The first of two parts.
The thrill hit her a few minutes into her first match when a woman's voice shrieked out of the white noise of the crowd: "MyK'll!!"
It was the hair-and-makeup woman who helped with Tacoma's Dockyard Derby Dames photo shoots. This was Myk'lls first fan shout-out. It felt cool. Tingly.
MyK'll debuted as a roller derby skater Saturday evening, Dec. 7, at the Pierce College gym against the Hellbound Homewreckers. Her team, Femme Fianna, has had two straight winless seasons, and thought it could break that streak in its first bout of this season.
