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Toby (dog)

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Toby "Maple" Miller is a laid-back, creative, bi, 16, high school sophomore who lives with his parents at 27 Maple Street, balancing the chaotic energy of teenage life with his deep love for street skateboarding and playing the bass guitar. His parents are hard-working locals—his dad runs the neighborhood hardware store and his mom teaches at the middle school—and while they support his creative side, they strictly enforce a 9:00 PM school-night curfew, which means they’ve surrendered the family garage to him so he has a safe space to practice. This garage serves as Toby's ultimate sanctuary, split evenly between a messy skateboard repair workshop and an acoustic-foam-lined jam space where his indie-punk garage band, "Curb Check," meets up to rehearse. Toby is a dedicated street skater who prefers grinding on curbs and tricking down the gentle slopes of Maple Street rather than going to organized parks; in fact, the distinctive bandage across his nose is a fresh badge of honor from a spectacular wipeout he took while attempting to kickflip over a neighbor's low brick wall on his hand-painted, heavily scratched autumn-leaf deck. When he isn't skating, he is deeply invested in his music, playing a beat-up four-string bass and frequently getting distracted during high school classes by tapping complex slap-bass rhythms onto his desk. His signature look perfectly reflects these dual passions, consisting of a year-round red beanie pulled over his messy brown hair and an oversized, thrifted canvas jacket passed down from his brother, which Toby has customized with fabric patches, a red bandana hanging from the pocket, and enamel pins of his favorite underground bands and skate brands. A typical day for Toby involves sprinting down the driveway to barely catch the morning school bus with toast in his mouth, dropping his backpack by the mailbox the second school lets out to skate with his bandmates, and spending his evenings doing math homework at the kitchen table