I'm down for this, if you would have me.

In regards to the system... D&D and modern settings have never really mixed all that well in my experience. And I've never played Candela Obscura before, so I would be unable to weigh in on that front. If I were to run a story such as the one you have laid out, Urban Shadows would be the system I would turn to.

And thank you for linking the Candela Obscura rules. This shall be most helpful. Allow me to return the favor my linking the rules to Urban Shadows.

i.4pcdn.org/tg/1445670817768.pdf

I've managed to get my hands on a complete set of the rules for Candela, as well as fillable character sheets for each character. I've also got a mascot horror style character for Urban Shadows tucked away somewhere. Once you've settled on a system, let me know which one it is and I'll have a character ready shortly thereafter.

Duck-Billed O'Malley [+]

Name
Duck-Billed O'Malley

Look
Male Animatronic Duck-Billed Platypus, Pleasant Aura, Leprechaun Clothes

Ratings
Charm: -2
Cool: +2
Sharp: 0
Tough: 0
Weird: +3

Breed
Animatronic

Curse
Pure Drive: Joy

Natural Attacks
Base: metal fists (2-harm hand)
Add +1 harm to a base

Moves
Unnatural Appeal: Roll +Weird instead of +Charm when you manipulate someone.

Dark Negotiator: You can use the manipulate someone move on monsters as well as people, if they can reason and talk.

Gear
brass knuckles (1-harm hand quiet small)

Introduction
Oh! Hello! Nice to meet you all. I am Duck-Billed O'Malley, former lead singer of the animatronic band at Duck-Billed O'Malley's Pizzeria and Bowling Alley. I was created by the late great Scott Williams. An unparalleled master of magic, technology, pizza, and bowling... May he rest in peace... By my internal chronometer's reckoning, I am nearly thirty nine years old now. I was first brought online on the 13th of March in the year 1987. Though I did stop walking the earth for a bit back in 2020, when me and the rest of the band were taken offline after Covid forced the bowling alley to close. In that time, a lack of business shut the alley down after Scott himself died from the Covid, leaving me and mine gathering dust in the old place's empty husk for the better part of six long years... But now I'm back, baby! Scott's grandson, Joseph Williams, was able to sneak into the alley and bring me back online. When last I laid eyes on the lad, he was a cute little four year old who wanted nothing more than to play. Now he's a cute little nine year old who wants nothing more than to find his mother, who went missing while investigating and old abandoned amusement park that closed down around the same time as we did.

History

Luck
You can mark off a Luck box to either change a roll you just made to a 12, as if you had rolled that; or change a wound you have just taken to count as 0-harm, no matter how bad it was. If all your Luck boxes get filled, you've run out of good luck.
Okay [] [] [] [] [] [] [] Doomed

Harm
When you suffer harm, mark off the number of boxes equal to harm suffered. When you reach four harm, tick “Unstable.”
Okay [] [] [] | [] [] [] [] Dying
Unstable: [] (Unstable injuries will worsen as time passes)

Leveling Up
Experience: [] [] [] [] []
Whenever you roll a highlighted rating, or a move tells you to, mark an experience box.
When you have filled all five experience boxes, you level up. Erase the marks and pick an improvement.

Improvements
[] Get +1 Charm, max +2
[] Get +1 Cool, max +2
[] Get +1 Sharp, max +2
[] Get +1 Tough, max +2
[] Take another Monstrous move
[] Take another Monstrous move
[] Gain a haven, like the Expert has, with two options
[] Take a natural attacks pick
[] Take a move from another playbook
[] Take a move from another playbook

So...I just learned about Indigo Park.

<Snipped quote by Guardian Angel Haruki>

Welcome to the fandom!

And you know what? This sounds like a fun idea. Never played Monster of the Week, even though I own the book, and I think this would be a cool introduction. I will be part of the crew, if you'll have me!

Planning on playing the Flake. Playing a paranoid conspiracy theorist in what is already a stressful situation sounds like a fun time.

Loch [+]

Name
'Loch' (legal name: Hailey Daffodil Gardyne)

Playbook
The Flake

Look
Sleepless eyes hidden behind foggy glasses, comfortable unisex clothes, messy hair, chewed up fingernails

Ratings
Charm: +1
Cool: -1
Sharp: +3
Tough: 0
Weird: +1

Moves
Connect the Dots: At the beginning of each mystery, if you look for the wider patterns that current events might be part of, roll +Sharp. On a 10+ hold 3, and on a 7-9 hold 1. Spend your hold during the mystery to ask the Keeper any one of the following questions:
• Is this person connected to current events more than they are saying?
• When and where will the next critical event occur?
• What does the monster want from this person?
• Is this connected to previous mysteries we have investigated?
• How does this mystery connect to the bigger picture?

Often Overlooked: When you act all crazy to avoid something, roll +Weird. On a 10+ you’re regarded as unthreatening and unimportant. On a 7-9, pick one: unthreatening or unimportant. On a miss, you draw lots (but not all) of the attention.

Net Friends: You know a lot of people on the Internet. When you contact a net friend to help you with a mystery, roll +Charm. On a 10+, they’re available and helpful—they can fix something, break a code, hack a computer, or get you some special information. On a 7-9, they’re prepared to help, but it’s either going to take some time or you’re going to have to do part of it yourself. On a miss, you burn some bridges.

Gear
Normal: Big knife (1-harm hand)
Hidden: Throwing knives (1-harm close many), watchman’s flashlight (1-harm hand)

Introduction
Loch is a conspiracy theorist who can frequently be found online under their handle LochMessMonster. They go by they/them pronouns, are somewhere in their late twenties (they refuse to specify), and are from Scotland originally, though again they refuse to specify where. In fact, they give very vague answers when questions directly about their life, if they bother to answer at all, though may volunteer tidbits of inforation randomly in conversation when they're more comfortable with someone. They're not 'rude' so as much as they are aloof, often more focused on what's going on in their own mind rather than people around them... and anyone who's known them for a little will get the feeling there is a lot going on in their mind. However, if they get them talking about something they're interested in, like a puzzle, a mystery or some piece of media that they are currently obsessed with, you'll find their focus indomitable. In particular, they seem to have a fascination with the paranormal that zigzags between adoration and fear.

History

Luck
You can mark off a Luck box to either change a roll you just made to a 12, as if you had rolled that; or change a wound you have just taken to count as 0-harm, no matter how bad it was. If your Luck boxes all get filled, you’ve run out of good luck.
Okay [] [] [] [] [] [] [] Doomed

(Flake Special: When you spend a Luck, pick an aspect of the current situation. The Keeper will tell you what other conspiracies that aspect is connected to. If that aspect wasn’t part of another conspiracy, it is now.)

Harm
When you suffer harm, mark off the number of boxes equal to harm suffered. When you reach four harm, tick “Unstable.”
Okay [] [] [] | [] [] [] [] Dying

Unstable: [] (Unstable injuries will worsen as time passes)

Leveling Up
Experience: [] [] [] [] []
Whenever you roll and get a total of 6 or less, or when a move tells you to, mark an experience box. When you have filled all five experience boxes, you level up. Erase the marks and pick an improvement from the following list:

Improvements
[] Get +1 Sharp, max +3
[] Get +1 Charm, max +2
[] Get +1 Cool, max +2
[] Get +1 Weird, max +2
[] Take another Flake move
[] Take another Flake move
[] Get a haven, like the Expert has, with two options
[] Gain another option for your haven
[] Take a move from another playbook
[] Take a move from another playbook
After you have leveled up five times, you qualify for advanced improvements.

Advanced Improvements
[] Get +1 to any rating, max +3.
[] Change this hunter to a new type.
[] Create a second hunter to play as well as this one.
[] Mark two of the basic moves as advanced.
[] Mark another two of the basic moves as advanced.
[] Retire this hunter to safety.
[] Get back one used Luck point.

@XxFellsingxX

Fitting indeed. How's this for yours?

"They are tied to your curse or origin. Tell them how."

Back before it closed down, Loch (and any other Gardyne who likes pizza and/or bowling and/or animatronics) was a regular customer of Duck-Billed O'Malley's Pizzeria and Bowling Alley after moving away from Scotland, drawn back time and again by the delicious pizza, the amazing bowling, and the state of the art animatronic entertainers. Once they started getting into conspiracy theories though, just how much more state of the art the animatronics were than their competitors became rather suspicious to Loch. And after a lengthy investigation, they discovered missing person's reports for 26 criminals who vanished seemingly without a trace during the 80s and 90s. There were 26 animatronics at Duck-Billed O'Malley's, and each of them had voices, speech patterns, and mannerisms that were suspiciously similar to one of the missing criminals. Duck-Billed O'Malley himself lines up in this regard with Henry McDevitt, who was a notoriously brutal Irish gangster in the 80s and the first of the 26 criminals to go missing.