Rosetta Love

Rose properly introducing herself to Ray.

Rosetta Love, commonly known as Rose, is a pink otter who works as the intelligence of S.O.S. to help the Meta Officers with their missions.

## Background

Rose joined the S.O.S. at one point in the past. She became the head of the intelligence division thanks to her intelligence and investigative skill. During her time working at the agency, she developed a mutually antagonistic relationship with Summer. She also formed a friendship with Arty and Dex, with whom she shares her gossip.

Three months prior to the events of the story, a vigilante known as Blaze appeared in Meva City, causing lots of collateral damage through arson. After three months of investigation, Rose discovered that Blaze was a young fox named Raymond Fox. She gave the information to Asuka, who went to arrest Ray afterwards.

## Personality

Rose's main character trait is her endless curiosity. Due to her work as the head of intelligence, Rose is very curious and nosy, wanting to get as much intelligence on every person she meets. This is seen when she takes Ray's backpack and checks his belongings without permission to find out more about him. That being said, she's also very direct and upfront about her desire to learn, as she asks Liz about Ray while taking notes and tries to learn more about Ray's family when they meet again at SOS.

A natural gossip girl, Rose loves to eavesdrop on private conversations and talk about them with Arty and Dexter. Rose is also fond of giving exposition, using her intelligence to explain to everyone around them. Her love for talking sometimes causes her to hijack a conversation, which is what caused her to get an infraction when she keeps interrupting Eric during a briefing.

Born with high intelligence, Rose is proud of her intellect, boasting about how she was the one who discovered Ray's identity as Blaze and how he wouldn't have destroyed the Arsenal had he had her working besides him. Likewise, she gets annoyed when Asuka claims to have figured out Gomek was an assassin by herself despite Rose's hunch being the main factor that allowed them to fight. This annoyance was so vocal that Rose exposed herself to Gomek by yelling at Asuka. Later, when Gomek was defeated, Rose happily boasted about how her memory helped to bring his defeat.

Rose is easily the most professional of the group despite her gossipy nature. She does research, is open about Ray entering the group because they need more personnal, and is the one who wants to make a good impression on Eric. Because of that, she takes offense when she's the first member of the team to get an infraction.

## Appearance

Rose is an otter with pink fur and red eyes. She has a small tuft of hair that's combed upwards. Being an otter, she has webbed hands and feet that are noticeable when she spreads her fingers and toes.

Rose wears professional attires when working at her job. When she's at the pool, she prefers to wear a two-piece swimsuit. Rose prefers high heels that have the top removed so that she can spread her toes while swimming.

## Powers, Skills, And Abilities

Though not a Meta, Rose is a valuable asset to S.O.S. thanks to her intelligence.

### Skills

* Expert Swimmer: Being an otter, Rose is a naturally talented swimmer. She has a pool where she trains her swimming during break times.
* Intelligence Gathering: Befitting her status as the head of intelligence, Rose knows how to gather information about friends and foes.
* Investigative Skills: Rose can use any information she has on a subject and predict their next move. She was also able to discover Ray's identity as Blaze after using three months of sightings as data.
* First Aid: Rose knows how to provide some basic first aid, as she bandaged Maureen's arm.
* Pickpocketing: Rose is able to steal things without people noticing. This is seen when she steals Maureen's arm while also bandaging her arm.

### Abilities

* Genius Intellect: Rose has a high level intellect that made her the head of intelligence of S.O.S. despite her young age. She was able to figure out Ray's identity as Blaze despite the latter covering his tracks perfectly for three months.
* Photographic Memory: Rose has a good memory. She figured out that Gomek was an assassin because she saw an article featuring him and Cassius during the Vara Theater Incident. Despite the incident happening when Rose was a cub, she still remembered their faces, which caused her to realize that Gomek was an assassin and warn Asuka about it.

## History

### Meeting Ray

Rose makes her first appearance spying on Carol as she was scolding Summer over the phone. This brings the attention of Arty and Dexter, who are curious to see what's going on. Carol notices their presence and yells at them to get back to work.

The following day, Rose is taking a break on her pool. She overhears Carol taking with Summer, hearing about Ray's arrival. She's unable to hear anymore due to Arty's arrival interrupting her. She, Arty, and Dexter engage in a conversation regarding Ray being on the team. Only Rose seems to look up to Ray's arrival.

Upon meeting Ray, she starts snooping through his stuff while wearing a swimsuit. Annoyed at her first impression, Rose changes her clothes and takes Ray to eat ice cream. She explains to Ray about the S.O.S. while boasting about her intelligence, telling Ray that it's not his fault that the Arsenal exploded but that he could have done better if he had investigated better like she would have done. Rose gets annoyed at Summer's arrival and then they are attacked by Al, an elephant who lost his job because of Ray's actions as Blaze.

After Asuka defeats Al, Ray faints, much to Rose's concern. The group takes Ray back home, where Rose meets Liz and Jak. Rose starts asking questions about Ray's past, much to his annoyance. After Ally arrives, Rose follows Liz so that they can eavesdrop in the conversation. She's amused when Ray and Ally come out, especially when Liz reveals that Ray burned Ally's past by mistake.

Rose later watches the conference of Morales, being impressed by Ray's arrival. Eventually, they leave for S.O.S. where Rose and Arty tease Ray a bit. After Ray relaxes, Rose and the rest of the group return to S.O.S. to do their work as Meta Officers.

### Ursa Mission

The following day, Rose and Summer arrive SOS together. There, they are confronted by Carol, who wants them to help Ray. Seeing the fox, Rose attempts to learn more about him by asking about his family. However, she is interrupted by the arrival of Regi, who demands that Rose stop focusing on gossiping and does the research that Carol tasked her to do.

While in her office, Rose explains how the mission system works to Ray. As she explains the mission, she explains that their current mission is an escort mission to Ursa where they have to find a rabbit named Maureen Digger. She is overjoyed to find out that the mission is going to be at the Big Al Express as the train is a cruiseship for fauna of her size.

Rose is a part of the team that Asuka assigned to enter the mission. She attempts to make a good impression on Eric after she boards the train. However, Rose annoys Eric by hijacking the briefing as she constantly interrutps him to boast her intelligence. This results in Rose getting the first infraction, which leaves her depressed for the rest of the night.

The following morning, Rose follows Asuka in stalking Eric. While she chastises Asuka for trying to steal Eric's briefcase, Rose wants to do something about her infraction. They are met by Gomek Topklaw, who pretends to be a worker. Rose remembers his face from the Vara Theater Incident that she read a while ago, so she and Asuka ask Gomek for some privacy to discuss her hunch with Asuka.

Rose's instincts prove to be right when Gomek tries to assassinate Asuka. Fortunately, Asuka escapes the attempt and then defeats Gomek after an arduous fight. Rose is delighted that her intelligence saved Asuka's life, but she and Asuka realizes that Gomek's brother, Cassius, is also inside of the train.

Fortunately, Cassius is defeated by Ray and Summer thanks to some help from a masked rabbit named Mo. As Rose bandages Mo, she steals her cell phone to gather information on her. To her surprise, she realizes that Mo is Maureen Digger.

## Trivia

* Back in the early drafts of the comic, Rose used to be a vixen and Ray's love interest.
* Rose was the main character of the Ask Ray Fox blog before the other characters were able to answer questions addressed at them.
* Rose is the second character to have a fur pigmentation condition that makes her fur pink. The first character is Liz.