Editing Laserdream (section)

==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 name="II2.1 eNoScissors" />

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>
<!--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.-->