Backstory: lost a partner in a chase gone wrong. During his escape, Mauser recovered a piece of evidence (a note? a calling card? an inventory tag or a shipping label? a crate with words painted on it?) linking the seemingly commonplace burglary to a mysterious entity known as The Big Cheese, or perhaps simply to a warehouse by the docks that has some other data attached to it back at HQ which he later connects to the Cheese. Then the trail goes cold: the warehouse is empty, or the data are wrong, or a different gang takes the spotlight for a year, then two… but he never forgets his old pal Louie.
Police Captain Louie
Medium orange cat.
Night shift beat cop, late partner of Mauser, cheery guy.
After his death, rumors of a “ghost cop” begin to spring up around Tidyhole; would-be perpetrators occasionally found stone dead, covered in an inky black substance like tar. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to happen often enough to make much of a dent in the crime rate.
Uncle of Magician Cat
Detective Magician Cat
Nepotism hire at the Police Station. Works directly under Police Chief Mauser. Highly incompetent at both police work and parlor tricks.
Character arc: Wholesome chungus. Exposed to horrors. Becomes the Clockwork Orange guy. Nutty. Bit whacko. Twisted. Police Brutality Enjoyer (post-arc).
