Toby Erikson

Toby Erikson is a character that appears in *The Returning Past*, *Mask of Deceit* and *Future Assassin's Blade*. Toby is a detective that works in the local precinct and is also the father of Mukuro Erikson.

 Leitmotif: Toby Erikson ~ Investigating's In My Blood (Official Name: Sherlock Homes - Detective of the Foggy Town from *Dai Gyakuten Saiban*)

# Appearance

Toby has black hair with green eyes that match with his hat. He wears a large coat over a grey shirt and wears black trousers and shoes. Toby wears a black watch on his wrist, a gift from his wife before she died.

# Personality

Toby is a hard-working man who wants nothing more but to bring criminals to justice. He is serious about his detective work and is quick to focus. However, he is also a very caring character around his family and friends, only wanting them to be happy. He is especially protective of Mukuro, rarely allowing her to go anywhere by herself and demands regular updates from her.

Underneath this caring side, however, Toby carries a lot a guilt on his shoulders. He feels responsible for the death of his wife Janet and wishes that he could have done more to help, despite such a thing being impossible. After her death, he swore to continue being a detective for as long as he lived, doing so in her memory.

# History

## Before the Story

Toby's parents lived together for five years after his birth before they divorced. His parents argued over the fact that Toby's father was rarely home due to his demanding job. Toby greatly looked up to his father and wanted to be a detective like him, and thus stayed with his father. Ever since, Toby has been following in his father's footsteps as a detective. He began assisting his father in cases since the age of six, just a year after the divorce.

## Future Assassin's Blade

Toby appears in case four **The Egotistical Turnabout**. He is the lead detective in the murders of Jay Yang and Tora Yin, although he brings Mukuro along to investigate alongside him. He met Cotoli and gave him the autopsy reports for the murder victims and assault victim. Toby later meets up with Cotoli, Chrysalis and Sara (Sora) alongside Mukuro and explains why Sara is under suspicion for the murders. Cotoli proves that Sara is innocent, although Toby points out that the witness in the current case also claims that Sara murdered the victim in the previous case, her mother. Toby brings said witness, Jones Runner, to be questioned by Cotoli. An argument ensued between Runner and Sara, with Runner continuing to assert that Sara killed her own mother, when Chrysalis slapped him and told him to stop, which caused him to leave the scene. After this, Sara began to explain what she remembered about the crime. Runner returned and claimed to have evidence that she was the criminal. Cotoli rebutted this, however, announcing that he knew who the killer was. After revisiting the crime scene and watching Sara channel Jay, the latter leaving a cryptic hint behind, Sara locates an item hidden inside Jay's scarf.

# Relationships

## Mukuro Erikson

Mukuro and Toby seem to share the perfect father-daughter relationship. They rarely fight and are never too far apart from each other, especially as Toby is very protective over Mukuro's well-being. Toby himself grew up without a mother for a good part of his life and swore that, should he ever have his own family, not to let it fall apart as his parents had. He was unable to keep that promise, however, when his wife Janet passed away after giving birth to their daughter Mukuro. As such, Toby's protective nature seems to act as a 'cover' for Mukuro's lack of a mother.

## Vera Stanhope

Toby and Vera are on good terms with each other and often work together in cases, cooperating well. It is often implied that Vera somewhat reminds Toby of his deceased wife, which could be the reason why he likes to spend time with her. Mukuro and Vera's assistant Aiden often joke about a romantic relationship between the two.

## Aiden Healy

As Toby can be very protective over who Mukuro is friends with, he and Aiden almost got off to a bit of a rocky start. Toby was, at first, suspicious of Aiden and the possibility that the young detective could decieve or trick Mukuro into something bad. After spending time together and getting to know each other, however, Toby fully accepts and trusts Aiden and Mukuro to have a happy relationship with each other and protect each other (although it is Mukuro protecting Aiden more often than not.)

# Trivia

-Mukuro was created first and then given a father later, who ended up being Toby.