Editing Canary (section)

==History==
===Background===
Paige purchased a vial from Cauldron, asking them to give her a power that would help her build a career as a stage musician.<ref name=28.1e1>“Maybe Canary could shed light on this?” Tattletale suggested.<br/><br/>Canary’s eyes opened wide.<br/><br/>“You bought Cauldron powers?” I asked.<br/><br/>“Yes.”<br/><br/>“Pretty rare for a natural cape to get powers with physical changes,” Tattletale said.  “Cauldron capes?  Yeah.  You definitely see stuff like feathers.”<br/><br/>“I wasn’t disgruntled,” Canary said.  “I freaked, and I couldn’t exactly charge back on my credit card or sue them.  But I adjusted.  I got what I really wanted in the end.  By the time I realized I’d gotten ''too much'' of what I wanted, I was already in jail.”<br/><br/>“Shit sucks,” Aisha said.  “Scammed hard, grow yellow feathers on top of a shitty fashion sense, get what you want and then boom, it’s all over.  Off to jail.”<br/><br/>“I dress colorfully so people don’t connect me to the Simurgh so easily,” Canary said.  “Keeps me from getting cussed out or beaten by someone who lost a friend or family member.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/31/ Excerpt] from [[Cockroaches 28.1]]</ref>

She became a moderately successful singer. Her songs included but were not limited to: ''Vulgarishous'', ''Ur-sound'', ''Lineless'',<ref name="29.3 e2">“''Vulgarishous'',” he said.  “''Ur-sound''?  ''Lineless''?”<br><br>“You’re probably cheating,” [Canary] said - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/09/24 Excerpt] from [[Venom 29.3]]</ref> ''Traveling Hum'', ''Meet Screen'', ''Anti-insomnia'', ''Without Whisper''.<ref name=YT/>

The effect of her songs on people was known but was usually edited out and deleted out of commercial products. Some of her corporate sponsors didn't feel the need to take any extra precautions.<ref name=YT/>

=== Story Start ===
Paige accidentally compelled her ex-boyfriend to maim himself after an argument. He claimed that he encouraged her to perform on stage and was therefore responsible for her success, and that because of this he deserved half of her earnings, conveniently ignoring the fact that he then cheated on her and left her while telling her she would never make it for real. Her retaliatory insult when heard by her power-influenced ex was interpreted literally.<ref name="I6"/>

She was tried while under heavy restraints, both to keep her from speaking as well as physically restrained for a suspected and non-existent Brute rating. Her master rating also hindered her ability to contact her lawyer, who at times could take hours or days to reply to her emails. This was partially due to the effect of the Simurgh on the psychological state of the world and Canary's similarity to the endbringer.<ref name="SB1">'''Wildbow:'''<br/>Think of it in terms of political context, the simurgh attack on Australia being recent & rather a loss for the good guys, her being a Simurgh-alike, news & public perception turning on her, and other factors playing in.<br/>For Canary's court case ending up an uphill battle.<br/>People are ~scared~ of mind/emotion control. - [https://forums.spacebattles.com/posts/37024231/ Wildbow on Discord, Archived on Spacebattles]</ref> Despite [[Dragon]]'s personal support for her, the court eventually sentenced her to life imprisonment in the [[Birdcage]]. 

She was transported there with [[Bakuda]] and [[Lung]].<ref name="I6"> - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/01/14 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 6]]</ref>

She was pointed towards [[Lustrum]]'s cellblock by Dragon.<ref name=I6e4>“I’m afraid I’ve got to do my job, and that means carrying out my role in enforcing the law.  You understand?  Whatever my feelings, I can’t let you go.”<br/><br/>“I- Yes.”<br/><br/>“Listen, I’m sticking you in cell block E.  The woman that put herself in charge of that cell block goes by the codename Lustrum.  She’s a pretty extreme feminist and misandrist, but she protects the girls in her block, and it’s also the block furthest from the hole the men opened into the women’s half of the Birdcage.  If you’re willing to play along, buy in or pretend to buy into her way of thinking, I think she’ll keep you safest.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2012/01/14 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 6]]</ref>

Paige was questioned, following Lung's rampage through the prison the earn cred, about her fellow prisoner by the other cell block leaders about him.<ref name=28.5e1>“Lung,” I said, almost absently.<br/><br/>“You know him?” Canary asked.<br/><br/>“Yeah,” I said.<br/><br/>“He was kind of notorious in the Birdcage.  A lot of people, they come in, and they do something to make a statement.  Kill someone, pick someone suitable and ''claim'' them, challenge someone suitably impressive to a fight, that sort of thing.”<br/><br/>“What did Lung do?” I asked.<br/><br/>“He marched into the women’s side of the prison, killed his underling, and then killed and maimed a bunch of others before the cell block leaders ordered people to pull back.  I got called into a meeting, too, where a bunch of people in charge of cell blocks asked me to come and tell them what I knew about him, since we arrived at the same time.”<br/><br/>I nodded.  “But you didn’t know anything.”<br/><br/>“No.  I think some of them were ''really'' worried, too.  I thought they were going to hurt me, until Lustrum, uh, my cell block leader, backed me up, gave me her protection.”<br/><br/>“Geez,” Imp said.  “That’s messed up.”<br/><br/>Canary shrugged.  “How did you put it?  A Tuesday?  A Tuesday in the Birdcage.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/09/10 Excerpt] from [[Cockroaches 28.5]]</ref> She was unable to be a useful source of information.

===Post-[[Echidna]]===
Upon the announcement of [[Alexandria]]'s death Canary performed a funeral dirge heard by everyone in the Birdcage.<ref>The broadcast ended, with news reporters discussing the fallout, reiterating details.<br/><br/>The noise of it was broken down by singing, echoing through the Birdcage.  A dirge.<br/><br/>''The yellow feathered girl who was in the truck'', Lung thought to himself.<br/><br/>“That’s for Alexandria, I imagine,” Marquis said aloud.  “Undeserved, I think, but I imagine Lustrum gave her cell block a very good reason to honor the woman.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/05/21 Excerpt] from [[Interlude 22.y]]</ref>
===The [[Timeskip]]===
In 2012 a collection of her unfinished tracks was stolen by unidentified villains who had been hired by fans of Canary, the music was put on the internet coming in two versions, one of which hadn't been scrubbed of its mind-affecting properties.<ref name=YT>[https://redd.it/inz6mi [PHO Sundays] 'Yellow, Though', the fans Win] by Wildbow.</ref> Some interesting side tracks are also included.
===[[Gold Morning]]===
Canary was eventually freed to help in the fight on [[Gold Morning]].<ref name=27.3e1/>

Paige wound up sharing a hospital room with a recovering [[Taylor|bug controller]].

She joined with [[Weaver]] and the remaining [[Undersiders]] to help deal with major threats, although her powers and personality made her of minimal use as an offensive damage-dealer. Nevertheless she was outfitted with a suit that belonged to the [[Dragonslayers]] by [[Saint]] as a gesture of goodwill.<ref name=28.2e2>“If you keep me here, you need to maintain guards.  The people with clearance are you and Narwhal, two of the strongest capes around.  Bring me to the field, and you have two more capes on your side.”<br>[...]<br>“If it helps, there’s a better chance of me dying horribly out there than in here.”<br>[...]<br>I’d also be able to offer up my side’s suits.  Something for the Rogue girl, so she’s a little more durable.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/09/03 Excerpt] from [[Cockroaches 28.2]]</ref>

Was in the [[Cauldron Compound]] infiltration team.

Canary's power ended up being absolutely critical to achieving victory during the Gold Morning. In addition to allowing [[Khepri]] to calm down the parahumans making up her swarm, who had started dying to stress-induced aneurysms, it was the key that allowed Khepri to keep coordinating the capes even after [[Doormaker]]'s shard running out of power caused her to lose direct control over almost every single parahuman in the swarm.<ref>[[Speck 30.5]]</ref> Khepri's own encroaching insanity had made it impossible for her to understand or use anything resembling language, and she had no way of extending the radius of her power and restore direct control over the parahuman swarm without Doormaker. However, Canary was still within her range of influence and Khepri's plans and ideas were communicated to the swarm of capes via Canary's singing, and most importantly the Master influence that accompanied the singing made those capes use their own initiative to work together and thus successfully implement Khepri's plan of attack.<ref>[[Speck 30.6]]</ref> <!-- to fight that battle. the among her subjects to below the point where it was spontaneously killing them.-->

===Post-[[Gold Morning]]===
At some point Paige joined [[The Wardens]] under [[Valkyrie]]'s aegis.<ref name="II15.z eValkyrie">“I think it’s from our side.  Swansong’s cape with the yellow costume… there aren’t a lot of them.  Most would be Advance Guard, but they’d be together, not with Valkyrie.  I think that’s Canary.”<br><br>“The celebrity?”<br><br>She’s a Warden now. Under Valkyrie’s wing. They knew each other in the Birdcage. - [https://www.parahumans.net/2019/08/10/dying-15-z/ Excerpt] from [[Interlude 15.z II]]</ref>

===Post-[[Time Bubble Pop]]===
Canary was a part of the Wardens' raid on [[Teacher]]. She played a key role in [[Contessa]]'s plan to win the losing battle.<ref name="15.zII">[[Interlude 15.z II|Interlude 15.z]]</ref>

===[[The Ice Breaks]]===
Canary was one of the Wardens assisting with the mass incursion into [[The Shardspace]].<ref name="II18.10">[[Radiation 18.10]]</ref>