June 18th, 2014
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Sorry this is a couple of hours late, hayfever kicked me in the head. Still, here is some overtipping, that dastardly villain!
Cast: Dominik Voss
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A combination monocle and eyepatch? Well played, madame!
Actually, the eyepatch has the Envy Shiny Button on it. So he covered his telltale eye while making sure he wouldn't lose that shiny button in a hole in his pockets. Basically he now has Envy inside and outside his eye.
And it seems that the two of them are an actual perfect match. He's still liable to come to an untimely demise- but for the nonce, it seems Envy picked entirely too well and is actually apparently pleasantly surprised at just how "good" his "partner" in crime actually is at this stuff.
Welp, got my next character idea right there...
Generosity! The true mark of a dire villain! (Also, I can't stop seeing his luggage atop the carriage as having a smiley face. It's seen him do truly terrible things, but always keeps its sunny disposition.)
Just be glad it doesn't have a hundred little feet underneath and is made of sapient pearwood.
But the bonus for the sapient pearwood luggage is that it doesn't get lost (and if an airline "loses" it or someone tries to steal from it, you'd be covered with more than insurance)!
Yeah, but it also eats people.
i would call it "a win, win" situation smirk
Now I can't unsee that. XD
Voss has developed one talent all by himself: he has become an excellent vessel for the Deadly Sin of Envy...
The embodiment of Envy also likes to be envied in turn. That makes perfect sense, in fact. Envy is like that.
A jewelled eyepatch? Dashed fellow may be rich, but he is clearly no gentleman. He probably wears his hat in the drawing room, the bounder.
I think it might actually be some variety of monocle that's secured by a strap. Or would that be a loupe (it's never loupes)?
Voss has kind of a Mad-Eye Moody thing going on these days.
Nicely done, Dominik. Feeding your sin while also showing some measure of kindness to a fellow whose situation is not so unlike the one you were in not so long ago.
It's not kindness. It';s another way for Voss to show off.
My dear sir... one man's charity is another man's tax write-off. It can be both. :D
And fuel the Envy that powers his "gift" he got from the same- to the point that even Envy's IMPRESSED at the results.
He's making other people envy the man he overtipped.
I am not and probably won't be for a couple of weeks, unfortunately! Trying out some different medication though, fingers crossed.
Dapper!
Well, that certainly explains why he took so long to get here.
Huh. You may be right about the German thing. I assumed he was using Nepalese there, as a kind of secret language just about nobody in England would know, and such. But it's easier to believe he'd be using his native language, as you say.
As for the language stealing, of course he'd steal all of the Frenchman's languages. He's a magnificent jerk!
I was going with the assumption <> talk denoted use of a language not native to wherever the characters currently were. Seems to work so far! : ) Interesting question though if they're using Nepalese or German.
Whoaa.
Does anyone else kind of like the villain that Dominik has become? Obviously he's evil, but he does it with an enviable style...
Haha yes. This is going to be FUN.
"Is that gold?"
I'm kind of interested in what that implies.
1) Voss owns the stagecoach and had it gilded. That would suggest the driver is in his employ on a more permanent basis.
2) Voss upgraded someone else's stagecoach in a faux show of generosity to create a larger air of opulence.
3) Voss hired an upscale stagecoach normally only available to royalty, so it would still be rare enough to be a complete shock to onlookers. Except royalty usually own their transportation, so this would more likely be akin to a highest-end limousine service.
It's a bit weird thinking that he'd pimp someone else's ride, but since this is Envy and not Greed he's carrying around, I guess it works.
Whatever works to generate Envy. Seriously. He's fueling the Deadly more thoroughly than the previous ones we've seen in action.
10 points to our good man/villain. If you going to feed a spirit of envy do it in style!
Precisely.
How'd he get all the money? o_O
By utilizing all the stolen talents, of course... Three years of Envy giving him all sorts of things through it's power and him FEEDING the Deadly all the same through their joint actions. This one's going to be interesting and a wild ride. Voss has transformed himself into the ultimate expression of the Deadly in question and he's not just possessed of the Deadly...they're PARTNERS inasmuch one could be with one of the Deadlies.
Dude got himself a haircut.
I want to ask envy if Voss acquired a cunning girlfriend or somesuch. He seems like he's single-minded, but he DID have three years to break some hearts along the way.
Probably wouldn't help now for this year, but the traditional way to ease hayfever is to eat a spoon of local honey every day - which does have a scientific basis in that it helps prime one's immune system against the local pollens in small doses in advance. May be worth a shot?
Everything's worth a shot, I'll try that next year! This is my first summer in the area and I was rather hoping it'd be ok, but alas :( Changed up my medication and that's helped though!
Wait, I thought villains were lousy tippers! I'm so confused...
I see Voss has changed into his villain outfit.
This is going to end soooo well for him