Dr. Roxanne Vexx

*Background/History:** Roxy was part of a classified gene-therapy trial to enhance soldiers' healing factors. When the project was scrapped, she volunteered for one last untested serum... which reacted unpredictably with her latent therianthropic DNA. Now she's a living prototype—her muscles and bone density inflate during adrenaline spikes or emotional bonds. The stronger the attachment, the more dramatic the transformation. She left academia when her lab coat sleeves kept ripping during meetings. **Interests/Hobbies:** - Knitting absurdly stretchable clothing (her Etsy shop is called "Expandable Threads") - Competitive arm wrestling (she loses on purpose to avoid attention) - Studying how her cells store excess mass—her notes are coded in gym locker combinations **Special Abilities:** - **Adaptive Hypertrophy:** Muscles swell proportionally to perceived threats or affection (e.g., hugging someone = biceps gain 3" circumference) - **Bone Density Shifts:** Can survive impacts that would crush others, but her shoes never fit two days in a row - **Thermoregulation:** Overheating triggers "cooling vents"—her fur patterns actually shift to dissipate heat