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Old partners in crime.

Partner in Crime

Tseng is in hell.

Not only is his mentor much younger than he’s supposed to be, but he somehow managed to drag his presumed dead (emphasis on dead; this man should dead) partner back with him.

Shoved into a director’s position until the matter is solved, Tseng has to deal with his boss wreaking havoc.

He had thought reigning in Rude and Reno was troublesome, but these two are just pure nightmare fuel.

It also doesn’t help that Valentine seems to have come back wrong. (Surely Veld would have mentioned if his partner had always been a shape-shifting vampire thing—right?)

OR:

Veld/Verdot (Before Crisis, 2004-2007)

Veld/Verdot is the leader of the Turks in Before Crisis, a mobile phone game released in episodes from 2004. Through the story we discover that Verdot is an old collegue/partner of Vincent in the past: it is a surprise for him to meet his old colleague not aged, pale and with a strange presentation. Ambushed by BC's Avalanche soldiers, the enemies of this story, Veld asks Vincent to help the player fighting these soldiers: then, Vincent helps Verdot finding a materia used to summon Zirconiade, a being that can destroy the world, so that the Turks may stop it. Who put the materia there? Dunno, but whatever the answer is, Vincent knows where the materia is located, he helps us , and then the story goes on. (The materia is then stolen by an Avalanche soldier, but it doesn’t matter for our interests).

This is the reversal of the #5 part of the Compilation: while in that case Vincent is an ally to Avalanche and an enemy to the Turks, this time he helps the Turks from Fuhito’s schemes, this guy being the intellectual force of BC's avalanche: he's great in science and tactical warfare (the Avalanche equivalent of Hojo, basically), and also the antagonist of the game, who wants to use Veld’s daughter, Elfé, in order to summon Zirconiade.

So, what matters to me:

- The backstory: this is one of two times in which we have a backstory for Vincent that is not related to Nibelheim and the horrors behind Shinra Manor’s doors. We discover that Vincent had a “partner” in the past with an alliteration in their name, just like Reno and Rude, and judging by Verdot’s words, he was a good and reliable partner – Reno and Rude, again. Vincent changed, though, despite the appearances: when Veld tells him they should see each other again, Vincent thinks he won’t return home with Verdot, because he has to “atone for his sins”. Don't ask me the reason why Vincent chose to think so, because he could have returned to the Turks and they would have been willing to defend him from Hojo's schemes, they help each oher from many dangers, after all. The answer may lie in the fact that, well, og exists, and he must be found by 2007's avalanche in the coffin, but I admit that a better excuse than "atoning for my sins" could have been chosen, like Vincent being a danger to society and everyone around him. But in the end, Vincent having a friendly face from his past matters, and by the way he doesn't tell Veld his thoughts, maybe not to hurt him. I wish for a closure between the two partners in the future.

- Vincent doesn’t care in factions, he only tries to help people who need him. Be them a splinter cell of Avalanche who wants to save the world or two Turks with the mission of saving the world, he’s just there to save the day. Gotta love his dedication to the job.

Here the episode in discussion as translated by the user Grimoire Valentine in Youtube, and if you're curious, there are all the other episodes released from the game attached to this episode.

Got the 1st part for my TikTok edit ready 💀😭 just a few more to go but anything for Vincent and Veld 😌❤️

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