Shirai McElroy

Shirai McElroy
Shirai McElroy, textile mechanic and pitcher for the Core Mechanics wearing a variety of homemade fabrics. Her pink hair is covered by a hard hat which resembles a sea snail shell, and she has two eyestalks with built-in lidar sensors. She has a woven smart shirt with a flexible screen controlled by a sewn-in touchpad. She also has a knitted hyperbolic scarf, a woven kumihimo bracelet, and quilted pants. The picture is animated: The shirt is changing between different colorful patterns and the text "one fear", while the squares of the pants are changing color to simulating Conway's game of life. Art by @hillexed
Basic Information
Position	Pitcher
Team	Core Mechanics
Former Team(s)	Canada Moist Talkers, Dallas Steaks
Status	active
Batting	(4.3)
Pitching	(5.3)
Defense	(4.5)
Running	(3.6)
Modifications	MaximalistThis Player plays 250% better at Maximum Blaseball.  ScatteredThis Player returned from Elsewhere a bit Scattered.  Triple ThreatThis pitcher's strikeouts score Unruns when there are 3 runners on base, a runner on 3rd, or 3 Balls in the count. Each condition met is worth .3 Unruns. At the end of the 3rd Inning, there's a 33.33% chance that this mod will disappear.
Items	Crow-Cursed Helmet of Bird Seed ●●●
Dates Active	Oct 16, 2020–present
External Links	Blaseball-Reference Player Changes Player Page
Personal Information
Evolution	Base
Peanut Allergy	Not Allergic
Pregame Ritual	Dodging debt collectors
Coffee Style	Anything
Blood Type	AAA
Fate	93

Shirai McElroy is a pitcher for the Core Mechanics, and has been with the team since the Season 20 elections.

Official League Records

McElroy joined the ILB as a player in the Shadows for the Canada Moist Talkers as the Moist Talkers' Season 10 Playoff Birth.

During the Season 13 elections, McElroy joined the Moist Talkers' pitching rotation in exchange for Mooney Doctor as a result of the Moist Talkers' Foreshadow will. McElroy was then promptly traded to the Core Mechanics in exchange for PolkaDot Patterson via the Moist Talkers' Plunder will.

During the Season 15 elections, McElroy gained the Maximalist modification due to the Sky's the Limit blessing.

McElroy was traded to the Dallas Steaks in exchange for Zoey Kirchner during the Season 20 elections via the Mechanics' Equivalent Exchange will. McElroy then retreated to the Mechanics' Shadows as a result of the Mechanics' Move will.

On Season 22, Day 2, McElroy joined the Mechanics' lineup in exchange for Mira Lemma at the Core Pillar Center via the Ratified Voicemail.

Over the course of Season 23, McElroy entered and exited the Mechanics' Shadows seven times as a result of Core Pillar Center Fax Machine and Voicemail events, ending the Season in the Shadows.

On Season 24, Day 2, McElroy rejoined the Mechanics' pitching rotation in exchange for Gia Holbrook at the Core Pillar Center via the Ratified Voicemail.

COMMUNITY REPORTS
The remainder of this article contains lore created collaboratively by the Blaseball community.

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Shirai McElroy is a textile mechanic, a hazardous environment specialist, and pitcher for the Core Mechanics.

McElroy was born in raised in Halifax, Canada. Her water-retaining fabric experiments gained the attention of the Moist Talkers, who became interested in extremely moist clothes.

When Polkadot Patterson was traded to the Core Mechanics, the Moist Talkers mounted a rescue mission. Upon delving into the Core and finding that Polkadot wasn't in mortal peril, McElroy decided the Core wasn't so bad, and has lived there ever since.

Hobbies

McElroy is a textile mechanic who dabbles in practically everything textile-related, from knitting to sewing to quilting to crocheting to weaving to kumihimo. McElroy is known for always having her hands full with making something, whether knitting during meetings or otherwise.

McElroy also specializes in safety measures, chemical engineering, and other topics related to handling hazardous metaphysical concepts. McElroy designs protective clothes for F.R.O.N.T. to delve further into the Core, capable of withstanding the environmental, thermal, and emotional hazards of the uninhabited areas of the Core without restricting movement and still looking fashionable as heck.

McElroy is known for experimenting with weaving unusual materials. The eyestalks which emerge from her hair are made of woven cells, sport Lidar sensors, and she can see out of them.

McElroy has a portable sewing machine for emergency wardrobe changes and adjusting her outfit from hour to hour to match her mood. Years of practice have given her the ability to quickly alter existing clothes or stitch together new outfits in a flash, taking approximately fifteen seconds for a complete costume change if in a rush. If she sees someone who seems cold, she has been known to offer blankets woven in front of their eyes.

McElroy believes that clothes are a key part of self-expression, and devotes lots of time to making sure her clothes can change forms and be customized to their wearer's desires. She can often be seen wearing shirts with a soft display which can change color to suit her mood, often seen displaying animated patterns or used for a variety of t-shirt-related memes. Many of her designs have built-in touchpads or synchronize with the wearer's thoughts to allow for seamless self-expression. She can often be spotted teaching Core dwellers how to work a sewing machine so they can adjust their outfits to suit their needs. McElroy also abhors clothes without pockets.

McElroy has also been known to enjoy cosplay. McElroy is a big fan of many of the ILB's star players, occasionally making outfits inspired by them or cosplaying as them entirely. McElroy's love for detail means onlookers often have a hard time telling McElroy in cosplay apart from the person McElroy's cosplaying.

Life of Crime

McElroy owes millions of dollars worth of debt, a number that increases every year. McElroy has been known to make trips Up, sneak around the planet undetected, steal debt from ordinary citizens, and then retreat back Down to a post-scarcity economy where debtholders have no jurisdiction. She uses a variety of homemade tools to help with these missions, picking locks with tiny knitting needles and deploying yarn bombs for quick escapes. McElroy loves the thrill of outwitting debt collectors pursuing her by ducking around a corner, using her sewing machine to create a new stylish outfit in a flash, and walking by her pursuers, unrecognizeable. Those few debt collectors who pursue her often find themselves growing to enjoy Core society and sticking around to discover new passions.

Projects

Some of McElroy's notable projects include:

• Fiberglass gloves and catchers' mitts with extra acid resistance for Zoey Kirchner
• Her Shellmet, a hard hat snail shell
• Her personal sewing machine, a handheld model McElroy can often be seen tinkering with, featuring built-in scanners, and a dizzying collection of fabrics and threads
• Parachute pants with built-in parachutes, rated for drops of up to 500 feet
• Several personal pocket dimensions, made by altering the fabric of spacetime

Fan Works

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  Art by @poolleviathan

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  Art by @hillexed

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  Art by @werewolfgamey

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  Shirai by @wiresandlight

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