Ringo Origo

"Supreme leaders have nothing on the future king of the Metaverse!" - Ringo Origo
"That's a lot of personality to burden yourself with" - Ringo Origo, 20.09.2021
"She is not like the other princesses, she is quirky" - Ringo Origo 21.09.2021
== Who Is Ringo Origo?==
Ringo Origo, often known as just Ringo or Shopkeep, is the heir to the Origo throne of VRChat. He has made a variety of avatars for his own personal use, and to impress others with his majesty. 
== In Character ==
=== Ringo Origo ===
When in character as Ringo Origo, Ringo acts as an exaggerated version of his real-life persona. He tends to mention his desire to properly inherit the throne and become the King of the Nexus (previously titled the Metaverse).
Often he can be found in public worlds. As of recently, he has stopped accepting all friends requests when roleplaying as Ringo Origo, instead opting to "collect" friend requests. Occasionally, he will boast about having hundreds, with nobody knowing if it is true. When in public worlds, the prince can be seen sitting on his throne, admiring the people of his world.
=== Lore ===
Ringo's father, Addam Origo, disappeared five years ago, leaving Ringo as the acting ruler of the Nexus. Since that day, the young ruler had been travelling, building good diplomatic relationships with other nations, and attempting to find his father, but to no avail. In another five years, if the true king is not found, Ringo will inherit the throne properly and become King of the Nexus.
Ringo dislikes his current position, as he does not like being the ruler of an area as large as the Nexus. He does, however, enjoy introducing himself as "Ringo Origo, Acting Ruler and Crown Prince of the Nexus", as if the title brings him joy. Often he is told that his royal decrees mean nothing where he is traveling, despite him being firmly within the Nexus.
Ringo remembers very little of his early life, and he remembers even less of his parents. When he was young, he was told that he was the spitting image of his mother, Lora Origo, who died giving birth to him. All Ringo has of his mother are stories that his father would tell, but even then they are long since forgotten as he is preoccupied with his father's disappearance.
==== Euca Lyptus ====
Euca Lyptus, presently referred to as Euca, rarely referred to as Euca Origo, was the wife of Ringo Origo, making her the old Crown Princess of the Nexus. They met while Ringo was travelling to her home nation. Soon after they fell in love and married with no proper public ceremony. Ringo often refers to Euca as "Astronomer", giving her the title as a pet name.
=== Shopkeep Ringo ===
Shopkeep Ringo is where Ringo keeps himself bound to his real-life persona. Shopkeep is not a role, rather his true self. As a result of the major differences from Ringo Origo, Shopkeep Ringo was given its own account where all friend requests are accepted and no custom, flashy avatars are used.
Before splitting into two accounts for the separate personas, Shopkeep Ringo would be portrayed on the same account as Ringo Origo. Similar avatars were used, but the throne would never be present when the Ringo Origo role was not being played. Often anyone who friended one persona would become confused based on the actions of the other, causing breaks in character.
=== Ringo The Fly ===
Ringo The Fly, constantly switching between Ringo The Fly and RingoTheFly, was Ringo's first Nexus persona, being a "perfect blend" of his real-life persona and his online persona. The username was originally taken when he upgraded his Steam account to a VRChat account, so he also went by RingoTheFry during that time.
== Out of Character ==
When Ringo is out of character, he is much more relaxed and laid back, willing to talk to anyone or do anything. He is often bored and tired after work and cannot find the energy to play a character and put on a persona. This out-of-character personality is what is typically present when Ringo is using his Shopkeep Ringo account. All mentions of him being a the Acting Ruler of the Nexus are seldom made, aside from simple references to the characters Ringo portrays and humorous things they have done. Rather than brag about "collecting" friend requests, Ringo has a very simple policy: accepting all friend requests from people with human decency.
=== Public Worlds ===
When out of character, Ringo can often be found within public worlds, most commonly conversing with Euca, as they are typically out of character together. The pair tend to abuse their full body tracking and place themselves onto the ceiling, upside down, through various SteamVR add-ons. Occasionally, Ringo will take it upon himself to give others a show and start singing notably badly or dancing in a worse manner. 
=== Lore ===
Ringo keeps his out-of-character lore a secret to most people, at one point refusing to tell anyone, including Ari and Euca, his birthday. Despite this, his real life appearance is commonly shared, with Ringo having no qualms about sharing a description or a picture of his physical self. Often, he describes himself as a tall man with long blonde hair. Occasionally, he will add more details, such as the fact that he wears glasses, or constantly wears a necklace with the charm being the Monado from Xenoblade Chronicles. Despite his secrecy, there are two consistent stories, and only a few consistent facts, that he tells about his real-world self.
==== Severe Eye Trauma ====
Ringo Origo was born slightly colourblind, creating few subtle problems, but nothing debilitating. In February of 2020, Ringo had a horrible accident in which part of his glasses went directly through his left eye, causing severe nerve damage. The metal end of his frames pierced almost completely through his left eye, missing his iris by less than one millimeter. Surprisingly enough, RIngo did not go blind from this injury, instead maintaining most of his vision, but losing the entirety of his coloured vision in his left eye. He is now monochromatic colourblind in his left eye, with only seeing subtle colours in his right eye. Over a year later, Ringo has a scar on his left eye, and the surface of his eye near the impact is dented, which is often mentioned.
==== The Gift of COVID-19 ====
Ringo Origo, on December 24, 2021, was diagnosed with COVID-19. His real-world father had come into contact with the disease at work, bringing it home and spreading it to everyone who lived with him. As a result, Ringo tested positive for the virus, leading to his near hospitalization as he already faced chronic lung problems. It is not uncommon for Ringo to have a coughing fit after laughing too hard, and it has become more common after his diagnosis. Since then, however, Ringo has fully recovered, with only his typical lung problems lingering.
==== 1 in 100,000 ====
On September 24, 2021, Ringo Origo's left lung completely collapsed. As it was during class, Ringo decided to continue throughout the day and ignore the pain, as he thought it was simply a stitch in his side that needed to be stretched out. For a total of nine hours, Ringo lived with only one working lung, the other having completely collapsed. He arrived in the emergency room, having a chest tube implanted into his left lung to re-inflate it at 21:30 the same day. He spent the rest of the night waiting for an open hospital bed so that he could be admitted into their care, but was eventually flown via helicopter to a hospital out of town for lung surgery. Part of Ringo's left lung was removed, and he was sent home the next day upon removed of his chest tube and clean x-rays showing that his lung had not collapsed a second time. According to doctors, based on what Ringo had stated about his day and how his lung had collapsed, he had a 1 in 100,000 chance to survive the ordeal, as the collapse was not only entirely spontaneous, but he had also continued throughout his day not acknowledging it for a number of hours.
==== Consistent Facts ====
* Ringo has incredibly bad legs, resulting in him falling, or being unable to stand for long durations of time, quite often.
* He is fairly tall, standing at 6'2", and has long blonde hair that goes past shoulder length.
* He loves music and plays the violin, but also has experience playing the piano, guitar, mandolin, mandola, and various other instruments.
* He will admit that Ringo is not his real, legal name, but only a select few people, such as Euca, know his real name.
* Often Ringo will mention his three middle names, referring to himself as "Ringo Thomas Perseus Thomas Origo", making a joke about how two of his middle names are identical.
== History ==
Ringo first downloaded VRChat on the first of May, 2020, at the request of his good friend CelVR. Immediately he fell in love with the game, completely bypassing the New User rank and going directly to User when upgrading to a proper VRChat account from his Steam account. Sadly, he was severely limited due to his terrible hardware, upgrading to a proper PC the next month that he is still currently using for all of his gaming activities. Upon publishing his first world on June 9, 2020, Ringo achieved Known User, with his final Trust Rank level-up happening within the same month. Ringo was a pure desktop user until January 13, 2021, upgrading to an Oculus Quest 2, getting full body tracking only two months later, on March 24, 2021. As of late, Ringo has been using his Valve Index headset obtained on September 8, 2021.
*All specific information obtained from his public Steam profile.
== Quotes ==
* "I may be a washed up prince, but I can handle my extract" - 21.09.2021
* "She's not like other princesses, she's quirky" - 21.09.2021
* "That's a lot of personality to burden yourself with..."
* "Supreme leaders have nothing on the future king of the Metaverse!" 
*"I made this avatar to look like the best shit poster in the world." - 10.10.2021
*"This avatar looks like he would get into a fight, lose, and still brag about it... because he 'gained experience'". - 10.10.2021
*Known dates are provided.
== Links ==
* Twitter
* Steam Profile
* Twitch Channel
* YouTube Channel
== Trivia ==
* On the profile of every Steam friend that he has, Ringo comments "It is I, Ringo Origo, announcing my friendship with this individual! It is real, this one is my friend!"
* Ringo was married on his second day of playing VRChat. He never saw the girl again and got a divorce with her exactly one year later.
*Lore may be inconsistent with actions, as Ringo has a horrible memory and often rewrites it to better relate to the crowd. He is a man of the people.
*Ringo withheld his first world from being published for 48 hours so he could release it on 6/9/2020. He writes his date DD/MM/YYYY, so the joke had no effect to him. The world is currently private.
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