Dr. Roman Tilford

[Dr. Roman Tilford]

The Basics

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Name: Dr. Roman Alexander Tilford
Nicknames: Rome, Romy (say it and die), Kid
Age: 32
Orientation: Straight plz.
Desired Rank/Job: Local – Child Psychologist
Powers: Plant Manipulation. … It’s exciting! No, really! ... He can make buds bloom, plants grow. That sort of thing. Overuse leaves him feeling sort of hung over, a bit of a headache, exhausted, that sort of thing. And just for fun, a green tinge to his fingers. Green thumb? Yeah. That’s Rome.
Play By: Sean Maher

The Details

Hair Color: Dark brown
Eye Color: Brown
Any Piercings? Psh, he’s too chicken
Any Tattoos? Again, chicken
Any Scars? A few small ones, here and there. Mostly childhood mishaps.
General Appearance: Standing at just over six feet tall, Rome had the capability of looking intimidating, if he so chooses. The thing is, he really doesn’t. He finds his height convenient for getting things off the top shelves, or keeping things out of his nieces’ and nephew’s collective reaches. Other than that, it doesn’t serve much purpose. The only time he really tries to tower over people, he’s usually playing keep away with his sisters, or their kids. Hey, it’s fun. You should try it sometime. Long limbs come in mighty handy.

He tries to keep himself as neat as possible as far as grooming goes. He’s almost always clean shaven, unless he’s just spent his entire weekend off trying to get past some God forsaken boss in Final Fantasy and almost all things not connected to the game are gone from his mind. His hair is usually short, except when he gets too busy to notice it’s long again. That’s not uncommon either, the forgetting thing. Sometimes work and play are just too interesting to spare thoughts for things like haircuts.

His clothing, well... sometimes he dresses his age. And if he absolutely has to, he will dress up in his one suit. Or pair one of his limited dress shirts with a clean pair of black pants. He’s been told on multiple occasions he looks good when he puts the effort in. Thing is, there are better things to do than spend time dressing up. So, most days he can be found in jeans and t-shirts. Plain t-shirts, band t-shirts, and, yes, gamer t-shirts. Too many gamer shirts, if you ask anyone that knows him. At work, he tends to keep it casual, the most dressed up being a short-sleeved button up shirt and jeans. Always jeans. Sneakers too. He does own one pair of dress shoes – bought around the same time his oldest sister got married. (She bullied him into buying them.) They remain stashed at the back of his closet, taken out only when he has no other choice. Despite what he seems to think, sneakers and dress shirts don’t go together.

He usually has a congenial smile on his face – not much makes it disappear. Few people can make it slip into the oh so comical ‘DO NOT WANT’ face. James Campbell is one of said people. With all the teasing and such Rome has endured over the years, you’d think he’d be used to it. No. He keeps finding new ways to make his best friend look horrified. That aside, his eyes usually display an open and friendly demeanour, and he generally seems to come across as a harmless enough person. If you don’t mind thirty year old gamer geeks, that is.

Personality:Rome doesn’t just look like a friendly guy. He is pretty friendly. He has to be, to do his job. If he was closed off and cynical, he’d never be able to talk to his patients like he does. As it is, he has a hard enough time trying to remain hopeful and positive. But he tries. He doesn’t like giving up on that little sliver of hope, even if his patients seem to like to.

He’s also awkward. Oh, he can make presentations on treatments he’s looked into. He can talk to parents about possibly solutions for their children. He can socialize relatively well with both his coworkers and his friends. However, give him a woman and he turns into a bit of a squirming, blushing mess. He gets tongue tied, he fidgets, and often uses nearby people as scapegoats if he really gets flustered. You want entertainment? Send a woman his way, and utter a very soft ‘I think she likes you’ at him. See what happens. Of course, it’s a little useless now he actually has a girlfriend, but he’s still the same with her, from time to time.

For a thirty two year old man, you’d think the appeal of childish pranks and such would be long gone. No. Sadly, no. Between James and Issac, he has ideal targets. He can’t often get close enough to James to pull pranks in person, but a little bit of knowledge of photoshop, and he’s well capable of pulling some interesting jokes. As for Issac, well, yes. He can, and will, wake up to rubber spiders and the like. Hey, he’s an overgrown teenager at times. Deal with it.

He’s also incredibly loyal. To his friends, his family. He might not always like them, but he loves them, and he’s willing to go the extra mile. This is especially true of Jillian, because they’re so close, and Issac, because they’re both meta. He’d do more or less anything for them, if they needed him to.

Sadly, he’s also a gullible thing. Pull a guilt trip on him, he’s believing every sad turn. It really comes into effect with family members. He has no idea how many times he’s let Issac out of doing homework because of some pitiful excuse. James is particularly bad for this. Ground just a tiny bit of it in reality, drop in a pinch of truth, and bullshit your way through the rest. He’ll believe you. ... No, really. He will.

Your Vices

Likes:
Video games (especially older ones, like Zelda and Donkey Kong)
Zombie movies
Drinking games
His job
Dressing casually
Dogs
Coffee
Spending time with his cousin (and kicking his ass at video games)
Time with his best friend, James
His nieces and nephews
Gaming guides
Gaming cheats
Old cartoons
Cooking
Science fiction books and shows
Dislikes:
James teasing him
Suits
Broken controllers
Being a lightweight when it comes to alcohol
The nicknames ‘Romy’ and ‘Kid’
When Issac beats him gaming
Hangovers
Crime dramas
When his patients aren’t willing to make progress
Cassidy (lies, he loves his sister)
Rodents
His power, most of the time (it’s so. Flipping. Useless.)
Being hit on by men (hey, he’s kind of pretty. IT HAPPENS.)
Hats
Strengths:

His job – he’s very good at what he does

Gaming – If he’s not working, he’s glued to his games

Patience – He needs it, to do his job. And to deal with his best friend’s teasing.

Congenial– He’s pretty good at getting along with everyone

Weaknesses:

Talking to women – His girlfriend can attest to this

Recognizing when he’s being flirted with – Again, ask the girlfriend

‘Adult discussions’ – Yes, sex still makes him blush

Lightweight – Just a little alcohol makes him tipsy. And huggy. Very, very huggy.

Gullible – Yes, he’ll believe any number of things, provided they’re grounded in some element of reality. James routinely takes advantage of this.

Fears:

One of his patients actually committing suicide on him – he hopes it never comes to that

Government intervention with Hammel – not only is it his former school, but now his cousin goes there. And yes, he believed most of the stories that the seniors told him.

Spiders – Girlish screaming, anyone?

Secret:He’s really an open book. No secrets.

Family Ties

Father: Brian Tilford, 65
Mother: Molly Tilford, 63
Siblings: Cassidy Palmer, 38
Jillian Roth, 35
Any Other Important People:His best friend, James Campbell

His girlfriend, Tsukiko

His cousin, Isaac Tilford

Nieces: Kim (7), Jennifer (5), and Hayley (6 months)

Nephew: Jordan (10)

Brothers-In-Law: Sean Palmer and David Roth

History

Rome has always been the baby of the family. Preceded by two older sisters, Cassidy and Jillian, to them a baby brother was more of a living doll than a sibling. How much fun is playing house with a doll? Not very. Add a baby into the game, and suddenly you have a winner. Roman grew up coddled in a predominantly female environment, and more than once got roped into dress up games, Barbies, and tea parties.

Thankfully, he did eventually find his own interests. Girl toys were traded for Legos, and the first time he got his hands on a gaming device, it was love at first button push. His favorite toy became his Nintendo system, followed quickly by the Super Nintendo. By the time the Nintendo 64 came out, he was completly smitten. His parents didn't mind so much, as long as his homework was completed. Of course, rowdy pre-teen boys playing Donkey Kong at two in the morning, they weren't so fond of, but who is?

Of course, he did have other hobbies outside of gaming. Honestly he did. After being subjected to so many girly games, Rome had begged his parents to let him join boy scouts. It was manly, and hey, his sisters had zero interest in it. He actually stuck with it, too. Camping was one of his favourite parts about it. There was something about being outside, and telling ghost stories by the fire that really appealed to him.

Well, at least until Rory Hanson started picking on him. Granted, that wasn’t anything new, but when it became an everyday event at camp, well… quite frankly Rome got a little pissed off. It didn’t help that he got shoved into a patch of poison ivy. After one the leaders had taken care of him (and suitably punished Rory for being a jerk), Rome went around the campsite sulking. That night, curled up in his tent, he stared at the marks the ivy left on him and wished that it had been Rory, not him.

Funny. The next morning, Rory’s group woke up to poison ivy all over their tent. Roman wasn’t faring much better, exhausted, with a green tinge all over his hands. He got the blame for the ‘prank’, yet he denied any knowledge of it. Honestly, if he’d done it, he’d have taken the credit. It was a pretty wicked prank.

Not long after he returned home, a recruiter showed up at his door. Told him all about a school, and administered a test when he flat out refused to be ‘special.’ Or meta. Or whatever they were talking about. He didn’t want to go to the freak school, because he wasn’t a freak. (Well, don’t ask Cassidy.) Unfortunately for him, there was no arguing. Sometimes being a kid sucks. Parents make these kinds of decisions for you, and before he could protest (too much), Rome was sent with the recruiter.

For his first little while at Hammel, Roman was reclusive. He hid in his room when he wasn't in class, playing and re-playing the few games he'd brought along with him. That didn't last long, however, after he met another loner in the library. Twenty two year old James Campbell. The young teenager became somewhat fascinated with the fact that he was so much older (and therefore, cooler) than the rest of them. Though they made an odd pair, they actually became something akin to friends. By the time graduation rolled around, they were more or less considered best friends.

Always interested in problem solving and human nature, Rome investigated universities nearby and was eventually accepted into medical school, studying psychology. He kept in touch with James as much as he could, occasionally wondering what on Earth made him stay close with the older man (usually after a particularly thorough teasing). When he could, he'd attend the Christmas parties his best friend threw, and even approved James' boyfriend after they first met. (After threatening him, naturally, not to hurt James.)

That approval earned him a rather exclusive spot at the supposed-to-be-secret wedding of James and Chase. It hadn’t been much of a shock, that phone call. When it came to James, not much shocked him anymore.

Well before that call, Roman started his residency at Maddock General Hospital, and quickly found that he enjoyed working with kids the most, and began to narrow down his focus from the general population to kids, and found depression patients the most interesting to work with. It was while he was here he met his now girlfriend, Dr. Tsukiko Aoki, a paediatrician also doing her residency. It was something his sisters and other family members (*cough*Issac*cough*) teased him for, but hey, he’s managed to keep her for this long.

... And he’ll try not to screw it up.

Now, he’s finally a fully certified psychologist, and working full time at the hospital. Occasionally he springs Issac from Hammel for a weekend away, endures slightly long distance tormenting, courtesy of his best friend, and attempts having a life.

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