Pico N. Grounds

**Pico Neutral Grounds** is the tritagonist of Academic FridNitia. He is the eponymous counterpart of Pico. He is one of the survivors of the school shooting incident, along with his two friends, Darnell and Nene.

Similar to Soft Pico, Pico got blamed for the school shooting rather than treated as a hero who stops the school shooting. In fact, he failed saving the school he used to be.

## Personality

Pico is very serious and cold-hearted. Doesn't smile often. He's generally feared by the other students, mainly because they think he shot up his previous school before while it was Cassandra's doing. In fact, he actually tried to stop the school shooting, but it was failed that the school was ultimately shut down. He doesn't seem to want to explain, because he believes that nobody would ever trust him.

Although he's pretty unfriendly, he's a caring person, and greatly cares about his friends. He will always aid his friend when they need help. In combat however, he's completely ruthless to his enemies.

## Biography

Pico used to be in his former school, Neu Junior High along with Darnell and Nene. One day his classmate, Cassandra shot down the school and killed almost every students and teachers. However, she did not kill Pico because she had a crush on him. Pico later got a gun in order to stop Cassandra from destroying the school. When looking for Cassandra, he met Nene. Nene once begged him to kill her, but Pico refused and spared her life. After he does found Cassandra. The two fought, but Cassandra ultimately escaped and destroyed the school, making Pico and Nene the only found survivors. Because Pico was holding a gun and Nene looked insane, the two was blamed for the school shooting. Pico's mother also got killed in the incident when she was about to pick Pico up.

After his mother's death, Pico's relationship with his father was strained. he ultimately moved out after they had an heated argument. Later, Pico and Nene enrolled in the only school left in FridNitia, FridFunk Senior High.

Right after the new semester started, he met Darnell, another student from his former school, It's revealed that he survived the incident due to still being at suspension. Later Pico, Darnell and Nene formed into an alliance.

Few months later, Pico found out that Cassandra was still around the school and now physically bullying a shy girl from a rich family. Because of this the girl's father is hiring a student to protect his daughter from harm. Pico, in order to investigate Cassandra, volunteered to protect her.

## Relationships

Main article: Pico N. Grounds/Relationships

## Differences Between Himself and his Canon Counterpart

* FridNitia Pico's biological father is Tankman, while they are not related in Newgrounds Canon. The two however do have a complicated history.
* Similar to Soft Pico, FridNitia Pico is blamed for the school shooting rather than being praised as a hero who saved the school. Unlike Soft Pico however, he failed saving his former school and never managed to kill Cassandra.
* FridNitia Pico is more serious than his canon counterpart.
* Unlike most incarnation of Pico, this one never met Brendan before, and thus they never dated.
	+ Brendan is heterosexual in this series, so the two will never date.
* It was never stated that Canon Pico's mother is dead.

## Trivia

* Pico's name is based on Soft Pico's full name. However, his middle name is confirmed to be Neutral.
* Pico has no problem of hitting women, but doesn't enjoy doing that, only doing it if they are threat.
* Pico dislikes sweets, which explain why he hates Natsuki's cupcakes.
* Pico's birthday is the date when Pico Day is usually held.
	+ Pico's birthday was meant to be May 1st, another date when Pico day is held when it's not April 30th. This was changed due to Gwendolyn also being born in May.
* Pico never begs for forgiveness from his dad because Pico himself is unable to forgive himself for his mother's death.