James Bone

James Bone was perfectly content with his boring, mundane life as a mailman. Despite his name bearing a rather striking resemblance to a certain famous fictional spy, James's life couldn't be further from the life of adventure and action portrayed in the movies. He wakes up, enjoys a tasty yet nutritious breakfast of Kibble and Biscuits, says goodbye to his roommate Jared and heads off to work. Rinse and repeat. 

  Until one day James is accused of stealing a priceless artifact from the local museum. There's footage of him doing it, too. James doesn't remember doing anything like that, but he can't deny that's his mail truck driving away on the news. Expertly planned and carried out with utmost precision, whoever's impersonating James is doing a bang up job with the robbery. The FBI and CIA agree, and they're now after him. Poor James must go into hiding until he can clear his name. After all, he's completely innocent... right? 

    To the outside world, James Bone is an elite operative for an unknown terrorist group, and the number one threat to national security. They believe he single-handedly masterminded the assassination of the US president. The college student spiel was all an act, a clever ruse that fooled everyone into thinking he was a lazy fool. The leading theory for the CIA is that he trained for years at a dojo in Russia under the KGB before going rogue and selling his services to the highest bidder. An evil genius of the highest caliber. 

   Unfortunately for James, the true masterminds have managed to pin the crime perfectly. And there's a lot of evidence to prove it. Expertly doctored video footage, planted information on his laptop, and the $500,000 that mysteriously showed up in his bank account all work against him. Even weirder, the hypnosis he was placed under increased his fighting and survival abilities, giving him skills and knowledge he never had before. Which is great for fending off hordes of CIA agents coming to arrest you, but really bad for proving your innocence. So now he's on the run, traveling the world in order to figure out who did this and why.  

  He's also attracted the attention of several nefarious crime organizations who have fallen for the same routine the CIA has, and wish to hire him for contracts of their own. So one day as he's trying to avoid the law he gets kidnapped by a gang of criminals who want him to do something slightly more difficult than stealing a gem. They want him to murder the president. And they'll kill his friends and family if he fails. What's a poor dog to do? 

Character notes:   

Species: anthro golden retriever  

Outfit:   Can be anything, from suits to t-shirts and cargo shorts. He usually tries to disguise himself in whatever local population he's in, so as long as it's a modern day outfit he'd likely be wearing it at some point. Is usually trying to look conspicuous, and wears hoods/hoodies a lot.  

Personality:  He's normally a bit clumsy. However when he's in a jam his hypnotized instincts kick in and he becomes very agile and well balanced. He instinctively can do things like hotwire cars and fire weapons on target, but has no idea how it works or how he does it. He also seems to have subconsciously mastered several fighting styles like jujitsu and street fighting but can't name any of the moves. 

  He has a very doggish personality. He loves making people happy and goes the extra mile for others with little concern for his own well being. He hates being in trouble or being considered a "bad dog". Very straight-laced, doesn't do bad stuff and wants to keep it that way. He loves driving in his car with the windows down and tongue hanging out. He's super duper loyal to his friends and doesn't (or rather he didn't) have a lot of enemies.  As a postman he's pretty carefree and happy, a pretty typical guy. 

  While he's very friendly and outgoing with those he knows well he struggles with talking to new people. He's awkward in unfamiliar environments. He constantly finds himself having to talk himself out of jams, which he is.... not very good at. He's conflict avoidant unless he thinks it leads to the people who hypnotized him, in which case he'll do anything to get it. He loves routine and hates when plans go awry. 

TRIVIA AND TIDBITS 

General PLAYLIST:     

- Any James Bond theme song  

Party In The CIA (Weird Al Yankovic)  

Oh no (Capone)  

Safety Dance (Men Without Hats)   

A Flock of Seagulls - I Ran (So Far Away)  

Mr. Blue Sky (youtube.com)

Who let the dogs out (Baha Men)

Ringtone: 

 Whatcha' Say (Jason Derulo)