Advik Tandon 2.0
Appearance: Lean built, dark skin. dark messy hair. thick eyebrows. big nose. brown eyes (which vary in shape based on drawing).
Sarcastic, anxious, uses humor as a defense mechanism, can often come off as mean due to his snappy responses.
Advik's childhood consists of scattered uncorrelated memories. He blames it on his ability to forget things very easily. Due to a traumatizing accident Advik caused right before the events of RESETTING, any memories related to the Ellocast Project were removed from Advik's brain, with his consent at the time. He was to live his life in another field ("start over") and if the time was right (according to Echo, his lifelong mentor) he could get his position and perhaps his memories back.
In the mean time, what he does know of his original is that he's the clone of a late famous geneticist who had made breakthroughs in science. His donor's son, Rajan, had raised Advik but opted not to be called Advik's dad. Advik doesn't remember what made him ultimately decide not to take the path of genetics, but Rajan was very quick to defund him when given the opportunity. Advik decided to go to art school instead. He might as do what he wants, right ?
Advik lives in constant worry that he is not living up to anyone's expectations, and now lives in a crowded living quarters, balancing school with a social life. It's stressful, but he expected it to be, the poor guy.
Advik's always bad with eye contact, but his eyes will shift towards the nearest exit when nervous.
Likes cooking, painting, lame jokes, cinema, movie analysis videos. dislikes whiny people, sweet food, the rain, and clutter. Very practical. However, he can also be too doubtful, as he second guesses everything he does.
Advik loves wearing lots of layers, including large sweatshirts and beanies. He even likes to wear glasses, which he doesn't need in order to see well. He's stubborn about only using expensive art supplies, but will be quick to trash them.
Advik has lit a sketchbook on fire out of impulse. He gives commentary while watching movies, to everyone’s annoyance. Advik will look up the entire synopsis to a movie before seeing it.
Favorite Color: Blue.
Favorite Animal: raccoon.
Theme Song: "tightrope" by young the giant.
Catch Phrase: "Thanks, you cured me." (or any other sarcastic comment.)
Fear: claustrophobia, fear of heights, (most) bugs, intense eye contact, confrontation, formal events, etc. Advik is scared of many things.
Relationships
- Audrey - Roommate and best friend. Audrey is Advik's ride or die. They will help each other out in the worst of times, and get each other's humor.
- Morgan - best friend. They finish each other's rants and punchlines. She inspires him to be more confident and fearless.
- Avery- Best friend. They didn't get along when they first met, but had similar downfalls and can relate. Turns out Avery isn't as bad of a person as Advik once thought. She can be a good listener and is quirkier than she usually lets herself be.
- Katsumi - Neighbor. Advik thinks she's a little odd, but he feels bad for being critical. As Kat becomes a closer member of Advik's friend group, their relationship develops. Advik is quick to defend her against gossip.
- Zack - Childhood friend, but they drifted apart over time, only to return to each other's lives after they both were defunded.
- Cora - Roommate. She's loud and sometimes hard to bear, but she's also very dependable when she wants to be.
- Echo - Echo was a core figure in Advik's childhood, according to Echo. They return to Advik's life hoping to rebuild their friendship and be a guide to Advik's rise to power once again.
- Brandon - A friend Advik has recently made. Brandon has a crush on Advik, but Advik isn't sure how to take in those feelings, so he tries to brush them off. But he really likes Brandon, it's just a little too complicated for Advik right now.
- Ian - A former best friend of Advik's until Advik was defunded. Advice's nervous about calling him back, in fear that Ian would have a different opinion of him. At this point it's been too long for Advik to spontaneously contact him.
- Lilith - someone who's merely a memory or two, Advik has not forgotten the girl in his past and while once convinced she was of his imagination, he'll work to figure out who she is.
- Sean - The reason Advik's memory of the Ellocast Project was wiped. The two of them were always at odds since Sean never liked Advik's irresponsibility and Advik was scared of Sean, and an accident that almost killed Sean sort of left the relationship officially on bad terms. On the bright side, Advik doesn't remember any of it !