Brooks File: Popeye Jr.

I'd like to note that I haven't forgotten about Nikolai Almuffs file that was requested. That is taking longer than usual to get due to him actually being a little hard to read at times. While I am doing that, I thought to give out the file to the one person I see every day while in captvitiy.

## BROOKS FILE: POPEYE JR

### Identified issues: Psychosis, Hallucinations, stunted growth, Uneducation.

REPORT: In many ways, Popeye Jr. is similar to his father but in various other ways he is a completely different person. Popeye Jr's life is pretty much what happens if no one is there to educate someone at a young age, even if the only people around them are not good people at all. Because of all of this, it resulted in what is best described as a toddler in an adults body. While he isn't as physically dangerous as his father, it can be summed up that his influence around the masses can and will likely cause trouble, especially in ways his father failed to do so.

When I was first transferred to the Indigo Syndicate, I was completely flabbergasted at Popeye Jr. He is way too trusting of strangers and if it wasn't for Eegore or Lazlo, he'd likely give the keys to the entire Navy Tower to someone who simply gives him a can of soda. This can explain why he keeps various members of the Indigo Syndicate around, even if they may be detrimental to the Syndicate like Ashe and Viral. I want to help Ashe escape but simply because he made her a member, he trusts her and in the case of Viral, there's a rumor how him accidentally breaking one of the Indigo Syndicates PCs caused it to explode in front of an assassins face who wanted to kill Popeye Jr. and due to this bizarre, accidental rescue, he was kept in the Syndicate. Perhaps this overtrusting can be used against him if one of his "enemies" decide to disguise themselves as a new ally to get closer to free everyone.

A majority of these issues likely stem from the fact Popeye Jr. never got any sort of education and barely had his father around in his life. Popeye may not be a good person, much less a good father but it likely would have been better than tossing a baby Popeye Jr. to someone like Eegore, who from what I can tell never got any sort of training on how to deal with kids. All Eegore would do is leave Popeye Jr. in front of the TV and hope he has the educational shows on, which 90% of the case he didn't. In fact, the most "education" he got was watching news regarding his father when he is away and Gizmo Rex.

I have also never seen someone so physically weak in my life. I don't know if this is due to a health condition he has or poor dieting but Popeye Jr. is physically weak. While his father could at least punch someone to death, Popeye Jr. can not even lift a pencil. I wish I was joking but he once tried to lift a pencil and it was the equivalent of a normal person trying to lift weights, complete with him sweating profusely and supposedly breaking his back alongside some veins being popped. When I went to investigate his eating habits, he has never eaten vegetables or fruits in his entire life and doesn't even know you could eat apples.

Due to his fathers influence, the Republics influence, and everyone basically treating him as a demi-god figure, his loyal fanatics are very concerning. They're willing to do everything for him and this already warps his already troubled mind. There's been cases where Popeye Jr. got someone murdered by having his legions of followers literally tear the guy apart, limb from limb. And some of them volunteered to be meat shields to protect him as well. The fact they keep spewing about this holy bloodline also doesn't help since he genuinely believes it now.

Let's get into a very concerning topic: His obsession with his family. While in other situations this would be heartwarming, his only surviving family members have been trying to avoid him. He has been known to waste resources to try and locate his Uncle, Patches and his mother Olive/Olivia to the point that you really can not go ten inches in some cities without seeing Missing Person posters of them. In fact, his obsession of finding his mother is so severe that it can be downright crippling and creepy at times. All I can ask is if you can find her, get her out of the country soon because who knows what he will do.

His lack of sanity is also very worrying. He always has a habit to "talk" to his "father", who is obviously dead. This got so bad that propaganda had to create "Spectral Forces" to justify his hallucinations of his father. And the worst part is he can hallucinate other deceased RUC and Indigo Syndicate members as well. My main worry is if he is the only living Indigo Syndicate member left, will he imagine everyone around him?

I do realize there are "pillars" to whatever sanity he has left. I can't deny it's very little but if certain people die, he will end up crumbling in a state of insanity never seen before. His fiance, Eva as well as Lazlo and Eegore being the three main pillars. His mother and Uncle count as pillars too but if they decide to chew him out, those can metaphorically break. While he won't be to strong, I heavily advise caution if everyone close to him is dead because he will likely perform decisions that will make his father look like a saint by comparison.

CONCLUSION: While you don't have to worry about him in a one on one confrontation against him due to his weak state, his main strengths is his seemingly endless supply of money and his loyal followers. I also advise caution if his metaphorical mental "pillars" break if he becomes the last living Syndicate member alive since that's when he will do some of the most irrational and dangerous decisions. Popeye Jr. is basically what happens if someone consumes too much media to the point it affects their reality.