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* DrowningMySorrows: After Countess Highglider sabotages their attempted exodus Rolas copes by gettin massively drunk, and judging by the complaints about [[HangoverSensitivity loud noise]] the next day so did the rest of the Darktail household.

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* DrowningMySorrows: After Countess Highglider sabotages their attempted exodus exodus, Rolas copes by gettin getting massively drunk, and judging by the complaints about [[HangoverSensitivity loud noise]] the next day day, so did the rest of the Darktail household.

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* AirVentEscape: Attempted by Rolas, but he finds a note from the Red Vixen and a trap waiting at the grille above the lifeboats.
* AlwaysSecondBest: Explicitly invoked by Rolas when describing his relationship to his twin sister, starting with her being born five minutes ahead of him, and then stating, "She was smarter, she was more beautiful, she was more at ease in social matters." At first it doesn't appear to bother him, but later stories reveal he's trying to suppress being TheResenter.
* AMatchMadeInStockholm: Notably the Red Vixen is much more attracted to Rolas than vice-versa. [[spoiler:Until he starts dating her true identity.]]



* AirVentEscape: Attempted by Rolas, but he finds a note from the Red Vixen and a trap waiting at the grille above the lifeboats.
* AMatchMadeInStockholm: Notably the Red Vixen is much more attracted to Rolas than vice-versa. [[spoiler:Until he starts dating her true identity.]]
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* SettlingTheFrontier: House Darktail's plan to escape their torment at the paws of Countess Highglider was to pack up and leave for a colony world on the edge of settled space with all their loyal tenants. Unfortunately their liege lady discovered the plan, and had a certain pirate informed of their trade routes, among other obstacles.
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* DrowningMySorrows: After Countess Highglider sabotages their attempted exodus Rolas copes by gettin massively drunk, and judging by the complaints about [[HangoverSensitivity loud noise]] the next day so did the rest of the Darktail household.
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* ChainedToABed: Implied in the epilogue to "Captive".

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* ChainedToABed: Implied in the epilogue [[spoiler: Suggested to "Captive".be how Rolas spent his and Melanie's honeymoon.]]



* DomesticAbuse: Rolas' sister, Salli, who suffered for two years before divorcing her husband after he was declared legally insane and permanently committed to a mental hospital.

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* DomesticAbuse: Rolas' sister, Salli, who suffered was beaten regularly by her husband, Kev Highglider, for two years before divorcing until he gouged her husband after he eye out and was declared legally insane and permanently committed to a mental hospital.an insane asylum. She has no small amount of lingering trauma from the whole affair.
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* StunGun: The Red Vixen's crew exclusively use stunners.


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* WouldntHitAGirl: At one point Rolas is given the chance to stun his captor and escape. And doesn't take it, stating that he doesn't shoot vixens in the back. Some associated shorts indicate he's worried about becoming like his brother-in-law.
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* InsultToRocks: After the Red Vixen reprograms his AutoKitchen to only produce "prison loaf", which she says tastes like wet cardboard, Rolas decides that comparison is an insult to the disposable packaging industry.
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* GreenAesop: Minor one in the prequel ''Prisoners of War'', set during Foxen Prime's SteamPunk pre-spaceflight period. The protagonists' home nation uses alcohol fueled steam engines for power, and are disturbed to find their Gerwart captors use coal.
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The first book, both chronologically and published, of ''Literature/TheRedVixenAdventures''

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The first book, both chronologically and published, of ''Literature/TheRedVixenAdventures''''Literature/TheRedVixenAdventures''.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Rolas is Not Happy about this]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Rolas is Not Happy not happy about this]]
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* {{Furry}}: Um, yeah...

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* CollateralAngst: Rolas' twin Salli is the victim of DomesticAbuse, but the focus on the story is on his inability to protect her.
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* AscendedFanfic: Started out as an AU of ''Webcomic/{{Terinu}}''.
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* NonIdenticalTwins: Rolas and Salli.
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** To a lesser extent the Highgliders, Kev is simply committed for disfiguring Salli's face while his mother [[spoiler: loses her lands and is committed too, but considers that a victory since it reunites her with her son. They even have enough money to post a bounty on Salli in "Shadow of the Red Vixen" but it's later mentioned that they hung themselves after that failed.]]
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* ChainedToABed: Implied in the epilogue to "Captive".


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* ElectronicEyes: Lady Sallivera Darktail's right eye is prosthetic thanks to her ex-husband's abuse, she can make it look like a natural eye of any color but halfway through "Captive" she turns off the camouflage to signify that she's no longer going to hide what happened.
* EroticDream: In "Captive of the Red Vixen" Rolas has a dream of being BoundAndGagged by the Red Vixen and his current girlfriend, Lady Melanie, who are holding leashes tied to his manhood and tugging it towards them. Also about as explicit as it gets in the series.


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* FantasticCasteSystem: Foxen are divided into Nobles, Commoners, and Military. Though it seems that everyone is required to serve some time in the military regardless of caste.
* FeudalFuture: Foxen society, though the highest level of government appears to be a Council of Countesses and the only noble titles listed below Countess are Viscount(ess) and Lord/Lady.


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* GildedCage: Rolas' cell on the ''Scarlet Claw'' resembles a luxury cruise ship cabin, with entertainment center, AutoKitchen, [[PrisonsAreGymnasiums weights and treadmill]].


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* ImpoverishedPatrician: House Darktail thanks to Countess Highglider sabotaging their infrastructure out of petty revenge. Part of the reason Rolas was captaining their freighter himself, and why his family couldn't pay the ransom.
* InstitutionalApparel: Rolas initially gets the orange jumpsuit during his imprisonment, before his captor decides to start playing dress-up.


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* NeighborhoodFriendlyGangsters: The Red Vixen's crew only use stunners when boarding, only take the cargo and sometimes the captain for ransom, and leave the ship intact enough to call for help. [[spoiler: And even when she starts on her vendetta against House Highglider she allows crews to escape in lifeboats before blowing their ship up.]] Her rival Bloody Margo, as her name suggests, is far more brutal.
* NoMedicationForMe: Inverted for Sallivera, who shows a drastic improvement when she starts on anti-anxiety meds.
* TheNoseKnows: Foxens place great importance on scent. The Red Vixen wears heavy perfume to prevent identification [[spoiler: and Rolas recognizes Melanie as her by taste]].

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A furry sci-fi romance ebook written by Royce Day, ''Captive of the Red Vixen'' follows the adventures of Lord Rolas Darktail, a Foxen noble captured by a SpacePirate known as the Red Vixen. She holds him for a fat ransom and then finds herself at a loss as to what to do with him when his family refuses to pay up. Followed up by ''Shadow of the Red Vixen'', which follows the story of Rolas' sister Sallivera, as she tries to have a vacation for the first time since her divorce, with her bodyguard Ali tagging along, and ''Shadow of Her Sins'' in which Ali has to deal with some issues from her past.

''I Fought the Claw & the Claw Won'' an interstitial novella set during the events of ''Captive'', follows the adventures of Marty Greycoat, a mercenary pilot who is also captured by the Red Vixen while trying to defend a freighter she attacks.

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A furry sci-fi romance ebook written by Royce Day, ''Captive of the Red Vixen'' follows the adventures of Lord Rolas Darktail, a Foxen noble captured by a SpacePirate known as the Red Vixen. She holds him for a fat ransom and then finds herself at a loss as to what to do with him when his family refuses to pay up. Followed up by ''Shadow of the Red Vixen'', which follows the story of Rolas' sister Sallivera, as she tries to have a vacation for the up.

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first time since her divorce, with her bodyguard Ali tagging along, book, both chronologically and ''Shadow published, of Her Sins'' in which Ali has to deal with some issues from her past.

''I Fought the Claw & the Claw Won'' an interstitial novella set during the events of ''Captive'', follows the adventures of Marty Greycoat, a mercenary pilot who is also captured by the Red Vixen while trying to defend a freighter she attacks.
''Literature/TheRedVixenAdventures''



* ActionGirl: Sallivera's bodyguard, Alinadar.
* AdrenalineMakeover: Salli gets one when she sets out to rescue her own bodyguard after they're attacked by space pirates.

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* ActionGirl: Sallivera's bodyguard, Alinadar.
* AdrenalineMakeover: Salli gets one when she sets out to rescue her own bodyguard after they're attacked
AirVentEscape: Attempted by space pirates.Rolas, but he finds a note from the Red Vixen and a trap waiting at the grille above the lifeboats.



* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Salli combines this with an epic TheReasonYouSuckSpeech when she's finally rescued by [[spoiler: Melanie]].
-->'''Salli:''' One, for interfering in my damned vacation. Two for playing Meddling Auntie with my personal life. Three, for making Rolas wear that ridiculous outfit...



* BodyguardCrush: Alinadar falls ''hard'' for Salli once she starts protecting the noblevixen.
* BrokenBird: Salli at the start of ''Captive''. She gets better, though she still suffers from depression and panic attacks when off her meds.
* CantSpitItOut: Alinadar's whole problem while working for [[spoiler: the Red Vixen]], as Marty points out.
* ColdBloodedTorture: What happens to [[spoiler: Alinadar]] (offscreen thankfully) after she's captured.
* CuteBruiser: Ali.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Ali and Salli both.



* FingerlessGloves: Ali sports a pair with lead weights sewn into the backs for use in an OffhandBackhand.



* HonorBeforeReason: Why Lu arrested his sister [[spoiler: Ali]] after searching for her for twenty years.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Marty points out to [[spoiler: Alinadar]] that trying to help the pirates who captured him doesn't make much sense.
* JerkassHero: Marty in ''I Fought the Claw'', given his perfect willingness to betray the Red Vixen.

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* HonorBeforeReason: Why Lu arrested HostageVideo: Rolas makes one to his sister [[spoiler: Ali]] after searching for her for twenty years.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Marty points out to [[spoiler: Alinadar]] that trying to help the pirates who captured him doesn't make much sense.
* JerkassHero: Marty in ''I Fought the Claw'', given his perfect willingness to betray
parents when first kidnapped by the Red Vixen.



* KickTheDog: Bloody Margo, almost committing it literally when she kicks Salli while the latter is already bound to a chair.
* MadeASlave: [[spoiler: Alinadar]] after she was rescued by the [[spoiler: Red Vixen]]. ItMakesSenseInContext.
* NeverFoundTheBody: What keeps Lu searching for [[spoiler: Ali]], after the rest of their family was murdered.



* OneHeadTaller: Salli to Ali

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* OneHeadTaller: Salli PettingZooPeople: Foxen, an alien race that resemble humanoid foxes.
* PirateGirl: The Red Vixen, naturally, and her far more brutal rival Bloody Margo.
* PoweredArmor: Used by the Red Vixen's boarders, part of how they're confident enough
to Alionly fire stunners.



* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: Lady Melanie.



* SlaveCollar: In SotRV, Alinadar wears a silver choker made of interwoven chains to symbolize her ownership by [[spoiler: the Red Vixen]].
* SpacePatrol: Lu's employer.



* WhatTheHellHero: Salli calls out [[spoiler: Melanie]] and punches her in the nose after finding out she'd [[spoiler: enslaved Alinadar in her persona as the Red Vixen]].
* WouldHurtAChild: Bloody Margo and [[spoiler: Ali]].

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* WhatTheHellHero: Salli calls out SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: "No. No, of course not. Lady Melanie Lovejoy has nothing to do with the Red Vixen."
* ThereAreNoTherapists: On Foxen Prime anyways, foxens are supposedly more mentally stable on average than humans so they have very little experience helping those who do develop mental illnesses, House Darktail has to import a psychologist from Earth to help Salli.
* VillainousBreakdown: Countess Highglider becomes explosively unhinged towards the end of "Captive" in the end ranting that the Council of Countesses are commoner sympathizers and how she wants her son back,
[[spoiler: Melanie]] and punches in front of the entire Council, who unanimously vote to have her in committed to the nose after finding out she'd [[spoiler: enslaved Alinadar in same asylum where her persona as son was incarcerated.]]
* WeWillSpendCreditsInTheFuture: Rolas' ransom was to the amount of 5 million GSA credits.
* WigDressAccent: Or in
the Red Vixen]].
* WouldHurtAChild: Bloody Margo
Vixen's case colored contacts, fur dye, heavy perfume, and [[spoiler: Ali]].
less clothing than her civilian alter ego.
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* BrokenBird: Salli at the start of ''Captive''. She gets better, though she still suffers from depression and panic attacks when off her meds.
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* FingerlessGloves: Ali sports a pair with lead weights sewn into the backs for use in an OffhandBackhand.
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* HonorBeforeReason: Why Lu arrested his sister [[spoiler: Ali]] after searching for her for twenty years.


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* SpacePatrol: Lu's employer.
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* WouldHurtAChild: Bloody Margo and [[Ali]].

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* KickTheDog: Bloody Margo, almost committing it literally when she kicks Salli while the latter is already bound to a chair.



* NeverFoundTheBody: What keeps Lu searching for [[spoiler: Ali]], after the rest of their family was murdered.



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* CuteBruiser: Ali.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Ali and Salli both.


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* OneHeadTaller: Salli to Ali
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''I Fought the Claw & the Claw One'' an interstitial novella set during the events of ''Captive'', follows the adventures of Marty Greycoat, a mercenary pilot who is also captured by the Red Vixen while trying to defend a freighter she attacks.

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''I Fought the Claw & the Claw One'' Won'' an interstitial novella set during the events of ''Captive'', follows the adventures of Marty Greycoat, a mercenary pilot who is also captured by the Red Vixen while trying to defend a freighter she attacks.
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A furry sci-fi romance ebook written by Royce Day, ''Captive of the Red Vixen'' follows the adventures of Lord Rolas Darktail, a Foxen noble captured by a SpacePirate known as the Red Vixen. She holds him for a fat ransom and then finds herself at a loss as to what to do with him when his family refuses to pay up. Followed up by ''Shadow of the Red Vixen'' (SotRV), which follows the story of Rolas' sister Sallivera, as she tries to have a vacation for the first time since her divorce.

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A furry sci-fi romance ebook written by Royce Day, ''Captive of the Red Vixen'' follows the adventures of Lord Rolas Darktail, a Foxen noble captured by a SpacePirate known as the Red Vixen. She holds him for a fat ransom and then finds herself at a loss as to what to do with him when his family refuses to pay up. Followed up by ''Shadow of the Red Vixen'' (SotRV), Vixen'', which follows the story of Rolas' sister Sallivera, as she tries to have a vacation for the first time since her divorce.
divorce, with her bodyguard Ali tagging along, and ''Shadow of Her Sins'' in which Ali has to deal with some issues from her past.



* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: Lady Melanie, at least publically.

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* Can'tSpitItOut: Alinadar's whole problem while working for [[spoiler: the Red Vixen]], as Marty points out.

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* Can'tSpitItOut: CantSpitItOut: Alinadar's whole problem while working for [[spoiler: the Red Vixen]], as Marty points out.

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A furry sci-fi romance ebook written by Royce Day, ''Captive of the Red Vixen'' follows the adventures of Lord Rolas Darktail, a Foxen noble captured by a SpacePirate known as the Red Vixen. She holds him for a fat ransom and then finds herself at a loss as to what to do with him when his family refuses to pay up.

Followed up by ''Shadow of the Red Vixen'' (SotRV), which follows the story of Rolas' sister Sallivera, as she tries to have a vacation for the first time since her divorce.

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A furry sci-fi romance ebook written by Royce Day, ''Captive of the Red Vixen'' follows the adventures of Lord Rolas Darktail, a Foxen noble captured by a SpacePirate known as the Red Vixen. She holds him for a fat ransom and then finds herself at a loss as to what to do with him when his family refuses to pay up.

up. Followed up by ''Shadow of the Red Vixen'' (SotRV), which follows the story of Rolas' sister Sallivera, as she tries to have a vacation for the first time since her divorce.divorce.

''I Fought the Claw & the Claw One'' an interstitial novella set during the events of ''Captive'', follows the adventures of Marty Greycoat, a mercenary pilot who is also captured by the Red Vixen while trying to defend a freighter she attacks.


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* Can'tSpitItOut: Alinadar's whole problem while working for [[spoiler: the Red Vixen]], as Marty points out.


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* JerkassHasAPoint: Marty points out to [[spoiler: Alinadar]] that trying to help the pirates who captured him doesn't make much sense.
* JerkassHero: Marty in ''I Fought the Claw'', given his perfect willingness to betray the Red Vixen.
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A furry sci-fi romance ebook written by Royce Day, ''Captive of the Red Vixen'' follows the adventures of Lord Rolas Darktail, a Foxen noble captured by a SpacePirate known as the Red Vixen. She holds him for a fat ransom and then finds herself at a loss as to what to do with him when his family refuses to pay up.

Followed up by ''Shadow of the Red Vixen'' (SotRV), which follows the story of Rolas' sister Sallivera, as she tries to have a vacation for the first time since her divorce.
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* ActionGirl: Sallivera's bodyguard, Alinadar.
* AdrenalineMakeover: Salli gets one when she sets out to rescue her own bodyguard after they're attacked by space pirates.
* AMatchMadeInStockholm: Notably the Red Vixen is much more attracted to Rolas than vice-versa. [[spoiler:Until he starts dating her true identity.]]
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Salli combines this with an epic TheReasonYouSuckSpeech when she's finally rescued by [[spoiler: Melanie]].
-->'''Salli:''' One, for interfering in my damned vacation. Two for playing Meddling Auntie with my personal life. Three, for making Rolas wear that ridiculous outfit...
* {{Badass}}: Rolas and the Red Vixen both.
* BerserkButton: Do ''not'' attempt to harm a vixen in Rolas' presence.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Lady Melanie [[spoiler:who is secretly the Red Vixen]], and Sallivera [[spoiler: who beats a pirate to death with an iron bar while rescuing Alinadar]].
* BodyguardCrush: Alinadar falls ''hard'' for Salli once she starts protecting the noblevixen.
* ColdBloodedTorture: What happens to [[spoiler: Alinadar]] (offscreen thankfully) after she's captured.
* {{Determinator}}: At one point Rolas charges across an open field to attack a sniper who had [[spoiler: just shot Lady Melanie]] barely slowing down when he's shot in the arm.
* DomesticAbuse: Rolas' sister, Salli, who suffered for two years before divorcing her husband after he was declared legally insane and permanently committed to a mental hospital.
* EvilMatriarch: Countess Highglider, mother to Salli's ex-husband, who persecute's Rolas and Salli's family for getting her son committed.
* GoGoEnslavement: Rolas is forced by the Red Vixen to parade around in tight suede shorts and leather cuffs when the Red Vixen takes him with her to a business meeting.
* KarmaHoudini: The fact that the Red Vixen is responsible for the death of one the crew of the ''Sallivera'' is pretty much dropped after she's seen expressing remorse over it[[spoiler: as Melanie]].
* MadeASlave: [[spoiler: Alinadar]] after she was rescued by the [[spoiler: Red Vixen]]. ItMakesSenseInContext.
* NonIdenticalTwins: Rolas and Salli.
* RailingKill: The only casualty during the Red Vixen's attack on Rolas' ship is a crewman who fell over a railing in engineering after being stunned.
* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: Lady Melanie, at least publically.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Most Foxen nobles spend their time administering their holdings and dealing with the concerns of Commoners in their domain.
* ShirtlessScene: Rolas while he's the Red Vixen's "Cabin Boy".
* ShockCollar: Rolas is forced to wear a collar that will stun him unconscious if he tries to escape his cell.
* SlaveCollar: In SotRV, Alinadar wears a silver choker made of interwoven chains to symbolize her ownership by [[spoiler: the Red Vixen]].
* SpacePirate: That's the Red Vixen to a T.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: The Red Vixen ''loves'' this trope, usually wearing not much more than a bikini and a gunbelt while conducting business.
* WhatTheHellHero: Salli calls out [[spoiler: Melanie]] and punches her in the nose after finding out she'd [[spoiler: enslaved Alinadar in her persona as the Red Vixen]].
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