[Enrollment] Christof The Patchwork Undead Accepted

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AMITYVILLE ACADEMY ENROLLMENT FORM

Name: Christof
Nicknames: unknown as of yet! (he's got to make friends first.)
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown (Physically youngish? In an Igorish sort of way... Perhaps mentally 14-16?) Up to the artist's discretion.

Faction/Race Patchwork Undead (Hunchback)

Personality: Christof is shy, but eager to help and make as many friends as possible, even if he becomes overbearingly subservient. He loves taking orders, and fulfilling menial tasks. (It doesn't take much to bully him into doing your homework for you.) He is also mute. Due to the unspeakable things he has witnessed his master do over the years, the paranoid Master stitched his mouth shut- as a result, he's very good at keeping secrets. He does have his violent side that comes out when he becomes especially frustrated by his own poor communication skills. He is, though, very good at sewing. He also keeps a private journal hidden in his room. I'm sure it's discovery would lead to a lot of embarrassment and explanations for what the young patchworked man is thinking a lot of the time.

Why are they enrolled in Amityville Academy? Christof's Master has gone 'abroad'- where, exactly, Christof only assumes is the human world to continue his research. As such, he needed a place to 'babysit' his creation and keep him occupied and hopefully teach him a thing or two in the process. Christof would much rather have stayed home in the laboratory making sure the labrats are kept fed, but his Master thought otherwise. Christof hopes to learn how to get to the human world to track down his lost Master who has more than likely forgotten about him. He keeps this agenda to himself.

NATURAL ABILITY: Interchangeable parts

FEAR: As a conglomerate of various corpses, his hunchback and arm came from a special monstrous source, and are especially receptive to fear-related transformations. That arm can grow scales, spines and claws for those short-adrenalin induced moments when agility and enhanced strength is needed.
Some visual notes!

Year One: At first, he will only be able to hold onto any transformation for a few moments, and only one thing at a time- a moment of shielding scales, or a moment of sharp claws for that individual block or blow.
Year Two: He will learn to be able to hold onto the transformations a bit longer, and perhaps more than one at a time- so shielding scales AND sharp claws for a longer duration, etc.
Beyond: Who knows what fancy tricks he will learn from there!








Physical Description:
Eye Colour: One Blue, One Green.
Hair Colour/Style: Messy, Brownish/Blondish, and belonging to at least two different people originally.
Skin Colour: All sorts
Clothing Style/Colours: Dingy, simple, brown and out of date.
Extra: He has a large hunch and the accompanying arm on that side is much larger than the other.
References: See next post.
 

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Other Stuff

Quick Backstory Blurb:
Christof is actually an OC of mine that would fit perfectly into the Halloween Town world! (with a little adjustments to his usual story) Updated Reference: (Totally okay for the final artist to take whatever liberties they like!)

The Elusive Master
Not much is known about Christof's Master- at least he doesn't say anything about it (hah) but he certainly thinks about him! Vincent Verdan is seldom far from his thoughts, and most of his time in the academy not dedicated towards learning more about the human world to find him is spent finding ways to fill the void a lack of someone-bossing-him-around left. More info available when I get bored and decide to expand!

Costume Alts: Whoever my final artist is, feel free to do what you like! I've just been playing around. X)
Fancy Dress, Swim Wear, Modern Dress, Hip Hop

Newer References:
Christof Expression Doodles
Quick Paint
Another speed paint
Creeper Christof


Old References:
Master and Monster pen doodle
Old hunch studies
Canon-backstory notes do not apply to Halloween Town incarnation

Received Art:



F.A.Q.
Questions asked in critiques: Answered!

☣Since he is mute, how do you intend to make him communicate?

He communicates through gesticulation and miming generally. He can write and draw well enough to clear in blanks when necessary. He will definitely work best coupled with outspoken characters, but actions speak louder than words! He is just as likely to try to silently tend to someone upset with a hug (whether it's appreciated or not). I have experience playing characters with speech impediments, it should all go smoothly.

☣He's subservient, and sounds like he'd be easy to take advantage of... Which could make for awesome plot! But is there anything that he WON'T do? Where does he draw the line when it comes to doing things for other people? Or, alternatively, have his years of service to a mad scientist pretty much rendered him unflappable in that regard?

He definitely forms his own opinions about things! When commands conflict with his own desires, he either acts out or rebels or half-asses said command. For example: There's a girl he's been crushing on, but there's also a fellow who's been ordering him around a lot to fulfill that void of being Masterless- but turns out said Fellow also likes the same girl and asks Christof to deliver a box of chocolates. He very well may just toss the note and pretend the chocolates are from him. Apply this in whatever other conflict, to whatever degree. He has his mischievous, selfish side. X)

If anything, his years of being ordered about by his Master have made him very much the bitter, rebellious teenager, but still his personality is dictated by the nature of his creation.

I should also mention, the degree of his faithfulness to a commanding "Friend" depends on that "Friend"s control and manipulation of him. He IS manipulable but it must be clever manipulation!

☣When he's not off serving someone else, what does Christof like to do? You mention he's good at sewing - a possible hobby? Or is he just too focused on being a good Igor?

He is a creature made from creatures, and ergo finds it fascinating to dissect and explore. Some people may find their mini pets cut apart and put back together again if they turn their backs on him and them for too long. :C He has a huge curiosity but likes making things, be it altering clothing to fit his hunch, making presents for people or even building new friends... from scratch. He was created and trained by a mad scientist, he can't help but let that slip out! He is very clever, even if he sometimes pretends to be dumb if it seems important to do so.

☣When his 'violent side' comes out, what exactly does he do? Would he actually whack the person who's annoying him by being thick, or just lash out at whatever random inanimate object is nearby to let out frustration, or what?

He's incapable of screaming, save for frustrated grunts and growls and muffled noises, and so he finds outlet by kicking, slamming doors, punching, throwing books, etc. He's a very animated guy. If he feels you have wronged him or someone he's taken a liking to, he's very likely to go for the throat, so to speak. Otherwise, he's very sweet and quite the good boy. X)

☣ Christof is very animated... does he like to dance?!

He does like to dance! That does not mean he's very good at it, though. I'm fairly certain one of his legs is longer than the other. :C <3

☣ What different parts is he made up of?

MANY. Skin grafts, various organs from various places, sort of a hodgepodge of mostly humanoid, but some monster parts.

☣What would his room look like?

I am not sure what his room looks like! His Master is a bit of a religeous zealot and very OCD so at home he basically sleeps on a cot in a broom closet. Once we get to school where he has a bit more free-reign with his decor, I suppose we'll see what he does with the place! He will probably like to put things up on his walls a lot, photos, notes, dead birds, etc.

☣What are CHRISTOF's motivators? He seems like a people pleaser. WHY? Is it just his nature after being subservient to his master for so long? Or is there a different motivator he has? Distinguish between what is 'habit' and what is 'his choice' with that. It's easy to assume. I feel a good standard of 'now' with him, but what does he aspire to?

That I cannot say! I set him up for now, but SO MUCH depends on his interactions with the other people in the school! He is a blank slate, so to speak, finding himself through the school- I suppose this nature is because it is all he's known, and what he knows people like him ("Igors") are supposed to do/act/say from "birth". If people are mostly mean to him, he could very well become so embittered he decides to try to build some horrible death machine to kill them all (And more than likely fail, burn off his own eyebrows, or never make it past doodle-stage, but that is where his heart would be.) But if everyone's nice to him, he'll respond quite differently. His desires have yet to be formed! At present, his key motivation is: Learn enough to go to the human world, get his Master back, and return to life as normal. How his plans will deviate depends on the people he meets and the things that happen to him along the way! I don't like pre-determining too much when it comes to character development, esp. in a group RP setting where so much of the events are out of your control. I usually just start at the starting point and see where it all leads from there! If it is necessary to write out a hypothetical character development arch, I would need to make some sort of branching chart. XD

☣If he's such a good sewer, is there a reason it hasn't crossed his mind to just take the stitches out of his mouth yet? Is it a paranoia that he'll get in trouble for it?

BRAINWASH MAGIC. The idea has never crossed his mind, and I think attempting to do it would send him in a panic attack. How much of this is in his head and how much of it is actual secret-keeping-magic is unknown, and I suppose a limit his fellow students will have to test! Something I realized I totally failed to mention is he's missing half of his tongue as well, so even if the stitches were removed it wouldn't help him with his communications skills. HIS MASTER IS NEFARIOUS. :C

☣About his FEAR: How short is 'short'?

I imagined it linked to the adrenalin/fear. He's a youngin' still learning his own ropes, but it is his main defense in a fight. Maybe a minute or two at first, but once older/more knowledgeable, he'll be able to do more monstrous things with it for longer periods of time. (For example, someone swings a blade at him, he could concentrate his fear to make shielding scales to try to block that blow, but if the blow is too quick for him, or there's two many blows to block, he may lose his whole arm and sadly have to go patch himself back together after the fight.)

Truthfully this is a power derived from his original incarnation as an OC- I was just going to play it as "weak" to start with and amp it up as he grows.

☣How far does his 'patience' extend before he gets frustrated with things?

Depends on the situation entirely! If it's a face-palm moment he might just let it slide. If he's trying to warn people he saw some ax-murderer coming to get them all and everyone is all "TEEHEE HE'S PLAYING CHARADES" He'll definitely lose his temper right off. Always circumstantial. X)

☣What about Psychics?

he COULD "talk" to a psychic, which would be entirely weird for him to have someone who could read his thoughts do so. XD THEY MIGHT BE VERY SURPRISED. Teenaged boys, sheesh. <33

☣Is he an intelligent creature? Like demon_pachabel was asking above, why doesn't he just take the stitches out? This got me curious on what his level of intelligence is, since he is very subservient.

Being intelligent and being wise are two different things! He is very smart, he's not a brain-dead zombie, I'm sure his Master would have only used the best stock of brains to make his manservant/bodyguard with! But a high IQ can be useless if you're immature otherwise. icon_wink.gif He's clever, but certainly no genius.

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