Spencer Sallow (Fork)

Spencer Sallow, or what he calls himself "Fork" is one of the main protagonists of the story, who lives in the town of Mistburg, an odd town that seems flip-flopped and upside down, but he doesn't seem to mind. He goes to Mistburg High along with his best friend Piper, and every day after dinner he and she partake in a regular ghost hunt. You know, like regular teenagers do.

## Character Information

### Nickname(s)

Fork "No-Mama's-Boy"

Forksy-Worksy

Metal-mouthed-pimple-pompous

## Relationships

### Friend(s)

Piper GriffinSamantha Sallow

Richie Wilbur

Philip Thornburg

Arlo J. Francis

Sunny Hopper

Jone-Z Maxwell

Kevin Valentine

Cameron Colin

### Enemies

Big B. BarneyKevin Valentine (Formerly)

Jone-Z Maxwell (Formerly)

Cameron Colin (Formerly)

Sammie Sallow (Formerly)

### Family

Loretta Sallow (Mother) Howard Sallow (Father)

Samantha Sallow (Sister)

## Appearance

Fork has pale white skin with acne spread all over his face, he wears glow in the dark braces over two very prominent buck teeth and can be seen with dark circles under his eyes, whether it be from a lack of sleep or just eyeshadow.

His hair is raven black and usually messy, though it is washed almost every day. Both sides of the part of his hair form carefully sloped horns, it wasn't intentional the first time it happened, but he thought it looked cool. Hair gel was quickly added to his "Post-Shower Routine". Due to its untidy nature, he was given the nickname "Fork" by his kindergarten bullies, their reason for the name being that his hair looked like it had been combed with a rusty fork, along with his hair-horns, he also thought it sounded cool.

He has a chubby build, along with being short for his age, which are two other things his classmates enjoy relentlessly bullying him about.

## Personality

Being exposed to a large amount of trauma, Fork started developing symptoms of Schizophrenia by the age of 12, making him anxious, irritable, and paranoid. He's only really open to people he has a tight bond with, like Piper, but if he's talking to someone he doesn't know, he's locked shut, all his secrets are for him and him only. Constantly filled with anger at his mother for abusing him and his father for abandoning him, he's also filled with grief and self-loathing, wondering constantly if he deserved the beatings his mother delt him or he deserves to be called a loser by his classmates.

Despite this, he's very excited by things he likes, and might come out of his shell when talking to mere acquaintances if asked about his interests. He'll usually prattle on and on about these subjects until he has nothing to talk about or the other contributor in the conversation (If you could even call them that) leaves. It comes as a distraction from his brain, which is constantly spewing self-destructive thoughts. Making people laugh is another distraction, which helped him develop a witty sense of humor.

## Interests

* Ghosts
* Aliens
* Conspiracy theories
* Music
* Zombie films
* The Halloween Series
* Friday the 13th
* Scary Movie

## Relationships

### **Piper**

Fork has been friends with Piper ever since they were seven years old and often found comfort in her laid-back, patient demeanor. He and she consider it lucky they found each other, since both of them were in need of someone to find comfort in at the times they met. With Fork's abusive mother always finding her way in his life and Piper just having been adopted by a family. The two were practically inseparable from the day they met, with their interests being so alike and their personalities matching together perfectly, they were the dream team, and they called themselves "The One and Only Paranormal Pair".

Occasionally, the two will have a falling out, whether it be a misunderstanding or an overreaction. Usually, these are solved quickly, with either of the two apologizing after their small tiffs. Though, after Fork and Piper's argument about Piper's seemingly careless attitude when he finds out his twin sister he never knew he had was murdered by his mother, they drift apart for a longer amount of time.

### **Sammie**

Fork feels a large amount of sympathy for Sammie, what? With him being her twin brother and having the same terrible childhood as she did, it's no surprise he'd feel terrible about what happened to her, especially because she drew the short straw when it came to their situation.

Sammie does not return that sympathy. Upon Fork learning about his sister and actively trying to stop her anger-filled tirade on the citizens of Mistburg, she hates Fork, she hates the fact he got to live instead of her. She hates him and everyone else who never mourned her death. After he does convince her to stop hurting others, thereby hurting herself as well, she learns that he had it no better than she did, how he even used to wish *he'd* die so he wouldn't have to suffer anymore. When she learns about her mother's overdose, she's a bit angry, saying; "I wish I could've killed that old bitch with a heart attack, god knows, with the amount of heroin she did, it could've happened." She knows her mother is probably a ghost like she is, but she hopes she never sees her again. If she does, she'll clock her straight in the ghost face, who knows? Maybe she'll have a ghost heart attack from shock and double-die.

## History

**This section contains spoilers**

Fork, a child born alongside his twin sister Sammie on October 24th of 1994 from Lorreta and Howard Sallow was a considerably normal baby until his father left and never came back. From then on, it was just Lorreta left to care for them. Their mother constantly abused them by hitting, slapping, burning, starving, and yelling at them as she fueled her drug and alcohol addiction. This seemingly endless stream of events caused the death of his sister, whom he could barely even remember. Forced to be subdued to his mother's torture, Fork stayed under his mother's care until he turned ten, when she overdosed and passed away. Thus, he was left in the care of Mary Sallow, his grandmother on his father's side.

Fork and Piper have been best friends since second grade, in fact, they're completely inseparable. To pass time, the two of them indulge in their interest involving the paranormal, which kept their bond tight. After a run-in with Big B Barney and his gang of "slightly-more-popular-than-the-paranormal-pair"s, the two of them feigned being ill to leave the school premises and hopefully catch something spooky in the woods.

Long after school, he is greeted by a text from Piper, telling him to meet her at 7:00 pm. It is then that Piper reveals the rotted body of Sammie, along with dumped belongings of hers in a box. This stems an argument between him and her, with Fork regretting he ever agreed to come. Fork leaves Piper in the woods to try and forget what happened, but the thought can't leave his mind. *The fact that he not only had a twin sister, but that someone brutally killed her, and that Piper was cruel enough to show him.*

 He pries the information out of his grandmother, who eventually breaks and informs him about his sister. This leaves him paranoid, scared to sleep due to nightmares of his mother alive again, ruthlessly murdering him. Paranoid, an Insomniac, and even more livid with Piper.

They ghost hunt one more time after the argument, hoping the situation will just blow over, but when you hit an essential copy of yourself with your van, who turns out to be a shapeshifting creature whose go-to form is a deer with the face of a praying mantis, it's kind of hard to ignore the fact you had a twin sister who was murdered by your mom. Another heated argument and Fork swears that he'll never talk to her again.

Without Piper, he begins to change himself, begins hanging out with new people, changes his name back to Spencer, pretends he's something he's not while Piper watches from the sidelines. He even joins a band these new friends were in, Brain Blast Zom-B Bash, where he was the lead singer/guitarist. Slowly but surely, though, he began to miss Piper.

Suddenly, something arises. A concert competition, Fork hears, and Brain Blast Zom-B Bash will play in it. A few days into their practicing for the show, Philip (their bassist) breaks his arm while skateboarding, as a last resort, Reggie calls Piper to take his place, which Fork is none too pleased by. While practicing, Piper says something that triggers an argument between the two, sending Fork out crying.

On the day of the competition, they've decided to do two performances at different points of the concert, where Fork will be singing the first song. Unexpectedly, he chokes up before the chorus, leading Piper to cover for him. After the first song, he and she reconcile, having the best time of their lives for the rest of the show. They didn't win first place, but hey, second isn't bad!

While being congratulated by their classmates and parents, what can only be described as the Ghost Apocolypse breaks out in the school, Piper admits that she summoned Sammie by using a ritual she found in a library book. Sammie proceeds to possess Fork and uses him to announce her reign on the town, unleashes beasts of pure terror and agony onto the streets, gives him his body back, and conceals herself in Fork's house, which she impales on a 400 ft tree.

After consulting his friends, they launch the "Save Mistburg" act and tell everyone to grab a weapon. Much slugging of monsters, death, and injury later, and they coax Sammie into letting them talk to her, though she only lets Piper and Fork. After a teary rage-filled conversation, Sammie agrees to set everything back to normal.

Fork and Piper continue to be best friends to this day, Big B Barney's gang, due to the loss of BBB, have made amends with the two, and the band still plays, they've even performed at bigger concerts as opening bands.

## Trivia

* Jason, the name of his electric guitar, is a reference to Jason Voorhes, a serial killer starring in the *Friday the 13th* series by Victor B. Miller.
* The aforementioned electric guitar Jason is a red Fender Mustang with a rosewood fretboard.
* Fork has a cat named Coraline.
* He once won "Coolest Student of the Year" in the Mistburg High Yearbook, though this turned out to be a scam by Kevin, and his photo was captioned "Loser of the Year" instead.
* Fork has a huge crush on Piper, though it is never outright mentioned and he never does anything about it, it is strongly hinted at by the way he interacts with her.