Tripwire

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## Trip Ferguson

### Affiliation

Ryatt (Friend)Sylvester Ashling (Friend)

Rick Shades (Friend/"Student?")

Stan Goldstein (Friend/Idol)

Dave (Bandmate)

Irene (Bandmate)

### Voice

Arimnaes (Arim/Tom)

"*Sometimes* the best revenge is living well."

-Tripwire as he is being dragged away from Death-Con.

## ***Description***

Tripwire is the lead guitar player and occasional vocalist of the band also named Tripwire. He speaks with a cockney accent which makes him occasionally hard to understand. His hair is unkempt and has been described by Tripwire as "in a pile", "Green", and "needs to learn the value of patience" as this was his guess for three games of I-Spy and he did not appear to be joking. His band is known for doing all of their songs in one take, making them both loved and hated by many. Their band doesn't have too much of a fanbase, however, making him both protective of his fans and insecure about his own abilities. He is also a surprisingly wise and real person, even if he explains it all through sausage analogies. He is also a terrible liar, cheater, and dice roller as most Arim characters are.

## ***History***

### Episode 3 - Hot! Crispy! Dazzling!

Although he was not a PC at the time, he and his band appeared at the lockdown because they were the worst band they could find. However, during the aftermath of the jailbreak, two band members were crushed under large piles of rubble created supposedly by Indus' original breakthrough. However, not wanting to run from a gig, they kept on playing throughout the chaos. Ryatt eventually joined them on stage and resurrected Dave because, OF COURSE, HE DID. With Tripwire and the rest going on to respect Ryatt for his godlike abilities. Tripwire left the prison through normal means but it is presumed that he may have crawled through some escape hatch just for the fun of it.

### Episode 4 - Horizontal Pilot Command

Tripwire was a playable character in Ep 4. He came to Death-Con to exact his revenge on Mister Nezzer for a never mentioned event that happened many years ago. He obtains the pilot Ohmira and helps the Newsies with their investigation. Surprisingly enough, he is the most competent detective, using clever and ingenious ways to get information out of people like Don Infusio, Sgt Colors, Charles, Delta, and Echo. He also proves to be a terrible cheater and is constantly and voraciously mauled by Mr. Nezzar's PANTHERS in almost every game. He also is a very good moral anchor for Sylvie who was determined to get back at/kill Mira. Tripwire consoles Sylvie and teaches him how to properly deal with anger, hate, and betrayal. He does this mainly through sausage analogies. He also is the person who helps Echo confess to Delta through some encouraging words and bagpipe music, although it is unclear if he did this to get information or because he honestly cares about their relationship. In the end, he joins the newsies as they are taken to Bliss Ocean Headquarters and teaches Sylvie one last lesson: Sometimes the best revenge is living well.

## ***Powers***

### **Passives:**

***Busted Eardrum:*** Gives Tripwire Immunity to sound-based damage.

**Musical Ability:** It is unclear whether or not this is actual on paper passive. Nevertheless, Tripwire seems to have complete mastery over all instruments due to his ability to grab a random bagpipe and play a multi-instrument song.

**Red String of Fate (Used):** Tripwire, for a time, had an item known as The Red String of Fate. This item gave the user the ability to pair any two NPCs together (The more unimportant the NPC the more powerful it is). He attempted to use it on Guile and Charles but Tripwire, wanting to add some extra flair, decided to roll for it and, of course, rolled a ONE. This caused Charles to be hit HARD with Guile being mostly unaffected.

### **Abilities:**

***Garrote Wires():*** Summons a length of wires to strangle or grab objects.

### **Pilot:**

Tripwire's Pilot is Ohmira. A goddess of static electricity. It is, in fact, a very good card according to Nezzar. Tripwire mainly uses it to charge other cards with electricity like Hattrick and Coffee Break. She can also generate electricity normally and electrocute opponents.