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Vi going back down to Viktor's old commune/her old home and replanting crops to remember the taste of the fruit she had. Opening a soup kitchen with Jericho for the workers and displaced kids rebuilding Zaun. People all over come by for cheap warm filling meals

Vi finds it tough to adjust to how *soft* and plush the carpeting and the beds are in the Kiramman mansion that she crept out of bed to sleep on the floor or her back to the wall. Caitlyn somehow finds her way in the dark and makes a little nest with her with some blankets

Vi has restless days she skips the sidewalks and promenade routes in Piltover and parkours all over the rooftops until her feet gives out, then she drops down to pick up some pastries and trudges back to the Kiramman gardens to nap under the pavillion with the family hunting dogs

Vi still finds time to slip back into Zaun and with Ekko's help teaches kids boxing and reading and plays with them until the sun goes down. She takes some old metal scraps and builds a playground so they can learn how to parkour safely

Caitlyn takes Vi out to see a forest and a flower field where she finds a patch of violets in the wild. Vi learns rabbits exist, discovers the fine practice of picnics and charcuterie, gains an unhealthy curiosity for mountain climbing, and finds how cold the ocean breeze is

Inspired from her visit to the forest, Vi tries to grow gingko trees wherever she could plant them just like the one in the firelights hideout only to learn they take a year just to grow 1-2 feet. Unbeknownst to Zaun, over the years the saplings evolve to clear more of the Grey

Once all the local Piltovan boxing clubs stopped issuing rematches because Vi had been an absolute menace in the ring, she drags her gauntlets into a makeshift workshop and picks up basic repair tips from Ekko. She spars frequently with Sevika, and they begrudingly start bonding

Vi's not friends with the pitfighters she fought, but learns they fell on hard times and were scraping by. Sevika and Vi start up a new sport where everyone gets paid a decent wage to play as characters in scripted fights - gamblers didn't know at first but later stopped caring

The sport becomes a hot tourist attraction in Zaun, reenactments of old battles are popular with Piltovans who funnel money to keep them running. Zaunite inventors develop wireless audio communication and now fights are broadcast live between cities for those tuning in

Thanks to the invention of radio and surround sound, new Zaunite artists are introduced to Piltovan society by way of live concerts and increased imported vinyl sales. A new artist named Seraphine makes her way to Caitlyn's ears because of a tune Vi was humming and she is a Fan

Vi is extremely Not Used to the idea of having more money of her own than she can do with so Caitlyn sits her down and explains Investing. When Vi squints at her, Caitlyn reveals having already withdrawn family funding to the enforcers for allowing Noxian spies in their ranks

Vi takes the money she earned through the joint venture with Sevika and vinyl manufacturing publishers and expands community building efforts in Zaun: starting with abolishing child labour and funding small schools, housing, and medical clinics in the Lanes

Vi's good faith investments in Sevika's underground network of inventors, mechanics and engineers help them find work in Piltover. Shoolah becomes emotionally invested in Zaun's cultural growth and establishes an educational exchange program to improve diplomatic relations

Zaunite youths start painting Vi's visage alongside old murals of Jinx and Vander. They chose one day of the year to fire choreographed explosions of pink and blue fireworks along the edge of the river. The elders in the lanes are hesitant to partake but celebrate anyway

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maybe i'll come up with more headcanons in the meantime but for now enjoy these ones

Mel and Caitlyn develop their friendship writing letters to one another, mourning lost parents and attempting to make amends. Ambessa's desperation to acquire hextech had derailed Mel's prior plans for diplomacy, plans that now involve Caitlyn's participation as one who upholds Piltovan ethos.

When asked about Singed, Mel tells Caitlyn he had reappeared under the protection of another Noxian leader who wants his bioweaponry for conquest

In her capacity as the scion of House Kiramman, Caitlyn is given the title of Inquisitor to facilitate her new duties as the investigative and auditory arm of the council. She has her choice of candidates for the Piltovan Wardens but vets them with far more scrutiny and keeps her group small and tight. Steb is among the first volunteers.

Caitlyn during the post Noxian attack does her best to reunite the lost families who have been separated during the evacuation. For those who have lost everything, Caitlyn uses her fortune to commission the construction of a community for the old and the young to live together in a neutral zone in Piltover.

Combined with Shoolah's cultural exchange program and new health and labour regulations Sevika wrangled from the scions of the council, this community became the new basis for Piltover and Zaun co-existing and elevating Zaunites to a socio-economic parity to PIltovans

Ever the recovering workaholic, Caitlyn finds herself dragged from her desk for late night meals and snuggles with Vi, who at this point has developed decent culinary skills and an acquired taste for strong aromatic teas. She never denies Vi any small pleasure or indulgence, quietly dreaming of a world where more people like Vi could live and love freely. With Vi, she rekindles her love of nature and makes an effort to take Vi on small vacations away from the cities. With their dogs of course.

Vi for her part, has silently come to terms with her grief and spends her waking moments nurturing her love for Caitlyn and building new friendships where she could in memory of Loris. Something about her brief stay in Viktor's commune after her pitfighting days made her feel like recreating the safe spaces Vander raised his adoptive family.

Vi finds Isha's mining hat in the wreckage of the commune and buries it by her old home where she remembered her playing by the puddles with Jinx. Sevika eventually hears about it from Vi one night while sharing a bottle of whiskey and makes the trip down to pay her respects once a year. She'd never admit Isha made her a little soft, but she'll never forget how much Isha believed in Jinx and the hope that inspired Zaun.

Caitlyn and Ekko have a strained conversation about moving forward that nearly dissolved without Vi acting as a buffer. The hexcore corruption may have disappeared and the Firelights community saved, but the runoff from Piltover and Zaun's rampant industrialization on top of enforcer and gang violence are still core issues.

Caitlyn immediately hyperfocuses weeding out corruption among the enforcers by stripping them of their duties and reassigning them to the post war reconstruction effort under Sevika and Shoolah - who have no qualms rehabilitating them. They are never let back in to any positions of government in Piltover.

With Mel's help and a lot of politicking, there is an amendment to the Ethos which Piltover was founded, to hold the council accountable to their endeavors so there will never be another Jinx, or need of martial law.

Sevika and Caitlyn take great pains to remind the council it is thanks to Zaun that they and PIltover are still standing. Should they fail, Caitlyn tells them not only Hextech cannot be mass manufactured or developed, but they are in a delicate political situation with Noxus. Piltover will not survive another coup, let alone another terrorist attack. Not even the new Medarda scion will be able to save them. Piltover has to change the nature of its parasitic relationship with Zaun to that of a symbiotic one.

Ekko takes Heimerdinger's lessons to heart to find ways to eliminate or repurpose industrial waste; he develops a new clean biofuel to replace shimmer use as well as a weather resistant brick and mortar like material made of compacted trash to repair failing structures and build new homes for Zaunites.

Ekko's new inventions help create dams to filter industrial runoff and make the river waters safe for drinking once more. Any rainwater is also thoroughly filtered and treated for toxins. He, Sevika and Vi spearhead new efforts in agriculture on both land and sea, discovering culinary uses for algae and enabling fish husbandry for the first time in Zaun.

Miffed but inspired by Ekko's genius, Piltovan scholars and crafters worked harder to invent new tools and techniques to improve life in society, but not without first visiting Zaun, the new mecca where necessity is the mother of invention. It comes to no surprise that Zaunite resourcefulness has great potential to change the world, so they began contacting the local engineers and mechanics to share what they know and collaborate on the more challenging reconstruction projects.

Sevika, so used to the schemes of gang leaders and survivor bias of Zaunite life, develops a growing faith in the resilience and fundamental good in her people, the same faith Vander inspired in his supporters. Shoolah sees this gradual change in Sevika and the two quietly nurture a slow and loving relationship. News of this development inspire both shock and delight in post war Zaun and Piltover.

On the old ashes of The Last Drop, Vi and Sevika built an inn called The First Glass - the name is still a work in progress. Rehabilitated gangsters established a labour union of their own and were in charge of keeping the place running smoothly. An unspoken law was established that no fighting or shady business was allowed on or around the premises.

Eventually enough of the areas owned and ran by this neutral faction were safe areas for anyone to travel. Any Zaunite in violation of this law was swiftly brought to justice. A street justice of sorts, but repercussions none the less. Even new gangsters knew not to mess with anyone with ties to Sevika, Jinx and Vi.

Young musicians performed at The First Glass every night, art decorated every surface, weary travellers spent their coin on soft beds and great food and drink, the locals who set up markets around the inn got an influx of business and are given a small discount at the bar. One culinary critic from Demacia was so awestruck he gave a rave 5 star review and made the inn one of the top destinations to visit in Zaun.

Copycats jealous of the inn's success quickly set up competing hotels and taverns to accommodate the growing number of tourists who flew by land, air and sea.

Caitlyn had great difficulty adjusting to life without her eye and underwent a stressful rehabilitation while catching up with a massive amount of paperwork and work orders flooding in immediately after the war. She thinks of Vi and her smile constantly as she fights through red tape and stonewalling. Caitlyn plots ways to spend more time with Vi and keeps a list of date ideas the both of them might enjoy.

Vi watches Caitlyn go about her day and tries very hard to do nothing because Caitlyn refuses any help; for every little bump on doorframes, furniture and tiny spills of hot tea, Vi later tugs Caitlyn away from her desk to hold her and gently kisses and rubs the pain away.

On bad days coming home from whatever happened at the council, Vi would always offer Caitlyn options on what she wants to do to blow off steam: sparring, cuddling, or "bedtime". When Caitlyn is angry at Piltovan bigotry, it's sparring. When Caitlyn is stressed over a decision, it's cuddling. When Caitlyn was especially furious at being stonewalled by bureaucracy, it's "bedtime". Working her feelings out with Vi gave her a bit of perspective and some optional negotiation angles to try next time.

On good days, Caitlyn is especially affectionate and giggly, and Vi is all too happy to indulge her. They'd put on a record of something pleasant and soft and then sway to the music in the living room or outside on the balcony just for the simple pleasure of holding each other.

Vi sees how Caitlyn tries to hide her eyepatch with her hair and subtle applications of makeup to distract; Vi holds her a little closer in mornings and evenings to run her hands in Cait's hair and kiss her eyelids, trailing down to her lips and whispers how beautiful she is. Caitlyn stops hiding the eyepatch in front of Vi.

Vi going back down to Viktor's old commune/her old home and replanting crops to remember the taste of the fruit she had. Opening a soup kitchen with Jericho for the workers and displaced kids rebuilding Zaun. People all over come by for cheap warm filling meals

Vi finds it tough to adjust to how *soft* and plush the carpeting and the beds are in the Kiramman mansion that she crept out of bed to sleep on the floor or her back to the wall. Caitlyn somehow finds her way in the dark and makes a little nest with her with some blankets

Vi has restless days she skips the sidewalks and promenade routes in Piltover and parkours all over the rooftops until her feet gives out, then she drops down to pick up some pastries and trudges back to the Kiramman gardens to nap under the pavillion with the family hunting dogs

Vi still finds time to slip back into Zaun and with Ekko's help teaches kids boxing and reading and plays with them until the sun goes down. She takes some old metal scraps and builds a playground so they can learn how to parkour safely

Caitlyn takes Vi out to see a forest and a flower field where she finds a patch of violets in the wild. Vi learns rabbits exist, discovers the fine practice of picnics and charcuterie, gains an unhealthy curiosity for mountain climbing, and finds how cold the ocean breeze is

Inspired from her visit to the forest, Vi tries to grow gingko trees wherever she could plant them just like the one in the firelights hideout only to learn they take a year just to grow 1-2 feet. Unbeknownst to Zaun, over the years the saplings evolve to clear more of the Grey

Once all the local Piltovan boxing clubs stopped issuing rematches because Vi had been an absolute menace in the ring, she drags her gauntlets into a makeshift workshop and picks up basic repair tips from Ekko. She spars frequently with Sevika, and they begrudingly start bonding

Vi's not friends with the pitfighters she fought, but learns they fell on hard times and were scraping by. Sevika and Vi start up a new sport where everyone gets paid a decent wage to play as characters in scripted fights - gamblers didn't know at first but later stopped caring

The sport becomes a hot tourist attraction in Zaun, reenactments of old battles are popular with Piltovans who funnel money to keep them running. Zaunite inventors develop wireless audio communication and now fights are broadcast live between cities for those tuning in

Thanks to the invention of radio and surround sound, new Zaunite artists are introduced to Piltovan society by way of live concerts and increased imported vinyl sales. A new artist named Seraphine makes her way to Caitlyn's ears because of a tune Vi was humming and she is a Fan

Vi is extremely Not Used to the idea of having more money of her own than she can do with so Caitlyn sits her down and explains Investing. When Vi squints at her, Caitlyn reveals having already withdrawn family funding to the enforcers for allowing Noxian spies in their ranks

Vi takes the money she earned through the joint venture with Sevika and vinyl manufacturing publishers and expands community building efforts in Zaun: starting with abolishing child labour and funding small schools, housing, and medical clinics in the Lanes

Vi's good faith investments in Sevika's underground network of inventors, mechanics and engineers help them find work in Piltover. Shoolah becomes emotionally invested in Zaun's cultural growth and establishes an educational exchange program to improve diplomatic relations

Zaunite youths start painting Vi's visage alongside old murals of Jinx and Vander. They chose one day of the year to fire choreographed explosions of pink and blue fireworks along the edge of the river. The elders in the lanes are hesitant to partake but celebrate anyway

---

maybe i'll come up with more headcanons in the meantime but for now enjoy these ones

Mel and Caitlyn develop their friendship writing letters to one another, mourning lost parents and attempting to make amends. Ambessa's desperation to acquire hextech had derailed Mel's prior plans for diplomacy, plans that now involve Caitlyn's participation as one who upholds Piltovan ethos.

When asked about Singed, Mel tells Caitlyn he had reappeared under the protection of another Noxian leader who wants his bioweaponry for conquest

In her capacity as the scion of House Kiramman, Caitlyn is given the title of Inquisitor to facilitate her new duties as the investigative and auditory arm of the council. She has her choice of candidates for the Piltovan Wardens but vets them with far more scrutiny and keeps her group small and tight. Steb is among the first volunteers.

Caitlyn during the post Noxian attack does her best to reunite the lost families who have been separated during the evacuation. For those who have lost everything, Caitlyn uses her fortune to commission the construction of a community for the old and the young to live together in a neutral zone in Piltover.

Combined with Shoolah's cultural exchange program and new health and labour regulations Sevika wrangled from the scions of the council, this community became the new basis for Piltover and Zaun co-existing and elevating Zaunites to a socio-economic parity to PIltovans