Avery Grey

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Avery Grey is the main character in the game "Hustle Cat." They are customizable in the beginning of the game and can go by different pronouns (including a nonbinary option).

One morning, they stumble upon A Cat's Paw. After mistaking it for a pet store, they apply for a job, and receive it. Afterwards the events of a game take place. They have a cat named Mochi.

## Personality

Although Avery's actions are controlled by the player to an extent, they have a very definite personality. They are clumsy, a bit mischievous, and extremely lazy. Avery rarely ever cleans their aunt's apartment and basically doesn't know how to cook anything. They don't seem to be aware of it, but they have an aura that draws the spotlight towards them. They have also been described to be very dense and stubborn, as they're almost always the last one to find out about their own romantic feelings and initially refuse to accept the cat curse. However, they are immensely kind and would willingly put themself in danger for those they care about.

## Appearance

Avery has magenta eyes and gray hair. They wear a multi-colored hoodie with a white shirt underneath. The shirt has an at sign design and is a reference to Akiya from the game Bl@st Zone, but Avery is unaware of it until Finley points it out. Their pants are black and plaid, and their shoes are limited edition BOY LUCK high tops. They can have medium-length or short hair, and three different skin tones.

They have an alternate outfit which is their pajamas. They wear a cat shirt that reads "oh you" and multi-colored shorts that match their hoodie.

Although Avery never has an official cat form, the co-writer mentioned that they would have been a silver-tabby.

## Background

   Avery used to live with their parents and Mochi in a very small town. They're an only child which led them to be very spoiled. They never had a job before A Cat's Paw, and they spent most of their time online. They are a huge fan of Jelly Donut, but deny it when Finley finds out. Their parents seemed to be overprotective of Avery, but nevertheless Avery was able to leave home and house-sit their aunt's apartment thanks to their aunt's convincing. Their mom is a manager for a small doctor's office and their dad is a CPA. They both worked at a diner in which they met and settled down fresh out of high school.

## Magic Abilities

Avery's magic abilities revolve around trash, perhaps because they are always surrounded by trash in their aunt's apartment. They are able to deconstruct and reconstruct trash, and mostly practice with empty soda cans.

Although they are new to magic, they are a powerful enough witch to be able to escape A Cat's Paw cat curse.

## Relationships

### Graves

Graves is Avery's boss. Avery is immediately put off by Graves's eccentric personality. They hold a grudge against Graves for most of the game because of the cat curse and his secrecy, however they come to respect Graves's dedication to protect everyone at A Cat's Paw.

In Grave's route, Avery slowly comes to trust Graves more and more as they get to now him personally. Although they view him as a huge nerd, that's part of what makes him endearing to Avery, along with his elegance and gentleness. Graves is exceedingly grateful for how far Avery goes to help him, and claims that Avery's impulsiveness is something he adores about them. Nevertheless, he's appalled by how messy Avery is, and mistakes their littered apartment for a break-in.

### Reese

Reese is Avery's coworker. Avery is often pushed around by Reese. At the beginning of the game, he acts unfriendly towards Avery like he does to most people, especially so because of his inferiority complex around Avery.

In his route, Avery takes a liking to teasing Reese and does it quiet often. Reese's jealously of Avery's magic powers makes their relationship sour, but it's soon mended by Avery's trust and admiration for Reese. As mentioned by the co-creator, their relationship works because Reese is someone who loves a challenge and attention, both of which Avery gives him lots of.

### Landry

Landry is Avery's coworker. Landry is very patient with Avery and tries his hardest to make Avery feel comfortable. He shows concern when Avery announces that they want to apply to A Cat's Paw.

In his route, Landry's resentment of magic comes off at disinterest of Avery's attempt to help Landry. Landry is possibly the most protective over Avery, and loses his temper whenever someone harms Avery. He can get flustered when it comes to romantic advances with Avery. Avery would willingly get in trouble in order to help Landry, like when they skip their shift in order to find Kaz with Landry.

### Finley

Finley is Avery's coworker. Finley is very friendly towards Avery, although she loves teasing them. Avery is a huge fan of Jelly Donut (aka Finley) but continuously denies it in order to escape teasing. She always seems to be aware of whoever Avery has a crush on, and loves badgering Avery about it.

In her route, Finley isn't afraid of flirting with Avery. Despite her confidence, she still gets flustered around Avery but tries hard to conceal it. She likes being independent, and gets upset when Avery tries telling her what to do. Avery is very protective of Finley.

### Mason

Mason is Avery's coworker. Avery is intimidated by Mason, and Mason doesn't make a big effort to interact with Avery. In spite of that, Mason is still very caring and will go to lengths to comfort and protect them, so in return Avery feels safe around Mason.

In Mason's route, Avery tends to be very nosy with her personal life which angers Mason a great deal. It gets to the point where Mason scratches Avery out of frustration, which she comes to feel very guilty about. However, after Avery meddles more and fixes things in Mason's life, she's immensely grateful towards Avery.

### Hayes

Hayes is Avery's coworker. Like with everyone else, Hayes is afraid of Avery. He's quiet around Avery, and is appalled by their almost-accident with the coffee Landry made them at the beginning of the game. Avery tries comforting Hayes but ends up making Hayes even more scared.

In his route, he continues to stutter around Avery but instead of fear it's because of how incredibly flustered he is. He would rather put himself in danger than impose on Avery, shown by how he tries leaving Avery's house through the window. Despite this, Hayes pushes himself out of his comfort zone to make a big dramatic show of confessing his feelings and protecting Avery from Nacht. Avery views Hayes as a very kind and cute person, and can't understand why he wasn't popular in high school.

### Mochi

Mochi is scornful and uninterested in Avery, and Avery sees Mochi as a useless pet. Mochi gets very upset when Avery doesn't feed him on time and isn't impressed when Avery displays their magic. However, Avery really cares for Mochi as shown when Avery is deeply concerned about leaving Mochi in their aunt's apartment when Nacht is out fighting with Graves. Their relationship improves when Avery starts working at A Cat's Paw since they can understand each other better, possibly because of the cat curse.

### Nacht

Avery is panic-stricken around Nacht, and profoundly dislikes him for the trouble he's caused to A Cat's Paw. Nacht also dislikes Avery because they are acquainted with Graves, and looks down on them.

In Graves route, Nacht is awfully jealous of Avery's closeness with Graves, and repeatedly taunts them about it.

## Trivia

* The co-creator imagined Avery having an androgynous voice- kind of husky with soft edges.
* The co-creator mentioned that if there was no player-control decisions, Avery would have most likely ended up with Reese.
* In Landy's route, Avery admits that they collect tabs from soda cans and puts them on a piece of yarn. Though they had to start again after they moved into their aunt's apartment
* (On time of report the yarn reaches their elbow)

## Reference List

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