Gramps

**Gramps** is a scientist and a mayor of the Town in the Main World. He works from a white light house in the town and resides in a brown house right next to it.

## Appearance

Gramps is donned in gray and wears glasses. He has a pair of long horns, which he says that everyone from his world of origin has. He is one of if not the oldest person in the Town.

After he was teleported to the Beach World, he loses a horn and wears purple instead.

## Story

Gramps has been the town of Rook's mayor and the go-to person for fixing everything. He has also forced Joxxi to go to college (which does not exist in the Main World) and study for exams to become an engineer. Despite Joxxi's long-term lack of confidence, Gramps has always wanted to encourage Joxxi, saying that Joxxi is smarter than him.

Joxxi once filled the entire lighthouse with toxic refrigerator coolant, and while they were pumping the gas out of the lighthouse, Gramps wrote in the Gramps' journal that even if he knows things like these could happen, he still trusts Joxxi wholeheartedly.

When he learns that Joxxi builds a teleporter, Gramps is happy and decides to give the teleporter a test. During the test, the teleporter collapses, due to Id tampering with it, causing a large explosion, removing one of Gramps' horns. After this event, it is presumed that Gramps is dead, torn to shreds from the teleporter collapsing. Knowing that Joxxi may feel frustrated, he left his *Gramps' journal* in his chair to cheer Joxxi up. He also leaves a note for the town folks saying that he lost a bet and will never return to be their babysitters, in order to avoid others suspecting Joxxi.

Gramps can eventually be found retired at the Beach World.

## Quotes

* A newb. Ready to get POWNED by your new, non-euclidean situation. It's a dangerous world out here. Well... not right here. "Here" is actually pretty nice. But out there, in the woods? Weird stuff. Real weird. I once saw a vending machine eat a man. Clean outta his shoes. I told him not to pick iced coffee. From a vending machine? It's unsanitary. There's milk in that! How does it not go bad?? Well, it didn't impact HIS lifespan. But it might impact yours! Drink tea instead! Oh, and also be careful in the woods. Anyways, that's the spiel. Careful in the woods, and, ah Oh yea, you're trapped here forever. Yuppers, them's the breaks. We've had folks walk the whole island. It's an endless void as far as the eye can see. I mean, I'm stumped. And I'm the smartest thing here. But enough doom and gloom! Yo're a resident of Rook now. Once yer done with any existential breakdowns, come talk to me, and we'll getcha situated.
* If you need anything [the shop owner] don't have, well then I'm your dude! I fix it. I build it. Sometimes I break it. But then gosh darn it, I fix it again!
* Oi, are you listening to any a' this?? Kids these days... think they can just go an' ZONE OUT the second ya' start talkin'! Back in my day, we HAD to listen to our elder's convoluted backstories an' such! Sure, we didn't care either! But we did it out of *respect*! An' this wasn't even that convoluted! It was just a buncha' good' sound advice for yer journeys! Honestly, if ya didn't want ta' talk to me, then maybe don't go wanderin' into people's light houses. I coulda been gettin' work done this whole time, but I thought I was doing ya' a courtesy! Ahhhh, it's fine, it's fine. Honestly, how can an' old fart like me compete with all the flashy gizmos and magic crystals these days? Can't blame the youth for their dwindlin' attention span. Alright squirt, I'll stop talkin' yer ear off. Go on, go find somethin' more mentally stimulating. Come back when ya' have a vested interest enough to hear my ramblings.
* Hmm... wait what? A weapon? Where did you get that? You've been here for maybe FIVE MINUTES... Ok, YES, I can improve a piece of pointy metal. Just so you know. And as much as I want to question your motives. I'm really more interested in what you'll find next in the woods if I don't. So... ok.
* Honestly I thought the poor kid would never try anything solo. Definitely smart enough for it, I tell ya. That critter's a right natural. Faster at figurin' stuff out than, well, me. I'm glad the kid found a little more confidence. That would'tve been your doing, huh? Well, good on you too, then! Even one person's encouragement makes a heap of difference, ya know?... Hey kid. Do me a favor. I'm getting old. Real old. If anything ever happens. Anything of the... morbid variety, if you know what I mean, come give this chair an ol' sit once and a while. Just so it doesn't get lonely. Well then, let's go make it two people's encouragement, eh? And by that I mean, I'll start walking over there, and I invoke my right as an old person to take my sweet, sweet time doing so.
* Dear Joxxi, I'm writing you this note while you fan deadly refrigerator gas out of our workshop Because I've realized there's a non-zero chance that one of our projects might kill me. And I know you probably won't handle that well. You are a really smart kid. And you have something in your little heart that makes you a better engineer than I ever was. Despite the voice that likes to tell you that you stink, you always get up and try something new. An when it fails, you learn from it and try something else. That's why even if you fail every now and then, I know you'll eventually be who you want to be. So even though, if you're reading this, you probably blew me up, do an old boy a favor and don't let it get to you. I don't regret a darn thing. Being on this rock was the most fun I ever had. I never got around to the 'having kids' thing... but if I had, I think they would've been a lot like you. So I hope you keep being a lot like you too. Thanks for the memories, buddy. Love, Gramps"
* Dear townsfolk, If you are reading this, then my crippling gambling addition has killed me. That's right. At night I've been sneaking off to bet the town's hard-earned gold and wheat on underground goblin fights. And I have absolutely no regrets about this. Also I hate all of you. And I'm glad I'm not your babysitter anymore. Joxxi has no idea I was doing this, because I didn't want to be stopped... but has been informed on how to confirm my death. And has probably already done so. Later losers. Signed and dated - with a photograph of me holding this letter for authenticity — Gramps.

## Trivia

* Gramps has an invention called "Gramps's NonExploding Light Bulb MK II", although the shop owner mentioned that their non-exploding light bulb exploded.
* If Yu takes Minno or Joxxi to the Beach World, Gramps will hide behind one of the purple palm trees to avoid being seen by others. Joxxi will comment that the tree branch feels nostalgic; if Joxxi is not present, Minno will comment that they've never seen a palm tree with branch before.
* Joxxi thinks Gramps can use crystals to cast magic, but Gramps considers these magics merely science.
* Gramps gets angry if Yu tries to skip his speech. Dialog skipping is disabled until Yu leaves Rook.
* There's a won't fix bug that during the initial encounter, if Yu exits the lighthouse before Gramps finishes his speech and immediately reenters the lighthouse, Gramps will restart the conversation but face away from Yu.