Kip Rucker

age------------18
gender--------boy
birthday ------summer 2
occupation ---paperboy/ aspiring linguist
residence  ----a room at the inn
journal--------Journal of KIP S. RUCKER
likes ----------studying languages, being around sophisticated company, sneakers
dislikes -------fish. (has a bad allergy) & being compared or associated to his dad in ANY WAY

appearance---He has a vague resemblance to his father, so it seems like he's still going through puberty or perhaps he just gets his looks from his mother's side. just about 5'8, on the skinny side, fairly girly in facial structure and physique, he hasn't done a day of manual labor in his life and avoids strenuous outdoor activity at all costs, which also accounts for his lighter skin compared to the thick tan of his father's hide. He shares the same long narrow nose and brick red hair as his father, though he keeps his hair trim and he struggles to grow facial hair at all. He doesn't smell like fish, just a pleasant clean odor since he maintains daily hygiene. He manages to just barely have a fraction better fashion sense than his dad; he's never seen without his favorite sneakers on, no matter the season or occasion.

personality---When you first come across Kip, it's possible he'd strike you as a mild mannered kid who's soft spoken and down to earth. Although upon further introspection you'll find out how insecure, grumpy, and hot tempered he really is and how he'd prefer nothing more than to be left alone so he can sulk. His greatest talent is finding things to sulk about. His current sulk topic: how all of his dreams ever are ruined because he's being forced to see his deadbeat dad for the first time in 10 years.

background---Kip won't out right say this, but his father is none other than Fisherman Augie. Kip's mother and father fooled around in their younger days, she got pregnant, so they married. Unfortunately, Kip's mother and Augie had very different ideas for the future, and thus she left him. She raised Kip in a little town just outside of the city so Kip could go to school while Augie remained in the woods where he belonged.

Kip grew up with minimal-to-none exposure with his dad, living in his mom's hippy volkswagen bus, going to the little town school where he absolutely thrived. Here he developed a deep fascination with languages and the dream of furthering his study of linguistics in college, although this wasn't immediately possible since his mother couldn't afford the high costs of college. He needs to earn some cash money for tuition, but ran into trouble with the drought of jobs in his hometown. So his mother made the decision for him to go to Meadow View... knowing perfectly well that his father lived there. She saw this as the golden opportunity for Kip, thinking that some time together would do Kip's relationship with his father some good. (And give Kip better karma)

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xxxxxxx Since we were last with Kip in year 1, he's still on his gap year from school, but has made no effort to follow his mom's orders and meet with his father. He remains a grumpy little pimple, preferring to keep to his room instead of socializing with anyone. He returned home to his mom for the season of winter and she consoled him that she would never abandon him again.... ......until she announced she found him a job delivering peace paraphernalia between Meadow View and the neighboring village Plongdon Valley. She provided her son a bike, a stack of subscription letters for the world peace promoting newsletter, and put him right back in Meadow View.