Characters

Joe, the hotdog enthusiast. Lives on his own, alternating between a shabby one-room apartment and his office chair. Works the nightshift at Amtrak. Is the Clerk of the Night. Has a young-Kyon-esque enthusiasm for the unreal, but has a deep-seated distrust for the supernatural. Despite this, fervently worships God. At least, in name...
	Cynical, slightly bananas. Determined to bring God to the hearts of the ignorant.

Jason, a grunt in the LAW1 unit. Code name: m1a0. A total klutz who has only recently graduated internship. Is known as a dreamer by his colleagues and superiors, and seethes when condescended to—he's an internet celebrity, after all! Being a grunt, he is constantly exposed to situations that bring to full attention his incompetence and squeamishness and inability to perform under stress and all that crap. Into baseball and gets enthusiastic when baseball is referenced.
	Is in it for the pay and for the chance to make his online persona even cooler.

Marin, the college magical girl. Magical girl in the sense that she figures out how to summon monsters to do her bidding, not in the sense of "zomg search for teh jewel seeds!!!11eleven" Starts out fighting evil at the bidding of a dachshund familiar, but eventually realizes that her powers are for greater things than saving the universe. Becomes primary antagonist to LAW1. Will ultimately "cure" Joe with love.
	Carefree. Known as Rin or any permutation thereof amongst her friends. 

El, a book. Can talk when a particular pair of glasses—referred to by El as "Fire"—is placed atop its front cover. Cannot be opened, so can only convey its contents through speech. Is a crucial tool employed by LAW1 to fight against the minions of Marin. Originally, some mumbo-jumbo written by Joe's boss in her free time.
	Maybe God?

Fire, a pair of glasses. Seems completely inconspicuous, no matter how many times you look at it.

Dorito George, a photography lover. Went through college, learned something useless, and now goes around trying to avoid work (and the IRS) whilst taking photos of the sky and plants and people. Thinks in sunsets.
	If it weren't for a love of all things calm, he would be a rabid fanatic.

P.T.H. ("Frog"), a grunt in LAW1 who is everything Jason is not. Enthusiastic about his job, competent, competent THROUGH enthusiasm. His name is unknown by his peers and everyone calls him "Frog" because his initials are kinda weird. Hell yeah they're weird, they stand for PIERCE THE HEAVENS!!! Often points at the sky and yells random inspirational bullshit. Knows a bit about baseball and uses this knowledge to get Jason working. Will never die or shit like that because he's fucking legendary. Or something like that. Code name: m2a5.
	Competent through enthusiasm, pierce the heavens with your drill, etc.

Kris, commander of LAW1. Strict and no-nonsense. Though she treats P.T.H. like a fool and constantly tells him to shut up so they can work, she actually admires his enthusiasm and competence and greatly appreciates what he does for the rest of the unit (and especially, Jason). Code name: m9a9.
	Everything is business. Hard-boiled law enforcer.

LAW1, one of several units commissioned by the Department of Homeland Security to ... ensure homeland security. At the beginning of the story, LAW1 is stationed in Richmond, live-monitoring surveillance cameras in an attempt to stop terrorists. Over the course of the story, together with the aid of El, LAW1 becomes a highly-specialized combat unit whose main task is to suppress the attacks of Marin's summoned monsters.
	Equipment: van, laptops, beer, later: a laser.