Lisa Wilbourn
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Lisa Wilbourn (real name Sarah Livsey, although she uses Lisa for the majority of Worm) is a member of the Undersiders.
Background
Near the time that Sarah started high school, she noticed her older brother only spent time with her because it was his duty. She stopped accepting his attempts and they drifted apart. She began to resent him for acting like a brother than not being a real brother, being the popular kid, and being the favorite child.
Eventually, Sarah started noticing something going on with Reggie. He got increasingly distant until he committed suicide. She mentioned that she had noticed something going on to her parents and they started blaming her for his death. To Sarah, it seemed like she was in a pressure cooker and that everyone knew that she had known something and hadn’t spoken up. She triggered in her sleep, dreaming about it.
Her father caught on and started to use her power for the family's benefit. It became too much for Sarah and, eventually, she stole some of their money, ran away from home, and changed her name to "Lisa Wilbourn".<ref>"Worm" Web Serial, Scourge 19.7</ref>
Later, Lisa travelled to Brockton Bay. She used her power to drain the accounts of several rich men while making sure she covered her tracks. She then went to a clothes store and inspected some clothing. She sent an employee running after telling her that her boyfriend could be cheating on her. She was then apprehended by a Boardwalk "Enforcer" who took her to a nearby ally where Coil called her and said that he would like to "buy" her services. <ref name = ":4">"Worm" Web Serial, Interlude 8 (Bonus)</ref>
Lisa met with Grue, Bitch, and Regent at the Trainyards. She was told to get a costume by Grue after revealing she didn't have one before offering to serve as their contact. Bitch refused and told her that she would have to 'get her hands dirty' if she wanted an equal share. She agreed. <ref name = ":4">"Worm" Web Serial, Interlude 8 (Bonus)</ref>
Personality
[Coming Soon]
Appearance
Lisa is described as a pretty seventeen year-old girl with dark blonde hair and freckles. As Tattletale, she wears a skintight black-and-lavender outfit <ref name = ":0"> "Worm" Web Serial, Gestation 1.5 </ref> with a mask that hides her freckles and disguises the lines of her face.
Abilities and Powers
Lisa has the ability to extrapolate an incredible wealth of inference from the least soupçon of data. She needs to have some information about the target to begin with, and her power fills in the gaps in her knowledge, allowing her to crack computer passwords, profile people around her, and make predictions about the most likely outcome of a given situation, among other things. She's very accurate, although not infallible. In the few instances where she makes mistakes, she messes up pretty big. Also, she can become mentally overloaded if she tries to take in and analyze too much information all at once.
She explicitly describes her role in the Undersiders as "Ops" (although she does a lot of intelligence work as well). She goes in the field rather than simply acting as mission control because, first, Bitch insisted that everyone fight when she originally joined the team, and second, firsthand observation enhances what she can do with her power.
After seeing Lisa use her power to break someone, Taylor thinks that Lisa could have been a cult leader that would make Heartbreaker look amateurish.
It should be noted that although Lisa's ability allows her to extrapolate information she finds extrapolating information about people very difficult. At one point she tells Skitter: "Reading people with my power is hard, reading into their motivations or emotions is harder"<ref>"Worm" Web Serial, Tangle 6.2</ref> although she seems to make up for this limitation eventually.
History
Lisa arrived with the other Undersiders and got off Bitch's dog. When Grue asked what happened to Lung, she told him what insects Skitter had bit Lung and said that he wouldn't feel so good tomorrow. She then told them that Skitter was shy before alerting her teammates to the fact that someone was coming. She got back onto one of Bitch's dogs, asked Skitter her name, and then told her that she should get out of there before they left. <ref name=":0"/>.
Later, Lisa left a message in the Connections section of the PHO message board for Skitter saying that she owed her a favor and would like to meet. <ref>"Worm" Web Serial, Insinuation 2.3</ref> When Skitter replied back, asking for proof of her identity, she sent a reply a few minutes later and offered to meet with her. <ref>"Worm" Web Serial, Insinuation 2.5</ref>
Lisa later went with Brian and Alec to meet Skitter. She made a bet with Alec on if Skitter would come in costume or not and won. Then, after Brian introduced himself, she did so as well before giving Skitter a lunchbox containing two thousand dollars. She said that Skitter could take it as a gift for saving them or the first installment in the monthly allowance as a member of the Undersiders. She then told Skitter what she had done to Lung before Brian stopped her. <ref>"Worm" Web Serial, Insinuation 2.6</ref>
Once Skitter agreed to join the Undersiders, Lisa asked Brian what they were going to do. She suggested that they go to their place and, if Rachel was there, fill her in. She asked Skitter if she wanted to change in a normal alley before descending the fire escape. After Skitter came down and introduced herself, Lisa pulled her into a one-armed hug before they left.
When Taylor expressed that she was jealous of their place, she told her that it was her space too and then showed her the rooms. She suggested cleaning out the storage closet and turning it into a room for Taylor and groused about how Brian had ruined their nine hundred dollar couch by bleeding all over it. When Brian joked about her 'knowing everything', she said that she did and told Taylor about her power. <ref>"Worm" Web Serial, Insinuation 2.7 </ref>
Quotes
- (To Glory Girl): “Oh honey, now who’s being stupid? I’ve got the most powerful weapon of all... Information.”
References
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