Rubato

Species: Sewer rat (Rattus norvegicus)

Birthday: August 9

Gender: Male

Pronouns: he/him

Occupation: Clockmaker

Physical Description 

• Scrawny, usually hunched over
• Scuttles around - doesn't walk in a straight line, moves in quick zigzags, sometimes on all fours
• Mostly furry - hands, feet, tail, and face have only a few sparse hairs
• Small spidery appendages stick out from between his scapulae
• Has unusually wide mouth, curls up at the edges
  • No teeth between his incisors and molars, as rats do
• Voice is harsh and raspy, with an emphasis on "s" sounds
• Breathes heavily, has an audible heartbeat

Personality 

• Quiet, listens more than talks
• Easily distracted
  • Sometimes stops talking in the middle of a sentence and holds perfectly still because he heard a siren in the distance
• Comes off as creepy, unsettling
• Doesn't understand the concept of personal space
  • Tends to stand way too close to people
• Holds eye contact for too long
• Seems to enjoy making people uncomfortable
• Crams himself into small, hard to reach places
• Breathes way too loudly
• Again, audible heartbeat

Likes 

• Listening
• Seeing what spaces he can fit in
• Climbing around, hiding
• Frightening people who claim not to be afraid of anything

Dislikes 

• Being startled
• Being unable to hear his own heartbeat
• Itchiness
• Feeling cornered
• Being out in the open for long periods of time

Personal Info 

• Somewhat poor eyesight, relies mostly on his ears
• Collects clocks - all varieties of clocks are game 
  • Has old fashioned alarm clocks, digital clocks, hourglasses, pocket watches, grandfather clocks, cuckoo clocks, etc.
  • Prefers clocks that tick loudly
  • He names all of them
    • They're always female names
  • Somehow, he always knows when one of his clocks has wound down
    • "I can't hear Loretta anymore"
• Tinkers with his clocks in his spare time
• Tells anyone who will listen about how "the heart of the clock" works

Trivia 

• Chaotic Neutral
• Theme song: "The Beat That My Heart Skipped," by Scroobius Pip

Date of Creation / Adoption: August 9, 2015