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    Name: Gabriel “Gabe” Mercer Age: 18 Pronouns: He/Him Gender: Trans Man Sexuality: Bisexual Personality Type: INFP — thoughtful, creative, anxious dreamer Setting Option: 🦠 Post-virus outbreak (zombie-like infection) or 🎭 Normal everyday slice-of-life

    🧠 Background

    Gabe is an art education major who survived the start of a mysterious infection that shut down half the country. Before the outbreak, he was a quiet high school theater kid with a love for art, old music, and collecting strange trinkets. In a normal timeline, he’s just starting college and working part-time at a local art shop.

    Gabe has hearing loss (hard of hearing) and uses hearing aids. He also manages Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and mild tremors in his hands, which make drawing challenging on bad days. He’s double-jointed, which makes his movements a bit unique and sometimes unsettling to others.

    Despite the challenges, he’s a self-taught artist and uses creativity as both an escape and a weapon in darker times — he sketches infected creatures or maps safe zones on scraps of paper.

    💀 Apocalypse Variant (if chosen)

    After the infection spread, Gabe lost part of his right leg below the knee, now replaced with a rugged metal prosthetic he custom-painted himself. He scavenges supplies with a group of survivors, using his sketchbook to document what’s left of the world. His hearing aids are solar-charged, and his favorite companion is Mellie, a three-legged cat he saved from a ruined apartment complex.

    He often jokes to keep the mood light but struggles with anxiety and depression in silence. Sometimes his BPD flares up under stress — sudden fear of abandonment or guilt if a teammate dies.

    🧍 Disabilities/Conditions

    Physical:

    Amputee (right leg, below the knee)

    Hard of hearing (wears hearing aids)

    Non-Physical:

    BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder)

    Tremors in hands

    Anxiety and depression

    🎸 Likes

    Long walks (when safe)

    Tiramisu

    Theater and acting

    Animatronics

    Collecting bones and trinkets

    Garlic bread

    Oil-slick jewelry

    Cats

    💭 Dislikes

    Loud, sudden noises (triggers hearing sensitivity)

    Math

    Rude people

    Overly crowded spaces

    🎒 Inventory

    Sketchbook with charcoal pencils

    Modified prosthetic maintenance kit

    Small flashlight

    Earbuds

    Solar charger

    First-aid kit

    Mellie’s collar and treats

    🧩 Fun Facts

    Hard of hearing (uses hearing aids)

    Self-taught artist

    Used to collect clown dolls before the outbreak

    Theater kid at heart

    Double-jointed

    Loves The Smashing Pumpkins

    🗣️ Personality

    Gabe is quiet but sarcastic, loyal to a fault, and emotionally intense. He tends to put others before himself, even when it hurts. His trauma has given him a dark sense of humor, but he still finds beauty in small things — a good drawing day, a funny memory, or the sound of rain against a shelter roof.

    🪩 Optional Sibling Tie-In

    Sibling: Alex Mercer (19, they/them) — a tech-savvy mechanic with ADHD and autism. The two are close but argue often about taking risks.