Gaines family

The Gaines Family Tree as of Gaines Game 2

The Gaines family is one of the largest families featured in Sad Otters. Those among the family are characterized by fantastical wealth, lengthy noses, aptitude with esper abilities, and an unmistakable strangeness to them. It's no secret to anyone that the Gaines family is a strange collection of individuals, with seemingly no connection to one another other than blood. Still, there's a great sense of family among members, and even the more shut-in of their ranks will often come out for holidays, reunions, and other assorted get-togethers.

The Gaines family is generally associated with the roleplayer Bokkun. Most appearances are either in games hosted by said player, or by that very person.

Origins

Verity concept art

Verity Gaines gottem'ing you

The first Gaines to appear in an RP was Verity Gaines in Hell is Suite. Her original bio and pixel sprite were designed by that game's host, Phantom. Her full appearance was made by her player, Bokkun, who went out of his way to depict her in an exaggerated and cartoonish manner. Other characters close to Verity, such as Fredrick, Patricia, and Archibald Gaines were name-dropped in said RP, created on the fly to fill in a general breakdown on the Gaines' proud family history.

During Hell is Suite 2, the topic of how many living Gaines there were arose. When prompted to answer, Bokkun gave the answer of 37, and typed up a family tree that started with Geremy and featured almost everyone below him. Those that were not featured at this point were Polosarius Gaines, Kimothy Gaines, Sparky Tempest, and Morgan Gaines. A family tree was later drawn up, and subsequently revised to feature sprite artwork of all characters listed.

When asked where the family began later on, and extension to the tree was made that started from Sinthia and filled in all gaps between her and Geremy.

The history of the Gaines family is very impromptu and hasty, but once a detail about the family is given, it is rarely forgotten or retconned.

Family Tree

• First generation (The Sinthias):
  • Sinthia Gaines (The Narcissistic Painter)
  • Sinthia Gaines(?) (The Paradox-Space Double of Sinthia Gaines/Impostor)
• Second generation (The Doctors):
  • Lily Gaines (The Resolute Virologist)
  • Wesley Gaines (The Neighborly Doctor)
• Third generation (The Closest Generation):
  • Freddy Gaines (The Fatherly Renter)
  • Chica Gaines (The High-Spirited Party Girl)
  • Bonnie Gaines (The Child-like Storyteller)
  • Foxy Gaines (The Intimidating Cop)
• Fourth generation (The Offbeats):
  • Rebecca "Bec" Gaines (The Fate-Entwined Amnesiac/Chronologically Uncertain)
  • Cameron Gaines (The Batty Seer of Time)
  • Goldie Stones (The Soft Private Eye)
  • Parstonian Stones (The Heated Attorney)
• Fifth generation (The Purged):
  • Dexter Gaines (The Silenced Test Subject)
  • Marcus Gaines (The Willing Test Subject)
  • Bradley Gaines (The Normie Internet Expert)
  • Cynthia Gaines (The Caring Homemaker)
  • Derek Gaines (The Asocial Genius)
• Sixth generation (The Greatest Generation)
  • Plum Gaines (The Wild Dancer)
  • Honor Gaines (The Dumbass Savant)
  • Zelda Gaines (Zelda Bling) (The Downtrodden Misfortune/The Specter of the Gaines Manor)
  • Archibald Gaines (The Witty Older-Literature Expert)
  • Calliope Gaines (The Reserved Spy)
  • Frank Gaines (The Fanatic Dungeon Master)
  • Felecia Gaines (The Insecure Mathematician)
• Seventh generation (The Talented Generation)
  • Martha Gaines (The Motherly Counselor)
  • Fillmore Gaines (The Beta-Male Psychologist)
  • Minx Gaines (The Goth Veterinarian)
  • Valor Gaines (The Honest Insurance Broker)
  • Power Gaines (The Manly Brew Master)
  • Toki Gaines (The Humble Librarian)
  • Makoto Gaines (The Vengeful Doctor)
  • Amelia Gaines (The Observant Secretary)
  • Frederick Gaines (The Black Sheep)
  • Patricia Gaines (The Shitty Mother)
  • Odd Gaines (The Enigmatic Man Bound To No Single Role)
  • Erica Gaines (The Mysterious Informant)
  • Drakken Gaines (The Tamed Mad Scientist)
  • Diana Gaines (The Motherly Baker)
  • Vidalia Gaines (The Silent Podiatrist)
  • Eric Gaines (The Upbeat DJ)
  • Horace Gaines (The Prideful Hobo)
  • Millie Gaines (The Chaotic Drifter)
• Eighth generation (The Weirdos)
  • Willow Gaines (The Thick-Headed Cook)
  • Quill Gaines (The Affable Professor)
  • Valor Gaines Jr. (The Acrimonious Death Profiteer)
  • Valor Gaines Jr. 2 (The Secluded Animator)
  • Gregory Gaines (The Forgotten Figure)
  • Protein Gaines (The Normal Lawyer)
  • Calcium Gaines (The Offbeat Inventor)
  • Sugar Gaines (The Sugary Sweet Body Builder)
  • Muscular Gaines (The Miniature Sheriff)
  • Stellar Gaines (The Witch of the Renegades of Revolution)
  • Lawrence "Lancelot" Gaines (The Mood Swinging Magician)
  • Verity Gaines (The Egotistic Vocalist)
  • Sparky Tempest (The Electrifying Rockstar)
  • Timothy Gaines (The Damaged Tech Specialist)
  • Acuity Gaines (The Gentle River Spirit)
  • Jimothy Gaines (The Rational Funeral Director)
  • Umbron Gaines (The Untapped Potential)
  • Kimothy Gaines Kandy Gaines (The Faithful Maid)
  • Carter Gaines (The Black Sheep Doctor)
  • Lola Gaines (The Calculating Basketball Player)
  • Polosarius Gaines (The Head-in-the-Clouds Translator)
  • Ozymandias Gaines (The Genius Grade-Schooler)
• Ninth generation (The Generation without a Title)
  • Morgan Gaines (The M3m3r)

Gaines Game

The cast of Gaines Game 1. (From left to right: Ozymandias, Makoto, Stellar (Secretly Lyra Ditto), Valor Jr. 2, Valor Jr., Willow, Quill, and Erica Gaines. Matsuda Minori on the far right.)

Main article: Gaines Game 1

"gaines game when?"

The first Gaines Game RP was made to appease a number of people who joked about it. The thought was that, since there were so many designs already made for the family, it only made sense for this group of players to toss them all into some sort of killing game. Never one to pass up on a good meme, Bokkun complied. He selected a number of Gaines, mostly younger family members, and wrote up a scenario in which they were all blackmailed to take part in a game hosted by family myth, Gregory Gaines. The character of Matsuda Minori (returning from an NPC role in Hell is Suite) was added to the cast list as a secret player, not known to the others at the game's beginning.

Sprite Lineup, Matsuda's Sprite Hidden

The format of the game was ostensibly werewolf, though the rules were handled very loosely, and those elements quickly fell into the background. Identity thief Lyra Ditto in the guise of Stellar Gaines and Makoto Gaines were chosen to be the werewolf and minion respectively, Valor Jr. 2 was selected as the Coward, and Matsuda had no role at all.

In this game, it was revealed that Stellar had been dead for some time. Erica Gaines was almost killed, but was revived in the epilogues by Gregory. The only member of the family to truly die in this game was Valor Jr., who was murdered by his twin brother Valor Jr. 2.

Gaines Game 2: Cops and Robbers

Gaines Game 2 Cast Lineup (From left to right: Muscular, Calcium, Protein, Sugar, Toki, and Power Gaines.)

Main article: Gaines Game 2

"What the fuck"

Gaines Game 2 was announced very suddenly, with no build up at all, late in November of 2019. The scope of the game was much smaller, only featuring six family members as players. Unlike the first game, all players this time around were very closely related. The relationships included were fathers, mothers, children, sisters, and brothers; unlike in the first game, where members from opposite ends of the family tree met. The lead up to this game was rough. About seventeen players signed up, but only six were originally accepted. The original six players chosen via random chance were Swiggle as Muscular, Liminori as Calcium, Asian Trash as Protein, Fafnir as Sugar, Avi as Toki, and Maxop333 as Power. Scheduling a session with this group proved tough. It took about a month to reach the very first session. By that point, two players had been swapped out. Asian Trash was replaced by Desert for the role of Protein, and Jamsterbuggy substituted for Fafnir in the role of Sugar.

Makoto Gaines, spiteful towards the family as a result of Gaines Game 1, recruited Odd to assist him in gathering these six members of the family for a game. His ultimate goal in doing so was to determine the morality of Muscular Gaines, and see if the boy with a good sense for justice was a ray of hope among the scum that was the Gaines family.

Sprite Lineup

The structure of the game was Cops and Robbers. Muscular, as the Sheriff, had to uncover who among his family were criminals, and which of them was the innocent Hostage. The roles were given based on each characters' history. Sugar Gaines, who had commited no great sin, was granted the role of Hostage. The role of Mastermind was randomly given to Protein Gaines, whose crime was attempting to win his guilty brother an innocent verdict on technicality and loopholes.

On January 3rd, 2020, the first and last session (barring epilogues) of Gaines Game 2 was held. Toki Gaines was killed in the first round, and both Sugar and Muscular died shortly afterwards as punishment for refusing to play along. The game ended in a single session, making it one of the shortest roleplays to be held in all of Sad Otters.

Trivia

• The Gaines family is the largest and most detailed family tree in all of Sad Otters.
• Those born into the Gaines family name have the longest noses out of any Sad Otters characters.