Mcefi

Description
Mcefi's description from the website is as follows:

''Mcefi (pronounced muh-SEE-fee) is a 17-year-old autistic adventurer. She ran away from Earth when she was eleven to join Hannah on her adventures. Since then, Mcefi has traveled the galaxy to train to be a warrior. She is adept with nearly every weapon, and can easily hold her own against formidable opponents, despite being only 5 feet tall.''

''During a failed mission when she was 12, Mcefi was attacked and lost her left arm from the elbow down. She was left for dead in the deserts of the planet Urdun, but was rescued by Hannah and nursed back to health.''

'' Hannah helped her build a new one, which she often keeps covered with a leather glove. ''

Mcefi also deals with PTSD as a result of all of the battles she has seen, as well as losing both her parents.

''Mcefi is also semi-verbal, and sometimes doesn't say anything for days on end. She can communicate with American Sign Language when needed.''

Appearance
Mcefi is Native American in origin, from the state of Oregon on the planet Earth. She has light tan skin, dark brown eyes, and dark brown hair. She has messy brows and a prominent brow ridge, with a large nose, which is speckled with small freckles due to her time in the sun. She also has bigger then average ears that stick out of her hair.

Originally, Mcefi was drawn with much paler skin, due to the artist's color pallet limitation of 12 colored pencils, and lack of skill and understanding of how to create characters. In 2018, she was redesigned to what she is today, with darker skin and a less Caucasian appearance.

Mcefi prefers to keep her hair cut at shoulder length, with the back portion pulled back into a short ponytail. She has long sideburns and fluffy bangs that are parted to the side. She also has a long "baka strand", that she purposefully trims short so that Hannah doesn't pull on it.

As a young teen, Mcefi had very long hair that reached past her waist. She kept it tied back into a ponytail or braided. When she was 13, she cut her hair short, leaving only a single lock long, which she kept braided similar to a Padawan's braid or a rattail. She cut this braid off at 16.

Mcefi has many scars across her body from various injuries. The most noticeable is the scar on her face, which she got after being attacked at the age of twelve. It spans the length of her left cheek, skips over her eye, and continues just above her brow into her hairline. It is difficult to see the top portion of it due to her bangs. Mcefi also has scars around her neck, from when she was held hostage during a failed mission at fifteen.

Mcefi struggled with self-injury as a younger teenager, due to her PTSD and high-stress environment, and from the loss of her parents and childhood home. As a result, she has many small scars on her thighs, wrists, and upper arms.

Mcefi is missing her left arm. It was cut off just below her elbow when she was twelve years old, on the same failed mission that she got her facial scar. Hannah helped her to build a prosthetic arm that functions almost as well as a flesh arm. It straps on to the elbow joint and the connection of the internal motherboard to her skin allows her to control the arm. She keeps it covered with a thick glove to protect the delicate wiring inside. In "The Missing Arm", Ingy takes the arm from Mcefi's bedside where she had left it so she could make her adoptive mother a ring from pipecleaners and sequins.

Mcefi sleeps with her arm attached 90% of the time, but because it is metal, it saps her body heat, so she requires more blankets or clothing layers in order to keep warm in her sleep. It is also heavier then a flesh arm, and if she sleeps with her arms on her chest she can get nightmares due to the weight on her lungs. When she is in the safety of her spaceship, she removes the arm to sleep. Mcefi often wears her signature outfit of a brown corset, beige pants, red cape, and tall combat boots, but she often dresses far more casually, sporting 'fandom' shirts, plaid dresses, and typical Earth clothes. She also will dress in disguise for missions where she is needed to blend in.

Mcefi does not wear makeup very often, but if she does, it is natural and earth toned.

As a young teen, Mcefi dressed far less conservatively, often wearing things like fishnets, bright purple lipstick, and crop tops. As she grew up, she struggled with what a 'girl' had to look like, and wore things that she saw other people her age wearing, rather then what she wanted to wear or felt comfortable in. As she grew up and matured, she realized that she didn't have to be any more feminine then she wanted to be.

Origin
Mcefi was born on November 12th in the 21st century on the Planet Earth. Mcefi had a troubled childhood. When she was four years old, her parents were divorced, and her father died soon after. For the next few years, Mcefi was raised by her mother. When Mcefi was ten years old, her house burnt to the ground, killing her mother. Mcefi barely managed to escape with her cat, George. It was then that she met Hannah, who asked her if she would like to explore the universe. Mcefi thought she was joking at first, but after realizing that the then-stranger was serious, Mcefi agreed and she left Earth for the first time. She initially did not return for many years, but now makes trips once every few months.

Mcefi's name comes from a secret code that the author and artist came up with as kids, and was the codename used for the artist when the two wrote letters to each other. Initially, Mcefi's full name was Mcefi Skywalker, but this was changed when the comic was first published online to avoid copyright issues. The artist has used Mcefi as a username on various websites over the years, and used the name as their own in public for a while as well.

Mcefi was first designed in 2011 alongside Hannah while the author and artist were playing with Legos. She is one of the only three characters who still appears in the comics and was in them at the start.

Trivia

 * Originally, Mcefi had a prosthetic leg as well, but the story arc where she was injured was eventually scrapped. Old art of her shows her with the leg however.
 * Mcefi's name is pronounced Muh-SEE-fee.
 * Mcefi is allergic to grass, and will get hives if she lays in it for too long. She also has terrible seasonal allergies to grass seed and mold.
 * Mcefi gets nervous around large dogs and dog-like creatures, due to being chased and attacked by a large dog as a child.
 * Mcefi's freckles are the result of being outside in harsh alien sunshine, and she did not have them as a child or younger teen.
 * Mcefi is 17 years old as of "The Extraction Job".
 * Mcefi is semi-verbal, and sometimes cannot speak. She can still communicate using writing, typing, and ASL.
 * Mcefi is neurodivergent. She is autistic and has PTSD.
 * Mcefi is aromantic and is not interested in pursuing any sort of romantic relationship.
 * Mcefi's cape has gotten shorter over the years, as it has been torn up and stained during various missions. She simply cuts the shredded parts off and hems the bottom when needed. This gives the illusion that she has grown taller since she was 13, but in fact she has not and remains a mere five feet tall.
 * Mcefi studied piano and violin as a child, but due to her prosthetic arm, she cannot play as smoothly as she used to.
 * Mcefi is ambidextrous.
 * Mcefi has chronic pain due to repeated injury and strain on her legs, and when not on a mission, she will often walk with a cane or crutch to help ease the pain.