#gpgp chapter 5

Violet’s first impression of (Possessed) Octavia: “Kinda snobby (what’s wrong with toppings on pizzas?) and a little too invested in this gimmick but let’s see where she goes with this.”

Violet didn’t really like Octavia during chapter 5, finding her way too passionate and intense to talk to about anything regarding the case and zones out if she drones on and on about Cheesar. Violet actually loves history but this focus on Cheesar makes her check out. Again, finds her way too personally invested in this whole thing as the thief only stole the dough, something she was gonna give one of them anyway, nothing else.

Finding out about the possession, she feels really bad for Octavia but also very much judging her for gnawing on the ancient dough in the first place because… why would you even do that? So she figures that Octavia is impulsive but didn’t get much else of a read on her personality-wise before she left. She’s still impressed, in spite of this, that she and Cicero discovered the dough.

It’s a very mixed bag after the possession is taken care of because the interactions were kind of tainted by Cheesar and now she can’t really look at Octavia without remembering this, so any interactions are very stilted or awkward, but she wants to be open to get to know her without Cheesar (especially with Octavia being friends with Cicero again).

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Violet’s first impression of Cicero: “She’s really anxious. Hope this competition gives her some much needed confidence… The news is not helping.”

Violet finds Cicero to be sweet and passionate, but very closed off. Violet had heard about her family’s pizza shop and the reputation, and understands why she would be. Still, she’s impressed by her accomplishments and there are a LOT of artifacts in her shop that she is so curious about. Again, she loves history. So, she knows that Cicero is capable.

After chapter 5? Still thinks Cicero is sweet but has come to realize just how brave she is and the depth of the stress she was under. It definitely has her holding more respect for her holding it together for so long. She is also very glad that, for once, she developed a friendship from a competition with one of the competitors instead of a rivalry, like this is revolutionary for her since she started her business. She also gets to be a nerd about history with her, which is always a green flag in her book.