Patient # 128
Screenname: [kay-chan]
Name: Tom
Age: 22
Description: He is six foot, so rather tall, with brown hair that looks just plain unkempt. Tom likes his sunglasses and with them on is convinced he looks like a rockstar-which he does, in the drugged-out, distantly handsome kind of way. He has brown eyes that are oftentimes glazed, with dark rings under them from lack of sleep and exhaustion, so dark as to mimic eyeliner. When Tom isn't giving a crooked smile to random people, he's acting fidgety and staring off into the distance. He is freakishly thin for his height and if one were to take off his shirt, very little muscle mass would be showing. It was better than when he first came here, when Tom looked practically concentration-camp anorexic. He is often listening to music at very high volumes with his large headphones.
Personality: Paranoid, but still hangs out with people, if only to be in a large group and not feel so alone. He finds the oddest things funny and occasionally makes statements that sometimes don't make any sense. Usually, though, if you can get him to explain his transitioning, he can actually connect what he says to the conversation. So basically he acts like a druggie.
Special ability: Tom can alter sound. He can amplify sound or eliminate it, and alter his voice to match those of the people around him, or air-guitar... REALLY well. When he uses his powers, you can see the air in front of the sound source distort, like heat rising from concrete. He only recently realized how to control it, but is still having problems with himself. They've figured out that he probably uses his own energy to alter the kinetic energy of the air molecules, and since he uses his power so often he is always eating but looks almost freakishly thin.
History: Tom was, of course, always the loudest baby in the nursery. He also had quite a musical talent with singing and the guitar at a very early age. Later in life, Tom was checked into a psychiatric ward for trying to kill his flatmate. It turns out several voices had been keeping him up for weeks telling him to kill her for what she had done-which was skip rent for the third month in a row, putting them in danger of being evicted. Tom was diagnosed with a case of schizophrenia and kept in treatments, although the medicine only dulled his habits. After a mild incident with his powers, he was then transferred to the Institute. There, they found out about his ability in more depth, and the fact that his 'voices' were a focus of his power in his inner ear. Tom had actually been hearing auditory voices, not just delusions, but as a function of his subconscious, especially those parts that all people have but most suppress. He still hears the voices but is undergoing massive therapy to deal with his issues. He doesn't get a lot of sleep, as the voices still keep him up, but medication calms him down so he doesn't do what they tell him to do.
How long they've been at the asylum: 2 years.