Collectable

Though Tyson has a collection of rocks, coins, and comic books, he only actively goes out of his way to collect rocks.

Over the years he has amassed an array of figurine collectables that are scattered around his various personal spaces. Most of them he has received as gifts - or pawned off on him after covering conventions by Billy, which is like an aggressive gift - or else Tyson has stolen it to improve his thieving skills.

The collectable figures/replicas that Tyson has of note/that he actually cares about are:

• Hellblazer Statue by DC Collectible
  Gift left at one of apartments Sebastian abandoned after Tyson helped him return there when the man was injured, now kept on the lowest shelf in his bedroom.
• K.K. Slider Amiibo Figure
  Prize that travels between Nate & Tyson, depending on who won their latest video game challenge/competition with each other. When in Tyson’s possession, kept on the coffee table of his living room.
• Kotobukiya Artfx+ Magneto Statue (Black)
  Swiped reflexively whilst in New York with Dick, kept at Tyson’s warehouse.
• Noble Collection Magical Creatures - Basilisk
  33rd birthday gift from James, kept on the top shelf in his livingroom.
• Normandy SR-1 Model
  31st birthday gift from Jethro, kept at Tyson’s warehouse.
• Pinky and the Brain Q-Fig
  A ‘gift’ from Billy, kept at the family manor in Tyson’s childhood bedroom.

Sewing

Tyson is pretty decent at sewing.

He learnt how to do the basics at school, but he never got much practice until his army days where he began stitching repairs into his clothes and earning rations from other soldiers by doing little patch jobs on their clothes that didn’t need full replacements.

Afterwards, Tyson was the one repairing his and Sebastian’s clothes whilst they were on the run. He also learnt a lot more about stitching skin back together during those days as well.

Now, Tyson largely only spends his time sewing together cosplay for his nephew’s amusement, repairing his dog’s stuffed toys, and - much more commonly - doing medical stitches.

Fighting Style

Though Tyson can appreciate the discipline of martial arts and has dabbled in a few different fighting techniques, he generally favours guerrilla street fighting.

Generally speaking, Tyson focuses on strikes against nerve/vital points, but even then, he doesn’t stick to a singular style of fighting. Even when he’s trying to improve on a particular area, Tyson is more instinctive in a fight and will end up jumping between styles regardless.

Something his drill Sargent in the army never stopped scolding him for. That adaptability and flexible is useful, but it also hamstrings Tyson’s ability to improve as a fighter. He has a niche that works for him; until it doesn’t, and that can be an Achilles heel.

That said, there are areas that can be pointed to as Tyson’s fighting style, without being a specific technique as they apply to the ways he will use multiple techniques to better suit his preferred flow of battle.

He favours fighting with his arms and blocking with his legs, and is more willing to risk damage to his legs. 

He likes to turn the odds in his favour and to use his environment to his advantage, such as his use of staircases.

He wants to wait for or create a golden opportunity, but failing that, Tyson is willing to wear down his opponent however he needs to.

He is more comfortable planting his feet in one place between bursts of movement. Stop and start fighting, rather than flowing from one movement to the next. 

Tyson wants to be darting in-and-out of the mid-to-close range. Defending until an opportunity opens, then doing as much damage as possible before waiting again. He’s an opportunity fighter. 

Accent

Tyson speaks with a broad, yet posh, Cambridge accent usually.

Without his stutter hindering him, his vowels weren’t as stretched - reducing how broad, and deep, his voice sounded overall - and drawing attention away from the sharper, clipped edges of his consonants; a slight inflexion led by considering Hebrew to be his first language.

Whenever Tyson is becoming sick or already running a fever, he tends to stutter more on the letter P; due to the way the internal temperature increase messes with his tongue.

When drunk, the letter R becomes nigh impossible for Tyson to form properly, it becomes a W instead. A stark contrast to the rolled R that had been drilled into his usually precise received pronunciation by countless tutors, but that’s rather the point: it was drilled into Tyson to rolled his Rs, leading off of Hebrew, Tyson doesn’t naturally enunciate his Rs.

There are three accents that Tyson can reliably imitate: New York (Brooklyn/Queens), Cockney/Essex, & Dublin.

His New York accent definitely leans stronger towards Brooklyn where, once again, Tyson is guided by his Jewish roots, but when Tyson ends up having to maintain his New York accent, he inevitably gets lazy about his pronunciation and strays into Queens a little, particularly on longer words.

Similarly, his Essex accent is spot on, to begin with, but when he’s speaking for an extended period of time, it will end up straying into a more generalised Cockney. The only accent that Tyson can reliably and consistently produce outside of his own without it straying is a Dublin accent. He has that one down to a tee.

DIY

Though Tyson is pretty handy, it’s rare that he’s ever building something for himself.

Usually, if Tyson has a construction or DIY project, it is something Tyson is making for someone else; like setting up a digital mirror for Jethro’s home, or working on a project for or with the Moriarty Mirrors.

The exception would be when Tyson goes out to his warehouse and gets some time to work on personal projects, though even then he usually ends up tinkering with something for the Moriarty Mirrors regardless.

Tyson is happy to help out with any project that put in front of him, but he does prefer intricate work that will keep his mind occupied whilst he’s working.

Hospitals

Over the years Tyson has sustained many injuries, and he is likely to receive many more before his time in the web comes to a close.

He has gone through broken bones, dozens of concussions, bullet wounds, a chemical attack in the army that left him temporarily blind, nails being ripped out in interrogation, a punctured lung, and far more in his time. Through all of that, he has never gotten any better at listening to doctor’s orders.

In any official records, most of his injuries are unaccounted for. That is one of the downsides of having the Moriarty Mirrors’ doctors taking care of his wounds. Whenever he’s in deep enough trouble to end up in an official hospital, Tyson ends up in hot water over where the unaccounted wounds came from.

Heartbreak

Tyson’s most obvious heartbreaks are from Kim and Sebastian.

However, they are far from the only ones to break his heart. For all his plethora of trust issues, Tyson hands over his heart far too easily.

There was also Peter Campbell, one of the people Tyson’s father paid to pretend to be Tyson’s friend; Lee, the French student in Tyson’s military history class who still makes his heart flutter to think of; Geoffrey, one of his fellow strategists in the army who got engaged in the time it took him to find his confidence; and too many others to count.

Tyson doesn’t so much offer his heart out, as throw it as hard as he can at an impassible wall, then somehow seems surprised when he gets hurt.

That said, Tyson handles heartbreak far too well. He is content to pine - to hurt and hurt - so long as the other person is happy, wherever they are.

Wax Seals

Tyson will occasionally receive challenges issued by Moriarty with wax seals and responds with his own seals when replying or returning challenges.

He may offer suggestions or ask if one of the Moriarty Mirrors is capable of something in a way that is intended to prompt a response, he often even challenges what the Moriarty Mirrors say and do, but the only time Tyson throws down the gauntlet and issues a challenge is through those wax-sealed letters.

Tyson going out of the way to play into the Moriarty Mirrors theatrics means that he is daring them to do their worst and prove why they are the rulers of a criminal empire. It is also one the rare times that Tyson will make a request of them.

Scars

Tyson has more scars than purely those pictures below, however, those are a combination of the most severe and the ones that Tyson cares about: ones that came from mistakes, unavoidably his fault and his fault alone, or caused by The Colonel.

He is littered with small scars from a hard-fought life, working in dangerous places in the web/the army and from surviving everything The Colonel/being abandoned in the desert threw at him. These scars are largely small things attained over the years/changeable depending on the thread and Tyson’s experiences within them. Nicks from working with knives in the kitchen and in the web, grazing wounds from shrapnel in the army, et cetera.

Those scars matter more to Tyson than any of his other for a variety of reasons.

The dent in his torso for obvious reasons, his two dog bite scars because they were entirely avoidable, and the scar on his foot because it was the stupidest reason for getting a scar; the barbed wire scars hold similar contempt. The knife scars matter to Tyson because those were some of the rare instances with Sebastian used a weapon against him, rather than his fists.

The hockey injury stands out in Tyson’s mind because it was the only time he was hurt as a child, outside of by his father’s own hand, that his father completely dismissed Tyson’s pain. When his ankle broke, his father fusses.When Tyson wouldn’t put weight on his left leg, his father shouted.

Qualifications

At the top of his list of qualifications are Tyson’s three Ph.Ds that he earnt by the time he was sixteen. One in military history, one in applied mathematics, and one in theoretical mathematics.

Though Tyson has continued his education in London since then, and is more than capable of earning other Ph.Ds/Masters, Tyson has declined the opportunity to even try for anything above Level 6. He doesn’t feel as though he has a right to even try, when the privilege was handed to him on a silver platter the first time around.

Here is the list of his current qualifications in order of UK qualification levels:

Level 8

• PhD - Applied Mathematics - Cambridge University
• PhD - Theoretical Mathematics - Cambridge University
• PhD - Military History - Cambridge University

Level 7

• Master of Engineering - University College London
• Master of History - Cambridge University
• Master of Mathematics - Cambridge University
• Postgraduate certificate in Education (PGCE)

Level 6

• Bachelor of Criminology - City, University of London
• Bachelor of Economics - London School of Economics
• Bachelor of Engineering - University College London
• Bachelor of History - Cambridge University
• Bachelor of Mathematics - Cambridge University
• Bachelor of Law - Cambridge University
• Bachelor of Physics - University of London
• Level 6 Certificate in British Sign Language Studies 

Level 5

• American Sign Language Certificate (Level 5 Equivalent)
• Command, Leadership and Management (CLM) - Army
• DipHE - Architecture - City, University of London 
• DipHE - Classical Studies - Cambridge University
• DipHE - English Literature - University of London 
• DipHE - Mathematics Sciences - University College London
• Foundation Degree in Computing and IT Practice - Open University
• Foundation Degree in Engineering - Open University
• OCR Level 5 NVQ - Learning and Development

Level 4

• ActiveIQ Level 4 Certificate in Education and Training
• CertHE - Applied Physics - University of London
• CertHE - Common Law - College of London
• CertHE - Business Management - Open University
• CertHE - History (French Revolution) - City, University of London 
• CertHE - History (Persian) - University of London
• CertHE - Social Sciences - City, University of London 

Level 3

• A Level - Art -  Cambridge International School
• A Level - English Literature -  Cambridge International School
• A Level - Hebrew -  Cambridge International School
• A Level - History -  Cambridge International School
• A Level - Latin -  Cambridge International School
• A Level - Law -  Cambridge International School
• A Level - Mathematics -  Cambridge International School
• A Level - Physics -  Cambridge International School
• ABRSM - Piano Grade 6
• AS - Economics -  Cambridge International School
• AS - Statistics -  Cambridge International School
• Cambridge Technicals - Business
• Cambridge Technicals - Engineering
• IQL - Emergency First Aid at Work
• OCN - Principles of Dog Training and Behaviour
• OCR ICT Level 3
• OCR Mathematics for Engineering Level 3
• Range Management Qualification - Leadership & Mangement - Army

Level 2

• Cambridge Nationals Level 2 - Business and Enterprise 
• ESOL Skills for Life Certificate Level 2
• GCSE A* - Biblical Hebrew - Cambridge International School 
• GCSE A* - Geography - Cambridge International School 
• GCSE A* - History - Cambridge International School 
• GCSE A* - Mathematics - Cambridge International School
• GCSE A* - Physics - Cambridge International School 
• GCSE A - Art and Design - Cambridge International School 
• GCSE A - Chemistry - Cambridge International School
• GCSE A - Economics - Cambridge International School 
• GCSE A - English - Cambridge International School
• GCSE A - Latin - Cambridge International School 
• GCSE A - Law - Cambridge International School 
• GCSE B - Biology - Cambridge International School
• GCSE B - French - Cambridge International School
• GCSE B - Spanish - Cambridge International School
• GCSE C - German - Cambridge International School
• HABC Award in First Aid at Work Level 2 

Level 1

• ABRSM - Descant Recorder Grade 3
• ABRSM - Treble Recorder Grade 2
• AQA - Personal and Social Education Level 1
• British Red Cross Certificate of Learning Level 1
• Functional Skills ICT Level 1

And then, these aren’t academics qualification, yet they are things that Tyson has achieved to the point of receiving a medal, certificate, or qualification:

Other

• A B+E C1+E Driver’s License
• ASA Stage 7 Swimming Award
• British Academy of Fencing Epée Gold Award
• British Academy of Fencing Saber Gold Award 
• British Academy of Fencing Foil Silver Award 
• Diver Level 2 Qualification - Autonomous Diver
• Conspicuous Gallantry Cross 
• George Cross
• Operational Service Medal for Afghanistan
• The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (Gold)
• Victoria Cross

Pigeons

Though Tyson can understand why pigeons annoy some people, he genuinely loves the sight of pigeons wandering around on the street and around the benches of cities.

It’s a comforting universal, that no matter where he goes there are always happy grey blobs bobbing along around his ankles. He doesn’t think that he’s properly visited a city until he’s found a pigeon in the way of his path.

He is always happy to indulge Moriarty’s fondness for pigeons. He is far less inclined to indulge Lily’s desire to eat the pigeons or Bobby’s attempts to play with them.

Dreams

Tyson doesn’t have dreams anywhere near as much as he does nightmares.

The dreams that Tyson does end up having are usually less coherent than his nightmares, fragments of figments rather than the linear - and horrifying - narrative of his nightmares.

Usually Tyson has an easier time trying to remember the sensations of the dream, rather than the events that happened: feeling warm and safe in arms that could only have been Sebastian’s, grass tickling his back and the scent of Kim’s coconut shampoo, or the steady pressure of James perched on his shoulders and the taste of sea spray against his lips.

Only some parts of Tyson’s dreams are coloured by his Synesthesia:

Dreams are varied, though more consistent. If it’s a memory, the colours and maps remain as they were; with some allowance for changes in his emotional response if the memory is adapted whilst he dreams. If it isn’t a memory, then only things that Tyson does remember will get coloured.

For example, if he dreamt that he was walking through a fake building with Jethro, then the building would appear in its ‘natural’ state, whilst his brother would get his normal colour palette.