[quote=Ace of Jacks]
I've never played with a mute character and am rather weary as Kiddo seems to have strong feelings against it, however, it sounds like you have heavy developement in mind already and you're right, it does depend on the player.
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I usually take part in very high casual/advanced RPs, and I've roleplayed several mute characters before in the past, with success - it all depends on the amount of description you put into a reaction.

For example, give Espurr a lemon to eat and he doesn't like lemons:

[i]Espurr frowns after eating the lemon[/i]

[i]Espurr seems to try and inhale his lips with the sheer sourness of the lemon, recoiling in horror and dropping the fruit onto the dusty floor. For good measure, he kicks it away from him.[/i]

Clearly, I'm sure you can see which one was clearer to interpret!

Now, as for meowstic, when he evolves he'll be able to speak, and that'll be a shocker for everyone. So it's not even permanent! Of course, that'll take a while in and of itself; you're going to have to get used to seeing Espurr as Espurr before I can even think of evolving him.

Whether or not Kiddo approves of the idea of a mute character is irrelevant until he's been able to witness it first-hand, and hopefully I'll be able to impress him.