vanreyk | Neon Requiem App

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Player Handle: Maus
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Pronouns: She/Her

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IC:

Character Name: Simon Van Reyk
Age: 27
Canon: Harrow
Canon Point: Very end of S2 E4 ~~spoilers he was murdered~~

History: He does not have a wiki I'm sorry.

Not much is known of Simon's early life, he's one of two children, having a sister named Karina. When he was a young boy he was diagnosed with epilepsy which he's dealt with through proper medication. Around the age of twenty-three he started training under and assisting Daniel Harrow at the Queensland Institute of Forensic Medicine (QIFM). For four years and some odd months he's trained under his guidance to become a pathologist, a job that he absolutely loves and pours much of his time into. A job that from day one he writes about in a journal, every single day. Though if we're being honest, it's him writing about Harrow every single day, but that counts as work.

Some where in that mix Simon is living with and dating his boyfriend David, though his drive for work does at some point put a wedge in that. No reason is ever given for their separation, but it can be assumed that much like Harrow, he puts his work before the living more often than not. When Simon isn't working at OIFM he's putting in extra time at the hospital or studying for exams. Constantly at 100%, work work work. He takes after his boss in more ways than one, shown through both seasons 1-2 as he plays at detective just as much as Harrow does.

Season 1 has him trying to figure out the story behind bones that are found in concrete in the river, chipping away, literally and figuratively, at it for all ten episodes. He's not one to give up either, just as stubborn as Harrow about finding out the why behind things. It only becomes an issue when the more he keeps looking, the more it seems like the evidence is pointing towards Harrow as the culprit for the murder. Cumulating in Simon getting caught by Harrow snooping around and finding the piece of evidence that links him to the murder, a missing pair of shears in a gifted surgeon's kit. Shears that were used to cut the ring finger off the man Harrow killed. Missing because he dumped them along with the body, though the shears were never found. He listens to why Harrow did it, an act of self defense against a man who hurt his ex-wife and his daughter, both people Simon knows and cares about too.

Harrow just wanted to be able to be there for his daughter now that he knew what that man had done to her and the possibility of going to jail would have stopped that. So he did what he did, dumped the body and hid the evidence. Simon still shocked by all of this can't look past the man he respects and adores having done all of this, but in the end he'll risk everything to fix things. "Borrowing" a pair of shears from another surgeon's kit to replace them in Harrow's. Among a few other pieces that fall together, it takes Harrow off the suspect list for murder, making Simon an accessory by default. Much to the chagrin of Harrow, who laments that Simon is too good a pathologist to risk it for him. Which Simon insists he say again, because it's very rare to get any sort of praise from Harrow, which he will. Now they're in it together.

Season 2 starts off with Harrow recovering from being shot and almost dying. Some where around all of that Simon's relationship with David ends. Through the next handful of episodes it's much the same as always, Simon working along side Harrow to find out the whys of the people who end up dead in their labs for post mortems. Underneath that is Harrow trying to figure out who shot him and why, even though the man who did was arrested and seemingly died in custody. Too neat. Too convenient. Doesn't feel right. Simon finds out about his uncertainties and theory at one point, saying Harrow he should let him help, he's helped before. Harrow tells him to leave it, because how could a dead man be the one who tried to kill him? A very dangerous criminal who seemingly burned to death in a freak fire accident in jail months prior.

Unfortunately for Harrow, Simon is too much like him and learned from him to find out the why. Also Harrow is never wrong, so that bothers Simon as well, that he would just. Give up. On his own he goes off to look into things, snoop around and try to piece anything together, which he does. Connecting dots that lead right up to Francis Chester, the man who is apparently dead. On a ferry heading back to the mainland, Simon tries to call Harrow to let him know what he's found, but gets his voicemail so he'll leave one, excited. Finally it seems like they'll get answers-- until Francis Chester attacks Simon on the ferry, injecting him with a paralytic and dumps him overboard into the water where he drowns to death.

Alas. Simon did not have main character protection like Harrow.

Personality:

What is your character afraid of and why? Does this fear affect the way they act in any way? Has it affected any major decisions they’ve made in their life?

He hates the water and boasts, two things that weren't a big enough issue to keep him off boats on the water. At least until he was pushed off a boat and drowned on purpose by a serial killer. Now it will certainly be a big fear of his, enough to cause panic attacks and or severe discomfort. Both will be things he will avoid if at all possible. Any pool parties will be politely declined.
A character’s superpowers or their job do not count as their personality– but how does your character FEEL about these aspects of themselves? Would they change them if they could? Do they feel any kind of obligation to use their powers/career in a certain way? Why or why not?

While he doesn't have any superpowers, Simon's job is a very central and large part of his life. He loves his work very much, as weird as it might seem to some to love working with dead bodies, it's not just about the dead. It's important work, figuring out how people died. Whether it was natural or due to a crime, it can help give loved ones answers, maybe even peace, or justice depending on the outcome. When it comes to his work specifically and his boss, they don't just focus on the how, but the why and having empathy for the people these bodies once were. Others in their field don't think that is important to focus on, just figure out the how, the police can figure out the why, but Simon wouldn't change that. His boss has maybe rubbed off a bit too much on him in that way.
Will your character look back on their life with any regrets? What will they wish they could have done before they arrived in Limbo? What will they do if they get out?

For as much as he loved his job, he regrets now that he didn't spend more time with his loved ones outside of it. He was young, he figured he had time to put all of it into his work and studies, get comfortable and settled and then pull back just a bit to enjoy the living as much as he enjoyed working with the dead. He regrets knowing that his colleagues will end up having to see his body and perform the autopsy on him, if they find his body that is. It's something else working on people you don't know, but when it's a friend it's hard to be impersonal about it.

A part of him thinks if he'd had more time maybe he would have connected with his ex again, talked things over... but it was still pretty fresh, who can say if it would be for the best. Maybe it's easier for them with those months apart now that Simon is dead. Maybe they won't suffer as much at his passing. If he can get out of this place and some how be alive again he'd like to talk to him anyway, even if it's just as friends. See his sister more often too. Finally get his boss to come over for dinner annnd... admit to himself that said boss is his type, for all he 100% told a bold faced lie that Harrow wasn't.

Abilities: He's a doctor with heavy knowledge of the human body. Knows first aid. Has a steady hand for stitching. Great at journaling and taking notes. Will punch homophobic dads.

Inventory: The clothes on his back, a smart watch on his wrist and his messenger bag.

Eternal Reward: Getting to go back home a few days before his death and do things differently with what he knows now.

Goals/Ideas: Be gay, do crime. Okay maybe not crime... or not a lot of crime. No promises. Simon coming to terms with his death and trying to get that juicy Eternal Reward so he can protect/help people back home. Let the cute dead boy make friends and possibly more relationship wise. Get his normal boring modern day human ass involved in absolute nonsense via events. In a place like this he won't be getting a job in pathology any time soon, but he does have a blooming detective in him, no thanks to his boss who liked to play detective when he wasn't cutting open bodies with him in the lab.

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