Rodent Rumpus
In the innerworld narrative, a bunch of mice and rats lived in a house inhabited by humans and cats. The rodents feared the cats, but they also held distrust towards each other at best and animosity towards each other at worst.
However, the mice and rats eventually learned that their real enemies were not each other but rather the cats, and they ended up cooperating with each other in a narrative that reflected how the Unification would go in 2025.
During the Unification, the humans left the house and took the cats with them, but left behind a hamster no one knew about. It was discovered that, in addition to the mice and rats, there was also at least one hamster that was being mistreated by the humans and that embodies our childhood trauma. Additionally, this is also the part of the system that the Narnian talking rodents - including mice, rats, and (wild) hamsters - join into when they properly rejoin the system.
est. ~2003
they/xey/sie/it 🟋 31 🟋 mouse 🟋 genderqueer gay butch lesbian
🟆 roles: identity holder, delight, performer, socializer
🟆 source: Clutch (Ragweed, Avi book)
🟆 likes: karaoke, food, gender coining, web design
🟆 F/Os: Anya (romantic)
🟆 in-system relationships: Spike (romantic)
🟆 notes: Sourced from a butch GNC woman mouse character from a book from our childhood who canonically has dyed hair and is in a band.
est. 2008
he/it/neos 🟋 31 🟋 rat 🟋 straight aroace man
🟆 roles: manager, errand runner, caretaker, ambassador, protector
🟆 source: Justin (Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH)
🟆 likes: cooking, nature, books, coffee
🟆 in-system relationships: Tanya (queerplatonic, wife)
🟆 notes: A fictive of Justin the rat from the book (not movie) of Rats of NIMH. Its split into the system was the catalyst for the mice and rats beginning to work together.
est. ~2002
he/it/neos 🟋 adult 🟋 Narnian talking mouse 🟋 unlabeled
🟆 roles: protector, caretaker, amnesia manager
🟆 source: Reepicheep (The Chronicles of Narnia)
🟆 likes: books, animals, routines, nature
🟆 notes: While its full roles in the system are unknown, he is believed to have maintained amnesia for the rodents of traumatic things both offline and online, as well as their awareness of other parts of the system experiencing trauma.
est. ~2020
he/it/rat/neos 🟋 31 🟋 rat 🟋 ratgender veldian
🟆 roles: cook, alterhumanity holder, humorist, socializer, syspet, delight
🟆 source: Remy (Ratatouille, semi-fictive)
🟆 likes: food, culture, shitposts, the internet
🟆 in-system relationships: Disorder (platonic, owner)
🟆 notes: Based on Remy from Ratatouille but in a more realistic universe where he couldn't actually learn to cook because he was a rat. However, he was a rat in New York City and was therefore more aware of foods from a variety of cultures, and he relates to our interest in cooking foods from around the world.
est. 2025
he/it/squeak/they/neos 🟋 31 🟋 teddy bear hamster 🟋 neogender alloace veldian
🟆 roles: charge, DPD holder, trauma holder, syspet, sysregressor
🟆 source: build-a-headmate
🟆 likes: plushes, pet care, nature, cartoons
🟆 notes: While Rusty properly took his current form in 2025 based on a build-a-headmate template, he is likely an elaboration of a fragment from much earlier that represented the physical aspect of our trauma separate from the sexual aspect. He is a male hamster that was bred with a female hamster in his timeline, and Vani has NPC/fragment baby hamsters that he takes care of, so in our system, the baby hamsters are Rusty's babies.
est. 1990s
she/it/neos 🟋 31 🟋 mouse 🟋 aroace straight woman
🟆 roles: delight, protector, webmistress, morality holder, cook, familial headmate, ambassador, caretaker
🟆 source: Tanya Mousekewitz (An American Tail)
🟆 likes: food, web design, plushes, history
🟆 in-system relationships: Justin (queerplatonic, husband), Vyvian (familial, brother), Trevor (familial, brother), Vitani (familial, cousin/sister), Nala (familial, sister)
🟆 notes: One of our very oldest alters who split for uncertain reasons but that may have had to do with us not growing up with an older sibling and projecting onto Tanya as an older sister figure.