Eniola the Margay

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## Eniola

**Eniola the Margay** is a member of the Efrika Egg Army, and serves under Efrika Sub-Boss Kerion Croc of the Shifting Sands Egg Base.

## Physical Description

A slender margay who stands a little bit over three feet tall, Eniola has a short muzzle, somewhat small, pointed ears that are Cyberized, and a relatively long, slender tail.

Her fur is primarily battery charged blue in color, with a white muzzle, eye markings, chest, and stomach, as well as cadmium blue tearlines, facial markings, Cyberized ears, and a collection of stripes and splotches decorating her back, shoulders, thighs, and tail. Her hair, which is straight and cut to her jawline, is mostly black in color, with carnation pink streaks dyed into it, and her eyes are android green in color.

## History

### Life as a Thief

Having been forced to fend for herself at a young age, Eniola grew up having to steal in order to survive; she mostly started out by stealing food and clothing and other basic necessities, but over time, she began to enjoy the thrill of the 'hunt', and started to steal more valuable and less necessary items, primarily in the form of jewelry. Whatever she didn't like enough to keep, she'd pawn off for cash, and keep the rest to enjoy for herself.

When she was sixteen years old, her skills in thievery ended up getting the attention of a few unscrupulous metal and tech brokers, and they contacted her with an offer; steal valuable scrap metal and tech from the Eggman Empire for them to pawn off, and she'd be paid 30% of the profit. Eniola was quick to agree to their offer; not only would it give her the adrenaline she enjoyed from pulling off successful thefts, but she'd be given a steady paycheck for her efforts with which to take care of herself.

Initially, she would target the various Badnik factories scattered around Efrika; her objective was to snatch up as much metal and Eggman tech as she could get her paws on. She pulled off each theft beautifully, and the brokers were delighted; Eniola ended up fostering a very strong relationship with them overall, and worked with them for roughly two years until that fateful day.

### The Failed Heist

One day, the unofficial leader of the brokers approached Eniola with a new and more difficult job; to pilfer tech directly from the Shifting Sands Egg Base. Should she be successful, her reward would be her pick of the technology she took, as well as 60% of the profit gained by selling the rest. The other brokers were very worried; stealing from active Badnik factories was risky enough, but targeting a base maintained by a Sub-boss? Despite their concerns, Eniola ignored all of it; she had let her successes get to her head, and she became quite cocky. The margay assured the leader that she wouldn't even break a sweat.

How wrong she was.

The other brokers had been right to be concerned; the Shifting Sands Egg Base was heavily fortified, and Badniks patrolled the outside frequently. Still, she was too proud to realize that she was in over her head; although she had somehow managed to sneak inside, an error born of arrogance ended up being her downfall. Eniola had ended up moving onto a ventilation grate that was too loose, and the primary reason she fell was because she fully expected the grate to hold her weight.

She ended up falling right on top of Tinashe, who yelped and alerted other Egg Soldiers in the process. They quickly had the intruding margay surrounded, and she was taken to Kerion for him to give the final verdict. Surprisingly, Kerion found Eniola's brash attempt to invade his base with virtually no help both impressive and hysterical. Of course, he had no intention on letting her go freely for her crime, and so he gave her an ultimatum; she could either be Cyberized and serve the Eggman Empire, or be sent directly to the mad doctor, where her fate would likely be far more dire, as he would *not* take kindly to her attempted theft...

Eniola was still shaken up by her failure; *"it shouldn't have gone like this,"* she had thought to herself, *"I should've been able to pull this off!"*. Practically in shock over the situation, unable to fathom how her broker friends would react, and well aware that one evil far outweighed the other, she blindly agreed to the Cyberization rather than sent to Dr. Eggman; she wasn't *that* stupid. Kerion was pleased, and quickly had her taken away to be Cyberized.

### Aftermath

Of course, her broker friends, were immediately losing hope that Eniola would return; although they had started out as business partners only, the brokers had empathized with the margay, being young adult outcasts just looking to make quick money themselves; they were nigh family at this point in time. Although they initially blamed their 'leader', the obvious knowledge of Eniola readily agreeing to the job soon took its place; after all, the leader *never* forced Eniola to work, she just happened to be the best at stealing, rather than negotiations for buying and selling the goods.

Eniola, meanwhile, slowly recovered from the shock of what had happened. All kinds of negative thoughts swirled about in her mind; how she had failed her job and her family so colossally, how she had crumbled in front of that brute Kerion, how she had basically abandoned her family... *that* quickly became what hurt her most of all. Despite her mental turmoil, she did her absolute best to not let her true feelings show to anyone, instead putting on a facade of her old personality; brash, cocky, and loud.

She generally got along decently well with the other soldiers, although a couple found her personality to be quite grating. However, perhaps due to that fateful fall from the vent, Eniola slowly ended up connecting with Tinashe a fair bit more than the other Egg Soldiers. And because of this, the fox ended up seeing through the margay's mask.

### A Friendship Forged

When her ruse was found out, Eniola ended up getting a bit distant from Tinashe, although truthfully, this phase did not last long; eventually, Tinashe had managed to persuade the margay to open up by spilling her backstory to her. She told her about how she had foolishly believed Kerion's lie about how he wanted to improve the quality of life on Efrika by command of the Eggman Empire, and both her and her friend Yohannes had willingly become Egg Soldiers. Of course, the pair had been duped.

Luckily, this heart-to-heart as enough to convince Eniola to trust Tinashe, and she spilled her whole backstory in return. The gentle fox was considerably compassionate, but at first, she wasn't too sure how to cheer her friend up. Eventually, however, a thought came to her head; clearly neither of them liked working for Kerion Croc and, by extension, Dr. Eggman himself... perhaps, even though the two were certainly trapped, probably for good, they could at least find a way to subtly sabotage his operations from within?

To Tinashe's surprise, Eniola seemed considerably excited by this idea; perhaps, in her mind, it was both a means of getting revenge on Kerion specifically for humiliating her, and a way to hopefully keep Eggman from harming the family that she had left behind. And for Tinashe, this was the push she needed to start being more proactive in her situation.

## Abilities

Eniola is a reasonably strong combatant who primarily relies on her agility to strike hard and fast, while also making sure not to linger near the enemy for too long. She wields an Energy Stave as her weapon of choice, fitted with a core of refined Algidite in order to give her attacks with said weapon an ice-aligned punch. She also carries a laser rifle with her for backup, but doesn't like to rely on it heavily.

Being a feline, she has impeccable eyesight and hearing, the with both being bolstered further by her Cybernetic enhancements, which allow her to tune into noises from miles away and have access to exceptional night vision in particular. She has sharp claws and teeth which can make for formidable natural weapons, and, being a margay, she is an incredibly skilled climber, able to scale walls, trees, pretty much anything with ease, so long as it's not slippery.

Due to her extensive history of being an accomplished thief by trade, Eniola is more than capable of being incredibly stealthy, and is very skilled at sneaking into places unnoticed.

### Genetic Ability: Limber

This Genetic Ability manifests in the form of an unusual muscle structure that does not lock up when hit by an Electric-aligned attack; while Eniola will still take damage from the attack, this makes her practically immune to the common secondary effect of paralysis. However, it does not protect her from any paralysis induced by severed nerves or a severed spinal cord.

### Strengths/Resistances

Eniola has no specific resistances to any Elements or energy-types. She is quite fast, and can easily outpace slower foes and evade their attacks.

### Weaknesses

Eniola has no specific weaknesses to any Elements or energy-types. Her defenses aren't anything special, therefore she mostly relies on her agility to try and evade potentially devastating attacks. Her highly sensitive ears leave her vulnerable to extremely loud and piercing noises; these can incapacitate her. Additionally, her cocky nature can cause her to underestimate her opponents sometimes, and she's not the best at being verbally persuasive.

## Friends and Foes

### Friends/Allies

* **The Eggman Empire** -
	+ **Efrika Egg Army** -
		- **Bamidele the Kudu** -
		- **Tinashe the Fox** - The two are actually very good friends, with Eniola often bringing up the humorous way in which they first met. Tinashe was responsible for helping Eniola to regain most of her extroverted and optimistic old nature back.
		- **Fredrik the Rhino** -
		- **Yohannes the Tenrec** -
		- **Yerodin the Anomalure** -
		- **Tyrus the Lemur** -
* **Tech Brokers** - The freelance scrap metal and tech brokers that approached Eniola with the offer to work for them and be paid in the process; the now group of four ended up becoming close as family after a while.
	+ **Jumaane the Python** -
	+ **Yamikani the Ferret** -
	+ **Ahmadu the Crane** -

### Enemies

* **Egg Ruin Renegades** -
* **Efrika Plains Freedom Fighters** -
* **Sharpshoot Hyena Clan** -

## Personality

Outspoken and extroverted, Eniola is typically an interesting person to be around, and there's rarely a dull moment with her. She enjoys being around her friends, and often drags them into her shenanigans just for fun. She's also rather impulsive, rarely thinking before she acts, and she's also a bit of a kleptomaniac as well.

She has a tendency to be somewhat abrasive and blunt, and is also a touch short-tempered, often becoming huffy and aggressive when her anger is aroused; she's likely to insult and harass whoever made her angry in the first place, as well. She's also very prideful and competitive in nature, and will become angry if she thinks her pride is being challenged in any way.

Eniola has a very bad habit of bottling up her emotions, and, although she's in a much better mental space now compared to when she was first forced to serve Kerion, if she's not feeling well in a mental sense, she'll put up that old facade of her old personality. She's gotten better at maintaining it and making it less flawed, and sometimes only Tinashe can see past this emotional veil of hers.

### Positive Traits

* Extroverted
* Loyal

### Neutral Traits

* Sassy
* Sarcastic

### Negative Traits

* Somewhat abrasive
* Cocky
* Impulsive