PLAYER: Austin Collins	CHARACTER: Spring
PRONOUNS: He/him/his AGE: 18 ORIENTATION: Straight LOCATION: Arizona OCCUPATION: Student	GENDER: <M>  AGE: Teen  ENABLE PKMN SPEECH? Yes  PAIN THRESHOLD: Realistic TRAINER CLASS: Gardener

OUT OF THE GAME Austin was born into a middle class family in New York. His parents of Martha and Todd were very careful with keeping an eye on him as even during age 5, perhaps expectantly, he was quite the curious sort. Perhaps too curious, as that did result in him burning his hand on the stove once while they had his eyes off of him. Thanks to that event he wasn’t allowed in the kitchen without some kind of supervision for fear of getting hurt. That event did lead to him finding his ‘voice’ though as he was mostly a quiet type before that. During the ages of 6-14 while he did well in school in maintaining a B+ average, he was the subject of many a bully, from throwing eggs to name calling and a few instances of being punched in the face. After going to principals a few times and getting only lip service, Austin told his parents about it instead, though it took until 4th grade for him to do so as he was trying (and failing horrendously) to take care of it himself. At least by the 4th grade it was curtailed a bit. During the time in his home during these years, he would either be running around in parks, playing with his adopted dog, a black lab, named Charile, or playing on his computer a bit. The dog being a main friend of his and perhaps the main reason he took to the concept of pokemon, they were basically pets to him. The concept of pokemon got more prevalent as the dog aged and eventually died naturally. It still hit Austin hard as they were usually together during his romps at the park, with Austin tossing balls and/or frisbees to him. From the dogs passing at age 18, Austin was more inclined to use the computer as a coping mechanism. He still missed Charlie quite alot. Now thanks to Unovr he would look to play this instead, given that these were another way to have a pet so to speak without replacing the pooch. Austin is eager to observe the world around him and somewhat inquisitive. That inquisitiveness has made him very bright in terms of knowledge of nature but has also led to an unhealthy sense of danger because of it. Due to still being young, he is still a little naive, which results in him falling for pranks, such as April Fools pranks. However, when this does happen, he will see it as a learning experience and, in fact occasionally going along with it knowing full well that it’s a prank for the sake of humor. Austin has high morals and won't allow anything to happen to his friends, going out of his way to try and settle disputes between other locals, even though it's clearly none of his business, telling the truth whenever he does something wrong, or just being around for people that have had bad days. This does lead to him getting into some sticky situations, however, such as people ignoring Austin during a dispute, at which point he will leave them alone.

INSIDE THE GAME He never was creative with character names, he just knows you shouldnt use your real one. The name is only for his preferred season. Other than the name change, Spring and Austin would be the same in terms of personality. He looks to make some friends in this virtual world, both pokemon and human, as well as explore just what this world has to throw at him.

FACE CLAIMS Sei Handa from Barakamon Sei Handa from Barakamon

OOC NAME Austin Collins/ mdebourg#3878

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