Moonsong

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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> Brianna, known publicly as Moonsong, is a hero still trying to be a hero in a post heroic world.

Personality

Brianna comes from a background of privilege having her father being a politician.

She has a history of being unnecessarily judgemental, she had a lot of issues with both non-conforming persons of her old team.

However, she almost immediately took honest liking to Byron Vera and still is very protective about him.

Relationships

Parents

Her father is a politician who landed on his feet after the end of the World.

There is no current information about her mother.

The Capricorn Twins

One of her most hated person and one of her more favorite. Her hate of Tristan is enough that people can be tainted in association.

Furcate

Used male pronouns with her.

Appearance

Brianna is a dark haired brunette, even as a younger teenager she was noticeably attractive.<ref name=I9>Raven-haired, wearing a dress-ish costume that she wouldn’t have gotten away with in the Wards, her legs long and slender. Like the others, fine molded metal was persistent across the design, and hers had crescent moons and discs with crescents worked into it, extending up from shoulders and from her mask in a diadem or crown style. She could have played a princess in a movie.

Her mask left more of her face exposed, enough that Byron could see her lips, painted with lipstick. For whatever reason, Tristan noticed it, focused on it, and Byron was treated to a view of the slight smile. - Excerpt from Interlude 9.x II</ref>

A recurrent theme of her costume was moons, either in a familiar crescent shape or with crescents etched into disks.<ref name=I9/> The costume itself is repeatedly described as dress-like,<ref name="II2.1 e1">A teenager with a moon design on her mask and dress-like costume.
[...]
The cheering had drawn attention. The teenage girl with the moons on her costume approached, ducking beneath one of the burly guy’s arms. She spotted me, saw that last exchange, and drew close to me, putting one hand on my shoulder. - Excerpt from Flare 2.1</ref> this left her legs uncovered.

Abilities and Powers

Moonsong is a gravity manipulator who can create multiple conflicting gravity fields within an area.<ref name="II3.6 e3">There was a shudder, and then my hair started to move. The light further down the hallway seemed to grow darker, and my stomach lurched in a sensation that I connected to a lot of aerial acrobatics.
[...]
I stepped forward, ready to put myself between them, and I felt the stomach-lurching sensation again. My leg buckled, and I nearly fell.

My hair was floating now, and my legs were straining, almost locked in position with the stress of keeping me upright.

Gravity manipulation, but somehow a mix of zero-grav and enhanced gravity.

I flew instead of walking, and it was hard to keep my position. I stopped when I was between Tristan and the other two. “This isn’t helpful.”

“Victoria,” Moonsong said. “I’m going to tell you how this goes.”

I felt the gravity shift again, an attempt to put me down against the floor, and threw up my forcefield to avoid twisting my ankle or hitting the ground too hard. I was glad my skirt wasn’t the kind that could flip up, as it hugged my thighs, but my midriff was exposed now. - Excerpt from Glare 3.6</ref> Seemingly able to manipulate overlapping gravity environments to throw people around.

She is acknowledged as competent even by people who do not like her.<ref name=7.3e2/>

History

Background

Was a member of Team Reach before the world ended.

Gold Morning

She says that she held Furcate as "he" died.

Likely participated along with everyone else.

Glow-worm

Got into contact with Capricorn again on a memorial thread for the fallen members of Reach. She was contentious with Tristan but cordial with Byron.<ref name=GW2>Chat: TeamReach private chat

TLDR: Cap and Moonsong make small talk and catch up before old animosity boil forth. They do not get along. As one example: Moonsong remarks she hoped Cap had died.

• It's a chat for members of Team 'Reach'. Things open with days of Moonsong logging in and making minor changes before logging out.
• Cap joins and Moonsong knows his name: Tristan.
• Cap makes a curious 'every time' remark and notes the dark sense of humor the universe has.
• We learn Cap has a brother & family. Cap & his family are in the city. Moonsong is too - her dad is a politician possibly running for mayor or city council.
• Moonsong suspects Team Reach has no place in the post Gold Morning world. She still considers herself a member of the team from a personal identity standpoint.
• According to Moonsong, the Wardens are the 'PRT-Like' group from before. They're bringing 'lots of teams' under their general umbrella, but moonsong is skeptical if it's working.
• Cap's compliment to Moonsong for her phrasing (in reference to both the memorial post & articulation of the points above) is met by a negative response. 'Cap: since when were you so good with words?' / 'Moonsong: Since when did you pay attention to anyone but yourself?' From here, the conversation turns tense and sour.
• Cap alleges that Moonsong is hiding barbs in her pleasantries.
• Moonsong asks if she needs to worry about Cap. Cap says she's helped more than enough.
• Moonsong casually remarks she hoped Cap had died. Cap is surprised by this, commenting on Moonsong's lack of humanity.
• Cap starts to go on a tirade. Moonsong interjects a few times before giving up and letting him continue. The thrust of it from Cap's PoV: Moonsong was quick to decide she disliked him, her real thoughts on Furcate were badly disguised, she made Furcate more miserable than anyone. She never tried to understand Furcate or him. He suggests she is or was prejudiced, then wraps up by saying 'you wedged yourself into a situation you didn’t understand and you made it so much worse. / what guts me is you think you were right to do it.'
• Moonsong's reply: she didn't like Furcate but she loved him (readers have drawn attention to the fact that Furcate was prior referred to as 'they/them' and Moonsong uses him here, with theorizing and speculation as to why). She held Furcate at the end. For a long time. I talked to him the entire time.
• Both hold a dim view of the others' willingness to change their mind. Cap remarks "You're admitting you're wrong? Did the world end or something?" and gets a predictably negative response, for which Cap apologizes. Moonsong echoes him almost immediately after, "You're admitting you're wrong? What happened to you these past few years?" - to which Cap gives a negative response.
• They agree the conversation isn't good or healthy. Moonsong cuts in to ask if she needs to come after Cap, and he gets frustrated, saying no.
• Cap tells Moon to be quiet and leaves his own memorial statement for Coiffure and Furcate. He uses a Spanish affectionate term - azúcar - for Furcate and remarks on how Furcate was 'some of the best parts of the best days' - Coiffure is the reason/role model for why Cap wants to continue being a hero. He leaves the message for others to see if they visit chat.
• Moonsong interjects after he's done, remarking, 'I wonder every day if I should have gone further and killed you.' - Cap gets frustrated that his nice words were spoiled by that and disconnects.
  [...]
  Topic: TeamReach private chat, part II
• A short segment to close the chapter. Cap rejoins chat. Is the mood different?
• Cap rejoins the chat, same as before. Tribute is back (previously status unknown, as of the forum post above) and alarmed to see Cap ('fuck me')
• Moonsong tells Tribute to calm down. ('It's fine'. Don't stress)
• Cap's attitude may be markedly different. He greets Moonsong with 'hey moo - I wish I knew how you did that'.
• Moonsong replies with 'Hi boo' [Readers have speculated on if this is tender or sarcastic]
• Cap mentions he was just talking to a kind of professional.
• Moonsong is happy to hear this, maybe? - she ends the statement with 'I think'. She suggests meeting up and catching up.
• Cap says he just wanted to 'say hi / maybe bye', ask Moonsong not to come after him.
• Moonsong is fine with this - so long as the professional has things covered. The closing sentiment of the chapter. - Chapter Summary by Wildbow</ref>

Early-Ward

Was there when Victoria was interviewing for the Attendant. She warned her against engaging with the Fallen evangelists, she was disregarded and chided.<ref>Flare 2.1</ref>

Later saw Victoria again when she was with a friend turned enemy.<ref name="II3.6 e1">It was the moon girl, from my job interview with Attendant. She was the one who had urged me away from the Fallen. I was hardly enthused to see her either.

“Tristan,” she said. “Tell me you’re not interviewing for a team.”

“I’m not,” he said. “I’ve got the team already.”

She pursed her lips together.

“History, Moonsong?” someone asked.

“Yeah,” Moonsong said. “Tribute knows.” - Excerpt from Glare 3.6</ref>

Post-Fallen fall

With the attacks and later portal expansion she was able to rise higher in her team.<ref name=7.3e2>“It’s bad news, I guess.[...]I know you have issues with Moonsong. The Shepherds lost some members, and she impressed people enough that she’s getting promoted.[...]Sorry again. I thought you should know before you ran into them,” Sveta said.

“A promotion. She wasn’t my favorite person, but I always respected her talent. Reach- we had a lot of good capes. It doesn’t surprise me.”

“What kind of promotion, do you know?” I asked Sveta. I could see her over my shoulder. “To a specific function, like team liaision, or a captain of a sub-team?”

“Second in command of their first team. Which Weld said puts her third in command overall, somehow.” - Excerpt from Torch 7.3</ref>

While guarding the portal they apparently got a call to leave and deal with an another attacking group,<ref name=7yIIe6> “I talked to them,” Dragon said. “They didn’t want to tip anyone off that something was wrong. They thought they would deal with this discreetly.” - Excerpt from Interlude 7.y II</ref> and the people that they were supposed to be guarding were left open to an attack from a flanking group.<ref name=7yIIe1>

- Excerpt from Interlude 7.y II</ref> This led to them getting the share of the blame for the fatalities and property damage.

Trivia

• Wildbow has shown how people can get gravity powers, it has a flavor of "losing your ground" in both literal and metaphorical sense.
• It is unknown, given her family connections, if she is a Cauldron cape.

References

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