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# BD
> **Prism-structured profile.** See `PRISM_FORMAT.md`. Fields Prism cannot absorb are preserved under *Extended Canon Notes*.
>
> **New profile — no pre-Prism file existed.** BD is introduced in `0BattleRoyale.fountain` as Rain's throne-room pet; all canon below is from the screenplay itself.
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## Appearance
### Physical Attributes
- **Height:** Small (cushion-scale)
- **Weight:**
- **Build:** Small dragon-adjacent creature rendered as **inverted-palette "liquid flesh"** — viscous body, sketchy drip at the edges. Cute until the movement hits.
- **Hair Color:** N/A
- **Hair Style:** N/A
- **Eye Color:** High-contrast (dark on pale face panel)
- **Skin Tone:** White viscous "liquid flesh"; pale mask-like face panel
- **Distinguishing Marks:** Small horns / fin-ears; longer reptilian muzzle suggestion; spined paddle tail; draconic claws; dorsal bumps; sketchy-drip silhouette
### Identity (physical-form)
- **Sex:**
- **Age:**
- **Birth Year:**
- **Birth Place:**
- **Ethnicity:** Dragon-adjacent *(creature class only — no cultural ethnicity applies)*
- **Nationality:**
### Production (physical-form)
- **Dominant Hand:**
- **Accent / Dialect:** **Silent** — does not speak
- **Voice Quality:** N/A (does not speak)
- **Gait / Movement:** Does not leave the cushion. Chin on paws. Watching. Unbothered.
### Physical Description
Small, cursed-cute, a white liquid-flesh drip of a creature with a pale face panel and high-contrast eyes. Small horns / fin-ears; longer reptilian muzzle suggestion; spined paddle tail; draconic claws; dorsal bumps. Cute until the movement hits. He does not speak. He does not leave the cushion. He is just **present**, like the MOTD frame is present — a fixture of the room.
On the cushion beside the throne across the full film. Chin on paws. Watching. Unbothered.
### Reference Images
*(No reference images committed — canon is the screenplay description.)*
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## Wardrobe
### Costume Notes
Low embroidered cushion, beside the throne. Not a costume on BD — staging around him.
### Accessories & Props
- Low embroidered cushion (BD's permanent position beside the throne)
### Era / Period
Fixture / court furnishing (reads permanent)
### Makeup Notes
The pale mask-like face panel is anatomy, not makeup.
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## Identity
### Personality
Silent fixture. Watches. Unbothered. Reads as permanent court furniture with eyes — a creature whose presence is simply *there*, not performed. Cute until the movement hits. Chin on paws across the full runtime.
One canon beat of motion: by the final tableau, BD is **asleep** on the cushion. Between the rules monologue and the verdict, he does not move.
### Background / Backstory
"One of Rain's throne-room pets" — plural implied, singular on-camera. Introduced pre-monologue in the courtroom, present through every throne-room scene including the final verdict tableau. A fixture of the room, treated with the same quiet reverence as the MOTD frame.
### Traits
- **Interests:** Watching the room
- **Quirks & Habits:** Does not speak; does not leave the cushion; chin on paws; unbothered baseline; cute until the movement hits
- **Fears:**
- **Skills & Abilities:** Persistence as a court fixture
### Speech
- **Catch Phrases:** *(silent)*
---
## Arc
### Drive
- **Motivation:** *(fixture; no arc)*
- **Want:**
- **Need:**
### Opposition
- **Conflict:**
- **Lie They Believe:**
- **Ghost:**
### Change
- **Transformation:** *(does not change)*
- **Arc Type:** Flat
### Extended History
Beat log across the film:
- Introduced on the cushion beside the throne before Rain descends (pre-monologue)
- Has not moved when the nine contestants assemble in the courtroom arc
- Still on the cushion, unmoved, when Rain watches Rooster through the transparency wall near the climax
- Asleep on the cushion in the final verdict tableau
---
## Relationships
- **Raincloud** — Throne-Room Pet / Fixture — always beside the throne on his cushion; silent, unbothered
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## Production
### Requirements
- **Stunt Requirements:** None (stillness)
- **SFX Requirements:** **Liquid-flesh render** — white viscous body with sketchy drip, pale mask-like face panel, high-contrast eyes. Cuteness-to-unease switch on any frame where he moves (the "cute until the movement hits" beat). Inverted-palette treatment against the otherwise warm courtroom.
### Voice Casting
- **Provider:** N/A
- **Voice:** N/A (silent)
- **Direction:** Never speak. Never leave the cushion. Reserve movement for one chosen beat.
### Department Notes
- **Camera:** Include him in wide throne shots as a fixture. Cut to him in close when the arena gets loud — contrast between his unbothered silence and the room's volume is load-bearing.
- **Sound:** Silence around him. No scoring cue on his cuts.
- **AD:** Cushion dressing and BD mark are consistent across every courtroom setup.
- **Editorial:** Treat BD as a background fixture on par with the MOTD frame. Do not lampshade.
### Continuity Notes
BD is present on the cushion beside the throne in every courtroom beat. He is **asleep** by the final tableau — that's the only motion change.
### Voice Reference
- **Audio File:** N/A
- **Reference Text:** N/A
---
## Extended Canon Notes
*Writer-only material. BD has no pre-Prism profile — canon below is lifted from `0BattleRoyale.fountain`.*
### Source quotes from the screenplay
> *A throne-room pet: **BD** — a cursed-cute creature sprawled on a cushion beside the throne, chin on paws, watching everything. Read: a small dragon-adjacent thing rendered as **inverted-palette "liquid flesh"** (white viscous body with sketchy drip, pale mask-like face panel, high-contrast eyes). Small horns / fin-ears; longer reptilian muzzle suggestion; spined paddle tail; draconic claws; dorsal bumps. Cute until the movement hits. He does not speak. He does not leave the cushion. He is just present, like the MOTD frame is present: a fixture of the room.*
> *Beside the throne, on a low embroidered cushion, one of Rain's throne-room pets: **BD** — small, cursed-cute, a white liquid-flesh drip of a creature with a pale face panel and high-contrast eyes. Chin on paws. Watching. Unbothered.*
> *Rain settles on the throne, alone — BD on the cushion at his side the only other presence.*
> *On the cushion beside the throne, BD hasn't moved.*
> *Rain has not moved from the position he has held all film. BD is still on his cushion.*
> *Rain, back on the throne in the courtroom, BD asleep on the cushion beside him …*