Ship's Catboy

Somber. Soft spoken and polite, Shy, Dutiful and hardworking and eager to please.

Jack is your typical soldier and sailor. Just trying to earn a living while duty his country good.

Born to a port town, Jack grew up accustomed to sailing and Victorian port life being an Anthro cat. Many of the people around him worked on the ships. Both Navy and civilian. And a huge portion of the local admiralty was stationed to live in the town on the wealthier side. The fancy side Jack was not allowed to go no being a less then fortunate soul. Many jack's childhood friends that were rich would end up having to split off from him due to the fact that Jack was seen as a peasant by their parents, this loss of friendships have cemented in Jack that it was his fault that the friendships broke up for being inferior. Jack was born to a hard-working life having to provide for his poor family, getting jobs while growing up to earn a living While he grew to love the ocean, he does know the town has its problems especially in the industrial side. The people running those factories often being harsh and cruel. It drove him to try to stay in their good graces.

Often education meaning nothing if the only way to earn money is to work in a hot factory, or on the ships. Indeed, he learned to read mainly because of a fisherman he worked for was willing to teach him for free due to his work ethic. Often willing to do the more brutal on the body jobs then his fellow coworkers. This earned him an early bonus which soon set an early example of his workaholic tendencies of pleasing his superiors. Even to an unhealthy degree that has taken tolls on his physical health. He always felt like he needed to be a part of a working machine. From what this stems from if this was from trauma from an incident with a bad boss or maybe just glory seeking or maybe due to his friend abandonment issues. No one knows. But the cat is determined to please his bosses and earn affection. Whatever it is. It has left him a quiet workaholic to the point that he will light his superiors and fellow crewmates cigarettes when they ask in a heartbeat. His crew and admiral are a rather close bunch, at least in secret. many of the crew mates having open relationships with each other due to the fact they are in a world war and the belief that being held by a person you grew to love was much better then dying alone if you were to fall in battle. A Victorian style of The Sacred Band of Thebes. This is much more of a single crew tradition then any real army attempt to capitalize on how protective of lovers people can get. His admiral a deer of royal heritage, is also a part of this tradition and is very peculiar how he treats his enlisted men. Besides the surprising policy of getting a gift every Christmas by him. The admiral also cross dresses for his crew during very special occasions. And even has allowed Jack to take him on a date dressed in a classy dame from the roaring 20s. This has also inspired jack to due to the same and dress in his own style of dame. Albeit one that has a rocking anchor tattoo on her shoulder.

However, the pay was not enough, and this would drive him into follow what most people around him did. He joined the navy the navy. A reasonable, albeit a bit risky move. With the world getting closer to a second world war. He would quickly find himself seeing much more action than he realized. But before the scary stuff kicked off he grew close to his fellow enlisted soldiers and his Admiral. Becoming attached to them. He would often volunteer to do the rough jobs. Like scrubbing the floor of the ship.

When the fighting kicked off. His ship was often stationed across various port towns and would take part in the various battles against Imperial and German battle ships. Sometimes taking in part of commando raids when requested. There would be many times where he boarded an enemy ship with rifle and bayonet. Taking risks for his crew and his country and coming out on top each time even when things looked bleak and scary. This is possibly due to his dream of earning a Victorian cross for bravery. A goal that he is determined to succeed in and to make his life feel like it was worth something.

He is most skilled with a bolt action rifle, hitting 85 percent of shots when allowed to focus and 70 percent when under distraction or enemy fire. Making him a prime ship boarder.

Jack is quite soft spoken to the point he more mumbles then really talks. Often, he has a somber almost sleepy like face commonly. This is not always the case, however. He can get a soft smile when receiving affection. Like a cat when he is off duty and is free to do what he wishes, he enjoys stretching out across a warm part of the ship to sunbathe and nap. His favorite rations that they are often given is the Tuna and a quick way of earning his trust is giving him a can of some.

As a Anthro cat. Jack has a light white bob cat type of coloring of fur. With light grey stripes going down across his back. Similar to a bob cat he has sideburns of white fur on each side of his head. He often wears his sailor jacket and suit when manning his station or on guard duty. but also isn't afraid to strip down to his fatigues when he is doing chores for the ship like scrubbing or cleaning out the canons. He also has a light commando uniform of shorts and light weight muscle shirt to increase his movement. Marked on his body is many navel theme tattoos such as anchors and so fourth, showing his dedication to his branch.