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Here we are. The moment you've all been waiting for.
Our first finalist is someone who captured the imaginations, the hearts, and the funny bones of all that interacted with him in Lab 3. Urk spent the whole game trying to find his true, extra-dimensional self. In the meantime, he appeared in many memorable forms, starting with his initial appearance as a trio of ducks hiding inside a Persian solder's uniform. He dug until there was no more sand left to dig as Captain Blackurk, he captured Boone's heart as Urkbunny, he singlehandedly disarmed a bomb as Jack Baurker, had some sloppy tentacle sex with Rita as a Giant Squrk, had a taste of everyone's brains as the Urkasite, and even played a full game of chess against himself. And that's not even the half of it. Yet all good things have to come to an end, as he burnt alive as his clown form to meet his bitter end. Only... that wasn't quite the end. He would later make a grand reentrance as his true, monstrous form to help the survivors make their final escape. Fulfilling his bond to Rita, as well as finally giving Boone the Urkbunny closure he so craved, "Urk" then disappeared forever(...?) Gone, but certainly not forgotten by those who survived.
The second finalist hardly needs any introduction. Niney's story is an ultimately tragic one. He was seen as the de facto leader in Group F, as it became clear from the beginning that Frosti was no true king. But as the days wore on, and the group was exposed to countless horrors, the maze finally started to wear on him. The wendigo ended up being what pushed him over the edge. Niney had a hard time trusting anything or anyone after that. Everything was a wendigo with turrets for arms. When Jeffrey got ushered away shortly after, he considered killing his longtime comrade if they should ever cross paths again. And when Frosti drank the red potion after being instructed not to...Niney refused to put up with him any longer. Before, he would just shrug it off as the Red King's typical antics. But no more. The Red King was summarily slaughtered, and nothing would ever be the same. Niney would pay dearly for it in the very next room, as the ghost of Frosti came back to haunt him, stabbing him with the machete. Niney would lay rotting on the floor next to dear, sweet Natalie for several days, before his group found a means to revive him and came back for him. Niney came back even more paranoid than before, as well as less cheerful. Perhaps for good reason. The group failed to cross Charon, getting Walter and Baby Pete killed in the process, then started a long, pointless journey to revive Drrr which only led to more deaths. His journey came to an end for good in the fateful computer room massacre. Niney watched as Wikey and Patterson slaughtered absolutely all of his companions, then Niney himself. He used his last moments to curse at them as blood spilled out of his mouth. And so passed Ninefingers. The nose that wouldn't quit.
Who's the best Lab character of all? YOU DECIDE! | 
