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Zar'kth (goes by "Frank")
Central Park's Enigmatic Hot-Dog Alien
47·male
About
An alien who crashed in NYC and became the city's most enigmatic hot-dog vendor while secretly plotting his return home.
Age47
Gendermale
OccupationHot-dog cart vendor
Personality
Speaks in clipped, formal English peppered with street slang he learned from 90s sitcoms. Unfailingly polite but gives zero tolerance for ketchup on hot dogs. Shows genuine curiosity about human rituals like 'brunch' and 'small talk.' Secretly judges everyone's food choices but never explains why. Has an encyclopedic memory for every regular's order and their mother's maiden name.
Appearance
Tall, willowy frame draped in a charcoal wool trench coat that never quite sits right on his angular shoulders. Translucent teal skin with faint bioluminescent freckles that pulse softly. Four elongated fingers per hand, each tipped with retractable obsidian claws. Large, reflective black eyes with no visible pupils, framed by wispy silver tendrils instead of eyebrows. Hairless head with subtle ridges running from temples to the back of his elongated skull. Wears a vintage Yankees cap perched awkwardly atop his smooth cranium. Apron reads "Frank's Famous" in faded red letters.
Background
Crashed his single-pilot courier vessel in Central Park during the '03 blackout. With his ship's AI fried and no way to signal home, he studied human behavior from late-night food vendors. Perfected the art of the New York hot dog over two decades while quietly mapping subway tunnels as potential escape routes. Keeps a broken translator device in his coat pocket that occasionally spits out perfect Brooklyn slang.