(note: Vincent’s path is a little different from all the others, as you can only find him on the roof of the school at random, when the door is unlocked. He’ll first appear on the first of October. If you miss him then, you won’t be able to meet him again until the next first day of the month. After initially unlocking his path he’ll be easier to find however as there’ll be more places he might be, though still randomised.)
Vincent Social Link - The Magician 1
Grey Springs High School - Rooftop
You have gone up to the roof. You’re not entirely sure what brought you up here, but when you found the door unlocked you simply couldn’t help but have a look. As you stand outside you breathe in the fresh air.
The rooftop looks as unremarkable as ever. You’re about to turn around and go back down, when you suddenly hear something. Someone is strumming a guitar nearby. You look around, but you don’t see them.
The rooftop looks as unremarkable as ever. You’re about to turn around and go back down, when you suddenly hear something. Someone is strumming a guitar nearby. You look around, but you don’t see them.
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“God dammit…”
You hear someone try to play the same chord progression multiple times. From their frustrated grunts it seems they’re messing up, though to you the music sounds fine. You follow the sound, and finally find the source behind the small building that leads back downstairs.
You don’t recognise the student you find. The scent of fresh air has been replaced with a faint smell of cigarette smoke.
You don’t recognise the student you find. The scent of fresh air has been replaced with a faint smell of cigarette smoke.
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“Whoa. No one comes up here. Why are you here?”
You tell him the door was open.
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“Well, duh. If I don’t leave it open I’m stuck up here. And I can’t climb down with this thing.” He holds up the guitar. Then he briefly scrutinises your face. “I don’t recognise you… What year are you in?”
You tell him, and also tell him your name.
Vincent
“Oh, nice to meet you, Yon. I’m Vincent. Please don’t tell anyone you found me up here. Got a limited amount of spaces to get some peace around here as it is… But you seem cool. You can hang out up here, too, if you want. Just don’t like, talk to much. I gotta concentrate.”
You spend some more time on the roof with Vincent as he explains to you what he’s trying to play on his guitar. He offers you a cigarette, which you decline. He’s a little strange, and you’re certain that you’ve never seen him before, but you feel a faint bond form between the two of you.
Vincent Social Link - The Magician 2
You’re about to leave the football field after the pep rally finished, until you hear a voice calling for you from under the bleachers. When you look to the source of the noise you see a terrifying sight: Two empty felt eyes staring at you from a tattered looking wolves’ head. The Grey Wolves mascot. Why would he be calling for you…?
You try to talk to him through the bleachers, but the mascot shakes his head. He points for you to join him underneath. You sigh and awkwardly climb through. You feel a little stupid but your curiosity of who’s inside the suit has gotten the better of you.
You look at him expectantly. For a moment he tries to talk through the suit, but his voice is too muffled. Finally the mascot removes his head, revealing a red-faced Vincent underneath. His dark brown hair is sticking out wildly where it is not stuck to his face.
You try to talk to him through the bleachers, but the mascot shakes his head. He points for you to join him underneath. You sigh and awkwardly climb through. You feel a little stupid but your curiosity of who’s inside the suit has gotten the better of you.
You look at him expectantly. For a moment he tries to talk through the suit, but his voice is too muffled. Finally the mascot removes his head, revealing a red-faced Vincent underneath. His dark brown hair is sticking out wildly where it is not stuck to his face.
Vincent
“It’s me. Please don’t think less of me for, you know, this.” He gestures at his body.
You say you don’t, which is true, though it’s a little hard to accept that the mascot you saw prancing around the field moments earlier is the elusive Vincent Mason.
Vincent
“Cool. Sorry for dragging you under here, but I’m dying for a cig so I was wondering if I could bum one off you?”
You tell him you don’t smoke. He looks shocked.
Vincent
“What? I thought that was why you went up to the roof. I thought you got flustered cos I was there, or something.”You say that doesn’t make sense, why would you get embarrassed at finding another smoker up there? Vincent bites the inside of his lower lip and averts his eyes briefly.
“Ok so when I first saw you I thought you were gonna try to get a cig off me and I was not gonna give you one. I just... kind of assumed you smoked after that.” He sighs. “Guess I gotta get back to the locker room and get my own.”
You ask him why he’s hiding under the bleachers.
Vincent
“Cos this is super embarrassing and I hate being the mascot. And also I’ll get suspended again if they see me smoke on school grounds. My mom threatened to kick me out if that happened again, so I’m trying to behave. And by behave I mean hide.”
It suddenly makes sense to you why you’d never seen Vincent before until he decided he wanted you to see him.
He puts the wolf’s head back on, his tired looking eyes disappearing once again behind the ripped felt ones. He gives you a falsely chipper wave before helping you out of the bleachers. You have a feeling you probably shouldn’t stick around to see how Vincent gets out himself.
He puts the wolf’s head back on, his tired looking eyes disappearing once again behind the ripped felt ones. He gives you a falsely chipper wave before helping you out of the bleachers. You have a feeling you probably shouldn’t stick around to see how Vincent gets out himself.