Symon

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## Symon Nolan Matthews

### Aliases

Sy, Sunshine (By Joan) Atlas, 'Mon, Gayass (by Cofy)

### Relatives

Sammie (brother), Joan (Mother), George (Father)

## Appearances

### Portrayed by

Symon

Symon Matthews is a 19-year-old boy who is known for being protective and loving to those he is close to. He's extremely close to his little brother, Sammie.

## Personality

Symon is protective and caring of his loved ones, despite how small that list would be. He pushes himself far past his limits most times and refuses help until he can no longer stand. He has been like this for years but it has refined and instead of acting with violence, he acts with uncertainty. Mainly, he thinks and acts upon his feelings instead of logic, which can cause many problems when he isn't thinking clearly and is diving head first into problems rather than breathing and using logic.

## Before the ARG

### Childhood

Symon was born in a family home, wanted by his parents. His mother worked at a salon while his father worked on construction. When he was a toddler, he was given a tablet and often played dress-up games made for girls. It made his parents install new 'boyish' games on the device. In retaliation, he'd take his mom's make-up and experiment on himself. Along with this, he'd cut his own hair off. This stirred arguments between the parents and his mother's mom, who was Symon's 'Gammie'. He was often seen as a handful due to his creative outlet of playing with makeup and scissors.

When he was a kid, he and Sammie often got into more trouble than thought possible. Often, Symon took the blame as the older brother and he didn't mind this. Although there was one time where he and his little brother broke a vase given by their Gammie to their mom and instead of being angry, his father helped him fix it after Symon tried to hide it. This vase would be thrown out later after the parents disappear. Later in his childhood life, he'd become less of a troublemaker and more recluse and anxious. This also is the beginning of his social anxiety and as a child, he stuttered often in front of new people or crowds. There was a time where he was forced to think about a future dream job. With that, he chose to be like his mom but this was quickly shut down by his classmates and teacher. This sparks a short friendship with a new student named Elijah, who would eventually be Symon's childhood best friend. This friendship does help his confidence incredibly but unfortunately, it is short lived and Elijah has to move away with his aunts. He tears Symon apart but eventually, he understands it's for Elijah's safety as his parents were fighting constantly. Elijah gives Symon a kiss on the head as a goodbye. This would make younger Symon begin to question his sexuality.

> **Elijah:** “Goodbye."
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> **Symon:** “No, no, not goodbye. I’ll…see you tomo…tomorrow.”
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> **Elijah:** "See you tomorrow."
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After this, a used-to-be bully named Kelley become a friend but it never felt as special as Elijah's friendship. Kelley turns out to be one of the future friends Symon makes as a teenager (see Teenager).

### Teenager

> **(This page contains mentions of fighting, drug use, and blood. Proceed with caution.)**
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Symon's teenage life suddenly became full of not only responsibilities but also hovering and angry parents. There were very little times where he had good moments with his parents around the later points. This gains some pent up anger and aggression. At age fourteen, Symon comes out as gay and it's met with nothing but support. His father was more confused and once he was told it's 'a big deal' by his mother, his father ends up throwing a small party. Symon found the party a bit fun. The next year, Sammie comes out as transgender to Symon. This prompts the older brother to help his little brother with his name and hair. He absolutely destroys Sammie's hair but luckily, their mother fixes it up once they go downstairs and tell them too. It's a good moment between the four before everything falls apart.

At fifteen, Symon got into his first fight in school. He was often bullied for being 'bigger' than the other kids, for being 'stupid', and for being gay. He was shamed for many things and notes were left in his locker with nasty names for it. Try as he may, nothing was done about it. Symon's parents didn't care and teachers never believed him. One day, he manages to find a name on the back of one of these sticky notes and confronts the bully. The bully simply talks about Symon's family and calling him a pig. This causes Symon to slap him and thus, causes a fight. Symon loses control and slams the kids head on the locker, cracking his skull and sending him to the hospital. Once he learns this in the principle's office, he and his parents are horrified. He tried to tell the principle he was being bullied but he lacked reason to believe him. He was suspended and in major trouble. At home, Sammie finds Symon in his room and questions his black-eye, to which Symon tells his little brother about the entire ordeal. Months later, Symon noticed his parents taking hours to days to come home. They failed to answer their phones and questions the boy had. When he asked them face to face about these disappearances, he was met with defensive attitudes and angry arguments. One day. Symon notices their disappearance is longer than usual and he panics. He walks to the bank and manages to remember the card number and password enough to take one thousand dollars off of the card to get him and Sammie food until Symon was old enough to work. With that begins Symon's forced journey into figuring out how to raise his brother, go to school, and work. He doesn't tell Sammie anything about their parents until years later. However, Sammie already knew they left.

At sixteen, Symon finds a job as a dishwasher in a restaurant called *"The Lucky Kitty"*. He finds it convenient as he still struggles with social anxiety but it's buried under his anger. To be able to afford his family and childhood home, he begged his boss for under the table money. His boss agreed but ends up back-stabbing him in the end, as he was a drug addict. The teen notices his under-the-table paychecks becoming less and less and eventually, he confronts his boss about it. Once he sees his boss' pupils dilated, he goes into a fit of rage and quits on the spot. He leaves through the alleyway door and his boss follows him. This causes a few vulgar words and for his boss to throw a punch. Symon ends up with a bloody and broken nose but before it could go further, a 'friend' and coworker disrupts them. It turns out that the coworker, Rebecca, knew about the money steal. This causes Symon to feel utterly betrayed and he turns to leave but before he does, the boss threatens Sammie, claiming he'll hurt him if Symon tells anyone. Filled with unbridled rage, Symon turns back around ensues a short fight. Rebecca steps in a threatens to call the cops and with confidence, Symon calls her out, saying she'll get nowhere with the boss, Josh, stealing her money for his drugs. He bids her a good life, angrily, and walks away. Rebecca calls after him and calls him a monster. Back home, he attempts to soothe the bleeding nose before Sammie catches him in the kitchen. His little brother is startled by his broken nose and bruised hands. He ends up telling Sammie about the fight. Sammie says they should go to the emergency room and after a bit of back and forth, they do. Afterwards, it is revealed that this day is the first time he calls his little brother his infamous nickname, Starlight. Following this, Symon finds a job as a waiter. He despises this job because of his social anxiety and clumsiness but he suffers through it. Around this time, he also meets Cofy at a bus stop with Sammie. The three are fast friends due to Cofy's laidback attitude and jokes.

At seventeen, he still works as a waiter until he finds a job at a bookstore, where he is most happy and still works at in present day.

Symon's senior year at eighteen-years-old granted him a prom night with some friends he had in art class. The friends had their moments but Symon was convinced they were his friends. He believed he had a good life now. Unfortunately, when taking a break in the girls restroom (much to Symon's dismay), it's revealed that Sydney is a niece of Josh's. Symon runs out of the bathroom and is eventually caught. He tries to explain that he didn't tell anyone, which caused the closing of the restaurant, but he isn't believed. Kelley happens to make a return but neither seem to remember each other from childhood or they don't mention it. Symon is punched and takes it until his brother is mentioned and threatened. His old self bubbles in and Symon fights back, darkly telling Sydney;

> "You don't fuck with my brother. If I ever find you even breathe the same area of air as him, I will personally see to it that you are even more ruined than you claim you are."
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Unfortunately, this doesn't last long. He's quickly overpowered by Ivan, the main person hitting him. When he can't get up off the floor, he is called a monster and left there. Dejectedly, he makes his way to his car and cries. This prompts a heart-to-heart phone call between Symon and his longest friend, Cofy. For the rest of school, Symon refused to go to art class to avoid the three.

### Adulthood

**(This page contains mentions of alcohol. Proceed with caution.)**

At nineteen, Symon is convinced by Cofy to watch him get drunk off of tequila. This causes a hilarious situation where Symon drives Cofy to Walmart in the middle of the night in hopes of getting jugs of water. Symon not only had to drag him around but also had to make sure he wasn't telling people anything that came to mind about them. This is where he meets Chris as he's checking out while trying to take his card out to pay and watching Cofy like a hawk. While Chris asks Symon how old Cofy is, Cofy makes a run for it. This prompts a short search-party with Chris and Symon until he gets a texts from Chris (after they exchanged numbers) that Cofy is in the nature section. Symon finds this to be true while also seeing him on top of a shelf. After Cofy got down and the jug of water was paid for, Symon and Chris haul Cofy to Symon's SUV. He thanks the woman over and over and jokingly, Chris says she can be repaid with Thanksgiving dinner. Symon thinks that's serious and invites her. It begins a new yet odd few friendships. With Chris around, Symon also spars with her to pass time and to get stronger. Her lessons are valuable and eventually, he surpasses her. It makes Symon look up to her despite the many lies and inappropriate jokes she says at bad times.

## The ARG

### Beginning

In the beginning, Symon was there for Sammie when Sammie began hearing Khris in his head, even when Chris claimed it was 'all in Sammie's head'. This would cause to be his downfall when Khris finally took over fully as Symon still had no insight on who or what this thing was and what was going on but all he knew what that he trusted his brother. For weeks, Khris tormented Symon by acting as Sammie and then soon after killed Chris, leaving Symon with Cofy to reach out to yet he didn't. He thought he could handle it on his own.

### Exhausted Arc

After the demon fully possessed his brother, Symon was left with a partly empty house and little to no sleep.

## Appearance

Symon is most notable for his height being at 5'3 and his weight being in between skinny and chubby but he does have muscles. He had brown hair that is split in the middle, green eyes, and paled freckled skin. When he fails at taking care of himself, he is occasionally seen with stubble. Other than his height, his perfectly round glasses is his most notable feature.

## Relationships

### Sammie Matthews - positive

The two were close the moment Sammie was born and even with the drama and hell that would follow after Khris comes along, Symon still loves his brother and wishes best on his safety and health.

### Inky - positive

Symon believes he and Inky have hit it off quite well, especially when they first meet and Symon was expecting Inky to be like Khris but instead, Inky was more like Symon. He offers all his advice to Inky when they need it and the two are each others therapists. Surprisingly, they read each other well and they both seem to mirror each other in stressful situations.

### Chris - positive

Despite Chris being unpredictable, reckless, and crazy, Symon has taken to looking up to her even with so many lies and secrets on her back. All he hopes for is that she gets a happy ending.

### Khris - neutral/positive

Symon is still learning to trust Khris after being put through massive amounts of stress and trauma given by him but he has come to terms with Khris not being at fault and he has even apologized many times. Symon enjoys seeing Khris being caring and sensitive towards his siblings although he does slip up with Symon most times with inappropriate jokes about killing his loved ones as a playful come-back.

### Cofy - negative

Symon went to Cofy when he needed to, which wasn't as often as he would like to think, considering he rarely confides in people. Despite that, Cofy stepped in when he needs to for Symon and the two got along great with endless amounts of harmless banter and jokes. However, this changed when Symon got a second call from Sammie and he told the group. The news made Cofy upset and with Symon being in an emotional state, he told Cofy that 'he didn't have to be here but he is'. Cofy took this seriously and with that, he left the group during the road trip to Sammie. Cofy comes back when they visit a restaurant and Khris is given his body back by Cofy. Symon apologizes to Cofy for his words but Cofy had completely changed; he was no longer the warm friend and he was not joining the group again. This left Symon hurt and anxious.

### Glitch Entity - negative

Although he hasn't met the thing in person, Symon only hates this guy known as the triplets father, the true black-hole in Symon's life. Not only did he steal and possess his baby brother but he has heard stories from the triplets about what all he had done to them. For this, Symon sees him at an enemy.

### George (Ezra) Matthews - negative/neutral

After leaving, Symon grieved him more than his mother, although he'd never admit it. After finding the tape his parents left behind, he feels he understands himself and his parents better than before but his anger still bubbles.

### Joan (Addison) Matthews - negative

after leaving and the discovery of the tape they left behind, Symon is still angry with his mother. She followed his father instead of staying with him and Symon can't understand why she didn't stay to take care of them if his father was the one being chased.

## Quotes

"I need help... I hate admitting it but I need help... someone help me, please..."

"to the end..." (a common phrase between the Matthews brothers)

"you're the all-knowing bitch." (to Khris)

" I don't want you to be cold..." (To Sammie when he came back from limbo for a moment)

"........haaaaaaaands????" (Symon helping Sammie fix the furnace)

"No! You fucking knew! You were letting this piece of shit indulge in his garbage habits and fuck me and my brother over!"

"Am I a monster?"

"It's not a lie! You're my world, my universe! You're all of the stars in the sky, please! Believe me!"

"I miss my home, Chris."

**Chris**: "Could've....punched ya in that moment" **Symon**: "I would've taken it. I'm not any weaker than I was before..."

"NO ONE ASKED YOU TO BE BORN EITHER, KAY...RHIS."

"Yes. God bless the subconscious. Just go away."

**Khris:** "He really loves you. I wish I had siblings like that..." **Symon:** "you will. I think once this is all over, you will..."

**Symon:** "it doesn't matter if you think so or not, your sperm donor has my brother and if I can't find a good reason to go find him \*\*right now\*\*, I'm not sitting here." **Khris:** "Demons don't actually **have** the human type sperm-"

## Trivia

-He has social anxiety.

> -This was mostly caused by being made fun of in elementary school as well as his only solid friend being his brother.
> -Following this; he also has separation anxiety.
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-cooks every meal and is told to be a fantastic chef.

-at sixteen, he beat up a few twelve year old's because they were bullying his brother. He deeply regrets this, however.

-he fends off his hallucinations with his polaroid camera.

> -The hallucinations die down when he's around people and have significantly calmed down during The Road Trip.
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-He was bullied in high school and rumors had spread that he was transgender like his brother because of his lack of height but this is false; Symon was born male.
-He helped Sammie pick out his name when his little brother came out.

> -he also cut his hair which was then fixed by their mother, since it was utterly atrocious.
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-He took notes in the beginning to keep track of what was going on but now he takes notes everyday (like journaling) to keep track of the days and what has been going on, as his memory is starting to slip from the days blending into each other.

-He used to record on his tape recorder, then gave his old one to Sammie when he got a new one. He has abandoned his tape recorder in his car after awhile.

-when he lies, he can't make eye contact.

-his favorite animals are pandas and red pandas.

-he has nicknames for all his friends and loved ones and they're space related.

-plays videogames and before Kylian, he only had romantic attraction towards fictional characters.

-He has tattoos on his left arm.