Muko

Muko
Owned by	Steph45 (owner) statictigers (DDE designer)
Pronouns	he/him
Species	Human (2D)
Age	33
Date of Birth	September 10
Gender	Male
Sexuality	N/A
Eye color	Black
Hair color	Blond

Overview

Muko Theodore Marman is a major character in Dimensional Deep End.

He gets involved in the B plot, joining Tristan and the others after becoming weirdly stressed about Dave's disappearance.

He is good friends with Dave and Bambi, and is an uncle figure to Tristan.

Appearance

Muko is a lanky 2D world-er donning a white lab coat over a pink sweater with a white collared undershirt. Additonally he wears dark red pants with brown, blocky dress shoes. He has short blond hair with a prominent tuft at the top of his head. As his emotions intensify, his hair appears to become messier. He wears round glasses with a red frame.

Personality

Muko is an intelligent robotic engineer who falls into episodes of paranoia and isolation when faced with stressful situations. Despite his serious and standoffish demeanor, he enjoys childlike hobbies and objects such as Furbies or listening to boy band music, which stayed consistent throughout his life. He keeps a lot of secrets and doesn't tend to talk a lot about himself.

Background

Muko was born around the mid-late 1980s in the American midwest. He grew up as an only child, raised by both of his parents.

Muko was an energetic and passionate little kid who never lost his affinity for robotics, inventing devices since he was young. However, because of his obvious nerdiness, he was the target of a lot of bullying from his peers. He met Dave sometime in middle school after he was protected from some bullies, and the two became best friends. Muko built up a small yet strong friend group that lasted until adulthood.

Ever since he was a child, Muko has had an affinity with the unknown, and wanted to explore topics that fell into 'conspiracy' territory and prove one of these theories as real. Oftentimes, Muko would fall into bouts of hyperfixation related to his passions and theories, which would often leave him without sleep or socialization.

After graduating high school, he moved to Fort Geraldson with Dave and established a lab to conduct various experiments related to his theory, with him as the engineer. However, some time after Dave lost his legs in a lab accident, another incident happened that shattered Muko's mental health and ended up straining his relationship with Dave. His tendency to hyperfixate and isolate himself became much more extreme, which Dave did everything in his power to mitigate. While on much better terms now, Muko still holds a form of a grudge against Dave, even if it is not yet clear why.

Trivia

• Muko visited Dave whenever he was hospitalized due to surgery when they were kids, catching him up on missed homework and chatting with eachother.
  • This inspired Dave to pursue becoming a teacher later in adulthood.