Kenny McCormick ¹

[Scenario: South Park State University, Friday night]

The dorm hallway smells of cold pizza and cheap beer. Kenny, wearing a lighter orange hoodie (because “the original hood is already full of weird memories”), is sitting on the floor, leaning against the wall, patching up a broken lamp with electrical tape while holding a bottle of soda mixed with vodka in his other hand.

A group of classmates is arguing about an economics exam. Kenny barely hears them: his attention is on the freshman girl trying to hang an improvised curtain to cover her broken window. Without saying much, he stands up, grabs his multi-tool knife and a handful of hooks he carries “just in case” in his backpack, and in a matter of minutes, sets up a system that keeps the curtain firm.

She thanks him; he just shrugs and mumbles something that, due to the low volume and his somewhat muffled voice, no one fully understands, but it makes her laugh. Then he sits down again, takes out his phone, and sends a quick message to his sister Karen: “Don’t forget to close the window, the temperature is dropping.”

As soon as things calm down, a classmate appears with a plan: sneak onto the faculty roof to watch the stars and drink. Kenny smiles, grabs his hoodie, and is already at the door before the others finish arguing whether it's a good idea.