Sebastian Miller's Questionnaire

Sebastian lives in Cranburry, Minnesota, USA; a small, dreary town covered in ice and snow, devoid of any life or excitement. Sure, it ain’t all bad; it’s nice and quiet; the residents all know each other’s names; hell, violent crime is near nonexistent. It’s not a bad place to settle down and raise a family. But for Sebastian, a frozen pit in the middle of nowhere isn’t exactly an ideal home. He has always dreamt of moving to somewhere like Los Angeles or New Orleans; somewhere warm and bustling, somewhere actually *alive*. But you need money to drop everything and head to a sunny metropolis, and money is something Sebastian doesn’t have.

Sebastian would have been set if he followed through with his engineering degree, but he got the bright idea to start up an indie game studio with some of his friends and dropped out more than halfway through. Turns out, it doesn’t matter how good your game is if nobody actually buys it. Since then he’s been floating from job to job — along with shoving out duds on Steam — in an attempt to bring his dream to life. At the moment, he’s got night duty at a 7-Eleven just a few feet from his apartment. On top of that, his crews latest release, Bunny Blaster 3000, has sold 12 copies. An all time high!

While moving to a big city is all well and good, the process has left Sebastian bitter. What was once a dream is now just as drab everything else in his life. Just another monotonous routine holding him down. Wake up, go to work, patch up his shit game, sleep. Wake up, go to work, patch up his shit game, sleep. Over and over, day in and day out, all while praying for something to come along and shake up his dull life. At this point, Sebastian’s sole Ambition in life is the complete and utter obliteration of his boredom. That’s it. No virtuous quest, no sinister scheme, this idiot just wants to have fun. But, even if he is a self-serving prick, he’s still human; he’s not looking to kill anyone and will refuse to harm anyone not actively attempting to harm him. He’s also not an idiot and won’t take any unnecessary risks.

The moment Sebastian dropped out of university changed the whole trajectory of his life. The relationship between him and his family has become strained as they refuse to help ease his financial burdens after he threw away the years of tuition they payed for. The vast majority of the friends he started his game studio with had abandoned ship years ago, leaving Sebastian and his childhood best friend, Luke, as the last remaining members of the crew. The dissolution of his personal life and having to work dead-end job after dead-end job pushed Sebastian to numb his mind with cannabis, scrambling for any brief respite from his crumbling life.

The most important person in Sebastian’s life is his best friend, Luke Byers. The two have practically known each other their whole lives, supporting each other in each new reckless endeavor since they were children. While the two come off as rowdy, deadbeat, hooligans to almost anyone who see them, Luke is the “responsible” one of the duo and will try to rein Sebastian in when he attempts to bite off more than can chew. That is, if he isn’t already caught up in whatever pot-fueled scheme was concocted, himself.

Sarah Wilkins is the fair and upstanding manager of Cranburry’s one and only 7-Eleven. At least that’s what she tells herself; Sarah is a crotchety crone with a bad habit of degrading her employees every chance she gets, wether over actual faults of the staff or out of frustration over her personal life. And with Sebastian’s arrival and aloof attitude, she’s found herself her new favorite punching bag.

Sebastian’s younger sister, Nat, has been trying help him and their parents repair their relationship over the past year to no avail, as both sides are too bullheaded to admit they might be in the wrong. While she was patient in the beginning, the pettiness of the situation has driven her to more extreme measures. Hell, just last week she locked her brother and father in a supply closet so they could “talk it out”. It went about as well as you’d think.

Despite his current situation, Sebastian had a stable, happy childhood. His parents, Patrick and Donna, were kind and patient, and they tried their best to raise their son and daughter to be the same. Sebastian was never the most popular person in school, however, the few friends he did make he would hold onto for years; especially Luke, who to this day, even after nearly everyone else has abandoned him, is Sebastian’s most trusted confidant. In those days, him, Luke and anyone dumb enough to join them would go out and raise hell on their small town (read as “be somewhat obnoxious in public.”) Their antics ranged from building forts in the woods, to exploring abandoned and supposedly haunted places in town, to pressure-washing obscenities on the driveways of people they didn’t like, and so on. Natalie, his younger sister, was glued to Sebastian’s side for years and accompanied him and his friends in their games and hijinks, right up until she was old enough to try to nag him out of his hare-brained plots.

Sebastian can't say he’s ever actually been in love. There’s the occasional crush, of course, but he’s never had any overwhelming feelings for another person. Heck, he’s never even been on a real date. Sure, he took his friend Martha to Senior Prom, but that was more of a favor after Martha’s girlfriend dumped her the week before. They couldn’t look each other in the eye after that day. Romance has just never been a high priority for him; yeah, it would be nice if he found someone cool, but he’s content with being on his own for the time being.