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Name: James Avery

Age: 21

Appearance: [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/75304337/Tokens/ModernGingerToken2.png[/img]
Always wears a black hoodie with a zipper and front pockets (even during the summer).
(Edit: Recolored his eyes to fit my view of him and make him look less high.)

Height: 5'11" / 180cm

Weight: 140lbs / 63.5kg

Likes: games of all kinds, programming, puns, one on one conversations, animals, clouds, chewing gum (specifically peppermint), caffeine, music without lyrics, and improving things

Dislikes: sunlight, sports / e-sports culture, casinos, waking up early, anyone who uses religion as an excuse to be hateful, and chocolate (unless it's hot chocolate or mixed with peanut butter)

Party Trick: Carries an incomplete deck of playing cards that he can throw with remarkable accuracy.

Profession: James is a student at SCA majoring in Computer Science. Instead of pursuing a specific minor he carefully picks his electives and occasionally audits an extra class in order to maximize his game-related courses and keep his parents happy.

Bio/Personality:
James was raised in an extremely religious town in the US by his mother (a teacher) and his father (a banker). Most of his early years were spent reading his mother's textbooks for fun and playing the (educational) computer games his parents bought for him. By the time he entered middle school he was nearly ready for high school but he didn't skip any grades. That academic head-start combined with a generally different set of interests from others his age came with the price of being alienated and bullied by the other kids. Because of this James is adept at avoiding notice (which tends to happen whether or not he wants it to), noticing people who are up to no good before they start making trouble, and maintaining composure during stressful situations. James has been planning to study abroad since before he started high school because he wanted to get away from that place. He set his sights on Shine City Academy and didn't even apply to anywhere else. He managed to score some sizable test-based scholarships and he receives support from his family on the condition that he replaces the time he would have spent working with studying and learning instead. James is now late into his second year at SCA where he lives in the dorms. His gaming pseudonym (Stratus) is well-known at the arcade because he has a leaderboard entry on most of the arcade games. This semester is light for him due to course scheduling conflicts and lapses in new content for his favorite games, which makes now the perfect opportunity to search for people to spend time with in the city instead of relying on voice chat for socialization.

James is all about learning and having fun. He is usually cautious and deliberate but he can be convinced (and frequently convinces himself) to try something crazy if he thinks it will be a fun or beneficial experience. He is a bit paranoid which has led him to be bizarrely prepared. His hoodies are weighted with internal pockets that hold compact tools and useful items (paperclips, rubber bands, string, etc.). He has a hopelessly optimistic side that fights his better judgement and he is highly empathetic, the combination of which has caused him to be unusually kind.

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