[ An elegant silver monkey, the first recognized specimen of his particular sub-breed from the renowned breeder, Garland, a purveyor of "unearthly exotics" -- Kuja, as his papers call him, ought to have been the perfect choice of status symbol for a young man coming into his own, as a rising star of a prestigious family.
There's just one problem.
You see, besides their novelty, Garland's monkeys are known for something else: unquestioning obedience and train-ability, of a kind unseen in any other line of the same animal. It's more like a dog, than a simian. In fact... what Garland's really made his money on is that they're exceedingly popular as replacements for the tragically passed. If what you miss is your old pet's personality--
It can be said that a Genome will learn to be just what you miss most, if you only show them how.
for deluxe clients in on the secret, it doesn't even have to a matter of training, he For-Real just puts their soul right in there
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Victor definitely got a lemon, because whether he minds it or not, Kuja came with a personality. This is completely not the pet anyone expected he was getting. He's vain, lazy, opinionated on even the littlest things, and worst of all, when the people he's decided have the real power are watching (victor's family, natch), he acts exactly like he's expected to.
Imagine getting gaslit by your pet cat over whether it knows it's allowed to be on the furniture or not. ]
GOING MASTER!VIC since you expressed interested in going pet on my top level
There's just one problem.
You see, besides their novelty, Garland's monkeys are known for something else: unquestioning obedience and train-ability, of a kind unseen in any other line of the same animal. It's more like a dog, than a simian. In fact... what Garland's really made his money on is that they're exceedingly popular as replacements for the tragically passed. If what you miss is your old pet's personality--
It can be said that a Genome will learn to be just what you miss most, if you only show them how.
for deluxe clients in on the secret, it doesn't even have to a matter of training, he For-Real just puts their soul right in there
...
Victor definitely got a lemon, because whether he minds it or not, Kuja came with a personality. This is completely not the pet anyone expected he was getting. He's vain, lazy, opinionated on even the littlest things, and worst of all, when the people he's decided have the real power are watching (victor's family, natch), he acts exactly like he's expected to.
Imagine getting gaslit by your pet cat over whether it knows it's allowed to be on the furniture or not. ]