings for him.

** In the original ''Blossomverse'', his relationship with London would eventually grow into VitriolicBestBuds, to the point Specter spent days on his computer trying to contact London when Infinet connections stopped working. Here, it's ambiguous as to what's going on Specter's end -- somewhere between atonement, loyalty, friendship and ''perhaps'' a romance -- while London want to work on repairing the damage he did but is warned to approach the situation calmly and repeatedly has to state that he's ''not'' gay in the slightest. The author notes reveal that ultimately, it's just a very deep friendship.

* AdaptationalHeroism: Was a villain when VRAINS started, later upgraded to AntiVillain throughout Season 2, and finally into a background character by Season 3. Here, he's shown to have more nobler traits and willingly wishes to return to the Train to make amends, all while being aware that he has done some ''horrible'' things in the past.
* AdaptationalIntelligence: In canon, you could tell Specter that Ryoken was a moustache-twirdling supervillain who eats kittens for breakfast and he'd ''still'' find a way to paint him as a good man, but that's due to loyalty to Ryoken than being oblivious. In here, he's at least smart enough to ''notice'' when he goes too far and that he can't stay with Ryoken if he refuses to reciprocate that Specter ''desperately'' needs help.

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: He has a big crush on Ryoken, who not only ''doesn't'' reciprocrate the love and doesn't see Specter that way -- or he could've been telling Yuri he just doesn't see Specter as a "damsel in distress" -- but what he does to him after he returns from the Infinity Train borders very closely to a HomophobicHateCrime.

** When someone sends him mysterious text messages about his previous trip, he blanches upon seeing how "he" wanted London to be killed off by Pyramid Head. For everything London did prior to his sacrifice, Specter ''never'' wanted the wrestler dead.

* ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: Carried over from his show, Specter is really good at reading a person with a single glance. He was able to tell Chloe that she was being ''way'' overdramatic and had to start being proactive when shit hit the fan in the Cyan Desert Car and he breaks Sara down by pointing out how she's just really a coward who has to use ''others'' to do what she wants.

* {{Gayngst}}: He's a gay man who's currently undergoing not only a therapy session to attempt to recover from the ''horrible'' torture he went through, but the fact that the man he's in love with might not even feel the same way.

* GoodCounterpart: To Simon Laurent, as a pale-haled, white wearing teenage boy who is co-leader of a villainous group and both of their names start with an "S". It's also a bit of an in-joke from the co-author who explains that Lexi's form of Specter came from a comment she made to a friend that stated how Specter has more nobler traits than Simon himself. Both of them had different reactions to their partners: the Cat basically abandoned Simon while they were chased by a Ghom (in her words she ran but didn't ''mean'' to abandon him) and Simon berated her for abandoning him while Lampetia was killed (by London's hand, and it was by ''her'' request) and Specter screams in agony at losing his precious partner. Simon was saved by Grace from the Ghom -- who instilled the belief that she's a know it all who knows how the Train works by intentionally getting their numbers up -- while London saved Specter from an even worse fate of torture by Pyramid Head and his second partner Easter, only asking him to make amends and be a better person.

** If there is one thing that scares the crap out of him, it's Alex Shepherd/Pyramid Head. And for ''good reason''. [[spoiler:When Specter boasts that [=UnCerise=] isn't terrifying, the Unown construct forces Specter to face his worse fear -- Pyramid Head coming back for him and Easter ''allied'' with this monstrosity.]]
** In a PlayedForLaughs version, he freaks out when Rimuru shows him the clip of Chloe incinerating the mirage army.

* IncompatibleOrientation: He's gay -- or rather, demiromantic -- and while we have no idea what Ryoken's orientation is, it's made clear he doesn't see Specter ''that'' way.

** Ai himself is ''livid'' that Specter gets a chance to redeem himself, gets a denizen partner in Easter and ''can fuse with him'' (Which is something Ai suggested to Yusaku in their final duel) as it shows that Specter is getting away scot-free while Ai, who has been on the run for five years, has seen his siblings die and is in fear of losing Yusaku for good, can ''never'' have a happy ending.

* LikesOlderMen: Subverted; everyone assumes he crushes on London (reaching 40) but the truth is that he just likes London for being a friend who truly cares for his well-being. Ai even lampshades this:

* LoveMakesYouDumb: Specter's crush on Ryoken is so intense that it actually blinded him to how far down the man would go to achieve something, and how he simply didn't see him in the same way.

* LoveMakesYouEvil: By the same token, the reason he willingly went along with Ryoken's plan and did all the horrific stuff asked of him was because he had a pretty big crush on the man.

* MyGreatestFailure: He couldn't save Lampetia from being killed twice-over -- the first one by London (by her request as she was heavily damaged at the time) and the second one by fallen shrapnel (due to saving an Apex child from dying and said Apex child returned the favor by snatching her heart for their own) -- and he hopes that getting on the Train will help free her from the Apex's grasp. They reunite in Act 2, due to [[spoier:Ai forced to deliver said heart]] and he's just glad that she's safe, even if he didn't go rescue her.

** He notes that he's not into people who don't want to get their hands dirty and quickly change sides to save their skins, referencing how he dueled Kitamura in ''VRAINS'' who would use AI to fight and was quick to grovel before Specter by being of use to the Hanoi.

* NoNameGiven: He's never given a full name, so he just goes by "Specter". Not even ''Ryoken'' has ever given him a full name.

* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: For all the redemption that Specter is trying to work on, he's not in the clean and has a ''lot'' of sins on his hand.

** During his training session with Hakurou in Act 2, Specter doesn't get mad until Hakurou calls him a coward that won't get his hands dirty, which is making reflect to how Augustine [[spoiler:called him a parasite]]. Then he unleashes his rage on the older oni while threatening to hurl him out a window.

* StraightGay: He's comfirmed gay by Green Phantom Queen with a crush for Ryoken but doesn't show any signs of it, his reactions with London not withstanding.
* SubordinateExcuse: He's been Ryoken's subordinate for a very long time. Not because he actually believes in the Knights of Hanoi, though he definitely does, but because he's in love with him.

** He initially saw the Ignis as a target to be eliminated until he suddenly felt his Ignis, Earth, be killed. Over time, after learning how Yusaku, Takeru and Aoi bonded with their Ignis[[note]]Technically Aqua was the Ignis of Aoi's friend, Miyu but Miyu was in a coma so Aoi was the replacement[[/note]], that made him question if it was possible for him to bond with his Ignis if given the chance.
** He cared ''deeply'' for Lampetia as her death utterly shattered him even though he was shown to be quite annoyed with her pushing him to try something new.

* WhyAreYouLookingAtMeLikeThat: After Specter happily twirls around with Easter -- that somehow has him struck with a lightning bolt to the heart and then Easter practically ''melts'' and fuses with Specter -- he then stares at the White Gestalt members to invoke this trope. Although he's actually questioning -- since Easter has taken over to a near perma-fusion state before -- if he has "blue in his hair" (which he does)

** His bond with Chloe in ''Crocus'' is more akin to a partnership in contrast to the near romantic one they had in ''Infinity Train: Boiling Point'' and ''Melancholy Afterlife''. Chloe even tells Augustine outright that she doesn't have romantic feelings for him.

* EvilVirtues: Downplayed on the "evil" part this time around, but if there's one virtue that he displays, it's loyalty. In his show, he is loyal to the Hanoi cause, to the point he had disgust when Kitamura tried to sell himself out for his safety. And in the story his loyalties are for London and how the wrestler saved him.

* MythologyGag: He notes that he's not into people who don't want to get their hands dirty and quickly change sides to save their skins, referencing how he dueled Kitamura in ''VRAINS'' who would use AI to fight and was quick to grovel before Specter by being of use to the Hanoi.

* OnceDoneNeverForgotten:
** Once Amelia reveals how Specter once tore a book in half then burned it -- in VRAINS, in order to spite and mentally break Blue Angel and saying that she was never anything special -- Lexi will not let it go and threatens to ban Specter from entering his car. Worse, the book Specter tore was a copy of ''Blue Angel'' (a book that both Aoi ''and'' Specter resonated with) and ''Blossoming Trail'' reveals that there's a sentient copy of that in Azada...)
** George Gore, who also has a lot of sins on his hands, is quick to remind Specter that he's done a ''lot'' of atrocities under the Knight of Hanoi and didn't care about the destruction of ''all'' the Ignis (and the thousands of people who were being used to fuel the Tower of Hanoi itself) back then.

* PleaseIWillDoAnything: He once begged London -- who had just gotten himself ''stabbed to death by Pyramid Head'' -- that he would do anything he asked in order to repay him for how he helped him during the trek on Silent Hill and if it would bring him back to life. Easter brings up this moment to let London know how his unfailing kindness has had a notable effect on Specter himself but also to warn him that Specter might go overboard.
* PowerStereotypeFlip: With Easter's help, Specter gains the power to utilize lightning powers. You'd normally expect someone with that powerset to be either [[{{Keet}} highly energetic]] or an absolute nutcase (that would be more aligned with Easter). However, Specter instead [[CerebroElectro works with his brains]] and is [[TheStoic calm and collected]] most of the time.
* ThePromise: Has three main ones: go back on the Train to apologize to Easter, go back on the train to truly start a friendship with London and go back on the train find Lampetia and see her one more time.
* QueerColors: Is confirmed demiromantic by the authors. The colors for the demiromantic flag include black (his leather jacket), white (his pants and blouse), grey (his hair) and green (his glowing number).
* QueerEstablishingMoment: As Specter starts returning his normal self, Yuri makes an offhanded remark to Ryoken that the leader of the Hanoi is worried for his "beloved Specter" run away at midnight again. Ryoken then points out that he does ''not'' see Specter in that way. It's when it sinks into everyone at the video conference that Specter is gay and has been keeping a crush on Ryoken all this time.

* RealMenCanCook: It's not shown in the story, but he's the one who is willing to take over cooking duties for [[LethalChef Shion]] when White Gestalt reunites in the Monster City Car. He also made dinner for him and Ryoken before he left for the Train and it's mentioned that he made a bunch of malasadas for himself.

* {{Expy}}: If Augustine is Oersted and Chloe is Alethea, then Specter is their Streibough as it's ''his'' actions that causes Chloe to accept his advice to calm down and [[spoiler:breaks Augustine -- who had been doing his best to calm Chloe down over the incident with Sara and the Unown -- to nearly destroying the world.]]

* DepravedHomosexual: He's a gay man who also happens to be a former sadistic hacker who was quite giddy about enacting ''genocide against AI''.

* DramaticDrop: When he finally reunites with Lampetia, his staff clatters onto the sand of the Soda Beach Resort Car.

* EasilyForgiven: Despite Specter unleashed a beatdown on Easter and culminating with him kicking them out of a window in Silent Hill -- in his defense, Easter had been somewhat pushy prior to this -- the lightning bolt doesn't hold ill will, as they realized that they were trying too much to get close when they should've let Specter had time to grieve and mourn over Lampetia's "death". The same can't be said to his atrocities in Den City however.

* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Being kept in his room in the Kougami Manor while Ryoken insists that Specter is hallucinating about the train has ''not'' done wonders for his sanity. By the time his memories return, he ends up a screaming wreck that takes the other knights to keep him down before he remembers where the knives are.

* GrewASpine: After hearing Ryoken's insults about London, dismissing his wish to have been partners with his Ignis and the ridiculousness of the Train, and knowing now that the Hanoi did ''nothing'' to help his issues except pretend it didn't exist, he decides to screw it and tell Ryoken to shove off ''right now''.

* ReformedButRejected: Specter has supposedly turned over a new leaf by the time this story starts, but he has done so many horrible things beforehand that most of the people in Den City aren't willing to put their trust in him again. George Gore even goes the extra mile as to ''remind'' him of his previous crimes and how he's not as innocent as he thinks he is.

** Also, part of what he calls out Queen and George Gore over is how they saw Earth as nothing more than a tool and didn't treat him like a living being. Again, he ''himself'' didn't give a damn about the Ignis at all and didn't even realize he ''had'' an Ignis.

** His bond with Chloe in ''Crocus'' is more akin to a partnership in contrast to the near romantic one they had in ''Infinity Train: Boiling Point'' and ''Melancholy Afterlife''.

* ListOfTransgressions: George Gore leaves Specter's dirty laundry to dry in front of the man, in an attempt to ensure that former Knight of Hanoi doesn't end up thinking he has any moral high ground due to being allowed a second chance to traverse the Train.

* NoNameGiven: He's never given a full name, so he just goes by "Specter".

** Whatever Augustine told him under a Truth geass is so damning that he has a voice crack when he tells Paimon to not bring it up.

->''"I just feel a sense of ''relief''…I was in the dark place for so long...and I fear I might not be able to recover after everything. B-But you guys [London and Easter] are appearing in my life again a-and I get to go back. I get to go ''back''…”

* QueerColors: Is confirmed demiromantic by the authors. The colors for the demiromantic flag include black (his leather jacket), white (his pants and blouse), grey (his hair) and dark green (his glowing number).

* RunningGag: In the Cyan Desert Car, he gets commented on looking like Chloe's OC by her mother, her classmates and Goh. Justified in this case because all of them have actually seen Chloe's artwork to get a basis off of.
* SelfImposedChallenge: In-universe; he deliberately left his Duel Disk behind when he entered the Train. The narration justifies this by stating that he only has ''one'' monster good for attacking, his deck is not made for attacking at all, and if it gets destroyed then he's out of luck.

* SingleTargetSexuality: The only person he has fallen in love with is Ryoken. Even though he seems to have a second love thing going on with Paul London, it's clearly established to be just a simple bond, with him and Ryoken being endgame.

A passenger from Den City and part of the Knights of Hanoi, hoping to start anew on the Train.

** In the original ''Blossomverse'', his relationship with London would eventually grow into VitriolicBestBuds, to the point Specter spent days on his computer trying to contact London when the Infinet connections stopped working. Here, it's ambiguous as to what's going on Specter's end -- somewhere between atonement, loyalty, friendship and ''perhaps'' a romance -- while London want to work on repairing the damage he did but is warned to approach the situation calmly and repeatedly has to state that he's ''not'' gay in the slightest.

* AdaptationalIntelligence: In canon, you could tell Specter that Ryoken was a moustache-twirdling supervillain who eats kittens for breakfast and he'd ''still'' find a way to paint him as a good man, but that's due to loyalty then being oblivious. In here, he's at least smart enough to ''notice'' when he goes too far and that he can't stay with Ryoken if he refuses to reciprocate that Specter ''desperately'' needs help.
* AdaptationalKarma: In the original trilogy, principally ''Orange Lily'', nobody brings up his atrocities explicitly nor force him to own up to them. In here, George Gore brings them up in order to ensure Specter doesn't get all high and mighty, reminding him how ''he'' has done a lot of terrible things as well.
* AdaptationalSexuality: Has no canon love interest but the co-author reveals that he's gay and crushes on Ryoken. Unfortunately, Ryoken doesn't seem to reciprocate (he tells Yuri he doesn't "see Specter that way" but it's not certain if it's either to Specter being a damsel in distress or romantic partner). Author notes for the Palimpsest Car confirms he's demiromantic (in which he can't have a romance with someone unless they formed a deep emotional bond)

* AdviceBackfire: PlayedWith. While his advice to Chloe ''does'' get through to the girl and convinces her to stop wallowing in spite, it also causes [[spoiler:Professor Sycamore to lose all hope in ever being of use to the teams and become insane, believing the world has to be reset in order for things to stop going down the drain constantly.]]

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: He served the Hanoi because Ryoken gave him purpose after [[ItMakesSenseInContext losing the tree that he considered his monster]], but in terms of the ''Blossomverse'', he's close to London because of how the wrestler was willing to die to save Specter's ass despite their frosty friendship. In fact, it's ''because'' of London that Specter has the strength to get ready for the Train, second is Lampetia being alive still. Easter points out that London should be careful in regards to this, given how fanatically loyal he's been to Ryoken in the past.

'''Specter:''' [[BigShutUp SHUT UP!!!]] ''(knocks Ai in the face with his staff)''

* CharacterDevelopment: When initially partnered with Easter, he would always call them an "it", even though they openedly requested to using "they" pronouns. When Ryoken starts talking smack about the Train and spits out the same dehumanizing pronoun, Specter quickly starts using the "they" pronoun out of respect.

* GrewASpine: After hearing Ryoken's insults about London, dismissing his wish to have been partners with his Ignis and the ridiculousness of the Train, and knowing now that the Hanoi did ''nothing'' to help his issues except pretend it didn'te xist, he decides to screw it and tell Ryoken to shove off ''right now''.

** He calls out Queen over her horrific destruction and killing of Earth just for the sake of money and George Gore for willingly going along with it out of sheer ''spite'' of Playmaker saving his ass from the Tower of Hanoi under the excuse that he hates Playmaker being the #1 Celebrity Duelist of VRAINS. This coming from a guy who gave zero feathers about going along with a plan that would've killed hundreds ''if not thousands'' of people in order to destroy only ''six'' Ignis (and back then, Specter didn't care about his own Ignis). Specter internally notes that George wasn't exactly ''wrong'' [[JerkassHasAPoint to point out this hypocrisy.]]
** Also, part of what he calls out Queen and George Gore over is how they saw Earth as nothing more than a tool and didn't treat him like a living being. Then again, he ''himself'' didn't give a damn about the Ignis and didn't even realize he ''had'' an Ignis.

* IncompatibleOrientation: He's gay, and while we have no idea what Ryoken's orientation is, it's made clear he doesn't see Specter ''that'' way.

* MyGreatestFailure: He couldn't save Lampetia from being killed twice-over -- the first one by London and the second one by fallen shrapnel -- and he hopes that getting on the Train will help free her from the Apex's grasp.

* AdaptationalSexuality: Has no canon love interest but the co-author reveals that he's gay and crushes on Ryoken. Unfortunately, Ryoken doesn't seem to reciprocate (he tells Yuri he doesn't "see Specter that way" but it's not certain if it's either to Specter being a damsel in distress or romantic partner). Given what was seen in the anime and in ''Crocus'', he might be demiromantic[[note]]In which someone cannot form a romance unless they have created a deep emotional connection to someone[[/note]] which also explains his own closeness to London.

* AdaptationalSexuality: Has no canon love interest but the co-author reveals that he's gay and crushes on Ryoken. Unfortunately, Ryoken doesn't seem to reciprocate (he tells Yuri he doesn't "see Specter that way" but it's not certain if it's either to Specter being a damsel in distress or romantic partner). Given what was seen in the anime in the fanfic, he might be demiromantic[[note]]In which someone doesn't cannot form a romance unless they have created a deep emotional connection to someone[[/note]] which also explains his own closeness to London.

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: He has a big crush on Ryoken, who not only ''doesn't'' reciprocrate the love and doesn't see Specter that way, but what he does to him after he returns from the Infinity Train borders very closely to a HomophobicHateCrime.
* AndThisIsFor: Before he and Easter lay the final blow on The Arrival @Ignister, Specter states that this is for his ''mother''.

-->'''Ai:''' ''(upon noticing how [[spoiler:Lampetia lost half her face to his @Ignister monster]])'' Did…did you guys just see that?I mean look at her now, she’s a sight for sore ''eye''! Get it? Eye? Cause she only has [[spoiler:one of them now?]]\\

* CerebroElectro: Specter, with Easter's help, can use lightning abilities and is considered TheSmartGuy of the White Gestalt.

* ColdBloodedTorture: He was a victim of this in the Fog Car, courtesy of Alex Shepherd and his very extremely pissed off denizen partner Easter. The worst part was this was put on ''himself'', for retaliating and kicking Easter out of a window without letting them explain themselves which pressed Alex's BerserkButton on passengers who purposefully abuse denizens.

* EasilyForgiven: Despite Specter unleashed a beat down on Easter and culminating with him kicking them out of a window in Silent Hill -- in his defense, Easter had been somewhat pushy prior to this -- the lightning bolt doesn't hold ill will, as they realized that they were trying too much to get close when they should've let Specter had time to grieve and mourn over Lampetia's "death". The same can't be said to his atrocities in Den City however.

* IHatePastMe: Reading someone sending him text messages about his adventures on the Train has him regret his assault on Easter back in the Fog Car and horrified at how he wanted to hurt London.

* IronicFear: He has a FearOfThunder in this story... when his former Denizen partner was a living lightning bolt.

* LikesOlderMen: Subverted; everyone assumes he crushes on London (reaching 40) but the truth is that he just likes London for being a friend. Ai even lampshades this:

* PleaseIWillDoAnything: He once begged London -- who had just gotten himself ''stabbed to death by Pyramid Head'' -- that he would do anything he asked in order to repay him for how he helped him during the trek on Silent Hill. Easter brings up this moment to let London know how his unfailing kindness has had a notable effect on Specter himself but also to warn him that Specter might go overboard.

* ThePromise: He vows to find Lampetia and see her one more time. The two finally reunite in the beginning of Act 2.
* RealMenCanCook: It's not shown in the story, but he's the one who is willing to take over cooking duties for [[LethalChef Shion]] when White Gestalt reunites in the Monster City Car.

* SpotlightStealingSquad: He's easily got the most focus of the White Gestalt, having not only the most drastic change in personality and circumstances compared to his colleagues, but having the most presence once he returns to the Train and [[spoiler:even getting an unique power up in the form of fusing with Easter, creating Harmonious Storm, which puts him ahead of his own teammates, ''even his leader Gladion''.]] Fittingly, he develops a friendly bond with Chloe, who's ''also'' an example of this trope.

* AdaptationalSexuality: Has no canon love interest but the co-author reveals that he's gay and crushes on Ryoken. Unfortunately, Ryoken doesn't seem to reciprocate (he tells Yuri he doesn't "see Specter that way" but it's not certain if it's either to Specter being a damsel in distress or romantic partner).

* WeakButSkilled: Has the least combat abilities and a staff is not a weapon that can kill, not to mention that he doesn't have Pokémon like Tokio to support him. What he ''does'' have is his mind to expose weaknesses and acts like a conduit for Easter to channel their powers.

** When Specter was introduced to Easter, they did ''not'' get along well -- as Easter came in right around the time Lampetia died -- to the point that their pushy attitude was too much and he kicked them out of a window in Silent Hill and constantly calling them an "it". After realizing his mistakes and some time apart, Specter decides that he wants to try again and respectfully uses "they" to address them.