Josh

**Josh** is a new character appear in the beginning of the first chapter and as the true main antagonist of the second season of Colin Spencer's route.

## Appearance

Josh appears to have a short black hair in a style of semi-bald and blue eyes.

He has two outfits seen on his portrait as his first outfit consist of an olive short-sleeved T-shirt with coconut tree designs and dark olive designs where it resembles dark clouds, dark capri blue jeans with a dark brown belt around his waist and black leather shoes.

His second outfit has him wearing a reddish brown denim blazer where the sleeves are slightly rolled up with a white long sleeve undershirt with a pocket on the left, black jeans and brown leather shoes. He also wears a black necklace on his neck.

## Personality

The beginning of the second season shows that Josh shares Colin's behavior for being rude and arrogant, and that's the reason why Adam had discriminated his behavior during the interview. He also has a tender heart upon listening to Colin's performance during his surprise appearance in his old band's mini concert. In reality, he is actually an obsessed fan who chases after Colin for his obsession about him and the one responsible of making horrible poetic letters on his apartment. In Chapter 2, Josh also displays his bravery and determination where he rescues Colin and the player by disarming the Creep by punching him in the face which allows Colin to assist him. After Colin had crashed his car, he decided to defend Colin from his troubles. He later hangs out with Colin and his group at The Half Five but while he's there, he clearly doesn't understands the player's jokes.

In Chapter 3, he displays his dislike of seeing Colin and the player doing some romantic stuff inside the shop and he scolds them that it is forbidden. Josh also reveals that he became a bully victim as a child then as a teenager when he was constantly bullied from other people during his pre-school the through high-school which led him to take self-defense classes in order to protect himself from any forms of bullying or in danger. His presence also caused Colin to have problems and guilt whenever he was with them, which is heavily hinted that Josh is his dead younger brother that Colin believes is dead from drowning and he wonders how he survived the drowning. In reality, he continues to masquerade as Josh in order to get too close to Colin due to his obsession and the reason why he keeps chasing after him in his European tour.

In Chapter 5, Josh is revealed that he is not a music lover and he does not know anything about the music creativity within the band especially when Colin performs with them during their rehearsals. Despite his detached and cold demeanor, Josh does not show a whole lot about himself and he looks troubled after hearing of their musical performance. However, he is deem responsible for murdering Colin's parents at their home in Brownsville and he burns the entire house so that he wanted to be with Colin. In Chapter 7 shows Josh as an excellent dancer when he dances with the others at Joe's party at his barn.

In Chapter 8, all of his personality from the beginning is actually a facade and this further reveals his true personality to both Colin and the player at the end of the same chapter where Parker exposes who he really is before he was killed from being poisoned, He is revealed as a very malicious but mentally unstable person as Parker stated that he is a very dangerous person who is actually obsessed with Colin and the main reason why he murdered his parents, burning their house at Brownsville and trying to break Colin's friendship with Adam and Doris especially the player due to his dislike of their current relationship just for his obsession to Colin. In Chapter 9, this further shown of his true extent of his personality where he was rejected by Colin from giving his attention and learns that he is not his brother and he maliciously calling the player a skank due to her interference between them and his actions also cause Colin to almost have a fistfight with him. He also gives him threatening messages from their phones and making a countdown into thinking they are about to get assassinated. In Chapter 10, he watches the concert between Colin and the player and became obsessed with her. However, his true motives are revealed who is main responsible for taking a robbery set-up with the Creep at Adam's store and plays as a hero to beat him down. The player also knew he is deranged who is obsessed with her with crime of passion.

In the final chapter of the story and like Adam, Josh is also a drug addict and was shown to be very high on drugs and is capable of murdering people which he murdered both Colin's parents without reason and later Parker Sparke when Parker attempts to expose his true motives of his actions to both Colin and the player. This is shown where he kidnaps both the player and Colin who were drugged by him to get captured and attempting to slit her neck during the time he takes her as a hostage when both Matt and Owen are attempting to rescue her but the Creep knocks Owen to make his escape. Because he is high on drugs, he also has suicidal tendencies in the bad ending which resulted in his death by committing suicide by stabbing himself multiple times with his own knife. Although his suicide leads the player to get traumatized and getting hallucinated about him, resulted her and Colin to have a break in their current relationship.

## Season 2

Josh was recruited by Adam and Owen to work in their shop at the Green Surf Lodge. He rudely remarks to the player of having lettuce in her mouth before leaving. He also watched the concert held by the Nightmareden band until the surprise appearance of Colin made their concert packed. In reality, he is the one who's responsible for chasing after Colin from his European tour and sending horrible poetic letters at his apartment which the player had read one of its letters.

In chapter 2, he manages to disarm the Creep by punching him in the face which allows Colin to assist him by getting his handgun causing the Creep to run away, empty handed. After Adam was taken by an ambulance and being hospitalized, she and Colin thanked him for saving them. After they threw a party held by Owen, it reveals that he is not a hard drinker. Since he couldn't ride a train back to Hampton Bays, Colin decided to take him back with his car. On the way, Colin almost rammed the car which resulted in a crash. They were lucky that they survived as his car broke down causing him to get mad. They temporarily stayed at Malaïka's Apartment as Josh still claims that he drove the car, trying to defend Colin from his troubles. He later hangs out with Colin and the group at the Half-Five.

In Chapter 3, Josh stops both Colin and the player from doing anything romantic in the shop which is forbidden. This is where Colin asks him about the concert in the grand opening of this shop which Josh answers that he is not a rock fan and enjoys the melody of their music. When they talk about the robbery incident and how Josh to learn self-defense classes after being constantly bullied on his childhood years, the player decided to need some air since she was traumatized about that incident. Outside the shop, they thanked him for his heroic deeds. However, Colin became troubled because of his presence after the player wanted to know about his childhood by moving in different house as a child causing his decision to leave. At the pier, this further reveals Josh's real identity as being Colin's dead younger brother which the player noted about, and Colin recognizes his love of music when listening the piano sounds in his car as well as his personality being similar to him. The player realizes that the Josh they know and Colin's dead younger brother are one of the same not knowing that this Josh is in fact masquerading as his dead younger brother in order to get close to Colin.

In Chapter 5, Colin brings Josh to his apartment so that he could learn more about him. He also let him watch his old band's rehearsals. Josh was initially confident to listen until the player requests Colin to join with them in the rehearsals. As Colin performs with his old band in the rehearsals, he remains indifferent. Afterwards, he compliments about their performance but not a fan of Nightmareden. Back at the apartment, he never sips his water until Colin asks for his approval. Josh reveals that he is not a music lover and does not know anything about their music creativity during their rehearsal, much to everyone's laughter. The player also noted that Josh does not show a whole lot of himself before Colin gives him another glass of water. After this, Josh finally reveals his true colors for his obsession to Colin when he murders Colin's parents at their home in Brownsville and burns down the entire house.

In Chapter 6, he soon protects himself from any forms of hacking when Colin attempts to track him down since he was the one who send the threatening letters to him from his email. He is later with Colin during in a few days where he deals against the fire and the authorities while Josh gets the pictures from their burning house. Once they returned, the player noticed that she couldn't trust him due to her suspicions about him and he murmurs that he will support Colin when he is about to break the friendship with Adam and Doris. He soon arrives to see Adam and Colin, leading him to collapsed because of his diabetes. At the hospital, Josh constantly stated that he wanted to stay with Colin due to his closeness as a family until the doctor informs them that Colin forgot to inject his insulin which is why he suffers a low blood sugar from his diabetes. The player decided to visit him letting Adam to take Josh elsewhere. In Chapter 7, he was invited by Colin during Joe's party and was encountered by the player who saw him displaying his dancing skills. However, he was dragged by Malaïka when she decided to let Colin and the player to speak to each other privately. Colin then fetches both Malaïka and Josh at his apartment and Colin tells them about the stalker who stalks at them while doing their make love sessions only for Josh to reach angrily that he should take action to protect him. However when Parker Sparke was beaten badly and warns Colin about something but immediately leaves when Colin angrily glares at him. Josh is also mentioned by the player which causes a massive argument for not listening to her and becoming suspicious of his actions along with Derrick Tremblay and all of the player's accusations about Josh leaves Colin remains unfazed. Due to Colin calls the player's words being crap, she slaps him across to his face, leading his decision not to be with her again before angrily stomping her away.

In Chapter 8 while continuing his masquerade as Josh, he was asked by the player to have lunch and despite to follow his contract, Owen lets him go. While ordering their food for lunch, the player finally questions Josh about Colin, causing him to be in defensive. The player tells him to keep away from Colin a little bit and he needs some space. At the same time, he still believes he was Colin's brother while also pointing out about how Colin's parents are getting married for real. Then at the pier, he pretends that he lost his childhood memories and how he became an outsider and a bully victim who learns self-defense to fight against any forms of bullying. He also pretends to be close to the player as well due to her closeness towards Colin. He soon backs away when both Owen and Adam are having a massive fall out between them and seeing Adam is suffering from drug addiction which caused him to get violent arguments with Owen who now leaves the shop without looking back, wanted to have a surf business of his own. Josh is also responsible for poisoning Parker to death after learning of his true colors and not knowing that all of his true motives and his obsession to Colin were exposed by him are all kept on his flash drive where he recorded himself about him and his investigations of him for murdering Colin's parents and for burning their house in Brownsville and was hidden on the package along with the burning childhood pictures and the real Josh's death certificate so that Colin and the player can see the real evidence once they arrived back on his apartment by mail. Before his death, Parker warns both Colin and the player about Josh from his recorder which was kept on his flash drive stating that he is an extremely dangerous person.

In Chapter 9, Josh further displays both his true personality and his obsession to Colin where Colin knew he is not his real younger brother after receiving the real Josh's death certificate as well as getting rejected by both for attention so that they need some space due to their respective problems. Josh was completely irate and insults the player by calling her a skank because of her interference between them causing Colin to get mad and wanted to have a fist-fight with him only for the player to stop him. Josh angrily threatens them both that he'll make them regret from rejecting him before stomping away angrily, leaving Colin getting angry and knowing of his real actions. In Chapter 10, he watches the performance between Colin and the player at the festival and the player sees him. Later when Adam goes to get his meds at the dark neighbor, the player discovers his motives and Josh is talking to the Creep who laugh each other and realizing that he is behind the robbery set-up right from the beginning. After taking Adam to the hospital for his rehabilitation, the player tells both Colin and Owen about Josh and his true motives and realizing that he is a deranged fan who is completely obsessed with her. As the three of them finally set up a plan to stop him with the player as an accomplice.

In the final chapter of the story during the time Joe made a party at his barn, he succeeded in kidnapping both Colin and the player by putting drugs on their drink as he is obsessed on both of them while taking them to his apartment. Colin was being held captive on the other room while the player was on bound. Josh finally reveals his true motives to the player and he is a Colin fan for a very long time and was responsible for giving poetic letter when Colin had a European tour. Also he kills Colin's parents and made a new identity for himself just for the money and using this ruse to get close to Colin. His reasons for murdering Parker was using his allergic to nuts by putting nuts on a cheesecake when the player questions him if he kills him. Just as Josh attempted to slit the player's neck, both Matt and Owen arrive to rescue them and was overpowered by Owen by knocking him with a punch and grabs him on hold. Matt then succeeds into finding Colin and Colin angrily reveals that he murders his parents for his obsession to him and wanted to kill him and himself altogether. However, the Creep knocks Owen out to rescue him and immediately escape. The player hopes to get both of them arrested for their various crime spree.

In the bad ending instead both Matt and Owen to rescue them, the player is sided with Doris and Colin was solely kidnapped by Josh. It was the time he sent the Creep to ambush the party goers including Joe at his barn by taking multiple shots with his handgun which resulted into a shooting incident and the player knew he was responsible for the incident and leading Malaika's dream to change to become diplomat instead of being a professional singer due to her dislike of violence caused by them. It is also revealed during Colin's tour, Josh managed to kidnap him which resulted in his three days disappearance as Doris decided to join the player in going to his apartment to rescue Colin after she had broken up with Derrick due to his crimes and his horrible behavior. Despite admitting to them about his true motives, he drags Colin to them who is severely beaten. Doris attempts to knock him down to rescue Colin only for him to knock her down to the ground. He attempted to stab her with a knife but Colin saves her by blocking himself to get stabbed. Seeing his crazed behavior, Josh was excited to see Colin's blood was pouring on the floor and immediately decided to kill himself by stabbing through his torso with a knife multiple time, killing him. His suicide also cause the player to get traumatized after this. He is mentioned by the player who causes hallucinations due to her trauma caused by him and was treated by a psychiatrist. Also leads the couple to take a break of their current relationship.

## Trivia

* Josh's appearance is based on the real-life actor, Jim Parsons who portrays Sheldon Cooper from the comedy hit TV series, *The Big Bang Theory*.
	+ Josh's second outfit also bears one of the outfits worn by Sheldon when Jim portrays him in the television series.
* At the climax of the second season of Colin's route, Josh currently suffers from obsessive love disorder where he is completely obsessed to Colin and was hostile to the player because of his jealousy. Since he is also a drug user, both his obsession and his murderous side became a dangerous mix to his personality. Although the writings of him becomes very lame.
	+ Also, Josh's actions are contradicted to the character Vina Sarmenta (portrayed by Filipino actress, Mikee Quintos) in the two-part segment of *Tadhana* where she suffers from obsessive love disorder and is completely obsessed with Manny (portrayed by Filipino-Chinese actor David Licauco) and becoming jealous and hostile towards her best friend Karen de Guzman (portrayed by Filipino actress, Thea Tolentino).
	+ Both also wields the knife to threaten both women to be killed. However, Vina kills Karen by stabbing her multiple times in the torso and steals her engagement ring and wears it in enjoyment, which mirrors Josh's actions where he stabs himself multiple times as part of his suicide attempt after he knocks Colin into the ground from getting stabbed and his enjoyment of making a bloodshed over his wounded idol in the bad ending.
	+ However, they had different outcomes as Josh escapes with the Creep and was currently in hot pursuit by the authorities while Vina was arrested by the authorities after Manny found out that it was really her who is responsible for killing her best friend Karen after the engagement ring had dropped onto the ground after it had fall off on her ring finger.