hey! remember when I said I was going to play the dead guy? not even joking, check this out: [hider=that one dead guy] [center] [color=42FF6E][h2]James Foster[/h2][/color] [color=DDDDDD](and Psychopomp)[/color] [hider=Appearance (James)] [img]http://images.freeimages.com/images/previews/bde/nerd-1506712.jpg[/img] [/hider] [hider=Appearance (Psychopomp] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fa/Auditor_of_Reality.jpg[/img] [/hider] [i]"Er... have you tried turning it off and then back on again?"[/i] [/center] James is tall and gangly, with brown hair and eyes. His shoulders are narrow, and his clothing definitely tends towards practical over trendy. He always wears the same pair of glasses. His head is currently unattached to his torso. His psychopomp manifests as an empty set of robes, but is only visible to James. Usually between 6 to 8 inches tall, but capable of assuming full size (nearly 7 feet) when it feels it needs James' full attention. [i]Age[/i]: 26/ageless [i]Gender[/i]: Male/genderless [i]Occupation:[/i] Tier 1 Tech Support/Escorting the souls of mortals to the next stage of their existence [i]Abilities:[/i] - Apparently unable to die? - Appalling luck [i]Skills:[/i] - Good google-fu - Can touch tip of nose with tongue - Knows a couple of card tricks - Can get through most of "100 Years" on the piano if you give him a couple of tries [i]Personality:[/i] James isn't really the type to have odes written in his honour. He's never been considered particularly clever, brave, or charismatic, but he does consider himself a fairly typical chap who tries his best to maintain common decency while minding his own business. Tends to be a bit awkward, and his emotions run all the wild, expansive range in between "cautious optimism" and "weary resignation". His psychopomp, who is basically out of its depth at the moment, tends to behave like an agitated bureaucrat. [i]Biography:[/i] James was born and raised in Cambridge, England and from an early age demonstrated a certain knack for computers. He only recently finished up school and moved out to work IT for a company based in London. One night, on his way home, he decided to stop in at a pub he'd never seen before for a drink. Rather unfortunate selection of seating led to his decapitation by the effects of the sudden appearance of a sinister magical artifact. For reasons not currently well-understood by anyone, it seems this occurrence did not, in fact, kill him, and he is currently trying to adjust to his new state of affairs. His psychopomp is a manifestation of forces existing outside our reality and seems to be stuck on assignment to James until some sort of kink in the system gets worked out on the... other end. [i]Likes:[/i] - A hot cup of tea - Computers - Sleeping in - Football [i]Dislikes:[/i] - Clueless users - Stinging nettle - That there are never enough trains on the Circle line [i]Fears:[/i] - Talking to girls - Unemployment - Being trapped in a never-ending state of nebulously defined undeath - Arsenal winning the FA cup [i]Weaknesses:[/i] - Not in particularly great shape - Snores - Terrible vision without his glasses [i]Other:[/i] Once, he was goaded by some friends into climbing up and placing a traffic cone on top of one of King's College chapel's spires. [i]Theme Song:[/i] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGNwXq6vPoI]"[i]Summer Samba[/i]" by Walter Wanderley[/url] [/hider] eh? eh? definitely some heavy inspiration drawn from Arthur Dent and the Auditors of Reality from Discworld