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''This page is about the [[:Category: Phase 2|Phase 2]] incarnation of the character. For other uses, see [[Megan Gwynn (disambiguation)]].''
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| name    = Megan Gwynn
 
| name    = Megan Gwynn
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| image  = [[Image:pixiewiki_2.png]]
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| image  = Pixie_004.jpg|thumb
 
| pb = [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2121541/ Evanna Lynch]
 
| pb = [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2121541/ Evanna Lynch]
 
| codename = Pixie
 
| codename = Pixie
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| teams  = [[New Mutants]]
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| teams  = [[eXcalibur]]
 
| birthdate = March 1, 1994
 
| birthdate = March 1, 1994
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| journal =  [http://x-welshpixie.livejournal.com/profile x_welshpixie]
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| journal =  [https://xp-pixie.dreamwidth.org/profile xp_pixie]
 
| player = [[Marlena]]
 
| player = [[Marlena]]
 
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''Abandoned by her sister after the death of their mother, Welsh mutant Megan Gwynn was invited to attend Xavier's and is currently a student.''
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Megan Gwynn is a winged mutant possessed of hallucinogenic dust powers, a fun, quirky personality, and a soul partially replaced with demon magic.  
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== '''Details''' ==
 
== '''Details''' ==
  
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'''Character Journal:''' [http://x-welshpixie.livejournal.com/profile x_welshpixie]
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'''Character Journal:''' [https://xp-pixie.dreamwidth.org/profile xp_pixie]
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'''Real Name''': Megan Gwynn
 
'''Real Name''': Megan Gwynn
  
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'''Codename''':  
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'''Codename''': Pixie
  
 
'''Aliases''': Pixie
 
'''Aliases''': Pixie
  
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'''First Appearance''': [http://x-welshpixie.livejournal.com/625.html October 19, 2009]
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'''First Appearance''': [https://xp-communication.dreamwidth.org/1576084.html February 10, 2015]
  
 
'''Date of Birth''': March 1, 1994
 
'''Date of Birth''': March 1, 1994
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'''Citizenship''':  Wales
 
'''Citizenship''':  Wales
  
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'''Relatives''': One older sister
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'''Relatives''': none
  
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'''Education''': High school (Sophomore in American school system)
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'''Education''': High school diploma from Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters
  
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'''Relationship Status''': Single
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'''Relationship Status''': single
  
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'''Occupation''': Student
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'''Occupation''': college student, part-time employee at eVolution
  
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'''Team Affiliation''': [[New Mutants]]
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'''Team Affiliation''': [[eXcalibur]]
  
  
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=== '''Childhood''' ===
 
=== '''Childhood''' ===
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Megan speaks and writes English and Welsh fluently. She received a good education, even though her family never had a lot of money. She lived with her mother, father and older sister. Megan was never very close to her father, as he worked long and hard hours at the coal mine (and later the coal company office) in order to provide for her family. Her mother was a teacher and a school librarian. But the Gwynn family respected each other, and Megan and her sister got along fairly well.
 
  
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Then Dad died of lung cancer when Megan was 11 years old. The cancer was caused by years of smoking and working in the coal mines.
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Megan grew up with her mother and father in Abergylid, Wales. She learned both English and Welsh in school and developed an interest in world folklore and mythology.She received a decent education, even though her family never had a lot of money. Both of Megan's parents were older than the average couple when she was born (this is because they were actually her maternal grandparents). Megan was never very close to Dad, as he worked long and hard hours at the coal mine (and later the coal company office) in order to provide for her family. Mum was a teacher and a school librarian. Dad died of lung cancer when Megan was 11 years old. The cancer was caused by years of smoking and working in the coal mines. When Megan was 15, her mother died of a heart attack. Growing up with a happy childhood cut short by the deaths of her parents, Megan has a generally positive outlook on life but doesn’t believe in miracles. She always hopes for the best but expects the worst.
  
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=== '''Manifesting''' ===
  
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=== '''The Manifesting, Part I''' ===
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Megan's wings began to appear when she was an early teen. At first they were small stubs that couldn't be used for flight. Also she began to get small crops of pixie dust on her skin, but she would always just wash it off and it never seemed to do anything. She learned to wear baggy tops avoided touching people. Luckily Mum's eyesight was pretty bad, and Megan answered questions with typical teenage sass.  
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When Megan was 13, her wings first began to appear. She had ignored the pain in her back, hoping she was going through another growth spurt (she's very conscious of how small she is). At first they were small stubs that couldn't be used for flight. Also she began to get small crops of pixie dust on her skin, but she would always just wash it off and it never seemed to do anything. Megan's family (mother and sister) was initially in shock when her mutant appearance first began to appear, but quickly adopted an attitude that was half acceptance and half just-not-mentioning-it.
 
  
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=== '''Mom Dies''' ===
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Megan's powers fully manifested when she was 15. While waiting for the train, she read a newspaper expose about her late father's coal mining company knowingly operating the mines in conditions that were unsafe for the workers. According to the article, they had falsified inspection reports for years.This led Megan to believe that her father had had not died simply of smoking-related causes but because of negligence on the company's part. Megan's family had never received compensation for her father's death--according to the expose, the company had directly covered up their actions so they wouldn't have to pay out to the families of the workers.
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When Megan was 14, her mom died of a heart attack. This was especially hard on Megan and her sister. Megan's sister, now 18 years old, moved to London and ceased contact with anyone in Abergylid, including Megan. Megan's sister didn't specifically blame Megan for the turn of events, but it was too much for her to handle emotionally so she left. To this day, Megan still has very little contact with her sister. For almost a year, Megan lived by herself but kept her situation on the down-low. Her older sister was supposed to be her legal guardian, and Megan was careful to not let on that her sister had left.
 
  
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=== '''The Manifesting, Part II''' ===
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Megan became so angry that she triggered her mutancy the rest of the way. Dragonfly wings sprang fully from her back, and a thick coating of dust (like pollen) covered her skin. The dust was breathed in by dozens of people who were at the subway station where this event took place.
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At age 15 (one month before she joins the story), Megan accidentally overdosed a large population of her town with her pixie dust. What happened was that, while waiting for the train, she read a newspaper expose about her late father's coal mining company knowingly operating the mines in conditions that were unsafe for the workers. According to the article, they had falsified inspection reports for years.This led Megan to believe that her father had had not died simply of smoking-related causes but because of negligence on the company's part. Megan's family had never received compensation for her father's death--according to the expose, the company had directly covered up their actions so they wouldn't have to pay out to the families of the workers.
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Authorities seemed content with the explanation that there was a toxic chemical leak near the station that caused the victims to become disoriented and ill.
  
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Megan became so angry that she triggered her mutancy the rest of the way. Dragonfly wings sprang fully from her back, and a thick coating of dust (like pollen) covered her skin. The dust was breathed in by dozens of people who were at the subway station where this event took place.
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The event made big news in the UK, and although it wasn't widely heard of in the US, Prof. Xavier noted it and suspected that it may be linked to a mutant. By this point, Megan's mum - who was hospitalized from a stroke - died.  When Prof. Xavier came to Abergylid, he found Megan living alone, with the water and power shut off to her home. He invited her to come to the school on a scholarship.
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=== '''Living At The X-Mansion''' ===
  
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Authorities seemed content with the explanation that there was a toxic chemical leak near the station that caused the victims to become disoriented and ill.
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At Xavier’s, Megan got her dust powers under control, learned to fly, and also made some friends. Always friendly, she lost any shyness and became a confident young adult.  
  
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Megan’s emotional stability took a hit when she was abducted by the demon Belasco and forced to become his protege. A part of her soul was taken and replaced with demon magic. This gave her a small ability to use magic (so far, a were-light spell). However, the magic feels to her like it has its own personality. It’s part of her, but alien (and so far has not interacted with her physical powers) and causes her a lot of stress as she learns to live with it.  She began to adopt a more serious attitude, became more focused on her art in order to cope. Also, due to the encounter, a section of her pink hair was permanently turned black.
  
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The event made big news in the UK, and although it wasn't widely heard of in the US, Prof. Xavier noted it and suspected that it may be linked to a mutant. When Prof. Xavier came to Abergylid, he found Megan living alone, with the water and power shut off to her home.
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==='''Gap Year'''===
  
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Shortly after the events of the Bloodstone Arc and beginning magic lessons with Amanda Sefton, Megan decided to take a gap year. She traveled in the USA and abroad for a year and then some before returning to [[The Mansion|the mansion]].
  
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At this point, it became apparent that Megan was living alone with adult supervision. Not only that, but she was no longer trusted among her community (not everyone bought the "toxic chemical leak" explanation). Things became chaotic very quickly. With her sister now living in London, she had nothing left in Abergylid, Wales. Professor Xavier has a fairly easy job of recruiting her. She just needed to sell her house in Abergylid, the details of which she left to her and her sister's attorney they hired to deal with mom's estate, and move to the US.
 
  
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=== '''First year at Xavier's''' ===
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=== '''Brave New World''' ===
  
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Megan quickly became friends with some of the girls at her new school including Dori, Catseye, Julian and her roommate Nico. She adjusted to life at school fairly easily and even studied occasionally for her classes. She was getting at least C's with no failing grades for once in her academic career.  
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Megan secured her old job back at eVolution, enrolled in art school to study fashion design and re-joined team Generation X. She attempted to reconnect with old peers, unaware of just how much pain some of them had been through. She went back to magic class with Amanda, and for a time. This led to her temporarily becoming Amanda's assistant on a trip to London to [[For Cata! | intervene in the shenanigans of three magical teenagers and their fae cat]]. She later assisted Topaz, Billy, and a team of X-Men in [[Something Slender This Way Comes | rescuing the GenX teenagers after they were kidnapped/voluntarily went to another universe]].
  
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In Christmas 2009 she went to Dori's family farm with classmates Nico and Julian. The next spring she participated with the rest of the New Mutants in helping refugees in Pakistan after an earthquake struck.  
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Thankfully, Megan's downtime was significantly longer than the exciting times.
  
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Then a series of unfortunate events occurred at the school. Upper classman Nick died during the graduation ceremony, striking fear into the hearts of the students. Catseye, not believing he was dead, left the school to go look for him. This also gave Megan an idea. Catseye had always encouraged her to try to contact her sister. After her letter to Molly went unanswered, Megan left the school in July.
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== '''Physical Characteristics''' ==
  
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=== '''The Return''' ===
 
  
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Megan returns to the mansion in late December 2010 and explains that she was unsuccessful in tracking her sister down but does  post a collage of the photos she took in England and begins to reconnect with Meggan and the other students and RA's, as she and [[Yvette]] talk powers training and school sports on an ice skating trip. She chats with [[Julian]] and [[Artie]], later wishing him a happy ''Dydd Santes Dwynwen'', the Welsh version of Valentine's Day.
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'''Height''': 5'2"
  
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She meets [[Molly Hayes]] in January, following the other girl's arrival and Molly is fascinated by her wings. She begins flying lessons with Warren and strengthens her friendship with Doreen.
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'''Weight''': 124 lbs.
  
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In February, Megan  explains ''Gŵyl Fair y Canhwyllau'', the Welsh Festival of the Candles, marking the end of winter, and is curious about Groundhog Day.  She finds Kevin working on a sculpture in the metal shop and decides to stay for a chat, starting to develop a friendship with him, too. Megan wonders on the journals where her mutant genes came from, showing her tendency to use the journals for more than just communication.
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'''Eyes''': almost completely black (her pupils aren't distinguishable - currently she wears contacts to give her the appearance of a while sclera)
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An accident with Megan's pixie-dust leaves [[Dr. Henry McCoy|Hank]]  hallucinating and reinforcing the need for continuing powers training.
 
  
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Megan turns 17 and receives a birthday gift from Nico and she continues to develop her friendship with the other girls over the next couple of months.
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'''Hair''': currently long and bleached blonde from its natural pink hue
  
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In April, Megan is caught up in the events of [[Afterlife]]. She and [[Klara]] meet the ghost of Marcos Delgado, contortionist, in the library; Nico and Matt encounter Esther, a little girl who loves tea parties, in the kitchen and she goes to Marcos' gravesite with Dori and returns a compact mirror he lost;  
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'''Other Features''': (rainbow-colored, translucent dragonfly wings; pierced ears
  
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In June, she, along with the other [[New Mutants]], is caught up in [[Annalee]]'s empathic web and convinced to go live in the [[Morlock Tunnels]] before being dragged out by [[Sarah Morlock]] during the events of [[My Long Forgotten Son]]. She later posts a therapeutic debrief of her time in the tunnels.
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== '''Powers''' ==
  
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Megan plays both golf and mini golf with [[Garrison]] and [[Sarah Vale]] in July, further widening her web of connections in the mansion.
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Flying ability: Megan can fly when her wings are uncovered, but she didn't get a lot of practice flying before she came to the school. Her wings are similar to dragonfly wings in structure, with 4 wings in total, and allow her to fly backwards and hover, as well as move totally vertically and horizontally. She cannot glide.  
  
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== '''Physical Characteristics''' ==
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"Pixie dust": Dust that comes off her skin involuntarily and causes hallucinogenic effects to people who breathe it (similar to LSD). Megan's pixie dust ability manifested first when she accidentally overdosed a bunch of people in her Welsh mining town. The dust is like white pollen, and not like glitter.
  
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'''Height''': 5'2''
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Magic: Megan has a small amount of magical ability. She has a were-light spell that she calls “Will O’ Wisp”.
  
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'''Weight''': 113 lbs.
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'''Pixie Dust Effects:'''
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Almost instantly, it causes the victim to become disoriented and causes visual effects like objects moving, swaying, dripping, walls breathing, etc. Often, the person cannot properly gauge how large or small they are in relation to the space they are in. Interior spaces will often shift in size and, outside, perspectives are deceiving. It is not a good idea for the victim to walk around outside on a busy street or drive a vehicle while under the effects of the pixie dust! Also, many victims feel a level of ego-death. They feel a part of everything, and can't tell where they end and the universe begins. This effect varies in intensity from person to person, however. A third common effect is that the victim will usually hallucinate shifting patterns and colors. It is unusual to have a hallucination of say, a completely different place or a person that isn't there. Megan's pixie dust isn't strong enough to cause that level of hallucination.
  
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'''Eyes''': almost completely black  (her pupils aren't distinguishable)
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Effects can also vary based on the victim's resistance and on their emotional state. Someone who is angry or upset is more likely to see disturbing imagery such as patterns of faces, etc. and feel unable to return to their body, while someone in a neutral or happy state is more likely to just be disoriented, confused by the visual effects and mildly euphoric.
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The radius of effect is about 6 to 12 feet, depending on air currents. Indoors, it tends to be a lot more potent than outside, where the dust is easily dispersed to a negligible amount.
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The effects last 20-30 minutes and take several hours to wear off completely. After 20-30 minutes the victim will stop hallucinating but will still be unable to process information completely correctly. There is nothing that can make it wear off faster except that some people may be more resilient against it than others.
  
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'''Hair''': shoulder-length, pink
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'''Pixie Dust Control:'''
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Megan at first was not good at controlling the dust - an emotional outburst could trigger it. She received extra training from Laurie in order to control it. The dust at first was only useful as a form of defense, allowing her to escape from danger.
  
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'''Other Features''':  rainbow-colored, translucent dragonfly wings; pierced ears
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Megan used her dust against enemies in both Carry On and Lakshmibai Raj, but with limited effectiveness. Further training improved its effectiveness and she learned to use her wings to fan the dust toward the target for better concentration and aim.
  
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'''Clothing''': baggy UFO pants or skinny jeans, depending on her mood; baggy hoodies with either punk band logos or her own stenciled designs on them (now that she's more comfortable with her wings, she tends to wear less baggy clothing and is a fan of backless halter tops, which give her wings freedom); stud earrings; wears 1 or 2 necklaces and usually earrings with any given outfit; white chucks that she custom-paints.
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Megan successfully dusted many soldiers in Genosha, enabling her to escape from the Mutate Lab, confuse enemy soldiers to enable her group to steal a truck - and disable an enemy helicopter pilot while her teammates brought it down. Combined with Laurie's pheromone powers, the dust also successfully tied up Moreau's tentacles by causing them to fight each other. A blast of the combined dust-pheromones to Moreau's face later in the fight was also successful in disorienting him.
  
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Megan never has control over how the dust will affect a particular entity or what they might experience should a hallucination take place.
  
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Flying ability. Megan can fly when her wings are uncovered, but she didn't get a lot of practice flying before she came to the school. Her wings are [[Atavistic|similar to dragonfly wings in structure]], with 4 wings in total, and allow her to fly backwards and hover, as well as move totally vertically and horizontally. She cannot glide.  
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'''Pixie Dust as Therapy:'''
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At a mutant awareness rally gone wrong (Times They Are A-Changin'), Pixie was able to use her dust to help calm a FOHer named Nick Chapman. When he manifested grossly exaggerated musculature, Pixie's dust was effective in producing a mildly euphoric state that possibly caused him to relax and possibly transcend the pain.
  
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"Pixie dust": Dust that comes off her skin involuntarily and causes hallucinogenic effects to people who breathe it (similar to LSD).   Megan's pixie dust ability manifested first when she accidentally overdosed a bunch of people in her Welsh mining town. The dust is like white pollen, and not like glitter.
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'''Magic, the Alien Power:'''
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Magic is not natural to Megan. She is grappling physically and emotionally on dealing with it. So far it is a minor ability, but it has the potential to grow.
  
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== '''Equipment''' ==
  
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Pixie Dust effects:
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none.
  
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Almost instantly, it causes the victim to become disoriented and causes visual effects like objects moving, swaying, dripping, walls breathing, etc. Often, the person cannot properly gauge how large or small they are in relation to the space they are in. Interior spaces will often shift in size and, outside, perspectives are deceiving.  It is not a good idea for the victim to walk around outside on a busy street or drive a vehicle while under the effects of the pixie dust! Also, many victims feel a level of ego-death. They feel a part of everything, and can't tell where they end and the universe begins. This effect varies in intensity from person to person, however. A third common effect is that the victim will usually hallucinate shifting patterns and colors. It is unusual to have a hallucination of say, a completely different place or a person that isn't there. Megan's pixie dust isn't strong enough to cause that level of hallucination.
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== '''Trivia''' ==
  
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Effects can also vary based on the victim's resistance and on their emotional state. Someone who is angry or upset is more likely to see disturbing imagery such as patterns of faces, etc. and feel unable to return to their body, while someone in a neutral or happy state is more likely to just be disoriented, confused by the visual effects and mildly euphoric.
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Megan is interested in underground fashion and makes a lot of her own clothes, or repurposes existing clothes to cover her wings and suit her style. To say she dresses eccentrically is an understatement. She hand-paints shoes, stencils T-shirt designs, and sews her own tops.
  
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The radius of effect is about 6 to 12 feet, depending on air currents. Indoors, it tends to be a lot more potent than outside, where the dust is easily dispersed to a negligible amount.
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Megan speaks Welsh and English.
  
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The effects last 20-30 minutes and take several hours to wear off completely. After 20-30 minutes the victim will stop hallucinating but will still be unable to process information completely correctly. There is nothing that can make it wear off faster except that some people may be more resilient against it than others.
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Megan likes music and loves punk rock, especially "protest music that you can dance to".
  
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=='''External Links'''==
  
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Pixie Dust control:
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[https://xp-communication.dreamwidth.org/tag/c:+megan+gwynn xp_communication posts]
  
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Megan is not good at controlling the dust--an emotional outburst can (but won't always) trigger it--though she usually keeps from dusting by keeping her emotions in check. She cannot control how people will react once they are dosed, or what they will experience. The pixie dust is basically a form of defense, allowing her to escape from danger. She has received extra training from Laurie.
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[https://xp-journal.dreamwidth.org/tag/c:+megan+gwynn xp_journal posts]
  
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Megan used her dust against enemies in both [[Carry On]] and [[Lakshmibai Raj]], but with limited effectiveness--further training should improve this.
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[https://xp-logs.dreamwidth.org/tag/c:+megan+gwynn xp_logs posts]
  
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== '''Plots''' ==
  
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====2015====
  
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[[For Cata!]]
  
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====2016====
  
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== '''Trivia''' ==
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[[Something Slender This Way Comes]]
  
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* Has an airy, sweet voice like Evanna Lynch's voice for the character Luna in the Harry Potter movies.
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====2017====
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* Loves to draw with markers, custom-paint canvas shoes and do crafts with her roommate Nico.
 
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* Can't keep a secret--she doesn't mean to blab but has a habit of not thinking before speaking.
 
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* Is fairly absent-minded and not the best student, although she gets decent grades at Xavier's now.
 
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* Excels in art and athletics.
 
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* Favorite academic subject: literature.
 
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* Interested in myths and legends from around the world but especially Celtic lore including Gaelic and Welsh.
 
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* Loves the color purple.
 
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* Likes cars and considers them works of art.
 
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* Enjoys punk and rock genres of music.
 
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* Loves to fly but has a fear of falling.
 
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* Has a fairly large personal space bubble, due to avoiding contact in her early teenage years so people wouldn't feel her wings covered beneath her clothes.
 
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* Can fold all four wings almost completely against her body.
 
  
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[[Honey, I Shrunk the Magic Class]]
  
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== '''Plots''' ==
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[[Dark Dimension Homecoming]]
  
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===2009===
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====2018====
  
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[[Carry On]]
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[[Generation X: Demon Bear]]
  
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===2010===
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====2019====
  
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[[Carry On]]
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[[An Eye for an Eye]]
  
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[[Lakshmibai Raj]]
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[[House of Horrors]]
  
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[[Dungeons and Derangements]]
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====2020====
  
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===2011===
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[[Operation: Siege Perilous]] ''alternate reality version''
  
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[[Afterlife]]
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====2021====
  
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[[My Long Forgotten Son]]
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[[Potomac Calls to Chesapeake]]
  
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[[Mortimer Toynbee's Electric Funkedelic Boogaloo]]
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[[The Color of Horror]]
  
 
== Meta ==
 
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'''Player Icon Base''':   [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2121541/ Evanna Lynch]
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'''Player Icon Base''': [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2121541/ Evanna Lynch]
 
  
 
'''Meta Trivia'''
 
'''Meta Trivia'''
  
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Megan was brought into the game by Marlena in [[October 2009]]
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Marlena also introduced and played Meagan in Phase 1, but killed her off and replaced her with the Phase 2 version.
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This page is about the Phase 2 incarnation of the character. For other uses, see Megan Gwynn (disambiguation).

PHASE 2
Megan Gwynn
Pixie 004.jpg
Portrayed by Evanna Lynch
Codename: Pixie
Affiliations: eXcalibur
Birthdate: March 1, 1994
Journal: xp_pixie
Player: Marlena


Megan Gwynn is a winged mutant possessed of hallucinogenic dust powers, a fun, quirky personality, and a soul partially replaced with demon magic.


Details

Character Journal: xp_pixie


Real Name: Megan Gwynn

Codename: Pixie

Aliases: Pixie

First Appearance: February 10, 2015

Date of Birth: March 1, 1994

Place of Birth: Abergylid, Wales

Citizenship: Wales

Relatives: none

Education: High school diploma from Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters

Relationship Status: single

Occupation: college student, part-time employee at eVolution

Team Affiliation: eXcalibur


Biography

Childhood

Megan grew up with her mother and father in Abergylid, Wales. She learned both English and Welsh in school and developed an interest in world folklore and mythology.She received a decent education, even though her family never had a lot of money. Both of Megan's parents were older than the average couple when she was born (this is because they were actually her maternal grandparents). Megan was never very close to Dad, as he worked long and hard hours at the coal mine (and later the coal company office) in order to provide for her family. Mum was a teacher and a school librarian. Dad died of lung cancer when Megan was 11 years old. The cancer was caused by years of smoking and working in the coal mines. When Megan was 15, her mother died of a heart attack. Growing up with a happy childhood cut short by the deaths of her parents, Megan has a generally positive outlook on life but doesn’t believe in miracles. She always hopes for the best but expects the worst.

Manifesting

Megan's wings began to appear when she was an early teen. At first they were small stubs that couldn't be used for flight. Also she began to get small crops of pixie dust on her skin, but she would always just wash it off and it never seemed to do anything. She learned to wear baggy tops avoided touching people. Luckily Mum's eyesight was pretty bad, and Megan answered questions with typical teenage sass.

Megan's powers fully manifested when she was 15. While waiting for the train, she read a newspaper expose about her late father's coal mining company knowingly operating the mines in conditions that were unsafe for the workers. According to the article, they had falsified inspection reports for years.This led Megan to believe that her father had had not died simply of smoking-related causes but because of negligence on the company's part. Megan's family had never received compensation for her father's death--according to the expose, the company had directly covered up their actions so they wouldn't have to pay out to the families of the workers.

Megan became so angry that she triggered her mutancy the rest of the way. Dragonfly wings sprang fully from her back, and a thick coating of dust (like pollen) covered her skin. The dust was breathed in by dozens of people who were at the subway station where this event took place. Authorities seemed content with the explanation that there was a toxic chemical leak near the station that caused the victims to become disoriented and ill.

The event made big news in the UK, and although it wasn't widely heard of in the US, Prof. Xavier noted it and suspected that it may be linked to a mutant. By this point, Megan's mum - who was hospitalized from a stroke - died. When Prof. Xavier came to Abergylid, he found Megan living alone, with the water and power shut off to her home. He invited her to come to the school on a scholarship.

Living At The X-Mansion

At Xavier’s, Megan got her dust powers under control, learned to fly, and also made some friends. Always friendly, she lost any shyness and became a confident young adult.

Megan’s emotional stability took a hit when she was abducted by the demon Belasco and forced to become his protege. A part of her soul was taken and replaced with demon magic. This gave her a small ability to use magic (so far, a were-light spell). However, the magic feels to her like it has its own personality. It’s part of her, but alien (and so far has not interacted with her physical powers) and causes her a lot of stress as she learns to live with it. She began to adopt a more serious attitude, became more focused on her art in order to cope. Also, due to the encounter, a section of her pink hair was permanently turned black.

Gap Year

Shortly after the events of the Bloodstone Arc and beginning magic lessons with Amanda Sefton, Megan decided to take a gap year. She traveled in the USA and abroad for a year and then some before returning to the mansion.


Brave New World

Megan secured her old job back at eVolution, enrolled in art school to study fashion design and re-joined team Generation X. She attempted to reconnect with old peers, unaware of just how much pain some of them had been through. She went back to magic class with Amanda, and for a time. This led to her temporarily becoming Amanda's assistant on a trip to London to intervene in the shenanigans of three magical teenagers and their fae cat. She later assisted Topaz, Billy, and a team of X-Men in rescuing the GenX teenagers after they were kidnapped/voluntarily went to another universe.

Thankfully, Megan's downtime was significantly longer than the exciting times.

Physical Characteristics

Height: 5'2"

Weight: 124 lbs.

Eyes: almost completely black (her pupils aren't distinguishable - currently she wears contacts to give her the appearance of a while sclera)

Hair: currently long and bleached blonde from its natural pink hue

Other Features: (rainbow-colored, translucent dragonfly wings; pierced ears

Powers

Flying ability: Megan can fly when her wings are uncovered, but she didn't get a lot of practice flying before she came to the school. Her wings are similar to dragonfly wings in structure, with 4 wings in total, and allow her to fly backwards and hover, as well as move totally vertically and horizontally. She cannot glide.

"Pixie dust": Dust that comes off her skin involuntarily and causes hallucinogenic effects to people who breathe it (similar to LSD). Megan's pixie dust ability manifested first when she accidentally overdosed a bunch of people in her Welsh mining town. The dust is like white pollen, and not like glitter.

Magic: Megan has a small amount of magical ability. She has a were-light spell that she calls “Will O’ Wisp”.

Pixie Dust Effects: Almost instantly, it causes the victim to become disoriented and causes visual effects like objects moving, swaying, dripping, walls breathing, etc. Often, the person cannot properly gauge how large or small they are in relation to the space they are in. Interior spaces will often shift in size and, outside, perspectives are deceiving. It is not a good idea for the victim to walk around outside on a busy street or drive a vehicle while under the effects of the pixie dust! Also, many victims feel a level of ego-death. They feel a part of everything, and can't tell where they end and the universe begins. This effect varies in intensity from person to person, however. A third common effect is that the victim will usually hallucinate shifting patterns and colors. It is unusual to have a hallucination of say, a completely different place or a person that isn't there. Megan's pixie dust isn't strong enough to cause that level of hallucination.

Effects can also vary based on the victim's resistance and on their emotional state. Someone who is angry or upset is more likely to see disturbing imagery such as patterns of faces, etc. and feel unable to return to their body, while someone in a neutral or happy state is more likely to just be disoriented, confused by the visual effects and mildly euphoric. The radius of effect is about 6 to 12 feet, depending on air currents. Indoors, it tends to be a lot more potent than outside, where the dust is easily dispersed to a negligible amount. The effects last 20-30 minutes and take several hours to wear off completely. After 20-30 minutes the victim will stop hallucinating but will still be unable to process information completely correctly. There is nothing that can make it wear off faster except that some people may be more resilient against it than others.

Pixie Dust Control: Megan at first was not good at controlling the dust - an emotional outburst could trigger it. She received extra training from Laurie in order to control it. The dust at first was only useful as a form of defense, allowing her to escape from danger.

Megan used her dust against enemies in both Carry On and Lakshmibai Raj, but with limited effectiveness. Further training improved its effectiveness and she learned to use her wings to fan the dust toward the target for better concentration and aim.

Megan successfully dusted many soldiers in Genosha, enabling her to escape from the Mutate Lab, confuse enemy soldiers to enable her group to steal a truck - and disable an enemy helicopter pilot while her teammates brought it down. Combined with Laurie's pheromone powers, the dust also successfully tied up Moreau's tentacles by causing them to fight each other. A blast of the combined dust-pheromones to Moreau's face later in the fight was also successful in disorienting him.

Megan never has control over how the dust will affect a particular entity or what they might experience should a hallucination take place.

Pixie Dust as Therapy: At a mutant awareness rally gone wrong (Times They Are A-Changin'), Pixie was able to use her dust to help calm a FOHer named Nick Chapman. When he manifested grossly exaggerated musculature, Pixie's dust was effective in producing a mildly euphoric state that possibly caused him to relax and possibly transcend the pain.

Magic, the Alien Power: Magic is not natural to Megan. She is grappling physically and emotionally on dealing with it. So far it is a minor ability, but it has the potential to grow.

Equipment

none.

Trivia

Megan is interested in underground fashion and makes a lot of her own clothes, or repurposes existing clothes to cover her wings and suit her style. To say she dresses eccentrically is an understatement. She hand-paints shoes, stencils T-shirt designs, and sews her own tops.

Megan speaks Welsh and English.

Megan likes music and loves punk rock, especially "protest music that you can dance to".

External Links

xp_communication posts

xp_journal posts

xp_logs posts

Plots

2015

For Cata!

2016

Something Slender This Way Comes

2017

Honey, I Shrunk the Magic Class

Dark Dimension Homecoming

2018

Generation X: Demon Bear

2019

An Eye for an Eye

House of Horrors

2020

Operation: Siege Perilous alternate reality version

2021

Potomac Calls to Chesapeake

The Color of Horror

Meta

Player: Marlena

E-mail: Marlenaemail.jpg

Player Icon Base: Evanna Lynch

Meta Trivia

Marlena also introduced and played Meagan in Phase 1, but killed her off and replaced her with the Phase 2 version.

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