Eric Kozlowsky

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Eric Kozlowsky
Characteristics
Species	Developer Avatar
Gender	Male
Age	Adult
Hair Color	Brown
Information
Home	Developer's Grove
Story Role	Minor Character (BS3)
Occupation	Developer Artist
Status	Alive
Game(s)

“The people we emulate, they keep going with their life, while we’re left behind here in
a meta-purgatory with their memories of development.”

–Eric Kozlowsky

Eric Kozlowsky, also known as Koz, is a Developer Avatar created by GuyThatExists based on the Environment Artist of the same name. He appears in the short story Blank Slates 3 as a supporting character.

He was called to the Developer's Grove by Jospeh Tringali in hopes of stopping the Jungle Creature, which Koz designed. Koz tells him that the Jungle Creature had adapted to The Void and that letting The Void go on wasn't a smart move. Later, during Goldie's attack on the Grove, Koz used the Stylus to send the fighters to safety, which happened to be canon. He is later sent into Belleview by Joe, where he meets up with David Franco and Mike.

Appearance

Koz is a tall human with short brown hair and a goatee. He wears a grey hoodie, blue jeans, and black shoes.

Story

Blank Slates 3

Koz is first seen after Joseph Tringali calls him into the Developer's Grove, and he immediatley walks into the Control Booth to find the Jungle Creature's files in the directory. When he sees the files duplicating throughout the system, he asks how that happened, and Joe tells him that they had populated The Void, angering Koz. After calming down, he assures Joe that all that remained of the Jungle Creature was offshoots, and asks not to be deactivated. However, before they can continue, GenericChallenge appears from the Wishing Well.

After dragging GenericChallenge, William, and Wilfred into the Control Booth, Koz and Joe interrogate them, and Koz learns that GenericChallenge had been bringing people and objects into canon, angering Koz again. When Repair Guy enters the Booth, Koz mistakes him for Rocko and storms out. After Joe kicks all the Raposa out of the Booth, Koz walks back in to talk with him and closes the blinds inside.

While talking with Joe, Koz notices Hybrid and GenericChallenge preparing to fight, he uses the loudspeaker to tall them that if they fought, he would delete them himself. When Repair Guy notices Tombstone's Droogle army invading the Grove, so he tries to get the developer's attention, but they both shout at him to leave. After their conversation, Koz opens the blinds to see the Droogle army fighting with The Void's refugees. After brainstorming for a bit, Joe gives Koz the Stylus.

As Koz runs through the Grove, he writes "Safety, without the Jungle Creature’s influence" on each of them, not fully understanding the Stylus' powers. After sending many of the refugees away and avoiding an ambush from Goldie, he returns to Joe, who tells him that simply writing "safe" on the remaining refugees would work. Koz returns to the field, where he learns from Hybrid that the only safe place for the refugees was canon, and that all the other refugees were already in canon. Begrudgingly, Koz sends both GenericChallenge and Hybrid into canon and returns to the Booth.

After telling Joe that all the refugees had been sent into canon, Joe reveals that he knew, and that sending them to canon was always his intent. Koz is confused, but before he can understand, Joe sends Koz into canon as well. Koz arrives in Belleview in 2042, and he wanders into Franco Key's record store, where he meets up with Nolan, GenericChallenge, and Franco Key, telling them all that the Grove was gone. Before anyone can remark on this, Mike and his son Nolan Row walk into the store, so Koz, Franco, and Mike begin discussing Aly's whereabouts.

Quotes

“How did you let it get this bad?” –Eric Kozlowsky “Broke out?! How did it break out?” –Eric Kozlowsky “The Tree King? Tringali, what are you letting happen in The Void? I thought it was a barren wasteland!” –Eric Kozlowsky “They just came to life? Just like that?” –Eric Kozlowsky “Well, I have bad news for you. The Jungle Creature was never supposed to leave this folder because that piece of art is all that exists of it. No code, no scripting, nothing. Do you know what happens when something like that gets out?” –Eric Kozlowsky “You’re assuming correctly. If the Tree King really was the first person to interact with the Jungle Creature, then the Tree King had the pleasure of defining the Jungle Creature’s personality. Blank slates are claimed by the first one who finds them.” –Eric Kozlowsky “If it’s any condolence, the Jungle Creature is gone from its root directory. All that’s left is offshoots.” –Eric Kozlowsky “As long as you don’t deactivate me, I’m fine with whatever.” –Eric Kozlowsky “It’s like death, man! Imagine what all those people absorbed by the Jungle Creature feel like, but then without the hope of coming back.” –Eric Kozlowsky “Well, not exactly. The people we emulate, they keep going with their life, while we’re left behind here in a meta-purgatory with their memories of development. Did you choose to wear that bush Joe? I know I didn’t choose to wear this hoodie.” –Eric Kozlowsky “Then why did you bring him here? Also who is he and why does he look like that?” –Eric Kozlowsky “This is why! This is why The Void shouldn’t have ever happened! How much stuff has been siphoned?” –Eric Kozlowsky “Oh good, they brought a canon guy with them!” –Eric Kozlowsky “Hey! If any of you start a fight, you’re getting deleted!” –Eric Kozlowsky “Not now!” –Eric Kozlowsky “I’ve given you enough flack for this whole Tombstone thing, but just know that not even this was something I could’ve seen coming. Do you wanna know what the Jungle Creature ended up as? Bonobos. Bonobos are doing all this to the Grove.” –Eric Kozlowsky “Of course there is, but the way this group is being taken over? We’d need to start deleting the people that have been corrupted. No redemption, and I really don’t want to resort to murder.” –Eric Kozlowsky “Not a chance!” –Eric Kozlowsky “Don’t bother! Joe shut the well down until we get these Droogles under control. I’ll take care of y’all!” –Eric Kozlowsky “You want out?” –Eric Kozlowsky “The hell are you doing?” –Eric Kozlowsky “We’re not sending anyone to canon! Just to safety!” –Eric Kozlowsky “Shit. Shit!” –Eric Kozlowsky “Joe, this is bad. Everyone just got shoved into canon, and we need to get them back down here.” –Eric Kozlowsky “You know?! That was intentional?!” –Eric Kozlowsky “But what about the games? Having a bunch of characters and enemies show up out of nowhere doesn’t make any sense!” –Eric Kozlowsky “Then what do we do?” –Eric Kozlowsky “He’s not. He tricked us into letting him sacrifice himself. The Grove is gone.” –Eric Kozlowsky

Relationships

Allies

• Joseph Tringali
• Hybrid
• William
• Wilfred
• GenericChallenge
• Repair Guy
• Nolan
• Franco Key
• Mike

Enemies

• Jungle Creature † - Creation
• Goldie

Trivia

• Koz is the only Developer Avatar to be from Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter (Wii) in the Blank Slates trilogy.

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