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Name: Jigsaw

Nicknames: Jiggy

Breed: Domestic Short Hair - Tuxedo Cat

Attached to: Mei Xing and Shen Xing - may plot to have her change who she is attached to later on.
She will be adopted by Shen and given to Mei.

Alignment: Senshi

Blood Type: A

Fav. Food: poultry and cat food with extra gravy and chips well the seasoning off them anyways.

Hated Food: Fish, yes Jiggy is a cat that does not like fish.

Hobbies:

Cuddling If this isn't a hobby, don't tell Jiggy that. Her favorite pass time is to curl up in someone's lap and fall asleep so long as she knows you and is comfortable around you you will probably be walking away with cat fur on you. Sure she can sleep next to you so you can work on art but your lap is just too inviting. Fast asleep? She doesn't mind at all, Jiggy will worm her way under your arm so you can use her as a teddy bear just so long as she gets a cuddle out of it. (Just don't roll over onto her by mistake.)To be honest she doesn't have a reason normally for cuddling it's her default hobby whenever someone is around. She can cuddle out of boredom, moral support/ to cheer someone up, she's sleepy, they're sleepy doesn't matter so long as cuddling is involved.

Hide and Seek As she found out early on in life, Jiggy has the uncanny ability to hide in plain sight and, so long as she doesn't blink or move her head (at least when the person(s) is/are facing her), she can go quite a bit of time unnoticed. Over time she has made a game of this and if she is in a room alone she will find a place (by the discarded shoes, next to the pillows, in a pile of blankets, etc) and will deliberately ignore someone calling her name just to see how long it will take them to spot her. Chalk it up to her being mostly black like a shadow making it easy for her to blend in. Her hiding in this case is meant to be more stealthy less cowardly. As for Seeking, leave nothing un-turned she will jump up on furniture to get high vantage points and even crawl under places to try to find someone.

People watching Though she is a scardy cat, people do fascinate her... from afar at least, so long as their attention isn't on her. The way they move and speak with their bodies when they're talking to each other amuse Jiggy. Their wide range of emotions and expressions use to confuse her but after observing them she can identify how a person is feeling pretty easily (still doesn't mean she trusts the person). This hobby started out with watching TV how people interacted with each other and responded to situations. Then taking what she's observed on TV she began watching people outside, from the window, really focusing on body language since normally the people she would be watching were too far away from the house to hear what was going on. Being able to discern a persons mood based on small influxes in their voice that betray their exterior demeanor is something Jiggy is currently working on.

Bird Calling What the heck? Was that a sheep or a weird bird? Nope, neither, that is Jiggy by the window trying to get the birds attention. One of these days a bird will come to the window... one of these days...

Virtues:

Affectionate Always the lover towards those she knows and trusts. Jiggy is full of kitty kisses (she climbs up to a high spot or lets you pick her up and leans forward and touches her nose to your forehead), and hello nudges to your legs, shoulder, and hands while purring loudly. Weather you're just getting home, recently rolled out of bed or about to leave for the day, one way or another she lets you know she loves you. At the very least this is Jiggy's way of letting you know that someone cares for you. It's a burning feeling inside that spreads into her entire being that she feels it's important to let people know you're not alone and I love you.

Mild Tempered / Mannered Jiggy is a gentle/ kind, and polite individual because of this it is very hard to set her off or get her angry. Tonal wise she is very calm and rarely if ever yells which makes her very easy to talk to. As for politeness Jiggy always says please and thank you as a way to be considerate towards others. Even if she is being persistent in trying to get your full attention she still says please.


Empathetic Considering one of her hobbies/ pass times is to people watch, Jiggy has a fairly good ability to sense peoples emotions. Though you may have a smile on your face she can pick out either by a sadness in your eyes or the slouch of your shoulders that there's something else going on. Her response to others emotions fall into empathetic concern which is "the the inclination to experience sympathy and compassion towards others in response to their suffering." Frustration is met with patience, sadness is met with comfort, despair is met with encouragement, etc. She will not turn around and play devils advocate, she won't yell at them or scold them.Unfortunately this is not an exact science and she's not always right in her interpretations. The only stipulation is dependent on her friendship status with someone in regards to whether or not she acts upon her empathetic impulses to comfort the individual.

Flaws:

Scardy Cat Like many cats, Jiggy is very timid when she meets someone new. It is strongly suggested to ignore her and let her approach you on her own terms otherwise she will scurry away to hide in the closet or under the bed. . It is unlikely that she will go out venturing on her own though if she has someone with her she may consider going outside despite her desire to stick to her comfort zones. In terms of the war if she is confronted by a chaos character while she is by herself she will turn tail and run like a bat out of hell. Though if she is with someone it will take a lot of will power but she will stay (though she may hide) under a bench or by a bush. Random bouts of bravery can occur if it looks like the senshi she is with is in trouble.

Annoying She's got to know... She's still trying to figure humans out, trying to read them, and unfortunately her friends, those she trust, tend to be her close up Ginny Pigs. Watcha doing? Where ya going? Are you feeling ok? You sure? Watcha thinking about? At times it may see endearing as she truly does care. Unfortunately the frequency of it is fairly annoying especially if she gets that distinct feeling you're hiding something or lying. She will back off if asked / told to, yes her feelings may be a bit hurt but even though her heart is in the right place when asking, she does take it too far at times. Though she is usually fairly polite, when she wants your attention she wants all of it and if it seems like you're too busy to stop what you're doing and actually listen, she'll do what cats do best. It is not beneath her to weave between your legs or run right in front of you to get your attention or flop on the floor right in front of you which makes her a bit of a trip hazard.

Naive Childlike in both thoughts and actions it can be painfully obvious of how naive she is when it comes to accepting what someone tells her. She has very little knowledge of current or past trends, cultures, or simply what's "in". If someone say's "that's crap" she would look at them confused and wonder "I don't smell anything".Unfortunately people will have to explain what they mean more often than not. Being this naive also means she is very gullible and will blindly "take their word for it" which means that it's very likely that this will land her in some very sticky situations especially if she is told that "it is safe" when in reality it isn't.


Challenge: Even in the darkest times a little light shines though.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION : CAT FORM

Face/Ears: link her face is I suppose heart shaped or angular. Her star is either silver or lime green to match her eyes.

Body: Jiggy is full grown cat but still a child and quite the little lady. She is such a dainty eater, not one to shove food into her face. As a result she is on the thinner more lean side body wise.

Fur: As a tuxedo cat, Jiggy's fur is short black and white. The white markings are only on her face, belly, and pawes; there is no white on her sides (unless you count her back leg) or back.

Eyes: green in the center and yellow on the outside rim.

Accessories: A lime green bow or a crescent shaped pendant or hair clip with a peridot stone star in the moon (meaning behind the pendant/ clip is even in the darkest times a little light shines through).

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION : HUMAN FORM

Eyes: Green in the center and yellow on the outside rim.

Hair: Her hair is medium to long, straight and black. Her cat ears and tail are to be black as well just like her cat form. I leave the style to the artist suggestions, feel free to do normal braids, rope braids etc. For accessories anything metal should be silver and gem color or ribbons should be lime green or peridot.

Face: Jiggy has fair skin with no freckles or beauty marks and her face is an oval shape.

Clothes: I don't have any outfit in particular in mind just colors (white, black, green). Her dress should be cute and elegant or frilly with maybe green ribbons.
Outfit Ideas:

Hi Shanyume! You've got a cute concept here but just a few notes!

Her Affectionate virtue reads fine for the most part, but is very cat-like. While the humanoid form is something that is earned, it is a part of the cat's identity. It is clear how this virtue works in her cat form, but what type of

The Mild Tempered/Mannered virtue has a lot being said in it. When discussing things at a physical level, this is describing behavior that she doesn't do rather than behavior that she does do, so it isn't clear how it relates to this trait or makes this a virtue (since simply not doing something isn't virtuous). Likewise, the second half pertaining to the 'emotional level' is essentially the Empathetic virtue, and much of that portion could just be moved to there. However, it also discusses that she always says please and is considerate, so perhaps the Mild Tempered/Mannered virtue could be changed to something like Polite and detail the polite behaviors and good manners that she has (if that is what you are going for).

The Empathetic virtue itself reads fine, but again I would move the parts of how she reacts to other people's emotions from the second virtue to this one.

Busy Body and Persistent flaws read a bit repetitive of each other in that they both are about how Jigsaw can annoy or look for attention. I would advise combining these two and looking for a third flaw to give a new angle to the character.

If you have any further questions, please let me know! When you've made your revisions, I will give the quest another look! Either way, quoting me is the best way to call my attention back to the thread!

Whoops! I didn't realize I left that sentence half-complete there for Affectionate! I apologize for that. But you answered what the question was going to ask - which was what type of behaviors does she do to be affectionate.

The Busy Body and Persistent flaws still read similar in that the reaction that the characters will have to Jigsaw's behavior - even if her behavior and internalized motivation for her behavior do differ - is that of annoyance, thus both of these flaws will lead to other characters thinking that she is annoying as a flaw rather than being persistent and a busy body. I think the Busy Body flaw can be combined and placed under Persistent, since asking a slew of questions is certainly persistent, and then a new flaw could be approached to replace it.

As before, if you have any questions or want me to take another look, please quote me!

Apologies for the brief wait!

For the Naive flaw, I think this is a solid start but it just needs a little more to explain why it is a flaw or something that reflects negatively upon her as right now it reads as a trait of sort of endearing cuteness. Does her naivety ever get her into trouble or impact the ways she approaches a situation? Does it negatively affect herself or others?

I think that expanding the flaw to talk about her gullibility and the situations or troubles that can get her into would strengthen it, as not understanding some jokes or references isn't consistent enough or that much of a negative flaw.

Characters wouldn't necessarily think ill of her for not understanding jokes or references, but if her naivety and gullibility caused problems for herself or others then it would be appropriately labeled as a flaw.

Looks good! A full stamp is required, but a trial stamp from me!

Looks fabulous to me! Good luck getting her!