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In the world of magic, it's more similar to your own than you might think. Hell, what would you expect, if it grew alongside your culture, mimicking your ways, and shaping your society, while your culture shaped it equally as much. Resting under a rigidly-enforced masquerade, the society of magic and magical beings has law enforcement, various magical services, and even governments.

However, you are none of those, you're... special. You are what many would call a detective, offering your skills as both an investigator and a mage to track down anything anyone needs found.

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Sun shines through the blinds of your office, and hits your face, waking you up, reminding you that you are most certainly NOT a morning person. Grumbling awake, you sit up on your couch, moving over to your coffee machine, preparing to make the blessed nectar of the gods that is a caffeinated drink Staring at the magnificent machine, you flip the switch and yawn.


First off, how old are you? (Your appearance remains unchanged.)

> 400, you were born in 1620.
> 200, you were born in 1820.
> 100, you were born in 1920.
> 50, you were born in 1970.
> 30, you were born in 1990.
> 25, you were born in 1995.


Second, where were you born?

>Limerick, Ireland
>Berlin, Germany
>Madrid, Spain
>Seattle, Washington State
>New Orleans, Louisiana
>Miami, Florida
>Detroit, Michigan
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>>1406055
> 400, you were born in 1620.
>Limerick, Ireland

Old is the only way to go.

Also, you should advert in qtg. Do what you can to get noticed.
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>>1406055
>> 200, you were born in 1820.
>Limerick, Ireland

Surly irish detective, here we go!
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>>1406055
> 100, you were born in 1920.
>Detroit, Michigan
If we do a country like ireland or germany the players will just play the mc as an inaccurate stereotypical meme version of someone from that country
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>>1406055
>200, you were born in 1820
>Detroit, Michigan
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>>1406126
I support this one.
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>>1406126
>>1406175
>>1406099
>>1406161

> 200, you were born in 1820.
>Limerick, Ireland

Looks like we're doing Irish detective.
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>>1406140
SUpporting
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>>1406181
But Ath, it's tied.

What happens to the OQ and crusader thing you had going on?
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>>1406184

Dang it anon, I just called the vote.

>>1406193
They're still happening, but I'm trying out new things. See what I want to make a regular alongside FCQ.
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>>1406193
It was 3-2 and he called it before you voted.
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>>1406198
It's been along time since I've seen that raven guy

Anyways, VOTE DETROIT
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>>1406161
Seconding.
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>>1406207

Been here all along.

I started this:
>>1394442

Overwatch should be back Sunday.
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>>1406055

Scratching your head, you briefly think back to your homeland, for some reason.

Ireland. The Green Jewel of the Atlantic. At least, that's what people call it.

They didn't see it when you were there, then. Born twenty years before the Famine began, you were a young man when the Blight first started to show. You remember your fathers' concern when you showed him that first blighted potato, your growing sense of dread as the crops and grass began to die, and your neighbors began to starve. The English, what with their always-unreasonable taxes and tributes, were almost worse than the Famine, taking what scraps that you had left, and brutalizing you if you resisted.

Emigrating to America more out of desperation than anything, you took your younger sister with you as well, although it pained you to leave the rest of your family behind. You simply didn't have enough money for all of you to travel. You made a life here, in the States, and took care of your sister till she was grown. Years later, you traveled back, and discovered that your mother and father had died due to starvation, and you returned with a heavy heart.

Yeah, you don't have too many fond memories of that place. But somehow, you still, deep down, love it anyways.

Letting the coffee percolate, you let your mind wander, again, as you think of your life after Ireland.


What magic do you wield?

>Evocation, you were taught by a Magus of the Summer Court.
>Divination, you were taught by a wandering Roma sorcerer.
>Voodoo, you were taught by a Bayou priestess.
>Warding, you were taught by a Knight-Errant of St. George.
>This and that, you were taught a little bit of everything from a Hedge Wizard from Key West.

What Style of detective work do you follow?

>Noir: Constant, unending investigation. Once you have a lead, you don't let go, and tenaciously follow it until the case is done, or the lead gives you more information. Some see you as that stereotype from black and white films, and for good reason.
>Sherlock: Able to deduce the largest clue from the smallest detail, you constantly astonish others with your brilliant flashes of insight. Observation and deduction are your bywords.
>Hardy: Unstoppable in your pursuit of the truth, you move from lead to lead, investigating each, and bringing yourself closer to solving the case. Bringing all the clues together, eventually, you manage to solve the case by a combination of Noir and Sherlock tactics.
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>>1406348
>>This and that, you were taught a little bit of everything from a Hedge Wizard from Key West.
>Hardy: Unstoppable in your pursuit of the truth, you move from lead to lead, investigating each, and bringing yourself closer to solving the case. Bringing all the clues together, eventually, you manage to solve the case by a combination of Noir and Sherlock tactics.
Good basics should help with a wider range of things.
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>>1406348
>This and that, you were taught a little bit of everything from a Hedge Wizard from Key West.
>Hardy: Unstoppable in your pursuit of the truth
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>>1406364
Best detective.
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>>1406348
>This and that, you were taught a little bit of everything from a Hedge Wizard from Key West.
>Hardy: Unstoppable in your pursuit of the truth, you move from lead to lead, investigating each, and bringing yourself closer to solving the case. Bringing all the clues together, eventually, you manage to solve the case by a combination of Noir and Sherlock tactics.
Perfect
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>>1406348
>>Evocation, you were taught by a Magus of the Summer Court.
>Hardy: Unstoppable in your pursuit of the truth, you move from lead to lead, investigating each, and bringing yourself closer to solving the case. Bringing all the clues together, eventually, you manage to solve the case by a combination of Noir and Sherlock tactics.
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>>1406360
>>1406364
>>1406379
>>1406397


>This and that, you were taught a little bit of everything from a Hedge Wizard from Key West.
>Hardy: Unstoppable in your pursuit of the truth, you move from lead to lead, investigating each, and bringing yourself closer to solving the case. Bringing all the clues together, eventually, you manage to solve the case by a combination of Noir and Sherlock tactics.

>Writing
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>>1406450
>>1406379
>>1406364
>>1406360
You guys realize we have to be as Columbo as possible yea?
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>>1406369
>>1406489
You bet we do
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>>1406497
Truly we anons have patrician taste. Also, who doesn't love cigars?
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>>1406489
Absolutely.
Maby even get a glass eye.
>>1406497
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>>1406506
Then we can become Odin! Brilliant! Personally I just love the idea of us acting so unassuming and quirky, but it could all be an act. I once played in a dnd game where I convinced everyone I was an extremely weak and sickly wizard. I was a sorceror.
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>>1406559
That was an act Columbo put on, just bothered the people enough to make them slip up.
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>>1406563
Exactly! Anything to give us an edge. I really like that.
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>>1406348

You had been a detective in Boston for years before you first got your first taste of the supernatural. It was on a vacation in Key West with your sister, a chance to get away from the hustle and bustle of city life, where you met your mentor.

He was a loud, drunken Scottish man with a shotgun in Key West, and he kept shouting about a cult and his wee men, so you didn't really take notice of him at first. You had lived here, in America, long enough to hear about the strange stories of Floridians. So you were really surprised when he started to materialize gnomes out of thin air and create firecrackers under your feet.

He chased you along the beach for hours, but eventually, he ran out of energy, and from there, you were able to calm him down, and somehow, get him to teach you. After two weeks of practicing how to make gnomes, he eventually taught you various other, "lesser" as he called them, tricks, such as creating a magical flashbang, storing small items in a "pocket dimension" (in your pants pockets,) magically locking and reinforcing doors, and muffling your own sound. You learned more, of course, but those are the ones that stood out the most, to you.

Leaving for Boston once more, you returned to your daily lives, working your (admittedly) quite exciting job for the past hundred years. But that's in the past, now, and you just want your DAMN coffee to finish-

Was that a knock on the door?

Grumbling, and stomping over to your office door, you hear a muffled voice through your thick Ash door, saying,

"....temp.... job....hiring?"

Oh yeah. Someone finally took that seriously. Opening the door wide, you stand, hair mussy, still dressed in your clothes from yesterday, and see...

>A perky and happy redhead.
>A shy dark-haired lady.
>A restless and angry-looking woman.
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>>1406612
>>A shy dark-haired lady.
Mystery abound.
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>>1406612
>>A perky and happy redhead.
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>>1406612
>>A perky and happy redhead.
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>>1406612
>A shy dark-haired lady.
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>A shy dark-haired lady.
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>>1406612
>A perky and happy redhead.
There must be balance
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In an ideal world we could have not one, but two lovely ladies standing outside our office door.
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>>1406637
That would be amazing!
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>>1406637
Eh, QM should just flip a coin.
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>>1406637
>>1406641

So the filthy assistants route, then?
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>>1406641
I know, right? What self respecting pulp detective doesn't have at least couple of dames and damsels?
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>>1406646
Yes.
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Rolled 2 (1d3)

I like that idea, so I'll add it to the dice. Let the wheels of fate guide me.

1=Redhead
2=Dark Hair
3=Both
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>>1406665
Curse you, wheels of fate!
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>>1406665
Aww. Still who doesn't like em shy?
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>>1406665
Looks like shy wins it.
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>>1406665
Ah well, fortune is a whimsical mistress. Still cool of you to include it as an option OP. At least the girl I voted for got picked.
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>>1406612

... A shy, dark-haired lady, standing outside your door.

Jumping up a little, startled by the sudden opening of the door, the lady stares up at you, shrinking back.

"I- uh, I'm h-here for the temp job, I- I can do anything you need, I was an assistant at l-law offices for a year, and b-before that, I w-worked at company headquarters f-for a sh-shipping company, I'm good at following orders, I can..."

She trails off, blushing, and spins around, walking off, muttering, "...bad idea...probably wouldn't hire me anyways...probably hates me... where am I gonna get a job now?"

Staring after the tiny woman in confusion, you blink once. Then twice. Shaking your head, you step out into the hallway, looking after her.

>"You said you were going for the assistant position? Come in, let's chat."
>"Lady, wait, calm down, I haven't barely spoken to ya! I need an assistant desperately."
>"Come back! Please! I can't handle it anymore! So much paperwork, so many calls, please, I need help!"
>Write-in.
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>>1406721
>>"You said you were going for the assistant position? Come in, let's chat."
Calm cool and collected, just like Columbo.
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>>1406721
>"You said you were going for the assistant position? Come in, let's chat."
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>>1406723
Damn right. Seconding this. Also, she's adorable.
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>>1406723
>>1406728
>>1406736


>"You said you were going for the assistant position? Come in, let's chat."

>Writing.
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>>1406721

A bit confused by the quick 180 of the conversation just there, you call out, "Wait!"

The woman halts, nervously, wringing her hands.

"Y-yes?"

"You said you were going for the assistant position? Come in, let's chat."

Waving her back in, you hold the door open for her, and let it shut as she walks through, looking around your apartment/office with trepidation. Pulling out the chair in front of your desk for her, you wait for her to be seated, and then sit in your cheap office chair yourself, listening to the coffee brew for a second, and then lean forward, smiling warmly.

"So, miss, what's your name?"

Stammering, she gulps, and squeezes her hands, and looks at you, mumbling something unintelligible.

Blinking, you cock your head, and say, "I'm sorry, I didn't quite catch that, miss..."

"I'm...A-alex. Alex Wang, sir."

Reaching out a hand for her to take, she accepts bashfully, and blushes, her small hand warm in your grasp.

"And I'm sure you could read the plaque on the door, of course, I'm..."

>Daniel O'Sullivan
>Sean Brannigan
>Seoirse Ó Cuillinn
>Diarmaid Ó Dubhghaill
>Write-in.

"....Detective."
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>>1406846
Sean Brannigan
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>>1406846
>>Sean O'Sullivan Dubhghaill
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>>1406860
This
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>>1406846
>Sean Brannigan
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>>1406860
>>1406875
>>1406884

>Sean Brannigan

>Writing.

Alright, I think I'm gonna call it there tonight, I have finals, and I gotta be on my A-game. Night, all, see you tomorrow night.
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>>1406935
Night again op.
>Sean Brannigan
It's ok, i guess.
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He'd need to change his name several times over the years, right? Maybe Sean Brannigan is his original name, and now he's calling himself a variant of that. Sean Brand or something else vaguely occult.
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>>1406860
Sounds good, +1




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