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AMITYVILLE ACADEMY ENROLLMENT FORM

Name: Toby Haywood? Hunter? Horsfall? Lockwood? Spearing? LOCKWOOD. Lockwood is winnar. She is now Toby Lockwood.
Nicknames: Little Bee (affectionate short term coined by her family), Falsie
Gender: Female, though you'd hardly guess at a glance
Age: Adolescent, as far as anyone can guess.

Faction/Race Monster - Carnivorous unicorn doppelganger, aka "falsicorn"
A Quick Blurb on Falsicorns: Basically, they're exactly what they say on the tin: a largely carnivorous equine species that makes its living impersonating the real thing, in order to lure out and consume human maidens/virgins/et cetera. At a distance, they're easily mistaken for the real thing, given how their shaggy manes and tails conceal most of the giveaway traits, but closer inspection reveals their "horn" to be an enormous split row of fangs cradling their 'true' eye, with hollow skin covered eye sockets and a thick gouging claw in the ruffle of the tail.

Natural Ability:  Heat Vision (… of a sort): Though still possessing a single 'true' eye in the base of their horn for hunting purposes, the unicorn doppelganger navigates during passive circumstances with a pair of heat-sensing pits located in their (skin covered) eye sockets, viewing the world in a way similar to a thermal imaging camera. True to form, Toby can easily "see" most creatures this way, completely unaffected by lighting circumstances, so long as they have a noted temperature difference from the surrounding atmosphere. … Unfortunately, however, her sight can easily be confused by large groups in close quarters like a school hallway, and certain ghostly or undead individuals (aka close to room temperature) prove extremely hard for her to see, bordering on invisible.

ALSO NOTE: When switching back from her true eye to heat pits, Toby suffers a brief period of complete visual blindness for about fifteen minutes, leaving her extremely vulnerable. This is why she doesn't just use her "real" vision willy-nilly unless she desperately needs to, because it's hella nerve wracking to be 100% blind and helpless in the downtime.

Personality: Quiet and mild mannered, perhaps even to a fault, Toby is the kind of girl you'd expect to see dragging at the tail end of some tittering group at the Maul-- you know, the laggy little one carrying all the bags. To call her accommodating would be a gross understatement; she'll roll over for just about anyone that asks nicely-- particularly if said 'anyone' happens to be a fair young maiden-- even if it means putting aside whatever book or project she's in the middle of. Because of this tendency, unsurprisingly, she makes for an excellent on-the-spot minion or tagalong… though that's not to say she follows orders blindly (… er, in the metaphorical sense, that is).

First and foremost, Toby is a people pleaser. Secondly, however, she is an exceptionally sharp and intellectual girl, with wits only tempered by the fault of a passive disposition. Jack forbid her 'leading' party proposes something suicidally stupid, she will do everything in her power to change their mind about it… except openly argue with them, that is. When push comes to shove, unfortunately, she'll almost always be the one to back down in a fuss and, if her life (or her school career) is genuinely at risk, quietly excuse herself as the last possible option. If you see her actually backing out of a situation, chances are that s**t's about to get real and someone will wind up at Nurse Cricket's office in three or more pieces. If circumstances just happen to pan out terribly, however, she'll still do her damnedest to stay loyal by whatever friend's side through the thick of it, and help manage the damage. Part of pleasing folks is keeping them happily together, after all.

On the same social exploration note, however, there is one rather… unusual tendency she seems to have when it comes to her "preference" of friends. Given the choice, without question, Toby will always gravitate towards sweet or innocent young women (preferably virigins) and stick to them like a loyal puppy. It's a completely platonic attraction for the most part, driven by the instinctual 'desires' of her species, but leaves her perpetually stuck in the assumed position of either some overly quiet lesbian or 'that odd little fanboy' tagging hopelessly along. Not that she minds this, of course. In fact, it's where she's often at her happiest. She just likes the feeling of being at a pretty girl's side, and will take particular measures to please or entertain her 'maidens' in any way she can.

Lastly, and none too surprisingly, Toby is an all around soft heart with more than just her peers. If some wild minipet comes up to her begging for food or attention, she can't turn a blind eye (... again, metaphorically) to the poor thing's needs, nor will she force them away if they try following her home. Because of this, she's prone to having unintentional hoards of stray or wayward animals at any given time.

Why are they enrolled in Amityville Academy? Nothing particularly dramatic here. Toby's parents basically decided that it was time for their overly passive daughter to find her way in life, and what better place for that than a giant school full of other awkward Halloween youths? They also want her to toughen up and become a fiercer monster in the process, but it's more about psychological development and getting the girl to find her dominant side than scaring.

FEAR: Pacifying Aura: When in battle (or ultimately hunting, but battle is relevant to school), Toby can exude a calming aura around herself to effect opponents, effectively lowering their guard with feelings of safety or reassurance. Currently this can only be exuded within a roughly 5-7 foot radius of herself (though it is circular, rather than directional), which makes it a fairly awkward close-combat ability. Effect lasts for approximately thirty seconds, and takes the same duration to fully set in beforehand (probably a 1 turn prior thing), so if her concentration is thrown horrifically during the setup... POOF. Also can only be used once per battle in first year and only effect a single target, et cetera et cetera.

... Growth for this will basically be longer duration, shorter setup, and wider radius, so it'd be less useless one day.

EXTRA BITS AND THINGS IDK: Because of her visual difficulty in certain circumstances, Toby has a designated 'seeing eye dog' type pet trained to be with her at all times (... if it was possible to get permission for it to be with her in class? Assuming it stayed under her desk and quiet/well behaved like a true assistance animal, that is. It'd also probably have the grabby-harness to lead her with), because she does often have trouble in things like hallways because of the physical congestion-- and again, there's a huge problem with her 'seeing' a lot of undead and ghost-type things.

Maybe this guy?



Basically (assuming this is the critter I stick with), he's an extremely obedient and well-trained 'pair of eyes' for Toby that helps lead her through the halls safely, alert her to presences she doesn't 'see' with trained signals (for example, tapping a paw on her leg), and providing support whenever she's completely blind and vulnerable. When permitted, he stays in class with her and lays under the desk until the session is over/it's time to leave. Name is now officially Iris. Because I am punny.

Other Notable Tidbits:
- Given the lack of genuine detail her usual 'sight' lends her, Toby has become very touch oriented. She likes to hold hands with anyone considered a 'friend', touch faces, and get a stronger feel for her world in the most literal sense of it.
- She loves to read, but can only do so with her true eye (as heat pits do nothing to detect ink on a page), and thus makes a habit out of getting in her literature just before bed every night, so the after-blindness is moot.
- Likewise, in-class reading assignments are often challenging for her, since she (once again) has to use her true eye for it and will thus be stumbling around blind after class if she can't do the assignment at home.
- Unsurprisingly given all of this difficulty, she also loves being read to. This would be considered a very pleasurable 'friend' activity if anyone humored her for it.
- She's not actually a strict carnivore, and will occasionally pick at fruits, veggies or starches, but her main source of energy will always be some big hunk of (... pretty damn rare) meat if she can get it.
- In her natural form, she's fairly accommodating to entertain people with rides or cart pulling if requested. Her reservations against being a 'beast of burden' when requested are pretty much non-existant, if it'll make someone happy.
- She's very touchy about her horn being touched or handled-- which is hardly surprising, given that it holds something very sensitive at its core. She'll only let someone trusted mess with it at their polite request... unless you're just adamant enough to beg her until she caves anyway. Yeah, she's that big of a pushover.
- Her sense of smell is not tremendously acute like some monsters, only a few times stronger than that of a human. Her hearing, however, is very finely tuned, as is her sense of touch.
- Continuing from the above point, she's very good at most hand-oriented tasks, and would probably excel at handling musical instruments or sculpting.
- Though switching from her true eye back to heat vision leaves her temporarily blind (as the pits readjust), switching from heat vision to her true eye poses no immediate deficit. This is a clear advantage for hunting when she needs to truly 'see' prey the instant chase breaks out.
- Said true eye is actually very over-sensitive, both to physical trauma and simply getting overwhelmed from bursts of light and literal strain. When Toby truly 'sees' through it, she can pick out an enormous amount of detail at once while barely focussing, which is excellent to absorb information and sights with... but makes for a massive migraine if she does it for too long. She can use it for approximately an hour at a time before it gets too much to handle.
- Said eye also has a nictating, lid-like film that slides over it like a transparent cover when she needs to moisten the surface or shield if from "mild" debris (see: BLOOD); however, as has been mentioned, it is still a fairly fragile and mostly exposed organ she must be careful with. Jack forbid a fight broke out among peers, the hands-down fastest way to take her out would be a hard jab in the eye.
- Toby loves music, and does have an Eyepod, which she simply keeps on random with the 'clicking' sound option on for toggling to count what option she's scrolled to. Her playlist consists mostly of old, soothing, and otherwise calm-inducing songs.
- Developed mostly out of necessity, she has a very impressive memory of unusual details in her surroundings. Very small temperature markers in certain areas, bizarre thermal "shapes", tactile sensation and sound (along with distinct vocal traits in living things) are how she accurately gauges her world most of the time, so of course they're important to remember! She also remembers smells if she can detect them, but it's a comparatively weak sense to her others.
- She very much enjoys going out at night when the weather is pleasant, since lighting has little to no effect on her. Even her true eye has very acute night vision given that its slit pupil can dilate to a fairly huge area and utilize any available moonlight.
- POST ENROLLMENT AFTERTHOUGHT, but Toby does know how to read braille in all its standard forms. She does not, however, write/record anything in it, because... well, enchanted ink and standard penmanship is just so much more practical, y'know?

Physical Description: IDK
Eye Colour: IDK, she probably doesn't even *have* them
Hair Colour/Style: IDK
Skin Colour: IDK
Clothing Style/Colours: (remember everything is Halloween-ish) IDK
Extra: (mutations, bulbous nose, freckles, etc.) IDK
References: (if applicable)

... Okay, basically as far as physical appearance in student form goes, I'm leaving that pretty much up to the colorist. I imagine that she would be a very slight-bodied androgynous looking person, somewhere between undeveloped girl and pre-pubescent boy? That's seriously about as much as I see with her. Just take her natural form and roll with it however?

Have a natural form. This R Toby.



Also, additional scrappy doodles of how her face and horn work can be found here and here for reference. That's "hunting" mode, aka where she exposes her true eye and her jaws stretch big and fang-y. Oh, also this. 8B

AND HEY LOOK FINALLY A SLIGHTLY MORE FINISHED EXAMPLE OF HUNTING MODE TOBYKINS:


MMM, NUM NUMS.

HI CHII HI THANK YOU. 8DDDD <333

Hurr, I keep adding little factoids to her list but I think I'm mostly getting happy with her! Also, I'll happily crit-swap with anyone who wanted to leave a note for it! *SALUTE* :>

LATE EDIT: I am also still trying to decide on her last name, if anyone has votes for the options or something catchier!

This is amazing.

Is there anything that upsets her or makes her angry? What really pisses her off, if anything? Does anything make her flip tables and say "F this, I'm out!"

What happens if she is yearning to help someone but they just keep shoving her away? Does she tend to only want to help those who require her help, or does she go around looking for people to please?

I love Toby. * w *

Gosh she's super cute! And I looovee her creature design *w* I have to say if you ever get her, Alessa would adore her and make her lots of yummy foods that didn't need meat.

Anyway, questions:

-You talk a lot about how she likes to hang around girls, but how does she react to boys and men? Does she dislike them? Is she oblivious to them? Nervous, scared, uncomfortable?

-Would you say she's an extrovert, getting her energy and happiness from being around other people? In the sense that if she doesn't have anyone to follow, she'll get very lonely, confused, upset, etc.?

-How does she view herself? She seems to follows others around a lot, but is it just a love of people and she feels she can offer them something, or does she have self-esteem issues?

-Despite her sweet nature, does her species ever conflict with her desires, such as making her want to chomp down on one of her friends or something?

Good luck with her! I'd love to rp when you get her. <3

Oh man, you guys, I know I'm sounding broken-record-y, by thank you again for all the help! I feel like this is definitely helping me work out her last little kinks, and now I can go on a little babble about the things y'all pointed out. Heeee, thank you thank you thank yoooou, and I will definitely return the crits for you. :> And thank you for the type-error catches too, Face!

Ary stuff--

How does she react to boys and men?

She's actually not very reactive to them in any special way; her people categorizations are less 'girls vs. guys' and more... "maiden types" versus everything else. She's (platonically) drawn to the former more immediately, but can and will willingly be friendly with anything in the latter that treats her well. Despite how she seems to have a magnetic pull towards sweet girls, she actually seems to have pretty inactive hormones. A friend is a friend, et cetera, and romantic type things (which would make "potential mate" interaction awkward or different than the normal kind) just... don't really occur to her, if that makes sense? She's vaguely uncomfortable around people who are excessively loud or assholes, but that can be dudes or chicks. Call her semi-gender blind (HA, oh I'm punny).

Extrovert? Self reflections? Self esteem?

This is where I actually feel I have a bit of trouble articulating her properly. Though Toby is pretty quiet, and a pushover to the extreme, she's actually not uncomfortable with herself, and likes who she is for the most part. She does draw a sizable part of her self worth and jollies from making people happy and, if given the chance, would never turn down a hangout with someone she liked-- but at the same time, she doesn't mind periods of being solitary for personal stuff, reading, et cetera. It's like... Quiet for her doesn't equal insecure about herself so much as a wish to not upset the people around her by speaking aggressively or out of turn. It's mostly just in the mindset of 'keeping peace' and not wasting her breath when she doesn't need to. She also prefers to be an observer for the most part, and you can only do that so much when you're running your mouth, you know?

TL;DR; I think she straddles the introvert/extrovert line right in the middle, but I *might* call her a "very silent extrovert" if I had to, with a big helping of internalized social observation on the side.

Why she can be kind without eating things:

The big thing here is that unicorn doppelgangers are instinctually driven to eat humans, and really, humans only. They're attracted to the classical "maiden" traits in a more general way, but if it's not coming from a human, it stops there as a vague magnetic pull, and they don't view it as potential food. It's like a herding dog or something; the drive to herd "prey" animals is still there, but they won't go and eat them afterwards.

I think the fact that Toby has never been to the human world or "hunted" that way for herself also plays a large part; all she's ever really felt is the attraction aspect of her instincts, and not the sudden urge to chow down on someone it's coming from (since it's only ever been Halloweeners). That, coupled with her overly passive inherent nature, has probably been what warped her into someone who'll care for about anyone or anything, perpetually reinforced by the positive feedback of getting liked/appreciated for it.

I FEAR I BABBLE. orz But yeah, this is really helping me think of her in a more rounded light; thank you, again! I'll blather about Face's stuff in a moment, and then get on addressing your quest!

ALSO, adding a couple of things before I crash, because I'm really really stupid for having been wired this late and fjsadklfjkdlsa



Since Toby's been running around ICly at the floresctival and I got a peek of Pach's amazing roughsketch of what she might look like feature-wise, I had to draw her in her would-be festi getup.

ALSO, she will be keeping the wishing floresce she magically called into existence at the wishing well!




... It's just too precious, jfksdajfaklsd. Not ICly grown yet but come on really, cutest animation ever.

ALSO ALSO, for those who are curious what Toby-Vision is like:



... Basically about identical to a thermal imaging camera, but this is a throwtogether view of how she would normally see Iris. She can also pick up on residual heat from fresh footsteps or body trails, sometimes!

........ Yeah I am going to bed now for a few hours.