Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2013 20:40:20 GMT
RUMOR.
aka Dennis (Iris) aka Tom (Lexis) aka Slipper McDoodoofur (Tempest)
5 - male - feline - bombay - loner - messenger
Personality:
Rumor is either stupid, or at least acts so much like he is that nobody can tell the difference. He appears to be incapable of understanding the ideas of territories, borders, ownership, pack leaders, or organized groups entirely, to the extent that he regularly wanders around in random pack territories with no clue that he's doing anything wrong and no ability to understand that he is even if it's explained to him. This may stem from his belief in personal freedoms and everyone's right to choose everything in life for themselves. This seems likely, actually. Rumor's beliefs are held so strongly that he completely blocks out anything that would seem to contradict them. So, his theory that clouds are really the leftovers from gigantic man-eating flying people eaters will never, by any truth, logic, or God himself showing Rumor how clouds are made, be refuted to his mind.
Possibly this is a way of dealing with fear and uncertainty in life. That would make sense. It would also explain his forced stupidity, the fact that he does his best to avoid forming relationships with anyone but his brother, and the fact that he carefully and studiously does his best to annoy, piss off, and cause every animal in Hexasol to want to kill him.
And, true to his name, Rumor loves to start the aforementioned. He'll make things up if he can't find any new gossip to relate. Thus, the 'Florence is really a male lion' rumor, the 'all white dogs are space aliens' story, and 'the world is controlled by a coalition of bats, lizards, and unicorns' idea. He believes all of these. Or says he does. Maybe a half-truth is more believable than a total lie, but if you actually believe the total lie, then the whole thing might as well be truth anyway. Or something.
His twin brother is dead or gone away or something, but he seems to not be phased by this. In fact, Rumor has many conversations with Random all the time.
Appearance:
Often mistaken for a female, Rumor is a very small, ink-black shorthaired cat with brilliant yellow eyes. He has, possibly as a result of his early upbringing in Singapore, an English accent, and an oddly high-pitched voice for a male cat. This contributes rather to the fact that everyone thinks he's female, including, possibly, his own brother?
His body language is somehow rather egotistic, even arrogant, without him even realizing it and despite the fact that he isn't really all that proud at all. He tends to limp, also, even though he has no injuries of note, past or present. It might be fake. Or maybe he does think he's got an injury even though he doesn't. It's not impossible.
He speaks in extremely long words, for no reason whatsoever, and despite the fact that sometimes nobody knows what they even mean, including, possibly, himself. Or he just makes up words and defines them as he goes along, and refuses to let anyone tell him 'that isn't a real word.' 'Vitaminize' is one of his favorites.
History:
Born in Singapore, somewhere in the abandoned ruins, Rumor (as he was known) was never noteable for either brilliance, hunting prowess, or looks. He had a maybe twin brother, though, and the two stumbled around the city getting in trouble until eventually they mostly by accident ended up on an old piece of wood, floating through a storm towards unknown lands. Somehow, both survived. They ended up in Hexasol. There, Rumor became noteable for somehow becoming an Iris member..apparently he stumbled onto the territory, having no idea whatsoever what a 'boundary' or 'pack' even was. There a member, the name of whom he doesn't know, decided he wanted to become a pride member through some gigantic misunderstanding, accepted him into the pack on probationary status, and let him (or, as they thought, her), wander around the territory.
Rumor didn't even know he was an Iris member named Dennis, of course, and proceeded to traipse his way to Tempest lands. There was a briefly captured by some other member, who he also barely remembers and only can state was 'a dog.' Here he became a Tempest scum, and somehow escaped, through a process he describes as 'accidentally falling in a burrow and walking right out.' Go figure. He is still, somehow, a member of Tempest in his torture victim status, named for some reason 'Slipper McDoodoofur.'
He then proceeded to Lexis territory, where he was not exactly accepted into the tribe. It seems that someone met him and was going to let him in, but Rumor ran into a certain person who personally kicked him out of the tribe after some confrontation which neither will talk about. Rumor now has rejoined his brother and is doing who knows what, having apparently never figured out that he's a member of every single group in the city..
Rumor disappeared for a year and returned again. He is apparently pretending that he never left and if asked where he went looks completely confused.
Season born: unknown
Where did you find CR?: pssh
Link to image of character: Here