Vivienne Route

Vivienne's route summary from Queen of Thieves

## Prologue

MC sits in a New York City park, attempting to overcome thoughts of having to move back home to Florida with daydreams of an exciting life. She’s trying to sell her art when she is approached by Nikolai and Elizabeth. Nikolai accuses MC of being a romantic while probing her about her replicas.

On the street, MC notices Vivienne in a jewelry store and follows her invitation in. Vivienne asks MC for her opinion between two necklaces, and MC points out that one of them is fake. Vivienne is impressed and flirts, before MC rushes off to a friend’s gallery showing.

MC bumps, literally, into Zoe. Despite MC raving about the art in the gallery, Zoe remains unimpressed. When they approach a bank of screens, Zoe talks MC into putting her art onto the screen display. MC makes Zoe smile.

Suddenly Jett appears, pouring black sand on the floor around a vase on display. When Jett hands MC a lit match, she realizes it’s gunpowder. Jett flirtatiously dares her to light the gunpowder, which she does.

An explosion knocks out the glass ceiling, and a helicopter appears. Jett grabs the vase and escapes. The scorch marks on the ground are in the shape of a poppy.

Remy appears, seemingly helping MC, who was knocked on the ground in the explosion. Feigning a fear of security asking too many questions, Remy leads MC outside. Remy offers to escort MC home, and when he uses her phone to get a ride, Leon appears.

While getting in the car, Remy pulls a necklace out of MC’s purse - one that Vivienne had been trying on earlier - and he accuses MC of stealing it. She denies it, but he says that people already think she’s part of the Gilded Poppy. Before she can retort, the car drives off.

Police lights flash behind them as Leon drives, and MC remarks to herself how calm he is while maneuvering at high speed through the city. He loses the police in the chase, and drives MC to an airport hangar.

The helicopter from the heist appears, and the whole crew comes out, much to the surprise of MC. She finally figures out that they’re all in the Gilded Poppy. Nikolai reveals that the heist was never about the vase, but was about stealing MC instead. The crew all say that they’d like her to come to Paris to help with their next heist. MC hesitates, and they show her that the police are already looking for her. So, not wanting to get caught and not wanting to have to go back home, MC agrees to go with them, excited for a new adventure.

[Written by reddit user directormmn]

## Season 1

### Episode 1

In Paris, MC becomes conscious of the fact that she has never been to Paris before and is excited, pointing out what she sees. There is banter between the other members of the Poppy, and MC slowly relaxes. She is visibly affected by Vivienne, blushing often and mentally remarking on her beauty and composure.

At their HQ, the Poppy answers MC’s question on how they financed the hotel, and she realises that although they’re coworkers, there’s a kind of camaraderie between them. She notices that they all live there as they slowly leave to go to bed, leaving only MC, Vivienne and Zoe in the living room. Vivienne goes to her room and asks MC to bring her water, praising her when she does, causing MC to be pleased with herself. MC hears Zoe talking, and doesn’t understand what she’s talking about, and Zoe tells her that Vivienne never lets anyone in her room. She leaves and MC goes to sleep on the spacious couch. Just before she falls asleep, MC sees Vivienne dressed in the same attire as when they stole her and watches her leave the hotel. She wonders what Vivienne went to do as she falls asleep.

MC wakes up to Nikolai’s cat licking her face and notices that it’s still dark outside. She decides that she doesn’t regret her decision to come here, and wonders just how many people get to see the Paris skyline at night. She startles as she hears Vivienne’s answer—not many. Vivienne tells her that she had an errand to complete and shows MC her spoils, including an emerald and a pair of earrings. MC recognises that the pieces are handmade and high-quality. Vivienne fastens a necklace she stole around MC’s neck, flustering her, **(CG)** telling her she is glad that they found someone like MC. She tells her that MC is going to help her pull off the jewel heist of the decade. She continues speaking as the episode ends.

[No heart scene available.]

### Episode 2

Vivienne continues to say that she needs MC’s help, who is pleased to finally help the Poppy. Vivienne takes MC to an abandoned train station which has been turned into a marketplace. MC wonders if the wares are legal and is curious to explore, but Vivienne takes her to a stall run by an older woman in a shadowy corner. Vivienne and the woman—Ariana—talk as MC surveys the wares—rows of small bottles. Vivienne and Ariana appear to have a friendly relationship, but the mood quickly turns serious as Ariana gives Vivienne a black tube which turns out to be a pink lipstick. MC realises that Vivienne doesn’t take her seriously and wonders what she has to do to earn her respect. Vivienne pays and they leave.

It’s still dark when they emerge outside and MC asks questions about what just happened. Vivienne tells her that the place was the Underbelly and that it’s refreshing to see MC

participate without reservations. MC tells her that her French is very good and asks if she speaks any other languages, finding out that they have a few in common. She asks Vivienne if they could practise speaking French or Spanish to each other so she can keep a hold on the language. Vivienne agrees.

They stop at a bridge and admire the skyline. MC says that Vivienne has an eye for beautiful things and she agrees, saying the same thing for MC. She asks if Paris has been up to MC’s expectation, who says yes. MC gets cut off by a yawn and blames it on jetlag, and Vivienne says that she wanted to explore the city with her.

***Heart scene (15) - Explore the city of love with Vivienne!***

The sun has risen by the time they get back to the hotel. The rest of the Poppy are having breakfast and there is some light banter between them. Nikolai offers MC coffee and asks if she has a cover story ready. Remy tries to help her come up with something, but Nikolai is still disappointed and MC says that she’s bad at lying, to which Vivienne says that isn’t a bad thing. Zoe mentions that she’s prepared ‘you-know-what’ for the heist, separating MC from the group as she doesn’t know Zoe means. Vivienne heads to bed and Remy and MC finish creating a cover story.

Later, MC goes to wake Vivienne. Hearing nothing, she enters the room. She realises Vivienne is in the shower and notices a plant in a glass container. She finds it familiar and moves to lift the lid, but Vivienne stops her before she can.

### Episode 3

MC tells Vivienne that she wanted a better look at the plant and wasn’t going to do anything to it. Vivienne relaxes and tells her that it wasn’t the plant she was worried about, and MC realises that the plant is a Rosary Pea, which is poisonous. Vivienne hasn’t let MC go yet, and MC is flustered that she’s still half-naked. She lets her go and starts to dress. MC tells her that she’s here for the experience and that she hasn’t gotten completely used to the thievery yet. Vivienne calls her a ‘good girl’, causing MC to blush, and says that she should change that—offering her ‘crime lessons’.

***Heart scene (26) - Let Vivienne teach you a few tricks.***

Slightly embarrassed, MC leaves the room, and Remy appears and teases her for being in Vivienne’s room. They enter the living room where the rest of Poppy are sitting around a table, drinking coffee. MC learns that it was Vivienne’s idea to bring her on for the job. They offer her food and coffee, and MC drinks two cups. Zoe takes a photo of her for fake IDs and credentials, and Nikolai asks her if Vivienne has told her the plan yet—to which MC says no. Jett offers more coffee, and MC starts to get suspicious. Vivienne appears and admonishes Jett, as the coffee is very strong. MC ends up taking hours to get to sleep that night.

The next day, Vivienne and MC go to a restaurant where Vivienne tells her to refrain from speaking (as MC is a terrible liar) and to obey orders. She takes MC’s hand, surprising her, and pulls MC to the bathroom where she pretends MC has a stain on her clothes, using the ruse to distract a woman applying her makeup. Vivienne discreetly switches the lipstick with

the pink one she bought from Ariana and encourages the woman to apply it, who faints immediately. MC notices that Vivienne tends to call her marks ‘darling’.

Vivienne reaffirms that they are thieves, not murderers as they leave to meet a woman seated at a table, Celine du Bellay—a rich heiress. MC realises that they are going to steal jewelry from her.

### Episode 4

MC notices Celine’s flawless skin and nice clothes, and Vivienne says sourly that it’s easy to maintain beauty if you have money. They walk over to Celine and Vivienne greets her, introducing herself as Diana and MC as her assistant. The praise flusters MC. She takes out her sketchbook as Celine and Vivienne talk to seem busy, hearing that the necklace they’re going to steal belonged to Marie Antoinette. MC accidentally slips up, but Vivienne saves her, twisting the truth as she does, which impresses MC.

After the meeting, they meet the rest of the Poppy to eat. Nikolai notices something’s off, and Vivienne says that MC spoke more than expected. She reassures him and everything’s fine, and Nikolai reprimands MC and Vivienne shushes him.

Later, Vivienne sends off the Poppy with tasks and leads MC to the Eiffel Tower. She manages to lift MC’s phone without her knowing, telling her to be more mindful. MC decides to outright tell Vivienne to tell her exactly what to do, otherwise MC will end up putting her foot in her mouth again. MC promises that she can help better if Vivienne lets her in, to which she says ‘that remains to be seen’, and decides to get MC a change of clothing first.

[No heart scene available.]

### Episode 5

Vivienne takes MC to an expensive boutique to buy her new clothes, assuring her that she doesn’t have to pay for anything when she’s with Vivienne. MC is unsure about the clothing, and Vivienne convinces her, calling her ’darling’, and MC realises that Vivienne is flirting with her as if she’s a mark. She tells MC to go and wait outside as she ‘handles’ the cashier.

MC waits, and Vivienne appears, steering her away from being too close to the store. Vivienne tells her that she was distracting the cashier while MC left, and MC realises that she has shoplifted. She reminds herself that she’s with thieves. They spend the rest of the day working on communicating with each other as they continue to shoplift.

Later when it’s dark, they go to an unfamiliar building. Vivienne tells MC that it’s the venue where Celine will be displaying her heirlooms—she doesn’t seem pleased. MC gives her a boost so she can enter a vent in an alley, and Vivienne offers to help her up.

***Heart scene (?) - Catburgle with Vivienne.***

*Vivienne helps MC up and they crawl through the dark vent. MC blushes and is glad that the vent is dark, as the only thing she would see is Vivienne’s ass. Vivienne tells her to meet her*

*at the hotel if they end up separated. Soon, they drop down into an empty room. Vivienne turns on the light, and MC finds that they’re in a room with monitors. Vivienne tells her that every camera in the building is linked to this room, giving her an USB and instructing her to plug it in as she works on another computer.*

*Vivienne directs MC to follow the program Zoe set up, telling her that it will give them access to all the security systems. MC slowly relaxes under Vivienne’s guidance. Vivienne says that it can be confusing if you’re not used to the way Zoe codes, and MC assures her that it will work, to which Vivienne is glad MC has trust in Zoe. MC tells her that the Poppy wouldn’t work with anything who doesn’t know what they’re doing, excluding herself.*

*Vivienne asks her if that’s what MC thinks—that she chose her at random. MC doesn’t respond, waiting for her to continue. Vivienne continues to say that she was watching MC long enough to know that she was what Vivienne needed, but a loud sound stops her from speaking further. Vivienne pulls out the USB as a guard enters, and MC is nervous as the guard is much bigger than Vivienne, but she strikes and the guard collapses. It is implied that she used her ring, as she is screwing a gold cap onto the end of the viper’s tail. MC realises that it has poison in it. Vivienne and MC escape through a side door and into the alley.*

They run for a while until Vivienne stops. She tells MC that she’s a lot of fun, who replies that she can’t tell when Vivienne is playing with her. Vivienne starts fussing around with her hair which got messed up from running as MC grins and fixes it. In turn, Vivienne fixes MC’s jacket and hair. She says that MC is sweet, leans in and kisses her cheek, pointing to her red lipstick and saying that she won’t kiss MC while wearing that shade.

Later, MC finds that the building they cased has more information that expected, which is useful when they meet with Celine again. Vivienne manages to convince Celine that a portrait of her wearing the jewels would be good for the showing, and Celine is excited by the idea. Vivienne and MC end up leaving the place with permission to view the jewels whenever they want.

They have one more meeting before they go home, and Vivienne begins explaining, before she is interrupted when they run into an unfamiliar person.

### Episode 6

The person turns out to be Jace, Vivienne’s friend. Jace gives Vivienne some information and leaves. Vivienne seems stressed, and MC realises that she’s debating how much to tell her, and finally says that the jewels might be fakes from the information Jace gave. Vivienne takes MC to the jewelry shop where Celine’s jewels are currently being held, and that she needs MC’s help to determine whether they are genuine. She says that she trusts MC, who is excited, but worried that the Poppy has no reason to keep her around if they are fake.

Inside, the shopkeeper brings out the jewels and MC determines that they are the genuine pieces. Both Vivienne and MC are relieved, and Vivienne asks if going home was the worst case scenario for her. MC thinks that going home would mean that she would have let everyone down, lost her chance for adventure, and lost Vivienne too. She decides to say

that she didn’t want to leave without completing her wishlist. Vivienne offers to help her complete her list.

***Heart scene (?) - Let Vivienne indulge your bad habits…***

*They head to the Louvre, which is crowded with tourists. MC is ecstatic to be there and drags Vivienne around, sharing everything she knows about the exhibits as Vivienne listens attentively, smiling. MC says she had wanted to see the Louvre since she was a child, but there was never enough time or money, and that must not have been a problem for Vivienne. Vivienne says it was, once, but she got tired of it.*

*They go to see the Mona Lisa, around which is a giant crowd. MC is able to see it for a second as the crowd parts, but Vivienne pulls her to the front so MC can see it without anything obstructing the view. She thanks her and thinks that Vivienne is the only thing that can pull her eyes away from the painting.*

*Vivienne offers to take her somewhere else before heading home. It’s nighttime as Vivienne takes MC to a cafe where they serve the best hot chocolate in Paris (in her opinion). They enjoy the drink in silence, and MC likes that they don’t have to be constantly conversing to enjoy each other’s company. She thanks Vivienne for the day, who replies that she appreciates being around someone as honest and earnest as MC.*

They meet the rest of the Gilded Poppy for dinner outside. The group banters and MC realises that they’re relaxing around her. They discuss the plan so far.

After dinner, Vivienne takes MC to her room at the hotel for more lessons. She had managed to lift MC’s sketchbook, which exasperates MC. Vivienne says she will give it back if MC can take it from her. MC does it, and they tease each other lightly. Suddenly, the playful mood evaporates and Vivienne sits at her vanity, applying her red poison lipstick—effectively putting a wall up between them. She says MC has to be good at doing portraits to impress Celine, and strips off her dress **(CG)**, tongue-tying MC, and asks that she draw her.

### Episode 7

MC mentally admits that she had always wanted to draw Vivienne. She begins with pencil and paper, but gets quickly overwhelmed. Vivienne offers her paints, and says that she has modeled before. Vivienne flirts a little, flustering MC. Vivienne asks if MC wants a closer look, and MC admires her confidence, then Vivienne calls her ‘darling’. MC realises that she’s just messing with her and is vexed. She finishes the painting and Vivienne gets dressed, emphasising that MC wasn’t picked at random. MC leaves.

The rest of the Poppy are present and they tease MC for being in Vivienne’s room again. They then debate what’s in Vivienne’s room and Nikolai says that it’s normal apart from a few poisonous plants. MC gives a reason for why she was in Vivienne’s room. Nikolai asks her how it’s been working with Vivienne, and MC says they get along great. Nikolai tells her to let him know if she’s struggling so he can pull her off the mission, but MC tells him that she’s not a quitter.

Vivienne and MC meet again with Celine at her place for the portrait session. MC finds out that Vivienne sent the portraits she drew of her to Celine as a sample. MC is shocked, but Vivienne seems amused. Vivienne leaves to take a phone call and Celine tells MC that they’re are very cute together—under the impression that Vivienne and MC are in a relationship. MC is worried about what it means for them after the heist is over if whatever is between them is that obvious.

[No heart scene available.]

### Episode 8

Vivienne admires MC’s portrait of Celine. MC voices her discomfort at stealing Celine’s jewels, and Vivienne mentions that she won’t get to keep them and they’ll end up in a vault. This makes MC feel a bit better. Since they know where the jewels are at the moment, MC wonders why they aren’t stealing them right now. Vivienne looks at her with pride and says that she’s finally thinking like a thief, and that it is the ruse that puts them apart. MC is sad that it’s all ending this week.

Vivienne takes MC to the jewelry store where Celine’s jewels are, telling her it’s a practice run. They climb to the roof and MC notices security lasers criss-crossing the room. She holds onto Vivienne who drops them into the room with the help of a rope **(CG)**. She disables the alarm and praises MC. Vivienne completely bypasses Celine’s necklace and picks up a random piece, telling MC that this is to make them grateful that they didn’t steal Celine’s trinkets tonight. MC picks up what she likes, and realises that she is a real thief now. She relishes in it.

It turns out that Celine’s people moved her jewels to another undisclosed location, which is exactly what Vivienne wanted. Vivienne asks MC what she wants to do for her last night in Paris, but MC is fretting over what will happen after the heist is over. Vivienne notices and pushes MC to tell her but MC doesn’t think Vivienne will understand. Instead, she says that

she wants a romantic balcony date for her last night. Vivienne doesn’t have a balcony, but a rooftop and wine.

***Heart scene (?) - Romantic rooftop date with Vivienne.***

*MC agrees, on the condition that Vivienne doesn’t wear the red lipstick.*

*MC and Vivienne gather what they need and on the rooftop, watch the sunset in silence. Vivienne opens the bottle of wine and pours a glass each as she says that she hasn’t stopped to really enjoy the moment as she’s always rushing to do the next thing. She brings out the food—cheeses, a warm baguette and chocolate-covered strawberries. Vivienne didn’t know MC’s favourite chocolate so she got a few of each, keeping the extra white chocolate for herself.*

*MC teases her about having a sweet tooth, and Vivienne interrupts her by putting a strawberry in her mouth. She also offers MC bread and cheese, saying that she misses the local baker when she’s not in Paris. She asks MC if she misses anything about home, to*

*which MC says she doesn’t miss anything. She goes to drink the wine, missing the imprint of Vivienne’s lipstick on the glass until it’s too late.*

*Vivienne gasps and playfully calls her a thief, and MC replies that it’s the closest to a kiss she’s going to get. Vivienne grins at that and says she would if it were a normal date. MC is glad that she’s acknowledging the chemistry between them. MC twists the glass and takes a sip, this time making sure her lips cover the imprint. Vivienne is surprised but commends MC on her boldness.*

*Vivienne says that she doesn’t come to the rooftop often, and almost wishes that the rest of the group could join them. MC agrees, but they appear to come to an unspoken decision: not today, and Vivienne decides it could be something to do the next time they’re in Paris. MC worries about still being there the next time, but is happy to be with Vivienne now. She mentions that she wants to draw it, and Vivienne thinks that MC will do it justice. MC realises that she had been staring at Vivienne, whose gaze was on the horizon. MC decides to draw it next time.*

MC wakes up the next day to slight chaos in the main room. Jett and Zoe are doing some last minute preparations as they get ready for the heist. The others are preparing outside, and MC notices Vivienne is cold and calculated. She brings MC to her room, and she praises her. MC wants to sketch Vivienne as she thinks it will calm her down. Vivienne thinks the MC meant a nude portrait and teases her, but MC refutes it—she just wants Vivienne as she is. Vivienne seems to feel awkward (for the first time) and fidgets, but she slowly relaxes. MC notices that she’s biting her lip and asks if she does that when she’s nervous, but Vivienne doesn’t answer. She’s blushing when MC looks up. MC moves to tilt her head, and then realises the intimacy of what she’s doing and how vulnerable Vivienne must feel.

They are interrupted by a loud knock on the door by Nikolai. Vivienne leaves.

### Episode 9

MC takes a bit longer to leave Vivienne’s room and is self-conscious when she realises that. They go over the heist. Nikolai suggests MC wait in the helicopter, but Vivienne wants her there, surprising MC. MC knows that everything will change after tonight, and she hopes that she really will be one of the Gilded Poppy.

At the venue, MC is uncomfortable around all the luxury. Vivienne fusses over Celine, and Nikolai asks her to dance as a distraction. MC notices that Vivienne isn’t nervous and tells her that she feels better about stealing the jewels now that she’s seen the celebration. Vivienne tells her that belongs with the Poppy more than she realises. MC admits that she doesn’t know if she wants Vivienne or if she wants to be Vivienne, to which Vivienne laughs and says that MC is very honest and it’s a breath of fresh air. She asks MC to dance.

***Heart scene (29) - Dance with Vivienne.***

Jett and Remy provide a distraction for Vivienne and MC to sneak away into a side room to a service elevator. They need to wait for the guards to pass out with a kind of gas before they enter, and MC is getting impatient. Finally when it’s time, Vivienne and MC successfully open the door and steal the jewels, leaving the poppy in its place. Vivienne praises MC and kisses her cheek.

They get back into the elevator again, going up, but it suddenly drops. Calm, Vivienne speaks to Zoe on the comms and tells her to get them out of there. Zoe isn’t able to override the elevator controls and tells them that Nikolai is on his way. Vivienne pushes MC behind her as the elevator doors open to a dark and empty room. They relax and leave the elevator, but a gun is pointed to Vivienne’s head. It turns out that Celine is behind this.

### Episode 10

Vivienne tries to reason with Celine who refuses to budge. She demands the jewels in MC’s hand, but MC refuses, Celine fires the gun, scaring her. Celine just wants the jewels and is willing to let Vivienne and MC leave freely. Celine realises that MC is loyal to Vivienne and points the gun at her instead, telling Vivienne to give MC the order to give the jewels to her. MC puts her trust in Vivienne, preparing for any eventuality, but is shocked when Vivienne tells her to hand over the jewels to Celine. They leave the place.

Back at the hotel, they watch the news report on the theft. Since the poppy was left in place, it has been assumed that the Gilded Poppy stole the jewels, but the Poppy knows better. The group is divided on the outcome: Leon and Jett are focusing on the positives, and Zoe, Remy and Vivienne are upset. Nikolai just says it’s wrong that everyone thinks that they stole it, and that there was a blind spot—MC. He dismisses everyone to take the day off and recover. MC goes to bed.

When she wakes up, reality hits her: the heist is over and there’s nothing to be done. She goes to the rooftop to watch the sunrise and finds Vivienne there. MC says that she was the blind spot but Vivienne reassures that she did her job perfectly and she is proud of MC. Vivienne is unhappy that she wasn’t in control of the situation, which is what her mentor taught her, but MC says that she can’t always be in control. MC doesn’t want it to end like that, and plans to get even.

[No heart scene available.]

### Episode 11

MC attempts to convince Vivienne to try to steal the jewels again. Vivienne asks MC why she’s so determined to steal them, and MC replies that she wants to be one of them. Vivienne is shocked, but hugs her. MC says that they work well together, and Vivienne agrees, for which MC is glad. Vivienne flirts with her and agrees to MC’s plan.

They tell Nikolai the plan, who is impressed and calls the rest of the Poppy back to the hotel. They discuss the heist and Vivienne offers to buy them lunch. She invites MC out with her.

***Heart scene (27) - Go on a snack run with Vivienne.***

Later, MC knocks on the door of Celine’s house. She’s trembling slightly. Celine invites her in and MC apologises for her part in the heist, giving her a reason. She acknowledges that

she was wrong and needs Celine’s help as she’s stranded here in Paris. Celine doesn’t believe her, and MC gets up to leave. Celine says that she knows MC is the decoy and that the jewels are better guarded this time. She reaches into her purse.

### Episode 12

Celine pulls out a poppy and is furious; she had kept the jewels with her. MC, holding the necklace, says that she shouldn’t have kept her valuables in her purse. She took it when Celine turned around to talk to a butler. MC wanted the car keys but found this instead. She tells Celine that she’s still working with the Poppy, but they were going after the rest of her wealth. Celine calls for her security, but Remy and Nikolai show up instead.

They leave and get in the car with an infuriated Celine shouting after them. In the car, MC produces the necklace, Vivienne is ecstatic and kisses her forehead, flustering MC. Back at the hotel, the Poppy looks over their spoils before they go out to celebrate, They toast to MC. Zoe is deciding on the next place to go, and asks for MC’s opinion. MC realises that she’s really one of them. Vivienne leaves early and invites MC.

***Heart scene (29) - Leave early with Vivienne.***

The day before they’re due to leave Paris, MC visits Vivienne in her room. MC wants to discuss the next heist, but Vivienne asks her if she really wants this, to which MC says yes. Vivienne is visibly worried and tells her she’s scared. MC promises she won’t hurt her and Vivienne kisses her **(CG)**. Vivienne says she’s worried *she* will hurt MC. MC faints, the last thing she remembers being Vivienne’s red poison lipstick.

MC wakes in Vivienne’s room wearing the clothes from last night. She sees a flight ticket to New York and searches for the rest of Poppy, who’ve all left. MC is upset and ashamed that they left her after everything. She finds a letter in her pocket. It’s from Nikolai, who believes that she has a chance with them. To prove herself, she has to find them.

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