Sammy (School Series)

**Sammy Brice** *(1969-1982)* is a ghost of a Year 8 student from Dominowojo's School Series.

## Personality

Sammy is a nerdy kid who is very interested in science, history, music and maths, as well as retro games and playing the piano, which he kind of wishes he could still practice doing as a ghost. Sammy is so passionate about learning that he still attends lessons even as a ghost often, even though he can't write things down or answer questions, but sometimes his ghostly ability will shine through where when he starts rambling on about things that interest him, snippets of his voice can be heard by the living. Not many living people realise this though, because they think that it's just some alive student whispering about something random. One time he accidentally activated his power causing an alive student to be mistakenly accused of talking during an exam and being sent to detention. Sammy felt so guilty that he followed the child to detention and stayed there with him for the rest of the day, though the child was unaware of him the whole time but rather annoyed at their teacher who sent them instead.

Sammy is an innocent person with a mind of a teenager (but with a larger IQ than most others) who doesn't agree with many of Kurt the Year 11 ghost's actions. Kurt's favourite pastime is to mess with Sammy in the school library so when Sammy shouts at him he can activate his ghost ability in front of everyone in the room causing a ruckus for the living. Kurt can do this by peanutting Sammy's tie or by stealing his glasses.

Sammy has a crush on this girl in Year 8 - the problem is, she's a living person, but the lucky thing is she can still see ghosts at her age, which is something very rare. Kurt likes reminding Sammy that he technically is over 50 years old as a ghost. Sammy gets extremely annoyed when he reminds him that and starts hitting him for it. Sammy doesn't want to think of himself as an adult, but rather more as who he is in his physical ghost form: a teenager who looks the same age as his crush. It's later revealed that she likes him back but they have basically no normal way to continue their relationship.

## Appearance

Sammy wears a white fully buttoned-up shirt with a classy tie. His trousers are black and long and held up by a sturdy belt and his shoes are tied.

Sammy has light freckles, short ginger-blond hair, braces and thick circular glasses which he likes to adjust on his face when he talks about something smart.

## Relationships

### His Only Friend

Sammy has only one friend in secondary school. He wasn't as nerdy as him, but he still showed empathy towards Sammy and they got on very well; they went to the same primary school for eight years after all. After Sammy's untimely death, Sammy's friend still believed that Sammy was around during the rest of his time at school. He later befriended the cool kids of his school but was still loyal to his original friend. If anyone were to ever have disrespected Sammy's memory, Sammy's friend wouldn't be forgiving towards the person who spoke ill of him.

### Kurt

Kurt is a physically older ghost than Sammy but not in terms of how long he's been a ghost - then Sammy is the older one. Kurt likes to tease Sammy for fun and Sammy dislikes that a lot, but their relationship is more of a brotherly one rather than a bully one. Kurt and Sammy don't actually hate each other, but they disapprove of each other instead; Sammy doesn't approve of Kurt's delinquency, and Kurt doesn't approve of Sammy's nerdiness which can sometimes annoy him.