Simon Wilkins

Series: Justin Strikes

Powers: Languages, Vocal Manipulation, Portals

Birthday: December 5th

Character: Simon has sandy blond hair and hazel eyes. Unlike his two best friends, Simon is very social, having the most fun when he’s around other people. Simon is kind and patient, but struggles to speak up against others’ opinions.

Friends: Justin Strikes, Eliza Thistle, Bailey Gold

Relations: Lillian Wilkins (mother), Claire and Brian Wilkins (siblings)

Scene from “Justin Strikes: The Ablete Games”

Justin and Eliza were swatting flies away from their food when Simon ran up to them and dropped a notebook on their picnic table.

“I’ve figured out three ways for one of us to finish the race,” he announced, plopping down on the bench as he began to flip through the journal.

“Oh?” Justin blinked at the scribbles on the pages, positive that he’d seen a couple of equations among the notes.

“Yeah,” Simon nodded, ignoring the note of surprise in Justin’s tone. “Plan one, we work separately, each starting on different parts of the field so we stay out of each other’s way. Each man— or woman—” he added, glancing at Eliza before she could interject, “for themselves.”

Eliza smirked at Simon’s preparedness.

“A solid option,” she said.

“Plan two,” Simon continued, slightly blushing from Eliza’s vague form of praise. “Divide and conquer. Like plan one, we’d split up and fend off people in different areas of the field, however, this time we’d have the intention of working together. Plan three is basically the same, except we stay together to have each other’s backs in a more literal sense.”

“I like those last two,” Justin nodded, wondering if it was possible for the three of them to beat the two hundred(ish) other students at Camp Williamson.

Simon, sensing the question, had an answer prepared.

“It might seem hard to beat everyone on the field,” Simon began. “But I don’t think it will be. At least half the competitors will be too focused on each other to notice us. The next twenty-five percent won’t make it past the first half of the field, so all we have to do is get to the second half of the field and the last twenty-five percent, about sixty people, will most likely be our biggest competitors. So we’ll have about twenty people each to fend off.”