Tommy and Erika step out into the bistro’s main room. The chatter dies in a hard, sudden hush, and the storm hammers the windows like a warning.
Vinny stands by the exit with Vicky and Nikki flanking him, all three blocking the cleanest path out. Their faces stay unreadable, but their attention lands on Tommy and Erika like a weight.
Vincenzo "Vinny" Capozzi
So this is the part where you walk out like nothing changed?
Victoria "Vicky" Capozzi
Don’t mistake tolerance for approval, Tommy.
Nichole "Nikki" Capozzi
He made his choice. We’re just watching what it costs.
Thomas "Tommy" Capozzi
Tommy doesn’t back away. He keeps Erika at his side and says they’re not hiding this.
The silence tightens, and the family’s scrutiny turns from curiosity into a test, with Erika standing in the middle of it all as the proof Tommy has chosen to bring into their world.
✓ Quest Accepted
Get past Vinny, Vicky, and Nikki
“You are gonna laern to like the woman i love, because we're engaged now.”
SUCCESS (Great Willpower, rolled +0)
Vinny’s hand loosens from the doorframe as Tommy’s words land. Erika is not a passing argument anymore, she is family by choice, and the room has to hear it.
Thomas "Tommy" Capozzi
You are gonna learn to like the woman I love, because we are engaged now.
The claim cuts through the hush. Vicky’s stare flicks to Erika, then back to Tommy. Nikki’s mouth parts in a sharp, surprised breath.
Vincenzo "Vinny" Capozzi
Engaged, huh. You pick a strange time to spring that on us.
Victoria "Vicky" Capozzi
So that is what this is. Not a fling, not a phase.
Tommy’s declaration holds, but it costs him. He feels the burn of every eye in the room, and the storm drives a hard crack of thunder through the windows as the family’s wall starts to split.
“Its not a phase. This blind beauty is the woman that i will soend my life with until death”
SUCCESS (Great Willpower, rolled -1)
Thomas "Tommy" Capozzi
It is not a phase. This is the woman I am going to spend my life with, until the end.
The words land clean and final. Erika lifts her chin beside him, and Vinny stops leaning on the doorway like the floor has moved under him.
Victoria "Vicky" Capozzi
You actually mean that.
Thomas "Tommy" Capozzi
The room goes very still.
Nichole "Nikki" Capozzi
Wait, you brought her here as your fiancée?
Vinny’s jaw tightens, but he does not block the exit again. A crack of thunder rolls past the windows, and the silence after it feels newly earned, and newly dangerous.
Quest Complete
Get past Vinny, Vicky, and Nikki
Attribute Upgrade: Willpower Great→Superb