Maya the Marbled Cat

Maya the Marbled Cat (マーブル猫のマヤ Māburu neko no Maya) is twitter artist HT Doodles' third OC. She's is a feline teenager who once lived in Central City and started working as a reporter for the daily news, but was left for dead on Northstar island after a mysterious kidnapping.
Finding herself alone in the jungle and baring her unborn child, is forced to survive in the wilderness and adapt to her new unwanted lifestyle, fighting off anything that could harm her or her baby.
Maya's look on the world changed drastically after the abuse she suffered at the hands of her kidnappers, and with the birth of her child, whom she named "Marbles", she dedicated her life to protecting her and nothing more, completely resenting anything else.
==Concept and Creation==
==Appearance==
Maya is a slim anthropomorphic cat with grey fur with dark grey ears and patterns on her head and back, spots on her arms, legs and tail, and light grey muzzle, chest, stomach and toes. her forehead bears a fluffy hair tuff covering her right eye and her chest is covered with puffy fur as well as the end of her tail.
As a reporter, she wore an open green suit, white shirt, a black tie, a short black robe and black shoes. After she began her life in the jungle, she bared a large scar on her left eye and her fur became roughed up, her attire was reduced to nothing but a torn portion of her shirt and robe covering her chest and waist.
==Story ==
Maya, last name Carter, was born in Central city to two loving parents. As a kid, she always wanted to become a news reporter for the daily news as she fantasised over being watched by millions of people while reporting on the most exciting and captivating stories.
As she turned 18, she was hired by the news station and given her long awaited job as a reporter, she would live out her dream of facing danger head on while reporting to the world and shedding light on some of the darker sides of her home city, exposing criminals and gangs for their heinous actions.
One night, as she left the station heading back home, she was viciously attacked by three armed men, who she presumably busted on the news a few months prior. She was tied her up, thrown in the back of a black car and driven off to a waiting helicopter, which took them to Northstar island. After arriving on the island, Maya was dragged deep into the jungle and abused for hours, knocked unconscious, then left for dead as the criminals fled the scene.
When Maya woke up, she was stranded in the middle of the jungle with no way out, she fought to find her escape, but to no avail, everywhere she turned either lead to the ocean or a dangerous jungle hazard. She soon realized that she was pregnant as she began to display symptoms, however, she decided to keep the baby and fight for both of their lives, as there was no one else there to look out for her or keep her from losing her sanity. As months went on, Maya began to experience shifts in her personality, she was slowly transforming from a sweet teenager full of life, to a cold and fearsome survivor and hunter, adapting to the harsh living conditions of the wilderness and protecting herself from predators, all while baring her unborn child. 
Maya gives birth to her child and later settles on the name "Marbles", she would live beside her daughter for the next one and a half years, before she unfortunately was eaten by a large carnivorous plant while hunting for food.
==Personality==
Maya started out as a caring, loving and kind-hearted cat, she was always full of excitement, especially when she first started working for the news, she would outperform any of her peers and was always full of determination and commitment to the job, even if it got her into dangerous situations. 
Her positive attitude was cherished by everyone she knew and she would spread joy and happiness everywhere she set foot, there was always a bright side to everything in her eyes, no matter how grim it seemed at first.
After her eventual kidnapping, her view on the world began shifting to the worst as her time stranded alone in the jungle began to consume her, her optimistic attitude slowly faded and turned into hatred and vengeance towards those who harmed or would harm her, she went from a sweet, loving and cheerful girl to a cold and reserved survivor of the wilderness. She would learn to hunt down anything she viewed as a means to survive, or anything that tried to eat her or her new born child.
==Relationships==
*Marbles the Marbled Cat 
Marbles was Maya's only daughter and only companion after her abandonment in the jungle, despite the circumstances, Maya would do anything to protect Marbles and raise her to the best of her ability before her passing. Marbles doesn't remember much of her mom due to the short amount of time they spent together, though she does get flashbacks from time to time. Marbles is convinced that no matter what happened to her mother, she's in a much better place.
== Trivia ==
*Maya's reporter outfit was inspired mostly by Lois Lane.
*Maya's lack of cheek patterns was due to how difficult they were to draw for Marbles.
*Maya has her own twitter account under the username @Mayacarter_mic
==Gallery==
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