Tyson's work belt

"He used his belt for most of his essential gear. His multi-purpose knife was attached to his belt by a leather sheath on the left side of his body. His gun in the same way to his right, several magazines were attached behind the knife - where it felt most natural and easy to access them. Covering his belt from view was a strong length of rope, wrapped through the belt loops of his trousers, again for easier access. As knives didn’t need to be refilled with ammo, where ammo might have gone behind the gun was instead a metal flask of water and a metal container that worked as a simple first aid kit." - Quote from thread.

There are several different parts of Tyson's work belt. When in public is jacket usually covered the weapons so that he doesn't panic the public and when wearing this he always makes a point to put his dog tags on top of his clothes so that anyone who spots the weapons will assume that he's a military operative working with the police - this has worked well so far.

Knives.

Tyson usually has his hunting knife in the sheath and keeps his silver edged knife in his rucksack. The handles of these knives start being hollow two thirds of the way down the handle, which means that the rest of the handle contained the tang of the blade - making it hard to snap off and difficult to break. The silver edged knife's rubber edged handle is filled with salt, the blade of this knife is six inches long.

The hunting knife has a serrated edge on the back side. The handle has black rubber grips over the metal and is custom made to fit Tyson's hand/grip style. The removable cap of the handle has a compass on it, on the side that faces up so that it can always been seen. The hollow part of this knife contains a whetstone, two pieces of flint to make a fire (spark) with a small box of wood chips to use as kindling, and a fake circular stone (make to look like a piece of Heliotrope) that is actually a GPS chip to track Tyson's location. The blade of the hunting knife is seven inches long and he keeps a spare version of this blade in his rucksack at all times.

Gun and magazines.

The kind of gun Tyson uses is a Glock 17 9mm pistol. It is registered. General Clarkson had it sent to him for protection from Sebastian soon after he cleared Tyson of all criminal charges based on his shooting and Tyson's departure from the forces.

There are several attachments available for this gun but the only one Tyson has, mostly kept in his rucksack, is the torch. The only other gun Tyson owners is a Browning 9mm, the gun he took with him when he was forced to abandon the army by Sebastian.

Tyson's preferred weapon is the knives but he can't complain.

First aid kit.

In the first aid kit is:

A stitching needle and thread

A small bottle of rubbing alcohol, 70%

Sterile gauze dressing

Wrapping bandages

Pain killers

Caffeinated tablets

Antiseptic cream

Tyson also has the first aid kit that he always keeps in his rucksack which has extra supplies and refills.

Tyson's timetable for teacher!verse

1A -

1B -

2A -

2B - James (dontcallmejimmy)

3A - Teenage!Liam (smokingoursmiles)

4A - Ben (greenscalesandhotfire)

5A -

In teacher!verse Tyson drives a Hyundai Santa Fe

He does this because in Teacher!Verse he has three dogs (Jack, Bobby, and Lily) so needs the boot space.

Sleepwear

When he doesn't simply crash where he's sat, Tyson sleeps in a pair of black boxers and a thin light grey v-neck t-shirt.

On the nights, most nights, when he is too tired to get fully undressed and decides that bending is too much effort he'll also be wearing a black sock - usually on his right foot.

Tyson has a candy jar on the coffee table that is filled with dog treats.

The aftershave Tyson uses is Davidoff Cool Water

Meg

Meg is the welsh boarder collie that Tyson has in army!verse and Veteran AU.

He adopted Meg from a rescue center, when he is away on service Jethro looks after Meg.

Companions

Though Tyson often finds himself feeling lonely when only with his dogs, he finds it easier to be with them than with other humans.

Dogs are easier for him because he doesn't have to talk. Rather than stuttering or stumbling over his words he can just click his fingers. He has trained his dogs to respond to visual cues rather than vocal cues because it is easier for him that way.

He only uses vocal cues when teaching a new trick to the dogs.

Jack

This is Jack:

He's one of Tyson's dogs. He is a guard dog entrusted with guarding the family manor.

Tyson would have preferred to talk Jack to London with him, but Jack is his best guard dog so he left him in Jasmine's care. Jack is six years old, two years older than Lily (four) who, in turn, is three and a half years older than Bobby (at this point in time.)

Where to touch Tyson to panic/calm him

Tyson's food preferences

Tyson's preference in food is plain. He tends to eat the same food over and over again, with the occasional switch the something with more flavour. His overall favourite food is rice.

The first item is what he usually eats, and the second item is what he may have instead:

• Cherrios, Chocolate Shreddies
• Plain Rice, Golden Rice 
• Vanilla Ice-Cream, White Chocolate Magnum 
• Tuna, Cod
• Lemonade, Pepsi
• Water, Orange squash
• Cheddar cheese, Wensleydale cheese
• BLT, Tuna Sandwich 
• Apple juice, Orange juice
• Monge tu, Sweet Corn
• Carrots, peas
• Raspberries, blueberries
• Strawberries, blackberries
• Apples, Pears
• Oranges, Bananas 
• Lasagna, BBQ ribs
• Double cheese pizza, Hawaiian pizza
• Japaneses take out, India take out
• Mushroom soup, Tomato Soup.
• Edinburgh rock, Sherbet lemons 
• Sour coke bottles [sweets], gummi bears
• Cheese and Onion, Salt and Vinegar crisps
• Jasmine and Pomegranate tea, Coffee
• Peppermint and Nettle Tea, Earl Grey Tea
• Hazelnuts, Walnuts

Foods/Drinks that he generally dislikes:

• Marmalade
• Cherries
• Peppers
• Melons
• Peaches
• Waffles
• Liquorice
• Anything spicy
• Anything with alcohol in it
• Smoked meats, other than fish

Loyalty

One of the things that makes Sebastian such a threat to Tyson is that Tyson will still do anything for him, despite all the abuse he suffered by the Colonel’s hand.

Tyson doesn’t trust easily, for obvious reasons, but once you have his trust he’ll do anything for you without a seconds thought. Jim, both Sunshine and CCT, are his priority, but as he puts it:

“My loyalty lies with the Jims. They are everything to me and have me heart, mind, and soul, but that doesn’t mean I can’t be loyal to others. I am loyal to my dogs, my brother, and those I care about. So long as they don’t wish harm upon my owners I will serve them willingly.”

This makes Sebastian so much more dangerous, because whilst Tyson’s loyalty to him had faded it still remains and, most likely, always will. If Sebastian is hurt Tyson will look after him despite knowing that the second he is better he will hurt him. This is exactly the same for anyone Tyson is loyal to [Raven, Jo AU, Castor, Eir, Gabriel] which is why it takes a while for Tyson to become loyal to people; he is afraid to because he knows that if he comes loyal to someone then he’ll always be loyal to them which puts him in a weaker position. 

If Sebastian whistles then Tyson will come running.

PH.Ds

Tyson left university with two Ph.Ds in Mathematics - one in applied mathematics, the other in theoretical - and another Ph.D in Military History

Bobby can see ghosts

Bobby can see ghosts and is able to seek them out. He will go out of his way to find ghosts, even taking Tyson miles off course.

Why do cats dislike Tyson?

Tyson is, almost, always around his dogs which means that any cat he interacts with smell dog on him. This makes a lot of cats weary of him.

However, Tyson adores cats (almost) as much as dogs and he's good at reading their body language. He can usually win them over if he's given enough time.

The age difference between Tyson and his face claim Damien Molony.

Tyson is, at the point in time this was written, thirty one. Damien Molony is only twenty eight.

This, admittedly slight, age gap is to make Tyson seem younger. To show how he has suppressed information. His brain has created a state of denial to protect him from the trauma he has endured which makes him seem younger, more innocent and naïve.

The age gap is three years, for a good reason: Tyson was with Sebastian for three years which means he had suppressed, almost, all of those three years making him seem three years younger than he actually is. 

Tyson's apartment incredibly difficult to navigate - an explanation of why.

Here is a picture of Tyson's apartment:



The living room especially is cramped with lots of potential to trip over, even though Tyson keeps the rooms tidy and floor as clear as possible, part of his low level OCD. The small corridor that leads from the front door into the living room is made more difficult to move through because that is where Tyson stores his bike, meaning that should one wish to enter the living room they'd have to sidestep a mountain bike. This isn't just because I failed to scale my sketch correctly. It is done because of how Tyson moves.

Tyson, when at home, moves around on his tiptoes. In the words of Sebastian Moran (or Jethro, depending on the verse / if he's interacting with a different Sebastian), "the kid prances around like a pixie." He is trained in classical dance and ballroom dancing. When he moves around the room he really does move like a pixie. It's as though his feet never touch the floor. He goes up on the pads of his feet and, essentially dances around the room, through a series of pivots, though always accommodating for where his dogs are in the room. He only ever does this in company if he is comfortable with the other person, otherwise he'll walk with his feet flat - as he does when in public. It is one of the many ways Tyson tried to control his life, to make it more organised. When his is comfortable he is up which means he has to concentrate to walk as most people would, it helps him stay focused and give him a sense of control in the scenerio.

He knows the layout of his apartment like the back of his hand so can navigate it easily despite having to side step around most of the apartment; and normally having awful balance. For anyone else though it is a death trap made four times as hard by having two Dalmatians wondering around it. Lily and Bobby also find getting relatively easy, because they are dogs.

The neck line

After an incident in Afghanistan, a mission gone wrong, Tyson doesn't wear anything with too tight of a collar.
The clothes that he wears are either very loose and bellow his collar bones [t-shirts and polos] or stop on the collar bone and are tight enough that they can't slip any higher [basically anything else other than dress shirts and formal dress shirts*].
When he wears a dress shirt he doesn't do up the top button and lets the tie or bow tie [or any other type of fabric worn around the neck] keep the collar closed. When he wears a formal dress shirt he'll close the top button but keep the neck wear loose to avoid triggering any flash backs. 

*Having come from an upper class family Tyson considers anything worn on the torso that isn't a vest or item of clothing worn over a shirt [blazer, jacket, coat, et cetera] to be a dress shirt. What most people would normally call a dress shirt Tyson calls a formal dress shirt.

Tyson's eyes

Tyson’s eyes are brown (Hazel). In this particular picture of Damien Molony his eyes are green but if you look at others his eyes are clearly brown. This is very common for people with hazel eyes, so I will always say that Tyson’s eyes are brown but on occasion they may have a green hue to them.


Tyson’s brother’s, Jethro Andrew Delaney, eyes are usually green but occasionally become green, like their mother’s, Anne. Whereas Tyson takes after their father, John, and his eyes are usually brown and only occasionally green. Due to the resemblance to his father’s Tyson has never liked his eyes, except for when they become green; which happens more in the summer when the brighter light brings out the green pigment better than it does during the other seasons.

When Tyson served in Turkmenistan and Afghanistan, 2001-2006 and 2006-2008, the brighter light in the Middle East meant that Tyson’s eyes were green more often than they are now that he is in Britain. This also applies to the time Tyson spent running away from the army both with and without Sebastian, 2008-2011.

This topic on the Damien Molony forum: link.

Christmas or therefore lack of.

Head Canon:

Tyson doesn’t celebrate christmas. Having grown up in a Jewish household he didn’t as a child and without a family he sees no need to now.

Unless he knows that someone definitely does celebrate the holiday Tyson doesn’t both getting them a gift or a card as he knows that most people would then feel obligated to get him something, and he doesn’t want anything*.

The only difference is that he is more charitable, though only because it is nearly impossible to turn a corner without finding a donation box set up specifically for christmas and Tyson will always give if he has money on him at the time. 

*That statement isn’t entirely true. There are items that he does want but he’s has never been in a position where he has been lacking money. With access to the family fortune Tyson doesn’t need to wait till Christmas to get something he wants.

Even then he doesn’t buy all that much. He limits himself to buying one book a month and, unless it was a digital book, at the end of the month the book will either be placed in the library at the family manor or given to a charity shop.