Lee Mirai (Pickpocket)

> *"My catchphrase is literally 'coolest vigilante on the block'!"*
> -Pickpocket, on the topic of vigilante popularity
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### Power

Teleportation short distancesPulls things from different realities into her own, Opens portals

## Relationships

### Friends

Vanellope (pet)Dean Aaron (coworker), Lara Holloway (coworker), Cain Mallory (coworker), Eret (manager/mentor), Tobias Mason (mentor)

### Enemies

Gorgon (nemesis)

Lee Mirai is a fashion school student and member of the Midisphere, an inter-dimensional organization dedicated to the protection of universes. She lives alone with her cat Vanellope and a portal in her bathroom.

### Biography/Backstory

#### Childhood

Shelby was born and raised in L'manburg by two loving and well-off parents. From a young age, it was obvious that she had a passion for art and design, so her family supported her dreams of going to art school and becoming a fashion designer. When Lee was in middle school, her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. She fortunately survived, but it was a worrying period for the family. Not much else is mentioned about her childhood.

#### Midisphere

The summer after Lee graduated from high school, she came home to an empty house with a portal and a glowing talisman in their guest bathroom. After entering the portal with her cat in her arms, she discovered the home base of the Midisphere, an organization connected to hundreds of alternate realities including her own. She was welcomed in by Tomas, her assigned mentor by the authority figures of the Midisphere, the Kasstors. Tomas showed her around the base and explained the purpose and functionality of Kasstronta, the massive structure between time. Before her official initiation as the Tenant of her reality, she met with the Kasstors, who explained to her the circumstances and way of existence in the realm. After this meeting, she met her friends Dean Aaron and Lara Holloway, two other newbies. The three of them met with final rookie Cain Mallory and developed a love/hate relationship with them. They were initiated later that day, and Pickpocket took on the powers and responsibilities of becoming her reality's Tenant.

#### Vigilantism

When Lee came back home and found out no time had passed, she immediately went to one of the people she trusted the most: Eret, her manager at the King's Bookstore. It was then revealed to her that he was secretly the known vigilante Monarch. Instead of reporting Eret to the Hero Committee, Lee begged her to train her to become a vigilante like himself. Eret agreed and took her on as a mentor for a year and a half before letting her finally fly solo, training her to use her Obsi talisman for good. It was on patrol one day, one of the first she did solo, where she accidentally "glitched" into the hidden base of the NOVA supervillain organization. She momentarily had to fight for her life, but she and the rest of the organization took to an agreement: she would occasionally help on missions without any collateral damage and keep their plans secret, and they would give her protection and help her financially in return. The villains there eventually took a liking to her and her bubbly energy.

#### Gorgon

After four years of vigilante work, Lee encountered a threat she hadn't seen before: a new villain by the name of Gorgon. The idea initially wasn't anything abnormal, but after taunting Gorgon about the lack of attention he received as a child, he left the scene and promised he and the others would be well known soon enough. It soon became a personal mission of Lee's as a vigilante to find the root of his gang and stop them. Later that day, Lee met Bennett Coleback during the late shift at the King's Bookstore and took quite a liking to him. He gave her his number that day. Through the next few months, Lee had multiple more encounters with Gorgon, while also talking to Bennett on the side. One evening, after accidentally sending herself and Gorgon through a portal to Panama during a mishap with a stolen Prius, Lee met with Bennett on a first date. It was then revealed to the reader that Bennett and Gorgon were the same person, but Lee was still unaware.

### Powers

Because of the Obsi talisman, Lee has a number of abilities:

* Teleportation: Commonly referred to as "glitching", Lee can teleport short distances quickly without seeing the actual location.
* Portal Conjuring: Lee uses the Obsi to create portals of varying sizes to other places, either in her reality or another.
* Interdimensional Borrowing: Through the portals, Lee can take objects such as weapons or writing utensils from other realities; however, whatever she takes returns to its home dimension eventually.

### Relationships

#### Bennett Coleback

Bennett is currently dating Lee, and she likes him a lot. She complimented his taste in books the first time they met, only to be corrected by his saying that the book was for a friend of his. He then gave her his number. Lee is nervous about dating him because she hasn't had a boyfriend before, so she's worried about messing things up. She calls him on occasion, and he tries to cheer her up by letting her vent to him. He let her order something expensive on their first date and promised he would pay for it.

#### Dean Aaron

Dean is one of Lee's best friends. They met on their first day of discovering the Midisphere and quickly became friends, as they were both extremely confused rookies. Dean is jealous that Lee had such a kind and helpful mentor, while he himself was paired with a woman who seemed to hate him. Despite living in separate realities and time zones, they talk often via the Obsis.

#### Lara Holloway

Lara is one of Lee's best friends. They have formed their own group of friends with Dean and get along well, despite Lara's aversion to talking due to her poor English. They often make sarcastic remarks and gang up on Dean together.

#### Cain Mallory

Cain and Lee have a strained relationship, as she isn't a fan of their dramatic and showy nature. Despite this, they were both new at the same time and were forced together for a period. Most days, she finds them tolerable at best.

#### Tobias Mason

Tomas is an important mentor and almost fatherly figure to Lee. He explained to her the nature of the Midisphere and the technology behind it. Tomas was a helpful and friendly teacher in her first few months, and she is fond of him.

#### Lee's Mother

There isn't much known about their relationship, but Lee does love her mother very much.

#### Lee's Father

Lee isn't as close to her father as she is her mom, but she does love him.

#### Vanellope

Lee loves her pet cat with her entire being, and she is confident that she never would have survived college without her.

#### Gorgon

Gorgon has established himself as Lee's archnemesis, but there is a growing tension between them each time they fight. He saved her life during one battle after Lee accidentally opened up a portal and nearly ran over Gorgon and herself with a Prius that she took from another universe, and she saved his life in turn by dropping into a portal after Gorgon's grappling hook snapped. Despite this, Pickpocket finds him almost interesting, even in their enemyship.

#### Chi

Pickpocket doesn't know Gorgon's associate well, but she doesn't like her.

#### Daydreamer

Pickpocket and Daydreamer have a mostly formal relationship, but she likes the woman despite her villainy. She suspects that Daydreamer likes her a lot as well.

#### Rana Naidu

Lee likes Kasstor Rana fine, but the relationship is a formal one. She seems kinds, though.

#### Oscar Morrow

Lee finds Kasstor Oscar to be a very inspirational figure and likes him a lot.

#### Marion Lethe

Lee is nervous around Kasstor Marion and believes she doesn't like her for some reason.

#### Promisse Horton

Lee respects Kasstor Promisse, but that's mostly it.

#### Willow West

Lee thinks Kasstor Willow is a very interesting character.

### Trivia

* Lee always had short hair, but she dyed it pink when she was younger to support her mother, as it never grew out long enough to cut. She's kept it pink ever since, but she always misses one lock of black hair.
* Lee's father most likely forgot her birth name is Shelby.
* Vanellope is named after the deuteragonist from a guilty favorite film of Lee's, *Wreck-It Ralph*.
* Lee really likes the color purple and always tries to add something purple to every outfit and every meal.