Quain McNair

Quain McNair's Alive Portrait, Done by discord user Vernie#1987

Teddy Bear (By Himself)

Clown (By Frei)

**Quain McNair** is a participant on Sink or Swim's 22nd season, and is apart of the killing game featured in Danganronpa: Sink or Swim. His title is the **Ultimate Psychopharmacologist.** His reasons for appearing on the show involve losing a bet of some kind from when he was younger, though the exact bet remains unknown.

## **Public History**

### **Prior to Sink or Swim**

Quain’s online pages detail his current psychopharmacology career and study breakthroughs on modern medicine, with sparse information on his past. All that's known about his childhood is that he was born somewhere in cold Colorado, United States, May 15th XXXX. Public records show he was in and out of detention facilities during his time in Middle and High School. It's been commented on that he's much prettier than his mugshots portray him to be. Quain has mentioned playing Hockey before, though it's not known if he's done it competitively. Littler information about his parents is known.

He’s had several campaigns to help addicts and recovering ones alike, websites and articles available on those galore. Several of his TED talks are available too, most centering on the psyche of the human mind and how understanding of it and the effects of drugs can be furthered in humanitarian ways, rather than forcing people to participate in unjust studies.

His ultimate has been under debate as well, people often questioning if it would be any simpler to title him as a Psychiatrist. Because he's specified his field to be psychopharmacology though, his title remains the Ultimate Psychopharmacologist. He currently works at Pax Wellbeing, a mental clinic somewhere between Colorado and Wyoming. He's stated it's 'no restraint', and has subsequently been attacked by patients without being able to properly defend himself. It's thought this might be why he wears so many bandages.

## **Killing Game Life**

### **Introductions In The Theatre**

When Octavius called Quain for his introduction, nicknaming him 'Mr.Bigman' at this time, Quain was busy messing with the bandages on his face. After he realized he had been called on and stepped forward, he gave a pretty lackluster introduction compared to most of the other Ultimates. He tried being polite, calling the other ultimates 'unique individual(s)' as he waved and smiled towards them. Notably, Octavius was not impressed as he immediately moved on.

### **False Alarm**

Later on, the first day onboard, Quain had been in the indoor seating area with Yuuta when Octavius announced the ship was sinking. Yuuta wasted no time, grabbing his hand and taking him to the Bow, where he remained with the 24 other participants until Octavius came to tell them the truth. Notably, he didn't find it a very funny joke. After the bounties were announced at the safety demonstration, he stayed in his seat to pick at his bandages. When questioned on how he would stay safe, he responded by flexing and insisting he was 'tough! [and] Built to last!' He left shortly after.

### **First Motive**

Quain learned about the first motive through Yuuta. After the Author commented about having hot wine in the Groupchat, Quain simply responded with "Hot wine is just.... Grape Soup.' After learning of what the actual motive was, he was more active in helping the others deal with it. He took orders for Hamilton and Yuuta, bringing Hamilton soup and announcing his arrival with 'Beep Beep!' as the other had requested. He left soup and wine at Yuuta's door. For the most part, the motive didn't seem to affect him too badly.

### **First Kill and Trial**

Upon receiving a strange message in the groupchat from Akane's device, Quain's first response was a simple 'Wuh oh'. Being in the Jazz Lounge at the time, he confirmed Akane wasn't there, and then headed off to the pool after Marcia. Being the second to arrive, he wasn't the one to trigger the Body Discovery Announcement, that being Jigen, who arrived shortly afterwards. Quain spent the investigation looking at the body and discussing it with Naoko H and Ginjiro.

On the elevator ride down to the trial room, Quain gifted Jigen a friendship bracelet.

The first trial itself was fast paced. Quain didn't speak much, picking at his bandages the entire time until Sora was pinned down by Elias' realization. After this, he continued to pick at his bandages, before immediately leaving the trial room. He was later seen in the Indoor Seating area, where he had apple juice and conversed with Tsuyuno.

### **Second Motive**

After the announcement of the second motive, Quain, along with other members of the cast, seemed a little fearful. He interacted with Taiyou in the library following her secret theater, but didn't seek out any other participants.

Quain was the fourth to be selected, and his secret was revealed to have something to do with a past friend of his having a drug overdose. This was also the first time the cast saw Quain cry, and he immediately left after he was released from his restraints. Similar to other contestants, he hasn't delved into what the theater means to him on camera.

As with other cast members, he expressed concern at Tsuyuno's theater, and considered directly intervening with Jigen's, before the stage collapsed on him.

## **Name**

**Quain** is a french name meaning 'Clever, Quick' which is somewhat ironic when you look at the single braincell Quain posses. **McNair** is a rather confusing last name, and is an anglicized version of one of the gaelic ***Mac-Iain-uidhir*** (Son of Sallow/Dun John)*, **M'an-oighre*** (Son of the Heir)*, **Mac-an-fhuibir*** (Son of the Smith)*, **Mac-an-huidhir*** (Son of the Stranger)*,* or ***Mac an Mhaoir*** (Son of the Steward/Keeper)*.*

## **Appearence**

Quain is a gentle giant of a man, standing at 6’8” and quite muscular but not one to get physical with others. His hair is a vibrant color, and stands out against his rather pale skin, which is often littered with colorful bandages due to his clumsy nature.

His outfits generally consist of the same combinations of a t-shirt, jeans, and velcro or slip-on shoes, with his parka on top of all of it no matter the weather. In the rare event that he decides to not wear the parka though, he usually wears a thin long-sleeved t-shirt instead. Shorts are even more of a rarity, and he only owns one pair of them. An average everyday skater boy aesthetic.

In the rare case he removes his jacket and isn’t wearing something else with long sleeves, Quain’s tattoos and various scars are immediately noticeable. He has a small koi fish on his inner left wrist, and a much larger dragon curling up around his left arm. An abstract print curls around the left side of his neck, stemming from the larger print on his upper back that turns into an array of blooming flowers. His right bicep has a little cartoonish pill and bottle design, labeled with ‘Be Kind’. As for the scars, most are generally peppered in and out of the tattoos, but for the more visible one they just sort of litter his body. Lots of mishaps happen in knife fights.

## **Personality**

Quain does his best to come off as a well-meaning individual in the public eye, at least that of the public eye that is focused on him. He treats his patients and studies with kindness and respect, and is always ready with a sticker in hand and a word of a job well done for them. Of course, while people swear up and down that this is his full personality, he’s still met with skeptics and harsh words too. Arrest records and mug shots can go public with a flick of a wrist, and Quain is no stranger to being behind bars. There’s not much he’s willing to do about it though, as he believes everyone is entitled to their own opinions of him.

## **Talent**

Quain's talent as the Ultimate Psychopharmacologist centers on his studies of Psychopharmacology, how drugs (both legal and illegal) affect the human mind. He's stated he's had 'up close' experience in the field, but hasn't delved too much into this on-camera besides a conversation with Tsuyuno in which he mentioned being 'crazy' about Shrooms (slang for psilocybin mushrooms) in his past, and 'hav[ing] all kinds all over the place.' He also mentioned making and selling his own, though didn't delve further when Tsuyuno had a negative reaction.

It's known that he went into a DO Degree program, and shortly after completing his residency went on to become a Psychiatrist at Pax Wellbeing, a Mental Clinic in Cheyenne, Wyoming. A few months into his career, he specified his field as Psychopharmacology, and became the Ultimate at 20.

## **Relationships**

Akane - nice blue lady that died too soon

Anastasiya - not so nice red lady that died at a questionable time

Beauregard - church boy solidarity. also took care of his baby doll for no reason other then i was asked to (maybe there were other reasons but thats fine)

Elias - accidentally taught him how to murder but thats alright we can be survivor friends now C:

Firefly - very nice bright colored lady he was kind of friends with

Frederick - very nice history man :( im sorry my bf killed you

Frei - out of her mind but at least she was honest thats a good quality

Ginjiro - :power: buddies?? little best buddies?? solidarity in some aspects. a good roboy!!

Hamilton - i am literally so fucking sorry. beep beep bros. queen mcnair

Jigen - aw fuck. i cant believe youve done this. good friends great friends could do without the murder

Kiyoshi - tried playing cards once and that didnt work out too well but he was a good kid who deserved better

Machiko - girl with the dragon tattoo. nice! whyd she die. solidarity kind of

Madeleine - scary little lady that means well but in the nicest way possible needs to grow up and not commit manslaughter

Marcia - kind of scary bigger lady im glad she survived

Max - alcoholic guy that kind of scared me

Naoko H. - arsonist little lady i was handcuffed to but she was nice i hope she gets therapy

Naoko O. - whomst

Shiki - shiki tiki heyo :wahoorat: good buddies good bros we both need therapy methinks

Sora - out of their fucking mind but its okay (i think??? maybe) you killed someone and i didnt know you enough to think you were anything other than a bit crazy

Sukekiyo - the nice lawyer person, very helpful

Taiyou - silly wacky crazy bright haired girl. rip to her but at least she was positive

Tsuyuno - mushroom woman! haha we get along nice C:

Yumeko - i still dont know if youre sevrely depressed or just acting severely mature for your age but either way i think therapy would benefit you. please enjoy your cat cafe miss yumeko

Yuuta - hello lgbt community <3

## Trivia

* Quain is naturally 6'8.5" (204cm). Though this is tall, Quain does not suffer from gigantism, and is well under the record for tallest living man.
* Quain likes cats, and has a pet cat named Snugglewumps he discussed on the show a few times. According to his conversations, he found Snugglewumps, a ragdoll breed, in the trash. The cat's favorite past times include 'opening the fridge and then screaming at [Quain's Family] to close it, or going to the garden and chewing on the plants, then getting upset when [Quain] lock[s] him inside.'
	+ In the groupchat, Quain also noted; '**Mcnya:** and then i found a cauliflower eared bastard swimming in my trash and went oh yeah thats the pet right there.'
* Quain switched his name in the groupchat several times. In chronological order, he was 'Medman', 'Firetruck', and 'McNya'.