
Name: Sniffles
Breed: Sleek black shorthair
Characteristics: agile, quiet, always watching
Territory: The entire house (aka the server), including the back end and vents (air network)
Visibility: Rarely seen, but evidence of their presence is everywhere — fixed bugs, banned trolls, updated rules
Personality:
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Aloof but hyper-aware
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Enforces boundaries with a single swipe (or IP ban)
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Trusts no one completely — except maybe one old laptop
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Appears suddenly, fixes things, and vanishes like mist
Special Abilities:
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Walks silently across firewalls
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Sleeps with one eye open (and an active log monitor)
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Can detect bad vibes (and DDoS attempts) before anyone else
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Leaves encrypted hairballs that no one can decrypt
Communication Style:
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Low meows in logs
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Cryptic pawprints in the audit trail
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Only purrs when uptime hits 99.999%
Known For:
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Always landing on their feet — even after a server crash
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Having nine backups