Alex Angelopoulos
Smug MSM Records suit attached to Stand Alone Complex. Charming on the surface, eddies-first underneath. Knows how to handle Alice and Hiromi, knows better than to handle Motoko directly.
// Appearance
Permanent corporate smile that makes Motoko want to punch him. Dresses the MSM Records suit role and inhabits it without friction.
// Background
Introduced himself to Motoko on her first visit to MSM as her label contact. Has since attached to Stand Alone Complex's career and pushed every angle that benefits MSM, from album scheduling to brand-deal tie-ins. Motoko reads his charm as greed-with-good-manners and keeps him at arm's length.
By chapter 243 he is dangling movie-soundtrack bonuses in front of her at the studio while making sure to mention he is looping Hiromi in regardless of Motoko's input. In chapter 245 he plays handler at Morro Rock's battle of the bands, politely ejecting Carmen from the green room, calming Alice after the loss, and revealing on the ride home that MSM never expected Stand Alone Complex to win — the whole gig was a visibility play for the upcoming album. The next morning he rides along to the Militech Showroom recon, working his agent the whole way and making Hiromi pounce on an Orca-boots brand deal.