Full Name: Dr. David Wallace Graham
Personal Names: Dave, Davey
Age: Forty
Date of Birth: June 12th
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Scottish
Occupation: Head Psychologist
Education Level: Bachelor's degrees in Biological Basis of Behavior & Psychology; Ph.D. in Psychology
Clearance Level: Three
Eye Color: Dark gray
Physique: Dave, upon the most recent measurements in Plumeriaâs database, is about five feet and eleven inches. He weighs in at about one hundred and sixty-five pounds. Dr. Graham is a paraplegic after sustaining an injury to his T8 vertebra following Incident XXX-54. Handicap aside, he is in remarkable physical health.
Distinguishing Features: Davidâs most noticeable feature is his handicap, but itâs frankly quite a small part of who he is. He wears his hair short and his facial hair just a bit past cleanly shaven. He often wears jeans and a button-up shirt to work. Some may notice that he sports a few scars on his arms and legs from previous encounters with lower level patients.
Charisma: Daveâs people skills rival those of, most noticeably, his superior, Dr. Mason. He has a very natural charisma, and his position as head psychologist is greatly due to the fact that he is capable of finding a way into even the most stubborn subjects. His humor is known throughout the facility, and he tends to find a way to make light of most scenarios.
Knowledge of the Human Mind: When he was hired eleven years ago, David Graham was already one of the leading experts in psychology. Should anyone have a question related to psychology, he is often the one confided in. The hard cases are placed in his hands, for he understands how to bypass mental and social barriers more often than not.
Intelligent: David sports an intelligence quotient of roughly 120. Though often not seen of as one of the most intelligent members of the staff, he certainly is well above average and capable of thinking outside of the box. His social intelligence is far more noticeable and is what has earned him his reputation.
Notable Disadvantages
Connections to Patients: David finds that he often connects too greatly to his patients. He develops emotional bonds with them almost regularly, and thus he finds it difficult in certain scenarios to take an entirely logical approach.
Physical Disability: Though he has most certainly made the best of it, Davidâs paralysis has made work more difficult. He is no longer allowed to travel to lower level floors by himself. Without his wheelchair, he's incapable of going far. Still, he makes the best of it, and certainly is far more than his disability.
Lack of Firearm Experience: He's never properly been trained with weapons, and if he were given one, he probably wouldn't know what to do with it.
For many people who work at Plumeria, Davidâs perpetual good-humor comes as a relief amidst the constant worry that one may die during a regular day's work. In a way, he seems to have an aura of good-humor about him that has a tendency to put a smile on most faces. During nearly every conversation, he has a new pun or story to relay, making him the "office clown" in a way. Of course, this isn't because he takes his work lightly. In fact, he takes what he does very seriously. He simply understands that one must make themselves appealing to succeed in psychology. Rather, he most likely resorts to his excessive use of comedy as a defense mechanism and a coping mechanism. He often spends his mornings mourning the life he should have had with his daughter and ex-wife, but he utilizes his wit to hide that from his coworkers.
He develops extremely powerful emotional ties with those who accept his behavior likely due to the fact that he is often crippled by feelings of loneliness. At the same time, however, he seems to enjoy going out of his way to pester those who seem to dislike him. As such, he's also often seen as sarcastic and snarky - though it's quite difficult at times to tell when he is being this way unless he purposely gives body language cues. It's not that he dislikes authority, in these cases. He simply enjoys seeing how far he can push the human mind before it snaps. In general, the mind fascinates him, and he often ponders simple statements made by various members of the staff, analyzing them as though they are keys to unlocking the secrets of the human mind.
Record
Dr. David Wallace Graham was born in Edinburgh, Scotland to two college professors. Though they loved each other, his parents, Wallace and Becca, had only married after discovering they had accidentally conceived. Knowing the conservative ways of both of their parents, they married. His parents had little want to bring him into the world, so he remained an only child throughout his upbringing. With his father, a Classics professor, and his mother, an art professor, Dave certainly had a childhood that focused on the arts. They, however, did little for him. He was a curious child, but his parents often lacked answers for him, so he found them for himself. It was while scouring various books for his answers that he found an interest in psychology.
In school, Dave excelled, but he was known as a bit of a troublemaker for his clownish ways. Certainly, he would have been expelled from any institution had he not managed to weasel his way out of the repercussions. Following his graduation after Year 13 at the age of 17, David applied to many top-tier universities, but he chose to move to America to study at University of Pennsylvania. While here, he met his future wife, Adele Bengston.
Dave graduated from University of Pennsylvania in three years, making him twenty when he received his BA in BBB and Psychology. After marrying his longtime girlfriend, David returned to UPenn for his doctorate. Right out of the program, he was welcomed on to the staff as a professor and researcher. It was here that Plumeria contacted him and Adele and asked them to join the team. He began work in 2004. With a passion for his work, he moved swiftly up the facility's ranks.
Eventually, he and Adele decided to start a family, and in 2011, their daughter Margot was born. Adele distanced herself from David after that, however. She had never enjoyed her work at Plumeria, and he knew she continuously applied for new jobs outside of a facility she deemed misguided and perverted. They began to drift apart, and he found himself falling into a sort of depression. And then he met her.
Subject 78210 was only sixteen years old when they met. Alfred Mason had requested that few people interfere with her as she grew up, but he decided it was imperative to psychologically evaluate the girl. She was charming almost instantly, and he took to her, deeming her psychologically stable. With that, Alfred ordered he cease meeting with the subject. Perhaps if David had known what she was made for, he would have stopped then. But he kept on, visiting her after hours, making up excuse after excuse for almost a year.
And then one night in 2012, screams of agony could be heard from Subject 78210's room. Security arrived to find David in a puddle of blood, the subject standing over him with his pen gripped tightly in her hand. She was easily subdued, and Dave was rushed to the local hospital. Despite all efforts, when he finally woke up, he was informed that he had lost all function of his lower limbs. Everything seemed to happen in a whirl after that. He fought with Adele more and more. She begged him to leave, to see what they had allowed to happen. But he refused, and he informed her he wouldn't leave the facility. And so she filed for divorce, taking their daughter with her when she left for relatives in California.
It has, since then, been lonely for David. He has been with the company for sixteen years now, survived Incident Omega, and watched Adrian take over the company. He knows something isn't right - it hasn't been right for years. But he can put that aside for now and focus instead on a much-anticipated visit from his daughter.
Actions of note within Facility: Dave is known for his personality throughout the facility. Other than this, however, he is also known for Incident XXX-54 in which he was paralyzed by Subject 78210. He was placed on suspension for a few months even after his recovery before being reinstated to his former position but far below his previous security clearance.
Dr. David Wallace Graham was born in Edinburgh, Scotland to two college professors. Though they loved each other, his parents, Wallace and Becca, had only married after discovering they had accidentally conceived. Knowing the conservative ways of both of their parents, they married. His parents had little want to bring him into the world, so he remained an only child throughout his upbringing. With his father, a Classics professor, and his mother, an art professor, Dave certainly had a childhood that focused on the arts. They, however, did little for him. He was a curious child, but his parents often lacked answers for him, so he found them for himself. It was while scouring various books for his answers that he found an interest in psychology.
In school, Dave excelled, but he was known as a bit of a troublemaker for his clownish ways. Certainly, he would have been expelled from any institution had he not managed to weasel his way out of the repercussions. Following his graduation after Year 13 at the age of 17, David applied to many top-tier universities, but he chose to move to America to study at University of Pennsylvania. While here, he met his future wife, Adele Bengston.
Dave graduated from University of Pennsylvania in three years, making him twenty when he received his BA in BBB and Psychology. After marrying his longtime girlfriend, David returned to UPenn for his doctorate. Right out of the program, he was welcomed on to the staff as a professor and researcher. It was here that Plumeria contacted him and Adele and asked them to join the team. He began work in 2004. With a passion for his work, he moved swiftly up the facility's ranks.
Eventually, he and Adele decided to start a family, and in 2011, their daughter Margot was born. Adele distanced herself from David after that, however. She had never enjoyed her work at Plumeria, and he knew she continuously applied for new jobs outside of a facility she deemed misguided and perverted. They began to drift apart, and he found himself falling into a sort of depression. And then he met her.
Subject 78210 was only sixteen years old when they met. Alfred Mason had requested that few people interfere with her as she grew up, but he decided it was imperative to psychologically evaluate the girl. She was charming almost instantly, and he took to her, deeming her psychologically stable. With that, Alfred ordered he cease meeting with the subject. Perhaps if David had known what she was made for, he would have stopped then. But he kept on, visiting her after hours, making up excuse after excuse for almost a year.
And then one night in 2012, screams of agony could be heard from Subject 78210's room. Security arrived to find David in a puddle of blood, the subject standing over him with his pen gripped tightly in her hand. She was easily subdued, and Dave was rushed to the local hospital. Despite all efforts, when he finally woke up, he was informed that he had lost all function of his lower limbs. Everything seemed to happen in a whirl after that. He fought with Adele more and more. She begged him to leave, to see what they had allowed to happen. But he refused, and he informed her he wouldn't leave the facility. And so she filed for divorce, taking their daughter with her when she left for relatives in California.
It has, since then, been lonely for David. He has been with the company for sixteen years now, survived Incident Omega, and watched Adrian take over the company. He knows something isn't right - it hasn't been right for years. But he can put that aside for now and focus instead on a much-anticipated visit from his daughter.
Actions of note within Facility: Dave is known for his personality throughout the facility. Other than this, however, he is also known for Incident XXX-54 in which he was paralyzed by Subject 78210. He was placed on suspension for a few months even after his recovery before being reinstated to his former position but far below his previous security clearance.
