David

*𖦹 SMILE. ALWAYS 𖦹*

**David Wright** is an adult cassmasc human who is the ride guardian for *The Smiler* at Alton Towers. Hailing from a dysfunctional household, he formerly worked as an unlicensed back alley doctor before being summoned to the park in 2013, attempting to "heal" the world through unethical procedures and questionable methods that often ended in the death of her patient. However, after an incident he caused involving one of her coworkers shortly after her arrival at the park, she began to focus on bettering herself and working to heal the effects of her past actions in any way she could. He suffers from multiple neurological disorders as well as intense trauma and guilt, but has been getting help for himself as of late in her journey to become a better person. She has struggled in the past but she is currently considered one of the most popular and well-known ride guardians in the world, thanks to not only the popularity of her ride, but because of her kind, uplifting personality and positive online presence. David is the adoptive son of Alton and The Gatekeeper and is one of Scroll’s most cherished OCs, acting as both a sona and a source of comfort.

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Introduction

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## Background Information

### Main Attribute

Friendly / Creative / Enthusiastic / Accountable / Anxious / Impulsive / Insecure

### Aesthetic

Wacky PoMo / 2010s Internet / Nostalgiacore / Happycore

## Character Information

### Aliases

Dr. Wright (formal title) / Dr. W (ditto)

### Occupation

Guardian for The Smiler / Doctor & medical scientist (formerly) / Student (formerly)

### Relatives

Alton (adoptive father) / The Gatekeeper (adoptive father) / Arthur Wright † (biological father), Olivia Wright † (biological mother)

### Likes

Happy hardcore, gabber, speedcore, & sped-up music / Bright colors / Cats / The internet / Cartoons / Dresses / Acting / Making others smile / Helping out

### Partner

N/A

Appearance

* Voiceclaim is Richard O'Brien as Cosmo from *Shock Treatment*. His voice can be either extremely exaggerated (like a cartoon) or extremely soft, has a British accent and is a little bit raspy (due to breathing in his biological parent’s second-hand smoke). Kinda androgynous tbh

Personality

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History

*Note: Because he is a “real-time” character, David’s story will never really be finished and will continuously be added upon as Alton Towers continues to add new experiences and attractions.*

Summary

David Carn Wright was born on August 13th, 1967, on the poor side of an English town. His parents, Arthur and Olivia, abused him horribly due to him being a “mistake” and for her strange appearance. After enduring years of abuse, David killed her parents on his 18th birthday and ran off to spread joy to the world, hoping to stomp out the sadness and fear that causes people to become like his parents. After being rejected by the closest medical school, David resorted to alternative medicine and the various back ally surgeons that lurked in his hometown to learn how to “treat” his future patients. When her “training” was finished, he opened up *Dr. Feelgood’s Joy Clinic* where he would perform various less-than-legal procedures on patients to make them only be able to feel happiness. This illegal clinic moved across the country, settling in a new place whenever they got caught by the authorities, until they corrected the local police force of one town and settled down there permanently.

It wasn’t until 2013 did David move to the Alton Towers theme park after The Smiler chose her as its guardian. The sudden change from the human-dominated, strictly scientific environment he had lived in his whole life into a magic-filled, unexplainable world sort of drove him mad in a way. Sickeningly fascinated by his in-human coworkers, he drugged and dissected Maverick, the guardian of Oblivion, before being caught. Outcasted by his peers, she reflected on her life and slowly realized that she had brought more pain the joy to those he met, the very thing he did not want to do. Over the next decade, David slowly fixed himself and swore off his life of illegal experimentation and “mad-doctoring”. After the Smiler Takeover fiasco in 2023, she finally apologized to Maverick (who had been resurrected by Alton after the dissection) after years of being too afraid to. The two got on good terms with each other, although Maverick still has some bitter feelings towards her, and David’s mental health improved drastically after years of being in a self-hatred slump. Although he still struggles with trauma and his mental disorders, David has reformed herself into the Tower’s local nurse, who happily puts on a show for The Smiler’s riders and is always looking for ways to improve upon himself.

Preface

There is no greater evil in this world than taking away somebody’s childhood. To deprive somebody of the joys of youth and innocence and to take away the chance to explore the world and make friends that would help them through the lows of life should be punishable by *death* and nothing less. Unfortunately, however, that is not how it works. Abusers and abductors roam the streets every day, their crimes either going unnoticed by the public or dismissed by the authorities. Their impact upon their children fueling more abuse, more abductions, more murders, more *unhappiness* that will never be fully resolved as long as there’s people on this earth.

Among these abusers were Arthur and Olivia Wright and, while they no longer walk upon this earth, their own impact remains as present as ever.

Being two lower-class citizens of Wortham, England, in the early twentieth-century and just a couple of more sour faces in the almost slum-like corner of town in which they lived, they were nobody special. Arthur worked at the local factory, spending his days building furniture and spending his nights drowning in booze, while Olivia was a failed actress who chain-smoked as she payed the role of the housewife. They blended in almost perfectly with the other poverty-stricken residents, discontent and unhappy with the state of their lives as they toiled away at miserable jobs.

Except they were a bit more angry about it than others.

The only thing that set those two apart from everyone else was their affinity towards violence, with Arthur being a part of a criminal gang and often starting many bar fights while at the pub. While Olivia never actually partook in much fighting herself, she gladly watched her husband beat down the poor businessman just trying to get to work in the morning or drunkenly chase after the local children with a broom. It was more entertaining than whatever mind-numbing slop was being played on the television.

Alas, the authorities never bothered with them, seeing the entire part of town as a “lost cause” and being too cowardly to go sort things out. So, they continued terrorizing their little corner of Britain alongside the gangs and the other odd criminal or two that grew out of the conditions.
Obviously, they weren’t the type of couple who wanted a child, much less the type of couple who *should* have a child. Yet have one they did, as their infamous “devil child” was accidentally drunkenly conceived one freezing cold December night in 1966.

While they were both shocked and appalled at the news, they never bothered trying to do anything about it and just simply sat back and hoped that Olivia’s drinking and smoking habits would eliminate the problem. Arthur, feeling disgusted at the concept of anybody knowing about their little “mistake”, told his drinking-buddies that his wife had “suddenly grew ill” and had to “stay at home for a few months” until she got better. They were so sure of the fetus being killed by alcohol poisoning, so sure of Olivia having a miscarriage in the next week, and so, so sure that the whole ordeal would just blow over and they would never have to think about it ever again.

But it didn’t happen. Against all odds, the child survived.

Childhood (1967-1979)

He (or “it” as his parents called him) was born on August 13th, 1967 in the bathtub of his parent’s shoddy little house at the end of the street. Despite being fairly ugly and frail-looking, he had no signs of any sort of fetal alcohol disorders or disabilities, no signs of any fatal birth defects that would kill him in the next ten minutes and allow his father to bury him in the trash and forget about him. Nothing, much to his parent’s dismay.

Olivia and Arthur, now put under the extreme stress of having to deal with a child, threw the newborn into a poorly made “cradle” made of moldy blankets and a cardboard box while they hissed at each other. Arthur wanted him dead, but Olivia said that a freshly murdered baby would be extreme, even for their corner of town, and would draw much unwanted attention towards them. The option of putting him up for adoption was non-existent due to there not being an orphanage anywhere near where they lived and besides, who would *want* a child who looked like that?

As they fought and bickered over the baby’s fate, the infant himself had wailed for food and attention from his *loving* parents. When the fuming couple snapped their heads back towards the infant, they noticed something *terribly* strange about him. His eyes were open, and they were not human, as his parents decided. Instead of the normal “circular pupil surrounded by an iris” structure that all human eyes have, the baby just had a large black dot surrounded by empty white space. Some would say he had the eyes of a mutant animal where only their whites were visible instead of their iris, while the more creative and lighthearted would say he was a living cartoon character straight out of the TV. His parents, however, thought neither. Rather, they had an epiphany.

The child didn’t survive out of sheer luck. He survived because he was a *devil*.

Now Olivia and Arthur weren’t really the religious type. They hadn’t gone to church since they were children and they had never prayed ever since they turned thirteen, seeing God as a ridiculous concept. But the sight of the baby’s eyes brought them back to their parent’s preachings of how the sinful would be punished by God for their crimes and made them “see the light”.

Almost.

After their little moment, they immediately went back to fighting, tension between the two rising as they blamed each other for spawning the “demon”. Arthur telling his wife that she was the vessel for the devil while she snapped back with a “God is punishing *you*”.

While they knew (or at least, they thought they knew) that they were being punished, neither of them accepted the fact that they were both to blame or even teased the concept of changing for the better. Instead, they decided that they weren’t going to let the devil get the best of them.

Even though they continued to fight over whose fault it was, the both of them agreed that they weren’t going to let God’s little “present” dictate what they were going to do with their life. They were going to put the little cretin in his place, stomp the evil out of him until he was just a stain on the ground, make him *so scared* of them that he would never think of pulling tricks or tormenting them. And so it began.

The innocent child who, as you could have probably guessed, was no demon or devil, started to be horribly mistreated by his parents. He was starved, beaten, and dehumanized. He wasn’t even given a name. His parents locked him in the closet with only a few dirty blankets for warmth. Every time he cried out for food or just out of pure emotion, he was met with a firm hand or a belt. His life was made a living nightmare because of his parent’s disgust and their desire to feel in charge and, although they would never admit it, their fear towards him.

His parents feared what he was and what he could do, as they genuinely believed he was some unholy monster that they needed to control and conceal in order to keep their lives intact. They could’ve taken his birth as an opportunity to improve upon themselves, but no, their desire to keep their horrible lifestyle and image intact was much stronger than their common sense. They were unhappy people who wanted to keep their unhappy life and nothing would change that.

The abuse continued verbally as they called their son things such as “horrible dog” and “filthy demon”. They called him an “it” and only called him things such as “Runt” and “Swine” when they weren’t calling him a flea-ridden mutt or a spawn of Satan. The child grew up feeling like he wasn’t a human being and he deserved these cruel punishments, as he was a horrible monster who would bring nothing but pain if he wasn’t set in his place.

However, he had faith in God and also believed that, while he deserved the punishments, they would help him turn into a better person. He was impure, with his eyes being the main source of his unholy-ness, and when he had endured enough pain, he would become “normal” and turn into an angel. Although, this belief of “one day I’ll be good, I’ll just have the take the punches” didn’t stop them from hurting. It was more so something that he came up for comfort when the blows became unbearable than something he genuinely believed in. He needed *something* to hold on to to keep him going, for he was a very sad child. He was almost always crying and felt a horrible sense of self-loathing and disgust at himself every day. He would cry because he was so horrible and ugly that he couldn’t stand to look at himself in the mirror, he would cry at how unhappy he made his parent’s and how much their punishments hurt, he would cry because he saw the other kids his age playing outside and secretly wanted so desperately to join them that it hurt. He “knew” that he didn’t deserve to join them, though. He wasn’t a good person, he was a sick dog. Kids don’t like sick dogs.

His constant crying angered his parents, however, and they would always get him to quiet down if he ended up being too loud. They also didn’t like him looking outside and would treat him even more horribly than they did when he cried too loud. Arthur and Olivia *hated* the idea of the neighborhood spotting him. They didn’t want them to know that they had created such a demonic creature; he was an embarrassment that would tarnish their name. Nobody could know that they had a demon child, nobody!

And so his cries eventually evolved into soft sobs and he refused to show emotion when he was outside of his closet, his only private place. Yet his desire to go outside remained, even though the kids may not want to play with him and the punishment just for looking outside was severe, the urge to escape his cigarette-smoke-filled house became too strong to resist. Cabin fever gets the best of us sometimes.

So, one day, when his father ran off with his gang and his mother went out to shop, he sneaked out of the house through a window with a broken latch and made his way to the outside world. It was dark that day, with light grey clouds choking out the sun and darker storm clouds on the horizon beginning to chase them away. The ground was still slick from the light shower that had passed by an hour ago, and a light chill was in the air. It was gloomy, but David couldn’t have loved it more. It was nice to finally be outside in fresh, clean (ish) air without foul-smelling cigar smoke burning his lungs and his parents looking over him. He needed to be quick though, his parents would be back soon.

Sadly, his joy didn’t last long. Exploring his part of the city, he noticed a lot of unhappiness, a stark contrast from the happy kids he usually saw playing in the street. Adults with pale faces and sour expressions similar to his parent’s made their way down the trash-ridden sidewalks, yelling could be heard from inside one house, and he spotted a young woman with her head down on her desk and sobbing in another. Although his main goal was to get outside just to get some fresh air, he had secretly hoped that the outside world was nicer and seeing that it was just the same as his household, confused him and soured his spirits greatly. The kids playing together outside made it seem so nice, like the only reason his parents were so cruel to him was because of his unholy nature and that everyone else was living nice lives in a cozy little town. He stood corrected.

Feeling a little down, he continued to explore for a little longer before finding his very first acquaintance: a stray alley cat. It was a mangy little thing, but it seemed to take a liking to him, rubbing around his legs and happily allowing him to stroke it back. It immediately enthralled him, having never interacted with a real animal before. He had only seen stray dogs and cats walk by from the windows with the occasional bird fly by. It amazed him he could get so close to one and it actually ended up *liking* him. He had always assumed that they would run away like his parents said people would when they saw him, but apparently animals didn’t care if you were a demon or not and that made him feel good inside. He didn’t even care that dogs were supposed to hate cats. It made him feel loved, and that was all that mattered to him.

Teenage Years (1980-1985)

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Dr. Feelgood’s Joy Clinic (1986-2012)

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Alton Towers (2013-Present)

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Relationships

Arthur

*Biological Father 𖦹 Negative*

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Olivia

*Biological Mother 𖦹 Negative*

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Alton

*Adoptive Father 𖦹 Positive*

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The Gatekeeper

*Adoptive Father 𖦹 Positive*

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Nemmy

*Trying To Become Positive*

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Sally

*Co-worker 𖦹 Neutral*

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Eleanore

*Co-worker 𖦹 Neutral*

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Maverick

*Trying To Become Positive*

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Jackie

*Co-worker 𖦹 Negative*

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Emily

*Friend 𖦹 Positive*

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Henry

*Co-worker 𖦹 Neutral*

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Charlie

*Trying To Become Positive*

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Appearances

Coping Mechanism

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Obsession

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Abilities

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Quotes

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Trivia

* Despite being adopted by Alton, David’s legal last name is still “Wright” as his father doesn’t have one himself. He just simply cannot adopt a new last name. However, the towers community usually just refers to him as "David Alton" due to the trauma he associates with his last name and the dislike he harbors towards it.
* The Gatekeeper drives her to her art therapy appointments on Wednesdays (as she legally can’t drive herself due to never getting her license) after the park closes at 6. He picks her up a couples hours after at 8.
* David harbors a strong hatred towards dogs due to associating them with his trauma. However, he isn’t afraid of them and tolerates them when they’re around.
* She runs multiple social media accounts, most of them being personal but some relating to her job. Her favorite platform out of all of them is Tumblr, however, and is a lot more active on that account than the others.
	+ He rarely posts pictures of himself on these accounts, preferring to just show off his art and talk about whenever he’s interested in at the moment. He also talks about his mental health sometimes, although that’s only with close online friends in private message threads.
* David enjoys furries simply because they are humanoid animals, meaning that she can portray herself as one to express her love for the creatures of the world without her ”giving up” her humanity that was taken away from her during her childhood.
	+ He enjoys actually interacting with the fandom as well (the SFW side only, of course)! He frequently attends conventions as his fursona, Doctor Puss, and loves it when he sees furry OCs based on The Smiler.
* She is very supportive of the coaster-OC scene and, before the 2023 Festival of Thrills incident, David would excitedly show The Smiler (and sometimes her parents) any fan-characters based off of it to them. She no longer does this with The Smiler, although she does continues to show them to her fathers.
	+ He even draws fanart of the ones he really likes on special occasions!
* The walls of David’s house are decorated with the various fanart she has received from visitors and online fans, ranging from the beginner art of young enthusiasts to intricate digital paintings made by overseas fans on Tumblr. She loves printing the digital ones out and placing them in fancy homemade frames.

Playlist

* Dancing In The Factory - And One
* Beat of a Laughter - IMAscore
* The Smiler Soundtrack - IMAscore
* Smile - Jimmy Durante
* Happy Pills - Weathers
* Stress Song - Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared
* Cry Babies - Crystal Castles
* Davyd - Pogo
* Take Those Pills - Pogo
* Zydrate Anatomy - REPO! The Genetic Opera
* Night Surgeon - REPO! The Genetic Opera
* Everybody Scream - Rob Zombie (🅴)
* The Machinist of Joy - Die Krupps
* Rainbow Factory - GLAZE & WoodenToaster
* Happy Colored Marbles - Ween
* The World Is Fuzz - I Monster
* Perfect System - Oingo Boingo
* People Are Strange - Chipmunks on 16 Speed
* Livin’ In The Sunlight, Lovin’ In The Moonlight (Sped Up) - Tiny Tim
* Clthonic Husk - Nero’s Day at Disneyland
* Happy Night Screaming Businessman - Nero’s Day at Disneyland
* Magical Doctor - MARETU (ft. Hatsune Miku)
* Hyakugojyuuichi 2003 - Lemon Demon
* Rugrats - Lemon Demon
* Unexpectancy (Part 2) - Pizza Tower OST
* Dizzy’s - Graham Kartna
* MEOW - cyriak
* Welcome to Kitty City - cyriak
* Cats - The Living Tombstone
* For Bertha Rand - Venetian Snares
* Rambunctious Beet - DaDood
* The Tomfoolery Machine - DaDood (🅴)
* Supa Sofisticated - Goostavo & DaDood
* SugarCrash! - ElyOtto (🅴)
* Seriously? - Gores\*\*t (🅴)
* The World Of LSD User - Kurwastyle Project
* Happy Rave! ^\_^ - Renard
* Great Expectations (Furries In A Blender Remix) - Renard
* THE CANDY PUMP - Renard
* DAS LOVE BOP - The Quick Brown Fox
* Brain Specialist - The Quick Brown Fox
* Snort a Lot of Crack - The Quick Brown Fox
* BOOM 000 - Rotteen
* COMPLETE AND TOTAL PERCUSSIVE DOMINANCE [POSCA VON GABBA'S HARDCORE NEVER DIES RMX] - RUMBLERAGGA
* LIL TRAUMABOY [MZD-EEZ NUTS FUNNY BOOTLEG MIX] - CHU CHU & POSCA VON GABBA
* ALL LIFE IS TERRIBLE PAIN - 4lung
* LALALALALALALA - 4lung
* WHO NEEDS THAT MANY LUNGS ANYWAYS? - Gynx

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