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lionofthe_eastOOC INFORMATION
Player: Orange Crates
Age: 24
Personal Journal:dreamingcellardoor
Contact Info: dreamingcellardoor@gmail.com (email), orangeCrates (Plurk)
Other Characters: N/A
IC INFORMATION
Characters Name: Lion
Age: 3 in lion years which is around 20 in human years
Canon: Kemono Kingom Zoo (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=58471)
Canon Point: Post Series
Species: lion
Gender: male
Orientation: Bisexual. During the chapter where his mane first started turning darker, he asked Snowy Owl to be his woman and from the way he acted around her before it's pretty clear that he's attracted to her at least a little. When Eagle was telling Lion to go with him and help protect the peace, Snowy Owl had gone over and hit him, telling Eagle to stop seducing Lion. Coupled with the way he somtimes reacts to Eagle it could be deduced that he's likely to swing both ways. Also, going by how he acts around Eagle and the way Lion says that it's normal to not be honest about your feelings around the one you love, it's pretty obvious that there's something there (though he refuses to admit it). With Eagle though, a large part of it is because Eagle was the first one, besides his family, to acknowledge him and that makes him special to Lion.
History: Lion's mother came to Upper Yard from Zoolandia at some unspecified point before the main story begins. That doesn't really matter though. What matters is that after she arrives she gives birth to Lion and his two sisters. However, despite the fact that he was born in Upper Yard, to everyone, he was 'Lion of Zoolandia' or 'that Zoolandia brat'. Even though the Upper Yard was the only place he knew, he was treated as an outsider.
After King Panda's death, Lion became the leader of the East side of Upper Yard, one of the factions seeking to take the throne from Lesser Panda. The Upper Yard was his home, if the animals of Upper Yard wouldn't acknowledge that then he'll take control of the Upper Yard and make it his. Then they could no longer call him an outsider and they would have to accept him.
At first it looked like the East had the advantage, especially with the previous Guardian, Kangaroo, went on maternity leave to raise his joeys leaving Eagle who can't fight or fly to take his place. It turns out though, that Kangaroo had left on maternity leave to secretly raise King Panda's son.
Despite that, things were still very much in Lion's favour. The Wise Sage that acted as the King's advisor had allied herself with Lion in secret and was acting as a spy for him. She brought him news about King Panda's son as well as drugged those from the West, leaving the future King defenseless.
At least, that was how it should have been.
Unfortunately for them, a couple of animals including Eagle as well as Door Mouse the ninja master weren't affected and in the end the East were repelled and both Lion and Snowy Owl (the Wise Sage) were arrested and punished.
However, Lion accepted his punishment without complaint. Even though he had set out to change Upper Yard, what ended up changing was Lion himself. Because someone told him, 'This is a peaceful country. There is a place for a bird who can't fly and a place for a stupid cat.' He ended up having to do community service under the supervision of Eagle.
Things were quiet for a while but then one day King Lion of Tama came to invade Upper Yard under the impression that Lion was being bullied and disgraced when he was forced to cut his mane. It was Lion who came out to fight him off, however. The Upper Yard was his country: he wouldn't let anyone attack it or the friends he made there. He managed to defeat King Lion and peace once again returned to the Upper Yard. Following these events, Lion was allowed to go free and no longer had to stay in the jail unless supervised. In addition to that, he was made the Guardian of the East along with Eagle who was the Guardian of the West.
Appearance: Lion's mane (hair) is a golden colour with some of it (specifically the parts of it near the nape) have become darker since he became an adult. His canines are pointed (because lion). Because he likes living in warm places he tends to wear very little and the vest he usually wears is open at the front showing off his six-pack. He also has a lion tail which will be gone in game
Personality:
Lion grew up being told that he was no good at hunting, that the role and responsibility as a male lion is to be the ultimate fighter instead of a good hunter. He would be strong so that when there is an enemy the females cannot bring down he will do it for them.
At his heart, that is what Lion is: a protector.
He will fight to the death to protect those that he cares for or just sees as belonging to his pride.
Unfortunately, while he can be really manly and cool when it's in a situation where he needs to fight his way to victory, he's fairly useless most any other time. His only skills are, sadly, fighting and giving massages.
Oh, and he can do a decent barbeque.
Besides anger, Lion isn't very good at expressing his feelings and even when he manages to do it it ends up sounding a little angry most of the time anyway. It's especially bad when it comes to people he likes because, according to Lion, it's normal to not be honest with your feelings with the person you like because you don't want them to think that you're weak. He's kind of stupid like that.
Of course, it's not all just due to stupidity or stubborness (though he has both in spades).
The reason Lion is afraid to open up to others about his feelings is because everyone thought of him as an outsider. Coupled with the lessons his mother instilled in him, Lion felt the only way to be acknowledged was to prove that he was strong. Strong enough to make the entire Upper Yard his, strong enough that everyone would accept his protection. Deep down, more than anything Lion just wants to be accepted and he once thought that the only way to do it was to be strong.
There is a degree of pride to it, of course. Lion doesn't like being treated like a child and he doesn't like to be thought of as weak when he managed to work through most of these issues. Pride is a big issue for all male lions since they are the leaders of their packs. While Lion doesn't put much stock in things like his mane being a symbol of his pride as a lion, he believes his pride is being strong enough to protect everyone. To question his strength is to question his pride and that is something he won't allow.
He also gets embarrassed by displays of affection, platonic or otherwise, from anyone other than his sisters. Despite being declared the Erotic King of Upper Yard, he can be surprisingly innocent. Actually, he doesn't really understand why everyone keeps calling him that (his mane did just recently change colour, after all). Part of it, though, is that, being used to others treating him like an outsider, he's always caught off guard when he is treated with kindness or acceptance.
Lion is also surprisingly honest and simple. Even though he says it's normal to be unable to tell the person you like about your true feelings, he also believes that you should never tell someone you like that you hate them. That's because Lion hates people who hate him, so why would he risk being hated by the person he likes by saying something like that? Lion can be honest to the point of being blunt most of the time since he doesn't bother to mince his words at all.
Part of the problem is that he doesn't always think of other people's feelings. Things like laughing at someone or telling someone their garden party is a very stupid idea are things he does without thinking. He's the sort of person who often says the first thing he thinks of.
Abilities:
- good night vision: he is a lion after all, so he can see better when there's very little light than humans.
- lions have the loudest roars of all cats. It can even be heard from 8 kilometers away. Lion of course, can also do this.
- Lion is raised to be a fighter and he is skilled in fighting uising his claws and sharp fangs. Even when he was fighting without them in the manga, he was shown to be a capable fighter.
- Being a sexy type character and Erotic King (neither are titles he accepts) he is gifted in the art of giving massages.
Other:
SAMPLES
First Person:
[It would be a while before Lion even realized what the webcam and, for that matter, the computer were for. He would eventually find out though (when someone told him).
He figured it wouldn't be that hard to figure out how to work them. Snowy Owl used to carry around a video recorder. How different could this be?
Different enough that when the webcam finally starts recording the video shakes because Lion just hit it with his fist.]
--you stupid...work!
[When the world stops shaking, the image is temporarily filled with the close up of an eye as Lion leans in to inspect the webcam before he moves back with some grumbling.]
How do I even know if this stupid thing is on, anyway? Why do we even need these complicated things? It's easier to just talk face-to-face, isn't it...
[He leans back in his chair, head propped up on a fist. He peers at the webcam with narrowed eyes, at once suspicious and angry (because he still wasn't entirely sure this stupid thing was even on). His entire posture was tense though there was an unmistakable air to him. The kind of pride and confidence that came naturally to the king of beasts.
Finally he growled. Whatever, it's not like anyone would know if he'd messed up and this thing wasn't actually working.]
Hey! If anyone from Upper Yard is here, tell me where you are! [He points at the webcam.] Especially you, you stupid bird!
Third Person:
Even before he opened his eyes, Lion already knew he was no longer in the Upper Yard. The air smelled different and, added to the fact that he couldn't seem to smell as well put him on edge.
He woke up to a world that was...entirely different from the Upper Yard, with its box-like structures and weirdly straight stone(?) paths. If he still had his tail it would be lashing back and forth right now.
That was another thing: what happened to his tail? It wasn't just that it was gone, it was as if it had never been there to begin with.
Lion growled as he prowled around the driveway, somehow projecting the feeling of an agitated big cat despite being visibly human and walking on two feet.
"Kangaroo! I swear if this is another one of your dumb pranks..." But Lion knew it wasn't. Not even Kangaroo could pull something like this off.
It would be a lie to say that Lion wasn't worried at all, but that worry was eclipsed by anger. Who ever took him from the Upper Yard better have a good reason for doing so, otherwise they would learn why it was a bad idea to mess with the Guardian of the East! He stopped and raised his head with another growl. That went double if they took anyone else. He swore to protect the peace of the Upper Yard. Anyone who tried to take away his people would pay for it.
Lion glared at the place where the driveway connected with the road. There were no trees to use for cover and this hard ground was hard to move silently on. But that was fine. He had never been trained for stealth anyway. Lion's responsibility was only to fight and to defend. He couldn't do that from here.
If anyone else from the Upper Yard was here then he'll find them.
With that in mind, Lion dashed down the driveway to start his search.
Player: Orange Crates
Age: 24
Personal Journal:
dreamingcellardoorContact Info: dreamingcellardoor@gmail.com (email), orangeCrates (Plurk)
Other Characters: N/A
IC INFORMATION
Characters Name: Lion
Age: 3 in lion years which is around 20 in human years
Canon: Kemono Kingom Zoo (http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=58471)
Canon Point: Post Series
Species: lion
Gender: male
Orientation: Bisexual. During the chapter where his mane first started turning darker, he asked Snowy Owl to be his woman and from the way he acted around her before it's pretty clear that he's attracted to her at least a little. When Eagle was telling Lion to go with him and help protect the peace, Snowy Owl had gone over and hit him, telling Eagle to stop seducing Lion. Coupled with the way he somtimes reacts to Eagle it could be deduced that he's likely to swing both ways. Also, going by how he acts around Eagle and the way Lion says that it's normal to not be honest about your feelings around the one you love, it's pretty obvious that there's something there (though he refuses to admit it). With Eagle though, a large part of it is because Eagle was the first one, besides his family, to acknowledge him and that makes him special to Lion.
History: Lion's mother came to Upper Yard from Zoolandia at some unspecified point before the main story begins. That doesn't really matter though. What matters is that after she arrives she gives birth to Lion and his two sisters. However, despite the fact that he was born in Upper Yard, to everyone, he was 'Lion of Zoolandia' or 'that Zoolandia brat'. Even though the Upper Yard was the only place he knew, he was treated as an outsider.
After King Panda's death, Lion became the leader of the East side of Upper Yard, one of the factions seeking to take the throne from Lesser Panda. The Upper Yard was his home, if the animals of Upper Yard wouldn't acknowledge that then he'll take control of the Upper Yard and make it his. Then they could no longer call him an outsider and they would have to accept him.
At first it looked like the East had the advantage, especially with the previous Guardian, Kangaroo, went on maternity leave to raise his joeys leaving Eagle who can't fight or fly to take his place. It turns out though, that Kangaroo had left on maternity leave to secretly raise King Panda's son.
Despite that, things were still very much in Lion's favour. The Wise Sage that acted as the King's advisor had allied herself with Lion in secret and was acting as a spy for him. She brought him news about King Panda's son as well as drugged those from the West, leaving the future King defenseless.
At least, that was how it should have been.
Unfortunately for them, a couple of animals including Eagle as well as Door Mouse the ninja master weren't affected and in the end the East were repelled and both Lion and Snowy Owl (the Wise Sage) were arrested and punished.
However, Lion accepted his punishment without complaint. Even though he had set out to change Upper Yard, what ended up changing was Lion himself. Because someone told him, 'This is a peaceful country. There is a place for a bird who can't fly and a place for a stupid cat.' He ended up having to do community service under the supervision of Eagle.
Things were quiet for a while but then one day King Lion of Tama came to invade Upper Yard under the impression that Lion was being bullied and disgraced when he was forced to cut his mane. It was Lion who came out to fight him off, however. The Upper Yard was his country: he wouldn't let anyone attack it or the friends he made there. He managed to defeat King Lion and peace once again returned to the Upper Yard. Following these events, Lion was allowed to go free and no longer had to stay in the jail unless supervised. In addition to that, he was made the Guardian of the East along with Eagle who was the Guardian of the West.
Appearance: Lion's mane (hair) is a golden colour with some of it (specifically the parts of it near the nape) have become darker since he became an adult. His canines are pointed (because lion). Because he likes living in warm places he tends to wear very little and the vest he usually wears is open at the front showing off his six-pack. He also has a lion tail which will be gone in game
Personality:
Lion grew up being told that he was no good at hunting, that the role and responsibility as a male lion is to be the ultimate fighter instead of a good hunter. He would be strong so that when there is an enemy the females cannot bring down he will do it for them.
At his heart, that is what Lion is: a protector.
He will fight to the death to protect those that he cares for or just sees as belonging to his pride.
Unfortunately, while he can be really manly and cool when it's in a situation where he needs to fight his way to victory, he's fairly useless most any other time. His only skills are, sadly, fighting and giving massages.
Oh, and he can do a decent barbeque.
Besides anger, Lion isn't very good at expressing his feelings and even when he manages to do it it ends up sounding a little angry most of the time anyway. It's especially bad when it comes to people he likes because, according to Lion, it's normal to not be honest with your feelings with the person you like because you don't want them to think that you're weak. He's kind of stupid like that.
Of course, it's not all just due to stupidity or stubborness (though he has both in spades).
The reason Lion is afraid to open up to others about his feelings is because everyone thought of him as an outsider. Coupled with the lessons his mother instilled in him, Lion felt the only way to be acknowledged was to prove that he was strong. Strong enough to make the entire Upper Yard his, strong enough that everyone would accept his protection. Deep down, more than anything Lion just wants to be accepted and he once thought that the only way to do it was to be strong.
There is a degree of pride to it, of course. Lion doesn't like being treated like a child and he doesn't like to be thought of as weak when he managed to work through most of these issues. Pride is a big issue for all male lions since they are the leaders of their packs. While Lion doesn't put much stock in things like his mane being a symbol of his pride as a lion, he believes his pride is being strong enough to protect everyone. To question his strength is to question his pride and that is something he won't allow.
He also gets embarrassed by displays of affection, platonic or otherwise, from anyone other than his sisters. Despite being declared the Erotic King of Upper Yard, he can be surprisingly innocent. Actually, he doesn't really understand why everyone keeps calling him that (his mane did just recently change colour, after all). Part of it, though, is that, being used to others treating him like an outsider, he's always caught off guard when he is treated with kindness or acceptance.
Lion is also surprisingly honest and simple. Even though he says it's normal to be unable to tell the person you like about your true feelings, he also believes that you should never tell someone you like that you hate them. That's because Lion hates people who hate him, so why would he risk being hated by the person he likes by saying something like that? Lion can be honest to the point of being blunt most of the time since he doesn't bother to mince his words at all.
Part of the problem is that he doesn't always think of other people's feelings. Things like laughing at someone or telling someone their garden party is a very stupid idea are things he does without thinking. He's the sort of person who often says the first thing he thinks of.
Abilities:
- good night vision: he is a lion after all, so he can see better when there's very little light than humans.
- lions have the loudest roars of all cats. It can even be heard from 8 kilometers away. Lion of course, can also do this.
- Lion is raised to be a fighter and he is skilled in fighting uising his claws and sharp fangs. Even when he was fighting without them in the manga, he was shown to be a capable fighter.
- Being a sexy type character and Erotic King (neither are titles he accepts) he is gifted in the art of giving massages.
Other:
SAMPLES
First Person:
[It would be a while before Lion even realized what the webcam and, for that matter, the computer were for. He would eventually find out though (when someone told him).
He figured it wouldn't be that hard to figure out how to work them. Snowy Owl used to carry around a video recorder. How different could this be?
Different enough that when the webcam finally starts recording the video shakes because Lion just hit it with his fist.]
--you stupid...work!
[When the world stops shaking, the image is temporarily filled with the close up of an eye as Lion leans in to inspect the webcam before he moves back with some grumbling.]
How do I even know if this stupid thing is on, anyway? Why do we even need these complicated things? It's easier to just talk face-to-face, isn't it...
[He leans back in his chair, head propped up on a fist. He peers at the webcam with narrowed eyes, at once suspicious and angry (because he still wasn't entirely sure this stupid thing was even on). His entire posture was tense though there was an unmistakable air to him. The kind of pride and confidence that came naturally to the king of beasts.
Finally he growled. Whatever, it's not like anyone would know if he'd messed up and this thing wasn't actually working.]
Hey! If anyone from Upper Yard is here, tell me where you are! [He points at the webcam.] Especially you, you stupid bird!
Third Person:
Even before he opened his eyes, Lion already knew he was no longer in the Upper Yard. The air smelled different and, added to the fact that he couldn't seem to smell as well put him on edge.
He woke up to a world that was...entirely different from the Upper Yard, with its box-like structures and weirdly straight stone(?) paths. If he still had his tail it would be lashing back and forth right now.
That was another thing: what happened to his tail? It wasn't just that it was gone, it was as if it had never been there to begin with.
Lion growled as he prowled around the driveway, somehow projecting the feeling of an agitated big cat despite being visibly human and walking on two feet.
"Kangaroo! I swear if this is another one of your dumb pranks..." But Lion knew it wasn't. Not even Kangaroo could pull something like this off.
It would be a lie to say that Lion wasn't worried at all, but that worry was eclipsed by anger. Who ever took him from the Upper Yard better have a good reason for doing so, otherwise they would learn why it was a bad idea to mess with the Guardian of the East! He stopped and raised his head with another growl. That went double if they took anyone else. He swore to protect the peace of the Upper Yard. Anyone who tried to take away his people would pay for it.
Lion glared at the place where the driveway connected with the road. There were no trees to use for cover and this hard ground was hard to move silently on. But that was fine. He had never been trained for stealth anyway. Lion's responsibility was only to fight and to defend. He couldn't do that from here.
If anyone else from the Upper Yard was here then he'll find them.
With that in mind, Lion dashed down the driveway to start his search.
