Shy, quiet, bullied, sweet, epileptic

Ben is a gang leader with a severe struggle. He hates to talk because he was bullied a lot for his speech impediment as a kid and it has a negative impact on his self confidence. He can barely get through a sentence without blocking and getting caught on his words. He can never say his name without stuttering and hates talking in public.

Stutterer

Lionel Essrog is Brooklyn’s very own self-appointed ‘Human Freakshow,’ an orphan whose tourettic impulses drive him to bark, count, and twitch uncontrollably. In this RP, he is 14 years old and still living at St. Vincent’s Home for Boys. While he has not official been diagnosed with Tourette’s Syndrome, this is something he is starting to suspect he has based on reading he’s done.