one ✠ action/voice;

[likehermother]

a. locked to 435 Peepers

[Had she fallen asleep after Mag had left her house and she'd begged her father to go after her? Shilo didn't know. What she did know was that it was far too bright outside her window, being used to unending grey skies as she was. It wasn't as noisy, either. She opened her eyes, and...this was definitely not her room. None of her posters, nothing of her bug collection, not the plastic-canopied bed.]

What the...?

[She gets up - oh. It's nice to have real hair and not a wig! But that's less important than figuring out where she is. Shilo dresses - in as low-key a printed dress as she can find in this weird closet - and goes downstairs.]

Hello?

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b. Mayfield High

There's another new girl among the ranks. She's quiet, mostly focused on her books, but she seems fascinated in biology class. Still, she's trying not to touch anything or anyone more than she has to. What's her deal?

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c. phone; unfiltered

Hello. My name's Shilo. This is going to sound weird, but there's not a big deal here about people getting surgery, right? Not because they have to, but because they want to.

[She has no idea the of the size of the can of worms she's opening.]

Comments

C

[doesnotgetit]

[Oh Shilo, if you only knew...]

Not normally, no. But not too long ago, the people running this town thought it'd be a good idea to experiment on a lot of us. [This is one of the few things that can really make Hakuno angry; she can clearly remember what they did to Saber, and she was still worried about what they did to Rin...] It was pretty messed up.

[likehermother]

...oh my God. That's awful. It was - well, things back home were screwed up. Really screwed up. People were having things done just to have them done, not because anyone was forcing them to.

[doesnotgetit]

Tell me about it. My... my friend [After what just happened, she's really not sure how she should be addressing Saber] had her arm replaced by a rusted sword.

[A pause.] People in your world do that... because they wanted to? Why?

A

[mightyfineprint]

[Good morning, Shilo. Your blind godmother is in the kitchen and hasn't quite keyed into your voice yet. Care to give her a heart attack?]

[likehermother]

[YES.]

Oh my God, Bl-- Mag. It's -- it's really you?

[mightyfineprint]

-Shilo?

[And that's when her coffee mug shattered on the floor.]

phone

[reflames]

You're a month too late.

[likehermother]

What do you mean?

[reflames]

Last month people were getting kidnapped. Most of 'em woke up on an operating table and had some part of them replaced or their brains were fucked with.

B

[watchher]

[ After biology, Shilo might run into one of the history teachers in the hall, shuffling through a stack of papers and seeming generally distracted.

She might notice that he looks just a little bit familiar. ]

[likehermother]

[...what. Shilo is just going to stare. And stare. And stare some more. Then approach.]

...uh. Dad? What are you doing here? I told you, I'm fine.

[watchher]

[ He looks up, blinking, and turns on Shilo a look completely devoid of recognition. ]

Pardon?

[ Funny, Nathan sure wasn't British this morning. ]

Phone

[mal_addict]

...Why would you want to get surgery if you don't have to? Unless your an igor and it's some sort of...fashion statement.

[likehermother]

I don't know what an igor is, but that's pretty much what people were doing back home.

[mal_addict]

They're...well, igors. You know, take bits off people, add other bits.

Sounds a bit of a strange hobby, if you ask me.

b

[promfromhell]

[Another very quiet girl in the class. She notices the girl trying not to touch things.]

....are you alright?

[likehermother]

Yeah...I think so. I'm just not used to being around so many people and so many...things. I'm worried about breaking something.

Or getting sick because of it. Same thing, right?

[promfromhell]

Oh....is your school at home smaller?

....breaking something?

B

[detecting]

[Naoto has a habit of noticing, well, everything. It's the sort of the thing that happens when you're a detective. A job hazard. Needless to say, Naoto's definitely curious about Shilo. What is her deal?]

Are you all right?

[likehermother]

I - I'm fine. Just not used to being in a crowd.

[detecting]

I see.

However, your behavior indicates that it is not just the crowd that bothers you. It's rather strange to avoid physical contact so vehemently.

[ Phone ]

[1_truth]

No, Plastic Surgery is probably around, but Mayfield is supposedly set in the 50s and plastic surgery didn't really become popular until later.

...

But, why do you ask?

Re: [ Phone ]

[likehermother]

Trying to figure out if this place is anything like home or not...

C

[eyesofaserpent]

I don't know if anyone willingly goes under then knife here, Shilo.

Er...

I'm Crowley.

C.

[birthmarked]

Hello Shilo. My name's Esther. People don't get surgeries around here for fun so don't worry about that.

[She won't be the one to bring up that unpleasantness with her. Shilo clearly just wants to understand. :<]