Name: Ivy Trellis
Codename: Synapse
Academy X Student Team: New Mutant/Alphas (colors and uniform are the same, the team just switched names her second year)
Age: 16/17
Birthday: 9/25/1992
Hair: brown
Eyes: pale blue/gray, almost to the point of white
Skin Tone: a healthy peach
Height: 5'6''
Weight: 120 lbs
Build: She seems a bit slight, but is mostly fit.
Race/Nationality: Not all of it is known; she's a European mutt.
Notable Characteristics: There is a scar under her right eye, and she sometimes wears a tattered old patch over her left. (She thinks it helps her concentrate more when using her power.) Ivy also wears a guard over one shoulder because it had been dislocated more than once in street fights. It could probably use surgery, but she doesn't have the money. Ivy also doesn't really like or trust doctors.
Uniform: blue and yellow
Standard Dress: She doesn't really have a distinct style; it often varies with her mood and the weather.

Place of Birth: Chicago, IL
Family: She never really knew them, because she was put in foster care at an early age.

Superhuman Ability: Once she touches an opponent, very long, thin, almost invisible strands like spiderweb string from her fingers to said opponent. Wherever she contacted them, Ivy is able to control that portion of their body as if it were a puppet. Contact with the spine would give her more control, seeing as it helps connect the nervous system. (The strands are about as visible as fishing wire, they may glow a little in the dark.)
Abilities (not gained from mutation): She is very quick on her feet (dodgewise) and also a good runner. As an Alpha, she begins a little more work on using a switchblade knife.

Power Levels: (29 total)
Physical Strength (1-10): 4
Power Mastery (1-10): 5
Speed (1-10):[/b] 5
Durability (1-10): 3
Intelligence (1-10): 3
Energy (1-10): 4
Agility (1-10): 5

Personal Strengths: She can keep her powers fairly well under control, seeing that she was born with them, and has used them before.
Personal Weaknesses: Ivy does not do well against multiple opponents because she has to come into contact with them first, and be able to control them, which is more of an individual basis. Also, sometimes she can be a hindrance to herself due to her personality. Also, the strings may be cut. It is more difficult for the person on the receiving end to cut them, but others outside her influence can cut them more easily.
Personality: Ivy's personality is a bit darker than some. She blames her abandonment as a reason that humans are not trustworthy, and she doesn't take kindly to strangers, even if they are mutants. Ivy is also not the best as a team player, because she wants to take care of #1 first...However, deep in the core of her heart she really wants to be accepted and feel safe, but she sometimes lets her own self get in the way. She may only attach herself to a few people rather than embracing everyone.
Hobbies: Ivy never really was one for having a hobby. She mainly roamed the streets at all hours of the day and night, sometimes doing odd jobs to get a little money.

Mutant/Human Relations View: Ivy really doesn't like humans. However, she'd rather just avoid contact with them than wipe them off the face of the earth.

History: As a young child, Ivy was given up to foster care. She never really knew much about her parents, her dad especially. Her mom gave her up because she did not have the means to care for her daughter. As a foster child, her caretaker didn't really do much, so she wandered the streets freely and came in at all hours of the day/night. Ivy also frequently skipped school. She is by no means stupid, she just doesn't take the time to apply herself. She makes her way to Academy X because the government puts her there. Her foster caretaker did not meet requirements to keep up with the welfare of the child, and no one else really wanted her after seeing her record. The government figured she would be better off with her own kind; mutants.

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