Line

Line is a character played by SophieSteak.

Appearance
Line currently appears as a computer monitor, seen most often attached to Sophia's body.

Behind the screen, Line is an old human with near-grey skin. Their outfits vary, but is most commonly represented wearing a lab coat and pale blue blouse, shoe-less and sock-less. Standing at somewhere around 5'9, their lithe form is slightly hunched on account of a damaged leg, requiring the use of a dark mahogany cane.

Bio
Hailing from an alternate Earth, Line - full name Lionel A. Vartol - is the only living human after an unknown event on their birthday that left no one - save for their immediate family, which they don't tend to speak about - alive. They have spent many decades in isolation, among the ruins of a silent world, and is now the ripe age of 71.

Line may be already known to some members of the rarely-mentioned "Community Server"; however, they recall large differences in its series of events and knows little to nothing about what occurred outside of their limited scope. The assumption is that this Line is entirely different, or from a different moment in time, but no concrete answers have been given due to their mysterious nature.

At an unknown juncture, Sophia was found by Line in a comatose state. Despite their best efforts, they were not able to awaken her, and left her to sleep. After suffering a fall that crippled their ability to move in their already cramped and crumbling world, they connected several experimental and complicated devices - some even Line does not understand - and assumed control of her bodily functions, utilizing a mish-mashed VR and Atari controller combination that is prone to failure. This explains their strange movement, rotating many times - or lack thereof. Line used the imp's motor functions to resume scavenging and other things around their home, until somehow arriving in SocksCraft, where the connection is severely limited.

Line's possession of Sophia is a hot-button topic in many aspects, some going as far as to label the intricate trolley problem a 'civil-war inducing event'. Their situation mainly revolves around the possession of Sophia's body, detesting any amount of stagnation of their environment and wishing to proceed with removing her from the equation. Issues arose when Sophia, freshly Sourced, begun speaking - something Line has not accounted for or expected to happen at all. In confidence, Line has pleaded with several people to sacrifice the imp so they may live on beyond their soon-to-be death by transferring their consciousness into her body.

None have done so, yet.

Line has an advanced fear of Mist due to her aggressive attitude, and attempts to stay as far away from her as possible. On the upside, they consider most of the DeVille Trio - Buttercup, Lottie Moon and Blair Rattle - as confidants, even amidst their frequent events that take precedence.

Personality
They have expressed a love for fishing, cited as a tribute to Sophia's memory.

Otherwise, they are an unknown element, seemingly on purpose. Previously, they begun spouting messages in Base91 due to low bandwidth. They can now be spotted staring in the distance - or directly into another's eyes from afar - only tending to respond to direct questions.

Regardless of their mysterious aura, they seem jovial and in a good mood more often than not. They tend to use the monitor's capabilities to share a wide range of emotions with emoticons, all with eyes that look like eights, including but not limited to:


 * Happiness - 8+}, 8+], 8+)
 * Anger - 8+|, >8+|
 * Sadness - 8+(, 8+[, 8+{

Trivia

 * Their monitor used to be a possible Legendary catch during Fishing Contests, but are now a rare collector's item.
 * Their Fishing Rod has the unique enchantment 'Paradoxical' after an unfortunate mishap involving a salvage anvil.