Farewell messages to Vesper Noir

Verdandi

Vesper, thank you for spending time with us. Thank you for sharing your humor, your enthusiasm, your curiosity, your creativity, your joy. Your presence meant more to us than you'll ever know.

KayKay

Dear Vesper: This little Vestie has prepared a graduation gift for you: a bouquet of flowers, each one carefully selected to express her thoughts on the past year and well-wishes for your future. First, the gladiolus, on the left – she wanted to assure you that her feelings are sincere. Next to the gladiolus lies blue iris, expressing her grief over the loss of days gone by; not wanting you to feel any guilt, she asks for your forgiveness with the purple hyacinth. The blue violet was selected as a sign of faithfulness: you’ll always be her oshi. She’ll never forget you and is deeply grateful for the time that you and the Vesties spent together – that’s what the pink carnation means. With the sweet pea, she bids you farewell and expresses her gratitude for a wonderful year, but not before sending you off with the protection and good luck bestowed by white heather. As for the black rose? Well, that symbolizes you, of course! The flowers this little Vestie picked for you won’t ever wilt. Will you accept them?

Misfortune’s Herald

To my favourite adopted Grandpa and Scholar of Guild Tempus - Ah, where do I even begin. You may, perhaps, have been the strangest person I have ever had the pleasure to meet, but in my world, there is no bigger compliment than that. If I could say one thing about your streams and why I watched them, it would have been this - because you were you, with your stories that maybe no one else could tell like that, and an attitude that I can only describe as genuine. You didn't hide your happiness, your wonder, but also your struggles (and sometimes, the psychic damage from certain collabs...), and your laughter was infectious. Traits that seem to be rare in people, somehow. I'll have you know that I did actually stay up until 7 am just so that I could hear you die from eating stupidly spicy hot wings for your monetisation. I hope that makes you proud somehow - or at least makes you question my sanity. I also remember that you always tried your best to interact with chat, and of all my comments you could have noticed... you happened to catch the one where I asked "Does he even read dialogue anymore" after a very stupid West of Loathing part (dies from cringe). I'm still not sure whether to be happy that senpai noticed me or to hide my head in shame, but I do hope you know it was well intentioned! There are so many other legendary moments that I'd want to mention, from your psychiatry side job to your artist arc, your interviews with your guild mates, but I don't have the space. But I've loved them all, and I hope that you had at least as much as a fraction of the fun streaming these things as I had watching them. Alas, we have come to the end of the journey. I didn't think or hope I'd write these words so soon, but, well, sometimes that's how the dice roll and the story goes. From one LotR fan to another, I'll leave you with this - "Roads go ever on and on / Under cloud and under star"... Take care out there, and all the best.