Clara "Weasel" Winters - String Theory: Aftermath

Name	Clara Winters (Adopted Name) Weasel (Mostly to Family) Kit (In Providence)	Aliases	Clara Smith Clara Fulk
Status	Registered Expressive (Class C Mental) (COM)	Ability	Musteloid Telepathy

Gender	Female
Birthdate	Unknown — Celebrates 'Wake Up Day' on December 8th.	Age	20?

Height	5'1"	Build	Petite
Eyes	Dark Brown	Hair	Black

Residence	Kit's Cabin
Employment	Stayin' Alive

Parents

Unknown

Siblings

Unknown

Marital Status

Single

Children

Nope

First Scene

Brave Little Thing

Last Scene

Profile

portrayed by

Maisie Williams

Most people have some kind of background story. Parents, schools (or lack thereof), at least a few formative experiences that may have contributed to making them into the people they are at present. Good or bad, most people have a background.

Unfortunately, Clara couldn't tell you a bit about it. Her first memory is of waking up in a hospital bed in Alberta. Nobody knew who her parents were, she had simply been dumped off in front of a hospital, unconscious, with a head wound and a broken arm. She knew her name was Clara, and that she was seven years old — but that was all that she remembered about her identity. Once she recovered, she was absorbed into the foster care system, and was shuffled about from there. She never quite found a family that was the right fit for her, bouncing around from orphanage to foster home.

At age 11, she started running off into the wilderness, disappearing longer and longer, costing her many a foster home.

Eventually, in late 2011, a Brian found her on one such adventure, and took her into the Lighthouse. It was only there that her tendencies to run off were curbed — she would only get so far before a Brian would find her and drag her back home. After many incidents, she stopped running off — her final excursion seemed to have resulted in her manifesting, and one of the Brians had the smell to prove it after a skunk stepped between them and valliantly hosed him down. The little skunk followed them home, and was given the name Pepe.

It was also then that Clara became Weasel, as her ability certainly reflected her personality. With a tough outer demeanor, she took a bit of time to really and truly integrate into the culture of the Lighthouse, often preferring the company of her animals over the others, but she eventually came out of that shell. She excelled at the training offered by Brian, and in fact threw herself into such training with great enthusiasm — being able to defend herself meant that she could go out on her own…one day.

Weasel remained with the Lighthouse, eventually going from being a charge to helping out with the younger children, though after 16, she began to roam much more. Most of the time, this was spun as a camping trip for the kids, and she would wander off to find food or water — while she loved the younger kids, she relished every chance she had to get out and into nature. Eventually, she parted ways with the Lighthouse — her siblings had ventured off to New York, and after a bit of time spent out in the wilds of Canada, she quietly made her way down to see what all of the fuss was about.

With her came Pepe Le Pew the skunk (now an old man by skunk standards), and a tiny juvenile Least Weasel named Ron who she rescued about a month prior to making her way down to America.

At the core, Weasel can telepathically communicate with most members of the Musteloid superfamily ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musteloidea ). This includes skunks, raccoons (and allies), weasels (and allies), and also extends to Red Pandas (though she has never encountered one to test that theory).

The most basic part of this ability allows her to sense the minds of all musteloids within a 500-yard radius of herself. From there, she is able to determine what species she may be speaking to, and she can also focus on individual minds, communicating with them through simple means. She does not hold conversations with her subjects, at least not in the way that most humans converse — rather, it is through emotions, feelings, images, and simple thoughts and desires.

Through this ability, she may issue simple commands to the creatures she communicates with — these commands are simple by necessity, amounting to 'go here' or 'growl' or 'come to me'. While she can broadcast these commands to all creatures within her range, it can only truly work on around ten or so animals; beyond that amount, her commands tend to fall onto deaf minds. She also tends to find better success when 'speaking' to individual creatures, as it is much easier to focus on a single mind than many. In turn, she will find better success in calling a group from a single species (i.e. ten raccoons or ten weasels within an area) than she would just sending out a general broadcast.

She is also capable of bonding with up to three individual animals, as is evidenced by her bonds with her Least Weasel (Ron Weasel-ey) and her skunk (Pepe Le Pew). This bond, when allowed to form, runs fairly deep, and the bonded animals tend to stay by her side as a result. These bonds are often formed over time, and while the initial bout of bonding tends to take roughly a day in the company of that animal, it is strengthened the longer the animal remains within her company. If forcibly separated, the bond will slowly fade out, and Weasel may find herself having to start over from scratch if separated from her animals for more than a month.

She can overexert herself fairly easily — working with larger numbers of animals tends to take a lot out of her, and constant use of her ability will do the same. Overexertion can lead to a standard headache, but it can also lead to temporary loss of her ability for up to a week at a time. During these periods, her bonds with her animals suffer greatly, and she often finds herself having to work to rebuild those relationships.

The intimacy of her ability also allows her to essentially feel the life of all creatures she can communicate with — if one should be injured or killed, it often feels like someone backhand slapped her, but inside of her head. Many animals perishing can leave her in pain for hours, and no medication can help alleviate it. This effect is ten times worse when experienced with a bonded animal. It is for this reason that Weasel is reluctant to use any of her creatures for combative purposes unless absolutely necessary.

Minerva Mink	Minerva is the newest addition to Weasel's family, rescued from a fur farm on Staten Island by the Lighthouse Kids. Minerva was a bit sickly, and so Weasel took her in — and ended up bonding with her quite nicely while nursing her back to health.
Pepe Le Pew	Pepe Le Pew is a somewhat elderly (6 years old) striped skunk; he is rather pudgy thanks to Weasel's care for him over the years, but he's still spry and agile as any younger skunk could be! He is almost never away from Weasel's side — or if he is, he's lurking in the undergrowth somewhere nearby. While he will be the first to stand between Weasel and danger with his tail held high (and probably with his butt pointed at said danger), he is a big softie — if Weasel likes someone, chances are he will give that person a cuddle.
Ron Weasel-ey	Ron is a juvenile Least Weasel, barely 6 inches long. He has only been with Weasel for about a year, but he's rarely apart from her. While his smelly brother is usually lurking about somewhere, Ron is almost always found in a pocket or somewhere tucked within Weasel's clothing. His size make him much less likely to step between Weasel and danger — but he'll often keep an eye out and scout ahead for danger.

	Brynn is okay — Weasel is cool with her, though she was never really that close to the deaf girl, mostly because she's not really all that nice with Pepe le Pew. While her reservation is understandable, Clara isn't all too fond of those who aren't kind to her animals.
	While their friendship started out a bit rocky, Weasel is ultimately very fond of Geneva. The two are partners in crime — literally, most of the time. Geneva is weird, but she and Weasel get along swimmingly, for the most part. And Pepe loves her, so that's always a good thing.
	Of the Lighthouse Kids, Weasel is probably the closest to Hailey — if only because of the complimentary nature of their abilities. It's always been Hailey who understood Weasel the most, and she absolutely adores her slightly older (maybe?) sister.
	Quite possibly the least favorite of her siblings. Asshole went into her room one day to clean, scared Pepe, and got sprayed for it. He's never liked her animals. He's also way too soft. All the same, he's still family, and she is nothing if not loyal to her family. Probably the most likely to be sprayed by Pepe, especially if he's a jerk to her animals.
	Weasel adores Joe — he's always gotten along with her, and has always had her back, especially when she just needed to hide from it all — he was the one who helped her find a hiding spot.
	To Weasel, Lance is like the annoying little brother that she loves to pieces, but also wants to punch. Lance using his ability was the only way that Weasel would let Brian teach her how to use a gun, and to this day Weasel prefers to have Lance around if she must use a gun. He pranked her a few times…and has been sprayed by a skunk a few times in return. Despite all of this, Lance is her favorite.

	A neighbor in Providence and someone that Weasel would consider a good friend, Rene is one of those few people who ranks high in Weasel's books. He's little and scrappy like her, and he gets on with her animals to boot. The fact that he is nice to look at doesn't hurt, either — if not for the age difference, she would probably act on such things.
	Huruma visited the Lighthouse up in Canada once or twice while Weasel lived there. They ran into each other again when Weasel first arrived in New York, while hunting. She thinks that the tall lady is pretty okay — she certainly trusts her more than she would trust anyone else, simply for the fact that she knows the Brians.

	While they didn't have the best first introduction — Dee grabbed Weasel, Ron bit Dee, Ron got frothy-mouthed…well, after getting to know her better, Delilah is pretty cool.
	Weasel…admittedly rather likes him. He's cute and kind of charming. She gave him a tour of Park Slope and awkwardly flirted with him.
	He's hot as hell, and seems nice enough. He nicknamed her Kit Carson when meeting her — it might actually stick.
	She seems like a practical bitch. Clara respects that about her.
	Awesome, super nice guy. Weasel is a fan.
	He caught Weasel trying to pickpocket him. Instead of raising a stink, he gave her money. Dude is cool.

	The first person Weasel has had to Pepe Spray in a while. He was being an asshole about her animals. She gave him many chances to stop, and he didn't. Weasel intensely dislikes the guy.

Weasel is a Lighthouse Kid, though she only joined the Lighthouse after they moved to Canada. If you were at all involved with the Canadian Lighthouse, then you probably know her!

ASL	Weasel is proficient in the use of American Sign Language, which was taught to her by Brian for ease of silent communication, as well as to communicate with her sister, Brynn. She is also fluent in Lighthouse Cant, which is used as a bit of a secret language among the LHK.
Combat	Like the other LHK, Weasel has been formally trained in self defense and combat, both with firearms and with hand-to-hand combat. Weasel has always preferred close quarters combat — guns are loud, and hand-to-hand lets her use her small size to her advantage. That isn't to say she can't use them — she's quite a good shot, in fact, she just intensely dislikes loud booming things (usually, Lance was the only one who could convince her to use them). She is proficient in the use of knives as well.
Stealth	Few are better with stealth than Weasel (Lance is way better, but that's because he cheats). With her ability, she can utilize small animals that can go places that would normally be inaccessible. Even without the use of her ability, Weasel knows how to be sneaky — she can get lost in a crowd, use a disguise, and cover her tracks, all thanks to training from Brian.
Survival	Weasel possibly knows more about wilderness and outdoors survival than most of the LHK, thanks to her frequent 'adventures' as a child, and her more recent forays into the Canadian wilderness. She knows how to properly set up a camp site, how to start/control/put out a campfire, how to hunt, how to forage, and how to essentially survive with nothing but the clothes on her back. Admittedly, a large part of this skill relies on her ability to interact with the animals of her environment — frequently, she will enlist the aid of her Musteloid friends to hunt, and subsequently shares her food with them as a result.