spike

Overview

Spike is a middle-schooler living in Fort Geraldson, attending the same school as Tristan. He is known for his tough-guy person.

Personality

Spike appears a prankster and a bit of a bully, loving the thrill and fun of it unless he is caught in the act. However, his 'tough-guy' persona is merely a mask, and his true self is much more empathetic and emotional, he is just unwilling to let it slip through for other people's approval and attention. He goes as far as trying to act cool around others so people see him how he wants them to. The only people who know how he really is are his family as well as Dave's. He'll always take up the chance to hang out with Tristan, and will never miss out on a family event. If provoked, he's like a guard dog around them. Spike's closer relationships reveal his stranger quirks, like what he does to kill time on his laptop. Surprisingly, Spike likes to program his own games in engines like RPGMaker and OHRRPGCE. Most of his games are short and roughly-made (like most of the sprite sheets being made in MS Paint), but Tristan enjoys playing them. However, he's quick to shield his screen when someone else walks in on him programming.

Past

Spike was born in Georgia, living in Fort Geraldson for his entire life with a close-knit family. Spike's family tended to be pretty low on excess income, so they ended up helping each other out a ton. Spike needing to be relied on so much by his family at such a young age got him feeling much more mature than others around him. This caused Spike to develop a tough as nails person. As Spike went into school, many of the teachers would end up being the bane of his existence. None of them really ended up enjoying his jabs, except for Dave, who was nice enough to laugh at many of Spike's rather crass insults. Dave's chemistry with Spike had Dave encouraged Tristan to get to know Spike, which led to Spike being good friends with Tristan. Tristan really felt like a breath of fresh air for Spike, as he had never made friends with a weirdo before. Tristan would end up sparking many of Spike's odder quirks. One day Spike came over to Tristan's home for a sleepover. This is where Tristan would introduce PlayRobot, but Spike didn't really care about that. PlayRobot was messing around on the family computer at the time Tristan introduced her, and Spike found the computer very interesting instead. After many sleepovers that turned into Spike tinkering around with random programs during Tristan's computer time, Tristan would give Spike one of Dave's old laptops (without Dave's permission) for Christmas. Spike would use this to make a lot of his computer games. This leads into the present.

Trivia

• Spike's favorite color is purple. He used to dress in orange like his dad before branching off into something more individual.

• Spike got his shades from his dad. They're hand-me-downs, but their greatest treasure. He hangs them up before he goes to bed like you would a hat.

• Spike's biggest regret was not putting on the Wrist Strap before playing Wii Sports. He'll never live down that broken TV.

• Spike has 2 secrets he will take to his grave: 1. he has a lame middle name, 2. he has a fursona.

• Spike likes to roughhouse, much to Tristan's dismay.

Relationships

Tristan

Bestbuds. Spike's always meeting up with Tristan, hanging around his house from time to time, talking idly while playing video games. They play pranks on Dave and tell each other about how bad the school lunch was that day. Spike and Tristan tend to make fun of each other like you would with a best friend.

Dave

Spike respects Dave a lot, especially among all the Spike teachers see at school. Doesn't stop Spike from pulling his... Arm? though.

PlayRobot

Spike really wishes PlayRobot was just a tad cooler. I mean what if she shot lasers out of her eyes and had a built in machine gun, now that would be awesome. A fully sapient robot though? Psshh!

Bully Boy Blake

Spike has tried and tried again to be friends with Bully Boy. Bully Boy actually likes him too! But Spike just cant do it. Every get-together they have ends up being incredibly awkward, it makes Spike want to dance almost immediately. Spike doesn't know Bully Boy isn't even trying to be a bully, rather he's just like that.

Bambi

Spike respects Bambi's utter lack of shame, and can be friendly with him if he's hanging around with Tristan. However, Spike is able to realize when Bambi's being a hard-ass or even a dumbass, when Tristan doesn't. He will joke around with him, but he doesn't like him very much outside of that. Spike believes Bambi can often be a party pooper, or completely irrational in certain situations.

Junior

Being his little brother, Spike likes to tease Junior a lot- but the two get along very well. They like bonding over video games and making funny rube-goldberg-like contraptions around the house to their mother's annoyance. Spike is secretly a little jealous of him for knowing what he wants to do with his life before he does.