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* TheAtoner: Sophia. She's still ashamed of turning her back on Vivien after her mishap gets the girl punished, and it only worsens when she learns that Vivien still hasn't forgiven her. In the final act, when the two have the option [[spoiler:escape together]], Sophia refuses to leave the others behind because she doesn't want to betray anyone again.
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* TheAtoner: Sophia. She's still ashamed of turning her back on Vivien after her mishap gets the girl punished, and it only worsens when she learns that Vivien still hasn't forgiven her. In the final act, when the two have the option to [[spoiler:escape together]], Sophia refuses to leave the others behind because she doesn't want to betray anyone again.
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* TheAtoner: Sophia. She's still ashamed of turning her back on Vivien after her mishap gets the girl punished, and it only worsens when she learns that Vivien still hasn't forgiven her. In the final act, when the two have the option [[spoiler:escape together]], Sophia refuses to leave the others behind because she doesn't want to betray anyone again.
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* WhamShot: The shot of [[spoiler:the scars on the back of Miss Brixil's neck, revealing that she herself is a sponsor who used her own students' skin to look younger]].
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* WhamShot: WhamShot:
** Vivien and Sophia coming across [[spoiler:Rita's skinned body]]. It's here when they realize just how evil the adults really are.
** The shot of [[spoiler:the scars on the back of Miss Brixil's neck, revealing that she herself is a sponsor who used her own students' skin to look younger]].
** Vivien and Sophia coming across [[spoiler:Rita's skinned body]]. It's here when they realize just how evil the adults really are.
** The shot of [[spoiler:the scars on the back of Miss Brixil's neck, revealing that she herself is a sponsor who used her own students' skin to look younger]].
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* BewareTheQuietOnes: Sophia may be soft spoken, but when it comes to protecting her friends, she's more than willing fight off an adult guard twice her size and ''win''.
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** Vivien immediately feels guilty about flushing her "vitamin" down the toilet on Sophia's advice, breaking the rules yet again. However, this ends up being the right call.
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** Vivien immediately feels guilty about flushing her "vitamin" down the toilet on Sophia's advice, breaking the rules yet again. However, this ends up being the right call.call as the pill was a sedative.
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** Vivien immediately feels guilty about flushing her "vitamin" down the toilet on Sophia's advice, breaking the rules yet again. However, this ends up being the right call later on.
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** Vivien immediately feels guilty about flushing her "vitamin" down the toilet on Sophia's advice, breaking the rules yet again. However, this ends up being the right call later on. call.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone:
** Young Sophia can only cry in silence as her best friend is taken away for punishment, all because of her own blunder.
** Vivien immediately feels guilty about flushing her "vitamin" down the toilet on Sophia's advice, breaking the rules yet again. However, this ends up being the right call later on.
** Young Sophia can only cry in silence as her best friend is taken away for punishment, all because of her own blunder.
** Vivien immediately feels guilty about flushing her "vitamin" down the toilet on Sophia's advice, breaking the rules yet again. However, this ends up being the right call later on.
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* BigNo: Vivien lets on out when she finally learns the school's horrifying secret.
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* BigNo: Vivien lets on one out when she finally learns the school's horrifying secret.
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* BigNo: Vivien lets on out when she finally learns the school's horrifying secret.
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* WhiteHairEvilHeart: The platinum blonde Miss Brixil is a cruel and abusive manager who is complicit in [[spoiler:the slaughter of young girls]].
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* WhiteHairEvilHeart: WhiteHairBlackHeart: The platinum blonde Miss Brixil is a cruel and abusive manager who is complicit in [[spoiler:the slaughter of young girls]].
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* WhiteHairEvilHeart: The platinum blonde Miss Brixil is a cruel and abusive manager who is complicit in [[spoiler:the slaughter of young girls]].
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** Miss Brixil isn't just a part of [[spoiler:Vestalis Clinic, she's a ''sponsor'', meaning she underwent the de-aging procedure herself]].
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* WhamShot: The shot of [[spoiler:the scars on the back of Miss Brixil's neck, revealing that she herself is a sponsor who used her own students' skin to look younger]].
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** Upon gifting the girls their dresses, Brixil orders them to hang them overnight first, because "We don't want wrinkles, do we?" [[spoiler:Wrinkles and aging are exactly what the clinic treats, and they need the girls' skin to be flawless and smooth for the procedures]].
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* BrokenBird: Vivien. Getting punished as a child (for reasons she blames Sophia for) left her bitter, cold, and more obedient to the rules than ever.
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* AMinorKidroduction: The prologue briefly shows Vivien and Sophia as children on Level 10 (i.e. ten years old). After the title card, we cut to six years later.
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* ThousandYardStare: Vivien shoots a pretty nasty one at Sophia when they reunite on Level 16. She's still livid about Sophia getting her punished back in Level 10.
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* FacialHorror: Dr. Miro [[spoiler:slices the faces off of students and uses their skin for facial transplants. The girls discover this after coming across Rita's flayed corpse.
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* FacialHorror: Dr. Miro [[spoiler:slices the faces off of students and uses their skin for facial transplants. The girls discover this after coming across Rita's flayed corpse.corpse]].
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* BoardingSchoolOfHorrors: On the surface, Vestalis Academy is an extremely strict institution where taking too long to get ready in the morning can get you punished. Behind the scenes, it's a [[spoiler:farm where young girls are sold and skinned for transplants]].
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* BoardingSchoolOfHorrors: BoardingSchoolOfHorrors:
** On the surface, Vestalis Academy is an extremely strict institution where taking too long to get ready in the morning can get you punished. Behind the scenes, it's a [[spoiler:farm where young girls are sold and skinned for transplants]].
** As expected, the "education" in the school is very poor, consisting of lessons that merely push Vestalis' agenda (women must embrace feminine virtues like obedience and purity, and avoid "vices" like rebellion and negative emotions). Tellingly, none of the girls [[spoiler:know how to read]], and they are completely unaware of things like race (Ava makes fun of the Asian Sophia because she "squints"; Vivien, and perhaps Sophia herself, think it's because she has bad eyesight).
** On the surface, Vestalis Academy is an extremely strict institution where taking too long to get ready in the morning can get you punished. Behind the scenes, it's a [[spoiler:farm where young girls are sold and skinned for transplants]].
** As expected, the "education" in the school is very poor, consisting of lessons that merely push Vestalis' agenda (women must embrace feminine virtues like obedience and purity, and avoid "vices" like rebellion and negative emotions). Tellingly, none of the girls [[spoiler:know how to read]], and they are completely unaware of things like race (Ava makes fun of the Asian Sophia because she "squints"; Vivien, and perhaps Sophia herself, think it's because she has bad eyesight).
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* FacialHorror: Dr. Miro [[spoiler:slices the faces off of students and uses their skin for facial transplants. The girls discover this after coming across Rita's flayed corpse.
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** The blue pills that the girls take are not vitamins, but ''sedatives'' that knock them out during bedtime, allowing Brixil and the guards to [[spoiler:pick them out and display them for the buyers]].
** Vestalis [[spoiler:is not a boarding school, it's a farm and a clinic. The girls are raised to a certain age then harvested for their skin, which Dr. Miro uses for rejuvenative surgeries]].
** The blue pills that the girls take are not vitamins, but ''sedatives'' that knock them out during bedtime, allowing Brixil and the guards to [[spoiler:pick them out and display them for the buyers]].
** Vestalis [[spoiler:is not a boarding school, it's a farm and a clinic. The girls are raised to a certain age then harvested for their skin, which Dr. Miro uses for rejuvenative surgeries]].
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* ChekhovsGun: The scalpel that Viven swipes from Miro's operating room. At the end, she uses it to [[spoiler:mutilate her own face, rendering it unusable for the transplants]].
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* {{Gaslighting}}: Furious with Sophia's rebellion, Dr. Miro pulls the old "We raised you, and this is how you repay us?" card on the girls, clearly painting Sophia as the bad guy.
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* {{Gaslighting}}: Furious with Sophia's rebellion, Sophia stealing a security card, Dr. Miro pulls the old "We raised you, and this is how you repay us?" card on the girls, clearly painting Sophia as the bad guy.
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* NothingIsScarier: We're never told what the guards do to girls who are taken downstairs to be punished, though Vivien confirms that they get hurt in some way.
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** While pretending to sleep, Vivien and another girl, Olivia, are carried to a lounge. Miss Brixil presents the sleeping girls to [[spoiler:an aging couple]], who choose Olivia and [[spoiler: make plans to purchase her, instead of adopting her, as the girls are told.]]
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** While pretending to sleep, Vivien and another girl, Olivia, are carried to a lounge. Miss Brixil presents the sleeping girls to [[spoiler:an an aging couple]], couple, who choose Olivia and [[spoiler: make [[spoiler:make plans to purchase her, instead of adopting her, as the girls are told.]] ]]
** Brixil takes the time to describe the quality of Vivien's skin to the couple. Meanwhile, the wife looks in a mirror and observes her face for a bit. All of this foreshadows the true intent of Vestalis: [[spoiler:facial rejuvenation using the skin of young girls]].
** Brixil takes the time to describe the quality of Vivien's skin to the couple. Meanwhile, the wife looks in a mirror and observes her face for a bit. All of this foreshadows the true intent of Vestalis: [[spoiler:facial rejuvenation using the skin of young girls]].
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Two girls enrolled in Vestalis Academy, an ultra strict boarding school, work together to find out the secrets hidden by the school.
[[AC:Warning:]] Unmarked spoilers below.
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[[AC:Warning:]] Unmarked spoilers below.
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* AffablyEvil: Dr. Miro is genuinely kind to Vivien, and it was his idea to give the girls a "moving picture day" (movie day) every week. This does not stop him from being a toxic gaslighter and [[spoiler:child mutilator]] who sees Vivien as his greatest asset.
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** While pretending to sleep, Vivien and another girl, Olivia, are carried to a lounge. Miss Brixil, presents the sleeping girls to [[spoiler:an aging couple]], who choose Olivia and [[spoiler: make plans to purchase her, instead of adopting her, as the girls are told.]]
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** While pretending to sleep, Vivien and another girl, Olivia, are carried to a lounge. Miss Brixil, Brixil presents the sleeping girls to [[spoiler:an aging couple]], who choose Olivia and [[spoiler: make plans to purchase her, instead of adopting her, as the girls are told.]]
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** Vivien makes it clear that Alex and the guards hurt the girls. At one point gets into a scuffle with Sophia, and during the climax, he tries to kill her.
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** Vivien makes it clear that Alex and the guards hurt the girls. At one point he gets into a scuffle with Sophia, and during the climax, he tries to kill her.
