#Vertin gang leader

[the-blossica-fan]

I was thinking. Vertin creates Sharpodonties in the Wilderness. Does this mean it follows the rules of a small nation?

Or is Vertin accidentally committed the crime of what is basically using bad checks due to the money made was in the Suitcase?

Are Sharpodonties the same inside and outside the suitcase? Is Vertin aware of this? Will Jessica and Blonney finally have a 10 minute long unskippable cutscene of them making out?

What's your take, may I ask, hm? c:

I- when I tell you I had a whiplash the moment I read the last thing I am not kidding. Let's start with the possibility of criminal acts in the wilderness regarding money.

I think it's a crime basically, like printing your own money but since sharpodontry is probably like a coin (I haven't used coins in years idk if they're like bills) no one notices.

NO ONE outside of the suitcase can know about this, they make their own money and beat the loving shit out of critters (and some dudes) for some Dust & Sharpodontry.

They'd probably be the same as outside so they can go around buying whatever they want with that, but they do have to work for extra money since the suitcase at this point is a small town. Get to work you dumbass you're not gonna get extra money this way (work is just fighting)

So, yeah, Vertin is a criminal printing money in the town she rules alongside some criminals. Constantine better not know about this shit.

...As for the 10 minute unskippable scene... God do I wish it could happen 😔

I miss my kids I can't keep living off of the crumbs they give to us in their official art. I NEED THEM ON SCREEN 😭

Oh God do I wish they could kiss onscreen even if it's just implied (like Schneider and Vertin), I would unironically be blushing & kicking my feet.

I miss them so much I could bite someone

[ihaveforgortoomany]

CN Spoilers for 2.0 'Floor it to the Golden City'

(Global servers don't read if don't want spoilers for the later end of the patch story)

Ok.

This is gonna be a bit rough since idk names since this is CN but the story introduces us to a rival(?) gang leader to J (he is the tall old guy, white suit and white hair we see J confront in the trailer).

The story through Mercuria reveal he is pretending to be his terminally ill brother, the real mafia boss and was originally meant to go to law school or something its hard since I cannot translate descriptions.

The brother we interact with teams with Manus (The new name I don't remember on the top of my head) fails to save his dying brother BUT paints the illusion that they are still in Sicily and never left for the New World.

Sicily.

The same place Schneider mentions in the totally not sad oranges scene.

Baby Schneider also mentions before she left "her uncles had already left for the New World". Chapter 2 took place in 1929, 2.0 story is in 1990 therefore those uncles would be very old by 1990 (again translation I cannot check until 2.0 is out in global)

Sooo ... are they related maybe? I mean its not a coincidence that this is the second time we mention someone from Sicily moving to America for a better life. (Yes Vertin was under Arcana's influence and this is a vision but that detail about the uncles is oddly specific and already we have someone from Chapter Four in Paulina, someone you probably thought would be a minor character instead play an important role) right?

Summary: potentially some family members of the Greco family live to 1990 and we encounter members in the form of the brothers who J meets one of them.

(This is a further stretch that won't be confirmed until global by the end of the year, I watched a stream and alarm bells were going off)

[open-hearth-rpg]

Open Hearth Video Roundup - June 28, 2024

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Discussions, Panels, and Seminars

GMing Shop Talk: NPCs Lowell Francis runs for Rich Rogers Rich Rogers (Hit the Streets, +1 Forward Podcast) and Lowell Francis (Hearts of Wulin, The Gauntlet Podcast) talk NPCs: creating, presenting & working with them. We discuss these ideas with a small GM group-- getting their ideas and suggestions.

Open Hearth Gaming Calendar

Girl by Moonlight: Danger! Unexploded Spell (Session 1) Lowell Francis runs for Clarisse, Dom, Sherri, and Vertin We begin with a last little bit of series set up: figuring out our character's base and its surroundings. We then move into the first cycle of play: the first obligation phase followed by the first set of downtime actions. We get a sense of the pressures on our protagonists and their web of interactions.

Girl by Moonlight: Danger! Unexploded Spell (Session 2) Lowell Francis runs for Clarisse, Dom, Sherri, and Vertin Out on patrol during a raid, our protagonists come upon a workshop overrun by both fire elementals and a cold snap freezing enchantment. They work to rescue people trapped atop the building and keep volatile materials from exploding. In the aftermath they discover the raid has damaged food supplies for the city, forcing more rationing and belt-tightening, even for them. But a sudden visitor arrives with gifts and clearly no hidden agendas...

Girl by Moonlight: Danger! Unexploded Spell (Session 3) Lowell Francis runs for Clarisse, Dom, Sherri, and Vertin Our protagonists continue their preparations and work of healing themselves after the events of the last mission. They learn a little more about the agenda of their distinguished visitor from last session. A week passes and a new raid fills the night sky. They're alerted to a desperate situation with a collapsed bridge, a large group of bystanders, and two different summoned monsters attacking.

Godkiller (Session 5 of 12) Donogh runs for Madelancholy Wal is a guest in Lord Basphamel's palace, but is she really free to leave - or perhaps the better question is: does she want to? What is this God hiding, and what will Wal do when she discovers it?

Godkiller (Session 6 of 12) Donogh runs for Madelancholy Wal travels with Dogtooth for a while, finding them an incorrigible companion, though forthcoming with secrets and insight she will no doubt find useful in her future encounters. But a return to Newbridge sparks a confrontation that makes everything personal - a brutal divine attention that brings everything home!

Godkiller (Session 7 of 12) Donogh runs for Madelancholy Upon leaving The Cloister, Wal first visits the labyrinth, where she hopes to gain guidance from The Voice of the Cave - finding some dark relic there which affects her more than she feared, and begins a journey westwards.

Hearts of Wulin: Numberless Secrets: Legend of Bad Valley (Session 1) Lowell Francis runs for Ethan Harvey, Patrick Knowles, Sherri, and Tyler Lominack When Bao Shi is kidnapped, our heroes must venture into the den of villainy which is Bad Valley. But there they discover untold truths about these bandits and killers. The agree to aid in uncovering the truth behind the death of the valley's leader. But before they can act further, another murder happens, setting the stage for more violence and death.

Star Wars Saturday

Swoop Gang (Session 1) Rich Rogers runs for Marc Majcher, Marty, and Steven Watkins The Reckless Gundarks swoop bike club makes a deal outside a limmie game and gets a very unexpected prize (or is it a curse?). Later, they rush off to protect a girl from some ex-troopers led by former Imperial official Braka Weiss.

Off-Calendar Highlights

Hearts of Camelot: Prince's Bride (Session 6 of 7) Madelancholy runs for Alex C, Jazy, Jonn, and Noctua So close, and yet so far...such can describe the journey to the Peak, as well as hearts unspoken... Llurywenn decides to run away, unwilling to let anyone else get hurt protecting her. Perin finds out more about the legend and prophecy around Spirit Hawk Peak. Roderick tracks the princess until she receives fae forest aid; Riesling volunteers to help find her when Roderick returns to camp with the news.

Hearts of Camelot: Prince’s Bride (Session 7 of 7) Madelancholy runs for Alex C, Jazy, Jonn, and Noctua Finale - Llurywenn rejoins the escort and then the party meet Archaud’s group at base camp of Spirit Hawk Peak. Romantic feelings are awkwardly revealed. Brother Perin confronts Bishop Semond, and the bishop’s treachery is exposed. After battle, a beautiful ritual ceremony commences amid joy and tragedy.

The Between: Stars and Suns, Season Two (Session 16) Madelancholy runs for Jack, Mike, and Steph "Well-Meaning Visits" - Dame Georgie pays a visit to Dr. Weiss in his lab at Hargrave House, while a certain heartful monarch's Servants attempt to charge through the front, through Sir Atticus. Liat watches a performance of the strange shadowed play that haunts London, and sees a familiar face from her distant past in the audience. As dawn approaches, Sir Atticus keeps his appointment of a duel.

[the-blossica-fan]

Bonk once said about two particular "evil" versions c:

Vertin: Cowardly, skittish, lack of any charisma: "Get in the suitcase quickly please oh god--"

Sonetto: Lazy, doesn't follow orders: "Whatever, Vertin." (<Doesn't call her by her title)

They took Vertin's Rizz away (I can't believe I said that)

You know the entire suitcase Is going to be hellishly worried, this multiplies when a disheveled, tired Sonetto walks into the room with clothes that are not ironed.

Her hair's a mess, she probably forgot to eat and laid on the sofa all day, acting unfriendly and lazy. The Evil Phenomenon (Silly Edition) has claimed another victim.

No one has an idea of what to do since Vertin is usually the one to take care of these things, but Vertin has been hiding behind any surface, avoiding contact and near the verge of tears every time. She just joined the pitiful girl gang.

So Madam Z had to take good care of everything alongside Tooth Fairy, her job is to watch over Team Timekeeper which is usually pretty easy because of Vertin's skills. Her work is accumulating and she has to figure out a way to designate someone as a temporary leader for Team Timekeeper.

Which would rely on Sonetto if she wasn't... Evil Sonetto.

Back to those two. Their relationship is just so... Weird, to say the least. Sonetto is pretty lazy and isn't doing anything other than lay around, when Vertin (stuttering and trembling) asks her to do something, she receives an "Ugh, why do I have to?" And then she (Vertin) backs away.

And Vertin is only talking to Madam Z and Tooth Fairy because she considers them reliable and trustworthy (they're her mothers basically)

A bit silly but people low-key got used to it, they just treat Vertin like they would treat Poltergeist while she's in this state.

As for Sonetto... She got into a fight with Pavia for taking his place on the sofa for two days straight. She's been doing nothing, saying mean-spirited comments and fucking up the Rules.

Regulus likes her this way, unfortunately for her, Sonetto goes back to normal rather quickly (call it the never-ending struggles of her normal self because oh boy would she hate this version of herself)