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Clarice Ferguson
File:Clarice.jpg Portrayed by Christina Ricci
Codename:	'Blink'
Affiliations:	X-Men, Xavier Institute - Graduate student
Birthdate:	June 3, 1988

Journal:	If you're good you'll live forever
Player:	Maureen

"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are"

Clarice is a former student at Xavier's school and is currently a student at the University of Maryland and an X-Man.

Details

Character Journal: x_blink

Real Name: Clarice Molly Ferguson

Codename: Tinky Winky (trainee name); Blink (X-Men name)

Aliases: Purple Pixie, Glitterbug, Candy Cane

First Appearance: December 24, 2003

Date of Birth: June 3, 1988

Place of Birth: Ithaca, New York

Citizenship: American

Relatives: Ferguson Family: Mary (Ferguson) Eddings (Mother), David Eddings (Step-father), Jacob Ferguson (Father), Lisa (Richards) Ferguson (Step-mother), Stacie Richards (step-sister), Karen Richards (step-sister)

Education: High school diploma from Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, currently a biologial anthropology major at University of Maryland and plans on attending medical school. Or starting her own fashion business. Or both.

Relationship Status: Single

Occupation: full time student & X-Man trainee

Team Affiliation: X-Men

Biography

Childhood

Mary O'Connell met Jacob Ferguson in the Caribbean shortly after they both finished law school. Mary was working for a human rights organization and Jacob was on vacation from a corporate law firm. They fell in love and Mary followed him back to Ithaca, New York in a whirlwind romance. Less than two years later, they were married and had a daughter they named Clarice.

She had a typical childhood, although her parents both worked a lot and as she got older, fought a lot. They separated when she was nine and were divorced when she was 10. Their divorce devastated Clarice and she lived with her mother who was a big believer of following your heart. Doing just that, Clarice began making her own clothing and doing many crafty things.

When Clarice was 11, her father remarried, instantly adding a second mother and two step-sisters to her family. Clarice was a few years younger than her step-sisters and was frequently relegated as their annoying tag-along in what they thought were budding modeling careers. It was her step-mother that got Clarice to start dancing and she quickly took to it, joining a local team and going to local competitions.

She joined her junior high school dance team and expected to go on to her high school team as well, until her powers began to manifest. Her hair and skin began to change before she knew she had powers and she was asked to leave the dance team.

The fencing team allowed her to join and since all but one hand was covered by the uniform, her mutancy was easily disguised. She took to fencing with a vengeance. When she wasn't fencing, her mother took her to every doctor she could think of, dermatologists, crystal healers, acupuncture, anything. She was a mutant. She was requested not to return to school for her own safety.

Her parents, for the first time in years, agreed that Clarice's safety was paramount and shuttled her between their houses, keeping her locked away until they could figure out what to do. They found Xavier's through a friend that knew of Professor Xavier and in their last agreeable decision together, drove her to the school.

Living At The X-Mansion

Initially, Clarice was untrusting of the adults at the school and jealous of her normal-looking classmates and soon turned towards Sarah and Jono, the self-proclaimed Monsters in the Basement. When the school was attacked in January, 2004, Clarice hid under Sarah's bed and refused to leave the basement for a week afterwards. Due to their age and maturity differences, Sarah and Jono tended to look at Clarice more as a pesky younger sister than as a friend.

Their friendship was challenged during Marauders (plot) and Sarah went after the people that killed the Morlocks. Ultimately, Clarice realized that she was not like Sarah and that despite her inaction, she was just as culpable. Sadly, she broke off their friendship in what was her first major step to growing up and leaving the childhood she clung to behind.

On the advice of Dr. Samson, Clarice began working on earning her learners permit so she could learn to drive a car and was taught to drive by Jean-Paul before he left. When Red X began, Clarice joined and through her work with them and her classes at Xavier's, became a licensed EMT-basic. She worked for a summer as an EMT and ended up being at the hospital when Bad Blood occurred.

Initially, Clarice had no interest in joining the X-Men, but after working with Red X, Remy's Eleven and generally being around the school, she decided that she would become an X-Man once she was old enough to join. Once she got over her appearance and began accepting it, she fell into her own and has made it her mission to get out into the world and make them deal with her on her terms.

In addition to her medical interests, Clarice is an avid sewer and has made clothing for Jay, Warren, and Hank amongst others at the school with physical mutations and was torn for a while over whether to become a doctor or have her own fashion line. She believes she can do it all.

Shortly after arriving at the school, Clarice established a reputation as the Glitterbug, glittering people's rooms and belongings if she felt they could use cheering up. Among the people glittered have been Paige, Jono, and Kevin. She hasn't glittered anyone in quite a while and has mostly passed the glitterbug title to Karolina. Kevin has had the joy of being glittered by Clarice twice, both times shortly after he moved to the mansion.

Clarice's first boyfriend was Shiro and they spent almost as much time fighting at first as they did dating, especially with the culture clash and tempers. The relationship did them both good for many reasons, for Clarice it helped boost her self esteem and for Shiro it helped him see that American's weren't as bad as he thought. Their relationship couldn't survive though when Clarice found that Shiro was addicted to kick and broke up with him.

College and Beyond

Clarice began college as an undeclared premed major at the University of Maryland and is now a sophomore with a formally declared major of biological anthropology. She spent her freshman year in the Maryland dorms in an uneven triple with two girls that she just couldn't quite be friends with. They weren't bad, but Clarice has realized more and more that she just doesn't have much in common with other teens her age - her life experiences are too different. Saving the world and then going to classes just gave her a different outlook on things. After all, not may people can say they were gender-switched while on a weekend retreat, fought dinosaurs or been to outer space.

After her freshman year, Clarice moved back to Xavier's and now shares a suite with her former frienemy and now friend, Monet. They have big plans to start their own mutant-centric clothing company once Monet finishes college and Clarice has more than 2 seconds of spare time. She was also a bridesmaid in her former roommate and best friend, Terry's wedding at Cassidy Keep.

Her flighty, glitterbug persona has steadily dissolved, leaving Clarice more mature and stronger than she thought she could be. She still loves a good time, but the bright happy colors and insatiable energy she used to be known for has given way to a more mature wardrobe with colour included as opposed to the main ingredient and an ability to make the difficult decisions in life. College is about growing up and between that and her X-Men duties, she has been.

Serving on the X-Men with her ex-boyfriend, Shiro wasn't easy at first, especially when she found out he was now dating Alex. Enraged, she hit Shiro when she found out, but they have since worked on repairing their relationship again. Even though they are broken up, their relationship is just as volatile as it was when they were dating. Most recently, she and Kyle have been dating to mixed responses. Where this will lead, they don't know.

During the mission Opera Redux Clarice was exposed to radiation and has done a medical withdrawal from both school and the X-Men until she gets better. Currently she spends her days trying to will her hair to grow back faster, wishing her wig looked better, sewing and watching daytime TV. She's bored to tears from it all.

Radiation Poisoning

Coming Soon

Physical Characteristics

Height: 5ft 5in

Weight: 150lbs - slim and athletic, with well defined muscles without being muscle-bound

Eyes: brown

Hair: purple, generally a little past her shoulders, but she is always curling it, straightening it or something. She rarely dyes it.

Other Features:

Piercings: two earring holes in each ear

Tattoos: one curved vertical line above her right eye, one vertical S through her left eye and a diamond on her forehead (covers a scar sustained in Full Metal Mutants).

Scars: a small one on her back from childhood and numerous scars on her hands from swords. In Full Metal Mutants Clarice was cut on the forehead by a ninja. This scar she covered with a diamond shaped tattoo. In Kaiten she sustained moderate burns to her upper back which has resulted in some scarring.

Powers

Clarice used to look like a normal brown haired, pale skinned girl, but shortly after she turned 14 her hair began growing in a dark purple and several months later, her skin began to change to a soft purple.

She can also teleport via discs which she can create to any destination on Earth, transporting herself or someone/something else to that location instantaneously. Distance is not a factor for her powers, however mass is. The more something weighs or the more she teleports, the more energy she uses. Her discs manifest similar to the flat, glassy water of a Stargate wormhole, although they are also a purply-pink colour.