Elizabeta Baranovskaya

Elizabeta Baranovskaya was once a Russianborn ballerina who had practiced since she was four years old. She was a student at the Moscow State Academy and her hometown was in Smolensk but her mother was a Belarusian. Elizabetas dream was to dance at the Bolshoi Theater it was also once her mothers dream but after learning of a tumor she went to Italy to see about curing it where her leg was unfortunately amputated. Because of this she attempted suicide by jumping off the hospital roof and plummeting to the ground but was unsuccessful instead she was retained at the hospital until the SWA stepped in. Alessandro Ricci her handler renamed her Petrushka for the Russian puppet Petrushka and like Rico it is a boys name and she underwent the physical augmentation process. Unlike the previous firststage cyborgs most of Petrushkas features were replaced so she is not a natural redhead nor are her eyes naturally green the doctor working to replace her body decided to model her after his first love as Alessandro refused to specify any particular changes except that she not be a redhead. Furthermore she is 16 years old therefore having a body of a teenager unlike the rest of the girls who are children. Like Angelica was the firststage prototype Petrushka is the prototype for the secondstage generation and debuts in volume six where she is also featured on the cover with her primary weapon. As a secondstage cyborg Petrushka already had everything she needed to know about her life at the SWA preprogrammed into her brain she knew where she was that she would be trained for combat and that she must follow Alessandros and the Agencys orders without hesitation but an error occurred and she has no memories fake or otherwise. Any order that she is given she is forced to see out despite her own wishes and she is forbidden to speak ill of her handler. Her name is often shortened to the more feminine Petra. Petrushkas preferred weapons are the Spectre M4 SMG and Taurus PT92 pistol. Source: Wikipedia Anime: Although she is left out of the anime adaption she has a small cameo in episode 5 of Gunslinger Girl Il Teatrino.