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<td valign="top">[[Image:Collateraldamage.jpg|left|100px]]'''Collateral Damage:''' [[July 2004| July 24, 2004]]. [[Mistra| Mistra's]] quest to recapture its former operative [[Cable]] took a frightening new turn when a retrieval team attacked him at Columbia University. In an effort to force him to surrender himself, the team targeted innocent civilians, the very people Mistra had been created to protect.
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<td valign="top">[[Image:Catseye.jpg|left|100px]]'''Catseye:''' A student from 2004 to 2006, [[Catseye]] is currently living in upstate New York with her brother [[Smith Family| Evan]].
  
Thirty-six people - mostly students, plus a camera crew who had been filming on campus - were killed. Six Mistra agents also died. Many more were injured, despite the efforts of Nathan, [[Amanda]] and [[Dr. Stephen Strange]] to try and save them. Mistra left empty-handed, but only due to a desperate powers intervention by [[Manuel de la Rocha]].
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Catseye, born with a tail and claws and having developed the ability to turn into a kitten before she was a year old, was abandoned by her parents during a snowstorm. Brought up by a tribe of alley cats and believing herself to be one of them, Catseye turned up in an animal shelter where [[Rahne Sinclair]] volunteered, scaring the life out of the workers when she transformed into a tall, purple-haired and very naked girl. Brought to the school to learn to be human, she eventually reunited with her older brother and moved to upstate New York to establish closer ties. Her education and her insight into her powers are still needing much development, however, and there are always her friends at the school ready to welcome her back with open arms.
  
The event dominated the media for months, and sparked a resurgence in the mutant debate. Various individuals pored over the footage, trying to identify the participants. Fortunately for those involved, what footage there was tended to be blurry and damaged. Conspiracy theories abounded.
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Catseye is a [[metamorph]], shifting from a human form into a feline form. She has shown the ability to shift into a medium-sized housecat while retaining her full intelligence, although she cannot directly speak in this form. As a cat, the has the normal physical abilities of a common housecat. She has also displayed the ability to shift into a much larger feline form, similar to that of a mountain lion or cougar. In this form, her intellect is reduced to a more primitive state, and she operates primarily on instinct.  
  
A memorial was built on the site of the parking lot where the incident took place, and the [[Collateral Damage| Columbia Massacre]] is marked by a yearly commemorative service.
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In human form, Catseye retains retractable claws on her fingers and toes, and her tail becomes prehensile. She also possesses acute senses of sight, hearing, and smell in all forms.  
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Revision as of 13:39, 9 January 2008

Catseye: A student from 2004 to 2006, Catseye is currently living in upstate New York with her brother Evan.

Catseye, born with a tail and claws and having developed the ability to turn into a kitten before she was a year old, was abandoned by her parents during a snowstorm. Brought up by a tribe of alley cats and believing herself to be one of them, Catseye turned up in an animal shelter where Rahne Sinclair volunteered, scaring the life out of the workers when she transformed into a tall, purple-haired and very naked girl. Brought to the school to learn to be human, she eventually reunited with her older brother and moved to upstate New York to establish closer ties. Her education and her insight into her powers are still needing much development, however, and there are always her friends at the school ready to welcome her back with open arms.

Catseye is a metamorph, shifting from a human form into a feline form. She has shown the ability to shift into a medium-sized housecat while retaining her full intelligence, although she cannot directly speak in this form. As a cat, the has the normal physical abilities of a common housecat. She has also displayed the ability to shift into a much larger feline form, similar to that of a mountain lion or cougar. In this form, her intellect is reduced to a more primitive state, and she operates primarily on instinct.

In human form, Catseye retains retractable claws on her fingers and toes, and her tail becomes prehensile. She also possesses acute senses of sight, hearing, and smell in all forms.

This character is currently unplayed, but is open for applications. If you are interested in applying for this character, you can contact the mods at x_moderators @ googlegroups . com and you can find the application form here.