Character is a very healthy 30-year-old male who is not a professional actor and needs to pass for someone who is in their eighties and not especially healthy. To accomplish this, I want to do three different things --
1. Gray, sweaty skin. Saggy would be a nice addition. Gun powder will do this with a bonus of making the character sick to the stomach. But if there is a pill that will accomplish this, that would be easier to do.
2. Stiff, awkward gait. Muscle and/or joint pain would accomplish this.
3. Change of voice. Older, rougher voice needs to happen. Something that numbs the larynx would seem likely to accomplish this. It's not a problem if the character is extremely hard to understand.
Obviously these would be side effects of medications, not why they are normally proscribed. Character is willing to take the pills, as many as he has to, though probably won't be told the full details of what's going to happen. I want to force the character's body into acting old without him having any options not to. Anything that makes him feel crappier is a bonus. Getting these medications should not be viewed as difficult, although over-the-counter is nice. Clothing will be baggy and out-of-style, hair will be cut and dyed.
Jim Clark-Dawe
1. Gray, sweaty skin. Saggy would be a nice addition. Gun powder will do this with a bonus of making the character sick to the stomach. But if there is a pill that will accomplish this, that would be easier to do.
2. Stiff, awkward gait. Muscle and/or joint pain would accomplish this.
3. Change of voice. Older, rougher voice needs to happen. Something that numbs the larynx would seem likely to accomplish this. It's not a problem if the character is extremely hard to understand.
Obviously these would be side effects of medications, not why they are normally proscribed. Character is willing to take the pills, as many as he has to, though probably won't be told the full details of what's going to happen. I want to force the character's body into acting old without him having any options not to. Anything that makes him feel crappier is a bonus. Getting these medications should not be viewed as difficult, although over-the-counter is nice. Clothing will be baggy and out-of-style, hair will be cut and dyed.
Jim Clark-Dawe