Biff (Cat)

Biff before Luca got a hold of him

### Relatives

Bobkin (Father), Belina (Mother), and siblings: Bambi, Bosco, Butters, Bumble, and Binky.

Biff Merrik is a former block cat who was adopted by Reaver and Killian, after Killian became concerned that Biff would die once he moved in with Reaver. This was because Killian had fed Biff so much he'd become chunky, and may no longer be able to hunt for himself or prevent other cats from stealing his food. Biff became a permanent house cat in Reaver's basement after that, until an ill fated night had Biff being moved from Reaver's basement to Olympus. Biff is now being taken care of by Elish's sengil Luca, and although he's still technically Reaver and Killian's cat, Luca will draw blood before anyone takes Biff from him.

But even before being adopted, Biff led an interesting life. Born as stray to his parents Bobkin, a grey and white tom cat who abandoned his family shortly after, and mother Belina, a brown tabby turned single mother, Biff was reared inside an abandoned building in Nyx with his two brothers and three sisters: Bambi, Bosco, Butters, Bumble, and Binky. With fallen wood beams and rotting mattresses as his scratching post and a pile of cardboard boxes as his cat bed, Biff grew up with a hard nose and he and his clowder did what had to be done to survive. Biff first turned to petty crime, raiding garbage cans for food, stealing whatever he could eat from open windows, and assaulting other cats for scraps, but eventually his lack of positive tom cat influence and a system built to keep him down, had Biff turning towards bigger crimes.

On August 21st 229 A.F, at the tender, innocent age of three, Biff and his brother Bosco and sister Bumble put into action a planned heist that would send a shockwave through not just his clowder, but clowders all across Nyx. This heist was of a delivery truck full of white fish, the driver inside a Morosian just trying to get through his day. The driver, name redacted for protection, stopped in front of the restaurant 'Fat Burger' and began unloading that week's fish supply via metal carts. Although trained not to speak to anyone approaching him, [REDACTED] was distracted by Bumble, later claiming he was powerless to resist her invitation for a belly rub. Unfortunately, while rubbing Bumble's belly, Biff and Bosco jumped into the truck, grabbed a white fish each, and took off running.

Immediately they were spotted. [Redacted] gave chase, and frightened by the commotion, Bosco dropped his fish and ran out into traffic. In front of Biff's eyes, Bosco was clipped by a passing thien car where he was tossed into the air, landing crooked on his side and sustaining many injuries including a broken back leg. But although injured, Bosco ran off, and once securing the fish, Biff and Bumble followed their brother back to the abandoned building.

Bosco was in a bad state, but their family knew that there was no taking Bosco to the vet for medical help. If they showed their cute faces outside this building, the theins would be on them in a second. Surely all of Skyfall was hunting them. They were wanted cats, fugitives (or mewgitives if you will), and the fact that it was a thien car that had hit Bosco... well, the pawprints were on the walls, thiens weren't there to protect you. All they could do was sneak out at night to hunt and scavenge, and bring back what they could for Bosco, who was growing weaker by the day.

Then it started. At first, Bambi disappeared, then Binky, then Biff's own mother. One by one, Biff's family vanished in front of his eyes, going out to hunt, only to never return. This had Biff afraid to go outside, not wanting to leave his brother's side, but two days later and Bosco was listless, starving, and Biff knew he had no choice. He ventured outside, only to smell something incredible almost immediately. It was a can of real cat food, but it was inside of a strange metal container. Without hesitation, Biff walked in and began eating, only to hear a clang, and when he tried to turn and run... there was no exit. Biff had been trapped. Biff, knowing his days of freedom were over, because a jury would never go easy on a street cat fugitive (mewgitive), meowed a mournful meow, and coming from inside the building, just as strange men walked out from behind a station wagon, a return meow was heard from Bosco.

Biff was then thrown inside of a truck where the most terrorizing several days took place. At first he was tortured by a man in a white coat. This man forced his mouth open, shone lights in his eyes, poked and prodded him, stuck him with sharp things, and even put a cold metal stick up his bottom. After, he was forced to sleep, and woke up to the worst thing imaginable, his cathood had been taken from him.

But there was a silvertabby lining, Biff woke up to Bosco beside him. Bosco now had a blue cast on his paw, and a tube coming out of it. He smelled different, and was very clean, but Biff was happy to see that he looked better, and that he also had had his cathood snipped off so Biff didn't have to suffer such injustice alone. Soon, Biff was reunited with his entire family, and they spent a week inside of a communal cage where they received some of the best food around. Men and women also came to pet them, and although Biff was resistant at first, having only allowed pets when the person in question was eating something, he soon tolerated the attention.

Then they were taken from that communal cage and Biff was given a green biscuit that made him feel tired. He curled up and slept in a pile with his family, and the next thing he knew, Biff was waking up to a whole new world. This world smelled strange, was full of abandoned buildings, rusted cars, dirt roads, smelly humans and barking big dogs behind cages. At first he was wary, but after realizing this place came with free kibble and a big long trough of water, he settled in.

And just a couple years later, he met a human who fed him better than he'd ever been fed before, and when that human gave him pets, they were the best pets, and when that human made him a den to sleep in with a bed of warm blankets, that was the best bed.

And Biff's life has gotten better ever since meeting that man with the yellow hair. Eventually, that man disappeared with the dark-haired one, but in his place was a new yellow-haired man who has so far given him the best food he's ever tasted, the cleanest water, and not just a bed, but three beds, a post to scratch on, catnip, toys, and pets and scratches whenever he wants. He misses his cat family now that he's living up in the sky, but there is also relief there, considering he now owns a colourful array of vests and bowties. He likes how they make him look, but knows if his siblings saw him that they would never let him live it down.

So in conclusion, for Biff Merrik, owner of Reaver, Killian, Luca, and Elish, life is good.

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