the gloves, the heels, the hat, even the bows are her grandmother's old outfits and style. she couldn't quite fit into them, and as the town slowly fell apart in the grip of capitalist greed, she never got the chance to find a way to make them work. the remains of the woman she wanted to be. The pins and buttons and some of the ribbon her sewing projects to try and find a way to adjust things and make them fit, she couldn't afford clothes but perhaps she could use her grandmother's sewing equipment to make something new? but she never got the chance.

the scissors a gift from her grandmother, who loved her; used against her mother, who hated her, in a moment of self defense. she knew she would never be free, a trans woman in a small town in appalachia accused of murder against an upstanding christian member of the community like her mother? she was dead the moment she told her mom she was leaving. there was no escape, so she crafted a being out of herself, surrounded herself with ribbons, gloves, a mask, and then turned the scissors on herself, before disappearing entirely.

on the day of the ribbon cutting few in power survived. this was the deal she made.

so who still rests beneath the mask? and why are they still seen?