TOAD

Toad is a minor character (Horrorbrew) made by @Glitchy_Dreamer on Twitter/X and is a fan made character for the Mario horror game, Mario '85.
==Biography==
Toad is an alias for 26-year old Indiana [REDACTED], an adult man with an interest for video games and for the horror genre. He accessed the game through a sketchy website, trusting it not to give him any viruses. MX took amusement of the adult’s childish behavior and how dedicated he was to play the game, no matter how much it infuriated him (because of how difficult it was for him). 
Finding him quite easy to manipulate, kind of like his first victim, Lucas, just an adult this time. Indiana got murdered by the sudden overheating of his phone, leaving him no time to react before it explodes and leaving him laying on his bed.. Face gone. Killing him quickly. MX took that opportunity to snatch his soul and force it into the body of the many toads in his game.
== Appearance ==
In his first form, Toad, his form looks just like the Toad in the game just slightly altered. the dots on his mushroom head being pink, wearing a red bandana around his neck and a small orange flower on his head. He wears a orange vest with matching orange shoes, and white pants. his form is small and is around the same height of any other toad in the game, 2'6. his skin is a light orange, some small eye bags under his void colored eyes.
As Crybaby his form gets taller, around the same height he was before he got killed, 5'7. The mushroom on his head cracks up, revealing some of his hair underneath. a few scratches due to hyperventilation during his first time transforming. he looks more child-like now, inspired by his childish behavior and autism his alive body had. his vest becomes are more darker orange, slightly spiky on both ends of the vest (arm holes and bottom of the vest). The white pants the Toad wore turns into shorts for the second form, becoming more rounded on the bottom to make his clothes more innocent looking. along side his vest, his shoes become more darker as well, adoring with some white socks with orange dots on them too. his red bandana wrapped around his right arm, while the flower he wore withered away. a scar on his right elbow and a sligtly bigger scar on his upper left arm. He's always seen with a frown on his face, his eyes turning a pure white and always filled with tears, flowing down in an endless loop. his voice is a more echo-child like, going for his ghost like appearance. 
Then it comes to Indiana his third and last form. he adores in a more larger form, 8'2, towering over most creatures, but not as tall as MX. His vest turns black, the spiky ends of the vest turning a darker grey. underneath the vest, he wears a tight dark grey turtle neck, cropped to only cover his chest. same with the vest, instead of the red bandana, he has sleeves that seem to hang on nothing by gravity. not being attacthed to his vest and all. The sleeves are shoulder/upper arm showing, and is also black with dark grey spiky tips. he wears white long pants with three big holes on both sides, his black boots showing through the holes of his pants. Indiana adores also some sharp black nails, same with the scar it stays with his third form, being visible on his left arm. his grey septum and matching grey earrings from his past. his voice is way deeper too, finally adoring his voice he had before he died. he also have medium long very dark grey hair with pink streaks, facial hair on his chin and some body hair on his arms and legs (on his stomach and chest too, the chest being underneath his turtle neck.) 
== Personality ==
=== Toad ===
Toad embodies a complex blend of traits, characterized by his shy and anxious nature even when he was alive.  Despite his status as an adult, he often adopts a sensitive and submissive demeanor, preferring to avoid confrontation and conflict when talking towards MX. Cautious by nature, he maintains a vigilant awareness of his surroundings, ever wary of potential threats lurking in the shadows. When fear grips him, Toad's voice falters, reduced to timid squeaks and hesitant peeps, serving as a stark reflection of his inner turmoil and vulnerability. Even though he hates being vulnerable in front of others, the fear that has gripped him once he got trapped into the game with the powerful entity, has made him act upon his skills to help himself survive longer. Toad has gotten the skill to act, during his living days as well. This was due to his Autism, masking most of the time. so when he got sent into the game world by MX’s hands, he had no hesitation to act more submissive the second he got to see the real threat that MX was.
He still wants to escape, but finds it hard thinking that way whenever he gets killed off or toyed with by MX. Toad seems to find himself enjoying being alone, muttering to himself an apology to the player whenever MX goes after them instead of him. He’s more of the standby side, not being on the side of anyone. He's totally on the side of Lucas, wanting to be free and escape this world. but his thoughts of self-deprecating keeps him from doing anything. He has no intentions on harming anyone, he’s just as helpless as the player. being more of an observer and helper than anything.
=== Crybaby ===
He takes in a more sensitive personality, just like his first form.
=== Indiana ===
His third form though, takes on a more confident personality. being able to toy and mess with MX without feeling like his life might fall apart the second MX gets pissed off about it. adding some Norweigan insults just to piss him off even more, being able to speak two languages after all. Norweigan and Icelandic. has a more playful mannerism, kinda mischievous in a way. 
==Abilities==
Shape-shifting: obvious reasons by being able to shape-shift into three forms, bonus form being a female one. The female form resembles Princess Peach Toadstool.
Flight: Only in his second form, being more ghost like to look more vulrable and weak. child-like too.
Invisibility: During his Second form as well, he can turn ghost like and follow the player around to make sure their safe in secret.
Paused aging: due to being dead and now a spirit trapped inside of the pixalated body of Toad, he would be forever 26 years of age. 
== Relationship ==
=== MX ===
“MX? damn, why he kinda-” 
— First words when finding out about the game. (Pre-death, that gay bastard)
"..." — "What's the matter, Champ? Scared of little old me?" 
— Speechless once he first got into the game, a small conversation between MX and Toad.
“IS THAT THE GRIM REAPER??!?!”
— Joke dialog when first seeing MX in front of him.
His capture remains the sole reason for his entrapment within that game. His relationship with MX is fraught with turmoil. MX consistently targets Lucas for torment, but in other instances, finds amusement in manipulating Toad. Toad, recognizing the futility of resistance, adopts a submissive stance in his interactions with MX. After all, what defense does a mere toad possess? Navigating interactions with MX proves challenging for him, often leaving him feeling on edge. Toad, meanwhile, prefers to keep a low profile, observing from the shadows as the dynamic between MX and his victims unfolds. He seems to like more being a mere background character, only interacting with the player when told so. 
He can only be so silent, as his body squeaks whenever he moves. His movements tend to get muffled by MX’s loud footsteps and yelling when going after Lucas, if not. then he is easily found if you’re near.
Lucas
“A good kid.. shame he has to go through this nightmare..”
— his thoughts on Lucas once he first met him, after many failed attempts on running away from MX.
Despite his size and character, Toad has seen potential to help Lucas in many ways he could. But, of course his fear of angering MX has kept him from doing too much. finds himself wondering if he sees Lucas as a son, like deep down he’s still that adult that got trapped into the game, just.. stuck in a body of a small Toad that speaks just like them. Usually acts like a parental figure when he’s in his third form, being taller and having his original voice back. His third form is more adult like and would be more reasonable to see as an adult rather than that small toad form. He's a bit playful and would definitely try to cheer Lucas up or comfort him whenever he needs it.
But in canon, he hasn't interacted with Lucas much, being a silent watcher amongst the platforms. pondering if the kid would ever get out of here.
== Dialog ==
=== Form 1, Toad. ===
“Hey, Luigi. Mario is waiting for you at the end, don’t keep him waiting!” 
— Toad says at the beginning of the level, greeting the player like Toad would normally do in a Mario game.
“I’m sorry..” 
— The dialog would appear when the player moves forward, only seen before being cut off by the game's movement (The game focuses on the play character’s movement, as the small dialog only appears for a split second.) 
“You're a determined one, aren’t you, kid?”
— Dialog happens when interacting with Toad after several failed attempts. 
"No, please, I'm sorry!”
— Toad would scream out this dialog if he’s found at the end of the level, facing MX (as False hero, turning into pipe crawler after being angered that Toad disobeyed him) Toad then would get picked up and thrown against the broken flagpole, starting his second death in the game.
— Toad has been seen for the first time getting crushed by MX, when MX turns into his actual form, chasing Lucas at the end of the level.
— coming from the dialog Toad screams out at the end of the level, is when MX finally snaps at him. for the first time for being disobedient towards him.
=== Form 2, Crybaby. ===
“Why do I have to be so weak?...”
- Talking to himself once he turns into this form for the first time.
“There’s no hope for escape, Lucas..”
- Crybaby states once he's found by Lucas, gotten the orders from MX to weaken Lucas' mind by being hopeless about escape. The fear of disobeying MX's order in mind.
“Go back.”
- Crybaby's voice becomes more echo like, nearly demanding for Lucas to turn back to where MX was. These dialogs are only available in the second Level (1-2) which isn't out yet.
“It’s pointless.."
- A voice echo's into the silence, seems like Crybaby was still in Lucas' presence, just invisible.
=== Form 3, Indiana. ===
"Sorry plumber, your victims are in another castle"
- Indiana is seen stating to MX in a playful manner, messing with his tormentor in his more confident form. This dialog happens after MX can't find Lucas and finds Indiana standing by the broken castle at the end of level 1-1. Lucas nowhere to be seen, as Indiana had helped Lucas escape from MX. for now.
"May your survival be fatal"
- Indiana speaks to Lucas, in a warning sense. he would never think of being a threat towards Lucas. yet at least, there was still much more MX had in store for them.
==Trivia==
* The oc was inspired by Damsel (or more of her creator, Duffy.) wanting to create a oc myself that wasn't Luigi or Peach, trying out something new for once. 
* Toad's first form voice is the same as Toad's voice in "Super mario bros Wii", his second form, Crybaby, voice is ENA's sad side (ENA) and his third form's voice (Indiana) is the same as L from Death note (L's voice)
* Toad's bonus form's voice is the same as White Diamond's voice.
* Toad was a huge Horror and Mario fan before he died
* An Artist by heart, loves drawing.
* has a mixed relathionship with MX, seeing how he is the victim of MX's game.
* feels like he has a father-son relathionship with Lucas, a fellow victim in the game. being the adult he was and big brother in his past, he felt some kind of connection with the kid.
* Toad's body squeaks whenever he moves, like a squeak toy. 
* Tends to curse in other languages so MX wouldn't understand what he says. 
* not that it matters much, but Toad is gay. not like he's going to find a boyfriend while being trapped in a game.. unless?
* when Crybaby goes to Indiana, he rips off the mushroom on his head. but it regrows on his head like nothing happened once he's back in his Crybaby form.
* Toad has autism, ADHD and Dyslexia.
* Toad has terrible memory, so when he first got there, he bearly remember what happened to him. luckily his journey through his forms made him remember more.
* Toad likes to dance. mostly in his third form, being quite the charmer himself. quite the pro at waltz.
* his clothes aren't flesh infused, even so there's nothing underneath his clothes.
* Toad has a Twitter account... Lost3Toad
* in his third form, Indiana, he tend to grow mushroom on his head if he's upset. add on, he gets headaches. since his second form is the only form he could be comfortable being emotional in.
* Toad has Atelophobia, a fear of not being good enough.
* He LOVES metal and rock music.
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==Gallery==
File:Untitled79 20240512002957.png|Indiana interacting with Duffy
File:Indiana.png|transparent photo of Toad's third form
File:Crybaby.png|transparent photo of Toad's second form
File:TOAD.png|transparent photo of Toad, first form
File:Upclose Indiana.png|up close Indiana
File:Crybaby close up.png|Crybaby close up
File:Full body refrence Crybaby.png|Crybaby full ref
File:Silly MX and Toad Drawing.png|silly mx and toad meme i made
File:Toad and Prince.ex peeking behind a wall.png|Toad and Prince.ex
File:Toad pick up meme.png|Toad pick up meme
File:Toad's twitter icon.png|Toad's twitter icon
File:Toad running away from MX.png|Toad running away from MX
File:Pixel Toad.png|Pixel Toad
File:First Toad drawing.png|Toad first form
File:Full body refrence Indiana.png|Indiana full ref drawing
File:Toad's third bonus form.jpg|Toad's third bonus form
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