Holly Winseed (Provisional Replica)

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Holly Winseed (Provisional Replica)
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Holly Winseed is a provisional replica, created by the government after her original murdered her husband, Jonathan. She is tasked with finding and killing her original, and is given four days to do it.[1][2]

Attributes and Abbilities

Originally, Holly is an orange carver, using knives to carve intricate spiral designs into real oranges.[2] When she is created as a provisional replica, several skills were edited into her. Her editing is mainly combat training, including tactical thinking, firearms, hand to hand combat, and quick reflexes.[3] Her muscle memory is edited as well, making the feel and use of weapons feel familiar and comfortable to her.[2] She is also edited so that she has infrared vision, letting her see in the dark.[4] As a provisional replica, Holly has the exact same memories and thought process as her original, which allows her to figure out what her original will do.[5]

History

Holly woke up in a hospital as a provisional replica, and was asked several questions about her past by Doctor Hall. A man in the room attacked her to test her combat skills edits, and she’d fought him off easily. Holly was informed that her original killed her husband, and that as a PR it was her task to find her.[1] If she didn’t find and kill her PR within four days, her nanites would expire and she would die. Skyler showed her a virtual remake of the murder scene at her apartment, which horrified Holly. She could not fathom a situation where she would have killed Jonathan.[2] Holly was shocked at how strange and empty the world around her was without theming. Holly decided that maybe her Original was framed, and decided that she needed to speak with her.[6]

Notes

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