( canon is american mary )

[modificatio]

Having me ask people if they have heard about body modification is getting really old.

I'm not even sure what you think you'll think you'll accomplish by playing me. I don't think I'm that type of muse.

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[blueherring]

What's it mean to be that type?

[modificatio]

The type that belongs in a game. The type that's here for the long term.

[blueherring]

Don't tell me you don't think you're interesting.

[modificatio]

I don't. The only thing interesting about me is my work.

[blueherring]

Let me guess. Something that has to do with body modification? Eh?

[She made a silly face-- before laughing.]

[modificatio]

( mary raises her eyebrows slightly. she lost her sense of humour a long time ago. )

That would be it. I'm Mary, or Doctor Mason.

[blueherring]

Sick.
What kind of stuff do you do?
Could you like... like... fucking give me shark teeth? Or horns? Or make my neck really long?

[modificatio]

I can do almost anything. Making your neck long would be a bit more complicated, but shark teeth and horns? Easy.

[blueherring]

If I paid you up front, could you modify someone else?
Liiiiikee when they're sleeping.

[modificatio]

( okay now she's interested. and considering she doesn't really have any morals or qualms about anything left well... )

I supposed, I could. They'd have to be sedated somehow.

What did you have in mind for them?

[blueherring]

Shark teeth, demon horns and a long neck.
Like as long as you could manage without killing them.

[She grinned. Well that's where that idea came from.]

If you could do it, I'd love you forever.
And pay you, obviously. Haha... duh.
Like, if you won't hand me over to the police.

[modificatio]

I think I can manage that. ( actually she knows she can handle it. the neck part might be a bit complicated, but she'd find a way to make it work. )

It would be hard to do that without admitting to what I did.

[blueherring]

Oh my goooooooooooosh. Fuck yeah!

[She suddenly hugs her without even thinking about it. A comical cling. She was latched there pretty good, actually.]

I love you, and I don't even know your name.

[modificatio]

( okay the hug was unexpected. mary doesn't really do hugs, but she awkwardly moved her arm to pat the other woman on the back. )

Dr Mason. ( beat. ) Mary.

[blueherring]

Kat. Kat Couvillion.

[She replied, pulling back and grinning.]

Mary and Kat. We sound like some kind of duo for our own show.

[modificatio]

I suppose we do. (/ she raises an eyebrow. )

So who am I working on?

[blueherring]

Her name's Eve.
The bitch threw me off a bridge a couple month's back and-- ugh, just talking about her gets me going.

...How much do you run for?

[modificatio]

That seems a little... extreme.

It usually depends on the procedure I'm doing, in your case though, but in your case I think I can give you a discount.

[blueherring]

Shit! You're my new best friend!

And here you thought you were boring.
You're literally, my guardian angel or something.

[modificatio]

( mary raises an eyebrow. she's never really had a best friend before - she doesn't do friends. especially now. )

I can assure you I'm not an angel.

[blueherring]

Not boring either.
Could you teach me how to do that? Maybe?

[modificatio]

Body modification? ( annnd the other eyebrow goes up now. )

I did go to medical school first - but I guess I could use an assistant.

[blueherring]

[More like, body mutilation... but hey, who really was paying attention here?]

Yeah! I'm a pretty fast learner too. Up for some teamwork?

[modificatio]

I normally work alone but - some help now and again would be nice.

[fearbringer]

Why are you asking people that?

[modificatio]

It's my job. Most people don't realize how much there is to body modification.

[fearbringer]

In what way?

[modificatio]

It isn't just about a look. It's about expression, about becoming who you really want to be.

[fearbringer]

What about the people who already are who they want to be?

[modificatio]

Well, then I guess I'm happy for them. I haven't met anyone who is though - not that I'd meet anyone like that in my line of work.

[fearbringer]

Do you actually do the modifications, or are you just the seller?

[modificatio]

I do. I've performed almost all procedures on my own, except for one - which was for a set of twins.

I'm Doctor Mary Mason, by the way.

( okay not really a doctor, since you don't become one of those dropping out of med school. but all her clients started calling her that so... why not? )

[fearbringer]

Do you want to guess who I am?

[modificatio]

Someone who isn't going to hire me?

[fearbringer]

[That makes him smirk.]

I'm afraid you're right on that front.

[modificatio]

Fair enough. So who are you?

[fearbringer]

I'm not human. Beyond that, why don't you make a guess or two.

[modificatio]

You're not a fairy, that much I can tell.

Hmmm. Death, dreams... fear?

[eisenhardt]

Personable?

[modificatio]

That's one reason, yes.