SlenderXP


 * Not to be confused with Slender, User:SlenderXP, Xlender, Slendar or Xlendar.

Tomas de Oliveira, better known by the name SlenderXP, (1996 - 2064) is a penguin of Lisboagese-Zhouese descent. Born and raised in Austiceia, SlenderXP holds both Austiceian and Shopper citizenship. Later on in his life, he also holds permanent resident status in Lisboagal. Bearing a resemblance similar to the Magonian Emperor Slender, he also has white feather and roughly similar facial features. However, he has brown hair and brown eyes, unlike his lookalike.

SlenderXP, also referred to as Thomas (an Anglish variant of his Lisboagese first name Tomas) by many others in order to avoid confusion with Slender, is currently a member of Shops Island’s diplomatic corps. He has been posted to the embassies of countries such as Lisboagal (as an attaché) and his own home country Austiceia (as a First Secretary). Secretly, he is also an intelligence operative of the SIA, as a member of the SIA Special Forces. Previously, he was an equity partner in a rather significant law firm in Millbourne. Later on when Shops fell, he founded his own management consulting firm Oliveira Consultancy Group along with some partners.

Despite suffering from several setbacks as a result of others’ actions at some points in his life, Thomas is capable of enacting rather damaging revenge plots against those who have wronged him. After his lifetime, he became known more for his relentless pursuit of revenge against those who have crossed him, rather than for founding the successful Oliveira Consultancy.

Early Life
Tomas de Oliveira was born on 16th October 1996 in Millbourne, Austiceia. His father, João de Oliveira, was a second-generation Lisboagese immigrant who was born in Austiceia. On the other hand, his mother Wendy Cheng, was a Zhouese-Peletonium penguin from Malesia who studied in Millbourne. João worked as an aerospace engineer, while Wendy was a chef specialising in traditional Ligurian, Frankterrean and Castillan fares. Throughout her career, she had worked in several luxury hotels and restaurants in the city. Tomas also has a sister named Carolina de Oliveira, who’s 1 year younger than him.

As a kid, Tomas had a relatively comfortable upbringing. Despite the fact that João had lost his job at least thrice during Tomas’ childhood, the family did not suffer much as Wendy’s own income was comparable to her husband’s. The family of 4 lived in a middle-class suburb that was 15 minutes away from Millbourne’s central business district.

Ever since he was able to read, Tomas had shown an interest in law. His parents encouraged him by buying him books related to the law so that he was able to prepare for a legal career. At the age of 9, he became one of the youngest solicitors in Millbourne, specialising in property law and estate planning.

Legal career
During his first two years in what would eventually become the only law firm that he would work for in his life, Tomas was given relatively unimportant work by his superiors as they were hesitant to risk the firm’s businesses on a young chick like him. It was during this period that his colleagues started calling him Thomas. He still lived with his parents at the time, and his salary was comparable to his parents’ individual earnings.

However, his expertise soon came into play when the property boom arrived in Sydden, Millbourne and other Austiceian cities. Flocks of overseas investors, especially those from Zhou, started buying up real estate in Millbourne. This was when Thomas’ expertise came into play. He started networking with real estate agents and property developers, who naturally recommended his legal services to their wealthy clients. As a result, he started earning a lot of money in legal fees for his firm. This led to his rise in the firm’s ranks, eventually becoming an equity partner in 2010. The money that he was raking in at this point was many times his parents’ income, which allowed the family to afford an upper-middle class lifestyle. He still lived in his parents’ house at the time, albeit they moved into a better house.

Things took a turn for the worse in 2012, when the ambitious Thomas displayed his intention to become the managing partner after the incumbent retired from the firm, which was one of the city’s largest. Despite being supported by a plurality of the partners, the firm’s chairman decided to promote his son instead out of nepotism. He was wary of Thomas eventually usurping the chairmanship, and thus made up some false accusations of Thomas engaging in unethical behaviour (most notably insider trading). This led to severe consequences as the board of partners voted to have him leave the firm (with far less money than he had contributed to the firm) and the Austiceian Bar Association suspended his license to practice law for 6 years. However, Thomas managed to debunk the accusations and reveal that the chairman was responsible for the accusations.

The incident led to a scandal in Millbourne’s legal field as some officials of the Bar Association were found out to be receiving bribes from the chairman. It also led to outrage in the firm itself as many became displeased by the chairman’s corrupt practices. Disillusioned by the legal field, Thomas enacted revenge by convincing several partners on his side to create their own law firm, taking a significant portion of the firm’s client base with them. The old firm wound up losing over 80% of its revenue and 65% of its employees. Despite having his suspension revoked, Thomas himself did not join the new firm as he was angry at the fact that the old chairman and his cronies in the Bar Association were not legally charged with any crime. Eventually, Thomas decided to move from Millbourne.

Short stay in Lisboagal
With the sizeable amount of money that he had earned as a lawyer, Thomas bought a villa in a rather rural town in Argaves, Lisboagal. Despite its land size, it was far cheaper than a property of similar size in Austiceia due to Lisboagal’s low property prices. It was near his father’s ancestral town, which was only a few kilometres away. Initially planning to live a retiree’s life, he soon came to realise that he was too young to stop working. Thomas started growing organic oranges on the vast plot of land surrounding the villa. Building a small factory, he then hired locals to process them into marmalade. It proved to be relatively popular in the region’s marketplaces, but it wasn’t popular enough for national consumption yet. After a few months, he got bored of living in the countryside. He decided to move to Shops Island in search for a more exciting career.

In the few months that he first lived in Lisboagal, Thomas did not reveal his name to the town’s locals. However, they found out his identity on the last few days of his stay in the town, as he gave the locals ownership of the marmalade-processing business so that it could be turned into a co-operative. Thomas laid out a few conditions for the transfer, namely that the products be made from organic ingredients and that the villa be properly maintained so that it won’t become dilapidated. Unbeknownst to him, the co-operative became one of the most successful enterprises in Lisboagal after he left for Shops Island.

Life in Shops Island
Upon acquiring Shopper citizenship and settling in a two-bedroom apartment in Vonkouver, Thomas joined the SIA as an intelligence operative. It was around this time that he met his lookalike, Slender. Due to Thomas’ fondness for using Doors XP, he was nicknamed SlenderXP by his colleagues. The two’s physical resemblance to each other became a point of debate among their respective social circles, with some claiming that SlenderXP is Slender’s lookalike on the basis that Slender was more renowned than him. Others claimed that Slender himself is SlenderXP’s lookalike because Slender was born 4 years later than him, thus making Thomas the “original”. Both of them have denied that the other is their “copy”, however, claiming that they have their own unique characteristics.

Like Slender, SlenderXP proved to be remarkable in marksmanship as he was able to use most firearms with considerable accuracy and speed. Along with a team of agents, he was assigned a mission to assassinate Nexonan terrorists who had been responsible for the terrorist attacks in Shops during its war with Nexon. After the war, they had fled to various parts of Antarctica and escaped punishment, thus necessitating justice. They managed to carry their duties out with success, and they were deemed to be the country’s “Angels of Vengeance” as a result.

SlenderXP’s next task was less lethal, as he was assigned a position as one of the country’s diplomats. He was first assigned to the Shopper embassy in the Lisboagese capital of Lisboa as an attaché, which led to him meeting members of the Lisboagese elite. In reality, he acted as a station chief for SIA secret agents in Lisboagal and was one of those responsible for co-ordinating the agency’s intelligence operations in the country. Despite living in Lisboa most of the time, SlenderXP occasionally travels back to his apartment in Vonkouver, which also became his sister’s residence. He also made occasional trips back to Millbourne to visit his parents.

In 2021, SlenderXP was reassigned as the consul of the Shopper consulate in Millbourne, Austiceia. Despite his position, he was put in charge of overseeing the SIA’s intelligence operations in the country. This reassignment allowed him to remain in contact with his parents. His tenure lasted until 2024, when he left the diplomatic corps to start his own management consulting firm in Bro Town. When the Shops Civil War broke out, SlenderXP opted to moved to Riffleton, Magonia to continue his business.

Management Consultant Years
Before Djf became the President of Shops Island, Thomas’s firm provided services with several large Magonian companies. However, when it was apparent that Shops was about to become a failed state, one of the companies refused to make payment. As the deal involved millions of CPC in fees, SlenderXP was furious and launched a lawsuit against it. Since Emperor Slender was an acquaintance of the consultant and knew the CEO of the company, he managed to to mediate an out-of-court settlement between the two which ended with SlenderXP being paid at least twice the original amount.

SlenderXP’s firm, which was known as the Oliveira Consultancy Group, had several well-known clients in the USA, Magonia, Austiceia, Zhou, Honk Gong, Polaris, as well as member states of the Shops Union and the Western Union. As a result, his annual compensation was on average just below 10 million CPC (sometimes earning far more or far less). He invested significant portions of his money in index funds, corporate stocks, real estate and angel-investing in startups, fetching him a rather solid passive income in the six figures by the 2030’s.

Residences
During his time in Lisboagal as an attaché of the Shopper embassy, SlenderXP lives in a rented 1 bedroom apartment that was nearby the Shopper embassy building. The apartment’s rent, which was relatively high due to its location, was borne by the embassy. It was decorated with modern yet inexpensive furnishings and equipped with the latest appliances. However, Thomas also occasionally lived in his villa in rural Argaves. The villa, like most of SlenderXP’s residences, was kept sparsely furnished. Unfortunately, it was burned down in an act of arson in 2054, which led to his final revenge plot.

When he became the Shopper consul in Millbourne, SlenderXP first lived in a 3 bedroom penthouse located at a beach suburb, which was provided for by the Shopper government. When he resigned from his position in 2025, he moved into a larger apartment in Bro Town along with his sister. He rented and moved into a detached house in Riffleton, Magonia when Shops became embroiled in a civil war. After marrying Claudia Nyugen, he lived in a detached house in Sydden’s Boondi Beach until it was bombed by his enemy the President of Van Rykes in 2037.

Abilities
SlenderXP, aside from having a prodigal memory which allowed him to excel in his law education, was also proficient in several languages. A native English speaker, he was also able to converse, read and write in Mandarin and Portuguese on an intermediary level. He could also converse in basic Cantonese and French. He was also known for his ability to be able to “speed read” a piece of text and understand its gist quickly.

SlenderXP also possesses rather impressive marksmanship as he was capable of shooting most firearms accurately even if they have higher recoil than other guns. To top it off, he also possesses the knowledge to pilot airplanes back when he first joined the SIA, although he did not have a license.

Weaknesses
SlenderXP is easily seduced by female penguins, which led to a disaster later in his life. He is also allergic to the smell of certain scents, which can make him nauseous (eg: certain types of perfumes, Zhouese stinky tofu and the Rafflesia plant).

After the fall of Shops, SlenderXP found it much harder to trust anyone (especially strangers), which made it hard for him to collaborate with others. He also developed a Cream Soda addiction after his second wife’s death, but it was eventually cured when he went into rehab.

Family
Thomas met his first wife, Lynda Jones (unrelated to the Jones Family), in 2007. She was a veterinarian who specialised in providing medical care for puffles. After 3 years of courtship, they decided to tie the knot in a rather simple ceremony. Lynda later hatched two chicks, namely Scott Oliveira and Zoe Oliveira. Due to SlenderXP’s close relationships with some female friends, Lynda believed that he was being unfaithful towards him. Lynda filed for divorce in 2012, just as SlenderXP was voted out of his law firm’s partnership. A judge, who disliked SlenderXP, ruled that Lynda would gain custody over their chicks and SlenderXP would only have visitation rights. In addition, she would also gain ownership of their house in Boorak. Despite that, SlenderXP would still occasionally visit his children and pay them some allowances.

When he was a Shopper citizen, SlenderXP got engaged to a penguin named Emily Wells in 2014, but the engagement was broken after a few months when she caught SlenderXP kissing another female penguin who happened to be engaged.

Trivia

 * SlenderXP drives a Puma E-Type.