Teddy

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Teddy is a supporting character introduced in arc 4 of That's So Real. He is a fellow kidnapping victim who helps Duke.

## Biography

### Appearance

Teddy is a Scout of uncertain color. He has semi-long brown hair that grows in an unkempt style. He has heterochromia -- his left eye is brown, and his right eye is green. While captive, he is shirtless and shoeless. Additionally, he is forced to wear a black studded shock collar, with a tag that has the Scout class symbol on it. He has a black bandage with Balloonicorns on it over the bridge of his nose, and another bandage on his left cheek.

After Teddy is rescued at the end of arc 4, he no longer has the collar or bandages. He wears a light green T-shirt, blue jeans, and red sneakers.

In various Ask or Beat Up sessions, Teddy wears a light blue hoodie and long ombre blue-to-brown jeans. He also wears red sneakers.

### Personality

Teddy is extremely shy, nervous, and sensitive. While being kept captive, he developed a shrinking, submissive personality. Because of the abuse he has suffered, he has issues with trusting others and letting himself relax. Teddy is known to have difficulty sleeping.

After his rescue, more of Teddy's true personality is shown. He enjoys quiet activities like reading and sitting out in the sunshine. Teddy enjoys his job as an orderly, because it means he gets to help others. He is polite, happy to distribute food to patients and keep them company.

## History

Teddy worked as a BLU mercenary for some time, presumably before the events of That's So Real. At some point, his teammates became addicted to drugs and sold him to human traffickers when they came up short on cash. From there, he lived with Cleff and The Big Guy as they brought him from location to location.

The first allusion to him came in arc 2, where the narration referenced that the BLU team at ctf\_discover sold their Scout for drug money.

Teddy properly appeared in arc 4, after Ethan and Duke's first encounter with Cleff. After running into Ethan and Duke, Cleff brought a bag of diner take-out to an abandoned house in the middle of the desert, revealing that he was keeping Teddy in the cellar. After Dealer kidnapped Duke and sold him to Cleff and Big Guy, Cleff put him in the basement with Teddy. They discussed their pasts and Duke attempted to remove Teddy's collar, only to get shocked doing so.

A few days later, Cleff brought them to the pit for a very one-sided fight against the Bullvy. Teddy was beaten senseless by the overgrown Heavy, but Duke managed to catch Bullvy in a stranglehold. The match was called off, and Duke took advantage of the situation to use his shard of sacred Staff, vaporizing the fight pit boss and his bodyguard. Cleff activated the collars to stop Duke before he could go further, then brought him and Teddy back to the house.

While in transit, the Scouts discussed an escape plan. They jumped Cleff while being taken back into the basement. Teddy grabbed the controller for the shock collars and smashed it. Then, he and Duke chased Cleff outside and into the house. Hot Cakes stopped them from following Cleff into the house, and they helped her and her friends barricade the door. She handed a matchbook to Teddy and asked if he wanted to "do the honors", that being to set fire to the place. The narration is left ambiguous whether he accepted the offer or not, but either way, the house burned to the ground with Cleff trapped inside.

After the rescue, Teddy lived at Dr. Finch's house in rp\_downtown. The doctor set him up with a therapist to help him work through his trauma. He also got a new job as an orderly at Never Lose Hope Hospital. He formed a friendship with Hot Cakes, who is implied to have romantic feelings for him.

## Trivia

* Despite working as a BLU mercenary in the past, some of Teddy's clothes and the electricity produced by his collar are green, suggesting that GRN is his true team color.
* Teddy first appeared in a teaser image posted in a session of Ask or Beat Up, alongside Hot Cakes.
* He is the only character, other than Duke, to have a confirmed age beyond "adult". He is 21 as of arc 4.
* As shown in an image posted to the OC Talk channel, Teddy had a "beta" design while arc 4 was still being written. He had shorter hair, both his eyes were blue, he wore spiked armbands, and he had a muzzle strapped to his head. Background information reveals that his design was changed to make him look "cuter and more vulnerable".