Nickname
Jianyu actually wasn't called Jianyu for
the first few weeks of his life. The staff
of the inner court didn't really know what
to name him, so they just called him
Xiǎo-lóng, or little dragon, after the little
nubs he sported under his limbs and cheeks.
Although, after that time period, Jianyu
actually indirectly chose his own name by
not responding to "Xiaolong." At this point
in his life he can't even recall the reason
behind why he did that, let alone the
moments where he shunned Xiaolong as
a name, but the staff likes to tease him
about how Jianyu was smart enough to
want to control his /own/ fate and have
a big, strong name. His little spikes never
did seem to grow very long.
Name
While Jianyu operates in an analytical manner,
he, surprisingly, rarely lives up to such a strong
name. "Building the universe" seems much more
appropriate for a natural leader, who Jianyu is
not. He's actually fairly fragile physically
since he's never had to fight a day in his life.
Not to mention, he's also still considered the
baby of the staff's family, so he's never had to
manage or lead anything either. Instead of
embodying the dragon he was first named after,
he acts more akin to a panda.
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Relationships with other Viscets
(In this little AU at least, with humans and
viscets coexisting) Jianyu has never personally
met or even fully seen another viscet. There
were close calls though, since there was one
memorable occasion where he visited a section
of the great wall and saw a glimpse of glowing
eyes and a large, impressive mane in the
surrounding forests. He knows that there are
domesticated viscets out there, but large pets
aren't really welcome in Beijing; Jianyu is a
bit of a special case though, since no one views
him as a pet. His world view is alarmingly
stunted, even with the variety of people he
sees day by day. Then again, it is only a
matter of time.
Favorite Place in the City
The Inner Court gardens, of course. He's not
allowed to drink from any of the water in
the gardens due to the tap water being
questionable and lowish budget, but since
he likes to be in the water sometimes the
staff does replace the water periodically
nowadays. The air pollution is also not as
bad due to the trees, so on really smoggy
days he just sleeps with an animal
respirator under gnarled branches. Most
of the shops are there too so admittedly
he bums off of tourists. He loves anything
with peanuts in it.
Language
Another fact about him is that he understands
snippets of over ten different languages in
addition to Chinese (and to a certain extent
English), which he knows pretty fluently.
He can also speak them but no one other
than the staff knows since he's able to get
his point across through simple vocalizations.