Sergio Sandoval

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## Sergio Sandoval

### Relatives

Carmen Sandoval (Mother)
Ernest Harris Sandoval (Father)
Robert Harris (Step-grandfather, deceased)
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## Overview

Sergio Sandoval is a student of Morning Glory Academy. As one of the few music producers within Poppy Valley, his storytelling is seen as different from many other fellows, and despite his age, Sergio excels at his music production in various ambient genres, developing a sound that might be comparable to those of more prominent names in the production scene. He has been said to have been born with an innate talent for producing ambient music, having published tracks before even graduating from a high school level education.

Sergio was born in Austin, Texas, into a family surrounded by love and support, which allowed him to grow up without any issues or concerns for most of his life before he and his family moved to Poppy Valley. His parents were always willing to assist him with whatever problems he faced during his early years, allowing him to establish himself early on as someone with a promising future ahead of him. Thus far, Sergio's musical career has flourished since then, making him more and more known within the local community. He is currently enrolled in Morning Glory Academy, hoping to expand his music production and creation abilities. It is unknown where he will continue his studies after graduation, but regardless, it seems like he'll remain active within the Poppy Valley area for quite some time to come.

## Appearance

Sergio is a human male with white skin, brown hair, and green eyes. Usually, he is seen with his hair parted down the middle. He is somewhat short compared to other students his age or grade, at around 5'4.5" (approximately 164cm), though this value is usually seen rounded down.

On a normal school day, he wears a suit and tie, but on certain special occasions and on weekends, it wouldn't be unusual to spot him wearing a plain gray hoodie. Since his school requires him to wear formal clothing more often than not, he has gotten used to it by now. In contrast to how he dresses in public, however, he also enjoys wearing casual clothes during free time like jeans and sneakers.

## Story

While Sergio currently doesn't have any independently developed major plotlines (not coinciding with official events), as much as he follows along with stories of both the main CRC plots and those of several fan characters, his experiences in Poppy Valley are mostly told through his music. Most of these works are based on experiences with fan characters or on the admin's IRL life, but several of the music releases are based on the CRC mainline stories, especially the "Obelisk" series following the obelisk investigations and "But If You Don't Say Goodbye, You're Not Really Gone" following the losses of the three secondary mainline characters.

### #TheEndOfPV

As Poppy Valley v2 came closer to an end, Sergio suddenly became more willing to fight rather than flight as opposed to his normal reactions. His altered subconscious ways did not go unnoticed, with him stating that as long as he isn't dead after all this is over, he will have to accept this as his new norm.

He kept in contact with his mother but quickly lost touch with his father. An apocalypse was starting to begin, and he wasn't exactly sure what to expect when his mother texted him back to his concerns with a concern of her own: Ernest lost his face. And several days later, he realized that she was right. Ernest had turned into a Faceless. Sergio saw him on a Thursday, got stuck in a time loop, and saw him on a Thursday that was actually a Friday. How Sergio was aware Thursday happened twice remains unknown.

As he punched a clock, as did Luna, to get him back to a normal Friday, he immediately regrets this decision since it was now Friday, October 13th.

Like many others did on the 17th, Sergio's account got hacked into and the hacking was made clear with the classic "The Stars Are Falling" message. Although, at the time, Sergio was unsure whether this hacker was right, he admitted to not being the one to send that message around 20 minutes later, blaming not only technology going haywire but also an external factor that wasn't as obvious.

Later, Luna made a post regarding a falling star, and Sergio hated himself for shrugging it off simply because of the hacker's apparent idea for mob mentality being used against him in such a stark manner.

From this point onward, Sergio's posts for #TheEndOfPV events merged with a new tag: #FinalMomentsRadioPV.

## Music

Sergio's admin, like Sergio himself, is a music producer. All releases are made real through the admin's musical personality, which varies in multiple production genres, aligning with Sergio's to form a sense of calm, a sense of disturbance, or somewhere in between. As such, the character is one of the more unique methods of storytelling, with words, visuals, and music, whereas most other characters are told through words and visuals alone.

All release links below direct to the YouTube video which contains the respective release.

### November 2022

* "Like Leaves, Fallen To The Ground" (Nov. 13, 2022)
* "Where There Is A Fire, Thee I See, Whom May Get Burned" (Nov. 16, 2022)
* "If This World Inevitably Ends, It Makes Me Feel Better Knowing You Were There, Too" (Nov. 18, 2022)
* "There's Still Hope For This Bleak World" (Nov. 22, 2022)
* "I'm Starting To Lose Hope" (Nov. 24, 2022)

### December 2022

* "Wake Up To The Darkness Within" (Dec. 1, 2022)
* "Like Snow, Fallen To The Ground" (Dec. 2, 2022)
* "Inevitably Soon" (Dec. 4, 2022)
* "More Reasons To Run Away" (Dec. 16, 2022)
* "The Bells, All Too Real, As Christmas Comes Near" (Dec. 20, 2022)
* "The Year Left Behind" (Dec. 30, 2022)
* "The Flame Of Tomorrow (Praesidium Ab Igne)" (Dec. 30, 2022)

### January 2023

* "2023, A Mysterious New Year" (Jan. 1, 2023)
* "Then They Would Say" (Jan 7, 2023)
* *Everywhere Beyond Here Is A Conspiracy: Stage 1* (Jan. 13, 2023)
* "Signs Of Love In A World So Cold" (Jan. 20, 2023)
* "And May My Love For The World Continue To Develop" (Jan. 27, 2023)
* "Tentacles For Lunch" (Jan. 28, 2023)

### February 2023

* "Improvisations On A Euler-Fokker Genus 45 Scale #1" (Feb. 3, 2023)
* "Raging On Is The Storm That May Never End" (Feb. 4, 2023)
* "Will To Be Found In A Newer Rendition Of This Same World" (Feb. 7, 2023)
* "The Day For Living And Loving" (Feb. 14, 2023)
* "Blissful Beyond Dreams" (Feb. 27, 2023)

### March 2023

* "Like Petals, Fallen To The Ground" (Mar. 21, 2023)

### April 2023

* "Acceptance" (Apr. 1, 2023) (+ No Hard Feelings version, Apr. 2, 2023)
* "Love Is A Strange Thing" (Apr. 12, 2023)
* "Obelisk" (Apr. 27, 2023)

### June 2023

* "Darkness Shall Prevail (Obelisk - Good Ending)" (Jun. 10, 2023)
* "Alas, This Light (Obelisk - Bad Ending)" (Jun. 17, 2023)
* "Improvisations On A Chromatic Scale #1" (Jun. 29, 2023)

### July 2023

* "But If You Don't Say Goodbye, You're Not Really Gone" (Jul. 28, 2023)

## Trivia

* Sergio's admin is the same admin behind Metropia NPC Dwight Bolton, also a music producer.
* In Sergio's family tree, his step-grandfather Robert Harris being deceased is a self-insert: the admin's step-grandfather of the same first name passed away January 2nd, 2023, after years of struggle with Alzheimer's.
* Sergio has mentioned wanting to learn how to code, and has struggled to do so, but he eventually managed to pull off an interesting variant of Quicksort, then never really said much about it.
* Coined by Sergio's admin, the Poppy Valley knockoff name for the popular real-world digital audio workstation program FL Studio is Citrange Studio. Its release number is one behind that of FL Studio, such that the latest major release, FL Studio 21, is referred to as Citrange Studio 20.
	+ Despite having to refer to this, as a user of YouTube and of Bandcamp to make the music releases real, without knocking them off, Sergio refers to these two aforementioned brands by name as needed, and inevitably their holders and certain other products, also by name.
* With this video clip, Sergio's admin also coined the term "Mario Moment™" for comedic death.
	+ The image commonly seen in association with this term was drawn by Camron St. Jones' admin, and the text was layered on it by Faye Gratis' admin.
	+ Oddly enough, this term also appeared on his Bingo card.
	+ This eventually spiraled downward into Sergio himself suffering from the effects of Morrowvale.

## Notable Quotes

* "...even priests have their worries." (in response to Dorothy Laurens accidentally adding "priests" between "no worries")
* "I guess that makes recurring themes a recurring theme." (in response to Luna Gardner during the obelisk investigations)
* "Kana, you're acting like some of us even \*have\* sanity left to lose." (in response to Kana Fuyuki writing "...with my sanity mostly intact..." as part of her Tanabata wish)
* "None of us feel like making it right. Especially when V is involved..." (in response to Luna Gardner suddenly realizing ChadPB3 is able to play Midnight Online)