An introduction of sorts

After some consultation with Kyle.

Hi, my name is Laurie. I love cooking, websites about weird medical conditions of history and archery.

I would like to get to know you all better.

I had a thought that with all the new influx of students, it might do to introduce myself again - especially since it is quite difficult at times to get to everybody in person. (Please don't let this be a deterrent however should you wish to engage me in conversation. I promise I don't bite. )

Powers out of the way first.

I control pheromones that have a physical effect on people's bodies. This sometimes can mean an emotional reaction but only due to the person being unaware of where the physical manifestation is coming from. I have trained extensively in this ability - both individually and as a group as part of my X-men training.

There are several therapeutic benefits to using my power in treatments such as massage but I am always careful to ask for consent before using my mutant abilities on anybody who is not in immediate danger, or about to cause my own person immediate danger.

Professional:

I am a fourth year medical student currently on hiatus from classes due to a physical injury - I hope to go back to my studies at some stage in the near future but in the meantime I am helping out Jean Grey with a clinic in the city. I am also on rotation in the medical lab here for general practice (with oversight by the currently certified doctors of course.) If you have an upset that physical therapy or a simple consult would solve and I am on duty I will be happy to help you. I believe the med lab office hours for all of us have been posted to the school message board, but please e-mail us should you need something out of those hours.

Personal:

I have lived at the mansion since I came here after a rather unfortunate set of circumstances involving my powers. With the help of Charles Xavier and a lawyer friend of his I was acquitted of the murder charges and allowed to go free. From that time I have sort to control and understand my abilities and make the world around myself a better place for when I leave it.

I have seen wars that left innocent lives lost. I have seen cruel men who believed that simply because they had power meant they could do with it as they wished.

I have been tortured, changed into an unquestioning beast, used to kill, used as bait and had my arm removed during a fight to protect my fellow mutants.

I have also been loved, and currently find myself in a relationship that a younger me might have found strange - but works very well indeed for the me of now.

So, ask your questions if you have any or are simply curious to know me better. I will answer all I can.