Daisy Seong, aka "Dynamo Girl"
Playbook:  The Nova
Look:  Woman, Asian, normal skin (glows when going zappy), formal clothing, fantastical costume
Powers:  Electrical absorption/control/transformation

DESCRIPTION
Daisy Seong is a typical mild-mannered second-generation Korean high school girl... who can become a super-charged lightning storm at a moment's notice.  Daisy is 5'6" and typically dresses in a respectable preppy style with collared shirt and tie, sweater-vests and pleated skirts or slacks.  Notably, she avoids wearing any sort of metal and carries things she doesn't want to melt in a very insulated purse.  She is optimistic and excitable, though she lacks self-confidence and worries a bit too much.  She has a desire to let loose and do good in the world, but that gets held back by worries over accidentally causing harm.

Daisy's heroic alter-ego Dynamo Girl has no costume, per se.  She doesn't need one, because when she unleashes 'Zappyness' she becomes lightning.  In an instant she transforms into a darkened and indistinct feminine silhouette traced in bright, crackling lightning that is hers to command.


INFLUENCE
I have influence over:  Contact, Hellfish
Has influence over me:  Horizon, Hellfish, Bryce

RELATIONSHIPS
You hang out all the time with Horizon to blow off steam.
You once hurt Contact when you lost control of your powers.

BACKSTORY
• When did you first use your powers?
I suppose the first time would be at twelve when I was struck by lighting and didn't die, right?  That was kind of accidental, but then again my zappyness was ALL accidental for the first few years.  Bursting light bulbs, frying electronics, sending sparks to exposed metal, accidentally zapping people with a touch.  I've gotten that sort of stuff under control... mostly.

The first time I used zappyness on purpose was in the morning before school, I was running late and was about to miss the bus!  The bus was all the way down the street and was about to pull away, and I needed to get there RIGHT NOW.  That was the first time I did a zap-jump!  There was a happy whoosh, a crack-a-boom and I found myself looking at a very surprised bus driver!  Most importantly, I didn't miss the bus.

• Who was the first person you accidentally hurt with your powers?
My dad, and I've felt bad about it ever since :(  One day after school he got mad at me for some reason I don't even remember, and I got really upset about it.  When I yelled back I kind of... shot a lot of little lightning bolts at him, and everything else in the room.  It hit him like a tazer and knocked him out, and my mom had to put out fires with the extinguisher from the kitchen.  The police and the fire department came and everything!

Dad spent a day in the hospital and still has a burn scar, but he's okay now.  My parents won't admit it, but I know they're scared of me now :(

• Who, outside the team, helps you control your powers?
Christina Jolly, owner of Jolly Pirates Arcade at the mall.  One time I got a bit excited playing Street Fighter 2 at the arcade and kinda blew up the game cabinet... and the ones next to it, and the lights.  I was so scared and upset and cried a lot, but Ms. Jolly was SO nice.  She knew it was an accident and said she wouldn't tell my parents or make them pay for damages.  She asked me about my zappyness and taught me a lot about how electricity works, which has been a big help in learning to control it.  Now I go see her at least once a week to show her new things I learned to do, and she always gives such good advice and even ideas for new stuff to try.  She's the one who helped me figure out how to charge phones with a touch instead of frying them, for which I'll be forever grateful.

Ms. Jolly is the best!

• Why do you continue to use your powers?
I want to use my zappyness to do good things and to help people, but if I'm being honest I mostly keep using it because it's AWESOME!  I feel most alive when I really let loose with the zaps, though it's tough because that tends to mean things blowing up.  I don't think I've discovered even half of what I can do yet, and I'm always excited to learn new things!

Also, keeping my zappyness bottled up for too long tends to cause surprise fireworks shows, soooo there's that.  Control takes practice, so I have to keep doing it for that reason, if nothing else.

• Why do you care about the team?
They're my friends!  Friends are there for each other, no matter what.  I feel like they make me better when I'm with them, and I kind of need that.