Editing Laserdream

<!--Brief overview of Laserdream and her power:

Skitter thinking about Laserdream and her powers:
Buzz 7.9 said:
Lady Photon’s daughter and niece were in the air with her. Laserdream and Glory Girl. Mother and daughter shared the same general powers; flight, the ability to raise forcefield bubbles around themselves, and the ability to project lasers from their hands. As a consequence, their fight with Purity was something of a light show.

Skitter thinking about Laserdream power in relation to Photon Mom and Shielder:
Extermination 8.3 said:
Laserdream put her own shield up, and I could remember how Photon Mom, Laserdream and Shielder all had the same basic powers. The difference between them was that while Photon Mom’s powers were well rounded, Shielder had a far, far, better forcefield, almost no flight ability and weak laser blasts. Laserdream was the opposite… her lasers and flight were good enough, but her forcefield, not so much.

Laserdream lifting Skitter and Skitter's observations of her and her power:
Extermination 8.5" said:
It took some doing for Laserdream to lift me without pressing against my broken arm or touching the blade. She wound up holding me with an arm under my knees and the crook of her elbow at my neck. She held the Halberd for me. I resigned myself to being cradled – there was no dignified way to be carried. She had morning breath, a strangely mundane thing – she’d likely been woken up at half past six in the morning by the sirens, hadn’t had time to brush her teeth or eat before coming here.

She took off, smooth. It felt like an elevator kicking into motion, except we kept going faster, had the wind in our faces.

My first time flying, if you discounted the experience of riding a mutant dog as it leapt from a building, which was sort of half-flying. It wasn’t half as exhilirating as I’d thought the experience would be. Tainted by the sombre, tense mood, the sting of the rain and the bitter chill that went straight through my damp costume and mask. Each time she adjusted her hold on me, I had to fight that deep primal instinct that told me I was going to fall to my death. She was adjusting her grip a lot, too – she didn’t have superstrength, and I couldn’t have been easy to carry, especially soaking wet.

Laserdream can break through rocks with her power:
Extermination 8.5 said:
Laserdream stepped forward and began blasting with her laser, penetrating the water and breaking up the larger rocks at the base of the door.-->
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{{Infobox character
|Image = laserdream.png 
|imagecaption = Illustration by [https://www.deviantart.com/art/laserdream-720778689 somnolentSlumber] on DeviantArt
|name = Crystal Eve Pelham
|alias = Laserdream<br>Glitzglam ([[PHO]] handle)
|gender = Female
|age =  18<ref name=8.5e1 /> (turns 19)<ref>As a superteam that is also an extended family, New Wave has several junior members that gained powers of their own. These individuals are nineteen year old Laserdream and fifteen year old Shielder, the children of Manpower and Lady Photon, and seventeen year old Glory Girl, daughter of Brandish and Flashbang.- [http://worm.wikia.com/wiki/New_Wave?diff=next&oldid=4170 Edit by Wildbow]<br/>Not in the [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/37804044/ list of retracted edits].</ref>
|sequel = 23
|family = [[Sarah Pelham]] (Mother)<br>[[Neil Pelham]] (Father)<br>[[Eric Pelham]] (Brother)<br>[[Lightstar|Mike]] (Uncle)<br>[[Carol Dallon]] (Aunt)<br>[[Mark Dallon]] (Uncle)<br>[[Victoria Dallon]] (Cousin)<br>[[Amy Dallon]] (Cousin)
|classification = [[Blaster]], [[Mover]], [[Shaker]]
|alignment= [[Heroes|Hero]]
|occupation = 
|status = Alive
|team = [[Erring Right]]
|previous team = [[PRTCJ]]<br>[[New Wave]]
|base of operations = [[The City]], Bridgeport<br>[[Brockton Bay]] (Formerly)
|web serial = [[Agitation 3.11]] (Mentioned)<br>[[Buzz 7.9]]
|ward=[[Glow-worm]], [[Glow-worm P.1|Part 1]]<br>[[Daybreak 1.6]] (Mentioned)<br>[[Daybreak 1.7]]<br>[[Last 20.e6]] (PoV)
}}

'''Crystal Eve Pelham''' is the daughter of [[Neil Pelham|Neil]] and [[Sarah Pelham]], the older sister of [[Eric Pelham]], and a member of [[New Wave]].

==Personality==
Did not keep her room clean at all.<!--
===Relationships===
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==Appearance==
Crystal is described as attractive looking with a heart-shaped face, full lips and blonde hair.<ref name="7.9">[[Buzz 7.9]]</ref>

As Laserdream, Crystal wore a white costume with an emblazoned, stylized arrow pointing down and to her right. Half a dozen lines trailed behind it over her left shoulder, with a single line zigzagging across the others. The entire design gradually faded from a ruby red to a magenta color. Similar lines with the zigzag running through them trailed down her arms and legs.

She wore a ruby red hairband over her hair to ensure she always kept a coquettish sweep of hair over one eye, and to pull the magenta, red and white color scheme together.<ref name="8.5e1">Lady Photon and the eighteen year old Laserdream landed beside Armsmaster, making a small splash as they touched down.<br /><br />You could see the family resemblance.  They weren’t supermodel good looking, but they were attractive people, even with their hair wet and plastered to their heads and shoulders by the rain.  Both wore costumes with a white base color, had heart shaped faces, full lips and blonde hair.<br />[...]<br />Her daughter had a stylized arrow pointing down and to her right, on her chest, with a half dozen lines  trailing behind it, over her left shoulder, one line zig-zagging across the others.  The entire design gradually faded from a ruby red to a magenta color in much the same way her mom’s did.  Similar rows of lines with the zig-zag overlapping them ran down her legs and arms.  She didn’t dye her hair in her ‘color’ like her younger brother did -had, past tense-, or wear the tinted sunglasses, but she did wear a ruby red hairband over her wavy hair, to ensure she always had a coquettish sweep of hair in place over one eye, and to pull the magenta, red and white color scheme together.<br /><br />More than anything else, though, the two of them had the look of people who had seen half their immediate family brutally and senselessly torn apart over the course of one terrible hour.  As though they’d had their hearts torn out of their chests and were somehow still standing.  It wasn’t that I had seen anyone in those circumstances before, but that look existed, and they had it. - [http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/03/17 Excerpt] from [[Extermination 8.5]]</ref> <ref name="8.5">[[Extermination 8.5]]</ref>

==Abilities and Powers==
Crystal has a powerset almost identical to her mother - flight, energy beams, and forcefields<ref name="7.9">[[Buzz 7.9]]</ref> - but with weaker shields in exchange for more powerful beams and flight.<ref name="8.3">[[Extermination 8.3]]</ref><ref name=cast>'''Laserdream''' – Member of New Wave, daughter of Lady Photon. Flies, can create lasers and generates weak forcefields, though she is better at the former two than the latter. Wears a white bodysuit with a red/magenta comet icon. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/cast-spoiler-free/ Cast (spoiler free)]</ref><ref>My cousin Eric had had the range but his beams were weak.  My Aunt Sarah had been middle of the road.  Crystal had the strongest beams of the three, the strongest top speed and carrying ability to her flight. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/12/24/infrared-19-1/ Excerpt] from [[Infrared 19.1]]</ref>

She could fire crimson beams of energy. Her concussive blasts were judged strong enough to affect [[Leviathan]].<ref name="8.5" /> One was sufficient to break his grip on her.<ref name="8.3" /> With continuous fire, she could use them to clear rubble.<ref name="8.5" /> She could fire them from her hands,<ref name="8.3" /> or shoot a fan of beams from her fingertips. She had enough fine control to burn a design into clothing.<ref name ="II2.3"/>

She could create crimson forcefields,<ref name=CastID>'''Laserdream''' – Eldest child of Lady Photon and Manpower. Has the same powers as her mother, with less facility with forcefields and stronger flight/laser blasts. Wore a white bodysuit with a comet motif in a gradient of ruby red and magenta, with a red hairband and a coquettish sweep of blond hair over one side of her face. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/cast-spoiler-free/cast/ Cast Page (In-Depth)]</ref>
<ref name="8.5">[[Extermination 8.5]]</ref><ref name ="II2.3">[[Flare 2.3]]</ref> but they were relatively weak compared to those made by the rest of her family, capable of being broken when she kicked off against them<ref>She created a forcefield to ‘land’ on, her back, hands and feet pressing against it, then launched herself at me, breaking the field in the process of the launch. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/06/12/torch-7-7/ excerpt] from [[Torch 7.7]]</ref> and dragged around and popped by [[Leviathan]].<ref name="8.3">[[Extermination 8.3]]</ref> For example, she could make a spherical forcefield around herself and a partner,<ref name="8.5">[[Extermination 8.5]]</ref><ref name="8.3">[[Extermination 8.3]]</ref> a square forcefield to support herself and a partner in midair,<ref>Crystal and I stood on a square of crimson forcefield, well above Cedar Point, watching. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/02/20/shade-4-7/ excerpt] from [[Shade 4.7]]</ref> or a small forcefield to keep her own lasers from going too far.<ref name ="II2.3"/><ref>Still appearing half asleep, she moved one hand, creating a deep red forcefield behind the bacon, then she produced a thin laser from her fingertip, slicing off the end of the package. - [[Flare 2.1]]</ref>

Her flight is fast compared to her family, and mostly limited by her own tendency to get motion-sick.<ref>“I meant because you’re fast.”<br/><br/>
“But you can do that, see?  You just did this thing, you can turn upside-down and right-side up without getting dizzy.”<br/><br/>“I get dizzy.”<br/><br/>
“But you can do that,” she said.  “I have to be careful about any serious flipping, or I’ll be green around the gills for five minutes.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/06/12/torch-7-7/ excerpt] from [[Torch 7.7]]</ref>

After [[The Firmament]] bombing her laser and forcefields became stronger, but less precise in application.<ref>I nodded.  “Is your forcefield strong enough to be a bridge now?”<br/><br/>“No idea.  But it feels different.  Harder to stretch into a ball.”<br/><br/>She demonstrated.  Sure enough, it wasn’t really working that way.<br/><br/>“And your laser?”<br/><br/>She fired into the forcefield.  Rather than a thin beam, it fluctuated more around a central line, and took on a magenta hue where the fluctuation stretched it thin.<br/><br/>“Stronger, I think.  But less cut, more heat, and I’m not sure if it’s as accurate as it was.  To get the most out of it, I might have to be in the thick of it.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2020/01/07/infrared-19-4/ Excerpt] from [[Infrared 19.4]]</ref>

==History==

===Background===
Crystal triggered sometime before 2009<!-- Vic triggers right before 15, so Crystal triggers before 16-17-->, she was the first of the [[New Wave]] kids to gain powers. It happened when she was recognized as the daughter of heroes in the city, and was chased and, presumably, assaulted, as a result.<ref>“I almost killed someone too,” Crystal said.<br/>[...]<br/>All I knew was that some sketchy people had recognized her and followed her off the bus, running after her when she ran.  I only knew that much because my mom had told Amy and me to be extra careful, and had insisted she or dad drive us if we went anywhere.<br/><br/>“They’re mad, now, apparently,” Crystal said, hugging her arms to her body.  “They want to get revenge.” - [https://www.parahumans.net/2020/02/08/infrared-19-9/ Excerpt] from [[Infrared 19.9]]</ref>

[[Panacea]] once overheard Laserdream being told about villain psychology by her father, including [[Marquis]] as an example of "pattern" killer.<ref>[[Interlude 11h]]</ref>

===Story Start===
Laserdream appeared alongside [[Sarah Pelham|Lady Photon]] and [[Victoria Dallon|Glory Girl]] in a fight against [[Purity]]. [[Crusader]] and [[Rune]] ran interference, distracting and trapping Laserdream so that Purity could attack them.<ref name="7.9">[[Buzz 7.9]]</ref>
===[[Battle against Leviathan]]===
Laserdream accompanied New Wave to the meeting place after Armsmaster and Dragon's program predicted that Leviathan would attack Brockton Bay. She sat with her teammates next to the Brockton Bay Wards, but didn't join in with the conversation the Wards were having. She then listened to Legend as he told them about what was going on before he began to divide them into teams.<ref name="8.1">[[Extermination 8.1]]</ref>

Sometime later, Laserdream opened fire at Leviathan alongside Legend, Lady Photon and half a dozen other capes. After Leviathan struck down Legend with his tail, Leviathan reached for Laserdream and Shielder. She created a forcefield bubble around them before Leviathan's tail wrapped around it and brought it down towards the roof. Halfway down, the constriction of the tail broke through the forcefield before the tail wrapped around Shielder's body and Laserdream's arm.

Laserdream managed to use the concussive force of her laser to break her way free before she flew up and out of the way as Leviathan fell. Shielder was unable to escape and, after Leviathan brought down his upper body against the edge of a building, she screamed raggedly.<ref name="8.3">[[Extermination 8.3]]</ref>

Laserdream and Lady Photon landed next to Armsmaster and Skitter. Lady Photon created a shaped forcefield around Armsmaster's shoulder and then told Laserdream to take him, but Laserdream said that she was a better flier and had more of a chance of hurting. She then said that she would take Skitter and help against Leviathan. After Lady Photon nodded, they turned towards Skitter and waited until she had picked up Armsmaster's halberd before she picked her up.

Skitter then started to direct Laserdream towards where Leviathan was. Laserdream erected a forcefield over the both of them when they passed over a gas station. She changed course sometime later and, when Skitter asked her about it, she told her that the wreckage headed that way. Skitter told her that Leviathan might have been faking it out and then pointed towards where she thought Leviathan was. Laserdream changed course again and arrived at the scene a few seconds later.

Laserdream dropped Skitter at the fringe of the battlefield with the halberd and joined Purity in firing lasers at Leviathan's chest and face. Leviathan prepared to lunge only for a wave of darkness to envelop him and then dissipate, leaving only what was necessary to obscure his head. Laserdream managed to hit Leviathan again before he figured out how to escape the darkness.

Later, Laserdream grabbed the halberd, heaved Skitter out of the water, changed her grip and pulled her up and free of the waves. She hurried away from the growing depression and towards a nearby roof where she laid Parian down. When the building started to collapse, she reluctantly grabbed Skitter and Parian before hauling them back into the air.

Skitter asked Laserdream if there was another tidal wave coming and Laserdream told her she couldn't see her armband to check unless she dropped her. She asked Skitter if she wanted to drop her before flying the three of them away. She then told Skitter that she was going to set them down and, when Skitter questioned her, told her that she would set them down or drop them because she couldn't hold them for much longer.

After setting Skitter and Parian down, Laserdream checked her armband and told Skitter that one of the shelters had sprung a leak. Skitter told her to bring her and that, while she knew her arms were tired, they had to stick together and that she could drop her if she had to. Laserdream agreed, but said that they were leaving Parian behind. She then picked up Skitter and towards the shelter that had sprung a leak.

Laserdream started to blast the door to the shelter with a laser after a nearby cape told her to open it. She ceased firing after the cape that Skitter had given the halberd to headed towards the door before she started to make channels where the water could flow into once the door was opened. When the door was opened, Laserdream told the people inside to get out. She was then knocked unconscious by Leviathan.

Skitter later found Laserdream, turned her over and checked that she was still breathing before she left her. They were teleported out together.<ref name="8.5">[[Extermination 8.5]]</ref><!--does she really just disappear from the story?

Collage?-->

===[[Glow-worm]]===
Check up on [[Victoria Dallon|cousin]], which found herself on the receiving end of anti-cape sentiment.<ref>[[Glow-worm P.1]]</ref> They later discuss their life situations, state of civilization and make some plans.<ref>[[Glow-worm P.5]]</ref>

===Early-[[Ward]]===
Was at the Dallon's house during a disastrous family reunion.<ref>[[Daybreak 1.7]]</ref>

After her cousin Victoria lost her job, she put up at her apartment. Which was overly full of stuff.<ref>[[Flare 2.2]]</ref><ref>[[Flare 2.3]]</ref>

Was patrolling the city during a labor riot and dealt with a disastrous [[Broken Trigger]]<ref name="II2.4"> - [https://www.parahumans.net/2017/12/19/flare-2-4/ Excerpt] from [[Flare 2.4]]</ref> took a while to recover from the emotional trauma of the event.<ref name="II2.5"> - [https://www.parahumans.net/2017/12/23/flare-2-5/ Excerpt] from [[Flare 2.5]]</ref>

Said she was likely going to rejoin the [[PRTCJ]].<ref>[[Shade 4.7]]</ref>

===Post-[[Mathers Compound Assault|Fallen fall]]===
Gets to do some secret missions.<ref name="II7.7">[[Torch 7.7]]</ref>

She was making tours of duty in northwestern American states, and [[Russia]].<ref>You’ve been on the front lines here, in the northwestern American states, and in Russia.  You’ve seen what we’re up against. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2018/10/20/gleaming-interlude-9/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 9 II]]</ref> She was at [[The Wardens]] base in [[Cote D’Ivoire]], where she managed to annoy [[Valkyrie]].

===Post-[[Goddess' Takeover]]===
Crystal joined Victoria in investigating [[The Navigators Incident]].

===Post-[[Time Bubble Pop]]===
Welcomed her cousin back from [[Earth Shin]].

Crystal was among the [[Wardens]]' reinforcements who were sent to Teachers Compound.<ref name=15.3>[[Dying 15.3]]</ref>

===Post-[[Attack on Teacher]]===
[[Brandish|Carol]] and [[Victoria]] Dallons started living with Crystal.

She was assigned responsible over Victoria's probation.

Crystal reunited with [[Sarah Pelham|her mother]].<ref>[[Sundown 17.2]]</ref>

She was invited into the Wardens' situation room during the second Shin crisis to help with her family.<ref name="II17.4">[[Sundown 17.4]]</ref>

===[[The Ice Breaks]]===
Crystal appeared in [[the Wardens]] headquarters after the ice broke.<ref name="II18.1">[[Radiation 18.1]]</ref>

She fought [[Titans]] together with [[Photon|her mother-clone]] during the defense of [[the Shardspace]] entry-point, briefly accompanying [[Victoria Dallon]],<ref name="II19.1">[[Infrared 19.1]]</ref> and saving her from [[Nemean Titan]].<ref name="II19.2">[[Infrared 19.2]]</ref> Crystal was, also, in the way of [[Titan Fortuna]] going to [[Earth Shin]] [[portal]].<ref name="II19.4">[[Infrared 19.4]]</ref>

Crystal was "doing outreach"<!--unclear what exactly--> while [[Victoria]]'s plague was deployed.<ref name="II20.10">[[Last 20.10]]</ref>

===Ward Epilogue===
Crystal temporarily joined [[Erring Right]] together with [[Photon|her mother]].<ref name="II20.e6">[[Last 20.e6]]</ref>

==Chapter Appearances==
{{Appearance/Crystal Pelham Worm}}

==Trivia==
*Laserdream's signature 'color' on the team is red.
*Her name is an amalgamation of 'laserbeam' and 'dream' in the 'that person is dreamy' sense.

==Fanart Gallery==
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Laserdream and Shielder.png|Left: Crystal Pelham. Image by [https://yun-yun-hakusho.deviantart.com/art/Pelhams-New-Wave-692509423 Yun]
</gallery>

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