The Scientific Ginger!

Clarence Foley, scientist extraordinaire, at your service! "Speech" Thoughts/Actions [OOC] [Independent Genderswap!Claire Foley RP Blog.]

[scientificginger]

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Face Claim: I draw aLL

Name: Clarence Andrew Foley Age: 30-31 Gender: Male Nationality: Scottish, Irish and Scandinavian Birthplace: just south of Scotland Birthday: June 28th Sun Sign: Cancer Residence: Caine’s Forest / London, England Martial Status: married to Hendel ( ladyofarchaeology) Alignment: Neutral Good or Chaotic Good

» L I K E S

Drink: various kinds of tea, hot chocolate, soda, wine Food: Beef stew, baked goods, potatoes Day or Night: more like midday to early evening Song: jazz, classical and classic rock. he also tends to discover popular music months late, love it and wonder why no one is talking about it Quote: "The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and bad things. The good things don't always soften the bad things, but vice-versa, the bad things don't necessarily spoil the good things and make them unimportant." (from Doctor Who because Clarence is the nerdest of nerds) Historical Character: any and all scientists, really Pet: Alia's many, many cats. Sam's macaw, Hershel's dog and Waninu the crocodog are often around as well. Luffy sometimes counts kinda Book: He's a big fan of classic Sherlock Holmes, and has lots of favorite scientific encyclopedias and studies Color: Green, though he likes pretty much all warm colors Flower: sunflowers Sexuality: Cis male, biromantic demisexual

» L O O K S

Body type: strong and broad-shouldered, but being a thirty-something cityfaring father he's not particularly muscled; despite Luffy's best effort his li'l pudgy paunch is coming back

Eye colour: Brown

Hair colour: Bright god danged orange

Body reference: check the #clarence sketchdumps or #pictures of Clarence tags for drawings of him

Beauty Scale: beauty is in the eye of the beholder

tagging: that's a lot of work

[scientificginger]

"Alright I'm officially in panic mode the baby's due in less than a month."

"A-ah- hey, just- just take it easy, it's gonna be okay, yeah? S'long as the wife's been takin' care of herself and the doctor hasn't told you t'be worried about everything, you should be all good. Also, this is the last few weeks you'll have of half-decent sleep so I would highly recommend taking advantage."

[bleedinghearth]

scientificginger started following you

Of course, as usual, Theodore greets the stranger with a warm smile, his incense cigarette clenched in his altered teeth, sharpened to points to make him look more fearsome. It’s not really working, though, since his personality is so unimposing. “Hello, sir! Are you lost?”

[scientificginger]

The ginger blinks and nearly jumps at the sudden presence - tall and lanky with hair practically to his ankles, a cigarette, an eyepatch, and sharpened teeth. Heck, if he didn't know any better, he'd say this guy just walked straight off the pages of a comic book... he seems genial enough despite it all, though, or at least that's the impression Clarence gets when he smiles invitingly and asks if the other is lost.

"Ah... I, um, y-yeah, I... I guess I am. Must've gotten off at the wrong stop on th' tube or something..."

[captainsnakepants]

Luffy gathers up Nate into a hug once she toddles over, and wags his tail, purring up a storm. “Hendel should really get more sleep. Maybe put somethin’ in her coffee.” Then again, that was mixing a stimulant with a depressant, so that would probably not be the best idea.

Either way, he dotes on Nate, beaming at the little girl. “You’re gonna be so scary when you get big!”

[scientificginger]

"Well, I mean, she's tryin' not to have alcohol or caffeine while she's nursing, so... probably not the best solution," he replies, barely suppressing a yawn himself. Sleep has been something of a distant memory for all the Foley-Laytons as of late. Nate, conversely, is full of energy and shrieks with delight at the attention from Luffy, bearing her teeth and raising her arms with an adorable little growl when he comments on her future scariness.

[forgotten-vows]

"Wait — you’re in school too? You’re actually taking classes while still—” Victor stares a moment. “I — when on earth do either of you find time to sleep? I mean, yes, it’s a good thing you’ve got different schedules, but babies are terribly demanding…and goodness, you must not ever even see your wife anymore.” He shakes his head. “You’re a very tough man, Clarence.”

He smiles and pats Clarence’s shoulder. “I’m just trying to help a friend. Arroz con pollo it is — it’s one of the first dishes I made, and it’s probably still my best. But you’re still welcome to suggest anything else you might want. In the meantime, would you like some help looking after the little ones?”

[scientificginger]

"Yeah, man, I gotta if I'm gonna get a job in police forensics. Turns out a background in physics and engineering doesn't do you much good in a chemistry-based job, eh?" He grins awkwardly and briefly chuckles, as if that were a joke rather than just an observation of facts. "Erm- late. Very, very late. Sometimes weekends. I mostly just nap a little at a time while Marcus is sleeping, honestly... unless Nate's up and running. Then I play with Nate while Marcus is sleeping." He gives a sheepish grin when Victor notes that he and Hendel must barely see each other. "Heh, not nearly enough for my tastes, no. But, I mean, we manage. Think it'll get easier once Marcus is a little bit older - when he starts being able to entertain himself and doesn't need to eat quite as often, ya know?"

The redhead raises an eyebrow when Victor slips into a less familiar tongue. "Oh- habla espanol? I... don't, really." Smooth, Clarence, very smooth. "But, uh, Hendel does, sort of - or she's trying to learn more, at least. A-anyway, uh, more on topic, that sounds great. Really great. Like, I can't thank you enough great." Aaand as if on cue, Victor continues to sweeten the deal by offering his aid in watching the youngsters. "Oh, fer chrissakes, Victor, you're so generous it's nuts. I mean - if you really don't mind, it would be a huge help. Nate's just so energetic, and Marcus just needs someone around pretty much anytime he's awake... they're not that bad on their own, but with both of 'em at once..."

[captainsnakepants]

"You think I don’t know that? She’s just as bad as Nami when she’s angry." And Hendel was just generally grouchy when she was tired. Which was often. Luffy looks at Nate, now, grinning. "Hi! Y’givin’ Uncle Clarence a rough time, there, Shorty?"

[scientificginger]

"Hell hath no fury like a woman on three hours of sleep a night," he snorts in reply, seeming perhaps a little too amused by his own joke. Nate, meanwhile, beams and chuckles at the attention, putting her tiny fangs on display, and squirms in Luffy's general direction. After a second, Clarence decides to stop putting up a resistance and let her stumble over to Luffy; he can afford to be a little lenient with a second pair of eyes around, and besides, her attempts to break free were causing little Marcus to get jostled a bit, and he was beginning to whine in a way that suggested he wasn't pleased with the disturbance.

[ourstarswillburnon]

"I should take the one that cries just to spite you, but something will bleed if I will. And as long as the kid doesn’t get TOO far, I can handle them. Unless the kids themselves have a preference of people. Why don’t you ask them?"

[scientificginger]

"Well, considering one of them is literally an infant, I don't think askin' them's gonna do much," he snorts back, though he's grinning playfully. "And little Nate just seems excited to have a playmate no matter what, so s'long as you can kinda keep up and make sure she doesn't take any bad tumbles, it should be fine. Oh, uh, y'gotta watch out for her little horns, though. They're still pretty blunt, but still... oh, and the tail, make sure her tail doesn't knock over anything. And be careful of her teeth. Those are sharp."

[scientificginger]

"Is it, uhm... Can I have Nate back, or...?"

"…why would I- of course you can have yer kid back, goof. I’m just sorry it took ‘s long as it did…"

[voracxty]

"I’ve seen her on occasion in Gressenheller." Hershel responded, grinning slightly. "Still got courses there. Still stared at like I’m about to eat somebody. To my knowledge, I’m doing pretty well, although I do have to take a few tutoring sessions to… catch up, on missed years. Two years or so in a forest, and all…"

He’d never finished his last year - hadn’t even been halfway through it. The fact the university had let him in at all was a miracle. They - being the staff - were watching him, and he knew it. The reasons being likely his… peculiar appearance. And next probably came his lack of actually graduating high-school. He didn’t mind though. It was very worth it.

"I - I would come over more often, but… It’s just that you’ve already got so many people to hep, and take care of, I figure I should just leave you alone unless I really need something. I’m usually just end up messing something up anyways; if I stayed with you and Hendel, something bad would end up happening to you, I know it.”

[scientificginger]

The ginger lights up at that. "Aw, man, that's right! I keep forgettin' you've been goin' there. We must just miss each other, I'm there mostly at night now... y'taking anything specific, or just kinda general things right now?" Now you've done it, Hersh; his curiosity's piqued and he's not going to stop yammering until it's been sated. Good luck.

He can't help but settle into a soft smirk as the poor young man stammers out reason after reason he hasn't thought to stop by more often than he has - everything really did just seem to be on the verge of disaster for him, didn't it? "Oi, oi, don't mess yourself up thinking all that, a'right? You're welcome here anytime you want. All of us like havin' you and little Nate around. And don't worry about how many people we've got to help, okay? We're fully-grown semi-functional adults," he adds with perhaps too enthusiastic a chuckle. In his defense, adult interaction has been somewhat more limited lately. "Plus, you said you're gettin' tutored, right? You can come over for that. I know Hendel'd be thrilled to teach you whatever she could."

[captainsnakepants]

Clarence’s little head-butt leads Luffy to snort in amusement, and he rolls off of Clarence, tail still wagging. “Trouble? Naaahhhh.” Liar. His ears twitch downward, but he tries to suppress the involuntary broadcasts that come with him being dishonest.

[scientificginger]

Luffy letting him up is much appreciated, and he sits back up with an almost exaggerated groan, while the larger of the two kids tries to take the opportunity to squirm free - the redhead only barely manages to wrangle her in. This probably is to Luffy's benefit, though, as Clarence is too preoccupied to really notice the half-snake's thinly-veiled dishonesty. "Well, that's good to hear. Y'know Hendel would've let you have it if she found out you were wreckin' things while we were busy..."

[scientificginger]

[returns 500 years late with a doodle dump (click for captions!)]

[captainsnakepants]

"Could be worse. You’re here, now, so it’s all good." Better not to mention that he led Jean to getting his arm amputated. That wouldn’t exactly be a good conversation to have.

[scientificginger]

"S'that so? All right, then," he chuckles, trying to free up an arm to scruff the snake-man's head - but, well, both arms are currently occupied by small children, so he improvises and butts Luffy's shoulder lightly with his head instead. Not quite the same thing, but hopefully it still comes across all right. "Hope you didn't get y'self into too much trouble. You know Hendel's good at sniffin' that sort of stuff out."

[forgotten-vows]

"Oh, I’m sure you’re keeping everyone fed, but — well, with two small children and a wife in school…and you’ve already mentioned not getting enough sleep. Besides, I like to cook. It’s hardly an imposition. Is there anything you would like in particular? I’m pretty good with chicken.”

[scientificginger]

"Oh, you don't even know," the redhead sighs, running a hand through his tangled bangs. "I mean, we at least managed to arrange it so Hendel's teaching during the day while I'm taking mostly night classes, so there's always someone with the kids... but, I mean, that's still us having to run in and out tag-teamin' it almost every day, you know?"

Victor's insistence earns him a very grateful look from the scruffy ginger. "You're too much, man. Honestly, I'll defer to your judgement on that one, you're already goin' out of your way to make anything, let alone somethin' specific."

[scientificginger]

"Is it, uhm... Can I have Nate back, or...?"

"…why would I- of course you can have yer kid back, goof. I’m just sorry it took ‘s long as it did…"

[voracxty]

"I tried to find you after, but you were kind of… nowhere. Little part of my head came up with the idea that you might’ve took off with her, but that’s stupid, you’d never…

You must’ve been really busy with something to be gone that long, though. I, uhm… I kind of missed you.”

[scientificginger]

"Yeah, um, real sorry about that. Hendel went back t' teaching this semester, and between that and little Marcus, well... things have been pretty crazy," he sighs, managing a halfhearted grin. Crazy indeed, if the ginger's appearance is anything to go by - he's a bit scruffier than usual, looking like he hasn't managed a clean shave or even a decent brushing of his hair for some time. The usual slight bags under his eyes have become rather more pronounced as well; apparently someone's not getting a lot of sleep.

"Why would I go an do a fool thing like that?" He scoffs, though gently, jokingly, trying not to make Hershel feel too bad about the (rather rational, honestly) assumption. "You've seen how many kids I've already got around, not to mention how long it took us to get into this new house, what would possess me to run off just to keep yet another kid? I, um, not that we haven't loved having 'er around, of course." Smooth, Clarence, very smooth. He grins more honestly at the half-snake's admission, though. "Hey, well, we've missed you too. You and Nate both oughta come over here more often, all right? We've certainly got the room for you now."

[captainsnakepants]

Not that he cares. He’s already piled in the unfortunate ginger, tail wagging wildly and purring up a storm.

[scientificginger]

And with that both Clarence and aforementioned children are pinned under a very affectionate half-snake. "Oi, oi, all right, glad to see you too. How y'been, ya goof?"

[scientificginger]

captainsnakepants replied to your post:"HOLY HELL OKAY so I am actually alive. Figured -...

-BARRELS INTO CLARENCE-

"FOR CRAP'S SAKE LUFFY I AM HOLDING TWO CHILDREN--"

[ourstarswillburnon]

"Can I help with the kids AND be snarky? Cause I think I can. Wanna watch me do it? I’m a multi-tasking magician."

[scientificginger]

"I'm gettin' the feeling that's how it's gonna happen regardless of what I say. Now then, you get to the fun choice! D'ya want to play with the more mobile, but more self-sufficient infant, or the smaller one that cries when disturbed in any way? It's a nigh-impossible choice, I know."

[scientificginger]

forgotten-vows replied to your post:"HOLY HELL OKAY so I am actually alive. Figured -...

"…All right, would it help if I made you some food? Just to have it off your to-do list?"

"Oh, dang- I mean, I'm not gonna say no if you're offering, but, I mean, y'don't have to feel obligated or anything like that, yeah? I mean, we're handing things all right, it's just... a lot to juggle right now.

...that said, if you did I would owe you immense favors."