Chicken Little
<infobox> <title source="name"><default>Chicken Little</default></title>
<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>
<label>Status</label><format><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> Aiden Tate, also known as Chicken Little,<ref>Interlude 10.z</ref> is a junior member of The Undersiders.
Personality
A quiet, solemn boy who worries a lot.<ref name="22.x">Interlude 22.x</ref>
He had regular nightmares and intermittent sleepwalking, screaming in the night, until one night he dreamed about space-whales. After that, they stopped.<ref name="I26"/><ref name="22.x"/>
Relationships
Tattletale
Tattletale taught him about things, about what specifically is unspecified. He grew accustomed to people swearing from being around Tattletale's men.<ref name="End"/>
Rachel Lindt
Aiden seemed to be close to Rachel, referring to her as Aunt Rachel.<ref>“I couldn’t, though. They’d get hurt and that would suck. Aunt Rachel’s dogs get hurt or die a lot and it sucks.”
“Aunt Rachel?”
“Bitch, or Hellhound, but she doesn’t have a secret identity, obviously-”
“Nonono, obviously. Yes, I know her name and everything, I get it. I just blanked.” - Excerpt from Polrize 10.6</ref>
Appearance
He is still young and small with typical bad posture.<ref>The fact that everyone was waiting for the hooded executioner to lead the kid villain away gave me a chance to observe and think- he wasn’t good at projecting his voice. His frame was more similar to Kenzie, but he slouched some like Chris did. Chris, though, had a natural volume, possibly because of subtle changer effects. I felt an urge to coach him, and correct something that seemed so obvious, which might have been why I was fixated on it. - Excerpt from Pitch 6.8</ref> He carried a pigeon with him when he first got his powers,<ref name="27.1">Excerpt from Extinction 27.1</ref><ref name="End"/> now he is accompanied by flocks of birds.
Abilities and Powers
He can see through birds' eyes when he isn't controlling them and, when he is controlling them, the birds go where he 'pushed' and moved away from where he 'pulled'.<ref name="I26">Interlude 26</ref> He cannot control them individually, rather he sets 'invisible flags' or rally points where birds get pulled towards. Alternatively this can be used to make the influenced birds move in a wave, told to attack targets on their way and similar actions.<ref name="WoW">Writebow: Can't control them indviidually
[...]
Writebow: Sets invisible flags. Birds get pulled to that point.
Writebow: Or uses flag to have them all move in a wave, attacking on the way, etc. - Comment by Wildbow archived on Spacebattles</ref> His control was fine enough to make an individual pigeon hop from one knee to the other, then back again.<ref name="27.1"/>
He was later seen controlling a flock of birds, and can likely control full flights of such.<ref name="WoW"/>
Aiden triggered with a bud of Taylor's Administrator Shard that allows him to control small simple life forms. In his case, birds.
History
Background
Full history is unknown but was presumably the son of Brockton Bay natives.
Post-Slaughterhouse Nine
Taken in by Taylor Hebert and moved into her headquarters along with other children that were orphaned by The Nine. Cared for by Charlotte<ref name="I26"/>
Post-Echidna
Drew a picture after having strange dreams of space-whales, after Skitter came home the night her identity was revealed.<ref name="I26"/><ref name="22.x"/>
Post-Timeskip
Triggered from an old nightmare, the first in a long time, a day before Gold Morning,<ref name="I26">“He triggered yesterday. It… didn’t take much. Which is probably good.”
Aidan hung his head.
“That’s excellent,” Tattletale said. She looked at the seven year old. “How are you?”
“Okay. Had a nightmare for the first time in a long, long time. I woke up and I was sleepwalking, and I didn’t know where I was… I got scared, and then it happened.” - Excerpt from Interlude 26</ref> possibly with the return of the Slaughterhouse nine.
Gold Morning
Was at the gathering before the Undersiders went to the Cauldron meeting.
Aiden was no longer staying with Charlotte.<ref name="28.6">Cockroaches 28.6</ref> He was being taught by Tattletale, and looked after between lessons by her soldiers, although Charlotte still checked up on him.<ref name="End">Interlude: End</ref>
Early-Ward
Kept Tattletale company when she met with an old Brockton Bay resident.<ref>Glare 3.1</ref>
Post-Goddess' Takeover
Chicken Little accompanied Tattletale to go after The Needlepoints when they were being pursued by March. He was present when Breakthrough met with Tattletale, and got along well with Lookout.<ref>Polarize 10.6</ref>
Trivia
- It is not canon that Aiden's last name is Hitchcock.
- Chicken Little's name is pegged as Aiden as it is spelt different ways in story and in WOG.
References
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