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The ability to: stretch, deform, expand, or contract one’s body into any form imaginable.
Limits: User may have a limit on how far they can stretch. Users may have to use kinetic force, such as punching or kicking, or even getting punched or kicked, in order to stretch.
"I bend but I don’t break."
Carrie didn’t choose this life for herself; her parents did. People often dreamed of being policemen or firefighters, even engineers. Nobody ever wanted to be a carnival act. However Carrie was born into this life and so she conformed to it, albeit rather begrudgingly. With her parents’ reputation as flame dancers, people expected Carrie to have the same skills as well, but in reality, she did not. As much as her parents wanted her to follow in their footsteps, she just didn’t share their dreams. Mostly because she wanted to rebel but also because she didn’t have the same capabilities or interests in that particular act. That was when she found out that she had a knack for contortion without knowing that her ability was beginning to manifest.
Carrie mouthed off to people all the time and spent her time trying to solidify her image as that rough and tough girl who didn’t care. All her life she heard that the carnival was a family and they were all there for each other. She scoffed at that idea, saying that the place was more like a cult than a family. She didn’t want to be a sideshow act. Carrie resented the instability that overtook her life and wasn’t shy to show it.
In 2008, she finally got fed up with the carnival and ran away. She stole one of the motorcycles that were used for stunts and left. Life was hard though. All she ever knew how to do was exploit her ability. As prideful as she used to be, she was reduced to begging for money now that she was on her own. There were days where she would starve or fight for a place to sleep under the bridges. All the while, the fire inside her was still burning. It was thanks to this fire of hers that she caught the attention of the on-the-run group who would later call themselves the Rogues. The group was young and eager to recruit and she was hungry and alone. Unlike her life at the carnival, she actually felt accepted with the soon to be Rogues. She integrated herself into the group, accepted their beliefs as her own, and did everything to keep her unconventional family together. Even now she was still steadfastly loyal to them.
Significant Event in Life:
When the eclipse came in 2008, it was hard to ignore the fact that Carrie was a post-human. Her limbs stretched out for miles before her and all of a sudden, her whole body went limp. She screamed and cried for help but no one could do a thing for the pile of rubber-like limbs she was in. Truthfully, it seemed as though most of the carnies were more worried about their own ability either shutting down or going out of control. She never asked for the others to be there for her, but since they had been forcing the whole whole family ideal down her throat all the time she had expected them to pull through this once for her. Needless to say, she has held a grudge against the carnival ever since.
