( michiel huisman , 42 , cis man , he/his ) wait , did you just see who got off the london eye? i swear , it was JAMIE ZAAL. how do you not know them? i hear they’re affiliated with the THE HANDS as an ASSOCIATE (CLEANER) but what can you believe these days. most know them as a GUEST LECTURER at IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE with a reputation of being CONCISE + DISCONNECTED. i guess we’ll find out who they really are and why they hum the lyrics to CAPSIZE by BIG BLACK DELTA in public soon enough.
— BASICS —
Name: Jamie Zaal, PhD. Age / D.O.B.: 41, October 28, 1980. Gender, Pronouns & Sexuality: Cis Man, He/His, Heterosexual. Hometown: Amstelveen, Noord Holland, The Netherlands. Affiliation: The Hands. Job position: Cleaner. Education: College Doctorates in Human Anatomy & Physiology. Relationship status: Single, perpetually. Children: (daughter, unaware). Positive traits: Adaptable, charismatic, focused, meticulous, self-sufficient. Negative traits: Apathetic, greedy, irascible, private, solitary.
— BIOGRAPHY —
There was something always a little off with Jamie Zaal, though his parents were remiss to admit it. A quiet, pragmatic child that preferred observation to interaction, he was submitted to a battery of evaluations at a young age when he refused to speak for the first few years of his life. He knew how, developed the skills at the appropriate time of his burgeoning life, he simply did not wish to.
He excelled in school, showing a knack for science and math fields, but lacked the social skills to make connections with other individuals. Jamie only claimed friendship with another odd duck classmate when his parents insisted he needed a friend - in actuality he felt no attachment whatsoever.
He graduated high school a year early and was accepted into Utrecht University in The Netherlands on scholarship. Jamie has attained a doctorates in Human Anatomy & Physiology.
It was late in his high school days that Jamie came to the realization that he needed to fit in to the world around him —his serial apathy was a trait that people tended to notice in the wrong way … and he forged the personality he displays presently by 18, having it perfected within his first year at university.
He is a textbook psychopath in reality: lacking empathy, guilt or remorse, pretending to feel emotions, manipulative, and highly successful in the field he’s applied himself to. It was with these skills that he took himself to the United Kingdom to seek work, and eventually fell in with The Hands.
As to how he was inducted to affiliation, the story is something he won’t share the accurate details to. He tends to bend the truth and give anyone who asks a different answer - convincing enough that it can pass of as the whole truth. The actual truth was simple induction after presenting his skillset and knowledge.
His work seems to be the only thing that drives him, however calling him passionate would be wholly inaccurate. He is sincerely thorough in his work. There is precision and concise detail put into each step of the cleaning process: before he arrives to the moment he leaves the scene. Jamie’s doctorates and intimate knowledge of human anatomy and physiology have allowed him to think of clever and creative means to dispose of human remains —and if he simply doesn’t have enough time to do so, he can easily adapt a scene to look like an accident … or another crime entirely.
Jamie officially holds no day job, simply remains on-call for The Hands when he’s needed. However he does occasionally lecture for A&P at the Imperial College School of Medicine, when requested.
— SMALL FACTS —
Once stabbed a classmate with a pencil when they attempted to bully him, during his freshman year in high school. He was only not punished thoroughly (in-school suspension) because others attested that he was being bullied. They did not espy the pleased glimmer in Jamie’s eye, however.
He has never had a serious relationship —or rather, one he took seriously. He is incapable of feeling that type of connection to another person, however he’s put up the façade well-enough. The longest he lasted before his partner bailed was a year, and when she started to realize there was something sincerely not right with Jamie, she packed her things and left immediately.
Smokes when he’s working - djarum black cherry cigarettes only. He ensures none of the ashes or butts remain - that would be tactless and sloppy..
Members of The Hands, depending on how long they’ve known Jamie, will know when he's performing with his forged personality. Those who have known him for a long time, or spent a longer period of time with him, will have seen his true self.














