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IN PROGRESS
Sunny’s Friend Group
Sunny Suzuki
Sunny Suzuki
The Main Protagonist. He’s a stoic young child and the youngest of the friend group, being the youngest brother of Mari. He is quiet, a good listener and is generally polite boy.- The Baby of the Bunch: Is the youngest member of the group and is usually protected by the rest of the kids.
- Berserk Button: When Roy bullies Dakota and she ran off crying, Sunny shows to be incredibly angry and attack Roy.
- The Casanova: Played for laughs, as Roy points out in the appropriately titles “Sunny The Casanova” that Sunny managed to get three love interests while just being kids.
- Cope by Pretending: After Mari’s death, Sunny decides to reject and accept that she was murdered by THE THUG and his accomplice, and proceeds to create HEADSPACE to recluse himself.
- Hikikomori: Becomes this at the end of CHILDHOOD, staying inside his room and going into HEADSPACE to cope with Mari’s death.
- Not So Stoic: “Sunny The Casanova” shows Sunny being completely flustered when Roy taunts him over his crush for Aubrey, Parsley and Dakota.
- Out of Focus: Doesn’t have many chapters to himself, despite being the protagonist.
- The Quiet One: Usually doesn’t speak through out the chapters.
- The Stoic: Usually doesn’t express himself towards anyone.
Mari Suzuki
Mari Suzuki
The Older sister of Sunny, who is shown to be an extremely warm and caring sister and sister figure.- Accidental Murder: During their big argument, Sunny pushes Mari back after she shoves him on the wall and tried to see if he was okay, leading Mari accidentally falling down the stairs to her death.
- Berserk Button: Shows to get extremely protective and angry at times, such as towards her father when he made Hero upset and nearly cry.
- Big Damn Heroes: Rescued Parsley from The Thug when he tried to give her drugs.
- Big Sister Instinct: Is quick to defend Sunny and others from harm, such as when Parsley was harassed by The THUG, which she Immediately came to her rescue.
- Cool Big Sis: Is a protective older sister and sister figure towards others, and especially towards her brother Sunny.
- Doomed by Canon: Given how the original games go, it’s made clear she’s not gonna live long, which makes clear at the end of the first part.
- Even the Loving Hero Has Hated Ones: Despite her nature of All-Loving Hero and caring for everyone, Mari has moments where she has no sympathy towards others and shows hatred for. Three specifically: The drug dealing THUG, which she barely is able to keep a polite disposition over when saving Parsley from him; Aubrey’s abusive mother Annie, and Dakota’s Mother Rivera due to her blatant transphobia.
- Extreme Doormat: Her nature to help her town and keep up being a model citizen can lead her physically and emotionally drained, but she shrugs off any concerns.
- The Perfectionist: It’s clear Mari has this reputation about being the best around in the city and a role model to look up to. These put massive pressures on Mari to the point of seemingly snapping.
- Posthumous Character: Fairly much given the Game.
- Sanity Slippage: Ends up losing it for some reason after the chapter “Party” with being easy to snap and is shown to be stressed out. In the penultimate chapter of Part 1, Mari begins to put extreme pressure on Sunny and outright yells at him during one of their practices, leading to a major fight which ends in Mari being shoved down the stairs.
- Staircase Tumble: How Mari dies, being accidentally shoved down the stairs by Sunny during the fight.
- Stepford Smiler: Keeps a bright smile on for anyone and will help no matter what happened. Unfortunately this takes a toll on her health and even when told to slow down, Mari can’t help but keep her smile and keep trying to help others even to the detriment to herself.
- Tranquil Fury: Has a small but noticeable one towards Annie, showing to be curt and quiet around her due to the mistreatment towards Aubrey.
Parsley Fey (Formerly Basil)
Parsley Fey
Sunny’s best friend. A MTF trans girl who is into photography, plants, and spending time with Sunny and The others.- Adaptational Gender Identity: In this version, she is a MTF trans woman named Parsley.
- Adaptational Villainy: Downplayed, as Parsley isn’t as malicious as the original game counterpart. However, unlike the game counterpart, who made Mari’s death look like a suicide, this version outright frames two other people for Mari’s death to protect Sunny, which possibly results in their lives ruining. Though, to be fair, one of the people framed aren’t too likable either way
- Camera Fiend: Frequently takes photos of her friends and places, and her camera never leaves her side.
- Caring Gardener: Is very much into gardening and plants.
- Despair Event Horizon: Faces this after Mari’s death, having become a teary eyed mess as she decides to go into denial towards Sunny’s actions and decides to frame two people to do it.
- Frame-Up: Parsley frames the death of Mari to both The THUG and his accomplice, the Glasses wearing Man.
- Invisible Parents: Her parents are oversees due to jobs, yet her friends never seen them. Ever.
- Nature Lover: Is very into nature and plants to the extent of naming herself after a plant.
- Nice Girl: Is a very kind and supportive friend to the others, especially Sunny.
- Raised by Grandparents: She is raised primarily by her grandmother and caretaker, Polly, as her parents work oversees.
- Trans Tribulations: Her sub plot in the story, slowly coming to terms with her gender.
Aubrey Wilkins
Aubrey Wilkins
A friend of Sunny, who is an extremely cheerful child despite her rough upbringing.- Abusive Parents: Her mother, Annie is extremely neglectful and abusive towards Aubrey, however, doesn’t let that hurt her spirit.
- Extreme Doormat: Shows to be, while resident to her mother’s abuse, doesn’t try and stop it by any means and doesn’t tell anyone, still loving her and wanting her around.
- The Heart: Is generally good nature and keeping her group together.
- Turning Into Your Parent: Afraid of her friends abandoning her, like how her mother was.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Gives this towards Aiden after he tried sabotaging Mari and Hero’s relationship, which got through to him.
Kelsey “Kel” Cordero
Kelsey “Kel” Cordero
A friend of Sunny, and the younger brother of Hero, who is completely energetic and sporty.- Always Someone Better: Feels inferior towards his older brother Hero doing better than him, and being loved better by their parents.
- Bratty Half-Pint: Downplayed but is a pretty rowdy child.
- Determinator: In “Beetles!!!” He spends the entire day trying to get one beetle, being angered when the other kids get ahead with collecting the beetles.
- Lovable Jock: Is great at sports and a fun loving friend to the others.
- Plucky Comic Relief: Shows to be the most funny character in the group, usually being energetic.
Henry “Hero” Cordero
Henry “Hero” Cordero
The older brother of Kel and boyfriend of Hero, who is generally kind-hearted and helpful.- Anguished Outburst: Lashes out on Kel at the ending of the first part while visiting Mari’s grave, though he immediately feels remorse for his actions.
- Big Damn Heroes: Comes with Mari to save Parsley from the Thug.
- Nice Guy: Is shown to be a kind hearted and sweet older brother, friend and boyfriend, and won’t stop until he helps someone.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: His real name is Henry, although he very much goes by Hero by anyone other than his parents.
- Real Men Cook: Hero shows interest in being a chef, and is really into cooking.
- Understanding Boyfriend: Cares deeply for Mari, and is even worried of her overexerting herself.
Aiden Goodwin
Aiden Goodwin
A new kid who joined Sunny’s friend group, who is shown to be extremely polite, energetic yet extremely insecure.- Beneath the Mask: Aiden is extremely insecure on his friends and shows an extreme fear of being used by others, particularly due to how he was treated by them in the past.
- Friendless Background: Has a hesitation to accept friends due to his background of being used by other friends in the past.
- Nice Guy: Overall is a great guy and a good friend to Sunny and the others.
- My God, What Have I Done?: Shows to be horrified trying to break Mari and Hero up and apologizes to them completely.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: The chapter “Unrequited Love” has Aiden fall in love with Mari, and tried to do minor things to sabotage her and Hero’s relationship. He gets it through by Aubrey calling him out and apologizes profusely.
- Spoiled Sweet: Has an extremely affluent family. Yet this doesn’t stop him from being a pretty chill kid and good friend.
- Really Moves Around: Aiden and his family moved around a lot through the years, leaving Aiden empty about having much friends due to them eventually leaving him.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Him coming to the house at the time of Mari’s death, having witness the THUG and His accomplice running out and thinking that they were responsible for Mari’s death, and with Parsley and Sunny’s confirmation of this, leads to the events of the ends that paints Mari as a drug addict and ruins her reputation.
Dakota Thompson
Dakota Thompson
A friend of Sunny who sometime joins the group’s adventures, and is extremely intelligent and geeky.- Berserk Button: When Roy becomes violent learns Mari and Sunny, she immediately becomes protective.
- Bespectacled Cutie: Is noted to be cute in-universe with glasses her compliment it.
- Black and Nerdy: Is pretty smart, wearing glasses and all.
- Determinator: In “Dakotazoid” becomes determined to prove Roy wrong and make herself as attractive looking as possible, before learning to change herself for herself, not for others.
- Innocent Bigot: Shows to not have much of an understanding towards trans individuals, mostly due to her mother’s transphobic attitude.
- Nice Girl: Shows to care for her friends and is generally sweet.
- The Scream: Is from a long line of loud and proud screamers, and she screams like a banshee to get Roy to leave them alone.
- Seeker Archetype: Post Time Skip, seems to try and find out the truth of Mari’s death.
- Tranquil Fury: The ending of Part 1 establishes this, holding back her rage and anger over who she thought was police incompetence and covering up.
The Friend’s Group Parents
Sunny’s Mother/Joyce Suzuki
Joyce Suzuki
The Mother of Mari and Sunny. She is a loving and kind hearted mother to both her children.- Best Friends-in-Law: Joyce shows to love Henry and comforts him during their conversation with Daichi.
- Good Parents: Is an extremely loving mother to Sunny and Mari, who gives them opportunities to succeed in life.
- The Idealist: Contrasting her husband’s realism.
- Married Too Young: Married Daichi when they were out of high school and were on the road during the marriage.
- Open-Minded Parent: Is shown to be cool around her children, open to Mari dating Hero, as opposed to Daichi.
Sunny and Mari’s Father/Daichi Suzuki
Daichi Suzuki
The Father of Mari and Sunny. He is a devoted father, who, while loving to his children, sometimes goes overzealous over his protectiveness in wanting to keep his children’s lives well.- Abusive Parents: Implied to have had extremely abusive parents who degraded him on everything he did.
- Boyfriend-Blocking Dad: Shows to not like Hero or approve of his relationship with his daughter, Mari. He lays off and begins a better foot with him.
- Disappeared Dad: After Mari’s death, Daichi leaves the family one night, taking the car and leaving behind divorce papers on the table.
- Education Mama: Deeply cares about his children getting their lives in order when they are adults, which is why he shows disapproval towards Mari and Hero.
- For Your Own Good: Claims this for both Mari and Hero, stating that the two should be stable before being in a relationship.
- Freudian Excuse: Implied to have had extremely abusive parents who disowned him when marrying Joyce, and he and Joyce were living in their car scraping by, leading Daichi to have a cynical view towards love and believes Mari should be successful and not risk having a terrible life he had.
- Good Parents: Despite his flaws, does try his best making sure Sunny and Mari have a good life in the long run and reaches an understanding with Mari.
- Immigrant Parents: Went to America from Korea, in which he met Joyce and gotten married.
- Married Too Young: Married Joyce when they were out of high school and were on the road during the marriage.
- Psychological Projection: Seems to do this towards Hero, seeing him as a younger Daichi who was going to make a mistake.
- Turning Into Your Parent: What he ultimately fears what would happen to Mari.
Hero and Kel’s/Antonio and Penelope Cordero
Antonio and Penelope Cordero
Hero and Kel’s parents, who, while showing completely loving, tend to favor Hero more than their youngest son Kel.- Ambiguously Bi: Penelope is married to Antonio, though it’s implied she had some sort of relationship with Annie, Aubrey’s mom, in highschool.
- Education Mama: Penelope.
- Good Parents: The two are shown to be extremely loving parents to Hero and Kel, with special regards to Antonio.
- Passionate Sports Girl: Penelope was this in the past, apparently keeping up a rivalry turned relationship with Antonio through high school.
Aubrey’s Mother/Annie Wilkins
Annie Wilkins
Aubrey’s neglectful and abusive alcoholic mother, who is shown to despise everyone in Faraway Town.- Abusive Parents: While usually neglectful, she physically abused her daughter in her birthday chapter, punching her across the face before leaving her crying. It’s also said that her own parents were abusive towards her and her sisters.
- The Alcoholic: The house is positively COVERED in booze and bottles.
- Ambiguously Bi: According to the chapter “Building a New Hang Out” Annie once dated Daichi and seemed to have been more serious, although there was another picture of her and Penelope “doing something” which Annie shows to be flustered about and take the picture.
- Ambiguous Situation: It’s unknown why her sisters cut her off, or what happened that turned her into a neglectful alcoholic.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Played With. It’s shown that she seemed to have cared for her younger sisters in her children, although she seemed to have lost any love after they cut her off. Her relationship towards Aubrey is more complex, as while neglectful and hit her on her birthday, she can go out of her way to do things with her, such as attending the barbecue and getting her a cake, although she bought what she was allergic to and misspelled her name.
- Hated by All: A Deconstructed example. Annie is shown to be considered a stain within Faraway Town, with even the cops disliking her despite not bang able to arrest her. She is treated with contempt and annoyance by the other adults and even the children. This leads in Annie growing more bitter and hateful, which in turn makes more people turn away from him, Rinse and repeat.
- Not So Above It All: When Aubrey is searching through old photos in chapter 18, Annie manages to crack a joke about not being cool.
- Used to Be a Sweet Kid: In chapter 18 of CHILDHOOD, it is shown that she seemed to be a very nice young girl, before something turned her a drunken neglectful mother.
Aiden’s Parents/Morrison and Delilah Goodwin
Morrison and Delilah Goodwin
Aiden’s rich parents, who are shown to be genuinely nice people.- Bourgeois Bohemian: Both are rich and hippie like.
- Good Parents: Are two loving people who support Aiden’s friendship.
- Rich Bitch: Subverted. While the two originally seemed to judge the friends’ for their parents occupation and their home life, they in actuality love them and see it as keeping Aiden grounded and giving him a look into other’s life.
Dakota’s Mother/Rivera Thompson
Rivera Thompson
Dakota’s cutthroat and ruthless mother, who isn’t really there for her daughter’s life due to focusing on her job.- Cranky Landlord: Shows in every scene she’s in trying to drain her tenants wallets or otherwise kick them out of their homes.
- Good Parents: She is shown to genuinely love her daughter, despite not being around much, giving her good advice when she been bullied by Roy.
- Mama Bear: When Dakota came home crying crying after being bullied severely by Roy, she calmly asked who she needs to rip the head off of.
- Parental Neglect: Downplayed, as she seems to care for her daughter, but doesn’t exactly show her much love nor affection, spending time on her phone than taking care of her daughter. However, she is shown to be fiercely protective of her.
- Tranquil Fury: Simply asks Dakota to see her chipped tooth in “Help” and after getting one good look, quietly threatens to harm Roy for doing it.
Other Family Members
Sabrina Goodwin
Sabrina Goodwin
Aiden’s 10 year old sister. She is very meek, quiet, and is shown to be a good friend to Sunny.- Black Sheep: Compared to her lavish parents and energetic brother, Sabrina is anti-social and soft spoken, though her parents no less love her for it.
- Just Friends: Says as much to Sunny during a brief chat of crushes, saying that the two being together would be “gross”
- Loyal Animal Companion: Has a cat named Messenger, who she puts little papers of messages to anyone that she has the cat goes to.
- The Quiet One: She is shown to be very quiet and doesn’t respond much, like Sunny.
- The Unfavorite: Seemed to be ignored by both her parents, although the beach chapter subverts this, as the parents say that Sabrina is simply independent from them.
Parsley’s Grandmother/Maria Fey
Maria Fey
Parsley’s Energetic grandmother.- Cool Old Lady: Shows to be a very sweet lady.
- Doting Grandparent: Indulges Parsley no matter what.
- Open-Minded Parent: Or, Well, Grandparent. Maria is an extremely loving and accepting person to his granddaughter, and makes sure to gives her extreme support.
Polly
Polly
A 23 year old Caretaker of Maria, and a big sister figure of Parsley.- Cool Big Sis: Tries to be one towards Parsley, seeing her as a little sibling.
Faraway Town Residents
Roy Perkins
Roy Perkins
A 14 year old bully in Faraway Town, who usually bullies and harasses the friend group.- Ax-Crazy: Pulls fully this in “Dakotazoid” when Sunny hits him in retaliation over making Dakota cry. He goes even worst in “Help” where he almost breaks Parsley’s arm and drowns her. Turns out this was due to the death of his sister.
- Barbaric Bully: Has this in “Dakotazoid”
- The Bully: Zigg-Zagged as while can be mean spirited and bully Sunny’s group, he is shown to have som heart at times and can be nice.
- Bully Turned Buddy: He makes peace with Parsley and the others, and in the final chapter shows him gaining a close friendship with Kel.
- Big Brother Instinct: Shows to care deeply for his little sister.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: On the receiving end in “Help” after he tries to drown Parsley, causing him to be beaten by Kel.
- Everyone Has Standards: In “Lost” after he sends Parsley out into the bad side of town as a prank and when learning he didn’t come back, he shows horror and admits that he might have gone too far.
- Freudian Excuse: Possibly, as Sunny and Parsley sees that they think Roy’s father, the cold mayor of the town, is why Roy is who he is. His more barbaric tendencies through the ladder half of Arc 1 was out of grief for his sister’s death.
- Tragic Keepsake: Kept his sister’s favorite shoes after she passes away.
Ezekiel Perkins
Ezekiel Perkins
The mayor of Faraway Town, and the father of Roy.- Abusive Parents: Apparently when seeing that Roy used the sick Amber as a way to approve for the town to do a small barbecue day, he strikes him across the face in anger offscreen. Turns out his relationship with Roy is not great, Due to the death of Amber.
- Early-Installment Weirdness: Appears more of a jerkass in his earlier appearances.
- Not So Above It All: After some bugging, decides to join the parents in volleyball in the beach episode.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Genuinely attempt to keep the town clean. After the death of Amber and Roy injuring the group in “Help” Ezekiel makes a full apology to the parents as he offers to pay any medical expenses.
Amber Perkins
Amber Perkins
Roy’s younger sister who is sick with Cystic Fibroses.- Delicate and Sickly: Is shown to be very ill with cystic fibrosis.
- Killed Off for Real: Passes away sometime before Dakotazoid.
- Morality Pet: Serves this towards Roy, and her death sends him spiraling.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Has only a few appearances before her death offscreen.
Officer Artie Wyatt and Officer Ryker Yang
Artie Wyatt and Ryker Yang
Two respected police officers in Faraway Town, in which Artie is shown to be friendly and laid back towards children, but is usually by the book, while Ryker is usually cold hearted and is very used to bending the rules.- By-the-Book Cop: Played With for both. While Artie is generally laid back and is willing to cut slack for children, he is extremely tight with regulations, being unwilling to investigate individuals unless given concrete proof, such as with Annie Wilkins and The Thug, meanwhile Ryker is far more stricter with punishments for crimes, but is willing to bend laws to get an easier conviction.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: Two are very close friends, with Artie himself having a family.
The THUG
THE MAN WITH SCAR
A drug dealer living in Faraway Town’s industrial section, he is known by the adults as being a cruel person who deals drugs to kids in order to get easier clients, and manages to get away with his crimes.- 0% Approval Rating: No one absolutely likes this guy, and it’s no surprise why.
- The Aggressive Drug Dealer: Somewhat, as he uses manipulation than outright force to get others to use his drugs, though it doesn’t stop him from trying to deal drugs to kids instead of adults.
- Blackmail Backfire: When discovering Mari’s corpse and figures out Sunny and Parsley were responsible, he attempts to subtly blackmail them, saying that if they call the cops they’ll get in trouble as well, and attempts to use this to convince them to help clean the crime scene. This fails when Parsley throws a phone at him and locks herself and Sunny in the bathroom to hide.
- Cop Killer: Possibly killed a cop during their standoff, having stabbed him and leaving him in critical condition.
- Excellent Judge of Character: Surprisingly, has a key eye for observation, as he manages to understand Parley’s struggles and hardships in order to manipulate her. He also figures out quickly over Sunny accidentally killing Mari due to his expression.
- Faux Affably Evil: Attempts to be friendly and sympathetic to Parsley, yet is clearly sinister.
- Hate Sink: Is completely despicable person who deals drugs to children which causes them to be drugged out or killed from it.
- Good Scars, Evil Scars: Has a large noticeable scar on his face.
- Karma Houdini: Is known to be able to get away with his crimes as he covers his tracks, and due to Parsley being too afraid to report him, he walks feee once more.
- Karma Houdini Warranty: Ended up getting this offscreen, as it’s revealed in the news report he was shot to death during a police standoff.
- Knight of Cerebus: As oppose to the much more lighter tone in CHILDHOOD, the THUG and his chapter are played for horror.
- Manipulative Bastard: Apparently used kids insecurities and fears into convincing them to buy their drugs, promising that it can “help” them. He also attempts to do this to Sunny and Parsley, attempting to force them to help frame Mari’s death as a suicide. This fails.
- Obviously Evil: Invoked, as Parsley immediately sees him as shady due to his unhinged look, red eyes and scar on his face, making her not trust him.
- Would Hurt a Child: Deals drugs to young children, leading them to slowly ruin themselves or even kills them. He attempts to attack Sunny and Parsley with a switchblade when they hide away in the bathroom.
