Daniel James

Daniel James
Characteristics
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Age	Adult
Hair Color	Brown
Information
Home	Uptown Belleview
Story Role	Minor Character (BS2, BS3, T35 '15) Protagonist (T35 '25)
Occupation	Unknown
Status	Alive
Game(s)

“Whatever happens now is out of our hands, but I have a good feeling that nothing'll be happening for a long time.”

–Daniel James

Daniel James is a Human created by GuyThatExists that appears in the short stories Blank Slates 2 and Blank Slates 3 as a side character. He also appears in The 35 in 2 out of 105 segments. He is a disguise adopted by David Franco while trying to find Mr. Row in 2007. After finding Mr. Row, Franco would return to Belleview as Franco Key, and Daniel James wouldn't be seen again until Franco Key searches for GenericChallenge later on, eventually becoming stranded in Belleview from 2008 to around 2042.

Appearance

Daniel James is a human that has brown hair and black headphones. He also wears an orange shirt and blue pants with brown shoes. He also has a pair of glasses.

Story

Main article: David Franco

Blank Slates 2

Daniel James was a disguise used by David Franco during his time in 2007 so that he wouldn't stand out. Daniel James would go on to apprehend GenericChallenge. After finding the true location of Mr. Row, Daniel James would be sent back to bring him to the Developer's Grove. It is unknown whether the personage of Daniel James became a character, or if he was already a character, in the Human realm after these events.

Blank Slates 3

Daniel James appears again when Franco Key goes on another search for GenericChallenge, finding himself in Belleview in 2008. He spends most of his time in Belleview explaining the video game-nature of their universe to Uncle Owen. He recruits Uncle Owen to help search for GenericChallenge and he attempts to return to the Developer's Grove, but fails, stranding himself in Belleview.

The 35

2015

Seven years later, Daniel James returns to Belleview for Mike's graduation, meeting with Uncle Owen that night. Owen asks if the Shadows were gone for good, and Daniel James is hopeful.

2025

Over the next decade, Uncle Owen and Daniel James became good friends, and they decide to go out for dinner at Cesaros. He later continues searching for GenericChallenge and living in Uptown Belleview until he is able to move back to Belleview in 2042.

Quotes

“Hello! We’re looking for a Mr. Jeremiah Row. Do you know where he might be?” –Daniel James “Yeah, we’re heading to the carnival now. What’re you doing here?” –Daniel James “Miah! We need to talk to you – it’s urgent.” –Daniel James “He wiped his memory. Dammit!” –Daniel James “No wonder that didn’t work. We haven’t Miah, Lyrica. We found GenericChallenge!” –Daniel James “He won’t tell me anything, so let’s take him back to the car for a bit. See if we can get anything out of him.” –Daniel James “He just keeps yelling at us because of GenericChallenge kidnapping him.” –Daniel James “You remembered who you were? Then why did you attack us?!” –Daniel James

“It feels good to be back!” –Daniel James “The human DJ. Daniel James. You’ll probably need a persona too.” –Daniel James “Nice and easy, works for me. Now here’s what you need to look out for while you’re in Rapoville. Pink and black eyes are a surefire way to tell if someone is or isn’t GenericChallenge. Beyond that, you just need to know how people act and know if they’re acting out of character. Got it?” –Daniel James “Oh wow. You got a time for that date? Just a name is plenty.” –Daniel James “Great, then we all have our work cut out for us. I’ll go to Belleview to see what I can find. Repair Guy will head to Rapoville, and you can bring Koz back to the Dev Grove.” –Daniel James “Save the world on 3! 1! 2! 3! Save the world!” –Daniel James “Final thing, what time period you wanna go to? GC could be anywhere, so we’ll have to make a few trips around.” –Daniel James “I’ll jump first. See you back here!” –Daniel James “Calm down man! Calm down! I’ll talk, but not if you keep trying to kill me.” –Daniel James “Alright, what do you want to know?” –Daniel James “Okay. Everything. Well, you’re right, Lyrica and I aren’t cops. We’re old college buddies of Jeremiah’s, you could say.” –Daniel James “To cover our ass. Jeremiah was kidnapped that night, and we came to town to help figure out where he was. We went to the carnival first and found Mrs. Row and the kids there with an imposter.” –Daniel James “The guy that kidnapped him has the ability… to transform into other people. I know it’s hard to believe, but–” –Daniel James “When we made it to the carnival, we kidnapped that guy – GC we call him – and brought him here, to the basement. We interrogated him, freed your brother, and then the four of us went to the well.” –Daniel James “Are you ready for more magical answers?” –Daniel James “That well is a portal, but only when it’s used by the right people. I’m one of those people. So was your brother.” –Daniel James “Your brother and I have some… connections… with God.” –Daniel James “No, not quite. This is the best way I can explain this. Think of an ant, walking on a computer screen. That ant doesn’t know what anything on that screen is or what it means. Now, imagine that ant is suddenly given human comprehension and able to understand everything on that screen. Words are words, pictures are pictures, everything has meaning. Then suddenly, it’s just an ant again. It knows that everything it sees has more meaning and it has memories of those meanings, but now it can’t make any sense of it. The ant goes insane. Your brother and I are the people who can give that knowledge to the ant. This world is much, much more than you think it is, Owen, and I don’t want you to become that ant. Your brother didn’t want you to become that ant.” –Daniel James “You were in the car?” –Daniel James “Okay. If you’re sure that’s what you want.” –Daniel James “This world, all of Belleview, the carnival, Washington, all of it. This is part of a video game. Your brother and I helped make that video game. My partner and GC are a part of the game that became self-aware. That night, the night of the carnival, was the catalyst for a massive journey that Mike, your nephew, is currently going on.” –Daniel James “Right now you’re not. Right now you’re just as real as anyone who played this game. In a few years you’ll be code, but after that, you’ll be real again.” –Daniel James “I promise that everything that happened is supposed to happen. But if you really do want someone to get mad at, be mad at GC.” –Daniel James “Pretending to be Jeremiah was just one thing he did. He’s responsible for a lot of bad things, and he’s why I came back at all.” –Daniel James “Lyrica is cleaning up a different mess right now. Right now, GC is pretending to be someone else, and we don’t know where he is. Another one of our friends, Rocko, is looking for GC elsewhere.” –Daniel James “You know the people here intimately. If you want to look for GC, look for someone who isn’t themself. I know that’s hard right now, cause no one is acting like themself, but that’s the best way to help. That and pink eyes. GC always has a pink shimmer in his eyes.” –Daniel James “If, not when. And just call a guy named Franco Key. He’s moving in soon and can help get GC back where he belongs.” –Daniel James “For what it’s worth, I’ll be there too. So will my partner, but both of us will be in slightly different forms.” –Daniel James “I’ll tell you once it’s all over. No point spoiling the fun before it starts.” –Daniel James “That would probably be a good idea. Next time we meet up will be after everything goes down that week. Sound good?” –Daniel James “Joe? Joe can you hear me?” –Daniel James “Joe?! Joe!! Oh god… He shut down the Grove.” –Daniel James

“Our games are over now. There's nothing left for us to do except to look for GC.” –Daniel James “Not as far as I can tell you. Whatever happens now is out of our hands, but I have a good feeling that nothing'll be happening for a long time.” –Daniel James “Can't. Duty calls elsewhere. If you ever need me though, lemme give you my number.” –Daniel James “I'm glad to hear that Owen. I really am.” –Daniel James

“Hey man! I'll be in the area later today. Wanna grab a bite to eat?” –Daniel James In a text to Uncle Owen “Cesaros? Probably around 4?” –Daniel James In a text to Uncle Owen “Of course! The more the merrier.” –Daniel James In a text to Uncle Owen “Traffic's bad, probably won't get there until 5. Sorry!” –Daniel James In a text to Uncle Owen “Pretty good, pretty good. No signs of GC anywhere, but honestly, I haven't actually done any digging on him in ages.” –Daniel James “Can't say it rings a bell.” –Daniel James “I gotta go to the bathroom real quick, be right back.” –Daniel James “No, uhh... Okay look, you're from 2025, right? I'm from 2043.” –Daniel James “Do you really think I'd tell you that? All I can tell you is that you're on a mission too. You really just need to live your life for now.” –Daniel James “Just had to make room for the food.” –Daniel James “Agreed, how about next week, same time?” –Daniel James

Relationships

Allies

• Joseph Tringali
• Shadow Mari
• Willham †
• Alana/Aly/Lyrica †
• Jeremiah Slaczka/Mr. Row †
• Uncle Owen
• Repair Guy

Enemies

• GenericChallenge - Situational Ally

Trivia

• Daniel James can be seen as DJ's Human counterpart.
  • They both have headphones and they have identical clothing.

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