by Robin Stanton » Mon Jan 31, 2022 2:50 pm
"Oh it's just my Dad. He's from upstate New York. And I dunno, it doesn't feel like a regular ol' life trajectory is in the cards for me, you know? By choice, mind! I could just pretend to be a normal person." she says and the pink slowly fades from her hair as it loses some of it's bounce and becomes a plain brown. Her face settles into a plainer look, a little less overly expressive, slightly larger nose and rounder face but retaining a bit of that impish sparkle in her eyes. He might have caught a glimpse of her like this when Lippincott took everyone's powers though she was significantly pudgier then and this is clearly a more idealized version of that. The family resemblance to Will is still there but rather than being through body-language and general plasticity it's a lot more rooted in regular old genetics.
"But it just doesn't feel right, you know? Like being cooped up in some kind of mask pretending to be something I'm not? Not just looks-wise, my self image is so screwy that doesn't really bother me." she says, which is extremely easy to detect as a flat out lie to anyone who saw her reaction to being depowered. "But in terms of what I do? I couldn't keep a secret identity as somebody working in an office or an animal shelter or whatever for long. Plus that'd be a huge waste of potential. I'm an X-Men through and through. I'll help out with whatever needs doing but a normal job ain't for me."