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◊ FRANCESCA "FRAN" SAINT-JUSTE (born Sozzini)[break]
(fifty-height, security consultant, married)[break]
If she was a former squadron member in her youth, Fran decided to switch careers and work as head security after giving birth to Morgane. Demanding at work and with her family, she sometimes was too invasive during her children's teenage years. She always has their best interests at heart and wants the best for her family. Despite being ready to skin anyone who would harm her own blood, she'd never let them win at laser tag or paintball.[break]
• currently busy: trying to marry her son, preparing her retirement, convincing her family that airsoft would be a nice bonding family activity [break][break]

◊ VALERIAN SAINT-JUSTE[break]
(fifty-two, former physiotherapist, mystery author, married)[break]
"Dads are moms' enablers." Valerian used to hear that a lot when Morgane was a teen, but to be honest, he considered himself a peacemaker who didn't want to sleep on the sofa. Always ready to listen to his children and help them, he's most of the time the voice of reason and the diplomat amidst family conflicts. As a doting father and grandfather, he dreams of traveling with his family and just enjoying the present time. After ten years of writing on the side, he decided to focus on his career and publish under the pen name Stanislav J. Autere.[break]
currently busy: writing his next novel, trying not to spill the beans about Clair's will[break][break]

◊ MORGANE SAINT-JUSTE[break]
(thirty-three, therapist, married)[break]



◊ ALIX[break]
(the niece, elementary student)[break]


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three moons

[attr="class","locbody"]valerian version [break][break]

At dawn, when the mist wanes, [break]
the compass carves a trail. Whispers

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hum woes and bliss, names and prices, [break]
shaping the core. A receptacle —

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It rots at each breath. At each step. [break]
At night, when a hand cuts the darkness,

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clair version[break][break]

At dawn, when the mist wanes, [break]
the compass carves a trail. Whispers

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hum woes and bliss, names and prices, [break]
shaping the core. A receptacle —

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It rots at each breath. At each step. [break]
At night, when a hand cuts the darkness,

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[attr="class","loctitle"]     places & habits  

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● BRAIN FREEZE[break]
Brain Freeze, located in the Cerulean district, welcomes players in a cozy and friendly atmosphere. From colorful bean bags spread around coffee tables to large wooden tables, customers can choose wherever they want to sit. Just pick up a game among the 800 or so the bar offers - or ask a staff member -, grab a drink - 5g for one of the alcohol-free cocktails on the menu -, and then choose your spot.
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Every Friday at 8 PM, Brain Freeze hosts quizzes, blind tests, and challenges — come alone or with friends.
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from Tuesday to Thursday: 2 PM - midnight[break]
Friday: 5 PM - 1:30 AM[break]
Saturday: 12 PM - 1:30 AM[break]
Sunday: 12 PM - 10 PM
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clair's habits: while he used to go to Brain Freeze with his friends during his student days, he mostly frequents the place with his niece now. The legend says one team of rookie cops used to take part in the quizzes under the name homieciders.[break][break]

● LUCKY DROPS[break]
Ever since the opening of its first store ten years ago, the chain has kept its strategy: targeting busy students and workers. Besides its regular promotional events, Lucky Drops sell tasty and affordable meal kits that customers can warm up in the stores before eating them there or on the go. Those small 24/7 oases can be found on the ground floor of some cheap apartment buildings or in lively streets.

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● OSCAN GAMES[break]
No one knows who's behind Oscan Games, but who cares? The secret auction house provides the thrill of bidding on rare artifacts, enchanted items, or even people. Sometimes, the presumably dead type. If the place changes at each auction — a former slaughterhouse, an abandoned warehouse, a secluded decaying vineyard, — the set of rules is always the same. The auctions always start at night, attendees receive an invitation a few days before the auction, and they must wear a white mask that fully covers their face and a black circular clasped cape. Anonymity is part of Oscan Games' charms, and the organizers warn that anyone breaking the rules will be taken care of.

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● PAIN PENALTY[break]
Squeezed between a pawnshop and a bicycle shop in a narrow alleyway in downtown Delphi, Pain Penalty can look intimidating with its imposing smoked glass window. If the two-story shop is well-known among the paintball and airsoft players, the second floor attracts another type of clientele. In the workshop, customers can order enchanted bullets and custom-enchanted firearms or place an order for an old firearm's restoration.
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● RAZOR EDGE[break]
Hidden in Vulcan Highlands, this antiquarian bookshop offers a selection of valuable rare books (grimoires, out-of-print, first editions), manuscripts, and incunables from various fields and centuries. Their business doesn't stop at selling — they also restore books and buy them, most of the time to people in need of money, but the owners of Razor Edge use, sometimes, other questionable venues. Like smuggling or the auction house, Oscan games.



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