Arkham: Case Files
Manjobug for Magpie
Magpie, or Margaret Pye, is a fractured soul, born from a failed government experiment meant to cure her crimes. Instead, it left her with no sense of consequence, only a compulsion to take anything that gleams. To her, each stolen object is a friend to protect, a piece of herself to reclaim. She doesn’t see theft as wrong; she sees it as rescue.
Her voice shifts without warning. Soft and loving when speaking of her possessions, but sharp and hostile if she thinks you might take them. People are irrelevant to her, mere shadows against the glittering gallery in her mind.
"People always think I steal because I’m greedy. Oh, no. Greed is so… vulgar. I collect because things like me. They need me. If you leave them out there, someone else will take them, and they won’t be loved the right way."
"I once had this diamond… oh, she sang to me. Every night, right before I slept, I’d hear her little hum. Then they took her away. Now the nights are so… quiet. Too quiet."
"So I went and got her back. And I made sure… no one would ever touch her again. No one can. Not without their fingers breaking."
