Zed

Zed is a cannibalistic lagomorph shapeshifter who lives in a cave on Planet Lagomorph. He mostly comes out to hunt for food or to explore the capital with his friend, Cosmo.

## Physical Appearance

Zed is a dark brown colored lagomorph with mismatched floppy ears and baggy, purple eyes. He has broken chain cuffs on his neck, left arm, and right leg. Under the cuffs, his fur has withered way over time. He wears faded, torn dark green shorts and has very coarse and dirty fur. Zed also has very sharp yellowish teeth.

## Personality

Zed is very monotone and stoic. He is very desensitized and does not understand lagomorph mannerisms and is not very sociable. He is usually quiet around others, but is more open with Cosmo. Zed can get easily irritable and hates his personal space being invaded, which sucks for him because he’s best friends with the most annoying lagomorph ever; Cosmo.

### When Zed is hungry

Zed is slightly different when he hasn’t eaten in awhile. He becomes more aggressive and gets irritated way more easily than he is usually. Since lagomorph shapeshifters only eat one a week, he is always on edge and will attack almost anything living thing closest to him. Zed will have a hard time controlling his instincts and his claws will always be out. The longer he goes without food, the more weaker and frustrated he gets. His body will be resorting to desperate measures to keep itself alive.

## History

Zed’s childhood is shrouded in mystery.

All that is known is at the age of 14, he stumbled upon a cave trying to run away from something. When the coast was clear, he found that he liked the cave he came across and made it his permanent home. Since then, he has been hunting other lagomorphs for survival. He would disguise himself as the last victim he ate and go into the capital to find more food when he needed it. When he isn’t hunting, he inspects the items he collects as souvenirs from the bodies of his previous victims.

### Meeting Cosmo

One night, Zed was eating the remains of his recent hunt, when he heard someone approach his cave. Thinking it was another predator, he lashed out and fought the shorter lagomorph who was scared half to death. As he was winning the fight, the intruder whacked him against his head and he blacked out.

When he awoke, he found the same intruder sitting next to his body, nervously twiddling his thumbs. He introduced himself as Cosmo and apologized profusely for knocking him out. Cosmo told Zed that he meant him no harm, which was hard to believe, but he slowly accepted his apology and told him to leave in the morning. He left the stranger to his side of the cave as he went to finish his meal. Zed did not bother attacking Cosmo, he was already full and his head hurt a lot.

The next morning, Zed woke up earlier than Cosmo did. He was about to kick him awake when he noticed an open notebook next to the sleeping lagomorph. Out of curiosity, he picked it up and flipped through the pages. He did not understand the words written, but was captured by the drawings on each page. Suddenly, the notebook was ripped from his hands and was confronted with Cosmo berating him about going through people’s stuff without their permission. Zed ignored it and instead interrupted him with questions about the notebook. Soon, they both were talking about their completely different views on the world around them and Zed became interested in this stranger with his weird little book and his strange interests in those white specks in the night sky.

Zed did not know why, but he kind of liked talking to this guy. It was the first real conversation he’s ever had in a long time.

A year has passed since then, and Cosmo has been with him the whole time. He pretty much invited himself to stay and as much as Zed tried to make him leave, he couldn’t get rid of him. He was an annoying thing to get used to and adjust to, but he came to ‘tolerate’ him, or so he says.

## Trivia

* Zed cannot read or write, but he is slowly learning from Cosmo.
* Cosmo reads stories to him. When they are out in the capital, Cosmo would choose books for him or Zed will choose a book based on how appealing the cover art is to him.
* He hates being touched or pet.
* Zed has bitten Cosmo a few times.
* Zed eats only once a week. His species digests food very slowly, so he is usually full until next week.
* Zed doesn’t like being too far from his cave and doesn’t like getting lost or not knowing where his cave is.
* He always comments about how short Cosmo is. It’s not even to tease him, it’s out of genuine shock that comes off as teasing and it annoys Cosmo very much.