Pictus (ピクタス ) is a two-year-old Turkish Van cat who belongs to Alex and flies with him for Project Blue.
Description[]
Pictus is a pale yellow cat who has heterochromia, with one blue and one gold eye. Heterochromia is common in Turkish Vans, but Pictus's fur color is not consistent with the breed.[1]
Sonic Wings 3[]
Alex spends most of his time talking to Pictus and trying to keep him from eating strange fish. In two-player mode, Alex is paired with Ellen and Cincia. He and Cincia tend to bicker, and Cincia thinks he's childish and "fresh." Humorously, Cincia offers Pictus some squid after the pilots defeat Daio Ika; the others urge Pictus to reject it.
One-Player Mode Endings[]
- JP Bermuda final stage: Alex is celebrating achieving peace when Pictus messes with the plane's controls and activates a "self-destruct switch."
- JP Mars final stage; US: Alex crashes his plane, declaring it to be a sacrifice for happiness... until his father shows up and reveals that it was his best plane, which Alex took without asking. Despite the boy's protests that he acted in the interests of world peace, his father declares that he will receive the punishment of having no food for two days!
Two-Player Mode Ending[]
- Ellen is shown at her wedding; the guests include William Sid Pride, Arthur, and Mao Mao. Cincia serves as flower girl, and Lord River-n-White appears as the priest. When they reach the altar, Ellen finds her groom to be none other than Pictus with a human body! Fortunately, she wakes up to find out that it was only a dream.
Sonic Wings Special/Sonic Wings Limited[]
Pictus accompanies Lord River-n-White on his missions; River is possibly Pictus's new owner.[2] At times, the cat causes some trouble, such as when he accidentally crashes River's plane! In two-player mode, he and River are paired with Whity.
One-Player Mode Endings[]
- Fight in Orbit final stage: River-n-White relates his adventure to Alex, who complains that he's heard the story many times before.
- Another Dimension final stage: River-n-White returns home to Kotomi and Komomo.
- Bermuda or Mars final stage: Pictus plays with the controls of River-n-White's plane, causing it to crash.
Two-Player Mode Endings[]
- Fight in Orbit final stage: River-n-White tells Whity he should be in the circus, and Whity shoots his plane down in anger.
- Another Dimension final stage: River-n-White and Pictus spy on Whity to see how he is able to fly a plane. He turns out to be Keith Bishop in a dolphin costume.
- Bermuda or Mars final stage: Whity introduces Lord River-n-White to his two siblings, Acty and Avanti. River-n-White assumes that they protect the ocean until Acty corrects him by pointing out that they control it as well.
Inspiration[]
Pictus was inspired by a cat named Yuzu in manga by Masumi Sudo.[2]