Vince LaRue

Vince LaRue is one of the main characters in the Accelerati Trilogy and one of Nick's friends. He is one of the two people connected to Tesla's wet-cell battery long term (the other being Thomas Edison.)

Personality
Vince is reserved, sarcastic, and gloomy. He (at least claims that he does) prefers to spend time alone in his basement bedroom than to spend time with his friends. He helps as little as possible with Nick's quest to retrieve the Teslanoid objects and implies many times that he would rather not be in this mess.

Vince also has an abnormal relationship with death. He knows his way around all the morgues in town, he hangs up his death certificate in his locker, and he is described as enjoying his "current state of undeaditude."

Biography
Vince first meets Nick at the garage sale, where he is compelled to buy the wet-cell battery. Nick later goes to his house with Mitch to try to convince him to give it back. Vince says he wants to keep it, but he does offer to show them what it does.