Laserdream

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“	Crystal Eve Pelham! Open those chips like a human being, thank you. Your hands will atrophy into claws if you keep doing that sort of thing.	”
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<image source="Image"></image> <image source="image"></image> <group><header>Basic Information</header> <label>Civilian Name</label> <label>Aliases</label> <label>Gender</label><default>Unknown</default> <label>Death</label> <label>Age</label><default>Unknown</default> <label>Post-timeskip</label> <label>Ward start</label> <label>Relations</label> <label>Family</label></group> <group><header>Professional Status</header> <label>Occupation</label> <label>Classification</label> <label>Unique Features</label> <label>Alignment</label>

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Alive

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<label>Location</label> <label>Teams</label> <label>Previous Team(s)</label> <label>Base of Operations</label></group> <group><header>First Appearance</header> <label>Worm Debut</label> <label>Ward Debut</label></group> </infobox>

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

Personality

Crystal is easygoing<ref>There were other calls I needed to make, including one to Crystal to let her know where I was. I put that one off. Crystal was easygoing. - Flare 2.2</ref> and tries to be friendly and mindful of others.<ref>It was cold, but her costume was good quality and warm, made of a thicker material that softened the lines of her body somewhat. It was her nose and ears that got cold, even with earmuffs on and mostly hidden by her hair, her face turned away from the strident wind.

On any other day or circumstance she might have used her forcefield to block that wind, but the people at the building entrance were from Shin and they didn’t like powers.

In a personal capacity, she had tried to be friendly, to open discussion, and answer questions for people. People had been notified and given the impression that the prisoners would be out soon. Two hours ago. As a form of compromise, considering the shitty weather, she’d offered to text everyone on a list as soon as people emerged, so the worried friends, family and teammates could wait in a nearby coffee shop or store. Only half had taken her up on the offer.

She was trying to piece together who was here for who. - Dying 15.a</ref> She is also good at being on television.<ref>“Mayday put on a good show, a bit stilted,” Tristan said. “Some ex-Wardens were also out there. Chevalier’s back, Legend and Valkyrie are away doing something important. Narwhal doesn’t do TV, and some of the ex-Guild like Stonewall and more stern, dark Protectorate types like Cinereal aren’t exactly TV types either.”

“Weld’s pretty good at it, but he’s still away,” Sveta said.

Crystal too. - Gleaming 9.2</ref> Although Crystal can focus and perform well during grim events such as Endbringer fights, she does not handle the aftermath as well.<ref>Crystal had backed me up for a good while. She’d been a friend, a support.

She had performed during the event. She’d been focused, she’d done what she needed to do. It had been after that she faltered. Hearing that the people who’d been touched by the broken trigger weren’t doing well, then hearing that only four remained. Hearing and seeing those four drop away.

It had been that way for Leviathan, too.

It had probably been that way after I went to the hospital.

Fine during, not so fine after. - Flare 2.4</ref> For example, 10 days after a broken trigger incident killed 92 civilians, Victoria found her binge-watching TV.<ref>“How many?” Rocketround asked.

“Ninety two, if you include the ones in houses,” she said.
[...]
It had been ten days, now. Ten days after the broken trigger with the citizen workers. One of the worst we’d seen for citizen casualties and damage.

I landed on the balcony, letting myself in. I took the carton out of the plastic bag and popped it into the microwave, lid ajar. Eighteen seconds.

“Vic?” Crystal called out.

“I’m here. One second.”

“That had better not be what I think it is.”

“It is.”

Crystal groaned audibly.

I pulled the carton free, grabbed some spoons, and walked over to the living room. Crystal was sitting in the armchair, watching TV, a blanket on her lap. - Flare 2.4</ref>

She does not believe in the ends justifying the means.<ref>“You might be right. I just find that having the question constantly put before me is… it’s hard. If I hadn’t taken his life and automatically drawn him into me, he would have notified key people, and we would have lost the element of surprise. Many more would have suffered and died.”

“I don’t believe in the ends justifying the means, sorry. I think once you start thinking that way, you stop looking for those hard-to-spot answers. But I’m a flying blaster girl. Pew pew. It’s shitty of me to judge you when I got the easy, awesome power, and you got the power with the built-in moral dilemmas.” - Excerpt from Interlude 9 II</ref> For example, she was not afraid to tell Valkyrie that her power was creepy<ref>“Did it go okay?” one of the capes on duty asked. A PRTCJ uniform.

“It went fine,” Valkyrie answered. “No casualties. Some captives. We’ll get information on the powers they’ve been using. I have the spirit of one, and I think he’ll tell me what he knows soon.”

“Wow. That’s pretty crazy creepy,” the PRTCJ officer said.

“Perhaps,” Valkyrie replied. “Excuse me. I need to rinse off the poison before the adaptations fade.”

As she walked away, she could hear a whispered exchange between the PRTCJ officers.

“You can’t just call them creepy when they’re Valkyrie, Crystal.”

“Oh, just stole a soul, gonna interrogate it, nothing wrong about that.”

Valkyrie paused.

“Oh, shit,” the not-Crystal PRTCJ officer replied, before ducking away.

“Don’t just run and… hi again, Valkyrie,” PRTCJ officer Crystal said. - Excerpt from Interlude 9 II</ref> and that she was not comfortable with her taking the shadow of an enemy combatant to then later "interrogate".<ref>“You don’t like it? You’ve been on the front lines here, in the northwestern American states, and in Russia. You’ve seen what we’re up against. We need information.”

“I don’t like it,” Crystal said.

“It will be more lives saved in the long run.”

“It’s capturing someone’s very essence. It’s deeply, deeply uncomfortable. If you’re capturing guys on our side with permission and bringing them back like I’ve seen, I’m okay with that. Otherwise, I’m not cool with it. I’m not going to shoot you or fight you or anything, but… not cool.”

“I’ve had at least one of these conversations every day for the past few months,” Valkyrie said. “Different points, different particulars. I have people telling me to take time off, but this– this is what wearies me.”

“Am I wrong? What am I missing?” - Excerpt from Interlude 9 II</ref>

As she grew up with a mother who fully embraced powers,<ref>Your aunt surprised me by agreeing, and I think that was her move… establishing an unsafe bubble, not pursuing civilian life. Powers as a part of everything. Even the damn home recipes.- Radiation 18.7</ref> Crystal is very relaxed about using her powers in everyday life. For example, she uses forcefields as make-shift tables/trays when eating outdoors,<ref>Crystal was out at the water’s edge now, leaning over the railing. Forcefields made a kind of table or tray for her to set her food down on. It drew the attention of bystanders, in a ‘look at that, how cool’ way. - Shadow 5.1</ref> does not own a pair of scissors,<ref name="II2.1 eNoScissors">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.

She handed the bacon to me, open end up.

“You don’t have scissors?”

She shook her head, smiling. - Flare 2.1</ref> uses lasers to help cook food,<ref>“Yeah,” my dad said. “With food I’ve been aching for for just as long already cooking, the kitchen and barbecue rich with that smell. Things, like I said, that make me stupid.”

“What food was it?” I asked.

“Laser seared kebabs,” Crystal said.

I bit my lip. Family recipe. With my lip still between my teeth, I said, “Okay.” - Glare 3.5</ref><ref>“Hhm. I’ll trust your instincts,” he said. “I can work faster if I heat the metal up. I’m going to go set up the forge.”

“Why barbecue when you can use lasers?” Crystal asked. “Lasers are great. We can collab and gossip like schoolgirls while these two work out their business.”

“My schoolgirl impression leaves a lot to be desired,” Weld said.

Crystal grinned. “But barbecue sounds good, while we’re on the subject. I was tempted here with food and promises of a chance to tease my cousin.” - Shadow 5.6</ref><ref>She cracked some eggs, putting them in the frying pan – for Crystal and herself. In another pan, english muffins were lying face-down in a little bit of butter, alongside some mystery meat patties that were frying up. The pan had warped a bit because Crystal had a habit of rushing the heating-up of the pans by lasering them, which concentrated too much heat in one place. My mom used the fact the pan naturally tilted to manage the way the butter and meat juice pooled. - Sundown 17.2</ref> and opens chip bags in a strange way.<ref name="II20.e6 eChips" /> She also grew up with her mother's philosophy of setting realistic goals and being happy when she meets them.<ref>“You set a goal,” Aunt Sarah spoke, purple irises bright in the dark. “Get the civilians down there safe and sound, minimum of casualties.”

“There were casualties,” I said, frantically looking between the various targets. What the fuck do I even shoot, now? “There’s about to be a lot more.”

“There were always going to be casualties, Victoria,” my Aunt said. “We’ve done a good job of keeping them to a minimum.”

“No,” I said. “Any number above zero was always going to be a failure. Saying it’s anything but is shirking responsibility.”

“Set your goals, keep your goals realistic-”

“-and let yourself be happy when you meet them,” Crystal finished, speaking alongside the woman who was and simultaneously wasn’t her mother.

My laser cannon clacked and roared as I fired at Skadi. She was preoccupied though. The Wardens were taking the primary focus in this moment.

“My mom always said we needed to deny the other side their goals,” I said, quiet. “They want to crush us, slowly and steadily. They wipe out humanity, connect to one another, and discard our planet. They’re succeeding.”

“I remember discussing plans and policies with your mother, when the team was new,” Aunt Sarah said. “I never imagined we’d pass them on to our individual kids like this.” - Excerpt from Infrared 19.1</ref>

Crystal is not a morning person.<ref>“What are you doing to my kitchen?”

Crystal was in the doorway, her hair a mess. She wore an oversized t-shirt and pyjama shorts, and she still looked half asleep.

“Did I wake you?” I asked.

“Uh huh,” she said, sleepy. “Don’t tell me you’re a morning person. That would be a problem.”

“I’m not. I’m a person who fell asleep early last night-”

“Almost right after eating. Yep. And now you’re up, showered, dressed, and you’re dismantling my kitchen. For reasons.” - Flare 2.1</ref><ref>My clothes were somewhat rumpled, so I ventured back to the bathroom and called out, “Crystal?”

My voice wasn’t that loud, but it sounded deafening with how quiet it all was.

“-hate being bothered when I’m showering. Give me a few minutes of peace, damn it.-”

The grumbling continued.

“Can I borrow clothes?”

“Yes! Go away!”

Crystal wasn’t a morning person. - Sundown 17.2</ref> She is also quite the hoarder<ref>“Ah ha,” I said. “Then can I make fun of you for having two big jars of spatulas, whisks, spaghetti scoops, having two food processors-”

“One was a gift.”

“-And no scissors or shears anywhere I can find? I’d settle for a sharp knife. You have those steak knives, but they look nice and I don’t want to use them for the wrong thing and ruin them.” - Flare 2.1</ref> as she has a lot of stuff, including old proto-costumes<ref>“My closet,” she said. “Black trash bags. Never throwing things away pays off. It’s one of the sample batches.”

The bags made the clothes easy to find, even in the jam-packed closet. The contents were hidden within the trash bags, the hooks of the hangers poking up and through. Crystal indicated the bed, and I laid them out, peeling the plastic back. White costumes without icons or decoration, a variety of cuts and styles.

It was a familiar range. Back in the day, companies had periodically reached out to New Wave, wanting to pitch their product and get us to use them for our costuming. Mom had handled those talks and periodically singled out a family member to send a bunch of proto-costumes to. Later she would nag us for feedback that she could send the companies.

I didn’t want to think about mom.

I focused on the costumes, with some attention paid to the situation at hand. The leotard cut was a ‘never ever’. The full-body suit was problematic because of how it resembled Scion’s, and I didn’t want to go there. Those were two I could eliminate right away. I pulled the black trash bags down over them and set them aside. - Flare 2.3</ref> and things previously owned by her parents.<ref name="II2.1 eHoardStuff" /> Victoria believed her cousin's apartment in the City was a borderline uncomfortably cluttered place<ref>No way to make money off of my powers, to pay the rent and get out of Crystal’s borderline uncomfortably cluttered place. - Flare 2.2</ref><ref>“Please,” Sveta said. “And we’re almost there. The place might be a little messy, to warn you.”

“Crystal and I are two people crammed into an apartment with room for one person, I don’t think it’s a problem,” I said. I withheld the part where Crystal was a bit of a pig.
[...]
The apartment wasn’t what I would have called ‘messy’. In a way, it was very different from Crystal’s place. There was no detritus, nothing left lying around. - Shadow 5.6</ref> and thus did not want to live with her long-term.<ref>“I know I want to move forward, because… I dunno. I feel like I’m a shark that drowns if it stops moving, or a bird that drops out of the air like a stone if I’m not flying forward. I know I need to get some of the basics of life squared away. I’m okay for money for a couple of months, but I can’t stay on Crystal’s couch.”

“In my brief interactions with Crystal, I did like her,” Jessica said.

“She’s great. But not great to live with long-term, I don’t think. You’d never know it to look at her, she’s beautiful, she’s fashionable, and very well put together, but if you looked at her apartment…”

I trailed off, using my expression to convey a bit of the horror to Jessica.

“Ah,” Jessica said. She smiled again. - Daybreak 1.8</ref> Crystal does not mind mess as she prefers a lived-in element to her home.<ref name="II2.1 eHoardStuff">“I don’t care,” she said. “First of all, I know I have a lot of stuff. You know I have a lot of stuff.”

I looked at the stuff around the kitchen and adjacent living room. It was a bit messy, to the point counter space and table space was occupied.

“Just- I really don’t care if you add your stuff to it. I like my places feeling lived in. Some of the stuff is a friend’s, and they’ll take it when they get set up. Some is mom and dad’s. Some is yours, and that’s fine. That leads me to my second point. I want you to be here. I want you to feel comfortable.”

“Thank you.”

“I know my couch isn’t much, but you need a place that you can kick your shoes off and leave them where they are.”

I might have mentioned that I wasn’t quite that personality type, but I held my tongue. I understood the sentiment, what she wanted.

“I want you to have a place that’s yours, Vic.” - Flare 2.1</ref>

She finds men who dye their hair more attractive.<ref>“I like Tristan’s choice in colors,” Crystal said.

I didn’t get a chance to respond, because Tristan and Natalie joined us in the living room.

“Crystal. We didn’t meet,” Tristan said. “I was watching on camera while you visited Cedar Point.”

“I love the hair,” Crystal said. “I like the color, too. I have a soft spot for boys who are brave enough to dye their hair. If only you were a bit older.”

“I’m flattered,” Tristan said. “Those aren’t the boys I tend to go after, myself, but my dating life isn’t very… alive, either.” - Shadow 5.6</ref>

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.

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.
[...]
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.

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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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.”

“But you can do that, see? You just did this thing, you can turn upside-down and right-side up without getting dizzy.”

“I get dizzy.”

“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.” - 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?”

“No idea. But it feels different. Harder to stretch into a ball.”

She demonstrated. Sure enough, it wasn’t really working that way.

“And your laser?”

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.

“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.” - Excerpt from Infrared 19.4</ref>

History

Background

Crystal triggered sometime before 2009, 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.
[...]
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.

“They’re mad, now, apparently,” Crystal said, hugging her arms to her body. “They want to get revenge.” - 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 Lady Photon and 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>

Glow-worm

Check up on 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"> - Excerpt from Flare 2.4</ref> took a while to recover from the emotional trauma of the event.<ref name="II2.5"> - Excerpt from Flare 2.5</ref>

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

Post-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. - 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

Carol and Victoria Dallons started living with Crystal.

She was assigned responsible over Victoria's probation.

Crystal reunited with 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 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" while Victoria's plague was deployed.<ref name="II20.10">Last 20.10</ref>

Ward Epilogue

Crystal temporarily joined Erring Right together with her mother.<ref name="II20.e6">Last 20.e6</ref>

Chapter Appearances

Ward Chapter Appearances
{{#if:Daybreak|{{#if:Daybreak|Daybreak|Daybreak}}|Daybreak}} 1. Daybreak 1.1 {{#switch: debut=Debut yes=Appears pov=Point of View flash=Flashback f=Fantasy c=Clone s=Spirit m=Mentioned sc=Screen d=Death co=Corpse sh=Shadow Absent}} 2. Daybreak 1.2 {{#switch: debut=Debut yes=Appears pov=Point of View flash=Flashback f=Fantasy c=Clone s=Spirit m=Mentioned sc=Screen d=Death co=Corpse sh=Shadow Absent}} 3. Daybreak 1.3 {{#switch: debut=Debut yes=Appears pov=Point of View flash=Flashback f=Fantasy c=Clone s=Spirit m=Mentioned sc=Screen d=Death co=Corpse sh=Shadow Absent}} 4. Daybreak 1.4 {{#switch: debut=Debut yes=Appears pov=Point of View flash=Flashback f=Fantasy c=Clone s=Spirit m=Mentioned sc=Screen d=Death co=Corpse sh=Shadow Absent}} 5. Daybreak 1.5 {{#switch: debut=Debut yes=Appears pov=Point of View flash=Flashback f=Fantasy c=Clone s=Spirit m=Mentioned sc=Screen d=Death co=Corpse sh=Shadow Absent}} 6. Daybreak 1.6 {{#switch:flash debut=Debut yes=Appears pov=Point of View flash=Flashback f=Fantasy c=Clone s=Spirit m=Mentioned sc=Screen d=Death co=Corpse sh=Shadow Absent}} 7. Daybreak 1.7 {{#switch:debut debut=Debut yes=Appears pov=Point of View flash=Flashback f=Fantasy c=Clone s=Spirit m=Mentioned sc=Screen d=Death co=Corpse sh=Shadow Absent}} 8. Daybreak 1.8 {{#switch:m debut=Debut yes=Appears pov=Point of View flash=Flashback f=Fantasy c=Clone s=Spirit m=Mentioned sc=Screen d=Death co=Corpse sh=Shadow Absent}} x. Interlude 1 II {{#switch: debut=Debut yes=Appears pov=Point of View flash=Flashback f=Fantasy c=Clone s=Spirit m=Mentioned sc=Screen d=Death co=Corpse sh=Shadow Absent}}
{{#if:Flare|{{#if:Flare|Flare|Flare}}|Flare}} 1. Flare 2.1 {{#switch:yes debut=Debut yes=Appears pov=Point of View flash=Flashback f=Fantasy c=Clone s=Spirit m=Mentioned sc=Screen d=Death co=Corpse sh=Shadow Absent}} 2. Flare 2.2 {{#switch:m debut=Debut yes=Appears pov=Point of View flash=Flashback f=Fantasy c=Clone s=Spirit m=Mentioned sc=Screen d=Death co=Corpse sh=Shadow Absent}} 3. Flare 2.3 {{#switch:yes debut=Debut yes=Appears pov=Point of View flash=Flashback f=Fantasy c=Clone s=Spirit m=Mentioned sc=Screen d=Death co=Corpse sh=Shadow Absent}} 4. Flare 2.4 {{#switch:yes debut=Debut yes=Appears pov=Point of View flash=Flashback f=Fantasy c=Clone s=Spirit m=Mentioned sc=Screen d=Death co=Corpse sh=Shadow Absent}} 5. Flare 2.5 {{#switch:m debut=Debut yes=Appears pov=Point of View flash=Flashback f=Fantasy c=Clone s=Spirit m=Mentioned sc=Screen d=Death co=Corpse sh=Shadow Absent}} 6. Flare 2.6 {{#switch:m debut=Debut yes=Appears pov=Point of View flash=Flashback f=Fantasy c=Clone s=Spirit m=Mentioned sc=Screen d=Death co=Corpse sh=Shadow Absent}} 7. Flare 2.7 {{#switch:m debut=Debut yes=Appears pov=Point of View flash=Flashback f=Fantasy c=Clone s=Spirit m=Mentioned sc=Screen d=Death co=Corpse sh=Shadow Absent}} x. Interlude 2 II {{#switch: debut=Debut yes=Appears pov=Point of View flash=Flashback f=Fantasy c=Clone s=Spirit m=Mentioned sc=Screen d=Death co=Corpse sh=Shadow Absent}}

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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  Left: Crystal Pelham. Image by Yun

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Leader	Lady Photon (Unofficial)
Members	Brandish • Flashbang • Fleur {{#switch: deceased	deceased=†	noncanon=≠	former=‡	unknown=*	#DEFAULT= }} • Glory Girl {{#switch: former	deceased=†	noncanon=≠	former=‡	unknown=*	#DEFAULT= }} • Laserdream • Lightstar {{#switch: former	deceased=†	noncanon=≠	former=‡	unknown=*	#DEFAULT= }} • Manpower {{#switch: deceased	deceased=†	noncanon=≠	former=‡	unknown=*	#DEFAULT= }} • Panacea {{#switch: former	deceased=†	noncanon=≠	former=‡	unknown=*	#DEFAULT= }} • Shielder {{#switch: deceased	deceased=†	noncanon=≠	former=‡	unknown=*	#DEFAULT= }}