Lil Rai Stagehand

Rai is a friendly, cheerful toon, who lives with his mother and sibling in the middle class areas of Toon Town. He is learning to be a detective, like his mum. He used to visit Framor Town rather regularly, but doesn't much anymore.

## Biographical Information

### Other Family

Rezze, Skip, Kugan (Shadow Sibs),  Lil Haddy Stagehand (Uncle), Ol Tort Stagehand (Grunkle), Lil Staniel Stagehand (Uncle), Lil Mao Stagehand (Aunt), Lil Biggs Stagehand (Uncle)

## Personality

Generally friendly, Rai is typically a very trusting little toon. He acts very childish, relishing activities that a child far younger than he is would find fun. He especially loves puppet shows, and will often set up a puppet theatre on the street in order to busk for coins.

When startled however, he can be an impressive hostile force. He can be deadly with a stick.

## Appearance

Rai has very dark grey skin and one large eye on the front left side of his head, the colour of which sometimes changes. Having gone through a redesign recently, he no longer wears his tattered hoodie and scarf. He now sports a coat that would do any stagehand proud: a blue coat with pointed tails, lined with a dark red. It's sleeveless, to account for his shoulders, and has a hood (which he wears down, mostly) and a large gold star on the back. He also wears a pair of tan shorts, and a belt.

He has very thin arms and legs, and his hands are part of his forearm, so he has no bendable wrist. He has two fingers and one thumb on each hand. His shoulders have two spines each, and he has no visible neck.

He has been confirmed to be a Pokemani from the Independent Isles, however he does not match any of the recorded 'official' types. He describes himself as a 'dark type'.

## Backstory

Rai was hatched from an egg on the island of Jhotos in the Independent Isles as Raymond Alamos. The son of the Governor, he lived in the manor with his father, Arc Alamos, and sister, Celeste Alamos. He was given the best education, but his father largely ignored him, due to having been born as a 'dark type'.

Everything changed for Rai when he was with his father at the Spire of Vitality, while the older Pokemani was conducting maintenance. The small child got his hands on the Spire's power source, the Jewel of Life, and used it accidentally to create some weeds through the tiles. Realising that his son had the power to make the effects of the Jewel and the Spire permanent, Arc started training him in magic, putting him through rather exhaustive and torturous lessons to raise his magical ability as much as possible, as fast as possible.

Rai put up with it as much as he could, eventually threatening to run away if he wasn't allowed rest. This resulted in Arc putting extreme security on his room; blockers on the door that he could not shadow walk through, and his room was made white and bright, to keep him from having the energy to run away.

These measures were ultimately unsuccessful, and Rai managed to escape the island, on a small boat he had built and stocked, and kept hidden off the coast of the island near Alamos Manor. He drifted for some time, (developing a fear of octopus when one knocked him out of his boat and he nearly drowned) before washing up on the shores of the Easel Isle. He was allowed to participate in the resort's activities with a group of other toons, before making his way to the mainland with the resort owner's assistance.

There was no notable appearances of the small toon until he arrived in Framor Town in the south west of Gisnep, where the locals noted him kicking around more regularly, and eventually, starting to put on his shadow puppet plays in order to busk for coins. He was also suspected of minor petty crime over this time, small food theft and a handful of coins here or there, but they were never able to pin him down for sure.

But then he caught wind of a Spooky Halloween Corn Maze, and intrigued, he stole his way onto a train to Halloween Town. And from there, the rest of his life started.

## Shenanigans

* **Beach Bash** - Rai washed up on the shores of Easel Isle and was immediately roped into some tropical scavenger hunt antics.
* **12FPS: Shadowplay** - Rai takes fellow Framor Town Shadow urchin Skip to the park to put on a puppet play.
* **Spooky Halloween Corn Maze** - Rai heard there was a prize involved, and spooky is his jam, so he snuck on board the train to participate.
* **12FPS: An Honest Living** - Rai was very surprised to get a visit from Lin, while he was in the middle of stealing his lunch.
* **Show Your True Petals** - An invite came for a corn maze reunion of sorts, with the leader of Halloween Town inviting them back for a visit. Rai went, but he didn't seem happy about it. At least Lin was there.
* **12FPS: Network Connections** - Rai invited Lin to come and watch one of his puppet performances, and she brought him back to her Network for a meal as a reward. Rai ended up learning a lot more about Lin than he had been expecting.. and he offered her some information in return... though he wasn't happy about it.
* **Communication** - Off server text rp drabbles in prose form. Rai learns Network-Speech, much to Lin and Network's delight.
* **12FPS: Nocturnal Soul** - Rai isn't a happy boy. Lin has gone away, and he has decided to take his fancy key and go and sulk in Halloween Town. He tried to stay out of the way, but ended up making friends with some of the local lycans, learning about some of his natural talents, and chatting to Asclepius about his insecurities... before getting to help in the reelkind's impressive garden.
* **12FPS: Housewarming** - Rai had been dropping in on Network every so often so she wouldn't be alone, but this time when he did... there was someone waiting for him. And ended up giving him the best gift of his life.
* **Cooknections of a Network** - Now officially Lil Rai Stagehand, his new guardian is determined to get Rai some more friends. And Lin knows just the pair; Hugh Script and March. So she arranges a play date.
* **12FPS: Hot Chocolate Spell Studies** - Rai invites Hugh over while Lin is out and about, to have some hot chocolate and talk about magic.
* **12FPS: In A Word** - Rai discovers a new connection of his mother's had stayed over, and he chats to one Lethelogica Beckford, or Lethe, about investigations, language, and.. memories.
* **Garden Wo(a)nders** - Lin has invited Hugh and March over again, this time to accompany her and Rai to a magical garden she has recently had an adventure in. They like magic, they like plants, it seems safe enough..... right?
* **12FPS: Wild Shape** - Rai and Lin accidentally ended up going to Halloweentown for training and play at the same time, and so they went together to spend some time with their Lycan friends. Lin got in some training with Katrina, and Rai went to play with Phii, though Lin wasn't expecting *how* he plays.
* **12FPS: When Stars Align** - Rai was doing some puppet shows in the local park, when a pastel coloured toucan approaches, and introduces himself as a fellow Stagehand! Rai and Staniel chat a little, and end up heading to the hardware store to get supplies for Rai to build a more sturdy puppet theatre than his well loved cardboard one.
* **A Stagehands Reunion** - Lin and Rai have headed to Villestown to attend the Stagehand family's reunion. Rai gets to meet more of his new family, and help Biggs and Staniel in the scavenger hunt!
* **12FPS: Magical Tutoring** - Rai has gone for another trip to the park, this time to practice his magic some. He runs into fellow magic user Scribble Scrambles, and the two swap spells and Rai learns something new!
* **12FPS: Party Preparations** - It's Rai's birthday! He, Lin, and Network are busy getting everything ready for his party that afternoon. But, before the party can start, something goes very wrong...
* **Bring Him Home** - Finally tracked down by Arc Alamos, Rai had been taken back to Jhotos. Lin, Eabha, Phii, Teal, Tiffy, and Bou mount a rescue, and sever Rai's ties to that island once and for all!
* **12FPS: Gossip in the Garden** - Invited to spend some time with Teal Tiger, Rai heads to the rogue's secret home in Pottingspam and gets to know him a bit better. As well as help him sort out his front garden some.
* **12FPS: Book Club** - Knowing that Hugh was still unwell, Rai heads over to his place, and the pair spend some time chatting about magic. And Rai discovers some new magic, much to his delight.
* **The Way Things Go** (Parts 1 and 2) - Rai is delighted to have Teal Tiger, Tiffy Toot Toot, Bou Dust, Jacques Macabre and Asclepius Ash over for the big shindig Lin and Network had been excited for for the last little while. What a wonderful party!
* Three AM did not stay wonderful though. Rai went through fear and panic and then *rage* as they fought to get Lin back from The Thing. They won, thankfully. But Rai sure didn't sleep well afterwards.
* **12FPS: Heart of the Home** - A small cameo from the boy, as he sprints in after his Mum felt something across her bond with Network. What's going on now?!
* Toons On A Mission
* 12FPS: The Yupyean, the Pokemani, and the Monkey
* Corn Maze 3: Return of the Kids
* Aberration Investigator: The Stress Test
* 12FPS: Moving House
* 12FPS: Enlightening Conversations
* Tis The Season