SlumberTown

Slumber Residents

The townsfolk of Slumber sure are a kooky bunch!

Romy is the newest resident of Slumber. Since her arrival, there’s yet to be any other newcomers in town. 

For as long as Romy can remember, she’s struggled with debilitating social anxiety. She also tends to be fairly awkward, shy and meek, which certainly doesn’t help matters. 

Romy’s father died the same year she was born, so she was raised by a single mom, and affected emotionally by secondhand grief for most of her life. Romy’s years in therapy led her to attend college in her hometown, New Bork, in hopes of becoming a therapy dog for others who are struggling too. She has the patience and compassion required to accomplish this goal, though often lacks the confidence.

Her highly empathetic nature helps her meet the other residents of Slumber at their level. She tries to be kind in everything she does, even to her own detriment. Because of her empathetic qualities, she sometimes carries the emotional debris of the people around her. Often, she may feel the same emotions that others are feeling, or scent them using her heightened sense of smell. 

Romy is overly sensitive and cries easily, which is something they’ve always been self-conscious about. They didn’t have many friends growing up, aside from one childhood friend who distanced from Romy in high school. Many of the other dogs in New Bork found Romy unusually quiet and strange. 

Upon moving to Slumber, Romy was instantly hired for a position at the Lost and Found. They befriended their two coworkers, Boone and Echo, who continue to be the two people Romy feels most comfortable around. Despite this, they still struggle to be entirely open with their friends, in fear of making them upset or losing their friendship. Romy is introspective, often losing themselves in their own thoughts when trying to make sense of their place in the world around them.

The only two belongings that carried over with Romy to Slumber were their cellphone and their bike. Romy is the only person in Slumber with a cellphone, and even though there’s no phone service in Slumber, a mysterious caller has managed to find a way through to their phone somehow. The identity of The Caller is unknown to them, though Romy still intends on helping them the same way they try to help their other Slumber neighbors.