Description
I made a mobian version of Taffy, I figured why stop there and went to make a version of taffy from the sly cooper universe.
Sly cooper, Camelita fox, Murray and assorted others property of Sucker Punch Productions.
Taffy and all her derivatives property of me.
Background from Team fortress 2.
Name: Inspector Taffeta Susanne Mouse
Gender: female
Species: House mouse
Born: c 1983
Aliases: Taffy, Stretch, Long arm/Long arm of the law, Shutter eyes and Stretch
Affiliations: Interpol
Weapons: Elastic limbs, dart pistol
Current status: active
Background: Raised on a staple of comic books both detective and super hero Taffeta since a young age had been fascinated by such tales of bravery, cleverness and heroism. During her younger years she expressed this enthusiasm with the siblings in her litter most notably Trixy with whom the two played cops and robbers quite a lot, Taffeta being the cop, Trixy being the robber. When she was older she went to the police academy where it was found she had a near flawless photographic memory and attention to detail which helped direct her to becoming an inspector. Incidentally her sister Trixy had developed more discreditable skills and by the time Taffeta got her badge Trixy had built a bit of a reputation as being a cat burglar (ironic that a mouse would be a cat burglar but…). Taffeta’s second assignment ended up her crossing paths with her sister who was trying to walk out with an ancient artifact urn that naturally didn’t belong to her. In the ensuing scuffle the two sisters tripped over each other resulting in the urn breaking and sprinkling the two with a magical powder that ended up magnifying their desires. Taffeta’s desire to be the long arm of the law resulted in her gaining elastic ability’s allowing her to stretch her body great lengths, while Trixy’s desire to be whatever she wanted to be bestowed on their the ability to alter her shape either partially or fully. Taffeta managed to capture her sister who quickly escaped but since then had the strange power of elasticity. This power as well as her other skills allowed her to quickly raise through Interpol’s ranks. Since then she has taken a personal interest in capturing thieves and criminals across the globe, earning her various nicknames as well as a reputation.
Personality: Taffeta is eager, enthusiastic and optimistic, enjoying her job and the thrills it brings. While she pursues criminals with incredible gusto she is far more concerned with criminals who consciously break the law as opposed to those who accidentally do, so jaywalkers or speeders are less of a target to her than thieves and muggers. In sheer contrast to Carmelita fox, Taffeta is extremely laid back, jovial in her work and sees her job more like a game than anything else. This will lead her to making jokes, humorous observations and often trading witty banter with her targets, and because of this she particularly enjoys chasing after sly cooper if for no other reason than the fact the two can and are willing to keep pace with each other’s clever comebacks and remarks (as the banter in the image portrays). She rarely sees her targets as her enemies, more like her playmates in the world’s greatest game of cops and robbers, however she will hunt them down to the best of her ability it will boil down to strictly business in the end. Off hours Taffeta is a friendly and generous individual who because of her photographic memory never forgets a face, a name or a birthday and quite often she will give very thoughtful gifts. One such example of a thoughtful gift was a large pair of homemade elastic pants for Murray the hippo, who could never find pants in his size and who in return gave her a rare first edition comic book, both trades were done unofficially at obvious drop sites and both lost the gifts when the pants ended up ripping and the comic was found to be stolen but the gesture had kept things friendly between the two. Off hours she enjoys the company of others be it watching movies, getting coffee or playing some kind of physical activity preferably tennis, and if alone shell enjoy reading comic books and practicing her gymnastics.
Skills: Taffeta has all the necessary skills in order to be an Interpol officer as well as being a skilled acrobat, pugilist and tennis player. While she is not as skilled as certain other individuals in their field and nowhere near the world’s best at any particular skills Taffeta is far from stupid and helpless, and what she lacks in skill she more than makes up for in enthusiasm.
Powers and abilities: Quite in opposition to her mobian counterpart Taffeta’s natural ability is her near flawless photographic memory an elephant would be envious of. With this she is able to remember details, places, people, faces and more and has proven to helped her in many of her cases and is one of the most problematic parts of her for would be criminals. Because she remembers where everything is and is supposed to be the old hiding in a barrel/box and moving when no one looks trick will not work on her in the slightest, detecting the out of place furniture the instant she notices it (as demonstrated above). This also makes it really hard to fool her twice with the same trick, and disguises are almost guaranteed to fail against her as she can recognize just a portion of a person’s face, their smallest mannerisms and even their voices.
Next but even more potent is her elasticity ability. Unlike most Taffy’s this one does not have a body made of rubber but (very elastic) flesh and blood. In a universe of alligators with black magic, lions with sonic damaging attacks, armadillos who can grow to gargantuan sizes and immortals kept alive through hate and spite, the ability to stretch does not seem so out of place, though having a body of a different material is virtually unheard of. This elasticity gives her enhanced prowess in mobility and range, allowing her to keep up with just about any enemy be it in speed or combat. With her abilities she has slight shape shifting power and can roll into a ball to bounce or flatten to act like a parachute in addition to being able to reach long distances. This also makes her an expert at blind man’s bluff and if she figures an enemy is sneaking around she can reach all around her with ease to find whoever is hiding in the darkness. It’s because of this ability she has the nickname long arm of the law. It also gives her a heck of a singing voice which combined with her memory allows her to imitate other’s voices with eerie accuracy.
Weaknesses: Taffeta has several weaknesses, the first of which is her impulsiveness, often leaping before looking and getting herself into all sorts of trouble. This impulsiveness has led to her capture by enemies on several occasions and will likely lead to more. Next is that she is a horrible shot and I do mean horrible, shell only use her dart pistol at point blank range if she can help it, but her aim with a gun is so pitiful she has literally missed broad sides of barns with it. Her elasticity is a great power but can be used against her and if she is overpowered she can be tied down using her own limbs, or catch her limbs onto something that pulls her in or along. Finally her greatest weakness is her vulnerability to hypnosis and mind control, allowing any enemy with such powers to take her over with ease. While she has attended a few classes to help her resist this the truth she is not aware of is that she is actually addicted to hypnosis, something about having an empty mind and having a lack of control is oddly pleasing to her at least on a subconscious level and while she can eventually wrest herself free of any external influence it takes a lot of help or a very compelling reason for her to take control again.
Sexuality/romance: Taffeta is an open and chummy individual and her friendliness and ease to get along with has resulted in her going on many dates with many men. While she is looking and keeping her prospects open she hasn’t found any man she is particularly into. Off hours she’s open to hanging out with or dating about any guy (even some criminals) so long as they aren’t jerks.
Role play Starter:
Stakeouts were something Taffeta enjoyed, yes they were long and boring but they gave her a chance to talk and really get to know someone one on one. What made this one better was that their stakeout target was a jewelers shop that was right across the street of a coffee shop in which she and her current partner Carmelita Fox were holed up in. Taffeta was busy enjoying a coffee soaked donut as she tried her darndest to get the lady across form her to crack a smile.
“So… the jewel of Bashaet… said to be able to grant the wish of whoever holds it… think it’s the real thing in there?” Taffeta queried
“How should I know? That’s the reason its at an appraiser’s.” Carmelita curtly replied
“What would you wish for? Not to be here?” Taffeta asked
“To catch any criminal who tries to get their filthy hands on it.” The fox grumbled
“You mean like your boyfriend?” the mouse teased
“HE IS NOT MY BOYFRIEND! THAT TWO TIMEING STICKY FINGERED RINGTAILED…” Carmelita outburst before she calmed herself and reasserted more calmly while looking dismissively out the window “he is not my boyfriend.”
“Well that’s good, cause if you’re not with him perhaps I’ll try dating him.” Taffeta stated almost nonchalantly
“What?” Carmelita asked her attention back on her partner “You would date a hardened criminal!?”
“No.” Taffeta said with a smirk “I’d just follow your example.”
A brief staring contest ensued in which Taffeta cheated by wiggling her eyebrows before Carmelita cracked a smile and shook her head “Alright Stretch you with this one. But back to business, were supposed to be watching the shop.”
“Well no raccoons, turtles or hippos have gone anywhere within 100 feet of that shop… though about 300 feet there was this one hippo wearing a rather unflattering dress.” Taffeta commented
“What? Why didn’t you tell me?” Carmelita said looking around
“Because I knew if I mentioned the raccoon mime fifty feet away from ‘her’ you’d run off and abandon your post. Besides they’ve wondered off about half an hour ago, were here to observe and act if and only if something comes down.” Taffeta said finishing her donut “besides I alerted Interpol via text while you were busy brooding. Your boyfriend and his buddies must have caught word of it and left… pity too, Bently makes a fine cup of joe.”
“Wait you mean that guy behind the counter was-“ Carmalita started
“Ye-pa.” Taffeta said
Annoyed again Carmalita focused her attention outside once more, meanwhile Taffeta took note of a newcomer to the scene, one who moved with slightly different purpose than most the others.
Typical role play rules apply, you can play a cannon character/s or an OC of yours possibly fitted into the setting. Your character could be a crook looking to profit, a cop coming in to get a briefing or some random citizen wanting to flirt with the ladies. All up to you.