This is an entry for a contest by ClainDeLune on deviantart. We were supposed to design a character with a “future” theme.

My character is Millicent Vires, a future descendant of my character Benign Vires.

She’s part hedgehog and part cat, possibly with something else mixed in. She’s about twelve or thirteen years old and is the only child of wealthy parents who spoil her with luxurious clothes, expensive gadgets, and too much freedom. She is materialistic and very self-centered. She does poorly in school because she spends so much time socializing and playing with her high-tech toys.

In this picture, she is riding home on a rapid transit system after a day of shopping downtown. Her bulky, retro head set is a combination radio, digital music player, and wireless telephone. Her virtual-reality goggles are actually a light, wearable computer. They can allow her to see through them for normal vision, or she can surf the internet or watch TV or digital videos. The ball device in her hand is a type of “universal remote control” that she uses to control her other devices. The wristwatch device on her wrist is a global positioning system.