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== '''Background''' ==


Janette's father, unknown to anyone outside their family, is a mutant. He didn't - doesn't - have much of a mutation, just a little cellular rejuvenation, protecting him from most diseases and other damage to his cells. But that wasn't the only thing he had - he also had a masking mutation. He never reads as a mutant, to any scanner.

Janette inherited both of those mutations - the first, to an even greater degree than her father had, becoming strong and tough innately. But she also manifested her own mutant abilities. Though she isn't fully aware of their nature, she's psychokinetic - most of the time, her ability is simply enhancing her innate strength as she lifts and punches and throws. But she also uses it to launch herself in prodigious leaps.

Her powers manifested when, in middle school, one of the star athletes decided to press his suit more physically than he should have. She didn't hurt him - he just got a trip down the floor of the '''very''' long hallway for his troubles. But she found out quickly that her new power wasn't invisible to detection, and to protect her family, she ran away to New York. With her abilities, she was well able to protect herself against predators, and was able to capture the attention of a legitimate model scout. She changed her name, combining her first and middle names, to become 'Janice Donovan'.

But the life of a model really wasn't for her - between trying to protect other runaways and mutants in her neighborhood and the stresses of preparing for shows, she started hitting the bottle - hard. It's a fairly cheap form of addiction, even with a constitution like hers, and when she hit bottom, she still had a good nest egg. She climbed back out of the pit and formed the ''Chrysalis'' modeling agency to provide a safe space for models, even as she continues her work as Guardian, protecting a somewhat larger neighborhood.