kinstuff, the kittens
Brill basically showed up to keep me sane while we were dealing with the Kittenpocalypse. :) She was based on Oyster, an ABSOLUTELY FUCKING GORGEOUS sweetie of an Aussie Shepherd I met at the local craft beer shop.
Her backstory is slowly evolving, but so far I'm pretty sure she's from some kind of Buffyverse-like hellworld, and is probably the result of some Slayer type magically merging with her beloved guard dog. She's a shaggy punk with a maternal streak and a foul mouth, and I love her so much.
I desperately needed someone who could do CALM AND COLLECTED in the midst of a crisis. Tigers, zebras, raccoons... ain't that. =n.n;=