Virginia Fate Arnoldson

## Virginia Arnoldson

> "*I miss Everett*"
> ― -Virginia Arnoldson
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**Virginia Fate Arnoldson** was one of several children to be affected by a special tree and sent to a separate universe by the special tree's powers and is one of the main characters of Monument Mythos.

## Biography

Very little is known about Virginia's early childhood, except for the fact that she has lots of friends, and that she was 8 to 12 years old at the time of her entrance to the Deanverse.

### The Special Tree Incident (1934)

In the Nixonverse, Virginia Arnoldson learned of John D. Rockefeller's Special Tree that was going to be used in Rockefeller Plaza as the 1934 Christmas tree. As the tree was being prepared, Virginia wanted to place her star at the very top of the tree. She gathered her friends to form a human ladder to let her get to the top but the ladder started to tumble. When they fell, the special tree transported all of the children to the MM universe, and the MM kids were placed in the Nixonverse.

Before being teleported to the MM universe, Virginia appeared in a field of special trees that she later nick-named Wonderland after, Alice In Wonderland, which her mother had read for her as a child. There she met a tall, pale man who she named Everett. He took care of her during Virginia's time in Wonderland, although they began switching between angles and positions after bright flashes of light appeared. Virginia says that this cycle kept happening for "what felt like 500 years" until she finally appeared in the MM universe and was taken to the hospital along with her friends.

At the hospital, the parents claimed that their children were noticeably different. Two boys claimed to have different names than their given names at birth, and Virginia's parents wondered why she had freckles. When Virginia asked to see her x-ray, the nurses ignored her. Virginia overheard the nurses talking overnight. The nurses said: "Everything's backwards!" This got the attention of Virginia. That night, Virginia kept her hand at her chest, wondering if her heart was on the right side.

Shortly after the tragedy, Virginia's parents abandoned her, believing she was a doppelgänger. Her foster parents abandoned her too, so she went to an orphanage along with some of her friends who had the same experience. When they reached 18, the boys joined the military and the girls became nurses, leaving Virginia alone. She went to find her parents afterwards, only to discover that her father died of a heart attack and her mother was paranoid, not letting anyone into her home.

Virginia went to Rockefeller Plaza searching for answers and met a strange figure on top of a building. The figure knew Virginia wanted to go back to her universe so she told her that she would need to exchange a life for her own and to wait for 3 years, this loop repeated three times.

### Later Life

After meeting the creature, Virginia encountered Leonard W. Morlin, an agent assigned with the task of monitoring Virginia. They fell in love, and Virginia became pregnant with Everett Arnoldson.

One day she saw the creature again, it gave Virginia a direction and she began walking towards it. Virginia walked for four days before arriving at the Washington Monument. When she arrived she heard a "strange but calming music", the monument opened and Virginia entered an elevator. When the elevator reached the top, the music suddenly got louder, paralyzing Virginia and making her unable to move. The elevator's floor then opened and Virginia fell to the ground. Upon landing, she had an out-of-body experience, falling through the Earth, before rising back up through the Earth and coming to her body, where she was "flattened", having lost Everett. She drew the conclusion that the life she had exchanged for her own was Everett's.

Remaining paralyzed, she was among 18 other individuals who were still alive and bleeding on the floor, but could not move. They would all collectively become known as the "Washington Absentees". One day the music suddenly stopped and a large strike of lightning woke up Virginia. She was carried into a helicopter and taken to a hospital. Upon arrival, she was informed the year was 2003 and that everything she knew was incorrect, breaking her. She was then given a failed lobotomy, after which she gave a recollection of her life. A second lobotomy was later performed and Virginia never spoke again. Later in her life, she made a series of paintings titled "The Right Life" where she depicted how she wanted her life to be.

Virginia died in one of the universes in 1980. It is unknown when she died in the MM universe.

## Legacy

In the last broadcast made by the New Delaware Journal, her husband Leonard Morlin announced how Alcatraz Island had stealthily replaced the entire United States overnight with copies of itself. At the end of the broadcast, he mentions Virginia and Everett, stating "Remember me. For Virginia. For Everett. For America."

An alternate, colorized, version of this broadcast exists as well. It is distinct from the aforementioned broadcast in that Morlin's monologue excludes Everett, stating "Remember me. For Virginia. For America." They died for us...

## References

1. ↑ ROCKEFELLERTREETRAGEDY
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 WASHINGTONWONDERLAND
3. ↑ WASHINGTONWORMHOLE
4. ↑ ALCATRAZAPOCALYPSE
5. ↑ WASHINGTONWANDERER