Question Absinthe

Well... If Adam had only told his dad about Collin, his troubles would have been solved, 'cause Crucibelle's Collin's Aunt.

I wonder if Earth Mother knows the Woodwife... Earth Mother isn't Woodwife's kid... Flower Child was too old to fit?

pained smiled > pained smile

bound to you and the (principle) holds the same.”

“However,” Dad said, giving me a steady look, “Several other witnesses

claim that the Woodsman and the Woodwife surrendered peacefully, but then an agent killed the Woodsman execution style and attempted to kill the Woodwife as well. She retaliated and killed that agent while escaping.”

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“My power is that I’m immune to other mutant(s') powers,”

“Gwen,” Dad cried out in obvious fear. [Exclamation mark, instead of comma?]

“No way,” I exclaimed, shaking my head and trying to clear it of those confusing emotions(.) [Ditto]

Adam Wylann, 15 years old, free running and parkour for the last year and a half, and running for his life from an angry mutant. Collin Reynolds is his main pursuer, open secret at school this guy is a low level exemplar. Wanting to beat him up and having his best friend Mike chasing Adam as well, oh brother, thug mentality, can't take someone in a fair fight. Oh, great, targeted by Collin because Adam's dad works for the MCO. Adam is being very reasonable and empathetic towards Collin and not wishing to ruin his life despite the unwarranted attack.

A cat named Gozer, priceless reference to Ghostbusters. Rather be the squirrel than the cat, just stay away from roads. Escapes them like that and Collin thinks if he was a mutant Adam's father would make his own son disappear, oh brother. Turning running from bullies into a game, one way to deal with it.

Yikes, that is an imposing dad, one you don't want to disappoint, though I hope just because of lecture and not worse reasons. 6 minutes late and he is grounded, ouch. Takes after his mom and believes rules are meant to be broken, yikes, take about tense situation. Target practice at the shooting range every month or two, that is not enough time to properly bond as father and son imo. Find it funny the wife/mom can steamroll the dad, never upset the wife.

Half the day over paperwork, ouch, I would be in a foul mood too. A mutant dubbed Slippery using aliases and might be a probability warper, can't imagine what it would take to lock someone like that up. Confront bullies head-on within the rules, that is foolish at best, naïve at worst. Bullies don't follow rules, they will gang up on someone and if you fight back and actually hurt them a little use it as an excuse to cripple or kill you if they think they can get away with it. His dad was upset he got beat up because he couldn't defend himself, ugh. Women's self defense course, I've seen what women who have taken those course can do, nothing to be embarrassed about taking them as a guy.

People sitting next to Adam getting dizzy and not feeling well, wonder what happened to Clive Bowen and the other two who sat by Adam. Now Clive is seeing a monkey, oh boy, don't tell me Adam manifested and is doing this without knowing. Hallucinations, at least Adam is able to get Mrs. Morgan to see something is wrong with Clive. Girl in front of Adam starting to sway a bit, uh oh.

Adam and Mike cornering him right off the school grounds, cowards. At least he goaded Collin into a one-on-one unless Adam tries to run. Yeah, thought he could take the guy one-on-one, those women's self defense course teach you how to fight brutal and hit weak spots so size and strength differences don't matter as much. Laid out Collin and then runs because he likes free running, Adam is what I wished I'd been as a teen.

Frankenstein's Self-Defense, dang, wish I could have gone to classes there. Doug Chambers, like him, such a change from Sifu Ito and Sensei Tolman. Fought in mixed martial arts and even in illegal underground fighting, Doug is a scary man.

"In the end, I'm going to teach you to protect yourselves. I'm going to teach you how to keep other people from hurting you. My job is to make sure that if you ever get into a real fight, you're the one who walks away."

Doug is the perfect teacher for Adam.

Hehe, Tyson wearing a traditional martial arts gi when he doesn't have to and expecting this to be like his previous training, that is going to be a shock. Elbow to the solar plexus, punching them in them throat, and kneeing them in the groin, brutal but effective.

"If you aren't cheating, then you aren't trying hard enough."

Why do I have the feeling Doug and Ito would get along well. And Tyson is foolish, this is self defense training, to defend yourself against an attacker who will do who knows what to you if given the chance. No such thing as cheating in a fight to survive.

Oh boy, Javier hallucinating as well now as prolong exposure to Adam, this is bad. Purple flowers growing from the walls, with kittens growing out of them, dang, that is potent ability to cause Javier to see that. Adam in pain and then tingling, now seeing glowing lines running through the air around him, oh boy, guessing his eyes changed color as well. A glowing green faerie floating in the air in front of him, 4" tall and naked, things just got weirder. Okay, that faerie flying off is going to cause problems, I just know it.

Darn, everyone recovers but it happens again the next day. Pink squirrels and one girl seeing her Grandmother's ghost, oh this is very bad. Seeing the little green faerie and thinking he needs his head examined, guess that would be the first response with what is happening to others around him. A were-Dalmatian named Spot, ouch, bad choice in codename there. And Slippery is going to try to use Adam against his father, bad day.

Woman with black hair streaked purple and skin almost like plastic, says nothing personal but wish to send a message to MCO. Going after family to send a message, this is way over the line. Ah, woman is codenamed Vindigo, going to kill him to send a message to MCO if they go after them they will go after their families, sickening.

At least the little green faerie was able to distract them, groin shot to Spot, ouch. It is fun seeing Adam use brutal techniques on these creeps. Getting a thrill from running from them, Adam is definitely not a normal kid. Darn, Slippery earned his name, teleporting right before a groin shot would hit. And like a greased pig as well, hard to get a grip on him, codename is one of the most fitting I've ever seen.

Surrounded and about to be killed, Vindigo flying with a ball of purple energy in hand, things look bad. Hallucinations and a glow around each of the three mutants, tied to some kind of glowing line in the air, sounds like magic to me. More than a dozen tiny green faeries, whoa. And making Slippery see Champion, yikes. Can't believe he beat them up and escaped without further incident.

At least it is his mom who sees him first when he gets home. Losing all strength and nearly falling onto the floor, only to see himself in the mirror and find out his hair has turned green. Wonder how his day is going to react. Figures out he is a mutant and goes into burnout, at least his mom should know what to do with who her husband is.

Wakes up in the hospital and remembers what happened, Doctor Jaskins seems nice. And they have confirmed people get dizzy and then hallucinate when near him for too long. Level 3 burnout, still bad, wonder what long-term affects it will have on his powers. A flickering glow around the doctor that seems stress, sounds like some sort of aura sight. Wait, GSD but not as bad as Adam is expecting, the way Doctor Jaskins is acting sounds like Adam is turning into a girl, only explanation I can think of.

Ouch, to look into a mirror and see a face you aren't expecting staring back, to see a girl's face when you are a boy, so many ways Adam could react. Eyes like that and pointed ears, Adam is becoming a Sidhe.

"On the plus side," I joked weakly. "You always said you wanted a daughter."

Adam is taking it better than most, hiding it well when others would be freaking out. Feels a little like being drunk, so that is where the story title and her codename comes from.

Telling his dad everything he remembers about the attack by Spot, Slippery, and Vindigo, last one known to murder humans with anti-mutant views but who aren't dangerous in other ways. Dad is actually proud of Adam, knows trained agents who wouldn't have done as well against those three. Poor Adam crying his eyes out, in shock over everything and the changes he is going through, even checking himself out to see the rest of the changes. Kid is stronger than most to stay awake that long with that much physical, emotional, and mental strain.

Oh boy, having to pull over and take breaks from driving due to Adam's power, hope he soon to be she gets it under control. That is a very fast transformation for a changeling. Oh boy, worried about what his dad thinks of him changing into a girl and that him becoming a mutant is a slap in the face to his dad, Adam and his dad need to have a talk.

Closer to him the faster his power works and physical contact is worse, ouch, this is going to be painful to watch until Adam gets control over that power. Dealing with these things the sooner the better, oh boy, no time to adapt. Keeping that calm when he is so upset, definitely not a normal teen. Gwendolynn Adelle Wylann, Gwen for short, cute. Ouch, perky B cups and already needing a bra.

And the bra fitting confirms she is a Sidhe, allergic to synthetics. Not going back to school due to physical changes, check. And mom helps to figure out her sensitivity to synthetics, silk bra fixes one problem. I think the guys he does free running without would be too busy checking out Gwen than not letting him/her live down turning into a girl. Drunk at first, then like tripping on acid, hope the stoner-types at Whateley don't find out about her. Poor Gwen, not wishing to make others sick being near her, just makes you want to be able to hug her.

Glowing lines in the air and around her mom, whoa. Finally know the glowing green faeries aren't a hallucination, poor faerie freaking out from mom touching it. Not hobgoblin, wonder what the little green faeries are. And still a shopping trip in Gwen's future, *in almost whisper* yay. No, don't use the faeries to mess with Gozer, that would be cruel. Plus I don't want to imagine what a cat is like drunk, then high.

A dream of a beautiful but alien city, don't tell me Gwen has a Sidhe spirit who remembers the Five-Fold Courts. Trying to tell mom she was just hallucinating the alarm clocking going off, priceless. And already a girl, that was really quick. Dang, I would hate to play poker against Gwen's dad. Telling her she could have accidently hurt someone with her powers, good grief, that is now how you deal with your son turned daughter who is already scared of what is happening to her.

"Don't scare the girl," Mom warned Dad in a pleasant tone that held just a hint of steel."

Meeting the tiny green faerie, wonder what Dad thought of that. Even having to rush through eating together, ouch. Interesting way of thinking about how her body has changed but not who she is. Ah, the old 'look of horror at the suggestion of cutting her hair short'. Image of beautiful elven tomboy, hehehe, that will just draw even more attention. Darn, wants to go running and gets ruined when she sneezes out a green faerie.

Her dad takes Gwen to someplace that isn't the MCO local office, wasn't expecting that. A place like this and it is better than most doctor office waiting rooms you see. Crucibelle, why does Gwen's dad grimly greet a local superhero, wonder what history they and the MCO have. Gwen almost slips up and gives her old name, which Crucibelle notes. And dad doesn't trust everyone in the MCO, smart.

Sounds like some of the machines in the back are devisor tech. Doctor Tempest, pediatrician before he was imbued, rare to see that. Uses devices without knowing how they work, just that they do, oh, that is going to cause trouble someday. A dark skinned man wearing a loud Hawaiian shirt and this is Doctor Oswald, oh boy. Gwen giving that level of analysis, dang. Thinking she is a manifestor due to the faeries, wonder if that is it though. And dad has pointed out why it probably isn't pheromones for her other power.

Ouch, breaking out from the spandex jumpsuit. Dang, fully sealed environmental suit and still affected, and not a psychic, so I'm guessing magic for how she is causing the dizziness and hallucinations. Ah, limited duration manifestation, though it has to be high level for them to have such level of autonomy, at least if I recall what has been posted about manifestors on the forums right. Glowing lines of energy, and not psychic, it just has to be magic, can't think of anything else that makes sense.

Witchling showed up for the next part of testing, and she knows Gwen is a Sidhe, yay!

"This one has been in my custody for years," Dad stated, which made my eyes go wide. Dad had actually told a joke...sort of.

Revealing Gwen is less human that she appears, another shock to add to the growing number. Figures, the faeries are hobgoblins that Gwen has been creating unintentionally. Yeah, them all looking alike and obeying Gwen's will is what made me think they were something other than hobgoblins myself, strange.

Mostly Sidhe with hints of other faerie lineage, but she can't be certain, that is a curveball. What the what! Sidhe ancestry from very far back and Gwen's mutation awoke it and brought it to the surface. How could a human and Sidhe interbreed, it isn't supposed to be possible. And her glamour alters others' perceptions but isn't that strong, oh boy. It is going to be hard to get a glamour under control. And it isn't even at full strength yet, hope Witchling is right about her gaining control over it. Ley lines, thought that is what she is seeing.

Just how strong is she to fill up the sphere with that much magical essence, I wonder. Oh boy, telling Dad about the Sidhe ancestor, that grim look of his can mean a lot of things. Wizard level 4 and she thinks that is respectable, but not especially impressive power level. She has no idea what a Wizard level 4 can do, that is a lot more power than she thinks. And finding out about cold iron's affect on Faerie, the hits just keep on coming. And finding out Sidhe measure lifespan in centuries, not years, yeah, that is a huge shock to most.

Just under the threshold for esper 1, very good sense of intuition can come in handy in a lot of ways. Ah, so Dad came up with the Absinthe codename, good idea with her look and how her powers work. MMID due to her being a mutant dependent of an employee, very nice. Not trusting the MCO where the safety of his own daughter is concerned, I pity the idiots who come after Gwen and find daddy waiting for them.

Didn't do anything illegal or break any regulations, I like him, knows all the rules and how to use them for his and his family's benefit.

"Hogwarts is real?" I asked in surprise.

That gag never gets old. And Dad knows about Whateley, but wishes for someplace closer to home. And Witchling uses a different style of magic that isn't compatible with Gwen's. Oh boy, Witchling knows someone who can help Gwen, but she really doesn't like the MCO, this is going to be interesting.

Oh boy, Mom trying to deny the effects of Gwen's glamour are due to magic and still treating it like pheromones, this could cause problems. Going from Seattle, Washington to Mount Rainer, plus Mom having to take break plus deal with the faeries flying around the car, not a pleasant trip. She knows Gwen's full name and there is that strong of magic around her property, just how old is she. Mrs. Lauriant, warned not to approach a tree filled with magic, wonder why.

Ah, magical battery with a lot of magical essence and warded, interesting use for a tree. Why doesn't she like Joyce and scowls so much? Wanting to work alone with Gwen, this woman isn't very trusting of others for some reason. And a practitioner of natural and arboreal magics, interesting. Witchling is Mrs. Lauriant's elder sister!?! Now that is very unexpected. Bonding with the faerie hobgoblins like familiars and wonders if Gwen can actually use them as familiars, that is very unusual. 3 days to teach her how to avoid unleashing her magic by accident and hopefully, how to harness her glamour. Staying with her for 3 days like that, hope it works and Mrs. Lauriant doesn't get frustrated with Gwen.

Hardcore training to learn how to control her magic, dang. Controlling her glamour and turning it off even for 15 minutes, that is good progress in a short amount of time. A squirrel familiar whose name translates as 'Finder of Much Food', that is cute. Using the faeries as familiars to a small degree, she can transfer essence to Finder for him to hold for her, good bond with her familiar. Gwen picked up on transferring essence into her faeries quickly. Sending the energy of the glamour into the faeries to store it and not accidently unleash it, glad to see her have the ability to be around others more now.

Mrs. Lauriant and Witchling both having bodies too young for their personalities. Having to wear some of Mrs. Lauriant's spare clothes, why do I have the feeling Finder spilled that syrup on Gwen on purpose. Just to force Gwen into wearing a dress, ugh. Never mess with a grimoire without permission, getting a shock is minor compared to some wards used. Noticed a metal chest she had mistaken for a footstool, guessing it was under an illusion she penetrated. A talent for perception and illusion spells and this confirmed it.

Border patrol, exiled, and talk about living among the humans, is Gwen having memories of her Sidhe ancestor, it sure seems like it. And having pixies as scouts, interesting. X'rxi second in command and the one the pixies looked to as their leader. Same green hair color. Looked like a large bear, but with black slime oozing over its fur, great, one of the GOOs agents. All those poor pixies dead and then the thing lunged at the individual in the ancient past. What a way for a dream to end.

Woken up 20 minutes early by a nightmare, ouch, know that all too well. Having to wear the same panties 3 days in a row, that is just eww. Learning a couple simple spells, hope she has mastered that new trick to control her glamour. Oh boy, mom seeing her in a dress, she is going to buy her more now. Illusionary green fire, nice trick and good way to bluff others.

Ah, fox fire aka faerie fire, that can be dangerous in the right hands, aim for someone's eyes and watch them shield themselves. Wearing dresses from now on when she comes for lessons with Mrs. Lauriant, at least she isn't upset about it. Magical Theory, Magic for Beginners, and The Art of Illusion, nice books and great gifts from Mrs. Lauriant. She has a good start in her magical education, though I can understand wanting to cut loose.

Out free running and finding her new flexibility makes some moves even more easy to pull out. Gets home and parents have been talking about Gwen's future, Dad has suspicions about Mrs. Lauriant's identity and who she really is. Armor made of wood grown around her, a skirt made of leaves and bark, the Woodwife. A low level villain and eco-terrorist 20 years ago, she had a partner at the time called Woodsman, believed to be her husband. She and her husband according to several witnesses state they surrendered peacefully and an agent killed Woodsman execution style and attempted to kill Woodwife as well. She killed the agent responsible while escaping.

Dad won't make such accusations unless he has some evidence to back them up, liking him more and more. We know why she doesn't like the MCO now, a very good reason, husband murdered right in front of her after they surrender peacefully and agent tried to kill her as well, just sickening. And finally bring up Whateley Academy to Gwen. Scholarships for the school but Dad's profession may disqualify her for a number of them.

Ah, the official origin of the MCO, wonder how much of the truth is in it. Ouch, Goodkinds donate a quarter of the MCO's yearly budget, that is bad. His Dad is one of those in the MCO trying to work to correct the way the MCO has become, glad to hear this. Gwen an intern of the MCO and use a little used program to pay her full tuition to Whateley Academy and even a small stipend, dang. This is huge. Doesn't seem like that much for an intern to do and paid full tuition is a big deal. Wonder how the other students what Whateley will react to this though.

Smart not to trust everyone there, even in the good offices there is bound to be a bad apple or two. Greg seems nice, though never tick off the guys in accounting. Intern there and meets the minimum age requirements, plus good to know the rules they are supposed to follow, so when they try to break them you can call them on it with full knowledge. Paperwork for superheroes, ouch, no wonder there aren't more of them, plus it being a dangerous profession.

Fredericks heavily involved with local Humanity First group, oh boy. Gwen getting to help on the Slippery case, nice. Agent Wilkins and Agent Cornish, Miles aka Dad actually trust them enough to reveal the truth about Gwen, good to know. Poor Gwen under that kind of attention. Revealing how she hit Vindigo and Spot, yeah, few will be up for a chase after those kind of hits. And Cornish realizing they might go after their families next, yikes.

Ugh, Slippery snatches Gwen thinking he is rescuing her from the MCO, idiot! And now she is among the mutant gang, including Vindigo, thinking they rescued her from being disappeared. This is the worst thing possible! And they have Boost, a power booster from the sound it, making it much worse than expected. Take down the MCO, this is one of the offices where there are a lot of the good ones, darn it.

Having to play along with these psychos, Gwen needs to get out of there and fast. Just for being a mutant, Slippery is as oily as his codename, thinking he is a victim when he is a thief they are trying to take in. Creating faerie fire and Vindigo shows up, oh boy, and Collin shows up with Spot. Flytrap, seriously, because he creates a zone around himself where everyone else gets stuck to the ground.

Oh crud, Spot can tell who she is by her smell, this just escalated quickly. Forced into a corner, using faerie fire to distract him and kick him in the groin again so she can run, hope Gwen can escape unharmed. Crud, stopped by Slippery and Collin, noted the way she moved, then the black guy with them put her to sleep, his name is Snooze.

Hands and ankles duct taped together, Vindigo and the others thinking she is a spy due to having MCO employee badge and MID indicates she is connected to them. They think Gwen is the secret mutant sister of Adam, oh brother. Chubby blonde who is jealous of Gwen is named Sid, Vindigo is a brutal individual with her suggestion of cutting her up and sending Gwen back to the MCO in pieces. Manifested an Obsidian knife, yikes, Sid is scary too.

Oh boy, Vindigo talking about Slippery not being fully committed to their cause, those are words you don't want to hear from a psycho like her. Bomb in the MCO office, they are a terrorist group. Good thing they don't know about her glamour and it starting to work on the guards. And Collin doesn't want to kill another mutant, Vindigo saying he is wimping out on them. Snooze seeing spiders and Sid seeing something on a wall which she thinks is cute, that glamour is very handy in the right situation.

Snooze knocking out Sid, then Gwen unleashing about two dozen faeries, which makes Snooze drop the ground freaking out, nice. Ouch, cold iron bars on the windows, that just figures. A blinding flash of light and Spot kicked in the groin for the third time, called a bad dog, love this running gag. Using the faeries as distraction and faerie fire on Boost, she is getting the hang of her powers.

Collin refusing to help them any more, he has some morals. Ack! Kicking the big Asian guy in the groin and he only grunts without going down, that is the worst possible response to such an attack for the attacker. Slippery was going to try and pull that crap, after he abducted her in the first place, he is foolish if not arrogant as well. Dang, police, MCO and Gwen's dad show up and Collin holds Slippery there with his power, a warper effect that can prevent teleporters even.

Collin surrenders and says to tell Adam he is sorry, guess he just didn't like feeling persecuted by the MCO. Lead to her by the faerie that got left behind, those faeries very useful. Frankenstein is Doug's codename as he is a mutant and immune to other mutant's powers, a freelance contractor with the MCO, wasn't expecting that. Slippery cuffed with devisor cuffs designed to prevent his powers from working, very nice.

Whoa, all that glamour energy in one faerie released at once, poor Gozer the cat, though this big Asian guy is going to be tripping for a while. That was funny to watch, bad guy freaking out and KOing himself by running into a wall. And Dad knew what he was doing by sending Adam to those women's self defense classes, sneaky, not one to underestimate. Oh boy, Vindigo coming out with Boost, Boost falling to the ground and in bad shape, Vindigo blaming the MCO for that, she isn't rational at all.

Blowing up a car and hitting them again, thankfully Doug is immune and the only one hit. And Spot comes after Gwen to kill her, only to get brutally beaten up by Gwen and kicked in the groin again, 4th time, Spot just won't learn. Gunshot and Vindigo is down and in bad shape, good.

Doug finding out about Adam/Gwen is priceless, his eyes widening, hehehe. Dang, Doug and Dad plotted against Adam to get him to want to learn from Doug. Collin at least has learned his lesson about falling in with a gang, hope he gets time off for helping Gwen escape and capturing Slippery. Bwahaha, calling her absolutely gorgeous before running off blushing bright red, and Gwen felt strangely happy about the compliment. Thinking Collin is kind of cute too, Gwen is in the deep end of girlhood now no matter how much she tries to fight it.

Another dream and memory of her Sidhe ancestor, how she gave birth to a child from a human father. Ouch, lost all her pixie friends and left arm to the monster. Ah, shaman magic was involved in how she conceived her child. Small green pixie that is a magical construct fashioned in X'rxi semblance. An illusion to appear human, things are starting to shape up. The corrupted beast shows up and human villagers fall to it, dies killing the beast and leaves her child behind, dang.

Ask Mrs. Lauriant or Witchling about her dreams, this could get more complicated. Half a day of paperwork over the incident, this is one of those no good deed goes unpunished things, it sure feels like it. Sparring with Doug to help incorporate her powers, then shopping and a spa with mom for mother/daughter time, she can't catch a break. All meat tasting just a little off, guessing she can handle it more due to her ancestor's half-human nature.

Ouch, reminded about the girl's school uniform having a skirt, Gwen isn't going to be able to avoid girl clothing any longer. One woman giving them massages jealous, another appreciative, Gwen better get used to it now. At least Jessica takes a hint and doesn't try to prod Gwen about what she is any more, good skill to have in a spa employee if you don't want to get complaints about you and fired.

Based on Gwen's reaction to the woman giving her manicure and pedicure she is a straight girl now. Wondering if Collin will like her nails, this is the quickest change in a changeling I've ever seen. Teasing each other about celebrating Gwen leaving, she has adapted to the mother-daughter dynamic well. Mrs. Lauriant shows up for one last lesson before Gwen leaves, why do I have a bad feeling that something will happen. Made arrangements to continue Gwen's lessons, this doesn't feel right, like Mrs. Lauriant is up to something.

An illusionary double of herself, that is a pretty advanced spell imo. Oh boy, Aunghadhail was upset with her ancestor, hope this doesn't complicate things between her and Nikki. Yeah, finally thinking about what it means for a spell from her dream to be real, so what else from it is real.

"Uh...I wanted an audience while I practiced," I lied.

I like her, she's silly. A talent for illusion magic is an understatement, her skill in it is advancing quickly.

Emerald pendant and matching set of emerald earring, if she has to wear jewelry it is nice to match. An MCO issued laptop, at least she will have a second laptop and one not limited by the Whateley rules. Good, can put personal programs on the laptop as long as they are removed before it is turned in. Geez, reminding her about all those things, including her time of the month, Mom doesn't know how embarrassing she is being to her daughter right now. Ah, good, rules which allow magic users to bring familiars onto flights as long as they are contained.

Agent at the security station giving her trouble for her MMID, ugh. Trying to take her faeries as well, making trouble for her just because he can. Good thing Dad comes over to save the day, calling her MCO employee card fake and goes to draw his weapon on her. Ooo, Dad's threat is a good one, plus justification for an investigation, hope this agent gets nailed to the wall.

Collin is going to Whateley too, if I didn't know any better I would think a probability warper was involved. An aunt who is a mutant too who has been trying for months to get Collin to go to Whateley, don't tell me it is Crucibelle. And his aunt is Crucibelle, dang. Okay, either they have been set up by their relatives to sit by each other on the flight or there is a probability warper behind the scenes. And his aunt and Gwen's dad did work together, sneaky. Collin is actually proud of his aunt, not thinking she had something like that in her. Staring at Collin's butt, dang, Gwen's life has become strange.

Excellent story from start to finish with a lot of twist and turns I could never predict. Doug being a mutant was a nice surprise and Collin actually being a good guy for the most as well. Plus Gwen's former bully now being her crush, that came right out of left field. Can't wait to read more with Gwen, Collin, Gwen's parents, and everyone else.