Shilo Wallace

***MAJOR CONSTRUCTION***

 To begin, we will be discussing Shilo in order of her appearances. That means that we will be starting with Stage Play Shilo (libretto and performed stage play), moving on to 2006 trailer then onto the 2008 film Shilo.

## Stage Play

What is consistent with all forms of Shilo Wallace is her parents. In all known iterations, she is cared for by her widower father, Nathan Wallace. Her mother, Marni, has always passed away in all known forms of Repo. The first statement below is from the 2002 Libretto. Below is a summary of the performed stage play. From what we know from the script of act one of the stage play, Shilo's life goes like this:

## Libretto Summary

1. This Shilo's story begins in 2036. It is her birthday, and her father has just returned home from his job as a Repoman. She has no idea that her father is in that line of work. Excitedly, he brings home her birthday present. Instead of opening it right away, she tells her father about the disgustingly cool Repoman that she had seen the previous night. Despite wanting her present to be a new chip to help with her computer game, it was a leather journal. Shilo finds herself disappointed until Nathan tells her that it was Marni 's. She and Shilo seem to share a love for writing. According to Nathan, Marni had been writing her journal for Shilo in hopes that Shilo would finish it for her. Shilo is touched by her mother's loving words and her father's dedication to raising her. Shilo cannot forget the Repoman thought. Despite being fascinated by him, she tells Nathan that all Repomen are monsters. Nathan, secretly being one himself, quickly disagrees. Shilo refuses to acknowledge his pity for the Repomen. Shilo soon wishes to identify the Repomen, much to her father's dismay. Leaving to write in her room, Nathan is left to talk to his dead wife.
2. Shilo, secretly out of her room, stumbles upon the Graverobber. He is currently drawing Zytrate from a body, more or less just minding his own business. Shilo is afraid of him but too curious to actually leave. Filled with curiosity, she asks to touch the body. Of course, he lets her. Seemingly growing less afraid of him, she decides to ask the man about repossessions. The Graverobber tells her that it all started with Nuero-Overstimulation Syndrome, causing the failure of many organs. GeneCo swept in and offered so-called affordable organ transplants. Shilo, whose curiosity is never-ending, stays with him a little longer. Seeing his chance, he attempts his Zytrate sales pitch. Despite being tempted out of her desire to know more about the world, Shilo is ultimately too afraid even to touch the vial of Zytrate. She says that her godmother, Blind Mag is performing nearby and runs away out of fear. The Graverobber watches her run away into the tavern next door but pays Shilo too much attention.
3. Shilo runs into the tavern, finally finding her godmother, Blind Mag, directly after  Mag's performance. Embracing, Mag tells Shilo that she had planned to visit her as a surprise birthday gift. In the stage play, Mag is aware that Shilo is living. She held her when she was a child. Shilo excitedly shows Mag the journal that Marni, Mag 's best friend, had left her. Together they read the message that Marni left for her daughter. "To my unborn child: 'Chase the morning. Yield for nothing. Trust your heart.' –Marni Wallace." Shilo asks Mag how she could love her mother so much despite never having the chance to see her. Understanding Mag tells her that she loved Marni without ever seeing her too. Because she could not see, she could love people for who they really are. Just because Shilo and Marni cannot see each other, it does not mean that they cannot be there for each other. Despite not understanding how a dead mother can raise her, Shilo attempts to understand. Finally, she realizes that Mag was telling her that Marni will always be in her heart.
4. After such a touching moment, Mag and Shilo have to tolerate the presence and singing of Heather Sweet. Despite being beautiful physically, her voice and personality are not. After asking if she has the chops to sing, Mag thinks that it was so intentionally horrible that she has to laugh. Unfortunately, Heather was not joking. Because Mag told her that she couldn't make it, Heather snaps. Because her father, Luci Largo, works for GeneCo, she tells Mag that she could lose her triple-helix corneas. As it turns out, Mag has not been able to pay her debts. Shilo is distraught by this news. If she helps Heather get her contact, she will help erase Mag 's debt. Mag ultimately decides that Heather is lying and would rather take the chance of going blind again. Shilo, being horrified, begs Mag to tell her that it isn't true. Unfortunately, it is. Mag does not mind being blind once again. Shilo tells her that they may not just take her eyes, that the Repomen are nothing but monsters, but Mag refuses to listen. She tells her that yes, she is afraid but tired of running. She asks Shilo to leave because she does not need any more stress before her show.
5. Shilo makes it home, stirring her father from a nightmare about her birth, Marni dying while giving birth, and his job as a Repoman. Shilo, panicked, tells Nathan about GeneCo's plans to take Mag 's triple-helix corneas. (Or more) Despite insisting that Mag is like her mother and that Nathan has to help, he refuses. Despite her plan to confront a Repoman face to face, Nathan once again adamantly refuses due to the danger of it all. Once again, despite Shilo's hatred of the Repoman, Nathan insists that they are not all monsters. Refusing to continue to discuss it, Nathan leaves. Shilo makes a promise to Marni that no matter what, she will find out who the Repoman is.
6. From the street below, the Graverobber calls up to Shilo's window. She is surprised to see him but is open to talking to him. Asking about her hacker headgear, Shilo reveals that she is busy trying to hack into GeneCo. The Graverobber insists that it is impossible, but Shilo is adamant. Despite the danger of her dad coming back, the Graverobber offers to help her. He says that he has dirt on GeneCo. Dirt that costs plenty of money. Shilo refuses to pay him and see him the next morning due to the urgent circumstances and insists on trying to do it all herself. Seeing Shilo's panic, the Graverobber offers to sell her Zytrate. Before she can be fully convinced, Nathan comes home and catches them. After threatening the Graverobber and running him away, Nathan tries to tell Shilo how dangerous he is. Despite not wanting Shilo to try to save Mag on her own, Nathan has to acknowledge his daughter's bravery. They trade I love you's before heading to bed.
7. After this, Shilo is part of the song, "Choice. "It is the point where the main characters have to acknowledge what they will continue to do with their lives.
8. After this? We cannot be totally sure. We know that at some point, Shilo rebels against Nathan and sings about wanting to experience more of the world. It appears that she leaves her home once again, possibly meeting the Graverobber again with other members of the cast. The ending of Shilo's stage play story is unclear.

## Live Stage Play Summary

1. At the beginning of Shilo's story, she is in a rant about her genetics she reveals that she is suffering from a disease that makes her very sensitive to the cold. If left in the cold too long she would die, just like her mother. She continues to lament about her infected genetics and how she hates seeing so much of Nathan in herself. Soon she is seen writing a letter to her father, Nathan Wallace. In the letter, she informs him that she is planning on visiting her mother's grave, but she is truly planning to visit her godmother, Blind Mag.

2. When Shilo finally finds Mag she finds her practicing her final performance with Rotti and his children. When the practice is over Rotti acknowledges Shilo and instantly recognizes her as Marni and Nathan's daughter. He quickly tells Shilo that she has talent like herself and Shilo's mom and he offers her a backstage pass to the upcoming genetic opera. Mag is visibly worried. Although hesitant, Shilo is very flattered.

3. Mag wastes no time in telling Shilo to not listen to Rotti, but assures her that she does, in fact, have talent. Instead, Mag informs Shilo that she is about to perform her last show and will lose her eyes. She offers a solution. Mag and Shilo could run away together that night. They could just escape GeneCo and Nathan's control. Shilo, albeit seeming a little curious, quickly shoots her suggestion down. Instead, she assures Mag that GeneCo can't be that bad. They gave Mag eyes and provide organs to many others. Mag reminds Shilo of the dark reality of repossessions. Ultimately, they agree to think over leaving together and discuss their answers later that day. Shilo leaves after telling her godmother how much she loves her.

4. After leaving Mag, Shilo stumbles upon the Graverobber and Heather Sweet. Heather, obviously jealous of Mag, informs Shilo that Mag is about to have her eyes repossessed. Appalled, Shilo wishes to go home. Although Graverobber offers her the Zytrate he was offering Heather, he still lets the girl go home. It is then when Shilo decides to borrow her mother's dress and attend the opera to kill the repo man that is supposed to take Mag's eyes.

5. Upon seeing Mag after her finale, Mag reveals at the end of her song that her eyes already missing. When the Repo man appears Shilo does not wait to hear Mag's explanation. Instead of listening to the fact that Mag plucked out her own eyes, she instantly attacks the Repoman. Stabbing him, he is believed to be dead. Knowing his plan has fallen into place, Rotti excitedly reveals that the Repoman is actually Shilo Wallace's father, Nathan Wallace.

6. Rotti reveals that he had wanted Shilo as his heir this entire time. As he hopes Nathan's death and the fact that she killed him would result in a mental lapse on Shilo's part. Nathan, fatally wounded, pulls himself together long enough to kill Rotti himself. Despite momentarily hearing the same voices that her father was cursed with, Shilo manages to somewhat pull herself together. In the end, Shilo and Nathan embrace and acknowledge that they have problems, but they love each other more than anyone else.

7. After Nathan passes, Shilo does not take GeneCo as Rotti planned. Heather Sweet ultimately takes over. Instead, Shilo acknowledges that she may have genetics from Marni and Nathan, their life does not determine her future. Instead of belonging to her genetics, Shilo's fate is her own.

## Photographs from the Stage Play

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## Character descriptions of Shilo

Throughout the stage plays lifecycle, there have been multiple character descriptions of Shilo. Here is a list of those descriptions.

1. So, what's with the hacker headgear, Shi? You're hacking into geneCO? But Shilo, the identities of genetic repo men are kept secret for a reason, and there are things in life that you just don't wanna' know, like, for example, your father, Nathan, is one of 'em!!! This high-spirited, spunky, ever-curious 17 year old keyboard samurai is an aspiring writer. She'll get to the bottom of things – but will she be too late?
2. *“Don't know jack about candle wax,
Tantric sex, or black latex.
Don't know squat about scheisse flicks,
Or anything that's German.
Never read the Marquis de Sade,
Ménage à trois, porno op'ra!
I’m Innocent,
Innocent,
Innocent...so F\*\*KING INNOCENT!” "This high-spirited, spunky, ever-curious, 17-year-old Da Vinci with a flash will get to the bottom of things – but will she be too late? Aside from never knowing a mom's affections, homemade cookin' or dancing lessons, she's about to discover that her father, Nathan, is not the man that she thought he was. Genetics is a bitch!*
3. " "Dear diary, he compared me to mother again,
How can I be like someone who I've never met?
It's because of my affliction, this condition of the blood;
An intolerance to coldness that I got from mom.
Do I dare to risk the air at night, just to prove that I can?""

This brooding, ever-inquisitive 17-year-old widowed father's only daughter will get to the bottom of things – but will she be too late? Housebound because of a genetic blood disease (which killed her mom many years ago), Shilo's about to venture outside and discover that her father, Nathan, is not the man that she thought he was. Why are genetics such a bitch?

# 2006 Trailer Shilo

We do not really know much about the 2006 trailer Shilo. We can assume she is something close to both stage play and the 2008 movie Shilo. Maybe she is the bridge between them. While the full trailer is hidden, we do have a short clip of Shilo.

## 2008 Movie Shilo

2008 Movie Shilo Wallace really is interesting. We have seen her as being a tech geek in the stage-play, but this isnt the case for 2008 Shilo. Instead, we see her as a young 17 -year-ld girl who enjoys reading and collecting insects. She has grown up under the impression that her mother died from an illness and that she has the same illness as her mother. She lives with her father, with her mother's mausolemu being just outside the house.

Shilo's adventure starts when she sneaks out of her house to sit in her mother's tomb and read while eating. She sees a rare insect that she decides to go after. The insect escapes out of the concrete room, and Shilo decides to ignore her fears and go after it. At the same time, the Graverobber is out collecting Zydrate from corpses. In an effort to impress her, he gets the GeneCo Cop's attention and then helps her escape when the door to her mother's tomb is locked. He shows her just a bit more of the world, but she is taken by a Geneco Cop. Rotti Largo recognizes her and comes up with a plan. He tells the cops to back off and allows Shilo's father to take her home.

Once home, Shilo gets into an argument with her father about whether she was actually outside or if she was dreaming. In a fit of rage, Nathan Wallace reveals that she had scared him by leaving. This proves her theory that she had been outside. Nathan asks his daughter to take her medication and then leaves to go to work. Shilo then sings a song explaining her illness and how upset she is with it.

Later that night Shilo is contacted by Rotti Largo and told that he can cure her, but she has to meet up with him at her mother's tomb. Being naive, she falls for his trap and is kidnapped by Rotti 's henchwomen. She is then asked to go with Rotti to the GeneCo fair. She refuses but is then convinced to go so that she can meet her idol, Blind Mag.

Shilo is able to meet Blind Mag and then is taken to an empty tent. The guards outside hint towards her being trapped, but Graverobber helps her escape. He explains what Zydrate is, and introduces her to Amber. When Rotti sends the GeneCops after them, Graverobber helps her escape and takes her home. Nathan checks on her after she has gotten back into bed but quickly has to leave for work.

While her father is at work, Shilo is visited by Blind Mag. She is very hesitant to let her in or speak to her but eventually is told that Blind Mag was best friends with her mother and that she is Mag 's goddaughter.

(WIP)