Gary

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Gary, full name "Daniel Gaz Villafranca III" is a major protagonist of Colorquest. Gary is a pessimistic, introverted punk who lives alone in the middle of the forest, a couple miles off from Tim’s house. Having run away from the stress piled onto his shoulders as a young prince from the Talpian Dominion, he’s been independent for 5 years, and has celebrated every birthday up to his 24th in isolation. Though he isn’t afraid to threaten, demean, or even press a knife up against someone’s throat, he seems to flake under any significant pressure, opting to run away to save his own life. If running isn’t an option, he’s also always ready to make it everybody else’s issue

## Bio

"My name is Gary. I don't like people, especially the people I'm stuck with. I've come out this far not because I want to, but because I have no other choice. I don't expect this to be some magical fairytale adventure where friendship trumps all-- the world just doesn't work like that. Nobody else here seems to feel the same, though..."

## Description

Gary is a 6'1" Talpian male, and the second tallest of The Living. He has black hair that reaches just above his shoulders, with wisps at his sideburns that curl in towards his face. He has a swoop of hair aimed to his left. He has one purple earring in his right ear, and two in his left ear. Gary wears a dark grey jacket with torn sleeves, and a purple shirt with a darker skull patten on it underneath. He wears black pants and a golden belt, and wears violet strings around his right wrist. He has a very upturned nose, and red eyes.

## Personality

### Likes

* Bead weaving
* Trains
* The greaser aesthetic
* Solitude
* Smoking
* Knives

### Dislikes

* Heights
* People (Especially talkative people)
* Being in a position of power
* Himself

## Relationships

### Tim and Hannah

Gary’s got a pretty complex relationship between Tim and Hannah actually. Hannah’s hometown, before she and her brother moved, was rather close to the main passage to the underground Talpian Dominion. When Hannah was younger she’d often meet up with Gary, who was always being rebellious and crossing the threshold into the land above. They sort of met by chance at first, and Hannah’s laidback attitude was easy for Gary to get along with, so they just kept hanging out.

Gary being the person that he is, his overall friendship with Hannah is a bit rocky, being argumentative and a little bit of a grump from time to time. Hannah knows Gary doesn’t always mean to be that way, and that he tries to be a decent person, so she still stuck by him.

One day though he just stopped visiting Hannah, after the gaps between his visits had already been lengthening. They got to be pretty good friends, so Hannah was upset about this for a while. But that’d’ve happened a few years before she moved up closer towards Tim, so she’s had time to get past it.

But where Gary actually ended up, when he finally stopped visiting, was actually up in Little Stone where Tim lives. Or, well, he traveled the land for quite a bit, found himself up there eventually, and settled down. Where he originally thought was just a somewhat secluded flat opening in the woods, close enough to society were he to need any supplies, but far enough to where nobody could ever bother him. …But instead he accidentally settled on Tim’s acreage, and didn’t realise for the better half of a year.

You could probably count the amount of times he encountered Tim with your fingers and toes alone, throughout the few years he lived there, but still a very unique kind of relationship between them came to be. Gary hated Tim the second they ran into each other, but Tim just thought the guy was interesting, and never told his mother about it. Which is all whatever, but Gary being so isolated from the world, any time they did run into each other he’d always draw the encounter out a little longer than it needed to be.

Tim also just totally trusted Gary even though he was literally trespassing on their lot, and that sort of trust continued after the Fault, because the first person he thinks to go to after he finds his mother kidnapped, is Gary. Not any neighbor, but Gary. It’d be this choice that not only connects Hannah & Gary back together, but also a visit that would retroactively save Gary.

So right at the start of the Fault you basically have this weird triangle of feelings between them, for better or worse. That tends to be their theme throughout their journey.

Gary wants to dislike Tim but the guy is so nice and he’s been his only living connection to the world for years, and he’s tense around Hannah because of his absence, but reliant on her because he needs her help with his pet Citus, who’s body she helped design and build. Hannah is having to relearn Gary, the friend she used to know, concerned for his wellbeing but hurt by his actions– while her other friend Tim navigates his temper with ease from more recent years of exposure. And Tim is buddy buddy with them both.

But also Gary can be there for Hannah when she needs a more logical brain to talk to. No offense to Tim, he can just be a little silly and airheaded with his takes on life, but that outlook also keeps Gary from getting too uppity about things & keeps everything lighthearted amidst their complex feelings.

## More

Gary has a bipolar disorder, which shows somewhat heavily as he does not always have the help he needs to manage it.

## References

1. ↑ https://creaturefeaster.tumblr.com/post/729049204556742656/jumping-back-to-my-tim-and-hannah-ask-i-meant#:~:text=Gary%E2%80%99s%20got%20a,their%20complex%20feelings.
2. ↑ https://creaturefeaster.tumblr.com/post/693569178572128256/what-about-the-humans-having-mental-disorders-im#:~:text=Gary%20has%20a%20bipolar%20disorder%20for%20instance%2C%20which%20shows%20somewhat%20heavily%20as%20he%20does%20not%20always%20have%20the%20help%20he%20needs%20to%20manage%20it.