[@Ophidian]
Looking on it all, I would include Sam in the mix of trouble-making due to what he does, but I feel he would end up being forced to tolerate Nixon... I feel like they were ok friends until Nixon went to far on jokes which escalated into thievery of sorts just to mess around. Would he take to thievery during a practical joke? Regardless, I can see them both getting into a spat over it with both of them coming to fight one another, usually either persons game.

[@Bornlucky]
For some reason, I can see my character helping out Pike from time to time with some stuff, even though he isn't a lab assistant... and along with that, since he's a lab assistant, I can see Sam trying to drag him off with him on a run when in the correct mood, stating that he should get first hand experience when it comes to researching pokemon... not realizing what the assistant thing entails since he sort of assumes he is cooped up in the lab most of the time. And looking over things, I could see him being one of the pranksters of the group... and if he is working with Nixon, tolerance... speaking of the group.

[@Rin]
Due to the fact that most of the characters here will probably have some history with each others, I'm wondering how everyones childhood went. If everyone started becoming aware of everyone at specific times during Sam's wanderlust-like nature, I feel he would lead them all on adventures. What this has to do with anything is that is reminds me of how I built another characters relationship up, via those adventures when younger and later participating in certain activities when older. I can see Sam hanging out with them a lot on movie nights and taking a bit of an interest in the occult since it piques his curiosity...

So, how does this all sound so far?