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Out of Character Information

player name: Kim
player journal: eviltea
playing here: None.
where did you find us? I have a friend who plays here
are you 16 years of age or older?: Yes

In Character Information

character name: Count D
Fandom: Pet Shop of Horrors / Pet Shop of Horrors Tokyo
Timeline: After chapter 23 of Pet Shop of Horrors Tokyo (volume 7)
character's age: 23 (never stated in canon but it's indicated thereabouts.)

powers, skills, pets and equipment:

Oy vey... D is not human. It is never fully explained in canon exactly <i>what</i> he is but we know that he is not human. The most common term used in the fandom is kami (a Japanese term for deity) possibly because it sounds a bit more graspable than "We are the painters of unseen images. The singers of unheard songs. The caretakers of what has been lost. We are that which you choose to ignore."

He has intimate knowledge of most, if not all, animals on earth, mythological or otherwise, and is able to communicate with them. He is also able to see them in a humanoid form (if he is in possession of a special incense he keeps at his shop he can also make/allow humans to see the pet they buy in this form as well). The animals in turn all seem to love and adore him in return, and they are willing to kill, and probably die, for him.

He heals from most of his injuries incredibly fast - the only exception so far has been breaking one of his claws nails - including gunshot wounds. Wounding him will however make him bleed, which is not a good thing. At lest not for whoever has caused the injury. His blood takes the form of the spirit of animals slain and/or suffering, and they will proceed to attack the shit out of you.

He is much faster and stronger than his light build would imply. He can also jump high enough to reach rooftops, swim excellently without having to breathe and quite possibly fly.

He can reproduce asexually which essentially creates a clone of himself, even down to the voice and fingerprints.

In canon we know that he speaks perfect English, Japanese, German and Italian. And since they make a pretty big deal out of the fact that he is Chinese I think it is safe to assume that he can speak perfect Chinese as well. Adding this to the fact that he moves his shop around regularly around the entire world it would not be illogical to assume that he does in fact speak every known (and perhaps unknown) language on earth.

He also seems to have a rather good aim, at lest when it comes to throwing teacups, and have the amazing ability to survive on nothing but a ridiculous amount of sweets (without it having a slightest influence on his appearance).

(All of these powers are canon and I will not be adding anything because heavens know he does not need it!)

canon history:

A long time ago, in ancient China, D's kind lived in peace side by side with humans at what today is called the Kunlun mountains. Since they were friendly with animals and could speak their language they could refer messages and prophecies from the ancient beasts. Because of this they were soon invited to the emperors palace, regarded as priest and priestesses.

Then one day the emperor's son, a mighty warrior, asked a young priestess to be his bride. When she refused he became first heartbroken and then enraged. In his rage he decided that she, and the rest of her kind, must be devils and monsters and ordered his men to kill them all and leave no survivor behind.

Only one man survived. Beaten and exhausted, having been forced to bury his parents, his children, his friends he vowed to bring revenge upon the humans.

This was several (official artwork indicates eight) generations ago. Because of their method of reproduction each new generation looks uncannily like the former, the only differences being their choice of hairstyle and the colour of their eyes (D's father's eyes are violet and his grandfather's are golden). Their personalities - of course - are also different, shaped by their own experiences and the time periods they've grown up in. One thing that has remained constant though is their dislike for the entire human race and their continuation of their forefather's sworn revenge, now not only for the sake of their own kind but for all the innocent animal lives taken.

Somewhere along the line one of them decided that the best way to do this was to create a pet shop - that is really a magical, flying ship. In this shop they sell special pets as well as more ordinary ones. If you get "chosen" to be one of the special pets' owner you enter into a three clause contract. Break one on the clauses, you die. Sounds efficient, yes?

D was - for reasons never fully explained - taken from his father at a very early age and has been raised by his grandfather. He does not seem to have very much contact with his father and their relationship's a bit strained, at least from D's point of view. Little is known about his childhood, but around the age of twenty he turns up, alone, with the pet shop in L.A, USA. His grandfather, at lest to his knowledge, is away to find rare species of animals and has left him in control of the family business.

In L.A he encounters homicide detective Leon Orcot, who has connected a number of unexplained deaths to the pet shop. He is convinced that the count is behind it, along with dealings with drugs, prostitution and human trafficking (and, along the line things like the bad weather and the economy).

Despite being rather annoyed with the American detective and his "silly" accusations, D develops a peculiar friendship with Leon over time. It rather soon comes to the point where, when Leon isn't working or sleeping, he's at the pet shop. And D continues to let him in. The fact that Leon keeps bringing him very good and very expensive sweets doesn't hurt, and in return he "helps" the detective with cases either relevant to the pet shop or otherwise having anything else to do with animals (surprisingly many). Even though his explanations are often fantastical and could reveal far more about his own kind than he'd want found out, he never truly lies to Leon, choosing instead to omit if there is something he especially does not wish the detective to know. Of course, he also knows that Leon will not believe his stories about mermaids and other mythological creatures no matter how true they may be. While this relationship does not necessarily make him much more benign towards humans in general, he does become very attached and fond of this particular one.

Later, when Leon's six-year-old brother Chris shows up - unable to speak because of a traumatic experience - D becomes the boy's primary caretaker since Leon has no one else to turn to. While D is wary and unwilling at first, Chris quickly worms his way into his affections, and he becomes a very caring and protective guardian, showing genuine sadness at the knowledge that the relationship will not last forever.

This added close human relationship combined with the one he already has formed with Leon, which only seems to grow deeper with time, further softens D's views of humans, possibly also as a species, to an extent that seriously worries the rest of his family.

But all things must come to an end and this ending begins with Chris reuniting with his family, and by doing so regains his voice and loses his ability to see the animals in their humanoid form.

Shortly after this D decides that it is time for him to leave as well. This coincides with an FBI detective by the name of Howell coming to hunt him, believing him to be his father. While D is being chased by Howell, Leon is being kidnapped by D's father "Papa D" at first believing him to be D.

They all finally meet at Papa D's place of residence. He reveals that he has finally completed a virus that will wipe out all human life. To stop him from realizing the virus Leon shoots him, hitting him right between the eyes. Before dying Papa D sets off a number of explosions turning the building into a inferno. Papa D's death also brings on the death of Howell.

D saves a severely injured Leon, bringing him to his pet shop in it's actual form, aka a ship. After telling him that humans have not yet earned the right to board the ship, he pushes Leon of the ship and leaves.

After L.A he goes to Berlin but his stay there is cut short when he finds out that Leon has followed him there.

Having left Berlin he arrives in Japan, setting up shop in Neo-Chinatown, Tokyo, where he continues his business as usual and torments his landlord "Taizuu".

personality:

D definitely shares his ancestors hatred for the human race. But while the story of their beginning has been instilled in him from an early age, his primary focus seems to lie with the suffering and needless death of animals. And he himself has made a vow to avenge their suffering by punishing the people responsible. He can feel the pain and suffering animals go through and are deeply affected by their passing.

But for all of his ingrained and expressed dislike for humans, he does like them more then he himself is aware. And, usually, unless they do something to upset him - aka in any way cause harm or suffering to an animal - he will not go out of his way to make them one of his special customers. And while most of his contract lead to the customers' gruesome demise, many others will help them and, in the end, bring them happiness. And just like in the old, more bloody fairy tales, everyone will get exactly what they "deserve".

He has a very extreme sense of justice. The only punishment he seems to consider appropriate is death. Of course, the things he considers to be punishable crimes are slightly different from what a human would think, and not always fully compatible with human law (which he doesn't care two bits about).

Because he's more in tune with nature rather than humans, he is not very versed with modern technologies, though he of course knows about them, nor is he overly familiar with modern cultural references. He does, however, have a certain amount of knowledge related to what can be referred to as "higher" culture.

Appearance is very important to him. He dresses in very beautiful and embellished, traditional Chinese clothing and it's rare to see even a wrinkle on them. Partly because of this it's not uncommon for him to be mistaken for a woman, something which greatly upsets and annoys him. He mostly keeps his expression neutral but friendly, wearing a slight smile or a slightly superior smirk depending on circumstances and interpretation. He can be very charming when he wants to and he often does since it makes people do what he wants.

He tends to hide his feelings behind this charming mask even when among people he could consider friends. He hides his sorrow when Chris leaves both him and Leon and when he pushes Leon of the ship he keeps on smiling even though he's crying.

The only feelings he seems comfortable in showing are annoyance and anger, and even the latter is somewhat unusual. At least until you have managed to get behind his defences and under his skin, which is not an easy feat.

He acts very different with his family, however; with them his behaviour is almost disturbingly unassertive and passive.

Animals and nature will almost always be more important to him than anything else, and he will give up his life for them without a second thought. Having an animal that cares for you will not necessarily make him like you, but it will prevent him from doing anything nasty to you as long as they are on your side. And taking good care of an animal or showing obvious affection for them will raise his opinion of you, if only slightly.

But if you actually manage to win his affection you will have a very caring and protective friend, even if he does not quite realize it himself.