Rotten Work
twohalvescos for Robbie Ackroyd
Robert Ackroyd is inquisitive and ambitious. Orphaned at 15 and often alienated for his transness, Robbie decided that he couldn’t stand being at home any longer, and worked hard to be accepted to Goldsmiths and study abroad. He started working at the Institute as soon as he finished his Bachelor’s degree, and desperately wants to transfer into the Archives. He puts himself before anyone else, and will do whatever he can to get ahead. He’s not unkind, but he will be cruel if it serves him better. He’s in his mid-twenties at the start of the story.
Robbie is named after a bastardization of the titular character in Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.
Avatar of the Web, affiliated with the Eye, Marked by the Desolation.
TRANSMASC ACTORS WILL BE PRIORITIZED WHEN CASTING THIS ROLE (ROBBIE ACKROYD).
- english
- american
- male adult
- trans man
Not exactly…? I… Followed the spiderwebs. Not—not the smartest thing to do when you’re already being haunted, I know, but… Well, when a house burns down, you don’t necessarily expect to find spiderwebs all over the ruins of what used to be your bedroom, you know? So I came back at night, snuck out past the neighbor who had agreed to let me stay until the red tape cleared up enough to get me in the system, and followed the webs. I expected to hear the voice—to hear Owen’s voice. I was there in the dark, after all. After sunset. He was always there when it was dark. But he didn’t say anything. And when I got to the place where the webs were heaviest… I found three things.
Hey, are you okay? I… Sorry, that probably didn’t need to be part of this, did it? I’m sorry.
I have to say, I thought it would be running more smoothly down here, given how picky Elias is about who works in the Archives.
