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How do you plan to introduce the character to the game?: Her traveling show will make a stop in the city.
What are you planning to do with this character? What do you want to see happen with this character?: I'd like to see her learn to develop her powers more effectively and possibly get involved with the X-Men side of things. Probably in some kind of back-up manner.
Sample post:

The house was packed and the crowd was enthralled. Summer was working her magic on them in every sense of the word. She'd charmed them with her jokes and pretty smile, and she'd wowed them with her illusions. There was not a bored face in the bunch as she went through her routine.

She was on a roll.

"For my final trick, I'll need a volunteer from the audience." She beamed a dazzling smile as she looked over the various hands raised. Someone sturdy looking and just a touch skeptical... that college boy with the sports jersey in the back. He'd do nicely.

She pointed and he surged to his feet, paused a moment to slap high fives with the similarly jersey'd boys at his table, and then made his way to the stage while his compatriots hooted and hollered their encouragement. Summer stood with a bland smile plastered on her face as she watched him approach. So easy.

"What's your name, friend?" She gestured wide to the audience to indicate he should speak loudly so the room could hear. And speak loud he did. Brash and mildly intoxicated, the young man roared that his name was Freddie and then howled a cheer for his football team.

So very easy.

"Well, ladies and gentlemen, I'm afraid Freddie will be absent from your next ball game." She gave the audience an exaggerated, pouty, sad face as she stepped over to her magical equipment and picked up a length of opaque, black silk about the size of a bed sheet. She held it up in front of her face, veil-like, for a moment before lowering it to show her 1,000 watt smile had returned.

"Because, you see, I'm about to set him on fire."

The audience roared and cheered while Freddie at least had the good sense to look a little unsure. She smiled at him as she stood beside him holding the silk in two hands. After a moment, a drum roll was played over the speakers and the crowd quieted.

"The old ones are the best ones, folks. Say it with me now: Abracadabra!" She and the crowd chanted the word together three times and on the third repetition, she swung the cloth with matador flair, covering Freddie from head to toe. A second later, she whipped it off again and Freddie appeared covered head to toe this time in crackling flames. He didn't have time to draw a panicked breath before Summer slung the cloth back over him, shouted the magic word once more, and then removed the cloth again just as quickly. The flames were gone.

The crowd that had been stunned into silence by the flames erupted into cheers as Freddie blinked in astonishment at his undamaged form. Summer took a bow and then blinked at Freddie in mock consternation.

"Oops!" She pointed and drew the audience's attention to Freddie's jersey, now sporting the opposing team's logo. Laughter rolled over the two of them on the stage as she shook her head. "Poor Freddie. Let me get that for you."

She swung the cloth once more, smirking just slightly when Freddie flinched, and then whipped it off again. The removal motion was so wide that the cloth moved from covering him to covering her. In the span of a breath, the cloth fell to a puddle on the floor. Freddie's shirt was returned to its original state and Summer was gone.