Eva Volkov

*This page contains information about the original Marionette featured in Spectrophobia. For the second Marionette, who is featured in the Anchor series, see Kira Vasilyeva.*

## Extra information

### First appearance

ACT II - NIGHTMARE

**Eva Volkov**, known only as the first **Marionette**, is an antagonistic force in *Spectrophobia*. It remains to be seen how much she affected Kira's childhood and eventual path to becoming the present Marionette.

## Profile

### Overview

Marionette is a nightmarish figure, having a notably overwhelming presence due to her off-putting appearance. While her mere existence terrifies Kira to the point of paralysis, it is unknown if she has this same effect on other people; it is likely a product of Kira's young age as opposed to a superhuman ability.

Similar to the present Marionette, she wears dark purple robes and her face is covered by a stark white comedy mask, with unkempt strands of hair being the only thing to escape her hood.

Since her first encounter with Marionette, Kira suffers from nightmares that exaggerate her hellish aspects; as such, she often recalls Marionette with shadowy tendrils and uncanny posture.

### Personality

As stated in a document left by Dr. Singh in Kira's room, Marionette suffers from an unknown type of antisocial personality disorder or psychopathy. Thus, she is incapable of feeling remorse or empathy, and presumably is fascinated by the art of killing. Her behavior is rather matter-of-fact and insensitive, though it isn't hostile.

She harbors concerning opinions about the nature of superhumans. Believing supernatural powers are a sort of gift meant to be used to keep the rest of humanity in check, making her an odd sort of superhuman supremacist. She finds it insulting to reject one's powers, as they are what set someone apart from the rest of humanity as a superior being.

### Abilities

Marionette's abilities are functionally identical to Kira's. She can control one object at a time, and has refined her craft to control human bodies with precision in order to imitate life. Unbeknownst to her, Kira's telekinesis is far more powerful, though it shares the same limitations.

## Story

### Background

Marionette was a serial killer operating in Vologda Oblast. She was never apprehended due to her stealthy nature and the authorities' poor methods of dealing with superhumans at the time. At some point, the Russian Agency for Superhuman Control was established and took notice of her, leading to her arrest. She agreed to work with them, for unknown reasons.

Marionette's ASC file states she's injured facility staff before, but it does not state that she faced punishment. In this way, she is sort of like a rabid animal, I guess.

Besides Kira, she has only trained one telekinetic (with a much more varied set of abilities); they disappeared, having either escaped the facility or been killed. They aren't relevant.

### Events of *Spectrophobia*

Marionette trains Kira to use her powers correctly. She probably kicks puppies when she's not training Kira, we aren't really sure.

## Trivia

* The name "Eva Volkov" will literally never be relevant but for the sake of thoroughness it was generated anyway.
* Omnirune was "trying shit out," and made a tense and distorted music track associated with Marionette. It was okay.
	+ Speeding the track up by 300-400% results in the original version of the track (this bitch cannot make her omori obsession more apparent), though this is somewhat degraded by the unacceptable amount of bass that Omnirune added in postscript
* The staff of the ASC facility, including Dr. Singh, remark that she has a rather unnerving presence, leaving the existence of a secondary power up to interpretation.
* She probably has a shelf in her room with several backup theater masks