Rick Smalle

Rick Smalle is one of the main characters of Homebound, and the first character that entered the game. Rick is nearly obsessed with joining those things that are deemed popular by tv and internet. This includes shooters and pop-music. Rick also dislikes those things that he hears he should dislike, such as Justin Bieber. Rick originally started playing SBURB because it was very popular.

Before Homebound
Rick was raised by his two parents, his mother being his guardian. Though he lived a good life and didn't hate his parents in any way, he never said so. His parents were even afraid of him as he stayed in his room all the time and reasons that were revealed in Homebound (Rick wrote the word "NO0B" all over his walls in his sleep.)

Before entering SBURB
Homebound starts on Rick's 17th birthday, which coincidentally falls on the same date as Lisa's 18th birthday. This day also coincides with the release of the SBURB Beta, a game Rick has been very much looking out for. The first thing Rick does in Homebound is call for his mother to ask if the game has arrived yet, however she was not home at that moment, forcing Rick to go down and look himself. After he had a short conversation with Gear he goes downstairs.

At his doormat, he found a copy of both SBURB disks, which he took back upstairs. Here, he had a conversation with Lisa and one with Iain. Lisa did not have the game yet, while Iain did. However, due to Rick's resentment towards Iain's excentric nature, Rick decides to lie to him, saying he did not obtain the game yet.

As Rick was waiting for some of his other friends to obtain the game, he decided to captchalogue some items in his room, including the Guitar, and later the Blank Puzzle and the Call of Duty Game Manual. He also allocates his Strife Specibus to wireKind at this point.

Rick took a look at his Goldfish, No. 7, realizing he hasn't fed the poor fish in a couple of days. His Hourglass modus then distracts him by dropping the Elder Scrolls: Skyrim, which he then starts playing for "almost an hour".

After this and after having a short Steam chat with Jeff, Ricks Mom rings the doorbell because she forgot to take her keys with her and locked herself out. Rick first has another ten minute conversation with Gear, but then goes downstairs and hand his mother the keys before quickly going back up.

At this point Rick connects with Lily, becoming the first client player. Lily places all the needed devices and uses the second-floor toilet to open the Cruxtuder. Rick has seven minutes left to carve his totem with the pre-punched card and then bring it to the Alchemiter, which he only barely succeeds in. He manages to enter just a second before the meteor crashes in what would havebeen his house.