Editing Deedee (section)

==Description==
Deedee has always been able to "almost" pass for human,<ref>Do you want to get your coat, pull your hood up so you don’t scare people? - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bPsZs1iPqHAcsJr4N7UgW-W7Ne4OCTtUjfvcxIoBmdI/edit#heading=h.jgamkak19fvp excerpt] from [[Poke 2]]</ref><ref>“I told you, I can always use some practices, deflect attention, make sure people don’t look beneath your hood,” he said.  He reached over, hand touching the edge of her hoodie, and the side of her face.<br><br>The hood didn’t really protect her.  The people gave them sidelong glances as they walked down the street.  Seeing her for what she was. - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bPsZs1iPqHAcsJr4N7UgW-W7Ne4OCTtUjfvcxIoBmdI/edit#heading=h.vfbm49jh9pqb excerpt] from [[Poke 4]]</ref> even as a child,<ref name=":9"/> being tall for a goblin (only a head shorter than [[Benjamin Trover|Ben Trover]])<ref name=":0">She was tall enough for her head to come to his chin, and her mouth was smaller than his, but when she smiled, it could stretch from ear to ear.  She double smiled, by un-retracting her second set of teeth, spontaneously doubling the number of teeth in the smile. - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bPsZs1iPqHAcsJr4N7UgW-W7Ne4OCTtUjfvcxIoBmdI/edit#heading=h.bep569ofr0x3 Excerpt] from [[Poke 1]]</ref><ref name=":3">She was tall enough the top of her head came up to his chin, broomstick thin, and most of her head was hidden behind a dense tangle of coarse black hair.  Past that tangle, her eyes bugged out, her nose resembled something between a bat’s and what the more vulgar might relate to a woman’s genitalia, and her mouth was small, twisted to one side with the tip of her tongue sticking out while she worked.  Her ears were large, pointed, and had razor blades embedded in the scar tissue along their length. - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bPsZs1iPqHAcsJr4N7UgW-W7Ne4OCTtUjfvcxIoBmdI/edit#heading=h.jgamkak19fvp excerpt] from [[Poke 1]]</ref> and skinny,<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":9">Dee was a skinny adolescent of a goblin, bat-nosed, big-eared, bug-eyed, with fangs poking out of the corner of her mouth.  She fit to human proportions, so she wore human clothes- a lot of fishnets and mesh stuff with a big spray-painted smiley face on her chest. [...] Dee waved a long, skinny arm around at the Warrens. - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/04/17 Excerpt] from [[One After Another 10.e]]</ref> with a mass of coarse black hair that often has things tangled in it.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":6">She [worked] to sort through her hair and get the most offending clumps set down into place.  Where hair was too matted or clumped to get her fingers through, she pulled until the offending clump of hair came free of her scalp. [...] She kicked a towel across the floor to get the worst of it, went to the tub where water sat stagnant, not draining, and fished out a tangle of hair as long as her arm, with an unfamiliar tooth and the head from a barbie doll stuck in the midst of it. - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bPsZs1iPqHAcsJr4N7UgW-W7Ne4OCTtUjfvcxIoBmdI/edit#heading=h.bep569ofr0x3 Excerpt] from [[Poke 1]]</ref> What differentiates her are her bulging eyes,<ref name=":3" /><ref>She pouted [...] giving him her bug-eyed version of puppy-dog eyes. - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bPsZs1iPqHAcsJr4N7UgW-W7Ne4OCTtUjfvcxIoBmdI/edit#heading=h.jgamkak19fvp excerpt] from [[Poke 2]]</ref><ref>“We’re goblins, Ben,” Deedee said, staring at Ben with her large eyes.  - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bPsZs1iPqHAcsJr4N7UgW-W7Ne4OCTtUjfvcxIoBmdI/edit#heading=h.7onrtmkk8mas excerpt] from [[Poke 3]]</ref> which glow yellow in the dark<ref name=":2">She [...] had her hood up, her eyes faintly glowing from within. - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bPsZs1iPqHAcsJr4N7UgW-W7Ne4OCTtUjfvcxIoBmdI/edit#heading=h.vfbm49jh9pqb excerpt] from [[Poke 4]]<br><br>She peered through the darkness with her eyes narrowed to slits, because they might otherwise be too visible in the darkness. - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bPsZs1iPqHAcsJr4N7UgW-W7Ne4OCTtUjfvcxIoBmdI/edit#heading=h.bep569ofr0x3 Excerpt] from [[Poke 1]]</ref> and can focus independently,<ref name=":4">Deedee’s overlarge eyes darted this way and that with each minute change in the distant sound.  The eye in darkness glowed a jaundiced yellow, while the eye that was in the light dilated and narrowed second by second.  Her ear, lined with razors, twitched. - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bPsZs1iPqHAcsJr4N7UgW-W7Ne4OCTtUjfvcxIoBmdI/edit#heading=h.7onrtmkk8mas excerpt] from [[Poke 3]]</ref> a nose and large ears that would be at home on a bat,<ref>Her bat-like nose had blood running out of it, which she periodically licked at. - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bPsZs1iPqHAcsJr4N7UgW-W7Ne4OCTtUjfvcxIoBmdI/edit#heading=h.7onrtmkk8mas excerpt] from [[Poke 3]]</ref><ref name=":3" /><ref>“The people smell a bit like ass,” Deedee said, under her breath, as she looked at the villagers.  The sides of her bat-like nose flared. [...] She wrinkled her nose, flaring the wide nostrils. - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bPsZs1iPqHAcsJr4N7UgW-W7Ne4OCTtUjfvcxIoBmdI/edit#heading=h.vfbm49jh9pqb excerpt] from [[Poke 4]]</ref> and clawlike nails.<ref name=":5">Red for her fingernails and to paint the raw beds where her toenails had been.  The claw-like nails had cut through the ends of the striped thigh-high socks she’d liked best, so she’d used her teeth and had torn them all out in a vengeance. - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bPsZs1iPqHAcsJr4N7UgW-W7Ne4OCTtUjfvcxIoBmdI/edit#heading=h.bep569ofr0x3 Excerpt] from [[Poke 1]]</ref><ref>she began fighting again to get out from behind the couch, nails carving gouges into the floorboards as she fought to find any traction - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bPsZs1iPqHAcsJr4N7UgW-W7Ne4OCTtUjfvcxIoBmdI/edit#heading=h.bep569ofr0x3 Excerpt] from [[Poke 1]]</ref> Her mouth is small, but stretches from ear to ear when she smiles; she has two sets of teeth, one retractable,<ref name=":0" /> with glass, razors and knife blades added.<ref>She was amused by the froth that was produced as she vigorously brushed her teeth; white mixed with blood, bubbling over like the foam of a feral dog’s mouth, before she retracted one set of teeth and redoubled her efforts with the second, being careful around the razor blades and glass shards. - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bPsZs1iPqHAcsJr4N7UgW-W7Ne4OCTtUjfvcxIoBmdI/edit# Excerpt] from [[Poke 1]]</ref><ref>Her mouth, smaller than his normally, stretched from ear to ear, exposing just about every little pointed tooth she had, and a few spots in the gums where she’d lost teeth and worked broken razor blades and knife tips in there until they’d stayed put or embedded into the bone.  She exposed the extra teeth that were normally hidden in the gum line, each emerging at a forward angle, meshing together, before bounding toward him. - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bPsZs1iPqHAcsJr4N7UgW-W7Ne4OCTtUjfvcxIoBmdI/edit#heading=h.jgamkak19fvp excerpt] from [[Poke 2]]</ref><ref>Ben gave her arm a squeeze, and smiled down at her, and she smiled back at him, showing him every sharp tooth and bit of razor or broken glass she’d wedged between teeth. - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bPsZs1iPqHAcsJr4N7UgW-W7Ne4OCTtUjfvcxIoBmdI/edit#heading=h.vfbm49jh9pqb excerpt] from [[Poke 4]]</ref> Her tongue is prehensile.<ref>Crouching in front of the television, she used her tongue to turn it on - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bPsZs1iPqHAcsJr4N7UgW-W7Ne4OCTtUjfvcxIoBmdI/edit#heading=h.bep569ofr0x3 Excerpt] from [[Poke 1]]</ref> She has a scar on one shoulder where a child cut her with a broken night-light.<ref>She rested her head on his shoulder.  His thumb found a groove where she had once been cut with a broken Princess Lilyhugs lamp.  The little brat who had done the cutting had been a fighter.  Feeling him rub the scar-groove made her entire body shiver. - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bPsZs1iPqHAcsJr4N7UgW-W7Ne4OCTtUjfvcxIoBmdI/edit#heading=h.vfbm49jh9pqb excerpt] from [[Poke 4]]</ref><ref>His arm was heavy across her shoulders, warm, his large hand settling comfortably there, finger finding that groove of a scar that seemed to exist solely as a resting spot for his finger. - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bPsZs1iPqHAcsJr4N7UgW-W7Ne4OCTtUjfvcxIoBmdI/edit#heading=h.vfbm49jh9pqb excerpt] from [[Poke 4]]</ref>  

She's adorned herself in a style typical of goblins, in this case embedded razor blades in her ears.<ref>Ben adjusted the position of her head so the razor blades in her ears wouldn’t cut him or his shirt. - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bPsZs1iPqHAcsJr4N7UgW-W7Ne4OCTtUjfvcxIoBmdI/edit# excerpt] from [[Poke 1]]</ref><ref name=":4" /><ref name=":3" /><ref>He reached over and tugged on the tip of her ear to adjust it, so the razor blades wouldn’t rub against his shirt, then touched her hair before dropping his hand down. - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bPsZs1iPqHAcsJr4N7UgW-W7Ne4OCTtUjfvcxIoBmdI/edit#heading=h.7onrtmkk8mas excerpt] from [[Poke 3]]</ref> Her clothes are mismatched and generally stolen, often from homeless people.<ref>The clothes were random things she had snatched from dirty hampers and donation bags near the shelter.<br><br>She found some underwear that fit.  The underwear had a name written in it, which made her feel real fucking sorry for this ‘Brynn’ moron who was too stupid, too slutty, or too both to keep track of her own panties.  There was a bra she couldn’t figure out how to do up, so she tied the back in a knot.  She also donned an ankle length skirt, a sleeveless top, and a choker she had taken from a homeless fancy-boy who had been too busy overdosing to watch his stuff. - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bPsZs1iPqHAcsJr4N7UgW-W7Ne4OCTtUjfvcxIoBmdI/edit#heading=h.bep569ofr0x3 Excerpt] from [[Poke 1]]</ref><ref>Her mouth, smaller than his normally, stretched from ear to ear, exposing just about every little pointed tooth she had, and a few spots in the gums where she’d lost teeth and worked broken razor blades and knife tips in there until they’d stayed put or embedded into the bone.  She exposed the extra teeth that were normally hidden in the gum line, each emerging at a forward angle, meshing together, before bounding toward him. - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bPsZs1iPqHAcsJr4N7UgW-W7Ne4OCTtUjfvcxIoBmdI/edit#heading=h.jgamkak19fvp excerpt] from [[Poke 2]]</ref> At one point, she tore out all her toenails, leaving raw nail-beds.<ref name=":5" /> She normally has body hair, but pared it away with a knife and tugged it out at one point.<ref>“Nobody and nothing.  Shaved my legs,” she said.  She stuck her leg up in the air until her skirt slid down her leg, showing off the lacerations.  Used one of your kitchen knives.  I know you said if I wanted to do anything like that, I should use your extra razors, but big knives are more fun.”<br><br>“Then I have to ask, I think, what clogged my bath?  Is it the kind of thing I can hire a plumber to clean up?”<br><br>“Pubes,” she told him, suddenly energized again.  “I tugged ‘em all out.  I’m balder than a one year old boy, now.  Want to feel?” - [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bPsZs1iPqHAcsJr4N7UgW-W7Ne4OCTtUjfvcxIoBmdI/edit# excerpt] from [[Poke 1]]</ref>

Can pull off being human with Glamour, looking like a very skinny drug addict, but it irritates her nose.<ref>And then, wearing a hooded sweatshirt, a woman with very large eyes, scraggly hair, and a lot of tape over her nose.  It created the same silhouette as a bat nose.  She stood there, skinny and dangerous looking in a complimentary way.  Like how an especially skinny addict could be assumed to be scary because they were probably unhinged, with very little to lose.<br><br>“Oh my god,” America exclaimed.  “You guys dressed up?  I never thought I’d see the day.”<br><br>Dee sneezed.  “Bleh.” <br>[...]<br>“I gotta get out of this getup,” Dee said.  “Then maybe crawl into a greasy hole in the ground and consider dying.”<br><br>“Mmm, take a picture for Ben-” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2022/03/01 Excerpt] from [[Gone and Done It 17.9]]</ref>