#quinn smith

paracosm // phantasmagoria [crossfire] || an introduction

Classic detective fiction expect incredibly gay enemies to lovers shit, angry make outs kinda vibe yk

Left:

Thomas (Tommy) Owens

-32

-6’6

-Bi, He/Him

-Grump

-Private detective

-Has an ex wife named Cassandra

-Definition of burnout

-looking for the criminal known as “The Midnight Masochist”

bottom

Right:

Quinn Smith

-27

-5’2

-Queer (unlabelled) He/Him

-h o e

-Is “The Midnight Masochist”

-Long list of crimes. l o n g

In 2011 Daniel Hayward & Lucille Myers got divorced on account of Lucille cheating. This caused a lot of turmoil with their son, Simon, who was 12 at the time. Through some events I'm not 100% sure on yet, Simon gets possessed by Alxar (well, a Demon sent by him, but lbr everyone's just gonna say Alxar got another victim anyway). While possessed, Simon attacks his stepsister, Roxy. Things progress with nobody really doing anything since they think he's just 'acting out'. Yeah, that works until he murders Roxy in her sleep. With the Demon taking full control of his body, Simon runs away from home going on a murder spree & somehow falls into the hands of Arcaynis, where the Demon possessing him finally leaves to move on to its next host.

So, that was traumatizing for everyone involved I'm sure. You can forget about Lucille now though she doesn't matter. To the public, Simon just became a serial killer at age 12 & then stopped for some reason. Daniel suspects something more was going on, but Lucille got full custody & barely let him see Simon so, who knows what was going on. Which is why Daniel has been privately looking into the case on his own time (working for Richard, he has a lot more connections than a regular person would). BUT, in the meantime, he became a foster parent, and that's how he met Vincent. I think I talked about why Vincent was in foster care but the tldr is that their parents severely neglected them.

Moving forward in time a lot, Alxar is back (again not really but who cares) in the form of Quinn Smith, who, while possessed, kidnaps both Veronica & Vincent. He plans to cut of Veronica's wings & eat her Soul (she's an Angel) tho idk why he wants Vincent since they only have half a Soul, so it's not like the Demon would get a full meal OR be able to possess Vincent afterwards (Demons can't possess other Demons or Faed due to the lack of a Soul -- you can't control something that doesn't exist).