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A Thieves Tale - Sneaks — Description

Now we're onto the Thief of the Shellson Crew. Samuel "Sneaks" McAckson-Riverre.
Sneaks was only 8 years old when he lost his parents in a car accident and was left to grow up in an orphanage. Sneaks would spend the next 7 years trying to run away from the orphanage and also getting picked up by the cops for pick pocketing and lock picking. When he was 15, Sneaks would meet Murray Riverre and his spouses, Zig and Zag, who were in London as part of an international race and the ferrets were there to take pictures. Sneaks offered to be their guide in London as he knew the city like the back of his hand, for a "nominal fee". Murray paid the kid way more than what the monkey originally hoped for and the kid delightfully showed the married trio the side of London many people never see and they all had a great tour. After learning about Sneaks' life as an orphan, Murray, Zig, and Zag made the attempt to adopt the monkey due to two reasons. 1) As a hippo and ferret, Murray and Zag cannot have a child as their DNA isn't compatible for hybrid reproduction and 2) Sneaks has been adopted and returned 17 times, with his former adoptive parents calling him "nothing but trouble" and he's going to age out of the orphanage in 3 years. Murray, Zig, and Zag applied for adopting Sneaks and though their marriage situation was very unconventional, Zig and Zag do have great commendations from their work and Murray got a good reference from Carmelita Cooper. Sneaks was allowed to be adopted by Murray, Zig, and Zag and while he was friendly with them earlier, he didn't really like this new development.
Sneaks was very closed off for some time as he globetrotted with his three new parents. No matter what they did, Sneaks didn't seem to open up all that much and wouldn't until Murray brought the family to Cooper Hall for a reunion with the Cooper Family and Bentley. Sneaks was in awe of the fact that Murray knew the legendary Sly Cooper. Murray was a bit insulted for the fact that Sneaks knew all about Sly, but not him or Bentley, very integral members of the Cooper Gang, although Sneaks was finally something more than sad and bummed out. Sneaks got a chance to talk with Sly and did so for sometime. After the reunion, Sneaks got to talking with his adoptive parents and revealed why he was acting the way that he did and it was because he felt like getting new parents might cause him to forget his birth parents, but Sly told him that Murray, Zig, and Zag would never want him to feel like he has to choose between them or the memory of his birth parents. To show that they truly mean what they say, they made a scrapbook out of some of the old photos of Sneaks from when he was a baby, then to 8 years old. Some pages were left blank in case Sneaks ever felt like he wanted to add current photos to this family album. The first one he put in was a group photo with Sneaks, Murray, Zig, Zag, Sly, Carmelita, Isabella, and Bentley. From that moment on, Sneaks became a great son to Murray, Zig, and Zag and started to take up skills like parkour and boomeranging (Sneaks got his boomerang from Sly).
Feeling like he wanted to try something more, Sneaks convinced his parents to let him hang around with his Uncle Bentley in order to focus his more thief focused tendencies on some small heist missions. There was some hesitancy, but Zig and Zag trusted Murray's word that Bentley wouldn't let anything happen to Sneaks.
On Sneaks' first mission, he helped Bentley and Aggy take down a dog operating an underground fight club. He was known as the Pit and no one escaped him. Bentley drew up the plans and took down the outer security system, Aggy crashed into the fight club warehouse and caused a huge distraction, and Sneaks snuck in and freed some of the unwilling fighters that were forced to fight by the Pit. It took all three of the Shellson Crew to take down the Pit as they individually lacked the muscle to take him on, but with their smarts, driving, and thief skills, they took down the pit bull and left him for the arriving cops while they made off with the illegal cash in the Pit's office vault.
From that moment on, Sneaks was a bonafide Shellson Crew member and he'd be trusted by Bentley and Aggy just as much as he trusted them.
Powers/Abilities/Skills: Stealth, Parkour, Tight Rope Walking, and Agile Climbing.
Equipment: Boomerang/Melee Weapon.
Additional Info:
1) Sneaks loves British and American Punk Rock Bands like The Hex Pistols, The PheRamones, The Hissfits, and De Klash.
2) Sneaks is currently 16 years old.
3) Sneaks loves sea food as his animal name of Long Tailed Macaque is also known as the Crab Eating Macaque.
4) Sneaks got his eyebrow piercings from Zig (Zag and Murray were not amused).
5) For his adoptive parents, Sneaks calls Murray "Big Dad", Zig "Fuzz Dad" and Zag "Fuzz Mom."
6) One of the reasons Sneaks wanted to get spend some time away from his family wasn't because he wanted to prove himself as a thief, but also because he walked in on a scene that he really wish he hadn't. Zig and Zag dressed in Arabian royal wear and Murray dressed as a belly dancer. Sneaks felt the urge to wash his eyes out with bleach after seeing that.
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