Scotch
Scotch
Scotch is Doctor Maggis's right hand arm. Their confidante, their best friend, their silly rabbit....is that what they call you??? No
Physical Description
General Physical Condition
Slender and svelte, like a shimmering ribbon of mucosal tegument.
Body Features
Posterior to Scotch’s scolex is a short neck and their elongated body, the strobila. Their entire body is covered by an absorptive layer of tegument, consisting of a mat of minute hair-like microtriches. The strobila is divided into segments called proglottids, which each have their own set of reproductive organs and are each essentially individual egg sacks. Scotch grows from the neck down, so the closer the proglottids are to their scolex, the "younger" they are, and the oldest proglottids are at their end. They can be divided into three distinct sections this way: their neck area has new and immature proglottids, their middle is made up of mature proglottids, and their posterior is made up of gravid proglottids (ones that carry fertilized eggs).
Facial Features
Scotch doesn't have a "face" in the traditional sense, but their scolex has suckers (acetabula) surrounding their rostellum, which is covered with chitinous hooks used to attach onto the walls of Maggis's intestines.
Identifying Characteristics
Scotch doesn't have any physical features that sets them apart from any other cartoon tapeworm; what they DO have, is a Lot of Heart.
Physical quirks
Scotch moves around on the ground by inching like an inchworm, or an accordion. (They don't like to, thoguh, but they'll do it when they gotta.) They are not right- or left- handed because they have no hands. They use their posterior/"tail" to hold and manipulate objects.
Special abilities
Scotch can infect enemies and do mad damage to their immune system while leaving their proglottids around and not picking up after themselves (since proglottids are essentially detachable egg cases, this is fun for Scotch and not for anyone else). Of course, they always come back to Maggis when they're done, because nobody else actively cultivates tapeworms quite like Maggis does. Scotch can also be utilized as a tiny spy in a pinch, but they hate doing it because it requires being out in the open for way too long unless they can find a host to jump into.
Apparel & Accessories
Scotch has joint custody over an absolutely ancient flip phone that can somehow complete all the basic functions of a modern smartphone (but way slower). Also, they are nude.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Scotch started out as a humble tapeworm egg in the grass, until they got ate by a pig and then burrowed deep into its flesh to trigger the next phase of its life cycle. When the pig was eaten by a large predator, or perhaps a humanoid, they blossomed into the adult tapeworm that we all know and love. THen Maggis called Scotch to do their bidding and acciedntally got infected with them themself, and the rest is history.
Gender Identity
Scotch doesn't care. At all.
Sexuality
As a biological hermaphrodite with fully functional reproductive systems of both sexes, Scotch is capable of reproducing through self- fertilization. Cross-fertilization is possible if Scotch did meet another tapeworm, but they're not really looking for a relationship.
Education
What Scotch lacks in formal education, they make up for in.....STREET SMARTS.
However, they are literate and enjoy doing the puzzles on newspapers. Sudoku is their favorite.
Employment
Once a mooch, always a mooch. Scotch has no need for formal employment, getting all the nutrients and shelter they need from Maggis's own body. However, they do mine bitcoins in their spare time, which is how they get all that neat tiny furniture.
Intellectual Characteristics
Scotch is very level-headed, FAR more so than Maggis, which makes them a fairly good team as far as Basic Survival goes. They're fairly sardonic and a mooch by nature, but if they had a heart it would be a good one.
Morality & Philosophy
They're just in it for the ride, man. They value basic decency to other people, but they're not really pondering the existential implications of their existence or anything. They're a pretty chill tapeworm.
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
It used to just be "to distribute their filthy eggs across the planet" but now that they've settled down they're more interested in keeping Maggis safe and themself sane.
Savvies & Ineptitudes
Good at: Infiltrating enemy Forces, Interior design, puzzles, chess
Bad at: Food Preparation
Likes & Dislikes
Likes: Being lazy, Maggis, Dog Food
Dislikes; Being outside, praziquantel
Virtues & Personality perks
Resourceful, Level-Headed, Witty
Vices & Personality flaws
Kind of a self-serving freeloader (but that's just in their nature).
Hygiene
They live inside of Maggis's intestine's for Pete's Sake
Social
Contacts & Relations
Maggis is Scotch's best friend and host. Unlike most tapeworm-mammal deals, Scotch and Maggis's teamup is mutualistic: Scotch gets room and board as well as Maggis's Nutrience, and Maggis gets to eat twice as much as they normally do (a welcome perk for them) as well as just having a worm inside of them. Along with the practical benefits of their relationship, though, they are also close friends; Scotch is about 85% of Maggis's impulse control and acts as almost a better shoulder angel for them (since their existing one is horrible at their job), sometimes popping out to give them advice and to let them know when they're about to do something stupid (well, more stupid than usual anyways). Maggis values Scotch's commentary very much; although they sometimes gripe about their nagging, it's never fully genuine. You could say that it's kinda sad that Maggis's only real friend is a parasitic worm, and you would be right! But it's also super cool so who cares. I don't see you taking the initiative to make small talk with your eyelash mites.
Twogus is Scotch's little friend and the two often exchange funny and embarrassing stories about their respective people.
Family Ties
Tapeworms don't usually have much in the way of nuclear families.
Social Aptitude
Scotch is actually probably better at socializing than Doctor Maggis is. If only they weren't a tapeworm.
Mannerisms
They pop out of maggis's gasmask like a makeshift tongue whenever they need to come out for something. (For the record, Maggis DOES have a tongue, but this one's cooler.)
Hobbies & Pets
Would Maggis count as Scotch's pet? You decide at gold fish fun dot com!
Speech
Sblbslbsblsblsblsb.
Wealth & Financial state
Whatever Maggis's got, Scotch indirectly mooches from it! They don't use their money directly though, anything they buy for just themselves is spent using their Bitcoin Money.
Birthplace
A Blade of Grass.
Children
Current Residence
Doctor Maggis's Small Intestines
Eyes
Scotch lacks eyes, having no need to see in the murky depths of Maggis's small intestines. However, on their scolex is a ring of oval-shaped suckers, called acetabula; although these aren't sensory organs, only being used as an aid to attach to the walls
Hair
Haha.
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Pallid, yet Juicy.
Height
4.5 feet long
Quotes & Catchphrases
"SBSLBSALBSLBLB."
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