Name: Mlinzi (Pronounced Mel'Lin'Ze)
Nicknames: Mel or Ze
Breed: Savannah Cat Attached to: Eventually
Ellicott, chibi senshi of dance, but until then he is a free agent
Alignment: Senshi
Blood Type: B
Fav. Food: Fish... he loves him some fish with a bit of lemon juice squeezed over it
Hated Food: Mashed food.... WHY? why would you squish perfectly good food?
Hobbies: Mystery TV - Mel primarily watches detective related tv shows like SVU, CSI, and NCIS but he has been known to watch BBC's Mystery theater and Sherlock and don even think about touching his Detective Conan collection. He enjoys the suspense and surprise of a good murder, not that he could ever really figure out who did it. Bones and Psych have a special place in his DVR lineup and don't you dare delete the Cold Case. A marathon of Castle or Rizzolie and Isles will take precedence over most everything... even eating but not his charges. Come join him as he tries to guess who killed who and why in Elementary.... and no it wasn't the butler... this time.
Weapons - Swords, knives, slingshots, b.b. guns, crossbows... sharp, shinny, projectile, or blunt force. The potential for violence sparks Mel's imagination as he wonders how Spencer and Gus would connect that slingshot to the crime, how Bones and Booth figure out how that murderer used a bat to kill. He enjoys looking at the various weapons, learning about them, talking about them, and even trying out the ones he can get his paws on... that that its more then a nerf gun or a water balloon sadly.
Video Games - What Mel can't do in real life he enjoys in the digital world. Weapons related games are his preferred vise but he has been known to play the occasional game of Mario Cart... that blue turtle shell rules man, or Mortal Kombat. Raiden's got some really cool moves, even if its a button smasher move.
Virtues: Protective - When Mel is given something or someone to protect, he will protect them with his life. He takes pride in his ability to save his charges and can be found close by so he can promptly and efficiently do his job... like Beckett, even if its just suggesting a sweater because it is cold out. Although he would rather be protecting his charge by having a good fight where he came out victorious.
Observant - No one pays attention to a cat... at least not in Mel's opinion. And even if they do they don't bother to realize that said cat understands what's going on. This over-site makes it easy for Mel to watch and react to nearly everything around him, from the un-watched grilled salmon on the table to the shadowy youma sneaking around the corner. This makes his protection detail easier since he can spring in to action before the need to is even necessary.
Fearless - Roosevelt once said that "Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather something else is more important than fear" or something like that. Well for Mel its a moot point as the only thing he fears is failing to do his duty. He won't hesitate to jump off a building or run into a fire if it means protecting his charge. Personal bodily injury does not concern him, nor would his immanent death, as long as he is able to do his job. He wont balk in the face of danger.
Flaws: Not the brightest bulb - Sadly Mel wont win a Nobel Prize or a Pulitzer... he likely wouldn't even win a local spelling bee against grade schoolers. This poor fellow is not what you would consider smart, not even particularly bright. This makes him very single minded and persistent but also pretty easy to deceive. If his senshi charge lies and says she is going to sleep then he would believe them... no second thoughts or even first. Even if a enemy lies and says they have his charge captive, he wont stop to think he will jump right in regardless if it was true; only hearing it from his senshi's mouth would make him stop.
Over Protective - Mel takes his job very seriously. Some times too seriously.... most of the time too seriously. His job is the health and well being of his charge/s and he will nag them to death until he is satisfied that their health and well being is good. Everything from eating healthy to wearing appropriate clothes falls under his purview as far as he is concerned. As for training, he knows its important but unless he is present for it he will take any visible or mental signs of injury as a licences to hunt down the perpetrator and mess them up good.
If its a item rather then a person to protect, he will be just as over protective as he would if it was a senshi. No one could touch it without approval... this would go for a senshi as well so boy/girlfriends beware... and if it needed it he would stick it in a climate controlled room or wrap it in bubble wrap. What ever it takes to protect his charge.
Buzzkill - Mel isn't what you would call funny... in fact most jokes go right over his head, pranks just are not all that funny, and riddles make his head hurt literally. Because he genuinely doesn't get it he will constantly ask for explanations or he will take the joke at face value. For instance in the classic 'why did the chicken cross the road' he will answer 'to get to the other side, that's normally why things cross a road'. His inability to recognize or anticipate practical jokes means they are played on him often... with unexpected results. Jumping out at him from inside a box would likely result in a black eye, gluing his favorite cup to the counter would mean it would remain there after Mel just shrugged and left it alone, a rubber band wrapped around the spray hose on the sink would left on since he never would figure out why it was spraying him rather then turning on the faucet, and Post-it noting something would mean that he would work around them and even use them occasionally. Something that a normal person would find funny, Mel just doesn't get. This makes him easy to dupe but hard to get a laugh out of.
Challenge: Back away from the Senshi, before I have to claw you!
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