Bolus

Summary
Bolus is a chemo-augmented (Charlie) man who lives under the care of D'Beck. Bolus is very tall and very obese, and is notable for his very young mental age. D'Beck adopted Bolus as a baby, who at the time was dangerously undernourished, and elected to find a way to save him. In his characteristically morbid fashion, D'Beck saves Bolus by injecting a formula or growth-inducing liquids into numerous implanted ports that cover his body. The application of the formula is performed in a vat of amniotic fluid in which multiple tubes pump the formula into Bolus via the ports. Bolus must undergo regular injections in order to stay alive. After having been saved from starvation-induced death, he must now receive formula in order to sustain his massive form. This is very distressing and possibly very painful for Bolus, who complains in a loud, non-verbal fashion; a baby's scream in a man's voice. When the time comes for another round of formula, D'Beck will announce: "Bathtime, Bolus my boy!", and doesn't seem to take Bolus's complaining seriously, viewing it simply like a father would to a son or daughter's distaste at bathing or doing chores.

A permanent fixture on Bolus's face is a virtual reality headset playing children's shows at all hours of the day. D'Beck gave this to Bolus to distract and placate him while he worked, and soon Bolus became addicted to it and now refuses to take it off, even during his formula injections.

D'Beck tends to keep Bolus busy with the VR headset, but will sometimes use him for body guarding or heavy lifting of some kind. He does this sparingly, since removing Bolus from his cartoons makes him upset and prone to tantrums. This behavior would be problematic in D'Beck's laboratory of instruments.

For a time Bolus was D'Beck's only 'son', but soon D'Beck decided to "make Bolus a brother". One day, Bolus was introduced to his new adopted sibling, Chyme. Similar to Bolus, Chyme must be sustained with regularly with great quantities of nutrients, but Chyme has the luxury of not needing to be injected with formula, but instead ingests it via a tube in his throat.

Bolus and Chyme appear together in the one-shot: Bolus and Chyme - Fighting Cryme!

Physical Appearance:
Bolus stands at over two meters tall and weighs more than 220 kilograms; morbidly obese with a notable babyfat form, such as skin that pinches at his wrists and ankles like sausage links. His skill is pale and hairless and often slick with mucus. Covering his body are several implanted injection ports that appear like grey sockets; they mostly cover his torso, with some on his back, thighs, and biceps. A constant fixture on Bolus's head is the VR headset, with which he watches children's programming all day. His eyes are rarely if ever seen, but D'Beck remembers them as being "the softest of blues". On the top of his head is a small tuft of blonde hair.

Trivia

 * 1) A bolus is defined as either a a round mass, or as a single, relatively large dose of a substance. The character of Bolus is inspired by both of these definitions.