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Thankyew kindly, then. :>

There is only one constant toll (aside from money, when I know who's willing and able to give it): Pet the cat.

Bonus points if you bring your own cat.

• A genderfluid private detective who changes presentation depending on which suspect they're talking to. (Yours truly, Mirage Fontane)
  - A mobster involved in the numbers racket who is secretly the detective's trusted contact within the shady organization. (SunAndMoon)
  - Cute, talkative secretary who can and WILL fight you. (Scapegrace)
  - Police detective trying to crack a hard case; he's sensitive and squeamish, but manages to pull through when he's really needed. Also has a tough, grizzled partner whose butt he ends up saving in the big finale. (Neo Skater)
  - Information broker with connections to every shady operation in town, whom both the detective and the mobsters go to for information. (S.M.F., if they agree to the role)
  
  Honestly, I really dig this noir squad. c:

How about being a person with connections to pretty much every shady operation on the city, who the detective and the bad guys go to for information? A sort of information broker, if you will.

Unless 'Dispatch' is an option.

Any suggestions?

SkarmorySilver's submission was very good, as can be counted on. The ending where the wedding card was shown got a laugh out of me, something writing rarely does.

Thoth's submission was rather interesting. I really liked the point of view present in the story and the worldbuilding was pretty interesting. It was also a nice gag.

Valon and Kala's finale by Voyd was rather heartwarming, even though I haven't read any of their missions. Maybe that's something for me to do.

Will post more reviews when I get the chance!

What if Jay and Acacia possess superfast writing powers?

That idea for a partner somehow matches up pretty nicely with some ideas I've been bouncing around for Leo, who if all goes well will be the partner to my self-insert in PPC canon. So it's pretty great!

And yes, I'll take any opportunity to make my heart my greatest weapon.

You're right - no one said this will be a traditional noir. After all, those don't tend to have gendefluid private eyes. :P And if you're willing to take a tough, grizzled partner whose butt you end up saving in the finale, even better.

I could be the real sensitive and squeamish guy who nonetheless pulls through when he's most needed.

Hey, no one said anything about having to follow all the noir tropes.

*nods solemnly* Secretaries who are cute but will fight you are very important in good noir stories.
Would you like to be the genderfluid detective's secretary (played by me), or someone else's?

As I am cute but will fight you. Or possibly just never shut up. One of those. =]

*high-fives back*

You could be the detective's trusted contact within the shady organization. Sounds good?

(Genderfluid high five!)

I mean, I know what you wroughted (wright? wrooten?), I read both it and the discussion here.

But still.

What.

hS

Numbers racket sounds good...less chance of getting shot. *has perhaps watched a couple too many old gangster movies*

I'd like to be the detective's shady friend. :P

(Oh, hey! I'm genderfluid, too!)

Pick a shady trade to be involved in, grab a suit and a hat, and you're all set. Are you going to be shady friends or enemies with the genderfluid detective?

Can I be a shady mobster? Can I? Please?

I've updated the article to more accurately reflect what we have confirmed. The fact that Araeph wrote it originally suggests it might actually have been correct, but I'm still not sure J&A could have created that first mission in 12 days after FotR came out.

hS

I know there already is a PPC noir AU (the PPA, courtesy of PoorCynic), but I thought us PPCers could also come up with a noir AU of ourselves (the idea came from a discussion on the Discord from a while ago where everyone was picking roles in a PPC urban fantasy squad, and from my new fedora, which makes me look like a hardboiled detective from a pulp novel).

So! Aside from genderfluid private detective (role currently occupied by yours truly), we could also have:
- a femme fatale or two;
- tough police detective trying to crack a very hard case;
- shady mobsters (if we're keeping it PPC, it could be a glitter smuggling ring or selling Pink Stuff under the counter);
- lady detectives;
- thieves and grifters;
- cute secretary who's tougher than they look;
etc.

What would your role be in the PPC noir squad?

Club Aujourd'hui is a nightclub in the PPC's New Caledonia city. It's the city's one concession to sci-fi technology: the club consists of a fairly small building on the ground, with a floating 'spindle' overhead inside which the dancefloor is presumed to be located.

I say 'presumed', because the dancefloor itself doesn't seem to have walls, and certainly doesn't have the boring office windows seen on the outside of the spindle. It's a bit of a mystery.

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Lottie's blouse webbing was actually the very last thing I put in. It's cribbed directly from her Wiki picture, and I always intended it to be there - I just nearly forgot about it!

More and more, I'm finding that playing around with light - and darkness - is a significant part of my drawing experience. A quick skim through my deviantArt gallery shows at least ten pictures where the lighting was a significant factor in what I was trying for. Kind of odd.

Now, the natomy: yeah, looking at it now I can see how wrong Derik looks. I think the photo I used had that person leaning somewhat away from the camera, but that didn't make it through to the shading. I might be able to tweak the arm he's holding up; the other one I think should work fine if I do that. His jacket also artificially widens his hips at a casual glance - it all adds up.

I'm glad you liked them! :)

hS

The “PPC from an outsider’s PoV” was definitely something I was going for so I’m glad it works!

Oh, I quite liked this! We've seen so many "new recruit" stories before, but I like how yours grounds the story in Mira's point of view so well and thoroughly at the start. It makes for some interesting observations of HQ, like the alphabet and cultural tics, that we often take for granted. Well done!

As for your question about the Wiki: the nice thing about Wikis is that we can change them throughout an agent's life to reflect changes. So I would give the department as DMS for now, and change the infobox once Mira gets transferred.

—doctorlit looks forward to finding out what Frodo Mira has got in her pocket