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Posted in Chapter Four: Vyctor Posted 5 years ago
CLUES UNLOCKED...

Vyctor peeled his gloves off his hands as the last happy customer walked out the door, giving a nod and a lazy smile to Vontell, "Cool, thanks for the help. So, what'd you come here for? Anything I can help with?"

"Actually, I was hoping we could have a talk about the incident at the Reaping Ritual exchange... Vivienne mentioned to me that she may have sighted you delivering the statue... Is that accurate?"

"Yeah I did actually. Virgil called me up and asked if I could deliver it for him. I can't turn him down, you know?" Vyctor grinned slightly as he rubbed the back of his neck, shrugging, "Guess he's been working on it for a while. I never got a look at it before everything went down though. He was very particular about not taking the sheet off of it."

Vontell frowned slightly as he heard this, "Ah, of course, so Virgil crafted the statue... Interesting... Did anything of note happen as you were transporting it?"

Pausing to think for a moment, Vyctor shook his head, "Not much... I was careful not to touch or jostle it too much, I promised Virgil I'd take good care of it after all. Oh..." Vyctor trailed off as his face contorted slightly, as if remembering something unpleasant.

"Yes?" Vontell leaned in, eyebrows furrowing in concern.

"Well, when I got backstage, it'd been cleared out, nobody was there. But whoever was back there left a hell of a mess, man... There was paint everywhere. It was bugging me a lot, so after I made sure the statue was safe I took the time to clean it up. I only really managed to scrub the floor before I got kicked out by security, though. Hope somebody else finished the job... I left the cleaning supplies there."

With a faint laugh, Vontell shook his head, "I'm sure there are more pressing matters, all things considered... You mention you saw security. Would you happen to know who was working?"

"Oh yeah, I guess the police department offered to volunteer for the event. It was uh... Officers JC, Milly, and Garry I think. Officer JC was the one that told me to head out."

Taking down notes in his book, Vontell nodded to the body mod artist, "That gives me quite a few leads to follow up on... Thank You Vyc, I appreciate you taking the time."

"No problem, just let me know if I can help with anything else, huh?"

• Found at the scene: Paint Supplies, a Bucket with a Bandage, and a Hairdryer with a Tangled Chord
• The letters "V F" were carved into the base of the statue
• Vanora was backstage (two witnesses confirm)
• Vivienne was backstage, and was with Treat
• Volkan was never out of anyone's sight
• The hairdryer belonged to Vivienne, and was not working correctly. Its chord was not tangled when she left it
• Vyctor delivered the statue and was backstage alone
• Virgil was the artist that created the statue
• Virgil specifically told Vyctor not to remove the sheet, so Vyctor never saw it
• Somebody left a mess backstage with paint, Vyctor cleaned it
• The Voltra Police Department was working security and kicked Vyctor out

In hopes of discovering what caused this tiff between Trick and Treat, I've taken it upon myself to investigate this mystery. I began by searching the backstage, where the statue had been stored prior to the exchange. My search yielded:

- Paint supplies
- A bucket with a bandage
- A hairdryer with a tangled chord
- The letters "V F" carved into the statue's base

Perhaps these are important clues... Or perhaps it is just rubbish left behind. We'll have to search further.

Questioning the mayor, who was closest to the scene, I discovered the following information:

- Mayor Volkan was busy all day and was never alone at any point
- The statue was being watched all the time it was backstage
- Vanora, Vivienne, and security were backstage, at least that Volkan knew of

Perhaps Vanora or Vivienne may be able to shed more light upon this situation...

My poor friend Vivienne appeared to be under a lot of distress when I visited her. It seems she was having some technical difficulties with her equipment. After I calmed her, we discussed her experience backstage:

- Her hairdryer stopped functioning properly when she was styling Treat's hair
- She was with Treat the entire time, the entered and left the backstage together
- She confirmed Vanora was there
- She mentioned that Vyctor was also there, and potentially delivered the statue


Vyctor was an ordeal to speak to, due to the large influx of customers he had been faced with. However, once they had cleared out our conversation yielded a surprising amount of leads and information:

- Virgil was the artist behind the statue, and has asked Vyctor to transport it for him
- Virgil was very clear that Vyctor was not to remove the sheet at any time, so Vyctor never saw it before the reveal on stage
- Vyctor had time alone backstage, as there was nobody around when he delivered the statue
- There was a mess of paint left by an unknown person, which Vyctor took the time to clean up
- Vyctor was eventually escorted out by the Voltra Police Department, who were acting as security for the event




WHO NEXT?

You have unlocked the chance to vote for who Vontell interviews as a potential witness/suspect next!
To vote, simply ping Vontell with: @Vontell: I vote for [NPC name]
The NPC that receives the highest votes will be the thread unlocked tomorrow at 1 pm.

Suggested Witnesses:
Vanora. Reason: She was backstage where the statue was kept.
Virgil. Reason: He was the artist of the statue.
VPD. Reason: They were on security duty.

Volkan
Vivienne
Vyctor
Posted in Chapter Four: Vyctor Posted 5 years ago
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Posted in Chapter Four: Vyctor Posted 5 years ago
Summary
Vontell enters Vyc's Modz to talk to Vyctor.
Unfortunately, he seems to be busy with clients.
Helping Vyctor out might buy him some time to talk.

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Posted in Chapter Four: Vyctor Posted 5 years ago


Spotting the neon sign outside of Vyc's Modz buzz and flicker the greeting "open", Vontell sighed in relief, "At least I know he's available to talk..." That hope was soon dashed, however, as he stepped into a waiting room full of impatient clients, "Oh dear..."

"Von, that you?" Vyc's head popped out from the backroom as he waved him over. Vontell couldn't help but smile faintly in amusement when he saw his friend. To no surprise, it seemed Vyctor really got into the holiday spirit. Instead of a traditional werewolf costume, his usual horn mods were currently replaced with a set of real wolf ears and tail.

"Hey man... Good to see you, but if you're here to talk, you're going to have to take a seat. I'm kind of backed up right now..." He gestured to the client in his chair, currently in the process of having her face painted, "Everyone's riled up this year huh? Nice to see them getting into the Ritual but this is the busiest I've ever been..." He sighed, dabbing the sponge against his client's face, "Doesn't help that I'm a bit of a perfectionist... Something isn't quite right about this and it's driving me crazy..."

"Quite alright, but is there anything I can do to help?" Vontell offered.

"Hey... Yeah actually, if you can do me a favour? I need a fresh set of eyes. Can you look at this design and tell me what's off on my client?" Vyctor paused his painting to hand Vontell his design reference sheet, "It'd help a lot and I'd owe you one."


art by ghost
Posted in Ohm My... <3 Posted 5 years ago
@dragoness129: meh, I guess I'll take it...
Posted in Daily Lore & Evolving Goldfish Posted 5 years ago

Day 9 Lore

Uncaring of the dismal atmosphere her stall produced as multitudes of festival-goers failed to come remotely close to winning a prize, Valentina happily fanned herself from the summer heat with wads of cash. Despite the bleak response, her large array of mechanical prizes that could enlighten any household, kept the challengers lining up-- determined they could beat the odds.
“So these are tha’ rules…” She danced her hand along the table of plastic cups, pulling a few forward to demonstrate. “Here we got five cups! Four of em’ have large mouths, and one cup has a bitty one.” With her other hand, she flipped a coin into the air as it refracted a beam of light before falling down into a large mouthed cup. “Just like that! Simply get it into any of the four big ones, and BAM! Ya win!”

She rubbed her hands greedily together as each person counted their funds. Despite the variety in size, strength and age of each player, the results of Val’s game were exactly the same. Just as the coin would hover directly above the desired large cup, like magic it would bounce off thin air and whip swiftly into the small cup. Observing from the sidelines with a smug look on his face, Vyctor idled--waiting for his cue. Once the blue hued lights of Val’s stall flickered, he placed himself next in line.

“Oh! If anyone’s gonna win it's gotta be you, Vyc!” She clasped her hands together feigning adoration. Raising a playful smirk, Vyc pushed forward a stack of ohms before leaning forward in a whisper. “Hey Val, I bet ya 5,000 ohms I can get it my first try…” Val grinned so wide she threatened the elasticity of her cheeks. “My, my--Iunno! That sounds kinda risky…. Buuuuuut what tha’ heck! Deal. And with that, Vyctor nonchalantly flicked the coin off his thumb; and without issue it satisfyingly clanged into one of the winning cups.

For several moments Val seemed frozen in time- completely unmoving, aside from her jaw having dropped in disbelief. Vyctor chuckled-- "Huh, well would ya look at that, you were right! I won. Thanks for believing in me Val!" Vyc spoke kindly and gave a wink as he collected the funds, but a hint of sarcasm lingered in his tone. From behind the stall, Vaughn surfaced and snapped his wire cutters down on the counter. “Gimme my reverse charge magnets back, ya damned thief!” He impatiently tapped his fingers against the wood while staring her down.

Val cackled, realizing she had been duped and slapped down a button on her chair. The ground ferociously rumbled and the stall shook apart in pieces as the chair jolted her straight up and far into the sky--echoing into the dark of the night. Vyctor couldn’t help but laugh. “Heh. She acts like you don’t know where she lives…” Vaughn groaned while lighting up a cigar. “Unfortunately mate, that’s with me...”

Posted in Hehe, thanks guys. Posted 6 years ago
Posted in Hehe, thanks guys. Posted 6 years ago
I don't think I've ever in my life seen so many roses. Thinking of cooking them down and making a new shade of red ink,
hope that wouldn't be offensive to ya?
Posted in Blooming Letters from Anonymous Posted 6 years ago
Ya know what, Vontell?

Can't beat em?

Join em'.

Game on 'Vich'.
Posted in Blooming Letters from Anonymous Posted 6 years ago
Vichard:
Vontell:

@Vichard:....Oh boy...apologies Mr.King. I am allowing it as I believe it is all in fun, hmm?

“Dog, you have absolutely no chill. Whatsoever. #TeamVyc #KickVic but at least you are fashionable I suppose.
Haha just playing of course. :)”




I demand to know who sent such slander my way!
No clue who this &quot;Vyc&quot; is, he sounds unimportant.
*writes a nasty email*


I...had nothing to do with this. Sorry bout' that. heh.
@dragoness129: So you're the one who keeps doing that.
Could you... stop?
Posted in Ribbons of Rebirth! Posted 6 years ago
TeaTales:
I had traditions with my foster family; they would go to a forest to find a tree we could use for x-mas, in the night while we kids were sleeping the would put up the tree and decorate it, so we had that to watch when we woke up. watching x-mas-calendars ( like pyrus, jul i gammelby and the like ) together on television too while eating snacks. we would also make the advent decoration together some days before the first advent. on christmas day we would go to church before getting home and getting ready for guests. Each night we would also place our indoor shoes outside the door so the 'nisse' would be leaving small gifts for us to wake up to in the morning. From candy to small toys and erasers

at the institution ( or orphanage as it was by name ) we had a donated x-mas where rich people and compaies would donate so that we kids could get x-mas present and celebrate x-mas about a week before the actual x-mas one of th pedagogs would be dressins up as santa and come in with a bag with the presents and an other bag with stuff from the companies that usually were in sportsbags or schoolbags after we had danced around the christmas tree , only us kids while the pedagogs would be watching.on sundays we would get a advent present for a certain amount of money that the commune would give them.

In my biological family we dont have any traditions, though my sister this year will try to start making traditions now that she got her own daughter. My oldest brother and father wont be joining, my brother cause he cant be with my sister, my father because of stairs up to her apartment as well as, what is suspected to be bowel cancer, ( but we will first know for sure next year..) giving him a lot of issues.

Im just kinda considering to try and hold x-mas alone by myself next year ^^;;;


Advent decoration, such as what- you have me curious.
Pretty neat the building you mentioned extending the celebration the entirety of the week, I presume that's to accommodate
the many children who stayed there? I love the shoe thing, that sounds clever though I'd never want food in my shoes.
They get uh..not so pleasant after a day on my feet. heh.
Posted in Ask The NPC Anything! Posted 6 years ago
@Rallaa: Question: What do you like best about Virgil?

He's chill. We can just talk you know, like normal people? Can't say the same for others... by that I mean Val. Back again with her-- He stops and scratches his head.
It's whatever.
Posted in Ask The NPC Anything! Posted 6 years ago
@Saeyra: Eh, they have their own thing going on.

@dragoness129: Naah... Thanks, but I think I'm gonna pass.