Editing Miss (section)

==Abilities and Art ==
Miss' face and hands - any part of her not covered by clothing - are impossible to see, even with [[Second Sight]].<ref name=":1" /> Events conspire to hide them.{{Cite}} This may not apply to [[Lost]] observers.<ref>Miss bent down, until her face and head were at a level with the kid’s  She reached up to wipe at a smudge of dirt and fix the kid’s hair.<br><br>Everything hidden from those present, except for [[Snowdrop|the kid]]. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/07/14 Excerpt] from [[Out on a Limb 3.1]]</ref> Regardless she is much closer to being the 'idea' of a person rather than a physical person, lacking the attributes themselves while still benefiting from them.<ref>Glass broke, and a sliver of it pierced her awareness.  It could not pierce her eye, for she had none, but it left her awareness hampered.<br><br>A human would lose an eye.<br><br>But she was Other.  She was, much like this place, knit together, like thread or yarn stretching between individual elements.  She had once been human or human-like, but much of that was Lost, so forgotten by history and the Universe that it could not be readily retrieved.  She had no mouth, and as that thread of yarn had been pulled away, so had other, related things, like the need to eat.  The air that connected between the outside world and the open space in her lungs had remained, so she could speak.  It was the same with the light that shone into her eyes, allowing her to see.  ''That'' was what had been injured.<br><br>Much of her was like this. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/10/24 Excerpt] from [[Back Away 5.d]]</ref> Thus while it still 'hurts' she wouldn't die from things like major organ damage.<ref>He shot down the center of the crowd.  The bullet went through at least ten more Others, and dropped Miss to the ground, hole in her chest.  Heart-shot.<br><br>“You don’t have a heart, do you?” Anthem asked.<br><br>“It is among the things I lack,” Miss said, as she struggled to her feet. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2022/03/29 Excerpt] from  [[Gone and Done It 17.y]]</ref> 

She is able to remain inhumanly still for long periods.<ref>The woman didn’t move a muscle.  She hadn’t for some time.<br>[...]<br>The first thing Verona looked at as she stepped into the kitchen was the window.<br><br>Yep.  Still there, still not moving.  Still with face and hands hidden.<br><br>“Creepy miss hidden-face is in my backyard,” she remarked.  “Has been for a bit.” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/05/09 Excerpt] from [[Lost for Words 1.1]]</ref>

She can seemingly teleport,<ref>“It is,” Miss said.  “I’ll send Matthew and Edith.  I’ll check in once every minute or so until they arrive to watch.  If our enemies move against us any faster than that, there won’t be much any of us three can do.”<br>[...]<br>Then Miss was gone, standing by a tree with leaves in the way of her face in the center of Verona’s vision, gone in the time Verona’s eye flicked right to look at where the eyeball animals lay dead in the woods. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/07/14 Excerpt] from [[Out on a Limb 3.1]]</ref><ref>“If there are no objections,” Miss said, “I will go talk to Nicolette, to broach the subject of a meeting.”<br>[...]<br>There were none.<br><br>Miss stepped behind a tree and disappeared.  - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/07/14 Excerpt] from [[Out on a Limb 3.1]]</ref> and over especially long distances too.

Like many Others, she can be summoned by calling her name three times. She has a habit of appearing out of sight.<ref name=":0" /> Also like many Others, able to sense when a person is no longer [[Innocent]].<ref>“There we go,” Miss said.  “We can continue now.”<br><br>“This is on ''your'' heads,” Charles said, growling the words.<br><br>“There what goes?” Verona asked.  “Why can we continue?”<br><br>“Your eyes are open.  It’s a good first step,” Miss said.<br>[...]<br>“You can walk away if you don’t like the terms of this deal,” Miss told them.  “You’re [[aware]].  You’ll see things and Others, and they’ll know you see them, but you’ll be largely innocent, still.  You’ll have protections.  Especially here.” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/05/09 Excerpt] from [[Lost for Words 1.1]]</ref>

She had considerable magical knowledge. She was able to maintain several magic items and resources as her required tribute of power & teaching for the [[Kennet trio]].<ref>- [3.1] [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/07/16 Interview Notes 2]</ref> She had a deep, possibly instinctive knowledge of [[Finder]] magic; she had discovered a new aspect to the [[Forest Ribbon Trail]], was able to understand [[Snowdrop]]'s rules instantly, and was able to enter the Trail (albeit at some risk.)<ref>“Yes.  I could go after her.  I know how to walk the Path.  I may have to, if Avery’s staying there for any period of time.  I can’t negotiate with the Wolf, and I can’t be a sacrifice for her, but I could try to keep her focused and sane.  I could hope to see some means of escaping, as I did when I first discovered the detour.”<br><br>“You discovered it?” Verona asked.<br><br>“Known by me, Avery, and some of those present, as far as I’m aware. I thought about trading the knowledge to Finders for currency that could be used with the Belangers, but I am almost certain that would exacerbate every single problem we have.  Including Avery’s entrapment and the increased attentions of the outsider practitioners.” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/07/14 excerpt] from [[Out on a Limb 3.1]]</ref><ref>The kid reached into a pocket, pulling out a book, along with various other scraps of paper.  Spell notes, maybe, crumpled papers, torn pages.<br><br>“Is this what she’s after?” Miss asked.<br><br>“No.”<br><br>“Not you?”<br><br>“Nah, I don’t matter.”<br><br>“That’s something, then,” Miss said.  “How was Avery when you saw her?”<br><br>“Great.  But she’s a real wimp when it counts.”<br><br>“And Nicolette?  The woman with the snake ring.”<br><br>“Peachy.”<br><br>Verona watched the exchange.  “Hunh?”<br><br>“She’s not ‘glaikit’, as you would put it, Alpeana.  She’s contrary by nature.”<br><br>“You couldn’t have told us this before?” Lucy asked.<br><br>“I didn’t know the opossum’s rule until I saw her here, as this spirit of the Path.  But even if I knew there was no way to tell how the rule or tendency would manifest.  Another opossum could have had a different approach than expressing the opposite of what she means.” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/07/14 Excerpt] from [[Out on a Limb 3.1]]</ref> She was able to divine details of what had happened to the Trail from Avery's damaged ritual, with some difficulty and risk.<ref>Miss had a message.  Stop whatever you’re doing, and go very still.  Don’t speak, don’t move a muscle and ''definitely'' don’t touch any ribbons.  Or, if you’re okay leaving Avery here, step away from the cabin and the clearing.”<br><br>“Why?” she asked, speaking for the first time.<br><br>“She wants to investigate, but she describes it as being like a fly navigating a spider’s web.  Every disturbance, even a disturbance in the air, makes it harder.”<br>[...]<br>“There is no detour anymore, judging by this orientation and angle of attack.  [...] She’s at the Wolf’s part of the path, enduring its company.  She can’t use the detour and she can’t negotiate without the animal.  If you brought the animal to her, you couldn’t use the detour, so one or both of you would then be stuck.”<br>[...]<br>“There were ribbons torn out,” Miss said, and there was a strange tone to her voice.<br><br>''Meaning what!?'' Verona thought, and she ''almost'' moved.<br><br>“…This is a complication.  I’ll go, so you can move, I’ll explain when I address everyone.  Thank you for cooperating.”<br>[...]<br>“They tore ribbons when they extracted our new friend here,” Miss said.  “Ribbons ''are'' the path.  A patching together of two ribbons can be a telling bump in the path.  A tearing is…”<br><br>“We can’t travel it?” Lucy asked.<br><br>“No,” Miss said. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/07/14 Excerpt] from [[Out on a Limb 3.1]]</ref> She speculated that she might be able to splice someone into an active instance of the Trail.<ref>“There are options.  One being that we could try to splice you two into the Trail to walk it.”<br><br>“Try?  No guarantee?”<br><br>“No guarantees.  Not without knowing what went wrong.  This is not the ritual, and would be leaning heavily on my understanding of these spaces and the rituals that mirror them.  [...] You wouldn’t be able to bring a prey animal inside.  You’d need to pass the same hurdles, figure out new rules corresponding to the empty spaces left behind if she took any items with her, and then face down the wolf.  Some of the protections afforded to Finders wouldn’t apply.  You’d need to face the Wolf at his or her strongest, get to Avery, and then get her to the detour.”- [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/07/14 Excerpt] from [[Out on a Limb 3.1]]</ref>

Part of her Lost abilities are being able to see deep into someone's intrinsic nature.<ref>“Perhaps.  But to get us back on track, I had no less than ten individuals in varying degrees of consideration for my purposes.  Snowdrop may be able to see a bit around corners and inside things, but I have my own talents, and they include being able to see ''deeper.  ''The various individuals I considered, dismissing some over time, picking others, I felt like they could be useful, in the right scenarios.  Perhaps one needed to be older, and I’d suspend judgment for a time.  Or Verona’s friend Jeremy would need something to set him on the right path for my purposes.  You were a consideration.  I liked you.  Then the Carmine Beast perished…”<br><br>“And I looked.”<br><br>“You turned your head, I decided in that moment, and I had a sense of where to look to find people who would complement you.  I knew we’d need practitioners to forestall some of the inquiries that could become what Musser is doing right now, seizing control over what we’re doing.  It was Alexander Belanger and not Musser who came, his goals differed and were more subtle, with an eye to the long-term.  It was nonetheless good to have you where you were.  I just wish times had been less…” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/08/21 Excerpt] from [[Summer Break 13.6]]</ref>

As a [[Founder]] she has gained other powers as well.

=== Tactics===
More then anything Miss uses deflection through words and trickery then actively confronting someone.<ref>Everything blue in the region turned red.<br><br>And the Others changed a bit as well too.<br><br>“I did my part, deflecting and-”<br><br>Anthem shot again.  Miss fell.<br><br>“-using words,” she said, lying on the ground.<br><br>He began shooting the Others who came sprinting at him, gunning them down.  A practice multiplied his bullets, cutting down fifteen more.<br><br>“But I did alright supporting and making the most out of some scary allies.  So this fits too, I think,” Miss said. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2022/03/29 Excerpt] from  [[Gone and Done It 17.y]]</ref><ref> - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/07/17 Excerpt] from [[False Moves 12.a]]</ref> Further she will bring in hostile Others to deal with a given threat.
=== Weaknesses===
She claimed to be especially vulnerable to being made a part of magical patterns and rituals, such as the [[Hungry Choir]], as the universe searches for a role to slot her into. Getting too close to the active [[Forest Ribbon Trail]] ritual to examine it caused her head to become more obscured, with hair no longer visible.<ref>‘Miss’ called out, “I am not a threat, Verona.  Avery called out to me.  I wasn’t willing to draw any closer while the ritual is active.”<br>[...]<br>The branches were denser, and Miss stood further back.<br><br>Almost everything about her head was hidden, now, not just her face.<br><br>“The cost of getting too close,” Miss said.  “You were about to say…?” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/07/14 Excerpt] from [[Out on a Limb 3.1]]</ref> 

Miss describes herself as "weaker than an ordinary human."<ref name="rd1" /> She also can't use weapons without hurting herself more than the other person.<ref name="rd1">She ''couldn’t'' be an armed attacker, really, because she would hurt herself more than she hurt the person she attacked.  It was the sort of thing that unraveled her, or it raveled her in ways she didn’t want.  People tended to put a face to their attackers, masked, imagined, or otherwise.<br><br>Besides, she wasn’t strong.  Weaker than an ordinary human. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/10/24 Excerpt] from [[Back Away 5.d]]</ref>