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Out There 

A modern retelling of Victor Hugo’s Notre-Dame de Paris. 

Quasimodo ==> Jean-Claude Kassim Frollo

Character Bio: 

Nickname(s): “Kassi”, “Hunchback”

Twitter handle: @kassimodo

Complexion: Fair skinned and freckled. Very freckled. 

Hair: Ginger, keeps bangs long in front, short in back

Hieght: 5’1”, about 4’5” when stooped

Eyes: Blue-Green 

Age: 20

Favorite Color: Green

Favorite Animal: Birds, especially pigeons, doves, crows, and magpies

Birthday: December 6th

Horoscope: Sagittarius

Noticeable facial features: big ears, big nose, freckles, overbite with a gap in his front teeth, and hair covering the left half of his face

Noticeable bodily features: Stands out very easily in a small crowd, but easy to lose in a big one due to height. Top-heavy with built arms and thinner legs, naturally slumping posture. Has difficulty standing up straight, but can sit up straight more easily. Walks with a limp, needs armband canes when outside for an extended amount of time.

Fulltime mechanical engineering student [in his third of four years of study] at the University of Notre Dame du Lac in Notre Dame, IN. Works 2 parttime jobs to cover for many medical expenses and help cover for insurance per an agreement with his father, Claude Frollo.

Born premature, he has many physical disabilities that require regular doctor’s visits and treatments, including major scoliosis, acute asthma, cleft foot, and easily agitated joints in his legs. He also had an accident when he was younger that led to the left side of his face heavily scarred, affecting the vision in his left eye.

Due to emotional neglect/abuse from his single father and living almost his entire life alone, has developed a negatively skewed perception of himself, being referred to as a hunchback by callous schoolmates. He dreams of a life where he can live completely independently of anyone and everyone, especially his father. He strives to do well in school to get a well-paying job so he may achieve that goal financially. He hasn’t planned any further ahead than graduating, and the harder he pushes himself to make his dream a reality, the more desperately he wants to be free.

Frollo has told him time and time again that Kassi was an unplanned pregnancy, that his mother didn’t want to have a child but took him to term anyway at Frollo’s insistence on having a son, and thus died in childbirth. Because of this, he has a complex of not being wanted, of being a mistake, and feels guilty over his birth leading to his mother’s death.

Does his best to stay pleasant but emotionally distant from others, to avoid getting hurt.

Very socially awkward and prefers to avoid doing anything he feels might embarrass him, but what he doesn’t understand about people he makes up for with an extensive knowledge of his interests, including art, his studies, and various creative pursuits.

Uses a morbid, dry sense of self-deprecating humor to cope with bullying, and is surprisingly well received my classmates, impressing them with his “thick” skin. Pretends to not let jokes bother him, but often prefers to be alone so people won’t mock him.

Doesn’t like to assume the worst in people, but finds himself very easily disappointed by people’s negative behavior, and puts himself down for getting his hopes up (“why did I expect any different?”). Often genuinely surprised when people are nice to him, and will become flustered if shown affection.

Lives in his father’s expansive 4-story house [attic, upstairs, downstairs, and basement], which is adorned with gothic architecture and many religious art pieces. Only has free reign of his own room and the attic, not allowed in his father’s room, office, or basement. In spite of that, he has a vague emotional attachment to the old building, and knows he’ll be sad when he [hopefully] leaves after graduation.

His room is completely different from the rest of the house: warm and colorful and inviting and covered in an organized chaos of posters, projects, Polaroids, books, comics, models, and art supplies. He also has a high skylight that his pet parrot, Laverne, as well as various stray birds he’s rescued from his backyard over the years, likes to fly in and out through.

Keeps most of his in-progress projects in the attic, where Frollo hardly intrudes. His large model of the school, a refurbished grandfather clock, which chimes like a music box (thanks engineering degree!), stained glass, and a large mural painting of everything Kassi loves [mostly birds, clouds, buildings, and interesting people he’s seen in passing on the bus] covering the far back walls and ceiling of the attic.

Takes a bus home and to school, rarely drives with his father because neither associate with each other on campus. No one knows they’re even related because they look and act nothing alike.

Doesn’t believe in True Love, but enjoys reading love stories.

Wears mostly baggy shirts and slacks. Prefers soft, comfortable sweaters and loose vests or t-shirts over starchy collared shirts, both because they cover his odd bodily proportions more easily, and also because his house has no central heating aside from a giant fireplace in the foyer.

Wears a brace for his spine and rib cage, and uses arm-braced walking canes to help him get around and prevent him from having a hunch or a limp. Has a hard time adjusting the height of the canes because he’s short.

Wears a headband when working on art pieces to keep his hair out of both eyes. Usually only makes art when he’s alone because of this. Doesn’t like people staring at the scarred side of his face.

Tends to become hyper focused when performing a task he’s passionate about, and will often block out everything he sees and hears while working. Other students poke fun at him by balancing erasers on his head while he’s reading in the library.

Cries easily, but masks it with a smile, a shrug, and an excuse to the bathroom.

When too stressed or upset to the point of a breakdown, will shut down emotionally and start hearing a high ringing in his ears, until something or someone snaps him out of it.

When he becomes very good friends with someone, he shows a surprising amount of whit and will be unafraid of teasing them. But he’s also ride or die, so if anyone else were to make fun of said friend, he’d be the first to come to their defense, or at the very least, grab them ice cream afterwards to cheer them up.