John

John is a little lion-hybrid who loves every bit of attention he could get from the people around him. He could be your most precious little companion or the biggest nuisance to your life if he so desires. Very unpredictable at times. He's known to disappear without a trace if you look away for even just a few seconds (but only to people he wants to annoy). Though, he's very affectionate to his favorite persons and would nuzzle and cling to them like a typical cat would do. His behavior is similar to those of felines so yes, he nuzzles, purrs, kneads, squeezes through small spaces, etc. John seems to have a desire for stirring up trouble but can also make himself useful by helping with chores, most especially cleaning (a habit picked up from being raised in the master-servant system and from being poor). He's also very athletic, participating in his favorite sports which are basketball and tennis. He doesn't let his small stature get in the way of playing sports and has been a major advantage in being the bane of someone's existence. Oddly, he honed that athletic ability from getting chased by security caused by Dale's antics. John grew up in a different province after fleeing from his home region with his mother, then settled with his now-boyfriend, Dale when they crossed paths again and reunited.

John was born in a region where the system takes away children from poor families to be adopted by richer, more financially stable families as servants. The system was established to address the poverty in the region by making the children serve their masters in exchange of being provided with their necessities by the wealthier family. The children that have been snatched away will be sent to an institution that will look after them while they wait for days, possibly years or even never for a family to adopt them. It was due to this system that the families in poverty will hide their children from officers in hopes that they won't be snatched away and stripped of their freedom. John was one of those children. He lived in hiding with his mother who worked hard to provide for her only beloved child. As for the whereabouts of his father, they are unknown. Despite their living conditions, he loves his mom very much and is content with their lives as long as they have food on the table, refusing to separate from his only family. Unfortunately, the time came when the officers caught him and snatched him away from his mother's arms. Both mother and child were helpless against the system so they couldn't do anything but lament their separation. John had been in the institution for a long time. Because of his small, weak frame, no family ever wanted to adopt him, finding him useless. The other children would try to harass him and steal his ration of food but he was able to outrun them thanks to his speed and athletic ability. Eventually, a child his age went into the institution to look around for a servant, as it is required by the system for well-off families to do so, and found him. Dale, the name of the child and his new master, along with Dale's mother agreed to adopt him and was also kind enough to reunite John with his mother. Their masters brought the two to their home, and they've been helping around their masters' household ever since as a way to repay for their kindness. Despite adopting John as a servant, Dale sees him as a 'friend', removing the heavy chained collar that was bound around John's neck and replacing it with a more comfortable, blue collar (it is required by the system for servants to wear them) as a testament to their new friendship.

•Second part TBA• (Rewriting John's backstory since I feel like John deserves a better conclusion... It didn't feel right to leave it at that, also it's kind of a mess)