AMITYVILLE ACADEMY ENROLLMENT FORM Name: Mortimer McNeal
Nicknames: Mort, Mo-Mo
Gender: Boil
Age: Drowned at 14 ;; Dead for about 2 years
Faction: Undead
Race: Zombie
Natural Ability:
As an undead: Freedom to take his own limbs off and on
As a zombie: Perseverance
Zombies have a tendency to always keep going, regardless of how damaged their bodies are. Unless you do a headshot. 8(
Personality: Mad scientist? MORE LIKE GLAD SCIENTIST.
Brains? BRAAAIIIINSSSSS! <33
Mort loves brains beyond their obvious “favorite zombie food†staple, even though he’s loathe to eat them. That’s right; this is a zombie who prefers eating flesh, not grey matter. He’s intrigued by the inner workings of one of the most important organs in a sentient body and has begun collecting them to study: and by study, he means poke them, dissect them, and sticking them in his head to see what happens – usually in that order. Mort still has cravings for the stuff, but he’s been trying his best to avoid even nibbling on his own collection at the least.
Open Minded . . .
No, literally. The top of his head can pop off when excited or startled because that particular suture is loose. Otherwise, Mort’s pretty chill with most anyone; all he wants is to be liked after all.
. . . Except For . . .
Like any undead, Mortimer still fears fire. He also has an intense fear of water as well, a carry over from the way he died. Puddles make him iffy, lakes make him shake. Showers? Well it’s a good thing he doesn’t bother to in the first place. Squirting him with water is the easiest way to freak him out. It probably doesn’t help that he enjoys messing with electrical appliances.
Speaking of!
Mort is fascinated not only by the brain, but by electrical impulses, electrical currents, lightning, and all other manner of zappage. Got tech? He wants it! The zombie loves to tinker and experiment, and he has on more than one occasion taken parts from The Crypt for his test subjects.
Comic Book/Video Game Nerd
This zombie loves to follow the adventures of his favorite superheroes and villains, as well as those of other gaming protagonists, with a fervent passion. If you don't see him for a day or so, he's probably in his room pouring over some new edition or DLC that just became available. A certain part of Mort's closet is dedicated to cosplay materials, figurines, movie tickets, unused posters, expansion books . . . Secretly, Mortimer wants to cultivate an alter ego of his own to become famous under.
Simpleton
Mortimer’s got something of a dumb-streak, partially because he’s slow to catch on social cues, partially because he’s probably zapped himself a few times more than necessary; it’s pretty easy to make him believe things. By the same token, he’s one who can simplify problems down to their base elements and fix it from there. Mort strives to keep a drama-free life and is more than happy to distract someone else with his schedule.
Optimistic
Despite the stitches on his mouth that prevent him from speaking very well, Mortimer always tries to smile. Experiment goes wrong? That just means he learned one way to make an explosion in his face! It’s hard to keep the zombie down, but if he does spiral he hits ground pretty hard . . . And then he reassembles himself and goes back to whatever he was doing before.
OVERALL
Mort’s perseverance outshines his smarts, but he’s a loyal friend through and through. While his ideas about revolutionizing the zombie species into semi-mecha warriors in the future is unrealistic, he is determined to put his race back on the map as one of the most feared creatures Humankind has ever invented.
Why are they enrolled in Amityville Academy?
Mortimer is determined to find fresh new ways to bring zombies back on the forefront of FEAR-mongering in the Halloween community, but . . . he needs to get smarter first. Also he needs a new base to hide his growing collection of parts before his Mom cuts him off. Again.
FEAR Ability: Brain Storm
When activated, Mort’s cranial top flips open to reveal his brain a’chargin’ its lasers lighting up like a live wire before its strikes out with electricity. At best this can fire off two short but quick zaps, but in later years will grow in power/range. Any time he uses the ability, Mort gets quite the headache, though.
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