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Cessily Kincaid is a mutant teenage girl, notable for her red hair and silver skin.

Background
Life was good in Portland. Nice weather, if you don't mind rain too often, good schools, a mix of indoor culture and outdoors. Into this land of Oregon was born Cessily Kincaid, a little red haired girl, cute as a button and doted on by her parents. The only child of Mark and Jill, Cessily benefited from being an only child. no siblings to fight over rooms or attention.

The Kincaid family maintained wholesome domestic tranquility. In an age where kids and parents would tear each other apart, the Kincaids could sit down for board games and chinese food on a quiet Thursday evening. Blessed with a modicum of grace, Cessily took up ballet at an early age. It was an art form she enjoyed and one she was good, if not tremendous, at.

Just before turning thirteen, Cessily got accepted into a summer ballet program in New York. Her parents, despite misgivings about sending her across the country, acquiesced to their daughter's insistent desires and enrolled her.

That summer proved enlightening for Cessily. Among her camp mates she proved mediocre, at best, and didn't have the same cutthroat inclinations. She wound up falling in with a clique of other West Coast girls attending the camp. By the time Cessily returned home, she'd decided ballet wasn't for her - she'd never go pro, like some of her friends. Her parents pushed, encouraging their daughter not to abandon something she'd had such a passion for.

Alas, it was not to be. Cessily did, however, find a similar activity that also helped her social standing - cheerleading. Cess made the JV squad in her freshman year, settling in with a group of friends and a fairly normal life. Mark and Jill continued to dote - and keep an eye - on Cessily, keeping her from falling under too many bad influences. Poor grades and the occasional late party got a stern but loving chide.

Thus was Cessily's life rather stable, until a fateful morning about six months ago. While getting ready for school - and running late, of course - she changed. It took all of thirty seconds, as the change took over her face and hands, turning her to a pile of goo in the process. She had time to call out for her father, who found a vaguely human-like mass of liquid metal on the floor. It took an hour to calm Cessily down, during the process of which Cessily slowly reasserted her normal form.

It wasn't hard to figure out what had happened. Cessily was a mutant, and her mutation had finally come into bloom. In that one move, Cessily's placid, calm life had been upturned, destroyed. The Kincaids, for all their calm acceptance of most things, found the idea of such an obviously mutated daughter hard to swallow. They pulled Cessily out of her regular school, signing her up for home schooling instead, which pulled Cessily away from her friends, even the classes she liked. Only a few were allowed to come visit, for fear of starting a huge rumour mill that would get the news out all over town.

A virtual prisoner in her own house, Cessily has been worn down, turned inward and just a bit cynical. She performed adequately at her schoolwork, just without any of her former pep or energy. In the past week, a new ray of hope opened up into her life. Interviewers from an elite private academy would be coming, her parents told her, a place where Cessily would be...less disruptive.

Cess, she's daring to hope.

Personality

 * Laid Back: Cessily's generally an easygoing girl. She's more of a follower than a leader, happy to go with the flow and back up big decisions made by others.
 * Loyal: One of the few things Cessily does feel strongly about, she's loyal to those close for her. Likely stemming from her abandonment by her family and friends in Portland, those who've staid close to Cessily have earned her unending loyalty, to the point where it may override her better judgment.
 * Basically Decent: Cessily tries to do the right thing. That's hard, though, particularly when the world's so confusing. Bit by bit, she gropes her way towards goodness.