New character description... 
 
Name:   Perfume 
 
Age:    4       Physical age of 16 as human 
 
Sex:    Female in both forms 
 
Form (Original):        Cat (Neko) 
 
Form (Cursed):          Human (Girl) 
 
Martial Arts Fighting Style:    Cat fighting...a.k.a. Cat-Fu or The Cat
Fist 
 
Description of Original Form: 
        In her cat form, Perfume very closely resembles Shampoo's cat form.

Her markings are almost exact, the coloration is identical, however,
Perfume 
is missing the decorative "balls" that Shampoo wears in her fur/hair. 
 
Description of Cursed Form: 
        In her girl form, being that Perfume had fallen into the same
spring 
as Ranma had, looks identical to Ranma's girl form except for the hair
style, 
which more resembles Akane's and is shoulder length. 
 
Background (Translated from cat tongue): 
        Imagine one day your basking in Mother Nature's beautiful sun,  
enjoying the heat that pelts down on your fur.  It was a summer day as I  
recall.  I was a stray, so naturally I was nowhere near a place I could
call 
home. 
        Well, anyhow...being a stray, I had to fend for my food, water,  
shelter and life.  So there I was, minding my own business, soaking in some

rays, taking in a cool breeze blowing off these little ponds when I was  
chased off by some human. 
        Later, I found myself more drawn to these ponds.  Namely because I 
was thristy.  I walked up to one, dipped my head to drink when a wild boar 
came after me.  Frightened, I leapt into the air, backwards.  The man who 
had chased me off earlier came out of a small structure and fought the boar

off and had managed to get it away from the springs. 
        Seeing this, I wondered what was so special about these springs.  I

found out three seconds later as I splashed down into one of them.  I  
somehow managed to crawl out of the pond, but when I opened my eyes, I  
noticed that I wasn't as close to the ground as I usually was.  That was 
when the man came over to me and started to rattle off something in his  
tongue. 
        Something to the effect of "Uh oh...you fall into 'Spring of
Drowned 
Girl', very tragic story..." yada yada yada...he went on...I didn't  
understand a thing he was saying.  That was when I stood up...Only thing
was 
I had actually managed to stand on my hind legs and I was looking this
human 
straight in the face.  I dropped back down to the ground, walked over to
the 
pond and looked in at my reflection only to see a human female staring back
 
at me!  I freaked! 
        Well, this human man, took me in.  Taught me some human ways and
some 
of a language called Chinese and Japanese.  Two years had passed, and I  
soon found myself wanting to wander again.  I found myself drawn here, for 
some odd reason, to Japan.  Really neat place.  Unfortunately, I still
don't 
have all the human mannerisms down yet, I prefer being myself anyhow.  Not 
like I asked to be a human...I does have its advantages though, I'll admit.

        Still, some of the people I have met act really weird around me, no

matter what form I'm in.  Still, I try to stay cat, but no matter how hard
I 
try, I wind up becoming human again.  Well, that's basically my story.  For

the more complete and full side of my life, watch for an upcoming fanfic. 
 
Speech: 
        Perfume, being a cat originally, can only speak cat tongue
fluently. 
She can speak a bit of Japanese, as much as Shampoo did in her first  
appearance.  Being that she was brought up by The Juesnkyo Guide, she can  
speak more of Chinese than Japanese.  When speaking either language, it is 
extremely broken. 
 
Demenor: 
        Perfume is a cat, so naturally, she will act like one in times of 
stress, fear, hatred, fights, when she changes into a human and doesn't   
and when in cat form (duh!).  The Guide will have attempted to teach her  
some of the human ways, but cats usually don't take to training too well. 
 
 
-- 
 
Craig Vincent a.k.a. Greg Thompson <AkoMagami@usa.pipeline.com> 
 
Member, Red-Head Anime Girls Fan Club 
Co-Founder and High Priest of The Holy Order of A-ko 
            -----Folder of the Holy Fuku----- 
Co-author of Project A-ko:  The College Years