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Roy Walltalker (b. 1994) is the husband of Janice Walltalker and the adopted father of Reba Silo Walltalker and Binoculars and the eponymous protagonist in The Man Who Talked to the Wall and D.I.T. One-Shot: Roy Walltalker in the Bubble Dimension and the deuteragonist in The Woman Who Talked to the Hand. From the start, he had a rough home life. In school, Roy soon proved to be popular and talented, and he received mostly good marks. During this time, he formed a good friendship with Wilbur Eat. He also began dating the love of his life, Janice Walltalker, in 2010.
After college, he married Janice, and became an anatomy scientist soon thereafter. Eventually, Roy created an experiment that led to the creation of a live wall that he would treasure dearly. Later on, the wall Roy had built was stolen. He quickly resolved to find it and Janice offered to accompany him. They set out on a long and perilous journey that extended all across Colorado and into Wyoming. Roy and Janice, no closer to finding the Wall, sought help from Janice's friend Patricia, who allowed them to spend several nights at her house. Afterwards, they finished the search and finally ended up in a spacious house belonging to Reba Silo, where the Wall was hidden. However, Reba, who would not let them go without a fight, sentenced them to be killed in Timbuktu, until the Wall intervened and Reba saw the error of her ways. Roy and Janice agreed to adopt her, and they returned to Grand Junction with both Reba and the Wall.
At some point, Roy Walltalker became a policeman. Then, Suzie tried to become his sidekick and his exuberance got him into trouble and leads to several civilians being injured and the public turning against Roy and Janice in response to the injuries; and they were ultimately fired. Roy and Janice went into hiding and tried to lead a normal life. He and Janice had a son named Jackson, and they adopted Binoculars, a robot left to rust on a street. Roy was wildly unhappy in his new life. After being fired from his job as a librarian, Suzie, who claimed she now served the government, recruited Roy to her island to stop a robot and the Barriers of Qualogros in a covert job “for the government”. Despite successfully completing the task, he was later captured by Suzie, who was secretly working against him and is out for revenge. Later, Roy reunited with his wife, after being freed by Alan Spall, and together they were able to destroy Suzie for good. Roy and his family continued fighting crime together, though their trip to Bananas Fun Park ended in disaster thanks to Genesis following the Melanization, along with all the universe.
Biography[]
Early life[]
Academic journey[]
Born in 1984, Roy Walltalker soon proved to be popular and talented throughout his academic years. His favorite school subject was science. In school, he got mostly good marks, and was incredibly intelligent. He also formed a good friendship with Wilbur Eat. Life at home was rough, and so the intellectual juvenile found comfort in his academic journey.
In high school, his girlfriend’s name was Mackenzie, but they eventually broke up. However, Janice Morrison was initially one of his worst enemies. She was perhaps the only student in the school who was completely unimpressed by Roy, considering him to be arrogant and annoying. However, they were able to explain their differences and eventually overcome them entirely. They began dating, and found they truly liked each other. Janice thought Roy was charming, gifted, and smart, and Roy thought Janice was kind, quirky, and beautiful. Roy's hatred for Janice quickly melted away, replaced by love for her. Eventually, Janice showed Roy her bedroom, which had several photos of her humanitarian work.[1]
Bringing a family together[]
In 2012, at the age of only eighteen, Roy Walltalker and Janice Morrison were married. Roy’s passion for science ultimately led him to become an anatomy scientist, and do this job for a living.
Eventually, Roy learned that Janice could not get pregnant, due to a disability she was born with. Later on, he was doing an experiment that led to a wall speaking. Roy saw his chance and continued to experiment, resulting in the wall having facial features as well. He took it home and replaced a wall in his living room with the new contraption. He loved it like a son, and the wall loved him and Janice equally.[1]
Search for the Wall[]
The search begins[]
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Later on, the wall Roy had built was stolen. He began to scream in anger, awaking Janice and prompting her to ask him what was the matter. He replied that somebody had stolen his wall, and he planned to discover the thief. Janice offered to join him on the search, and Roy agreed. After making preparations, they set out on a long and perilous journey.[1]
Interrogating Wilbur Eat[]
About an hour into the search, the Walltalkers reached a dead end. Janice pointed out a busy road nearby, realizing it is the only place to turn, but a wall of incredible traffic lied in their way. Roy formulated a strategy to safely cross the road by utilization of stop signs and traffic guard disguises, holding them for people to see and proceeding under Roy’s commands (indirectly causing a massive pile-up on the street). Arriving at the other side, they contemplated possible wall thieves.
Janice suggested that Wilbur Eat might have taken the wall. Roy agreed it was probably him, and they went to his house. On the way, Roy noted that no houses so far were made of brick (the wall’s substance). When they arrived, Eat greeted them warmly, and Roy immediately asked if he stole the wall. Eat was shocked, insisting he did not even know it was missing. Roy accepted this, but then Janice pointed out that Eat had a spot of dirt on his shirt that may have transferred from the wall. Eat claimed the stain was from working in his flower garden, and though Roy believed this, he made a note of it for good measure.
The two of them began a search through town. Roy had assigned Janice to search the condominiums of Willowbrook, and he himself searched out several houses between Willowbrook and a conventional educational facility called Westridge Elementary School. Neither of them pulled out anything useful, so they regrouped at the edge of town.[1]
Departing Grand Junction[]
Roy said the Wall wasn’t in town, and that they had to extend their search. Janice agreed to come with him.
For the search, Roy also utilized a car and GPS to use during the search. He and Janice drove off. In the forest, the Walltalkers encountered a pair of frightening and savage bears. When Roy saw them, he and Janice sped away as the bears followed at incredible speed, quickly gaining ground. Just as they were about to meet their apparent demise, Roy noticed a cliff and proceeded to drive the bears off of it.
The Walltalkers proceeded into the forest. Days passed, and the GPS picked up nothing. However, two towns and a week later, the GPS picked up a clue of a wall calling for help. They finished their trip to the store and began to search for the Wall there. Janice heard a child calling for help, and raced around the bend, where she was surprised to find a kidnapper about to take a child with him. Janice pulled out her taser and threw the kidnapper back from his prey. She then bent over, helping him calm down and asking him where his parents were. Janice offered to help him find his parents, but Roy protested, insisting they had a mission to complete. Janice refused his demands and, after getting the boy to his parents, warned him not to wander off again. Roy also got to meet the boy’s parents.
The Walltalkers then left and, after a bit of searching, they found an isle of walls, and were disappointed to realize that the trigger for the alarm was not the Wall, but the line of walls coupled with the boy’s call for help. They both went outside and left in their car. They began to search the town, but this turned up nothing.[1]
Investigative continuation[]
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The wall search continued in Colorado. Upon reaching the coast, Janice said she wanted to give up the search, but ultimately decided against it. The entire state turned up nothing. As a result, they headed into Nebraska to continue the search. Weeks passed, and nothing turned up.[1]
Bunking with Patricia[]
Upon searching for the wall near the east coast of Nebraska, Janice pointed out her old friend, Patricia. She said Patricia may be able to aid them in their journey. Patricia allowed them to have dinner with her and spend the night. During this, Roy was also disturbed when he had a vision of a mysterious girl torturing the wall. When Roy awoke, he found it was 5 A.M. and Janice was still asleep. He found a picture that looked just like the girl in his visions.
The next day, Patricia discussed the Walltalkers’ quest with the company. Roy asked Patricia who the girl in the portrait was, and Patricia said it was an orphan named Reba Silo. She expressing her fear that if the wall thief is Reba, she doubts that they will survive the encounter. She let them spend the next few days at her house, playing with Janice whenever she could. She agreed to loan food, water, and a new set of clothes to the company to make their mission easier. After resting for several days, the Walltalkers proceeded with the wall search.[1]
Locating his creation[]
A few days later, Mr. Walltalker’s GPS picked up on an imminent arrest. Captured by police, the Walltalkers were placed under arrest. The police car drove the Walltalkers toward the desert. However, Roy had an idea that allowed them to burst free. Janice used her pocketknife to cut through his handcuffs, and he took the knife and cut her loose. The driver noticed them and prepared to pursue when he noticed the prisoners had sabotaged his engines.
After running at least 100 meters down the road, Mr. Walltalker signaled them to stop. Then he pulled out his GPS, and realized with delight that the wall was only two miles away. Janice sighed nervously; she was unexcited for the fight that lied ahead.
Roy’s GPS led them to a spacious house. They climbed out, and Roy rang the bell. The host peered in, then turned to leave. However, when Roy used a knocker she opened the door. He immediately asked her if she’d stolen their wall, which Reba denied. Janice left, and Roy followed. They were about to leave for home when Roy heard a call for help.
Both rushed back to Reba’s house and sneaked inside. They just narrowly tiptoed past a robot patrol without being seen. After rounding a corner, Mr. Walltalker took a look around, only to hear a robot soldier coming in their direction. They rushed to a small multi-purpose turbolift and crammed themselves inside. Janice accidentally hit a switch, transporting them through a small portal which jettisoned them upstairs. They rushed across a hallway, only to find another flight of stairs, which they climbed. At the end of the following hall, they found two massive doors.
They both stepped inside. It was in the room that they found the wall in chains. Using his pocketknife, Roy neatly cut through the wall’s bonds. With the wall close behind, they left the room and headed down the stairs. But when they reached the bottom, Reba slammed a net down and over them.[1]
Duel with Reba Silo[]
Robots surrounded them, and Reba stood at the center, her sword in hand. However, Roy used a tool to take a nearby sword and use it to cut down the net. Janice and the Wall began to fight against the robot army. Roy kept his sword as he advanced on Reba. Igniting it, he struck out at Reba, only to have his blow intercepted.
Roy and Reba then began to duel atop the dais, with neither of them able to gain the advantage. After a time, Roy suddenly intensified his attack, forcing a surprised Reba to retreat to the head of the stairs leading up to them. Seeing Reba’s precarious position, Roy kicked her in the chest, sending the thief careening down the stairs to land in a heap on the floor below. However, Roy decided he would not kill a child for stealing. He put away his sword and calmed himself as Reba regained her feet. Reba began ascending the staircase towards her foe, dismissing Roy’s refusal to fight. She reached him in short order and struck at her enemy with her sword, forcing Roy to redraw his weapon.
After a brief flurry of swordplay, Roy leaped away from Reba into the center of a data pod. Reba brought her sword down, but the young man backflipped out of the pod and onto a catwalk behind him. Safely away from Reba, Roy attempted to reason with Reba, but the latter denied any sort of internal conflict, and said he underestimated her willpower With that, Reba hurled her sword at Roy. Roy managed to duck to the side quickly enough to avoid his opponent’s weapon, but the sword sheared through several of the catwalk’s support struts, destabilizing the section where Roy was standing. As the gantry fell, Roy slid down it and fell into a net as Reba laughed. Reba then strode down the stairs to where Roy had fallen, drawing her reclaimed weapon as she did so. After Reba reached the entry to the underside of the dais, she handcuffed Roy and captured him along with Janice.[1]
Timbuktu[]
In the Slide Room, Reba threatened to get rid of the Walltalkers once and for all. She tied them to a sled and was about to send them downhill and off a 40-story roof when the wall arrived. The wall threatened her, and advanced. Reba took the moment to explain she was an orphan living by herself, and that she stole the wall so she would have a friend. She then apologized and arranged to have the Walltalkers untied. However, the sled with Roy and Janice was accidentally sent on its fateful course in the process.
Reba immediately dove after the sled as the wall looked on with concern. Meanwhile, a robot soldier turned on the alarm, and the other robots dove after Reba. The tables turned, however, when Roy used his pocketknife to free himself and Janice and hook onto a lightning rod, diverting the sled’s course and stopping it in its tracks. This left Reba alone racing toward the edge. Janice declared they must save her, and leaps into action. Although they are able to save Reba, the rescue left Reba, Janice, and all the robots dangling off the edge of the ravine. Luckily, a friendly local arrived with Roy by his side, and they reeled them up with the tow cable attached to his car.[1]
Aftermath[]
Adoption of Reba Silo[]
Afterwards, Reba and the Walltalkers climbed back up the slide, taking them from Timbuktu back to Nebraska. Roy, Janice, and Reba immediately collapsed from the effort. When Janice recovered, she offered to adopt Reba despite the thievery she had committed. Reba accepted, and after recovering the Walltalkers’ car, they went home through a slide leading directly to Grand Junction.[1] After they arrived at the bottom of the slide, they rode the Walltalker car home. When they arrived, while Roy reinstalled the Wall to its socket while Janice showed Reba around. Roy continued work as an anatomy scientist, and when his boss requested to why he had been gone, Roy told him about the Wall search and his new daughter. He always returned from work at 6 o’clock in the evening. Meanwhile, Reba stayed home with her new mother, Janice, and they played together and just hung out for several weeks.
Later on, Roy and Janice Walltalker both declared Reba needed to go to school and finish her education. Thanks to the robots’ training of her, Reba was also able to skip four grades when this happened, immediately advancing to the twelfth grade after her adoption.[2]
Decline[]
Roy and Janice Walltalker adopted Binoculars, a robot left to rust on a street. Roy eventually discovered his other adopted offspring's clandestine crime-fighting with Wilbur Eat, using the cover story that they’re going fishing. When he strangled his boss after being prevented from saving a woman who was being sexually assaulted outside their window, he was fired from his job as a librarian.[2]
Rescue of Reba Walltalker[]
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After two months, Janice and Binoculars discovered Roy getting ready to go out for the night while packing enhanced police uniforms. Hence, Binoculars attempted to stow away, and Janice followed. Before she could find him and drag him home, however, Roy closed the doors and took off, forcing them to hide. Roy had left to find his surrogate daughter. Shortly after they were discovered by Roy, the plane was attacked by Suzie’s laserfire, and they fled in escape pods. Roy and the others set up a camp and he gave them their uniforms.
Reba was subsequently lured by Suzie to her private island, under the ruse of an assignment from a man codenamed Reno. Roy learned that Reba was in danger and borrowed a jet to journey to the island, but during his flight, found Janice and Binoculars stowed away. The plane was destroyed by long-range lasers. Fortunately, Roy and the others were not killed, so he boarded escape pods to safety with them. The three made it to shore and took refuge in a pit. Then Janice left the kids to find Reba. However, Binoculars followed her, and Roy went after Binoculars. They fought together and managed to defeat the guards by knocking them unconscious. Janice continued on her quest as Roy returned to the cave to look after Binoculars.
However, when they were almost there, they saw a rocket emerge from the cave and up a volcano. Suzie had launched a Rocket carrying the highly capable battle robot - the Basketball v.10 - to the city of Grand Junction. They chose not to enter the flaming cave, and were instead forced to sleep on the jungle floor. However, Suzie’s henchmen discovered the duo - subsequently pursuing them across her island base. As several guards engaged Binoculars, who had stolen a vehicle to escape in, Roy attacked one of the men with a large stick. He dove into a shallow lake, but the guard saw him and pointed his gun, preparing to shoot him, but Binoculars stopped the soldier from killing Roy, who in return saved him from yet another henchman. After dispatching security, he and Binoculars rode the vehicle in search of their family. After finding them, another wave of henchmen found and attacked them. During the fight, Roy hurled a grenade at an aircraft to destroy it. Though the guards were quickly overpowered, Suzie captured the entire family. Roy and his family escaped and returned to Mongolia, and are able to stop Suzie’s robot after a lengthy fight. Roy was then able to defeat Suzie by using a grenade against her.[2]
The triumph of Genesis[]
Now, Roy and his family fight crime together. They eventually arrived at Bananas Fun Park and played laser tag together. Suddenly, all the power went out and Roy, caught off his guard, fell off a railing. Unbeknownst to them, Genesis had summoned the power required for the Eye of Remembrance during the Battle of Solis Lacus, and plunged all the universe into eternal darkness to achieve salvation for his primordial race. Roy began to panic over what the big deal was as he stumbled through the darkness, unable to find his family, and then a tendril struck him in the head and he fell unconscious.[2]
Adventures in the Bubble Dimension[]
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Roy Walltalker awoke in the Bubble Dimension, currently unaware he had fallen into an inter-dimensional rift.[3]
Leaving for the unknown[]
Following the Deviation and the end of the Cosmic War in November of 2050, Roy Walltalker made his departure from the Bubble Dimension and helped lead the rebuilding of the United States of America, but soon realized that his wife Janice Walltalker still bore the wounds of her quest. On June 24, 2051, he accompanied his wife and they were both allowed passage across Bracket Lacuna to another universe, as his spouse was a member of the Vault Squad, who had disassembled due to having accomplished their ultimate purpose of annihilating the Black Queen, and he voyaged with her with the hope of healing the damage to his wife's spirit that fighting the Brotherhood had caused to her.[4]
Physical description[]
Roy Walltalker is 188 centimeters tall. He is also very slender, though his exact weight is unknown. He is always seen in a black tuxedo, even in the desert.
Personality and traits[]
As an eccentric scientist, Roy Walltalker demonstrated a focused and determined personality, being a sharp and blunt young man with tongue-and-cheek humor. Truly brave, he willingly went on a perilous mission to what he truly believed to be his doom because he believed that this was the only way to save the Wall, who he valued as though he were his own son. After the mission, Roy would continue to go to great lengths and take great risks in order to help others, particularly his loved ones. Being very strong-willed, Roy was never afraid to stand up for himself. The amount of trust that Roy put into his friends was so strong that he absolutely refused to consider that any of them would betray him. The closeness that Roy felt for many was great enough for him to behave violently if any of them were harmed. For example, when Suzie threatened his family he crushed her with one of his robots. Ironically, she is the only person who Roy openly killed.
However, Roy also suffered from deep insecurities, the biggest two were facing the sheer possibility of his work falling into dishonorable hands, or of his Wall being rendered out of the picture. He was also accused of being arrogant (in particular by Janice, who never attempted to sugarcoat his prideful tendencies at all), and could be hugely hot-tempered and impulsive, often lashing out with his fists when provoked. This could sometimes make him rude to authority figures such as his boss at the library. In some ways, Roy, thanks to his wrathful tendencies and refusal to back down from anything, can become extremely intimidating toward people such as Binoculars, Patricia Reid, and Wilbur Eat. It is seen that Roy can become extremely frightening when pushed to the point of anger or extreme annoyance. When in a bad mood and argumentative, even Roy’s closest friends have been shown to be wary of him, usually replying to his angry tone in a calm and appeasing voice. The only person who does not appear to be afraid of him when he is angry (other than police and other authority figures in his life) is Janice Walltalker.
Roy possessed an instinctual, intuitive intelligence that allowed him to make intellectual leaps, as opposed to the logical intelligence of Janice. For example, Roy divined the truth about Reba’s ambitions concerning the Wall, well before Janice would accept his evidence. And although he was clever, Roy lacked intellectual curiosity, rarely putting forth effort into school work as a boy (although he did study reasonably hard for his exams), and generally did his best work when tackling standardized tests.
Roy also possessed a streak of pride and independence. Roy was also known for wanting to tackle challenges and obstacles on his own, without the aid or interference of others. His friends had to frequently remind him that he needed their assistance and that he did not always have to work alone. He also seemed to have an obsessive personality, a trait he shared with his adoptive daughter and former archenemy Reba Silo Walltalker. He also suffered from an obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, which he confessed to Janice in 2034. For instance, he developed on unhealthy obsession with the wall search, to the point where he would risk his life and his wife’s. This period of listlessness lasted for months.
Despite this, Roy eventually realized that his obsession with finding the Wall had made him selfish and very unkind to his wife, confessing to her that he had been focusing on what he had to gain and never gave much thought as to what he still possessed. He also admitted he was falling back into the same old patterns during the Attack on the Barriers of Qualogros, having become far colder and much more distant, and that he saw some of his deep-rooted failings in Suzie, such as: vindictiveness, obsessiveness, selfishness, a tendency to let his desires cloud his better judgement, and above all the skeletons in his own closet. Ultimately, Roy’s greatest strength was his ability to feel love — he was extremely loyal to and protective of his loved ones and that love was what allowed him to overcome some of his enemies. Notably, Roy’s strength of will at resisting the temptation of evil was due to Roy’s ability to love. Roy even claimed that he felt sorry for Suzie because he understandably believed she did not understand love. Roy was also unfailingly kind and compassionate. This is likely attributable to his childhood, during which his parents were neglectful and deprived him of compassion. Also, Roy was not a cruel person and he never wished anyone harm. He also had good and long memory, as he remembered about Binoculars’ construction when he was an adult (the latter was built in 2007). Roy also cared very much for his adopted children, Reba and Binoculars.
Although never as given to sarcasm or humor as his wife Janice Walltalker, Roy often displayed a dry wit. For instance, on finding out that Janice intended to take nine periods during their first college semester, he asked her if she planned to eat or sleep at all. This humor often became more cutting when applied to people Roy disliked. When threatened by a gang of bullies in elementary school, Roy responded to their threat that he was dead by casually commenting “Funny, you’d think I’d have stopped walking around”. He was also known to apply his cutting wit to Janice as well.
During his youth, Roy tended to see things in a rather stark, absolute manner. He also had a penchant for mischief and was somewhat cocky.
Abilities[]
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Expert scientist
Relationships[]
Family[]
Roy looked up to his cousin, Damon Walltalker.
Janice Walltalker[]
Roy’s relationship with Janice Walltalker was initially a rocky one. While Roy was a popular student, well-liked by most Janice was unimpressed with him; this had to do with Roy’s jealousy of her wealth and her being annoyed by his behavior. Janice developed romantic feelings for Roy by college. Roy still hated her, however, treating her with absolute disdain. In their second semester, however, they were able to explain their differences and a month after, Janice was finally willing to go out with Roy.
The two married soon after graduation. Janice and Roy were both police officers. Janice’s loyalty was enough for her to accompany Roy throughout the Wall search. They also adopted two children, Reba Silo and Binoculars. However, he eventually realized he had treated her with incredible selfishness and unkindness, and sought to improve their relationship.
Suzie Rockwell and Reno[]
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When Suzie was a girl, she idolized Roy Walltalker. She longed to be his assistant and occasionally went out of her way to impress him, to no avail. On the other hand, Roy thought she was reckless and somewhat obnoxious. After her exuberance got him in trouble with the law, Roy openly rejected her. This, coupled with other setbacks she suffered from police and superheroes, led her to become a supervillain and plot her revenge against Roy for dissing her so.
When Roy arrived to confront her robot prototype, Suzie showed no signs of past behavior and he was soon charmed by her. In turn, Suzie had temporarily abandoned her hatred for him, even saving his life when a ghost ambushed them.
However, Suzie’s seething hate for Roy returned to her over the next few months. After summoning him back to the island, a new robot attacked him and would have killed him if Suzie did not interfere and reveal her true motives. She attempted to kill him several times, but Roy survived the attempts and killed her, mostly in self-defense.
Patricia Reid[]
Patricia Reid initially found Roy to be quite annoying. However, she did finally warm up to him, but not before college was over and they went their separate ways. Part of her former hatred for Roy possibly stemmed from his bullying of her best friend, Janice Morrison. She was also nicer to him after he stopped bullying her. By 2020, Patricia had warmed up enough to Roy that she allowed him to spend the night when he and Janice were traveling together.