From a backwater planet in an uninhabited wing of the galaxy, aboard a ship that's always just barely not falling apart, comes the walking half of the tailmouth pair, California! The name 'California' was picked out from a snippet of overheard English conversation during her early years of hitchhiking. She liked how it sounded, and needed something more pronounceable by non-tailmouths than her traditional name, so she just started telling everybody that it was her name. It worked, and now everybody asks her if she's named after the state. She's still never been there.

Years ago, Cali and Fume made an awful mistake, leaving their home planet in search of fame and fortune, and finding neither. Cali can't seem to keep money around long enough to do anything meaningful with it, and what little cash isn't immediately spent goes straight to keeping their ship afloat. They don't exactly seek out excitement and adventure, it just so happens that the best-paying jobs are dangerous, and the untaken ones are deadly.

The Tangerine is Cali and Fume's spaceship, but it's much more than that. It's their pride and joy - their home, their transport, their job, and their primary money sink. But they wouldn't have it any other way. There isn't a plate or wire aboard the craft that hasn't been modified or replaced, and the pair remembers them all. The flight deck looks like a pile of screens, control panels, and wires, Cali and Fume know every last one by heart. In fact, the controls are customized to be more easily operated by a tailmouth pair than by a normal humanoid; other species would have immense trouble trying to fly the Tangerine, and not just because only half the buttons are labeled. Or work. Until further notice, The Tangerine has been completely demolished, with no parts salvaged.

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Tailmouths are symbiotic creatures that almost exclusively live on a single, forested planet. The humanoid body and the 'mouth-tail' are, in fact, separate beings with their own thoughts and emotions. They do share a bloodstream, skeleton, and slight mental connection. The humanoid supplies movement via legs, excellent hearing, and intelligence, while the mouth-tail provides protection in the form of physical strength and Very Big Teeth. However, their relationship goes much deeper than give-and-take. The bond between the two halves of a tailmouth is not exactly romantic, not exactly platonic. Closer than a person and their dog. Closer, even, than a person and their best friend. The words that tailmouths use to describe it don't have any English equivalents.

Fume is the muscle to California's brains. What he lacks in feet, eyes, ears, and face, he makes up for in bite. While he's friendly to those that Cali is friendly to, he can be outright vicious to those who present a threat. However, get on his good side and you'll find that he's a big ol' softie who loves being scritched, petted, and given food.