Character created based on 'Twisted Redux' Roleplay.Name: Roger Michaels
Species: Human
Gender: Male
Age: 86
Mental Illness: Dementia, Metaphysical Solipsism: This means that he does not believe that anything truly exist outside of his own thoughts. He believes everything in reality is truly just his thoughts creating events. Topped with Dementia, he doesn't really understand from one moment to the next what he is doing, and remains inside his own self, not aware of what he is doing on the outside.
Appearance: Roger is an aged decrepit old man, with gritty nasty teeth that look as if they hadn't been brushed in ages.His thin stringy white hair is usually a mess, and sits at a medium length around the back and sides of his head. The front and top have balded. Age spots and wrinkles litter his pale skin. His eyes are deep set and green. However, he rarely can be seen staring at anything in particular, as he often looks very blank, as if he is staring off into nothing. He oddly enough, usually has a crooked smile as he stares at the floor from his wheelchair.
His movements are very scarce, and often only shivers or episodes of realization, before sinking back into his seemingly comatose like state. He is rather scrawny in size, and has a stature of no more than five feet tall. Large, thick glasses adorn his face. They are a simple metallic color, and very old. As Roger seldom actually uses them, they sit on his thin flat nose, collecting dust until someone is usually kind enough to wipe them for him.
History: Roger Michaels was born in 1920, in a small home of Washburn, Connecticut. He was the youngest son of 4 boys: Tom, Elmer, Jerry, and Roger. He grew up normal, for any boy growing up in that time period, though he was a bit more daring than his older brothers. He often played practical jokes that would get him in trouble and get in a furious game of Daring one another into doing crazy stuff. He in no way let his age hold him back in participating in the same things his brothers did.
As a young man, Roger, along with many men of those times fell into the war. Roger signed up right away. Elmer followed. The war was tough on Roger, losing many friends and even Family. Roger's mother Elsa passed away of breast cancer while he had been away, and Elmer was shot and killed in the line of duty. Jerry had become a drunk and was living with his oldest brother. Roger felt his family falling apart.
In 1941, Walt Disney released the film Dumbo. Roger was on momentary leave from the military and joined Jerry and Tom in watching the film. He could never quite explain it, but he instantly fell in love with it. Particularly the mouse. Afterwards, Roger found a fondness for cartoons and began creating his own drawings. This itself would get him through much of the war. His fellow soldiers all fell in love with his works and he would daily draw new strips.
In 1945, after the war, Roger met Colleen, who would become the love of his life. He eventually married her and had a son of his own. If that wasn't lucky enough, he landed a job in Walt Disney Studios, creating all sorts of characters. He also witnessed the rise of a cartoon he had written in the war based on his two brothers, Tom and Jerry, by another cartoonist who had taken it and made it famous. Life was good for Roger.
In 1950, Roger was called back to War. The war with Korea was raging on, and the U.S. began to secretly develop ways to stop the spread of communism. One of these was the testing of Super Soldiers. Roger was assigned to one of these testing facility. He didn't exactly like the idea, but he was eager as he usually was, and agreed to the adventure. The test came back negative again and again. Soon, the test however wore on Roger's mental state.
In 54', Roger's wife divorced him after his mental state began taking it's toll on his marriage. A year later, he lost his son in a car accident, and something strange began to happen. In his anguish, he had began to display reality altering abilities. It began with simple things, like water floating upwards from a glass and suddenly more powerful each time Roger displayed a strong emotional disturbance.
However, as Roger aged, it wasn't always this consistent. His powers began acting out on their own as roger's mental situation worsened, and he was clinically declared to have dementia. When his powers became too unstable, the Government took him him, watching him and testing as he aged. Soon, they could no longer control him. Something had to be done, and fast. Now, at 86 years old, Roger is emotionally and mentally void.. but he is there somewhere, because his powers still continue on... his personality showing in his shaping of reality.
Personality: Roger has always been adventurous and full of energy. This is represented in his creations that often take on his own thoughts and personalities. They will commonly consider even the smallest things an adventure. They are highly brave and do not fear much they are faced with. They prefer to act before they think but always appreciates good art and a laugh. Jokes are another strong aspect of Roger's personality and thus of his creations. Many of them will make small nonsensical comments that are often meant to be jokes, though they aren't always understood in the context of what is happening. Many of his characters will go out of their way for the sake of a funny joke.
On the slip side to this, there is the occasional creation that will take on a less humorous outlook. These creations will often be heavily depressed, tired consistently, and walk lazily. These are few and far in between, but usually happen when Roger himself has startled briefly out of his nearly comatose state as a result of his dementia, causing a mild realization of his state and thus forcing his creation into a somber perspective on things.
Roger himself is rarely fully conscious. His immediate thoughts are often empty and inconclusive. The few times that they aren't, he'll often seem very scared and unsure of himself, occasionally causing an uproar until he is forced to sleep. There are small occasions, in which he'll become partially conscious, but lack a grasp on reality and often envision himself in a certain period of his past. These moments will occasionally arise and recreate themselves. It is because of his Dementia and his abilities, that he slowly developed Solipsism, in that he has become unsure of what is real and what is his mind making up. He has almost completely come to the conclusion that it is all his own mind's doing and thus nothing else is real.
Sexual Orientation: HeteroSexual
Fears: Having grown accustomed to his own abilities, he fears true reality. He fears what he has become with age and letting go of his concept of reality. On a smaller scale, he fears lack of adventure and often his creations will present this by turning everything into some kind of adventure. His only fear other than this, is cats. It's more of a mild fear though, extending from his common external placement of his own personality in rats and mice.
Capabilities: Roger has the ability to shape reality with his thoughts. At one time, only being done sporadically or with a heightened sense of emotion, as he has aged, has become more consistent and uncontrollable. This is partially due to his Dementia.
Miscellaneous: Due to the Nature of his personality, and his abilities (Not to mention his prior career), he is often labeled as, "The Cartoonist"
OOC Notes: Most of Roger's interactions with other characters will be through his creations, that will take on and represent his personality.Due to Roger's severe ability to alter reality, I imagine the institute being able to suppress that for the most part, so that he can only make small changes, that are barely noticeable and impress his personality on things, taking an inanimate object or a small creature such as a mouse and turning it into a more humanoid type creature that can walk and talk.