GRIOT NEXUS — Cinema OS

IDENTITY

◆Canonical identity

NARRATIVE DNA

◆Story role, motivation & secrets

Purpose: Naomi's stray cat, the only creature she reliably feeds on time. He is the film's small measure of whether she is coping.
Want: Warm lap; fish
Need: Company
Stated motive: —
True motive: Cat things
Greatest fear: Suitcases
False belief: —
Truth to learn: —
Secrets: Sleeps on Naomi's mother's cardigan

VOICE

◆Voice identity

VISUAL DNA

◆Biology, face, body & movement

Skin direction: specific natural skin range derived from ancestry, environment, and age
Age direction: Believable 6-year-old, avoiding both younger glamorization and exaggerated aging.
Hair direction: Natural hair possibilities must follow ancestry, climate, grooming habits, occupation, and story context; no locked hairstyle until continuity lock.
Body frame: believable adult frame shaped by occupation, climate, sleep, and daily routine
Posture: Derived from occupation, fatigue, confidence, climate, and relationship context; variants should track story arc stage.
Hands: Hands must reflect work history, care habits, and age, with close-up reference required before final rigging.
Movement: super — companion animal-appropriate expression built through behavior, not anatomy claims
Face state: soft_continuity

VISUAL ARC

◆Appearance continuity

Beginning: Baseline appearance before full story pressure.
Middle: Visible stress and adaptation increase while identity remains consistent.
Lowest point: Temporary deterioration only; do not change permanent anatomy.
Ending: Transformation expressed through grooming, posture, eye contact, and movement.

CONSTRAINTS

◆Story & cultural safeguards

Physical facts: Adult cat. Grey tabby with a white chest (story-relevant to identification across scenes).
Occupation effects: Occupation: Cat — Codex owns implications for body/hand/posture/movement.
Cultural notes: Peckham feral origins
Avoid: symbol-only-cat
Never change: age · ancestry · gender · language-channel identity

READINESS

◆Production state

RELATIONSHIPS

◆Character network