Username: Eleya
Kalon Name: Thomas Newton Striker
Nicknames:most commonly Tom
sometimes Newt
rarely Striker
Gender: male
Prompt Response:World:As space travel was developed far enough, Terrans started with building colonies on suitable planets. The first one is on a planet they called Pangaea. Terrans didn’t care much about it. They didn’t send food or other supplies. Pangaeans were on their own quite soon after the colony was built. So, the civilisation had some sort of “fresh start”.
Centuries passed since then. Pangaeans forgot they originally came from a different planet. They forgot how far their technology was developed already. Parts of the old spaceships had become new machines. They found a metal close to iron, coal and fossil oil. They built their cities and learned to build machines from the beginning. A new civilisation, far from current terran standards.
Long story short, Tom will live in some sort of Steampunk AU.
History:Tom was born as a child to a mechanic and a pilot. His mother quit her job to save all her time for her beloved son. When Thomas was nine years old, she started to work again. As a pilot of an air ship that carried commodities from one city to another. About one year later, she had a terrible accident. Her airship carried fuel. It caught fire and crashed into the side of a mountain. Toms mother died in this accident.
His father tried everything to keep his boy away from flying ever since. He took his son to his workshop quite often, and as the boy was old enough, he took him as his apprentice. Tom learned quickly and was as good as his father quite soon. Business went well, so Thomas‘ father decided to open up a second workshop in a different city. This one was meant for his son.
Tom was twenty-five now. He enjoyed being able to care for himself and have a life and a workshop on his own. He took strolls through the city and the lands around to gather stuff he could use as replacement parts. Most of these are used for the machines of his customers, some are used to make clocks that are sold in his shop. But some of these parts are saved for his hobby.
Hobby:Despite his fathers fear, Toms biggest dream is flying. Just like his mother did. In his own airship preferably. Thats why he uses every free minute to work on his dream. Replacement parts he doesnt need for other machines, are put into his airship.
His clocks are also a hobby somehow. He loves to invent new types, give them new twists, just like the alarm clock robot that keeps running from you. Thomas can be quite craative with those.
Personality:Tom is a quite relaxed guy. It needs a lot to make him angry. If he gets paid to little, it was probably because they were in a hurry. If people complain, they probably had a bad day. He sees the very best in everyone first and it needs some serious issues to change his mind. Some might call it naive, he prefers the word positiv thinking.
When repairing something he is endlessly patient. Everything works out at some point, and if he has to try a hundred times, he will. Giving up is not an option, as people trust in him. There would be nothing worse than to let someone down.
Same thing for his father. He doesnt want to trouble him, so he will only ask him for help if there is no other chance anymore. Also Tom feels really bad for lying to his dad. But telling him about the dream of an own airship isnt an option. Thomas knows his father wouldnt be able to do anything against it, as the boy is old enough to care for himself. But he also knows his father would be worried all day if he knew. So keeping it a secret seems the best way.
Tom doesnt have lots of friends, as he has no time for them. He spends most of his time in the workshop or on his strolls outside. Friends often accused him of only hanging out with them to find new stuff. They were right actually... He simply cant leave his work completey behind. You've got to enjoy airships if you want to spend time with him. He'll probably allow you to sit next to him, when he works on his.
Clothes:
These were actually designed for a different kal I didnt win. But they were supposed to live in the same world as tom now and basically were ment to have the same occupation. So I thought why not recolour them and give them to Tom instead. There is a version of him wearing them here