Editing Matryoshka (section)

==History==
===Background===
Was abducted from her Earth by [[Cauldron]]. Her Earth did not have the technology needed for televisions.<ref name="I18.f e3">They entered the hotel room much the way they’d left, with a makeshift ladder leading to the balcony, and quickly settled in.  Matryoshka gorged herself on the groceries Faultline had bought shortly after they’d arrived.  She stared wide-eyed at the television.  It was the first time she’d ever seen one.  It led to her excitedly describing her world between mouthfuls of food. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/02/14 Excerpt] from  [[Interlude 18.f]]</ref><!--
==History==
Second lost chapter, if you count the first draft of 7.9.

Was dosed with a cauldron formula causing her to become what she now is. Was one of the ones used to punish others. -->

During her time in Cauldron she was used to punish other abductees.<ref name="I18.f e2">“How long were you there?” Maddie asked.<br/><br/>“I don’t know.  But by the time I saw the chance to escape, I had to roll twelve dice and each one had to come up with a six.  And if it didn’t, if I got more than a few wrong, they found ways to punish me.”<br/><br/>Gregor put his hands on Shamrock’s shoulders.<br/><br/>“They made me use my power.  I… I think I was one of the people they used to punish the ones who failed their tests,” Maddie said.<br/><br/>“Christ,” one of the men said.  “And the freak has been with us for a week?”<br/><br/>Maddie turned to glare at him.<br/><br/>“If it means anything,” Shamrock said, “I forgive you.  You didn’t decide to punish anyone.  We did what they made us do.”<br/><br/>Maddie flinched as though she’d been struck.<br/><br/>“Come with us,” Faultline said.  “You don’t have to ''stay'' with us, but we want to hear what you have to say.” - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/02/14 Excerpt] from  [[Interlude 18.f]]</ref>

When the [[Simurgh]] breached a containment vault and activated technology from [[Professor Haywire]] a portal was opened to the [[Cauldron Compound]].

Matryoshka was among those deposited in [[Madison]], Wisconsin by [[The Simurgh]]. In the same incident that drew the [[Travelers]] there.<ref name="Cast2">'''Matryoshka''' – A case 53, Matryoshka was deposited in Madison, Wisconsin by the same incident that drew the Travelers there.  Described as having a great many vertical and horizontal lines to her form, with dark horizontal lines ribbing her entire body, she can turn herself into a mess of ribbons, absorbing an individual, some of their memories and some of their appearance, at the cost of her own.  This effect can be repeated, but holding on to anyone too long ‘digests’ them. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/cast-spoiler-free/cast/ Cast (In Depth)]</ref> 


She linked up with two other [[Case 53]]s, [[Gwerrus]] and [[Egesa]], and they held some civilians hostage. Gwerrus tried to convince her to subsume a hostage so that they'd have an easier time in the world but Matryoshka demurred due to what the process would do to her.

They were attacked by a group of heroes engaged in fighting an endbringer. Gwerrus was likely killed [[Armsmaster|by one]], and Egesa was driven off. It is not known if   was not seen later. Matryoshka would be trapped in the city when Madison was quarantined. She did not appreciate this migration.<ref>[https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/01/11/migration-17-4/ Excerpt] from [[Migration 17.4]]</ref>

===Post-[[Slaughterhouse Nine]]===
She meets [[Faultline’s Crew]] there having spent 2 years within the walls of the quarantine zone. She had fallen in with a group of survivors, able to pass as human thanks to continued use of her abilities and camouflage body paint. However [[Gregor the Snail|Gregor]] was able to tell who she was.<ref name="I18.f e1">Civilians.  Five of them.  They were wielding improvised weapons.  A makeshift bow and arrow, spears.  Nothing that posed a serious threat to Newter.<br/><br/>[...]<br/><br/>“Why do you want to talk to the monsters?” the woman with the bow asked.  She had improvised urban camouflage paint over her face.<br/><br/>[...]<br/><br/>“You’re on ''their'' side?” a man with a spear asked.<br/><br/>“Yes,” Faultline said.  “But I could be on yours too.”<br/><br/>The woman with the bow stepped away from her comrades.  Her weapon pointed in their general direction.  “You have a way out?”<br/><br/>“Yes.”<br/><br/>“And you just let us go?  There’s no catch?”<br/><br/>“No catch.”<br/><br/>“I… how do I know I can trust you?”<br/><br/>“You are one of us,” Gregor said.<br/><br/>The woman froze.<br/><br/>“Maddie?” a man asked.<br/><br/>“How did you know?” Maddie asked.<br/><br/>“I know this feeling, of being lost.  Of being very alone and not knowing who can be trusted,” Gregor said. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/interlude-18-donation-bonus-4/ Excerpt] from  [[Interlude 18.f]]</ref><!--
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 - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/02/14/interlude-18-donation-bonus-4/ Excerpt] from  [[Interlude 18.f]]</ref>-->

===Post-[[Echidna]]===
With the monster Echidna dead Maddie was there during the meeting of Faultline and the Case 53s of the [[Protectorate]]. She would join the fledgling Irregulars.<ref name="I19.n">[https://parahumans.wordpress.com/f-a-q/ Interlude 19.y (Nixed)]</ref><ref name="MI c1">Your thoughts & feelings on the various pieces are very much in line with my own. The parts I enjoyed writing were the parts you enjoyed reading. The parts you had quibbles, are the parts where I had doubts in the writing process.<br/><br/>I, too, had doubts about how Weld accepted her, but I told myself that he’s an accepting, trusting guy. He was ok with Skitter from his first appearance, and was respectful when crossing paths with her in the s9 arc. He’s just been hit by a major crisis of faith and a lot of major info, and he’s fallen into a leadership role with the other Cauldron-made. So, I told myself, it sort of makes sense that he’d be eager to accept more into the fold.<br/><br/>But… yeah. That doesn’t change that they should be more suspicious as a group.<br/><br/>So there’s significant issues in terms of the conception (Witness being created; it does make sense in-story, it was just poorly explained in two offscreen moments), and in terms of the conclusion (the acceptance of the character) with a handful of issues in between (One of my big problems with the chapter was that Vista was a prop).<br/><br/>And to top it off, yeah, Witness isn’t an essential character. She’s someone I might build an entire arc around, and if I wasn’t working steadily towards a conclusion, it’d make sense to introduce a complication like her. But there’s no need for her in the grand scheme of it. I’d intended for her to link Weld’s group to the narrative, but it’s not worth the added complication and the (severe) hit to the story’s tone.<br/><br/>So I think it’s just better to scrap it and cover the necessary bases in other ways. I wrote the chapter with too little time and too many distractions (flooring people stomping through and asking questions), and in retrospect, I shouldn’t have uploaded it with the doubts I had. - [http://web.archive.org/web/20131123061702/http://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/03/14/interlude-19-donation-bonus-2/#comment-12845 comment by Wildbow] on the [[Missing Interlude]]</ref>

===[[Gold Morning]]===
Matryoshka would eventually take part in the [[Oil-rig battle]] with the Irregulars. She helped evacuate them once the situation began to worsen.<ref>“Matryoshka, get the ones from inside,” Weld said.  “Think you can manage?”<br/><br/>A young case fifty-three with horizontal lines marking the length of her body nodded.  She began dissolving into ribbons as she made her way across the platform. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/08/24/extinction-27-5/ Excerpt] from [[Extinction 27.5]]</ref>

===Post-[[Gold Morning]]===
Following the dissolution of [[The Irregulars]] she joined Faultline's Crew, though the timeframe for this is unknown.

===Post-[[Goddess' Takeover]]===
Was used to keep [[Tattletale]] in stasis following a grievous injury.<ref name="10.5"/>

===[[The Ice Breaks]]===
Together with the [[Faultline’s Crew|Palanquin]] people she attended emergency power testing of [[Case 53]]s, arranged by [[The Wardens]] to see if any of them could be useful in the fight against the [[Titans]].<ref name="II19.a">[[Infrared 19.a]]</ref>

Matryoshka infiltrated the [[patrol]]-group departing to the [[The Mall Cluster]]' dreamscape, alongside [[Bijou]]. She was preparing to alter power connections related to [[Case 53]]s, but was dissuaded from it by [[Rain]].<ref name="II19.c">[[Infrared 19.c]]</ref>