S131 - Craig, Greg [DECEASED]

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Name: Greg Craig
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Grade: Senior
School: John Endecott Memorial Academy
Hobbies and Interests: Indie music, gelato, molecular gastronomy, volunteering at the local humane society

Appearance: Greg is 6'0'' and weighs 160 lbs, giving him an average, if not slightly skinny build with fairly broad shoulders. He is Caucasian, and has relatively pale skin that is prone to sunburn when left unprotected. His hair is auburn, and usually left in a short, unstyled undercut. He has a normal-shaped nose, a regular-sized mouth, nondescript brown eyes, eyebrows of average thickness, and ears that stick out but not that much. He shaves daily, though is open to possibly growing a beard in the future. He has a low, easygoing voice, devoid of any regional accent. He wears a pair of square-rimmed prescription glasses.

Greg can typically be seen wearing flannel shirts and other vaguely rustic attire. On the day of the abduction, he was wearing two red and black plaid button-up flannel shirts over one-another (for warmth), a dark gray long-sleeved camping shirt, a pair of blue jeans, a pair of gloves, thick wool socks knitted for him by his grandmother, and a pair of hiking boots.

Biography: Greg was born in Salem, Massachusetts on August 29th, 2003, to Daryl and Ingrid Craig, the owners and operators of a thriving local artisanal gelato restaurant called "La Gelateria". Daryl and Ingrid met a few years before Greg's birth, while backpacking through Europe during their gap years. They bonded over their shared love of genuine Italian gelato, and then decided to spend the rest of their lives together, opening a gelato restaurant upon returning to America. Greg is an only child.

Greg's early years passed by relatively unremarkably. He hit all the regular milestones on time. Until Greg was old enough to start preschool, Ingrid acted as a stay-at-home mom, hiring extra employees to cover her duties at the gelato restaurant. Greg was a fairly low-maintenance child, though Ingrid sometimes found herself challenged by his gregarious, somewhat contrarian personality at that age, which itself tempered out over time.

Greg's elementary school years also went by unremarkably. Though at first he was teased by some of his fellow students for his unwieldy combination of first and last name, this soon stopped after one of them visited La Gelateria after school and discovered Greg there helping his parents with child-appropriate work tasks. After that, everyone was nice to Greg because his parents sold ice cream. Throughout elementary school, Greg found himself content with having no particularly close friends, preferring a quieter, somewhat more sedentary lifestyle than most of his peers.

Early on in high school, Greg began feeling somewhat lonely, realizing that it would be nice to have friends. Greg soon noticed that some of his peers were regulars at La Gelateria, and that one group in particular, consisting of three self-described "goths" named Heidi, Gerard, and Sadie, visited nearly every day. One day, as they were eating their gelato, Greg approached them. They soon became fast friends with Greg, due to Greg's calm, laid-back demeanor, and his offer of a gelato discount. He hangs out with them every day after school at the restaurant. Due to them, Greg sometimes jokingly refers to his own fashion style as "flannel goth".

Academically, Greg is an average student, excelling in the humanities and chemistry, but suffering in math, PE, and the non-chemistry sciences. While he doesn't particularly care about academic achievement, he feels obligated to at least try his best in class, even in subjects he doesn't enjoy. He doesn't gravitate to any one social clique in particular, and tends to blend into the background socially. He is usually out of the loop on most pop culture references due to his somewhat sheltered life, and finds himself not really paying attention to any gossip or drama going on between his peers. He is single, and finds the possibility of being in any romantic relationship at any point in the future to be intimidating. Once he graduates, he plans on working at La Gelateria full-time, continuing to help his parents with the business.

Due to his many years spent listening to the music his parents put on in the background at La Gelateria, Greg has developed an ear for rustic, easily accessible mainstream indie folk music. His favorite musical artists include The Lumineers, Vance Joy, and Bon Iver. He keeps a collection of his most-listened to songs on his computer, burned from CDs he checked out from the local library. He hasn't branched out yet to any other kinds of music, preferring to stay firmly in his comfort zone.

At the midpoint of freshman year, Greg, having never had his own cell phone, asked his parents if he could have one, so that he could communicate with his friends outside of school/store hours. Reluctantly, Daryl handed down to him one of his own prized Nokia flip phones (which Daryl was an avid collector of), as he and Ingrid had recently seen a documentary on coltan mining, and did not want to financially support what they found to be an unethical industry by purchasing a new phone. Over time, Greg has become known by his peers for his old-fashioned phone, and is willing to show it to them and even let them make phone calls with it when they ask.

In Sophomore year, while watching cat videos on Youtube, Greg accidentally stumbled upon a video about molecular gastronomy. Immediately, he found himself entranced by the strange, otherworldy visual aesthetics of each dish, his attention being particularly grabbed by an ice dome encasing a mixture of small balls of freezedried vanilla gelato and gelatinous pearls of spherified strawberry puree. Wanting to make his own avant-garde cuisine, he ordered a molecular gastronomy kit off Amazon. At first, his experiments had limited success, but through practice and the support of his parents, he has developed into a moderately skilled amateur molecular gastronomer. His favorite dishes to make include thermo-gelled hot gelato, and deconstructed strawberries made with powdered gelato.

Greg spends most of his afterschool hours at La Gelateria, either hanging out with his goth friends or providing his parents with free behind-the-scenes labor, a role he has filled since a young age. His parents believe that he has a prodigious palette for gelato, and let him do molecular gastronomy experiments during store hours, seeing molecular gastronomy as a possible way to further elevate the gelato-eating experience. Recently, they have tried adding some of his experimental recipes and flavors to La Gelateria's menu to varying levels of success. After closing time, he and his parents carpool home, after which he does any homework he needs to do, and then immediately goes to bed.

Greg has a soft spot for animals, finding himself drawn to helping them due to what he finds to be their simple, silly demeanors. Though he has no pets of his own, he volunteers at the local humane society on weekends, usually either playing with and helping to socialize kittens, or taking dogs for walks. Animals tend to be very calm around him, finding his quiet, nurturing manner much less scary than that of typical, loud, handsy, and demanding members of the public. They also like him because he feeds them a lot of animal treats.

Greg is on good terms with his family, and is on good terms with his parents, having had no real meaningful conflicts with them at all in recent memory. In terms of his extended family, he is especially close with his grandmother on his mom's side, and receives knitted pairs of socks and mittens from her every Christmas.

Greg has a very laid-back personality, generally lacking in any grand ambitions and preferring to roll with the punches. At times, this can lead to him being treated like a bit of a doormat due to his willingness to shrug off any personal slights. Some of his peers find his general aura unsettling due to his social aloofness and tendency to be kind to people unconditionally. From an early age, his parents actively instilled in him a sense of conscientiousness similar to theirs, and so he tries to treat all his peers with respect at minimum. He always gives change to homeless people when they ask for it, because he feels bad for them.

Advantages: Greg is unlikely to make many enemies on the island, due to his good-natured spirit. His willingness to help others may help him make allies in times of need, or at least convince others that he is more use to them alive than dead.
Disadvantages: Greg's willingness to put others before himself means that he may potentially be taken advantage of by bad actors during dangerous situations. It also means he is unlikely take opportunities to further his own survival if doing so comes at an immediate cost to others. Additionally, due to all of Greg's goth friends having stayed home from the skiing trip, he has no close relationships with anybody on the island, and other people may end up prioritizing the lives of classmates they care more about instead of him in immediate life-or-death scenarios. Finally, his fondness for animals may cause trouble for him if he runs out of rations and must hunt wild game for food.

Designated Number: Student No. 131

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Designated Weapon: PP-19 Bizon (18mm Russian submachine gun)

Conclusion: This is just a generic white guy. - Josie Knight