Oliver

Caleb(Younger Brother)(Deceased)

Captain Eliza Walsh(Ancestor)(Deceased)

Dr Jonathan Kim(Foster Father)

## Character

Oliver is a 17-year old boy who Amy met and quickly befriended, and is the male protagonist of *Space Boy*. Oliver has not wanted to associate himself with other students and is described by fellow students as "odd" or "creepy", as well as being rumored to be possessed. This is mentioned when the rumor went around that if a person associates themselves with Oliver, that person would begin experiencing nightmares. It has been revealed that he usually skips classes and takes art supplies from the Art Room for his murals beyond school grounds.

 It is also shown that Oliver has a difficult time grasping the difference between reality and illusion as he often believes that the "Nothing" is and consumes everything. He lived on the Arno with his family and currently lives on Earth as a remote-controlled full-body Prosthetic (or RFP) with Dr. Jonathan Kim. He currently attends South Pines Academy under the alias '*Peter Smith*'.

## Personality

When he was younger, he was very outgoing, protective, and caring towards his family and friends. Somewhat naive but brave in times of trouble, he had a strong sense of justice and liked to defend others through his Space Boy persona. He also had a bright sense of humor and enjoyed making his younger brother Caleb laugh.

After the tragedy he went through onboard the Arno, Oliver closes himself off from his emotions, partially to deal with his trauma, but also as a way to keep the Wanderer at bay. When the RFP is introduced, he uses it to further dissociate with reality and himself, thinking of himself as a robot while in the RFP. As the RFPs become more and more lifelike, Oliver is distressed by the changes, as they deny him his coping mechanism while making him doubt his perception of reality. He continues to destroy the RFPs until Dr. Kim compromises by installing the ion battery on the outside.

As Oliver ages, he becomes more violent and aggressive, incited after he realizes Dr. Kim had been trying to become a father figure for Oliver. He would break things, start fires, and, once he began to attend school, fight other students. He would be especially cruel to Dr. Kim, only becoming more angry when Dr. Kim responded with compassion. This pattern of behavior continued until Dr. Kim apologized to him and offered to let him study at South Pines in Kokomo, reconciling with their different worldviews, and returning to his state of emotional shut-down.

After meeting Amy, she helps him reconnect with his emotions once more, and he shows her genuine smiles and laughter.

## RFP

Oliver lives on Earth from space through a remote-controlled, full-body prosthetic, or RFP. It has been mentioned that he has had five RFPs in the past. The most recent was destroyed by an EMP.

Dr. Kim, who builds and designs all of Oliver's RFPs, wants the newest one to be the best. He is designing it to be a perfect replica of the real human body; however, it is not going too well.

### Nanobots

As Dr. Kim explains, the connection between Oliver and the RFP has to be direct. "Brain to body. Zero lag, or it wouldn't work." The answer was nanobots. Dr. Kim sent the designs to Oliver's 3D printer and then they were printed out. Oliver injested the nanobots in a cup of orange juice and they began forming the microchip in his brain that would allow him to control the RFP.

## Appearance

   He has white hair, is described as "Kind of tall", and has pale skin and triangular freckles. His shape motif is triangular. He wears a dark blue shirt with a yellow triangle on it.

## Relationships

### Amy

Oliver's good friend and love interest, and is the first and only person that Oliver has met after the accident whom he felt comfortable enough with to tell his real name. He is fascinated by her, and it is shown that Oliver would go to great lengths to try to keep her safe, even risking the RFP to save Amy's life in the later of Season 1. At the end of Season 1, he admits to the FCP that he loves Amy, and he would jeopardize the mission if anything were to happen to her. He told Dr.kim that he started loving her as soon as she drew the smily face on his hand, even though he didn't realize his love at first..

### Dr. Jonathan Kim

Dr. Jonathan Kim is Oliver's foster father who has taken care of him for 6 years and has been revealed to have created the RPF that allows Oliver to interact and live life outside of the Arno. It is revealed early on in the Season that Dr. Kim had no successful way of getting through to Oliver after the accident, and their relationship is seemingly built on mutual respect for one another rather than familial trust and love, something Dr. Kim wishes he could work more on.

### First Contact Project (FCP)

In the latter part of Season 1, it has been revealed that Oliver and the FCP had some sort of connection to one another, one built on duty and respect, even if that respect isn't returned. The FCP is revealed to rely heavily on Oliver's wellbeing to complete the mission to the Artifact, one that had been revealed to have cost the lives of all members onboard the Arno except Oliver's. Towards the end of Season 1, Oliver shows no sign of fear for his own safety and uses his predicament to ensure Amy's safety, stating that he will drift past the Artifact and into a Black Hole nearby if anything bad were to happen to Amy in the hands of the FCP. In later chapters, it had been revealed that Oliver and his family were onboard the Arno, a ship constructed by the FCP that was sent to investigate the Artifact.

### Oliver's Mother

Not much is known about his relationship with his mother, other than the fact that his mother taught Oliver to draw and paint at a young age. He is known to love her very much and is concerned with her safety during an emergency crisis in the latest chapters of *Space Boy.*

### Caleb

Caleb is Oliver's younger brother, who he refers to as *'Lucky Clover*', the origins of the nickname mentioned when Oliver explains to his best friend that when there had been a food crisis on the Arno, each family was only permitted one child and that a couple gave them their child pass in order for them to have another child. It has been revealed that Oliver greatly cares for Caleb, often being concerned when he either wakes Caleb up or attempts to comfort him whenever he's upset. Caleb's first proper word was revealed to be '*Oliver*' (pronounced '*Olibah*' by the young child).

### Wyatt

Wyatt is Oliver's father and also serves as his inspiration and idol. It has been revealed that Oliver looked up to his father greatly as an Engineer, even wishing he was assigned the future job of an Engineer than an Artist like his mother. Wyatt trusts Oliver to keep a compass, the family heirloom, safe under the young Oliver's care, even trusting him to inform him if anything abnormal was happening to the compass. Much like Amy, Oliver seems to connect more to his father than to his mother from what had been revealed so far.