Little Iggy

Iggy ((Who was called such when she could not pronounce her correct name (Ikki) as a child)) /aligning this shit with the alpha timeline
Being a Kid.

As a child, Iggy is a curious one, always sticking her nose into things and getting herself into weird situations. She had listened to her elders and was not afraid to defend herself or others. She hadn't socialized with the others too much and kept to her trio of siblings they randomly called the "Zoo Crew" one day. She was the lion, Alkiette was the hippo and Patience was the zebra. They wore masks respective to their titles. Ikki's high level of intelligence had alienated her from those her age and she eventually secluded herself in her room, doing nothing but chasing her interests. Cherry and Eki had taken notice of their daughter's exceptional retention of knowledge (when she would crush science competitions and go on about theoroms during dinner) and were more than happy to 'give her away' (with Ikki's consent) to those who could help nurture her talents.

At one point in time, a cat got into a protected avian sanctuary Patience was fond of and mutiliated the wings of a bird. Patience had consulted his sister who built prosthetics for it in a matter of days. Further impressing her mentors, they had located her lessons away from home to align their interests with her progress.

As a late adolescent

Ikki went to a private far-off academy where she had befriended (Colton) a person who was best described as "pareidolia happy" and his rabbling would often go ignored in favor of what the prodigy had to offer. However, the connections he saw in random instances had given way to his successes. It was the most she had ever loved anyone (not that Ikki 'loves' like normal people), but as they aged, they saw less of each other due to being splitted by different assignments. He would be not be relevant again until the start of her sanity's decline. Ikki's fondness of prosthetics and anatomy put her in the same team that had funded the entire academy operation. There were people tied in to a variety of of high end criminal organizations that had wished for a new chance at life. The team would perform exceptional plastic surgery to whoever paid for it and the customer would go off with not stressing over Wanted posters and such.

A man, whose shapeshifting skills had given birth to the idea towards this way of funding the academy (think along the lines of changing identity and you'll see his train of thought), took a particular liking to Ikki.