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Monstrum Academy App - Tommy

Published: Jun 20, 2015

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Description

I say the word "body" in this about 200 times.
A character for monstrumacademy.deviantart.com…

Basics

Name: Tommy Linn

Occupation: Student

Nickname(s): Tom, Thomas/Bobby (birth and cover names)

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  Voice: Kuzco, The Emperors New Groove (vocaroo.com/i/s0ZRrOlE3M7a)

Age:  19 years each

Birthday:  19th August xx

Height:  5' 8''

Weight:  150 pounds

Gender:  Male

Skin Color:  White, pale

Hair Color:  Black

Eye Color:  Blue, pale

Race:  Human-ish. Born from a human but much different. Just call him human I guess its easier.

Country of Origin:  Illinois, USA

Family:  Mother and Father, Josephine and Thomas Sr.

Education:  Standard. Elementary and high school. Privately tutored for 4 years at home.

Hobbies:  Ride bikes (tandem), ping pong, likes to pull pranks on strangers every now and again, loves music.

Habits:  Speaking and doing everything in "unison", Letting one body trip over and fall about the place when concentrating on a task the other is doing.

Likes:  Friends, pranking, sugary food, dancing, classic rock, fascination with magic (very envious of those with an aptitude for magic), poker (is bad at)

Dislikes:  Mornings, dolls, hot weather, cats, spicy things, comic books.

Personality:  Tommy is constantly laid back and engaging in conversation, and often makes light-hearted quips at the other person/people when talking. Usually both his bodies are there, so more often than not one will start a sentence and the other will finish it, or they will speak in unison when he is not paying attention. He likes to think of himself as humorous, and will do silly things to amuse others, from playing paticake with himself to somersaulting from the roof for a dare. Speaking of which, he is quite competitive, as he is used to having the upper hand from being around non-gifted people. When he arrived at the Academy, he saw many people were a match for him, if not better, and it knocked him down a few pegs. He can be bitter when he loses but is usually nice to be around. TL;DR, easy-going but can be competative, sympathetic, teaser/joker.

History: Tommy was raised in Illinois, USA, and had a pretty unusual childhood. His parents, Josephine and Thomas Sr, thought they had had twins (Thomas and Bobby), but early on the "twins" acted in exactly the same manner, and even babbled the exact same baby talk at the same time. When "Thomas" and "Bobby" were able to fully speak, they often referred to the both of them as one person, and never talked about themselves as individuals. Thomas and Bobbys- or Tommys- parents came to the conclusion that they had had one son, who was for whatever reason split between two bodies.
Tommys parents found it extremely hard to understand that their twins were in fact one person, who happened to be in control of two vessels, but his synchronised movement, his speech, how he did everything together, convinced them that they had only one son. Tommy grew up pretty normally, but his parents had a constant underlying fear of their son and his strange gift. Only out of unconditional love, or possibly dread of how their reputation would turn sour if Tommy was found out did they not ship him away or get help. They kept his secret for 19 years.
  Although keeping track of two meatsuits was difficult, by age 10 Tommy had pretty much conquered having double to take care of, and he often showed off to other students the tricks "Thomas" and "Bobby" could do together. His incredible aptitude for synchronised movement made him a great card shark, juggler, and athlete, amongst other things. Just as he was gaining popularity, his parents pulled him from public school and privately tutored him for fear of being found out. Only at 14 did he enter public schooling again, for high school. He graduated late at 19 (he repeated Somophore year).
  It was hard to find a job that would employ two, so Tommy spent most of his time mooching from his parents and helping around the house. Thats when his father realised he needed help- it was going to be difficult for him to live on his own, having to pay double everything, and trying to find a job that would hire for two, while trying to integrate into society without their help (not to mention his irresponsible attitude). After a long talk with his wife, Tommys father told Tommy he was going to a special academy they had heard of through rumour and research. It was a sudden move- all the plans were made in two weeks- and almost in the blink of an eye Tommy was sent to Monstrum Academy, not knowing exactly what to expect.
Tattoos? Y/N:  No

Other: (Any familiars? Pets? Items kept on them at all times? powers? triggers?)

No familiars, pets, items, or triggers (although cats make him uncomfortable). He's cool with anthropomorphic cat-people, but any very feline behaviour weirds him out.
Powers? He is basically one person who has control of two bodies! Upsides would be
+ can do things that would usually require two people to do perfectly (like ride a tandem bike or give a piggyback ride to himself.)
+ he has two sets of eyes, two noses, mouths, two sets of ears, etc etc etc, so can experience something from two different points of view.
+ double the manpower. If he got in a fight, theres two targets to hit.
+ he can experience something with one body, and relay whats happing through another (like spying on somebody in the gym and telling somebody whats happening live in the dorms.)
Downsides would be
- he is very open to possession, as souls are usually supposed to be confined to one body, and therefore there is a lot of empty space ready for somebody to hop in.
- has to have double of everything- two sets of uniforms, double the food, you get it.
- if a task requires a lot of concentration, one body might fall over and sleep while he concentrates on the task the other is doing.
- if he experiences pain, its hard to pinpoint which body has been hurt, so it might take him a minute to figure it out. If he is sick in one body, it can also be tough to determine which one needs treating.
- the further away his bodies are, the harder it is to concentrate. if they were miles away, he would turn practically useless, probably bumping into furniture and falling over.

Medical Profile

Medications:  None.

Diseases/Illnesses/Disorders/Curses:  Fatigued a little easily, otherwise healthy.

Allergies:  Mild hay fever.

Injuries (current):  None.

Past injuries:  (spread between his two bodies) A broken arm from trying to backflip from the top of a teachers car. A sprained ankle, from falling down the stairs. All of these are old injuries. He is a sucker for a dare.
Scars: none, thankfully.

Extras:
theme! Mass by Virtual Boy www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3DPxf…
Lollipop by Mika www.youtube.com/watch?v=6md5RS…

He was based on the trope of "multiple souls in one body" , and then I thought... "what about the opposite?"

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Di-Cape

Jun 21, 2015

Yo! This is such a super cool concept! Even though the character design is simple, it fits so well!

Awesome job man!

Hey, are you interested in rping ouo?