Padrig

Occupation
 Hair Color

**Padrig** is a character found in Ooblets (game).

## Location

Padrig resides in Badgetown, and can often be found in his shop, Snups. However, early in the morning and at night, he can be found in front of Town Hall instead.

## Appearance

Padrig has styled brown hair, swooping upwards and to the left in a quiff. His salmon & purple gingham button-up shirt is accented by a purple bow-tie. He wears dark slacks with a cuff at the bottom.

## Personality

Right from the get-go, Padrig is shown to be anxious and socially awkward. He struggles to talk to people, and when he is spoken to, he often struggles to reply without blundering. Despite being the local hairdresser, he struggles to execute the unique hairdos he comes up with as he is afraid of messing up. Alongside this, he is extremely apologetic for his social ineptitude, apologizing every other sentence. This anxiety seeps into nearly every aspect of his life; He is avoidant when it comes to conflict, very aware of his own appearance, and overly-worried when it comes to how others perceive him. On several occasions, he states that his job as the town's hairdresser is the only reason why he manages to interact with others.

## Ooblets

Padrig has two ooblets: a common Derble and a common Fleeble.

## Interactions

### Story

Though Padrig will not be around when the Player first arrives in Badgetown, he can be found in his store starting from the Player's second day. The Player will be the first one to introduce themselves, with Padrig introducing himself soon after as the owner of Snups, Badgetown's hair salon/barber shop. The second time the Player interacts with him, he will re-introduce himself, thinking that the Player doesn't remember him. He will also send the Player a letter to welcome them to town rather than coming to see them in person.

### Friendship Stickers

*"I wanted to give you a friendship sticker to show my appreciation to you. I've also got some new hairstyles I can do for you."*

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### Tasks

* Bring Padrig 1 shelbo – he will reward the Player with 40 gummies for doing so

### Padrig's Hairdo Concepts

Occasionally, the Player can find crumpled-up pieces of paper on the floor of Snups with ideas for hairdos which were presumably written by Padrig. They are:

* *Hairdo concept #28: Inverted fontange with striated elevation planes*
* *Hairdo concept #37: Feathered superellipsal stubble*
* *Hairdo concept #42: Hypocycloid-reduced pompadour*
* *Harido concept #14: Sectional beehive wrapped in deltoid curved fringes*
* *Hairdo concept #67: Rhomboid pairs punctuated by inactive matrices*
* *Hairdo concept #54: Relativistic hypercell updo*
* *Hairdo concept #21: Uniform prismatic star ringlets*

### Quotes

* "I come up with something new to say like once a week max."
* "If I didn't style people's hair, I don't think I'd have any reason to interact with anyone."
* "How do other people seem to have so many opinions? I don't think I've ever had an opinion..."
* "The only reason I'm any good at hair styling is because I worry so much about my own hair."
* "I dont like competition so I dont like joining in dance-offs. Wouldn't it be wild if there could be non-competitive dances?"
* "I aspire to be a person who can talk above a whisper in a restaraunt."
* "Before I have to talk to someone about something, I write myself a little script to practice with first."
* "Small talk is way harder than big talk."

## References

1. ↑ *"I love **Padrig** but I can't get my hair done at his salon. He just doesn't try anything fun enough. I think he's too self-conscious to show his creativity…"* – Melda
2. ↑ Player: *"What sort of hair styles do you like doing?"* **Padrig**: *"Oh I have a lot of ideas but I'm scared to try them out. There are only a few hairs I feel comfortable doing."*
3. ↑ Player: *"Hi there."* **Padrig**: *"Sorry. Hi."*
4. ↑ *"Hi. You probably don't remember me so hi I'm Padrig."* – **Padrig**
5. ↑ *"I wanted to stop by and welcome you to the neighborhood but I figured a letter involves a lot less social anxiety, so that's why you're reading this instead of me knocking on your door."* – Letter from **Padrig**
6. ↑ *"Do you think you could find me a shelbo? I want to try modeling a hairdo based off of one. If it's a hassle or anything, you don't have to get it for me."* – **Padrig**