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bro your whimsy. you forgot your fucking whimsy. your solemn and somber attitude is scaring the hoes

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Theo shakes their head in slow, large sweeps from side to side – they’d say NO! In total horror at her suggestion, but the silence is needed for him to mime her present into life. Prancing in a circle around her, sniffing at the air and ‘pulling’ at ‘branches and buds’, Theo searches for the most perfect one. Satisfied with his selection, he brings one arm sweeping up, gloved fingers wiggling, and plucks a ‘flower’. Theo gives it a hearty sniff to be sure, his free hand wafting the air towards his blissful face. With a flourish, he then gives it a good shake, and – wouldn’t you know it! 

Opening his mouth a couple of times before he can bring words forth again, Theo announces: “A beautiful bouquet of flowers for my beautiful sister!” And they are beautiful! Bright pinks and blues, the vibrant petals bringing out the colours of Jess’ mutation. “I’m not sure I could do a horse’s head. That’d be a little…” one finger on their chin, Theo tilts their head in thought. “Abstract. Although if you want a horses head real bad, I bet I could find a horsey looking mutant and get their head off for ya! Chainsaws are always easy.”

Oh look! May decided to give her another sibling! Information downloading... background adapting... memories entering... registering it as close to real... registering it as what had happened all along... Ah yes, her triplet who had listened to her about the Creator and had agreed that she should kill their parents! Okay! "Ya know, I'm gonna be pretty disappointed if it's a horse head! Ya gotta at least put those on a pillow, ya know?"

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Well, thank goodness this fella doesn’t seem too bothered by the hole. Theo opens his mouth to speak; no words come out. They raise a fist to their mouth, with a jerky convulsion as if going cough cough cough, but still not a sound comes out. Shaking their head to clear it, Theo tries again and this time manages to audibly clear their throat. “Trying to get some more light in here! It’s so dingy, ya know? A little sunlight never hurt anyone. Don’t mention the fact that the hole’s in the wrong place! I know! Ceiling’s up there!” he points, jabbing his finger three times emphatically upwards. “But really, I ask ya, why live in this sunny sandy dreamscape only to lurk in the shadows underground. Pretty silly of us if ya ask me.”

large booms aren't often heard in this section of the tunnels, given that the doors have long since rusted themselves over from disuse. the ones that are open stay open, and the ones that are shut generally stay shut. of course, ezra has never cared about doors—being that he can phase through any material he likes, that's always been more of a suggestion than a necessity. he could see why someone else might need to get a little more creative. the figure that greets him is certainly... creative. a little horrifying. and that's coming from him. "what in god's name are you doing back here?" he asks, less accusatory and more intrigued. "you looking to cause a cave-in or something? have a few sinkholes open up in the city?"

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Well, it does kind of hurt Theo’s feelings that the kid shies away from him. But kids are like that sometimes! They can be shy! Theo had certainly been a shy, quiet kid. So he’s just going to hope that the joy of the balloon animal, once it’s made, will cheer him up. He’s grateful to the parent for encouraging the kid (sometimes parents actually yank their kids away from Theo, which is always sad), and for letting him know that a fish might be appreciated.

Manipulating what looks to be thin air, Theo twists and turns – pauses to take out a second balloon, and with a few final flourishes, he ‘twists’ these two ‘balloons’ together. And as he finishes with a dramatic sweep of an arm, the balloon fish POPS INTO LIFE with a squeak! This, they present to the child, still grinning, still silent. He really hopes they like it!

God mimes were creepy, but this one seemed to genuinely want to make Nemo laugh, which seemed to not be working as Nemo shied away from him. "Hey bud," he said as he knelt down, gently squeezing his tiny shoulder, "they want to be your friend, I think they want to make you something," he explained as Nemo slowly walked forward and looked at the balloon with curiosity. "Fish - any" Felix whispered in hopes of answering the other's obvious question

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THE FASHION OF THEODORE TURNER

While it can be hard to find patterned fabric in these times, Theo proudly owns one quilted jacket with the iconic HARLEQUIN DIAMONDS. It's their favourite pattern. Theo is nothing if not committed to the bit.

Theo is never seen without GLOVES. White gloves, so that his hands flutter like trapped doves as he mimes. Beyond the aesthetic, he is also frightened of his hands and cannot bear to look at them bare. When he needs to trim his fingernails, he needs someone to help him and will have his eyes squeezed tight shut the whole time.

Frequently seen in POET SHIRTS. The loose fabric is essential to comfort in the post apocalyptic Australian landscape, the billowy sleeves thrill and delight him, and he can often find options with fancy collars which is something Theo values highly.

LONG SKIRTS are also great for keeping cool -- all of Theo's are black or white. He doesn't wear them that frequently because he likes his legs visually separated for dramatic miming purposes, but they appear often enough in his wardrobe.

For the rare dressy occasion, WAISTCOATS are a must for them. His favourite is white with little black card house embroideries! Few of Theo's clothes are fitted, but their waistcoats will bring a shapelier silhouette to his otherwise flowing looks.

BLOOMERS AND PANTALOONS are his most frequent leg covering. They are frilly, fun, and comfy. Literally what's not to love?

Shoes have got to be sensible in this climate, but Theo dresses up the requisite Post Apocalyptic Boots™ with some funky SPATS. They're pretty beaten up at this point, but they bring an essential Vibe to their outfits and you'll never catch them without the spats!

Similar to waistcoats, if Theo has to dress up they reach for fun COLLAR accessories. Little capelets, shirts with extravagant collars, ruffs... all in black and white, naturally.

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Aw, booooo! Kiran never gives Theo the applause he deserves. You make a whole new doorway out of nowhere, and what? Nothing but exasperation? “I thought security might stop me.” Theo explains. Security guards tend not to take well to his presence; it’s always obvious that he’s about to cause mischief. Really, he thinks, they should love him. His every move is so exaggerated that he makes their jobs really easy! 

“And why do I need help from you? Can’t a fella just come see their brother for the sheer love of family?” He casts himself down in a chair, one ankle flinging over the opposite knee. “We never do anything, ya know! We should do brother stuff! Like… coffee. Baseball, even!”

They always say things come in threes! That goes for the Turner Triplets too. He had already run into Jess and Dolly, which was one he was still unpacking, it only made sense that Theo would appear. Literally. In his office. At random. Well, he thinks, at least they had the decency not to bombard me on my morning commute. He turns from where he's standing over his computer to see Theo, teeth bared like a hyena about to attack, and greets him in an almost lackluster fashion compared to how another might react. Fortunately (unfortunately?) Kiran had grown up with the likes of Theo and Jess. This was nothing out of the ordinary. "Works great, Theo. How can I help you today? I see you decided not to use the front door."

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All of Caspar's worry dissipates when he sees Theo. The funky little mime man would never tell on him. He even manages to laugh as he watches his performance. "Fuckin' brilliant, Mr Mime." The other man stops, and Caspar can't help but feel disappointed. He had expected a grand finale! "Don't hold back on me now, Red. Show me the big finish! Razzle dazzle me! I'll clap and take you back to my place for beers after."

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Theo thrives off the laughter! It only encourages him, allowing his arms to sweep in wider motions. A lot of people don’t appreciate the art of miming, so it’s always a thrill when people are so enthused. So as requested, they will be razzling and dazzling to the best of their ability! Caspar is someone to impress; Theo has always thought that, even from a distance. Something about him commands respect.

So, Theo digs first in one pocket – it’s empty! His face contorts, mouth open with the edges turned down, the very picture of sorrow. And then he digs in the other pocket, and – ta da! The frown is turned upside down, expression lighting up with joy. Theo cups a hand around this invisible thing, then ‘opens’ the ‘matchbox’, carefully picking up a single match. They hold it pinched between two fingers, up in front of their face, and they show it carefully to Caspar – though of course, ‘it’ is just thin air, just an invisible matchstick.

Still, when he ‘strikes it’ against the ‘ignition strip’, and then drops it carefully upon the corpse, a grand fire roars into life, and it is very much real! The corpse is surrounded in flames, going up like a bonfire, and Theo turns beaming to his audience of one, taking a grand bow with one arm to his stomach and the other flung out to the side. @animusvenenatus

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Oh, adorable! A child! Theo genuinely and wholesomely thinks kids are great. It's not... innately part of his miming, but it does feel right for him to bring them laughter. Unfortunately, most of them find him more creepy than amusing. Still, they will always try again -- Theo completely ignores Felix, focusing instead on little Nemo, and squats down to match Nemo's height with a huge grin. Reaching into his pocket, Theo holds his pinched fingers to his lips, and begins blowing out air silently, cheeks puffing out, and his other hand 'holding a balloon' which grows bigger with each breath. It's balloon animal time! He can't ask what Nemo's favourite animal is, unfortunately, because the talking would prevent the miming from working. @freshcir

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Theo has always had an affinity for brightness and sunshine - blame it on Dolly and Jess. And he's always thought the Damned HQ was supremely depressing. Just because they're underground doesn't mean they have to be so grim about it! So they begin 'unwinding' a 'strip of something', starting at the wall and retreating with it to a safe distance. When appropriately far back, they reach into their pocket with a flourish and retrieve a 'box' -- all of this is completely invisible, of course -- and 'strikes a match'. When he 'touches' the 'match' to the 'strip of something', a very audible sizzling is emitted.

The sound runs quickly to the wall, and results in a sharp boom as a hole is blown in the wall. Theo was ready to celebrate the sunlight that would surely now be flooding in, except... he'd blown up a section of wall, not roof, so the hole only reveals more dark and dingy underground. Their mouth turns down in a pouty frown, and they're about to start 'unwinding' more 'explosives' when they realise somebody saw that. Theo covers their mouth with a silent oopsie -- it always takes him a second to start using his words again after a miming. @buriedwithit

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"Jessicaaaaaaaa," with sing-song voice, Theo swings himself into a nice comfy seat next to her. "I got a present for ya! Guess what it is." @surejess

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Theo has to get a better look, because he can't be seeing what he thinks he's seeing. Focusing his invisible binoculars, they can get a really good look at the unmistakeable plastic flesh. "Dolores!?" He puts his invisble binoculars aside, approaching her -- cautiously. "Ain't you a sight for sore eyes!" He... doesn't know what to do, now. Theo isn't used to taking things seriously, but he can't be flippant about this.

"I thought you died." They say this accusingly, as if she'd left Theo personally. For lack of anything more eloquent (Theo had never been the best with words, of the three of them), he holds his arms out in a silent, and remarkably pathetic, request for a hug. @animusvenenatus

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Kiran never wanted to play when they were kids, and it's more of the same now they're adults! Theo is always waiting to get asked over for coffee or something, and the invitation never comes! So he makes his own invitation, by making his own door. Theo sweeps his hands around the building, tracing out the shape of a door, before fishing an invisible key out of his pocket. This, he 'inserts' into the 'lock' and, wouldn't you know it, there's a nice new door in the wall so that he can let himself into Kiran's office without bypassing security!

"Hiya, Kiran." Theo gives him a nice big smile, lots of teeth to show they're happy. "How's work?" @kiranxturner

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The benefit of the doubt is reserved for people Theo's not seen around in the Damned. He's pretty sure Caspar probably did do this, but he doesn't care. Theo wiggles their fingers in a little wave to catch his attention, then sweeps one arm up in an exaggerated 'shhh' gesture, finger pressed silently to their lips. And then, with all the panache of a burglar in the Sims 1 creeping towards a house, he tiptoes ever so silently towards the scene. Holding his hands up as though holding a jerry can, he waggles his eyebrows at Caspar before beginning to 'douse' the corpse in 'gasoline' -- which of course is not, for the moment, visibly doing anything.

open starter // caspar blix

"Damn it," he mumbles, checking for a pulse. Caspar experiences a flicker of guilt each time he takes a life, but it's unavoidable; he craves violence and turmoil as intensely as pregnant women crave pickles with peanut butter. He hears footsteps behind him and stands up straight. The alley now feels colder and more threatening than it did a few seconds ago. "Must've been a mugging or some shit," he lies, glancing at the corpse. "I just found him like this."

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( cameron monaghan, 34, demi man, he/they ) — Look who it is! If you take a look at our database, you’ll find that THEODORE TURNER is a MEAT-WORKER that works in SECTOR 2. According to the file, they’re a mutant with the power of MANIFEST MIMING. That must be why they’re BOLD and IRRESPONSIBLE. If you ask me, they remind me of the diamonds of a harlequin done in black and white, monstrous exaggeration, and cotton candy toothache. They are affiliated with THE DAMNED.

basic information:

character name: Theodore Turner

nickname (s): Theo, Teddy

face claim: Cameron Monaghan

mutation status: Gen II mutant

birthday: february 24th

sexuality: gay

height: 5'5 (specifying height here bc cameron monaghan is tall but Theo is a baby triplet who has always been pretty diminutive)

moral alignment: somewhere between chaotic neutral / chaotic evil

occupation: meat worker

work sector: 2

affiliation: the damned

3 positive traits: bold, flamboyant, observant

3 negative traits: irresponsible, obsessive, flaky

biography (optional):

tw: clowning, family slaughter, evil cartoon violence vibes.

The third of a set of triplets - first came Jess, then Dolly, then Theo -- he was used to being the quiet one; the forgotten one. Theo only learned to speak a long time after his siblings, and always remained the quiet one. Dark and sullen, where Dolly and Jess were bright and sparkling. He was also a very tiny baby (triplets be like that, I think), and he never really got tall.

When the twins were 16 (Dolly was gone by now :/ missing presumed dead, so it was just Theo n Jess) and Jess began to harp on about The Creator, Theo was totally behind her. His older sister is cool and would never lie to them! And it all made sense! Every time their parents sent Jess away, Theo was there protesting, reeling her back in with invisible lassos and putting her in invisible boxes so they couldn't get her. (Naturally, Theo has spent a lot of time straight jacketed or otherwise tied up, because it was an easy way to control their miming).

Even when Jess said she had to kill their parents in order to gain free will? Well, so true Jess! Theo even tried to be her alibi, but the courts didn't find his testimony very believable. They knew it was going badly, so they started miming a door to get Jess out through, but they realised what he was doing and locked him up for contempt of court :/

It was only a short sentence but it kept getting extended because Theo kept performing whacky hijinks to get himself out :/// they've spent a fair amount of time in the penitentiary due to their whacky hijinks, actually.

They've bounced around jobs due to being pretty unemployable. Since the whole parental slaughter thing, and many late nights talking to Jess about The Creator, Theo has a big god complex now. Like, sure, The Creator is real and creates their reality. But you know who else can create reality? THEO! With their mime manifestations! Jess might have a complicated relationship with The Creator. Theo doesn't. Theo wants to like, Kill God.

Joined the Damned because Theo has always felt like their powers are weaker than Dolly and Jess' :/ and the Damned can help them be more powerful. He wants to kill god, they want to cause chaos and bring about mutant supremacy... it's sort of a match made in heaven, right?

Theo has major baby sibling energy. They REALLY look up to all their siblings, and actually totally idolises Kiran. Who would have thought! But Kiran really has his shit together. Theo is anti-council but pro-Kiran so he's not liable to do things that will inconvenience the Council too much. His vibe with all of the Turner siblings is like, him standing in an invisible box he made around himself, dramatically slamming his palms against it with the most sopping wet expression you can envision. He YEARNS for their love and attention.

The overall mood for Theo is HIGH CAMP. They can't do anything subtly because heaven forbid his mimes are not interpreted right. He might be the quiet triplet, but he can definitely match the other two in DRAMA and FLAIR and JE NE SAIS QUOI and ÉLAN and-- you get the point.

questionnaire:

how do they feel about living in sol city? have they always lived there or did they travel from another settlement?

He's been here since he was eight, though he retains the Noo Yawk accent that is so iconic to Jess. Bada bing bada boom. Hey, he's walkin' here! It feels like home, now. Sol City is chaotic and fun and he doesn't really hold it against them that he keeps getting thrown into the penitentiary for minor petty misdemeanours.

do they trust the council’s leadership? why or why not?

Nope! Theo is the only god Theo needs. But out of love and respect for Kiran, he stays out of their way.

if they chose their sector and profession, why did they make that choice? if they didn’t, why not? were they happy with their assignment or not?

He sure didn't! He was initially placed in a factory, but he kept causing accidents with the heavy machinery. He got moved to stocking/loading, but he kept... causing accidents with the heavy machinery. Then he was in textiles, but... well, you get the picture. There's a certain amount of machinery, and knives, involved in meat work but being surrounded by all the synthetic flesh seems to stop him from hungering for extra chaos.

what’s one object that they always keep on their person?

A jaunty little beret! It's not necessary for him to use his powers but he loves to commit to the bit, and it really puts him in the mood for some miming.

(mutant only section)

what is your character’s ability (or abilities)?

Manifest Miming.

are they gen i or gen ii?

Gen II.

what can your character do? what are their strengths?

Effect Generation. IE, he can mime lassooing a person and reel them in and they'll be dragged closer to him.

Invisible Artillery. Finger guns are serious for Theo.

Self Sustenance. He can 'eat' or 'drink' by miming these actions.

Dancing Mastery. Theo can innately perform any style of dance. They'd be so good in sector 10! But nobody trusts Theo to behave himself :/

Distraction Inducement. His miming can have a befuddling effect on the mind that makes it hard to perceive anything else going on around them.

Inaudible Movement. So long as they do campy dramatic tiptoe steps, Theo can move totally silently.

Mimicry. Through the powers of observation and general mimery, Theo can do completely accurate impersonations of anyone: he can copy their voice, their posture, their movement, everything. He won't actually look like them so this isn't useful for like, break ins or anything. But it's very funny and amusing <3 and you KNOW they were absolutely roasting the shit out of all their siblings by doing mean mimics throughout their younger years.

what can’t they do? what are their weaknesses?

Can only use powers while not speaking.

Must have limbs free to carry out his mimes (it's super easy to stop Theo if their distraction doesn't get you first, because you literally just gotta pin his arms and he's powerless.

If the action he is miming out is too vague or abstract to understand, it won't work. For that reason, Theo has always been a black and white kinda fella. Goes with the mime aesthetic anyway, and they gotta go big or go home to make their powers work.

is there anything else you’d like to specify about them?

Using their mime powers shifts Theo's appearance: when not miming, he has bright red hair and a normal complexion. The more he mimes (or the more powerful the effects he produces), his hair goes inky black, his skin chalky white, his brows take on a dark, dramatic, furrowed expression.

Also, they are extremely double jointed to the point of being able to perform cirque-du-soleil style bends. This isn't actually a part of their mutation, it's just the way they are. The vibe is great though and Theo loves to utilise this flexibility!