Rex

* Rex (Afterlife)
* Rex (Young)

## Appearances

### Appears In

Before The Afterlife (Original), The Trio of Idiots, Before The Afterlife (Remake)

### Debut

Cemetary (original) - MEME

*It's not a damn challenge. It's a boundary.* -Rex

Rex is one of the members of The Council in The Afterlife, being the Anorexia Boss. Rex is implied to be an autistic man who's characterized by being quiet, calculated, and sensitive to touch. He's also been known to pick at his loose clothing and he's blue/purple colorblind, which he wears special glasses to help with. His only childhood friend was Debbie Lackman, but as he aged into adulthood, he'd meet Lucas DuCarmont and they became friends. Rex has AFRID and is generally disinterested in eating, often going out of his way to avoid food, leading to frequent weight fluctuations both up and down. One of his defining traits though is his mechanical prowess, being able to put things together with scraps and spare parts. Though, he lives off the grid so nobody would be able to see any of it.

## Story

### Before Death

Soon after Rex was born in the mid 1800s, his father left him and his mother. The two would struggle to get by but were happy with what they had. The only trouble was that Rex was an odd child. He refused to wear shoes, wasn't interested in and avoided eating, hated being touched, had an understanding of mechanics that most adults didn't, had a habit of stealing from strangers, and was often in his own world. When he was really young though, Rex's mother died of sickness and he was taken in by their friends, the Lackman's.

Rex would be adopted by the Lackman's, being friends with their daughter, Debbie. They would raise him with much difficulty, but his adopted father would admire his talent for mechanics and mathematics, taking him under his wing at his mechanics shop to possibly inherit it one day. Though, after stealing from the shop so many times, Rex was banned from the Lackman home as a young adult and thrown onto the streets, jobless. To make it worse, word had spread around that he was a thief, making finding other employment almost impossible. He was only able to survive from living with Debbie.

While on the street, Rex would see a man putting up papers looking for strange individuals to study for money. Not having many options, Rex took the job and became the first to be studied in the laboratory of Lucas DuCarmont. After days of study, Rex would warm up to the man and they'd become friends, with Rex feeling like Lucas understood him in a way no other did, not even Debbie. He'd become a regular research subject for the lab, basically welcome there anytime as long as he was researched.

After Lucas was caught and executed for running cruel experiments, Rex would fall into a spiral and discover he was dying of the same illness as his mother: cancer. Due to his disordered eating though, he was weak, and his body stood no chance. Though Debbie and his other friends from the lab visited him frequently, there was nothing any of them could do as he died in the hospital.

### Afterlife

After passing away, Rex would wake up in The Afterlife and be revealed to be the Anorexia Boss in The Council of Mental Illnesses. After dying, Rex gave up on trying to live entirely, shooing away all the food he could. Though he couldn't die again, his body would shut down and basically become comatose, which made Aven fill in for him for a while in The Council. After Debbie died and joined The Council too though, she got him out of his rut, but was never able to bring him back to where he was before he died.

Rex would have a minor part in fighting Rian's rebellion against The Council. He would go on to spend most of his time doing his job, working on mechanics, and getting help for his disordered eating. He'd be sent to Dr. Wacko Thumb for therapy to work on his problems by Debbie, but it doesn't seem like he's interested in recovery. He generally keeps to himself, but is willing to hang out with The Council, seeing them as his family; primarily Lucas, Debbie, Dallas, and Max.

## Powers/Abilities

### Regular Powers

* Teleportation - Can teleport anywhere in The Afterlife.
* Mental Proficiency - Is extremely smart, able to do complex calculations and judgement calls in a short amount of time.
* Mechanical Prowess - Has the ability to put together complex machines quickly with scraps and spare parts as long as he understands what he's building.

### True Form

Rex's true form is an animated t-rex skeleton, which has the strength of a real one. While he doesn't gain any new magic or abilities, it does make him one of the most powerful bosses in raw strength, second to Lucas. Unfortunately, his strength is usually so low that he can't handle transforming.

* Teleportation - Can teleport anywhere in The Afterlife.
* Mental Proficiency - Is extremely smart, able to do complex calculations and judgement calls in a short amount of time.

## Appearances

### Before The Afterlife (Original)

* Before The Afterlife (Original) Part 23

### The Trio of Idiots

* The Trio of Idiots 38
* The Trio of Idiots 148
* The Trio of Idiots 160
* The Trio of Idiots 165

## Trivia

Rex (Afterlife)Rex (Young)Rex Ref
1. ↑ The Trio of Idiots 148