》 APPEARANCE

Toby has a freckled face + sun spots and more freckles on his shoulders, back, arms, and legs.

He seems skinny under his baggy clothes, but he's really lean muscle. He's stronger than he should be because of his abilities as a proxy.

That boy is not tall and nobody can tell me otherwise. 5'6" (167cm) max.

Because of the gash in his cheek, he's usually got some drool on his face when it's not covered by a bandage. He only makes an effort to wipe it off sometimes.

Eyebags + dark circles for days. This is canon, I know. Even on the rare occasion he sleeps a normal amount, he still looks like he's been awake since the Stone Age.

Self-inflicted scars on his upper arms. They're messy and don't look to be made with self-preservation in mind. He knows he can't feel it, it's just for the love of the game 😭

All his clothes are either cold neutrals, some shade of brown, or black. They're also all dirty with blood stains or mud and have weeds stuck into the fabric.

His fingertips are very uneven because they're made of scar tissue from his anxious habit of biting his hands. He has parts of fingernails missing too.

His skin is a bit tanned and always sort of clammy looking, even if he isn't physically feeling sick.

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》 PERSONALITY TRAITS + HABITS

He is SOO annoying omg. He loves to press people's buttons. If he knows what'll annoy someone, it's wraps. He's laughing about it all giddy too.

He's not keen on cleaning up after himself. That's not to say he's entirely unorganized, it's just a total mess that only he can work through.

Super curious about things. He wants to know stuff so bad.

Unfortunately, he's pretty forgetful. Sometimes it's just in one ear and out the other with him.

Absolutely despises being assumed to be idiotic or incapable in any way. Because of the memory loss, he doesn't know why and assumes it's just a natural pet peeve of his (it's because of the bullying.)

Soooo bad at masking his emotions. He's trying his best okay? 😓 When he's feeling something, EVERYONE will know about it whether he likes it or not. (He does not.) He feels things very strongly and will split on people when it's too intense for him.

Terrified of being vulnerable despite being the most vulnerable guy you'll ever meet. Those muscles aren't fixing that emotional trauma sorry bud.

Taps his fingers on everything he can. Tabletops, countertops, trees, himself, other people's shoulders, you name it he's tapping his fingers on it.

Doesn't sleep well. Whether it's his hyperactivity, mood swings, nightmares, or just him not wanting to sleep, he is staying UP.

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》 TICS

1. MOTOR TICS

Obviously he has a canon neck twitching tic. He twitches to the right side. It's harsh on his neck, and he can feel the pressure in his muscles and joints even if he can't feel the actual ache.

Another canon tic is bending backwards, but I raise you throwing his head back so hard that it just ends up making him bend back a bit. Again, this one gives him "aches" that he just feels as pressure in the back of his neck and upper back.

Two hard blinks in a row. That's it.

Lifting his left shoulder up to his ear.

Hard face scrunching.

2. VOCAL TICS

Low, short hum.

Tongue clicking.

Speech blocking tic (acts like a pause in his speech, usually followed by a motor tic.)

Long high-pitched whistle.

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》 INTERESTS

Hatchet-throwing. Come ONNNNNUHH. He LOVES practicing his technique. He's got specific trees he likes to practice on.

Cooking. He doesn't remember this, but he picked up cooking from Lyra. It feels special to him and he doesn't know why. He's not great, but it's calming for his overactive nerves.

Drumming. He doesn't know how to do it at all, but drums are his favorite part of music. He tries drumming on things with sticks privately (he's embarrassed.)

Experimental rock, alternative rock, glam rock. Anything with funky samples, a cool, groovy instrumental, surreal lyrics, he's into it.

He also likes emo. Because I said so.

Making fires. He likes being able to control them, and he's not scared of the heat, so it's just fun for him.

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》 AUTHOR'S NOTES: Yay!! First post! I feel really strongly about Toby's portrayal's accuracy ESPECIALLY his Tourette's as a Tourettic myself. Huge and gargantuan pet peeve of mine to see people butcher my man. I hope you enjoy my headcanons, and please keep in mind they are MY headcanons, so yours can be different and that's fine. Thanks for reading until here. Requests are OPEN and a pinned post is IN THE WORKS!!! Cya next time,

-PARIAH