Will

WILL: A story, well ... I like to listen to them, I like to tell them, but I don't have one of my own.

Will is a character in Kentucky Route Zero who works as a tugboat operator aboard the Mucky Mammoth. He has been traveling the Echo River for half his life and describes himself as the Echo's "premier anecdotalist." He has a gray beard and wears green and orange shorts. He is also a classically trained organist and has a minor in French Literature.

His voice, provided by Will Oldham, is featured in Here And There Along The Echo and on 1-858-WHEN-KRZ.

Life and work

Will previously taught theatre (and ran the soundboard) at a university until a funding cut relegated him to mopping floors as a janitor, although he continued to listen to lectures through the ventilation system. When leaving the university, he left his shoes there.

Aboard the Mucky Mammoth as its operator, Will often works in the map room and updates the charts, and is also in charge of delivering mail.

While asleep on the boat in Act III, he listens to a lecture titled "History of the Philosophy of Death," during which a student named James asks a question – possibly a young Carrington.

Appearances

• In Act II, playing the organ in the Bureau of Reclaimed Spaces
• In Act IV, aboard the Mucky Mammoth
• In Here And There Along The Echo, as the voice of the phone system
• In Un Pueblo De Nada
• In Act V with the group