Miss

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Miss is an Other of unknown type residing in Kennet.

Personality

Relationships

Like all the Kennet Others, she is bound to aid Avery Kelly, Verona Hayward, and Lucy Ellingson. She was the one to select them for Awakening, and has taught them how to summon her whenever they need advice.

Appearance

Miss' face and hands - any part of her not covered by clothing - is impossible to see, even with Second Sight.<ref name=":1">“You can’t see her face because of what she is,” Matthew said.  “We can’t either.  I wouldn’t worry about it.” - excerpt from Lost for Words 1.1</ref> Events conspire to hide them. (see Abilities, below.)

On one occasion, she wore a scarf and coat which were noticeably expensive.<ref>“Clearly,” said the woman standing by the rink.  She was dressed well, with a nicer scarf and coat than most shops in Kennet sold, but she stood between the plexiglass and the trees, and a combination of scratches on the glass and the glaring reflection of the light above the

rink obscured her from forehead to chin. - excerpt from Blood Run Cold 0.0</ref> On another, she wore a blue sweater with extra material around the neck, an ankle-length pleated skirt, and boots.<ref>The woman was wearing a blue sweater with extra material around the 

neck, an ankle-length pleated skirt, and boots.  Where she stood, a branch hung low and the leaves obscured her face.  Verona couldn’t see her hands either.  One was hidden in the shadows of the foliage and the garage.  The other was blocked from view by the wind chime that hung just outside the kitchen window.

She leaned to one side to peer through the wind chimes, and the wind picked up, moving the long, dangling metal bars into the way.

She stopped leaning, and the wind died down. - excerpt from Lost for Words 1.1 </ref> On another,a long coat.<ref>The woman with the hidden face was there too, hands in the pockets of a long coat. - excerpt from Lost for Words 1.1</ref> She frequently wears a skirt.<ref name=":0">“Miss!”

“Miss!”

“Miss!” The three of them stood on the bridge that connected the mostly residential western half of Kennet to the messier southeastern quarter.

[...]

“What can I help you with?”  Miss’s voice had a bit of that British crispness to it. [...] She could see Miss’s hair and skirt, below.  Miss had found a seat on an angled support strut beneath the bridge. - excerpt from Stolen Away 2.2 </ref>

She has a bit of a British accent<ref name=":0" /> or something close to it.<ref>She spoke while walking away, her voice almost but not quite bearing an English accent - excerpt from Blood Run Cold 0.0</ref>

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.

She is able to remain inhumanly still for long periods.<ref>The woman didn’t move a muscle.  She hadn’t for some time.

[...]

The first thing Verona looked at as she stepped into the kitchen was the window.

Yep.  Still there, still not moving.  Still with face and hands hidden.

“Creepy miss hidden-face is in my backyard,” she remarked.  “Has been for a bit.”

- excerpt from Lost for Words 1.1 </ref>

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.”

“This is on your heads,” Charles said, growling the words.

“There what goes?” Verona asked.  “Why can we continue?” “Your eyes are open.  It’s a good first step,” Miss said.

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“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.”

- excerpt from Lost for Words 1.1 </ref>

She was able to maintain several magic items and resources as her required tribute of power & teaching for the Kennet trio.

History

Prologue

Attended the corpse of the Carmine Beast and encountered Louise Bayer.

With the agreement of the locals, set out to awaken new Practitioners and have them investigate, to ward off other potential investigators.<ref>“It was always going to be some time before they realized the Carmine

Beast was gone.  We hoped to have months, and we had five weeks,” Miss 

said.  “Now we need the ability to tell outsiders that practitioners are

handling the matter.  Give us the ability to say that, help us where 

you’re able, and we will give you a share of all of our power.” - excerpt from Lost for Words 1.1</ref> Identified Avery as a good candidate,^{[citation needed]} then introduced her to Lucy and Verona. She told them some basics, such as to practice not lying, then watched them for five weeks.<ref>“I made them an offer, five weeks ago.  The two girls were friends already.  I pointed them to the third because three makes a good number.  I told them we would teach them of magic and strange things if they would help us with a problem.  One you can no longer assist us with, Charles.”

“The Carmine Beast.”

“Yes.  I’ve described only the most fundamental things.  I had them spend a weekend practicing avoiding lies, and watched them carefully.  I

explained the ritual to awaken, in rough strokes, and told them what 

they’d need.  I told them they would be able to speak to the wind, or to

flames, to see far things, to change their shape…”

“Go to magical places,” Avery said.

“Yes.  And curse their enemies.” - excerpt from Lost for Words 1.1 </ref>

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