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Scabs[1] is a minor character in Paranatural, an investigator for the Activity Consortium and one of Francisco Guerra's students.
Appearance[]
Scabs has black hair that sticks up and away from her face, with three small bangs falling over her forehead. She has a black dotted pupil (similar to Max Puckett and Stephen) with a white iris. She also has a notable scar running down her right cheek, stopping just below her right eye. In addition, Scabs has noticeably toned musculature, with a firm abdomen and biceps.
While training inside the Dojo in Chapter 4, Scabs wears a white sleeveless gi over a black shirt, a black belt, and white shorts. During combat practice outside, Scabs wears a black crop top, white hand wraps that extend to half her forearm, and dark green sweatpants with a dark blue jacket tied around her waist. She puts the jacket on after the match is over.
In Richard Spender's flashback in Chapter 7, Scabs has her hair down, barely touching her shoulders, although it is still pointed. She wears the standard Activity Consortium Suit pyjamas with a blue tie.
Paranatural[]
Chapter 4[]
Scabs is first seen as one of the students practicing the specshot technique in Francisco Guerra's dojo alongside Isabel Guerra and a few other members[2]. Other than Isabel herself, she is the only person to successfully land a shot on the straw dummy target, striking the middle of its torso.
The next night, Richard Spender arrives at the dojo to pick up Isabel and Ed Burger to find her engaged in a combat training session with Scabs[3]. While Isabel initially has the upper hand, wrapping her spectral energy around Scabs to pull her in close for a palm strike, Scabs is able to win the fight by dodging said palm strike and using her spectral energy to form a wolf's head to clamp down on Isabel's arm, and shooting her in the face with a spec-shot while she's incapacitated. The subsequent argument between Isabel and her grandfather reveals that not only did he pit her against an opponent twice her age expecting her to lose, he told Scabs about her cynophobia in order to "hone her edge". As Spender walks up to Francisco to tell him about the internal investigation, Isabel and Ed head to Spender's car.
Chapter 7[]
Scabs approaches Mina Zarei in a store, introducing herself and congratulating Zarei on her accomplishments. She mentions wanting to investigate Mayview's darker secrets and discusses Mina's taming of the Ghost Train, asking to "continue the relationship" and interrogating her as to how she succeeded in taming the spirit[4]. She warns Zarei that she's been given instructions to bring all of Mayview's spectrals back in line, and leaves to deal with Francisco Guerra after Zarei proves uncooperative.
At the end of the flashback, we see the aftermath of this when Francisco's students bring Scabs to him after catching her surveilling the upper floor of the Dojo. While Scabs is initially defiant, she joins Guerra after he reveals certain facts about Boss Leader to her[5].
Abilities[]
Spectral[]
As a student of Francisco Guerra, Scabs is trained in the techniques of Spectral Fist, such as the compression energy burstshot and various spectral energy constructs, even complex ones with many details. Even though she didn't consider herself to be very bright in comparison to other members of the Consortium[6], she is currently the second best fighter among the students at the dojo, according to Crush.[7]
Spirits[]
She was already able to enter Spirit Fusion before joining the dojo[8]; this skill gave her "unmatched strength" in combat, although it was still beaten by the dojo students' fighting style.
Trivia[]
- If Francisco's statement on Isabel fighting someone "twice her age" is correct[9], Scabs is 24 years old.
- Each student fires their spec-shot differently during target practice. Scabs fires hers with a open palm, similar to giving a palm strike[10].
- Scabs's spectral energy is a noticeably darker blue inside the dojo than outside. Inside the dojo, Scabs's energy is more of a dark navy[11].
- Scabs' name was revealed on Zack Morrison's twitter page prior to Chapter 7[12].
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