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[M4A] "The Faceless" [Faceless Speaker x Artist Listener] [Costumer ] [Face reveal] [Frightened Listener] [Backstory] [A Request]

|Speaker knocks on the door and Listener opens it|

[Speaker's voice is slightly muffled and distorted]

"Good night , are you ..."

|Speaker whispers|

"Are you the Facemaker, Old Hope Street?"

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|Speaker exhales heavily|

"Good thank God. I have a request, could I come in ?"

|Listener let's the Speaker in |

"Yes I know , no identity changes. Nothing with the law."

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"I know I look...suspicious. The mask... The sunglasses in the middle of the night, but I promise I'm not . I just need a favour."

|Speaker takes off his mask and sunglasses and places them on the table|

"I'm ... faceless."

|Listener gets frightened and hits up in the chairs behind them before falling |

"Hey! Are you alright?"

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|Speaker's voice gets softer as he backs away from the panicked Listener|

"It's okay, I'm stepping back . I just wanted to know if you're fine. "

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"I won't come any closer. I swear to you."

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"Please just hear me out... Just a little?"

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"Okay fine I'll answer your questions first."

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"As I said, I'm faceless. Barely any eyes, nose or even a mouth. Just a melted distorted nothingness. I thought seeing different species roaming around all these years would make people a little desensitized when they see someone as peculiar as me ."

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"Yeah there aren't many faceless people,plus we aren't spoken about that much anyway. We are signs of the government's mistake. Why would they publicize us?"

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"As there was a buzz in the news about us they made sure to kill it... So I can't blame you for being frightened."

|Speaker laughs nervously|

"Granted I did feel a little shitty ."

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"The apology does help. How about a helping hand for mutual understanding? You've been on the ground for a while."

|Speaker helps Listener to their feet|

"Now that we're on equal footing you don't mind if I finish answering your question right?"

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"A seat? Why thank you. I feel like we're making fast progress here. I've been upgraded to a guest ."

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"Definitely not a jab to make you feel bad . I promise."

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"Of course, of course, back to your question. We're standard victims of what military testing did to our environment. We started to change. Change can be frightening, change can be lonely. I saw my mom change, I saw my dad change and then I felt myself change. I couldn't tell you any specifics as to what caused this . They didn't know either and that was the worst part. They wanted us to be a little secret.

We were barred from getting out and it took years for us to slip a word out about our captivity. "

|Speaker sighs|

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"There were human rights meetings and inter-species rights meetings. Technically we were humans but technically we became something else. The Council finally ruled that the military held us illegally and breached our rights. They had to let us go. Being locked away for years under military control really does a number on you. Even though we were free, we still felt captured."

|Speaker's voice lowers|

"We weren't who we used to be and they made sure that over all those years they told us that we would never be accepted because of how we looked... like a terrible mistake."

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"I feel stupid... embarrassed to say that they were right. Since becoming faceless, I've never heard another kind word or compliment. So we still hide... we still cover our faces and our community stays isolated. I still wanted to be the person I was before, the person who still had a face and fit in somewhere. I came to the city and realized I could not be the person I was."

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|Speaker laughs uncomfortably|

"You don't have to apologize for asking. I'm really desperate, I probably would have told you my story to get pity points anyway."

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"I asked around, I know you are a special type of artist. They showed me your work, how your face masks look so real and natural. I've been trying to remember my old face before I completely changed. I do have this picture but I was really young so I don't know what I should look like now. To be honest, I don't think I'm strong enough to live this way so that's why I came to you. I'm on my last straw. I'm willing to give you everything to get even a semblance of what my face used to be even if it's just a mask ."

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"Ahh ..."

|Speaker sighs nervously|

"That's a good question. I'd be curious too. Amplifier for my hearing but I have very low vision. You see they are mostly grown over on my left side so the narrow line of sight that I have is over on my right. I've managed to get a locator implanted. They're muff that cover where my ears were and that's how I hear you. "

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"Oh so you've heard of it. Yeah my locator is in it. "

|Speaker laughs|

"It's really sick how they police our assistive equipment. Considering it's their fault. I had to sacrifice a lot to get this. My parents had to sacrifice so much to get this. In the name of giving me some sense of normalcy back. I'm grateful but I'm bitter about it. "

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"You look curious. You can ... Ahh... Inspect it.

|Listener leans over to take a look at the device and it clicks startling them |

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"It's because you're that close. It's alright, it's the proximity sensor. "

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"Yeah I think the obnoxious beeping would make me more of an outcast. The clicks are.... Polite and quiet."

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"I haven't heard it in a while. Nobody has been this close . Especially on purpose."

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"Of course the artist must look at the canvas."

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"I've really gotten used to it. I got it fairly young so it has become second nature. And it's even better when people go out of their way to stay away from you."

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"You can laugh."

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|Speaker says softly|

"It was funny to me..."

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|Speaker says shyly|

"But the fact that you were close enough to hear it... That stunned me a bit."

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"I know it's a lot to take in and it's late to inspect everything. You don't need to say a thing right now. I'd just like for you to take my request into consideration with what you've seen... Please."

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"Here's my number . You could just call when you've made a decision. Naturally I move around at night so a 2am decision doesn't need to wait until the sun is out. "

FIN