Sherman's Adventures in Hooverville
Plot: So, this story is about a boy, a Chinese-American by the name of Sherman Zhong. He moved to Hooverville and started 5th grade. There, he met Jo Hammet and they became fast friends. When a lot of crazy stuff began to happen in their city, they must stop it together as kid detectives!
Note: Inspired by SideshowJazz1's story in which the setting is on 3rd grade and similar to it, it's gonna be the POV from my OC. Plus, the story will be the playthrough of the game
Dsiclaimer: Everything in JumpStart belongs to their Knowledge Adventures(KA), I only own my OC
Chapter 1: Moving in and Hoovering in
Man, I never thought the day will come when my family is moving into a new city. Seems exciting but kinda wonder what is it gonna be like? I sat in the car wondering while my father drives his way to the new city and my mother is enjoying the view from the car. "Ah...here we are son. Hooverville." I looked surprised if you ask me. Well no matter. The journey was 2 hours long and at least, we arrived at the city. Now, it'll take some time to find a place settle and to move everything my family owns in.
Soon enough, "Ahhh...here we are Sherman." I looked out to see a decent 25th storey building. "Let me guess...we're living in some apartment?" I asked. "You're correct son! This is ideal especially for us since your mother and I got a new job here in this city! You'll love it son." My dad assured to me as the movers behind us stopped and began moving our stuff in. Without hesitation, I took my stuff and joined my parents as we took a lift up to the 22th floor right after my dad got the apartment keys from the front desk. When we reached the level, we made our way to the apartment and once we found it, we looked around. Not bad I should say, especially my room which is where I am now. Already, the movers are working on the furniture and other household items as they moved them in as my father gave them instructions on where to move them into.
A few hours later, all has been settled. Now I'm in my room unpacking and arranging. In the middle of that, I had a view of the city. Magnificent it is as I unpacked my schoolbooks and my laptop which I got for winning the science competition in my school before moving here. I then arranged my stuff putting the books on the shelf, arranging my collection of tank models and finally, left my trusty grey skateboard with the red letter 'S' on top of it. By the time I settled everything, dinner was ready.
After dinner, I lay on my bed wondering about how I'll enjoy and adapt to this city when there was a knock on my door. I opened it to see my parents as they came in. "So...anything for me?"
"Why yes Sherman. We found a school known as Hooverville Elementary. You'll start 5th grade right here on Monday and your enrolment has been secured." My mother told me. "Now, entering a new school is something son. So be nice and try to be social and make use of your talents." My father advised me. Yeah, I was born with great intelligence. Had the ability to learn through observation and within a short time got the hang of it. It was only Friday that we moved in. So, I better make use of the weekends.
Monday...
First day in school and starting 5th grade. I wish I can sleep more often for I am a heavy sleeper. Well no matter as of now, my parents already left for work so I freshen up, grabbed my schoolbag which contains my supplies and made 2 peanut butter sandwiches for my breakfast as I grabbed my skateboard and made my way down to the ground floor consuming the first sandwich.
Once I got down, I skated my way to school finishing up the second sandwich. Skating has been my favourite activity since young. Learning all the stunts, tricks and moves from the videos in the internet sure increased my experience level. It took me half an hour but at last, I arrived at my destination. I gazed upon the school for a moment as I entered the hallways, I was given a tour around the school on one of the days in the weekend and already got the key to my locker. Making my way up, I reached the 7th storey and walked around till I found my locker. Opening it, I put some of my school supplies in it which is for later as I took what I needed for the first few periods and headed to my class.
Once I found it, I entered to see 29 other students and at the front desk is the form teacher who just noticed me. "Ah. Here he is. Class. We have a new student joining us today. Please introduce yourself." The teacher welcomed me as I began. "Hey guys. The name's Sherman Zhong. I just moved in just few days ago. Glad to meet you." Simple enough as the whole class murmured among themselves. "So...Sherman. I think you can sit beside Joanna Hammet. But call her Jo for short. She prefers that." The teacher suggested to me. "Sure thing uh...
"Ms Zarrow."
"Yeah. Sure thing teach." I call all the teachers 'teach' for short. Just for some fun giving nicknames. I made my way to sit next to this Jo Hammet as I took a glance noticing her appearance. Short red hair with a red hairband and white oval-like eyes. Attire consist of a gray T-shirt which she appears to be wearing over a white shirt, blue shorts, and red and white sneakers. Heh, I observed the way people dress as I sat down beside her. For some reason, she turned to me. "Hi. The name's Jo Hammet. And your Sherman Zhong right?"
"Yeah..." I replied but I'm a bit shy to meet new people since I only moved in few days ago. "Nice to meet you. Welcome to Hooverville." She replied rasing her hand out. Surprised by this, I raised mine out and she shook hands as Ms Zarrow began the first lesson which is English.
So let's just say, first day was kinda interesting. After English is PE where we went to the sports hall in our PE attire which consists of a blue T-Shirt with a small school logo on the upper right corner on the shirt and black shorts. We played dodgeball and with observation skills, I dodged all the balls and with accuracy, eliminated my opponents. Jo displayed some skill through speed as she dodged and caught balls throwing them back. Since we're on the same team, 3 games in a row, victory. The whole class was impressed with my skills and with my teamwork with Jo as we hi-5 each other. After that, Science where we studied acids in the lab. Wearing protection gloves, we were assigned to mix some chemicals to create acid and surprisingly, Jo was my lab partner. So we had fun mixing some chemicals into the acids like sulphuric acid, hydrochloric acid and a few more. The whole morning was smooth so far.
After science class, "C'mon Sherman. Lunch break is up!" Jo called out to me as I just exited the lab. We made our way down to the cafeteria when we run into our form teacher. "Ah Jo. I was looking for you."
"Anything Ms Zarrow?"
"A simple task I will give you today. Make Sherman feel welcome in this school."
"Let's just say I'm already beginning the task."
"Very well. Keep it up Jo." Ms Zarrow then went to teach another class as we made our way down for currently, lunch break is on for only the 4th, 5th and 6th grades. The other 3 had their lunch break already which is at 12pm to 1pm. Ours begins from 1 to 2. Right now, I just bought my lunch which is 2 cheeseburgers with fries and a can of soda. I met up with Jo who was waiting for me and good thing she reserved a table for us to eat our lunch together. As we ate out lunch, "So Sherman. What are your interests?"
"Interests? Hmmm...well to begin with, I was into reading, studying, researching in the internet, watching videos and skateboarding."
"Skateboarding? I'm also into that! To top it off, I like to read detective novels and watch movies related to mysteries and detective works." Both of us had a great time socializing all the way until lunch break is over. Dang it. I so want to have more time with my conversation with Jo.
So after lunch is Humanities. History will be on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays while Geography will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays for this week and next week, they'll switch days and so on as the weeks go by. History sure was interesting as I took down notes and even helped Jo with the subject because she abhors it due to the difficulty level. Continuing on, Math class is where majority of the class slept through including Jo. All but me if you wonder what that means.
Okay, the rest of the day is normal and finally, school is over as the doors opened and students poured out to go home or hang out at some random place. I got my skateboard out as, "Nice skateboard." Jo commented as she held her black one. "Thanks." I replied. "So...wanna hang out at the Hooverville Skate Park?"
"Sure thing." We got onto our skateboards and skated away to have some fun.
After 2 hours of stunts and skating, we skated home together. "So Jo, where do you live?"
"See that red building? I live there."
"Hey! I also lived there! My family moved in few days ago."
"Cool! So which storey you lived in?"
"22nd."
"Mine is 20th. 2 levels below you." We laughed as we skated to our homes. Using the lift, "Thanks Jo for, uh-"
"No problem Sherman. Goodnight and see you tomorrow."
"Same thing." Jo exited the lift that took her to the 20th level. After that, I reached my stop and made my way back to the apartment.
So let's wrap this up as I finished my dinner, chat with my parents on first day which impressed them and finally, I'm in my room ready for bed. I already packed up for the next day and as I went to bed. "So much for first day, father was right. I am so gonna love living here! Matter of fact, I already enjoyed it!" I thought as I turned off the lights and went to bed early. First day was perfect and the next day it will also be.
Alright. First chapter is just an introduction to my OC. Starting next chapter will be the beginning of the many adventures which will be based on the playthrough of the game.
