Overpopulation has caused all of society to live within one densly populated city. That is 603 per square foot. It is dirty and crowded, worst of all lawless. Killing each other is welcomed, as it helps bring down the population. To get a better picture as to what this city looks like, look up the Kowloon Walled City Hong Kong.

The governmemt pays in rations, which is the reason people do their jobs in the first place, although, some steal and kill others instead. The city is split into 3 sections. The centre part, the military bases circling around the centre part (the military makes sure no one escapes the wall around the main city), and farmlands.

Speedy lives in the middle. He has no occupation and often helps steal resources with Akuji.

Speedy is one of the laziest/most depressed cats that has ever existed. Most of the time, he can’t even bring himself to get up after lying down. Just thinking about hard labour makes him want to give up on everything completely. Because of this, he steals things from others. But he isn’t completely heartless, and most often will steal from government officials because he thinks they get an unfair amount of rations and other resources.

Due to being in a city of complete anarchy, questioning the trustworthiness of others is very important. Speedy stays close to some other thieves like himself, mainly Akuji. Sometimes he will become enraged however, when he meets thieves that enjoy stealing from the weak (ex: mothers,elderly,children). Those kinds of interactions usually end with a lot of untreated injuries to the opposing side, leaving Speedy unscathed.

Speedy’s noncommittal and uninterested reaction to things causes him to come off as egotistical and self righteous, however he couldn’t be more opposite. Speedy doesn’t hate life, but there are many parts of it that he doesn’t enjoy, those parts usually being things that others DO enjoy. Things like that are the reason he has often been isolated from large groups. He was always “the weird one” or “the quiet one” or “the selfish one”. Not that he ever really cares what others think of him.

Despite throughout all of school he was known as the calm and quiet one, Speedy has certainly had his moments. His usual logical approach to life gets thrown out the window when he’s faced with unfairness, or sees others being unrightfully punished. Another thing that often triggers him is when people that he deems less smart than himself decide to treat him as stupid or unintelligent. He is definitely not a brutish idiot. Speedy is probably smarter than most, but he can and will fight. Part of the reason people looking down on his smarts or causing him dumb is so upsetting is because he measures himself based on intelligence levels, and being told that he’s stupid by someone more unreasonable than him will piss Speedy off.

Funnily enough, Speedy actually has a very magnetic presence. Others are often drawn to him and inclined to be his friend. In large social circles, he doesn’t care about the drama or anything else that is considered relevant to those around him. His true uncaring nature towards others causes him to be forgiven easily. Most have a hard time knowing that they won’t be missed if they were to ditch a friend, and because Speedy really doesn’t care, he will be forgiven by almost anyone that he manages to piss off. This is because the friendship meant nothing to him, he didn’t really care if he lost it, so he was fine with pissing said friend off. Speedy is aware of how sweet and innocent he looks on the outside. He uses it fully to his advantage.