Editing Shannon Hartley

'''APPEARANCE''': Index rarely gives more than a passing thought to his appearance, and possesses an extreme distaste for using his powers to "pass" as a human. His true form resembles a humanoid pattern of monochromatic light, with the "head" area appearing as a crackling burst of radiant psionic energy. Index also wears an armored jumpsuit constructed from AIM-derived research leaked to the Internet, modeled after the Xavier Institute uniform in a satirical tweak of the school's ideals.

'''APPEARANCE''': Index rarely gives more than a passing thought to his appearance, and possesses an extreme distaste for using his powers to "pass" as a human. His true form resembles a humanoid pattern of monochromatic light, with the "head" area appearing as a crackling burst of radiant psionic energy. Index also wears an armored jumpsuit constructed from AIM-derived research leaked to the Internet, modeled after the Xavier Institute uniform in a satirical tweak of the school's ideals.

'''BACKGROUND''': Unlike most mutants, Shannon Hartley's powers did not develop until his early adulthood, halfway through his third year at Embry-Riddle University. During an intense cram session, Shannon complained of a splitting headache--and then passed out. He regained awareness a week later in the infirmary of the Xavier Institute, where Henry McCoy and Emma Frost informed him that his X-gene had activated--though not without some complications. Shannon's body had been consumed in a flare of psionic energy, and now existed as "an endoskeleton of psionic force suffused with psychometric plasma." In fact, Doctor McCoy had been required to isolate Shannon's energy form within a containment unit until he gained enough control over his powers to stabilize himself. For his part, Shannon was overjoyed at the revelation that he was X-gene positive. Not even the discovery that his physical body had been utterly destroyed--forcing him to interact with others only through direct mind-to-mind communication or psionic projections--could dampen his enthusiasm.

'''BACKGROUND''': Unlike most mutants, Shannon Hartley's powers did not develop until his early adulthood, halfway through his third year at Embry-Riddle University. During an intense cram session, Shannon complained of a splitting headache--and then passed out. He regained awareness a week later in the infirmary of the Xavier Institute, where Henry McCoy and Emma Frost informed him that his X-gene had activated--though not without some complications. Shannon's body had been consumed in a flare of psionic energy, and now existed as "an endoskeleton of psionic force suffused with psychometric plasma." In fact, Doctor McCoy had been required to isolate Shannon's energy form within a containment unit until he gained enough control over his powers to stabilize himself. For his part, Shannon was overjoyed at the revelation that he was X-gene positive. Not even the discovery that his physical body had been utterly destroyed--forcing him to interact with others only through direct mind-to-mind communication or psionic projections--could dampen his enthusiasm.

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