Editing Shadowwalkers: Emily (section)

==Bio/Background==

After graduating college, Emily's mother spent a year in Japan teaching English before returning home to New Trinadad. No one thought much of it until she started showing the unmistakable signs of pregnancy soon after returning.

It was something of a scandal at the time, of course, and people talked, but eventually found new targets for gossip and got along with their lives. After Emily was born her mother married her old high school boyfriend, and the two raised Emily and eventually her new younger brother with love.

It was only as Emily got older that she started to realize she wasn't quite like everyone else. At first she wondered if she had superpowers, or would get a welcome letter for a magic school, but when she started accidentally growing a tail when startled she finally put two and two together with her mother's history.

Something in her kept her from talking to her parents about it, though. She told herself it was because she didn't want to worry them, or dredge up sore facts about her heritage, but deep down she got a thrill from keeping secrets and fooling them all. A thrill that only grew as she began to experiment more with her powers.

Then one day she realized that she was instinctively telling lies even when she had no reason to hide the truth, and her "pranks" against any students at her school that earned her ire were reducing them to tears as often as not. In a rare moment of reflection she realized that she was becoming something her parents, not to mention the person she used to be, would be disgusted with.

No matter how much she tried, though, being a trickster wasn't something she could fight - it was as much a part of her as being human, after all. But, somewhat inspired by the superhero comics she had enjoyed as a child, she realized she could pick who she targeted, and limit the nastier tricks to those who at least probably deserved it.

And if the police occasionally arrested a panicked mugger or rapist who spoke of following their prey into a dark alley only to find their own corpse with "Repent!" scrawled on the wall in blood, then they'd probably just put it off to drug use.

'''Living Situation'''

Emily's home is firmly middle class, with both her mother and stepfather working white collar jobs that keep them fairly busy. That's one of the self justifications Emily uses for the fact that she hasn't told them about... well, all the weirdness she runs in to including and on top of being a shapeshifting fox. The combination of their schedule and the secrets she keeps means they haven't been as close lately, but she still loves them and they love her.

Other than her parents, Emily's only family is her brother, four years younger than her and in his last year of middle school. The two of them get along alright, and Emily would certainly move heaven and earth if he was in danger, but she hasn't told him anything either - as her little brother he'll always be a kid to her, even when he's grown up. Despite not saying anything, and the weirdness censor most mortals seem to have, she can't help but suspect he's guessed something is going on, though. Once she's pretty sure she accidentally let him see her tail and he didn't seem to freeze up like most people do.

'''Vehicles'''

Emily has a driver's license, but currently no car. Her allowance isn't anywhere near big enough, and she feels obtaining the money in other ways would just lead to her parents asking too many questions, not to mention being a morally questionable use of her powers.

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