Felix Griffin

Felix Griffin is a character that appears in Mask of Deceit, Haunting Memories, Agent Files and Council of Crime. He works alongside Interpol as a researcher with an extensive knowledge on serial killers, although he is infamous for making many simple and humiliating mistakes.

Appearance
Felix has light blue hair, his eyes being a dark sea blue. Freckles adorn his cheeks. He wears a white lab coat (which he rarely mentions belonged to his father) and his shirt, along with the rest of his clothes, are black.

Personality
Felix comes across as a goofy and bubbly character who is always smiling. He rarely shows any sign of negative emotions, no matter how heavy the current situation is. He often ends up being the mediator when fights occur. Despite all this, Felix is easily confused by the smallest things and will often need something explaining in great detail before he understands. Felix is also clumsy; he is chastised for his countless mistakes that he swears to reconcile, but either never does or messes up even more. Felix is physically weak, and is unable to stand up for himself, especially in his childhood.

Underneath this cheery exterior, however, Felix holds large grudges against the people around him for bullying him. He treies his best to hide his pain, but will snap if the pressure gets too much. He never tells other people about his troubles and his emotions as he believes that would be putting a burden onto someone else. He also suffers from low self-esteem and thinks of himself as worthless, even calling himself 'trash' in front of Kotoko in Haunting Memories. He is desperate for his co-workers to respect him, but is also used to being a subject of hate.

Before the Story
Felix's parents were scientists, although they were always working and never home, so Felix was left in the care of his uncle. Felix's uncle never paid much attention to his nephew, so Felix was left to his own devices the majority of the time. Felix visited his parents at their work often in hopes of assisting them with their work, but even then he was ignored. On one occasion, when he was eight years old, the building exploded. Felix witnessed this explosion and recieved grave burns and other injuries, but the only side effect that could not be removed was the condition that Felix developed because of the explosion: hyperacusis.

Quotes
- "Felix! Felix Griffin! As you can probably tell, I'm a researcher. We're here for the same thing, you know! So... can I help you out with this?!"

- "I know that you're currently looking into Genocide Jack, like me! The both of us were drawn to this case because of Jack's involvement in it, right?"

- "Like I said, I know all sorts! I've done my fair share of research on Jack and I'm pretty much an expert, so I can help you out with this! Heck, I've just looked at that photo you have there and I can already see tons of things wrong with it! So can I help out? Please?"

- "You can't use that trick on me! I know about you Interpol agents and your fancy-dancy codenames! Come on, tell me your real name!" (pleading Julia Kirigiri to unveil her real name)

Trivia
- Felix developed hyperacusis after witnessing the explosion that killed his parents, meaning that he is sensitive to loud noises and will collapse if a noise gets too high.

- Felix originally wore a lab coat because his beta occupation was related to science. However, when his occpuation was changed, the lab coat had a different meaning: he wears it in remembrance of his deceased parents.

- Felix means 'lucky' in Latin, which is ironic to his character as his life has been thoroughly unlucky; having unloving relatives, witnessing the explosions that killed his parents, developing a health condition which prevents him from most work, being bullied in his orphanage and constantly being scolded for making mistakes, some of which are not his fault.