Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2013 19:16:02 GMT
Name: Katherine "Kitty" Pryde Alias: Shadowcat, Kitten, Cat, Sprite, Ariel Age: Twenty-seven Gender: Female Sexuality: Hetero Occupation: X-Men / Computer technician Member Group: Mutant Powers & Abilities: • Intangability • Cloaking/Camouflage • Air/Water walking • Telepathic resistance • Can 'share' her phasing Playby: Ellen Page |
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- Carmen Pryde ;; father, deceased
- Theresa Pryde ;; mother
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- None; she's an only-child
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Not long after the manifestation of Kitty's abilities, Carmen and Theresa were contacted by Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. Realizing that there wasn't much of an alternative and impressed by the grounds and the academic quality of the school, Kitty's parents agreed to let her attend the school. On one hand, Kitty was upset; the longest she had ever been away from her parents was a week or so, and it was never both parents at the same time. The idea of living at a boarding school full of kids and teachers that weren't exactly human was a scary one. On the other hand, she was fully aware that the school would be the best place for her, and besides that she knew that she'd see her parents during breaks and such.
Her first few weeks at the school were a bit rocky. A combination of her home-sickness and her total lack of control over her budding abilities meant that she was regularly finding herself phasing when she didn't mean to, and not phasing when she had meant to. As she got better at controlling her temper, she also got better about controlling her mutation, and that helped considerably as she adjusted to life at the school. Other factors helped her finally find a home there, too. For the first time she was able to take classes that actually challenged her, made her stop and think and spend more than ten minutes just writing the answers to her homework and tests down. She also made friends, something that had been difficult with her middle school's Gifted and Talented program. The events that followed Magneto's attack at Liberty Island occurred not six months after Kitty arrived at the school; though her parents were concerned about their child being half-way across the nation while terrorist attacks were happening - attacks carried out by mutants - they felt that she would be safer at the school rather in her home town.
The peace between Magneto's attack and the attack on the school were filled with study and just life in general. Despite the uncertainty that surrounded the 'mutant issue', Kitty was growing up in as normal circumstances as could be expected. She spent most of her time in classes, studying when she wasn't in class, and dancing when she wasn't studying. She formed a close bond with a dance teacher who taught from a studio not too far from the school, and spent as much as she could at the studio. Her life was flipped upside down when the school was attacked by Stryker's men. She was able to escape along with other students and the X-Men, but the safety she associated, the sense of the school being removed from the dangers of the world, was ruined for her.
After the events at Alkali Lake and once the X-Men and students had returned to the school, Kitty spent a year back at home because her parents were afraid for her safety. In the end, being at home was more dangerous; after overhearing extreme anti-mutant commentary, Kitty defended the mutant right to have right and ended up outing herself as a mutant. In an effort to keep her safe, her parents let her return to the school. The next two years saw the young woman focus her efforts on a new subject - martial arts. Between college-level courses, dance, and her new topic of focus Kitty was run pretty ragged, but it was worth it, to her. And when the events at Alcatraz occurred, it showed that her investment had been a good one.
Though she didn't fight Juggernaut while protecting Leech, and in general didn't fight much at all, the experience of working as an X-Men was, if she looked past the fear, the grief of loss, the anger at the Brotherhood, a good one. Kitty had expected to simply continue on as an X-Men afterwards, but concern at her age and relative lack of ability to fight meant that she was taken off the roster. She graduated with a GED and most of the credits required for a BS in computer science, and was quickly accepted into Columbia University's master's program. After acquiring her master's at twenty-one, she returned to the school to work as a teacher and (in her mind, finally) as part of the X-Men. While teaching and helping with the X-Men, she worked on her doctorate, successfully defending her thesis and earning it after another two years of work.
Doctorate in hand, she moved to the New York City area to get a more challenging job. She still visited the school often, working as an X-Men as her job and schedule allowed, and that's largely how she spent the eight years since the Alcatraz incident.
When the Chitauri attacked New York, Kitty was at work. The first she knew of the attack was the screams and shouts of her co-workers as they tried to flee the skyscraper the office was located in. Leaving the windowless server room, the first thing that she saw was a giant flying tank-turtle-pleurodon coming straight at the building. Her abilities saved her life, letting her survive the impact and the rushed climb down the building afterward. She helped people as much as she could, though she was rather battered from the initial wave of the Chitauri. In the end, Kitty was moderately successful in helping a handful of people, and was black and blue for her efforts.
Almost a full year after the attack was spent recovering from the trauma - mental and physical - of it all. Kitty ended up out of a job, and back at Xavier's School for much of the time. Recently she's moved back to Brooklyn, determined to continue her life in a relatively normal fashion - as normal as possible with her mutation, being a part of the X-Men, and trying to find a job.[/ul]
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