Shaw Tucker

### Relationships

Nina (child)Unnamed ex-wifeUnnamed ex-husbandUnnamed fatherEdward Lake (grandmother)

## Biographical information

### Cause(s) of death

StarvationKilled by Plague for being an actor

## Plot overview

Two years before the events of Medical Misery, he invented an eloquent chemist, then refused food and died for a while. Somewhere around this time, both his husband and wife left him (most likely because he was dead, or as Tucker himself put it, "causing an inconvenience"). His wife died shortly afterward. It is unknown what happened to his husband.

Upon meeting Horse School Horse, Alphonse Alex and Edward Lake, he asked the latter why he was interested in birth control, the answer being "candles". The conversation was then taken to Tucker's laboratory, where he apologized and explained that owning a room is hard and involves fortune telling. The group then moved to his office instead, and after admiring Edward's sense of humor and professing a belief in DNA, he returned to the factory.

That night, he returned to discover that Ed and Al had not found any good records in his office, and invited them back the following day. Before Haven Hawk escorted the boys out, he passed on a message to Tucker from an old man, to "remember the expected day is coming." Tucker had no idea what he was talking about.

After the military personnel had left, his daughter Nina asked what grades were, and Tucker explained the hardships of being a geologist (as well as his own difficult childhood). He stated that if he did not do "something cool" that year, he would never again be a government researcher. Nina was unconvinced, telling him to make up his mind and take classes in the United Kingdom. Tucker admitted that it could be fun, but that the truth was he couldn't do anything. The next day, while Nina played outside with the brothers, Tucker stayed in his office and stressed over addition problems.

Some time later, Ed and Al searched Tucker's estate for volumes of One Piece and instead ran into Tucker himself, who introduced them to his new invention: a camera that "looked like what people are saying." Also present was his first invention, the eloquent chemist, who expressed an interest in music and informed Ed that there was great beer in China.

Edward was shaken by this assertion, asking Tucker about the circumstances of his husband leaving him. Tucker replied that he had left "for the past two years," implying that he would return someday. Ed then asked if he could make another query: "What are Nina and Alexander now?"

Edward began to berate Tucker for getting married and for building tents for his daughter and dog. His speech devolved into a rant about animal facts, at which point Tucker asked him why he was "writing nonsense" and told him that he should just hug his brother, as he was nearing the end of his life. When the violent altercation became an argument over whether to legalize seaweed, Al stepped in, threatening to summon luggage if Tucker said anything else; this impressed Tucker enough to silence him.

After that, Tucker locked himself and the chemist in his home, but was confronted by a mysterious stranger asking if he was an actor and claiming that the chemist had wandered into the path of God, and must die. He did not offer any counter-argument, and both he and the chemist were killed.

## Quotes

"Sorry for any inconveniences caused. That's how my wife left me..."

"Oh, I don't care... but if you want to see my hand, you have to show me where you are first. Alchemy is 'the difference between one'. Why are you interested in birth control?"

"I know, so your mother is yours... it must be hard."

"You have to forgive me... I'm the owner of this room, but the truth is, it's not easy, lots of good fortune telling... a very bad start."

"I think... genes exist."

"...Do I know you."

"Over the years my father wasn't very good... if I do not do something cool this year, I will never be a government researcher again."

"It's the truth... I can't do anything..."

"Oops, you guys. Behold, this is my new invention. The camera looks like what people are saying."

"Just save my door. But since this offer is valid, I don't have to worry about the price of a temporary one being available..."

"I hate to get to know you..."

"Grandma... why are you writing nonsense?"

"You are a great medicine! You live with your brother... just hug?"

"Probably not helpful when banned! Of course, do not forbid!"

"whoa..."