The (badly made) oc introduction y'all have been waiting for!! A brief overview of my detective universe,,, the 'Galaverse!' Gala's is the mc, of which she has are 2 main 'stories' (imagine like seasons in a tv series) The first and main, is the Bitter Apples case. Set in the early 1970s, the American star Vera Blair is convicted of a series of murders, including the one of her brother Valentino. Despite pleading innocent, no one believes her. Over in London, Gala's (unwanted + unnecessary) assistant Meg receives a case request intended for Gala. Meg is mega excited upon seeing who the case is about, and assumes Gala would be too. She books them a one-way flight over the seas without even consulting G first Upon arriving at a police station in America, the news is thrust upon Gala that she's there on a case to clear the name of THE Vera Blair. Unfortunately for Gala and unbeknownst to everyone else, she and Vera know each other. Well...knew. With lovely past full of tragic romance, heartbreak, murders and dreams, Gala nearly drops the case and swims back to England herself. She's been 'escaping' for years now she does not wanna go back. Admittedly, curiosity does kill the cat so she takes the case (begrudgingly and terrified) since she's Vera's only chance of clearing her name, and escaping the death penalty. To say things are awkward is an understatement. Fortunately, for Gala (not really), the awkwardness between them dissipates after Vera conveniently goes missing! So now she's got a trail of murders to solve, AND track down this escape artist/actress/ex-lover/murderess Think a fast paced and intoxicating murder mystery movie. Saturated colours, dim lighting, fantastic music Full of murder, betrayal, buried pasts and all that kinda jazz. The second 'season', is what I refer to as 1937. It's a collection of cases/short stories following not only Gala as the protagonist, but also the PI Adam Fletcher. Ngl the name is misleading. Despite the name, these cases dont have a set time period (but most are around 1937). Gala's cases are all canonically in the 70's but for the sake of indulging my love of all eras, I'll often shift the decades Okay there is a whooole load more of lore and I haven't even dipped each character yet eek. Okay to give a simple rundown of each char and their role: ➸ Gala: Main detective. MC. My firstborn and favourite ➸ Meg: G's dumb dumb assistant. Might also be a bit dodgy but we'll get onto that later... ➸ Vera: Secondary MC ➸ Adam: Local police investigator that aids Gala in the MBMP case amongst a few others. ➸ Wilson: Another police inspector. He doesn't seem to particularly like Gala or her methods. If there was a 'villain' in the story, it would be him. (except he's actually a misunderstood sweetheart I love him) ➸ Vittoria-Grace: Not to be confused with Wilson's wife VICToria (unintentionally similar name) A fellow member of Eurydice Division and a mathematical genius. She solves sudoku's in 10 seconds and can probably complete minesweeper in about 5 (unrelated but my fastest time in minesweeper easy is 4s and fastest time in solitaire is 40s # ilovegoogleminigames) ➸ Evelyn Starling: A forensic psychologist who loves her job way too much. Also in EuryDiv. She has absolute 0 boundaries with criminals and its a wonder her boss hasn't fired her. ➸ Dr Jung: Speaking of, he's her boss. A rather dodgy psychiatrist who generally specialises in forensics. He 'mentors' Evie except he kinda just lets her loose to do whatever. Deffo doesn't have any bodies in the basement or whatever. ➸ Dr Justin Watson: A plant loving doctor and Gala's university friend ➸ And the other dude who scratch wont let me say the name of? Anyways his real name is James but the inmates call him Skin ner cuz he could lowkey skin you alive. A manipulative but charming prison guard who uses his words, rather than actions to punish. He wasn't actually part of this universe at all at first but I brought him in anyways cuz he fits. There are tons of other characters, victims, side characters whatever but these are my favorites and thus the most relevant :3 Bonus materials: • TH's (includes backstories, more detailed lore, art) https://toyhou.se/asoggyapple/characters/folder:6387115 Oh and my brother's helping me code me a fun lil murder mystery game! (psst if anyone want's their oc featured lmk. Warning you may end up a victim/suspect and I may have to tweak the design to fit the time period) Hehe thank you for reading to the end of my ramblings! Might make an oc q&a post soon where i'll draw their replies. All designs by me except Vittoria, Jung, and Watson who were designed by the fabulous and Song is "I Can't Get Started" by Warren Vaché
