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AND NOW IT'S JACK'S TURN!!!! SCREAM
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(the second half; 'family' is the split)
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ludis - dad
wren - mom
pip - older sister
mikey - twin brother
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When it comes to a physical description of Jack versus Mikey, it's important to note that they are not identical. You get the distinct feeling that they're twins more for them being in the same place at the same time, and that they have the same mannerisms (corner-cut toast, left-handed, the same nervous tic in the tail (even if Mikey rarely shows his)), but that doesn't mean they don't share a solid resemblance. Jack is a little more slight than Mikey, favouring closer to Ludis than to Wren (especially when it comes to the musical inclinations); if Jack were to take up a sport, he'd be happier with track and field, or some solid cross-country (Mikey's been a fan of contact sports their entire life so Jack sure knows how to catch a football, but that doesn't mean he likes it). He's the younger of the two, by about 15 minutes, but it's one of the few things that has never really bothered him about their twinship. The one-inch height difference, however, is endlessly annoying. At the very least, Pip is the size of a toaster compared to the two so that helps some.
Let's talk about what Jack can do, now! Jack is good at many things! He can pick up any instrument and figure it out in no time at all; he can sing a bit, he can write a bit, and he can paint a bit. He can grow flowers, he can categorize albums, he can do some math in his head. What he can't do, however, is say no. A lot of Jack's motivations revolve around duty, but also around feeling helpless. He is rooted in helping, in being useful, and keeping himself indispensable. He wants to be included! He does! But sometimes... it would be nice to be included because of what he can DO, not because his brother decided he should be included, y'know? Don't get me wrong, Jack would fight tooth and nail to protect his brother. He trusts him implicitly. Mikey is his built-in best friend, someone who understands him like no other, right? But deep down, he knows that he wants to do something else, he wants to be his own person, and that's starting to become really important to him. Being the shadow to a bigger, brighter star never feels very good the older you get and the more you realise that what you want and what you're doing are not the same thing.
Luckily for Jack, he's clever, and creative. He can figure out a puzzle just as fast as his mother can, and thank saints he can problem-solve, or else Mikey and Pip's antics would get them in a lot more trouble than even they could fathom. He's the inhibitor, the single brain cell amongst them all, that always says 'hey maybe we should...' first. With Mikey being so impulsive, and taking Jack along for the ride every time, he has to be quick on his feet. Playing tricks on Mikey with Pip's help is always an easy way to cheer up, and what goes around comes around, too, so the three of them are always, more or less, on equal footing when it comes to bumps and bruises and annoyed looks.
A lot of Jack's experiences growing up have revolved around whatever Mikey decides. This has been fine in the past, but the twins are adults now (well, only just) and when Pip left, it really started Jack down the path of realising they couldn't all pretend to be the same group for the rest of their lives. They needed to have their own lives, and do their own things; Jack doesn't NEED Mikey a foot away at all times, right? So Jack might be a little bitter, he might be a little sad, he might be a little uncomfortable (read: a lot). He'll get better, and he'll have to trust that Mikey will, too.
(Special note here for Jack's pronouns; if you are friends/well-known, you are welcome to use 'he/him', but if he doesn't know you, it had better be 'they/them'. How dare you perceive them! (But of course it's fine if you still go with he/him in general, I won't police how well you or your curios know him, it's just how he feels.))
