A tall quite definitely otter creature. His fur is sleek brown, with white highlights running down the chest and the occasional small scar on his arms and chest. Across the back of his head is a brushed-metal skullcap, studded with thousands of slim wires that are wrapped back behind him in a loose ponytail, though they often wriggle themselves free to stick outward again. A thin metal band of the same finish circles his neck. Just above his ears are a pair of thick-lensed goggles on a wide strap.
He is wearing a long white lab coat that seems cleaner than it should be. Large pockets dot the coat and hold a seemingly infinite amount of tools, gadgets, pens, and datapads. Lower down, drawstring pants brush metal-toed knee-tall rubber thicksoled boots. On the front pocket of his coat is a familiar but altered patch, a motto that reads 'That which does not kill me...', the rest being torn off.
He is wearing a long white lab coat that is as dirty and befrazzled as he is. Sleeves dangle loosly with holes raggedly burned, torn, or melted in them. Large pockets dot the coat and hold a seemingly infinite amount of tools, gadgets, pens, digipads, and so on. It is not unusual for him to pull out things bigger than the pockets themselves, like a full chemistry table set. Lower down, ragged one-leg-shorter drawstring pants brush metal-toed tall rubber thicksoled boots.
Don't volunteer for any of his experiments without a very recent self-backup, as Nikolai has a flippant attitude towards death. Which is reflected in a patch sewn into one of his larger pockets, a motto that reads 'That which does not kill me makes me stronger', the 'not' being cleverly crossed out.
Nikolai (named after Tesla) is a rabid experimenter, always gathering information on random (or not so random) esoteric subjects. Alchemy, high energy physics, quantum probabilities, kabbalism, i ching, extreme electromagnetism, robotics, high frequency sonics, ancient weapons, and solipsism are some of his interests...though he is not likely to know a great deal about any of these.
He has been a scientist for quite a long time, probably longer than he can remember. Native to Puzzlebox, his lab is situated underneath Downwarp. He has a peculiar preference towards blowing up his lab every so often, and it's usually put back the way it should be. He also has a very flippant attitude towards death...it doesn't bug him to kill off someone at random purely for the sake of experimenting. He won't push too hard, there's always some other victim, so isn't all that dangerously malicious. Just violently curious...which could be worse.
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