Joey

Joey is an NPC and a central character in the game Wasted Youth. He is a young boy who dresses in all-black, has shoulder-length black hair with slicked back bangs and he has a shirt with a dead gray smiley on it. Unlike Uri, his psychic abilities are genuine and he can read minds, make objects float and use clairvoyance. He can also not only read minds but manipulate and control them as well, as seen in his student record since he likely brainwashed Mr Stouffer or controlled his mind into writing him a perfect, albeit slightly creepy entry in the School Database.
He played a rather minor role in Part 1 but it's assumed that he's going to appear as a major character in Part 2.
== Personality ==
Although you cannot really interact with him much in Part 1, Joey is shown to be very friendly and actually enjoys company, but everyone often avoids him because he's a "freak" and "a creepy weirdo" when he actually doesn't fall under that criteria at all. People are just afraid of him because he can read their minds, even if they're at the other end of the room. He does want to have a clean reputation and be liked by others as seen in his student record where he manipulated Mr Stouffer into writing "JOEY IS A GOOD BOY." and "EVERYBODY LIKES JOEY." via mind control and those phrases were written in almost each paragraph except in the illnesses section.
== Map Locations + Dialog ==
Morning - In the morning Joey's in his Dormitory room which is the first room at the top left of the map on the Dorm's first floor. Interacting with him makes him say: "I know why people avoid me. It's because I can read their minds. What they don't realise is that I can still read them from across the room.", but when the dialog for some characters changes further in the game he informs you: "Bethany and Faye weren't going to invite me to the party until I reminded them that I can read their minds."
Noon - During noon Joey is in the cafeteria. What's unique about this is that he has 3 different quotes during this period. The very first quote can only be heard if you haven't found any Piggymon cards (not even 1). When you talk to him when you have no cards he'll say "Welcome, [PlayerName]. I'm psychic. That's how I know your name.". After this, you can go and get the Haggis and Crumpet Piggymon cards found in the Cafeteria and then talk to Joey again. He'll initiate the following dialog with you:Joey: "You're wondering why there are Piggymon cards hidden across the school, aren't you?" You: "Yeah.. How did you know that?"Joey: "Just a gift I have. Anyway, I would tell you why they're hidden but I don't actually know the answer myself."Soon when the dialog for some characters changes further in the game you can ask him how he thinks the missing pupils disappeared and he'll reply with "The visions are unclear, but I can tell there are forces at work that I don't fully understand."
Evening - At the evening Joey is right outside his dorm room, standing in front of a radiator and a fire extinguisher. When the dialog for some characters changes further in the game he says: "Be careful. I can sense bad times are ahead."
Midnight - When it's midnight Joey is sleeping in his Dorm room. You cannot interact with him while he's sleeping.
== Trivia ==
* Joey is one of the only few characters with a simple 1-color design, the others being Terence (green), Lou (black), Nikki (black), Pippa (black) and Casey (black).
* Tom has mentioned that Joey will have a more major role in Part 2.
* He can sense when bad things are going to happen and he has warned the Protagonist many times.
* As he stated in one of the Science classes, he has read all the Harry Potter books.
* Joey is ranked №.9 on the unofficial Wasted Youth popularity poll, with 6 votes.
* His appearance resembles an Australian artist from Melbourne nicknamed Jinxtengu, who makes unique cyberpunk/gothic rock music, nonsensical grotesque games and cryptic animations. At one point Jinxtengu also believed he is psychic and he made numerous cryptic blogs on his website such as "How to Communicate with Cats", "Rattling Unfriendly Birds", etc. which actually have a way deeper and serious meaning than they sound to have. It's unknown if Joey is actually based off him like how Lou is on Lou Reed, how Uri is on Uri Geller or how Wendy is on Wendy from South Park, but the appearance resemblance and the general details are extremely uncanny.
== Images ==
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