Marik

> *"Do you want to buy a Gatorloop sticker?"*
>
> Marik Itkin

**Marik** (Russian: Марик Иткин ['ˈmɑrɪk ɪtˈkɪn']) is one of Po's former roommates and was heavily involved in Gatorloop. Marik is one of the Itkin twins, the others being 🅱️lata Itkin and 🅱️uth Kim (by proxy). He speaks Russian and is therefore a communist, and refuses to indulge in candle lighting.

## History

As a fetus, Marik squished 🅱️lata Itkin in the womb, leading to the height difference between the twins.

Marik came out of the womb with a hammer.

### Hume

Marik lived in room 122 of Hume West First Floor Far Side and was Richie's roommate. Marik often enjoyed connecting his laptop to the Hume West First Floor Far Side common room television and playing music from his Spotify.

Due to a fundraiser held by GatorLoop, Marik was known to ask people if they would like to buy a GatorLoop sticker. However, no one was ever willing to buy a GatorLoop sticker.

During his time at Hume, Marik was often unwillingly caught up in the shenanigans of Christoyam and Po. The two often liked to enter Marik's room to mess with him, Richie, or both. Often, Christoyam and Po would mess with the door handle/keyhole, discreetly unlock the door after one of the roommates opened it, or sneak through e and Chris Vairog's room in an attempt to enter Marik's room. On two occasions, Po and Christoyam were able to enter the room while neither Marik nor Richie were present. The first of these times, Po had the brilliant idea of switching all of Marik and Richie's clothes in their closet. The second time, Po and Christoyam switched the roommates' beds.

### UC Apartments

Marik moved into Apartment 226 along with Po, 🅱️lata, and 🅱️uth. While there, he was able to utilize his cooking skills more often, although unfortunately this led to him cutting off all of his fingers and burning off all of his skin. He now has prosthetic fingers and prosthetic skin. When prompted about this situation, Po stated, "It's true!"

## Personality and Traits

Po has theorized that if one were to stick an aux cord into Marik's brain, Imagine Dragons - The Megamix #2 would play.

## Skills and Interests

Marik can speak Russian, and often uses the language to communicate with his family, including his twin sister 🅱️lata Itkin. He also regularly used the language to call air strikes during his time at Hume. Christoyam and Po would take cover any time Marik called one of these air strikes, often in the Hume West First Floor Far Side kitchen.

## Relationships

### Po

Marik met Po during their time living on the same floor at Hume. At some point during Fall 2018, Marik asked Po whether he was interested in rooming with him, 🅱️lata, and 🅱️uth the following year. Po, having been looking for roommates, reluctantly agreed, despite his concerns that they would try to convert him to communism.

Mark and Po lived together for the next few years in Apartment 226, and thus spent a large amount of time around each other.

### 🅱️lata

Marik became acquainted with 🅱️lata in the womb and has been associated with her ever since. Their time together has allowed them to form a close bond, and Marik has claimed that he has a closer relationship with 🅱️lata than he does with any other person. Despite their close relationship, Marik's fierce competitiveness does not waver when it comes to his sister, and he still aims to crush her in any competition they find themselves in.

### Christoboor

During his time as an undergraduate, Marik is said to have known every student studying mechanical engineering at his university. This is how Marik knew Christoboor - specifically, they met when they were assigned to the same team in their Design & Manufacturing Laboratory (DML) course in 2019. Since their meeting, Marik would speak with Christoboor gradually more frequently, often speaking with him online or meeting him on the university campus or other various locations. Eventually, the two became close friends and begin participating in recreational activities together, including gaming and bowling.