Character: Cougar
Series: Suikoden Tierkreis
Character Age: 23ish
Job: Friendly Understanding Righteously Rad Youth-worker (aka F.U.R.R.Y)
Canon: When the world is in great peril and you find yourself in need of 108 different characters to save it, you’re probably playing Suikoden. However, unlike past installments, Tierkries decides to add multiple world theory and world travel (via magical portals called Gates) into the mix. Trouble this time comes from an organization called the Order of the One True Way, who are hellbent on getting everyone to accept that the future is pre-determined and you can’t change it. Not too keen on this idea, a group of friends- with the help of a little power known as the Mark of the Stars- set out to gather together others with the same power as them, the 108 Stars of Destiny, and to finally bring an end to the Orders’ ways.
Originally from a tribe of beasts in another world known as the Tribe of the Furious Roar, Cougar finds himself popping out of one of those Gates and right into the conflict. Cougar is a man (... beast) who feels that when someone helps you out, you’ve got to do what you can to repay them. Having experience in being unfairly judged and attacked for just looking like a monster, he gets that you can't judge a book by its cover. Coming from such a close-knit tribe, Cougar warms up to new friends rather quickly, treating them like they could be family. When people aren't getting along, that just causes problems for everyone, which is something he feels won’t help anyone. All in all, Cougar is a great guy with a good sense of what's right and wrong, and someone who knows how and when to prove his loyalty by helping others.
Sample Entry:
So this is where I'll be staying, huh? With a name like this camp's got I was honestly expecting a whole different setting than this. This is nice, though. There's a welcoming feel to it once you get past that nasty looking monster on that large tower. Hey, but I'm probably the last person who should be calling anyone here a monster; just because everyone here looks a bit different doesn't mean they're monsters. I should really be watching what I say considering how much I owe Camp for taking me in on such short notice. I show up, and all they ask in return is that I get a job to pull my own weight. Before I could ask where to start looking they tell me they've got the perfect one for me. Okay, maybe I'm not clear on what a Friendly Understanding Righteously Rad Youth-worker exactly does, but from what I heard, all I gotta do is go out and help troubled youth. That's why they gave me you, though, huh? I appreciate someone who's been around Camp as much as you have helping me out, Gorilla. Just point me in the direction and I'll do what I can.
Slow down, you can't go pointing all over the place, now! I'm only one person and that's a whole lot of problems. You sure these are kids you're even pointing at? I know they're short and all, but that might be because neither of them have any legs. I get I said I was no good at my job and all, but I think I know a kid when I see one- Okay, there's no need to use physical force, I'm heading over on my own to sort this out.
Is there a problem here? Not that you guys gotta tell me anything, but I owe a lot to Camp for taking me in like this, and they gave me this job. I gotta be honest, I'm not all that skilled in being a... Friendly Understanding Righteously Rad Youth-worker? That was it, right? That's such a mouthful I'm never going to remember it. How about we shorten that down to something easier to remember... Let's settle on shortening it to F.U.R.R.Y; that works better for me. That's not as serious sounding, but it's a lot easier to remember. Like I said, I'm new at this, so all I can do is do my best. Never even heard of such a position until today, but I owe this camp and I'm gonna do what I can to repay it.
Lemme start by saying that from looking at you two, I gotta say you aren't the kind of kids I'm used to seeing. But hey, I'm not gonna judge you for that - and you guys shouldn't be judging each other, either. It doesn't matter that you're missing this arm and he's missing that one, you're both part of this camp, and that makes you a family. A lotta the people here don't have any real family, so we're all we've got. That means you gotta put aside all of this nonsense and start realizing there's more important things to be doing than fighting with each other. Stop flinging those animal droppings at each other and make up.
Got it? Good! I'm just glad I could help you is all. Maybe I won't make such a bad F.U.R.R.Y after all. Er, yeah, I can join in this hug if that's what you want.
Hey- Hugging is okay, but I draw the line at biting.
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