#takeover time

“Well, being able to answer with ‘everything’ as an option is pretty tempting, but I’ll keep it clean. For now.”

“In all seriousness, choosing just three things about my beloved Jynx to call my favorites is way too hard. But if I have to stay at a limit, one thing would be that she is absolutely gorgeous! Her wonderful looks and sense of style are beyond compare. Everyday I gaze at her and wonder what I did to deserve such a beautiful girl.”

“Her kindness is another thing I adore, she’s always doing her best to care for me when she feel’s it’s, which is pretty much all the time. We could be any situation and she’d be right there to give me helping hand, and for that I’m always trying to return her hospitality.”

“One more thing that I love about Jynx is her talent as the Ultimate Barista. Since we both have talents in the culinary arts section, we get to spend a bunch of time in the kitchen together. Not only that, but I get to taste all the delicious drinks she makes, y’know like her own personal taste tester!”

Ticci-Toby mouth guard HCs!

(disclaimer I have no idea what Kastoway said about it, but I also don't care, this is a Kastoway hostile zone)

Now, I don't know if it's INTENTIONAL or not, but it always reminded me of the mouth guard/muzzle Hannibal Lecter wears in Silence of the Lambs during the prison transfer.

Comparison is pretty striking, right?

So, the main concern I would have is breathability and the ability to talk. His mouth is COMPLETELY covered, as opposed to Hannibal there having a mouth window. If he has a stuffy nose, the boi is gonna suffocate. In addition, it'd have to be something hard, but lightweight. Unlike the Hannibal getup just keeping him from chomping people for a short transfer, it appears that Toby wears it CONSTANTLY, he can't get away with something as heavy or cumbersome as leather, but it has to be more durable than plastic.

And then it hit me: Fiberglass! I've worked with fiberglass for cosplays a few times, it's a more TECHNICAL skill that takes a bit of time to get right, but it's pretty cheap (the base core just requires enough cereal boxes or other thin cardboard to make the shape, and the resin isn't very expensive), less DIFFICULT and more just time consuming if you know what you're doing, and can lead to some pretty durable, hard pieces that are easy to paint and with just a little cloth or even a bit of foam, very comfortable to wear for extended periods of time! (my crowning achievement with it is a hard chest piece for a Mettaton cosplay!)

So, what I imagine is this:

I GENERALLY draw a more simplified version of it without the individual slats, but I DO feel like they're there. I feel like the smaller slats are more of an aesthetic choice than anything else? But there is a large window with just cloth and the slats to allow breathability like your average cloth mask.

As for WHY he wears it? I think it's a combination of being self conscious over his large mouth scar, an effort to correct harmful stimming, and aesthetic appeal.

Self conscious: I feel like he doesn't let people see his mouth scar often. Even if you stick with him having amnesia (not everyone does, which is valid), he's still got the trauma from being bullied. And if they teased him relentlessly over some tics, then him having a gash like that will turn his life into a NIGHTMARE--or at least, that's what his brain tells him. He probably wouldn't want to show his face to just anyone, he would prefer to know he can trust the person.

Correcting behavior: He lives as a proxy, and no matter how you hc that, he's likely out in the forest or other unsanitary places for extended periods of time. He also canonically chews on himself, that's a lot of what starts his story rolling. I personally hc it as a stim, but more akin to Self Injurious Behavior. It's something he uses when he's seeking more sensory input, control over the sensory input he's getting, a way to calm his racing thoughts, a way to communicate distress his conscious thoughts can't quite catch up with, or any combination of the above. However, when he's in the woods with all manner of germs, and also doing some dirty work (he's a proxy and a murderer, blood, hello), open wounds that he can't feel pain on and have to be cleaned, bandaged, and constantly monitored for infection aren't exactly helpful. Having a comfortable barrier over his mouth, as well as gloves on his hands, prevents him from successfully biting himself, at least anywhere but something inside his mouth. It's probably used in conjunction with other stim toys, and probably not uncommon to find he has some chewlery stuffed inside it