Chapter 62 - Delinquent Diaries (6) (1/2)

Ahoy Scrubs!

Today, I bring to you the King of Eraser Brawler - Lanky!

A small introduction to Lanky from my background investigations - Lanky is actually accepted into the school's track and field team. He does High Jump and is actually really good at it seeing how he was the first runner-up for the national competition in the boy's solo section. Basically, Lanky is a jock but a very tall and thin one. In fact, among all the delinquents in the class, Lanky is the most famous delinquent who is actually liked by the general school population.

Some facts I gathered about this fine specimen:

1. Lanky is completely oblivious to girls. He sees them but doesn't register in his brain that they might be fond of him.

2. Lanky is determined. He works really hard and never gives up if he doesn't get what he wants. He hates losing and cannot be consoled over a loss.

3. Lanky is the King of Eraser Brawler and also a really clever Eraser Warrior. The boys often gather around him when he gives them tips about battling with their Erasers from the shape and size to the 'upgrades' they can use during battles from pencil leads to staples. His current record - 31 won, 4 loss.

4. If you want to get Lanky, all you have to do is throw down the gauntlet. Lanky never walks away from a challenge.

Seeing that Lanky is actually quite an easily manipulated person, Casper actually baited him into studying. The jock was initially uninterested in the books but Casper made a clever statement about jocks being unable to deliver anything apart from results outside the classroom and that did the trick. Before anybody knew it, Lanky was in the top five in the class for the mock test yesterday. Nobody knew how Lanky did it but the boy replied it wasn't hard when he tried. None of the boys could understand how algebra could be mastered in one night when many of them have been trying for almost a week now.

With Lanky, I feel like he could go a long way if someone guided him. He has passion, drive and even talent. Lanky isn't unintelligent. He's actually very good at observing for patterns and details when he has to. The only problem Lanky has is actually taking interest in things outside his field of vision. The jock simply didn't care about things that didn't interest him and is blind in most things that didn't relate to sports. It's a real shame to me because Lanky actually did have the memory and the cognitive ability to understand concepts.

A good example of how he was good at understanding concepts: building good Eraser Brawlers after studying physics.