Line #7 Sandbox/AFKACritRoleMMOAU


1	* BerserkButton: Cassandra really doesn't like people calling her "Cassie", and even "Cass" is a stretch. [[spoiler:The side-stories explain why. In an attempt to manipulate her, Delilah croons, "Cassie, my sweet."]]
2	* BigFriendlyDog: Trinket, a large dog with a nub of a tail that wags excitedly.
3	* BlandNameProduct: The game that the party plays is stated by the author to have been inspired by various [[MassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGame MMOs]], but its working title was [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft "definitely-not-a-warcraft critrole AU"]]. Averted when Vax says he got the twins a mic at a closing [=RadioShack=] for cheap.
4	* ChristmasEpisode: Vex and Percy go to their father Syldor's place for Christmas in "Holiday Echoes".
5	* DarkAndTroubledPast:
6	** The de Rolo siblings. [[spoiler:Their family died in a house fire with Cassandra assuming herself to be the sole survivor for many years. She was taken in by the Briarwoods, who were responsible for the arson, until Percy shows up with a criminal named Orthax and his crew. When the fic takes place, Percy and Cassandra are rich kids living alone in a gigantic house in a big city.]]
7	** Vex and Vax were born into a well-off family but live in PerpetualPoverty because they refuse to ask their emotionally abusive father Syldor for help. Vex was in an emotionally and physically abusive relationship with Saundor, who attacked her. Vax stabbed Saundor and was sent to prison for it. The story takes place when he's out on parole.
8	** Trinket is a BigFriendlyDog who Vex rescued as a puppy, "covered in stitches and peeing on the floor". He is also implied to have been hurt in Saundor's assault on Vex, as she remarks internally that dogs and humans have the same color of blood.
9	* FamilyThemeNaming: Vex'ahlia, Vax'ildan, and Velora Vessar.
10	* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling:
11	** A very downplayed case in Percy (the Foolish) and Cassandra (the Responsible). Cassandra is very driven, business-like, rational even at a young age, and excels at university. Percy is emotional (when he's not being an "aloof tightass") and makes rash decisions, such as flying Vex out East, having sex with her, and then [[spoiler:asking her to leave even with her threat to not come back]]. Cassandra tries to talk him out of it but fails, as the girl has also genuinely come to like Vex.
12	** ''Adopted'' sibling, but Grog is the Foolish and Pike is the Responsible.
13	* FullNameUltimatum: Pike pulls this out by warning Grog as "Gregory," after he makes a dirty joke.
14	* FriendsWithBenefits: Vex and her landlord Jarrett. It started because she wanted a bit of no-strings-attached fun. He's since proven to be a good person, considerate to the twins' PerpetualPoverty and "the amount of shit they put him through", and is trusted enough to watch Vex's beloved Trinket when she and Vax went to the game con. Vex thinks he's a better landlord than they deserve.
15	* GadgeteerGenius: Percy retains this trait from canon, seen in the show fixing Keyleth's costume and showing Vex a video of a hi-tech fursuit he made for a client.
16	* GoldFever: Because of her canonical and in-fic poverty, Vex retains this trait. One of their cupboards is filled with soup cans because she, in Vax's words, "went batshit the last time there was a sale". She has multiple accounts to hoard in-game currency. Her favorite kind of food is free.
17	* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: Cassandra takes Vex out for a shopping trip and tells the latter to back off of dating Percy because she doesn't want to see her brother get hurt. When Vex refuses to bow out and defends her connection with Percy, Cassandra is pleased, implying this might have been a SecretTestOfCharacter to scope out if Vex is just another GoldDigger.
18	* IMeantToDoThat: This is why a boy named Gregory is called Grog, because his handwriting was so bad he claimed he spells "Greg" as "Grog" on purpose.
19	* IronicName: Snowball, a dog at the kennel Vex works at, is a black mutt.
20	* KarmaHoudini: Anna Ripley is implied to be [[spoiler:behind the massacre of the de Rolo family]], but is not mentioned to have faced any consequences. Percy even has her number on his phone.
21	* MythologyGag:
22	** Characters' screen names are canon references.
23	*** Keyleth is Minxie, the name of her sabretooth tiger form.
24	*** Scanlan is [=Lovebard=], a reference to his character being a LovableSexManiac bard.
25	*** [=Vaxildagger=] and [=Vexahrrow=] reflect the twins' weapons of choice.
26	*** [=NoMercyPercy=] is an AscendedMeme nickname for Percy after he unloaded his gun on some enemies (and later became extremely vindictive in his quest for vengeance) - lampshaded by Vex asking if Vax charged extra for Percy's "edgelord name".
27	*** [=GloriousGil=] refers to Gilmore's Glorious Goods.
28	*** [=Angelicpike=] points toward Pike's status as the TeamMom and party patron saint, being a cleric of a SaintlyChurch.
29	*** [=Betterbard=] is Scanlan's daughter Kaylie, who in canon is also a bard that won a music duel against Scanlan.
30	** Sara, the clothing shop employee who helps Vex choose her dress for a date with Percy, is implied to be this universe's version of the goddess Sarenrae.
31	** Vax's parole officer is Ms. Raven, echoing his canon patron: the Raven Queen/Matron of Ravens. Canon Vax got the Matron's attention when he tried to save his sister's life; Vax stabbed Saundor and got out on parole also to protect Vex from an assault by her abusive boyfriend.
32	* NotWithThemForTheMoney: Vex is uncomfortable when people spend money on her - even though she's dirt poor, she has standards. Percy's UnclePennybags tendencies help her loosen up a little, as she does like the luxuries of life, and the enjoyment of them wins out over her pride.
33	* RedOniBlueOni: The sibling pairs of the fic play into this dynamic.
34	** Percy is the Red, Cassandra is the Blue.
35	** Vex is the Blue, Vax is the Red.
36	** Grog is the Red, Pike is the Blue.
37	* ReformedBully: Grog first met Pike when he punched her. He had a neglectful (if not outright physically/verbally abusive) birth family, and hung out with a bad crowd at school. Pike started out noticing he never has lunch, starts getting her grandfather Wilhand to pack Grog a second lunch, and it all snowballed into Wilhand and Pike becoming Grog's FoundFamily.
38	* UnclePennybags: The de Rolo siblings like to spend money on their friends.
39	* UptownBoy: Percy is fabulously, mind-bogglingly rich. Vex (and Vax, and Trinket) live in PerpetualPoverty.
40	* WhamLine:
41	** "I'm sorry, I've made a terrible mistake." After flying Vex out to his city on a whim, Percy enjoys time with her, and they have a RelationshipUpgrade - except Percy's trauma got the better of him and [[spoiler:he pushed Vex away, causing her to leave and not come back]].
42	** "She didn't even [[spoiler:see the car before it hit her.]]" On the phone with Percy after an encounter with Arty, Saundor's annoying cousin, Vex walks [[spoiler:straight into the path of a car]].

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