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snippet sunday

i promised i would do WIP wednesdays, but i decided snippet sunday is probably a little more fun! here's ur first lil glimpse of what i'm currently calling draft 2.5 lol

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As Sprout dictated her number to Haley, she could hear Magni talking on the phone with Vanya. "Yes, sorry, I didn't mean to wake you. I'm Magni Quinn, with Quinn and Marotto Investigative Services." There was a beat of silence before he responded. "Yes. I'm a private investigator looking into- Hello? Mx. Wolanski?"

Magni set the phone back onto its cradle firmly. "They hung up on me."

"Not everyone likes a private investigator sniffing around," Sprout reminded him. "Give me the phone, let me try."

He slid the landline closer to her. Redialing their number, Sprout leaned against his desk.

"Hi. Vanya Wolanski? I'm looking into the Misty Valiente case and I was just wondering-"

"I can see this is the same number, you know," the voice on the other end drawled. "Stop calling me."

They hung up. Again. As she put the phone back, Magni raised an eyebrow.

"Don't say 'I told you so,'" Sprout said.

"It's 2023, about 95% of everyone with a phone number has caller ID," Haley pointed out.

"You should have called from your own phone," Magni added.

"Thank you, peanut gallery," Sprout said.

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My morning glory doesn’t like the wind chime

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fun fact, for my character profiles i originally had an idea to have snippets of artifacts i felt related to sprout n magni in a sort of collage format. however it wasn’t until after i made things that i decided to scrap it n change my format to condense things

i’m not so proud of the burnout pamphlet i made for sprout’s (tho i may go back n release that on its own) but i am proud of the one i made for magni after having to spend so much time reading papers for work

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so a lil peek into the next chapter of 'stolen from the spade' is that it features sprout's first fight n so obviously that means red gets to give their lil introduction to the night. and the way it was so hard not to quote my favorite gender-inclusive way to address a crowd,

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Ok but did u do the sims portraits 👀

i did do a little sims photoshoot all the way back at the beginning of 2024 but i haven't been able to go into the game since the summer for life reasons (my chromebook doesn't run it lmao) so here's some with those older pictures!

i also got in over my head n made a lil collage which i also think is cute. so yeah have this too

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power payback characters n their attitudes abt weed

sprout: took ‘say no to drugs’ too seriously n has never nor will ever ate a weed

magni: smoked weed once thinking it would make him more chill… it did not

haley: won’t go out of her way to smoke but if offered a hit is 100% down

emery: says he takes edibles for pain management, which is 25% true

red: not easygoing enough for weed they prob do coke or smth

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back on my chapter summary writing journey and some exchanges are just too good to be translated into easy summary

like $13 dollar oatmilk mochas and pulp romances is just simply a hilarious image of what sprout imagines magni does when she's not there but the guy who overhears this whole exchange n sprout going it's #justsisterthings like primrose did not just storm off from this exchange... this is so not plot relevant but it's important to me

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actually it Does suck to be summarizing a very serious scene and then phrase smth in a comedic way like no that's supposed to be serious stop that

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actually it's the fact i had to dig out even older bios i wrote for emery bc i didn't make one for him when i started this blog and called him "snarky, caring, slightly masochistic, and paranoid"

i'm going thru my profiles for haley n red so i can update my other character profiles (including the page i link to with them b/c they never got on there) and i forgot i called red a "maniac with a heart of gold"... i don't know if i'm keeping it but we'll never forget it

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i decided to make a profile for emery (if y'all didn't guess he was the third secondary character by how often i write abt him) and thank god he has such a short name and no nicknames bc typing up the section about his talent is so long

i'm going thru my profiles for haley n red so i can update my other character profiles (including the page i link to with them b/c they never got on there) and i forgot i called red a "maniac with a heart of gold"... i don't know if i'm keeping it but we'll never forget it

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i'm going thru my profiles for haley n red so i can update my other character profiles (including the page i link to with them b/c they never got on there) and i forgot i called red a "maniac with a heart of gold"... i don't know if i'm keeping it but we'll never forget it

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Meet Magni Quinn!

Magni has gone through many iterations over the years, but he's worked his way up to protagonist status. While he plays a more minor role in the first book, he will get his time to shine in the second book, Arrington Acres, investigating a murder that may not be as clear-cut as it seems on the surface.

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Meet Daisy "Sprout" Marotto!

Sprout holds a special place in my heart, being the first character created before Power Payback was its own dedicated project. She takes the lead in Silver Spade, facing demons from her past in her attempt to find Talent fighters stolen from the casino's underground fight ring.

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trying to write these chapter summaries for silver spade is difficult bc in trying to say what happens in a scene i will have to type up shit like “red breaks into their house” bc there are better ways to phrase it. but none of them are better than saying red breaks into their house. like that’s basically what happens i fear

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feels so embarrassing to b hyperfixated on your own oc like the smallest thing that reminds you of them has you giggling and kicking your legs and smiling goofy in public but it’s like sorry everyone i was thinking about shmoopsie from my brain again. yeah the one like max 10 ppl know about

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paul mccartney daily affirmations

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Welcome to the World of Power Payback

Bright City, Nevada has two sides: the city where millions of tourists flock to gamble and party to their hearts’ content and the city where superpowered individuals called Talents find their place to belong. The Talents of Bright City, possessing a wide variety of abilities from pyrokinesis to super-strength, struggle to live normal lives despite their powers. While things are moving towards change, the disadvantages they face are hidden from the passing tourists coming through on vacation. 

Power Payback is a trilogy that follows two of these Talents, Daisy ��Sprout” Marotto and Magni Quinn. These two detectives with wildly different Talents go from promising upstarts in the world of private investigation to getting in bed with the city’s newest Talent crime boss. Are they in over their head?

Who are Sprout and Magni?

Sprout Marotto and Magni Quinn are childhood best friends turned partners in crime - crime-solving, that is. The two run Quinn and Marotto Investigative Services, trying their best to help Talents that ordinary justice has missed. 

Daisy “Sprout” Marotto is a botanokinetic whose connection to plants has gone from benevolent to potentially dangerous. Despite that, she puts her heart into her work. She strives to do good in a world that has wronged her in the past. 

Magni Quinn is a technopath attempting to live a quiet life in a noisy, noisy world. Even though he would be a recluse if he had his way, he is a softie at heart. He is not above skirting the law to make sure people get what they deserve - for better or for worse.

What’s the plan? 

Power Payback is a planned trilogy. The first book, Silver Spade, focuses on Sprout as they try to figure out disappearances in a fight ring hosted underneath one of Neon Avenue’s newest resorts. The second, Arrington Acres, will focus on Magni and a an organization offering to help Talents live more “normal” lives on the outskirts of Bright City. And for the third book, well, that’s a surprise. ;)

How can I read it? 

Currently, the first book is still a work in progress. While I work on the second draft of Silver Spade, this blog is a place to space to share my ideas (and a few memes while I’m at it!). I also hope to post a few smaller stories that aren’t too spoiler and focus more on the characters here as well. Hopefully if this story sounds intriguing to you, you’ll give this blog a follow and stick around to see what’s to come!