what would you trade the pain for? — TIMELINE
what would you trade the pain for? is supposed to mainly take place about 6 years before the events of Disco Elysium, when Dora packs her things and leaves Revachol and Harry behind, before he and Jean became partners in the RCM, and when he and Vincent officially meet.
the canon is extensive and might be chopped up into multiple fics rather than just under the what would you trade the pain for? (WYTPF ????) umbrella. im not really sure yet!
subject to change etc etc
canon events = italicized
fics written = purple
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YEAR '40 - The economic boom of the thirties comes to an end following a financial collapse.
YEAR '41 - 10 years ago
> Vincent Travart's mother Maria Travart is killed in an unspecified accident. He is begrudgingly adopted by his uncle, Kenrick Faure, as a favor to his deceased mother.
> The ficlet "Mother's Name" takes place about here.
YEAR '42 - 9 years ago
> Joakim Virtaenen officially joins the RCM at 18 years old despite already serving a few years off and on as a civilian informant on local trafficking.
YEAR '43 - 8 years ago
> Vincent joins the RCM at 18 years old at his uncle's insistence to prove himself man enough. Kenrick pays for his training.
> Joakim is assigned to be Vincent's partner in the RCM.
YEAR '45 - 6 years ago
> Joakim & Vincent find themselves in the right place and time to rescue a politician by the name of Antonin Arcelis, nearly abducted by who appear to be paid thugs. Antonin convinces Vincent to fudge his report, promising him a powerful favor.
> Antonin, Vincent, & Joakim enter a dubious relationship.
> Joakim breaks up with Antonin and reports his doubts in Vincent directly to Ptolemaios Pryce in an effort to gain his superiors' favor. The pair are barred from promotion and watched with a more careful eye.
> Mikael Wyrzyk joins the RCM at 15 years old.
> Dora Ingerlund breaks off her engagement with Harry du Bois.
> The fic "what would you trade the pain for?" starts here.
> Vincent encounters Harry for the first time, who is desperately looking for a way to distract himself.
> Vincent breaks up with Antonin and gets into a situationship with Harry soon after.
YEAR '46 - '47 (estimate) - 5-4 years ago
> Antonin disappears under mysterious circumstances, rumored to have been abducted.
> Joakim is shot and killed during an investigation. Vincent believes his death to be related to Antonin's disappearance, but there is no hard evidence.
> Despite the RCM's efforts, Antonin's case (and by extension, Joakim's case) goes cold.
YEAR '48 - 3 years ago
> Vincent transfers to C Wing's "Major Crimes Unit" to work alongside Harry. Mikael, inspired, chooses to follow.
> Mikael is assigned to be Vincent's partner in the RCM.
YEAR '49 - 2 years ago
> Jean Vicquemare is assigned to be Harry's partner in the RCM (estimate).
> A fire breaks out, damaging multiple old wooden houses on the edge of the Valley of Dogs. Kenrick is killed in the blaze, destroying the home and forcing Vincent to move into an apartment with very few belongings.
YEAR '51 - current
> Harry, Jean, & Judit Minot begin an investigation in Martinaise after the death of a mercenary. Harry is left to complete the investigation and meet up with the Precicnt 57 contact, Kim Kitsuragi, alone.
> Harry loses his memory. The game takes place within about a week.
> Harry returns to working at Precinct 41. Kim requests his transfer from Precinct 57 to work alongside Harry.
> Le Retour is predicted to happen in May by Shivers.
??? (at some point after Martinaise. unknown territory)
> Vincent & Mikael are promoted to Sergeants, with Mack Torson & Chester McLaine transferring to another wing.
> The case of Antonin's disappearance is reopened when new evidence is stumbled upon. Vincent & Mikael investigate, with the help of Harry & Kim.
> Vincent is shot and nearly killed by a hired mercenary, losing an eye in the process. He is dismissed from the RCM due to the apparent disability and long recovery time. Harry & Kim resign from the RCM in turn.
> Harry, Kim, & Vincent found their own investigative business.
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BIRTHDATES
Harry du Bois - Year '07 // 38 years old as of '45
Kim Kitsuragi - Year '08 // 37 years old as of '45
Antonin Arcelis - Year '17, February // 28 years old as of '45
Ward - Year '21, January // 24 years old as of '45 // (estimate)
Joakim Virtaenen - Year '24, June // 21 years old as of '45
Vincent Travart - Year '25, March // 20 years old as of '45
Mikael Wyrzyk - Year '30, September // 15 years old as of '45
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So we all know by now that Dazai is comfortable enough around Chuuya to show nervousness/worry.
Enough times for Chuuya to pick up on that pattern. The pattern, may I remind you, that doesn't have evident correlation to either nervousness or worry to most people. One that can even be interpreted as misplaced given the situation.
Which means that Dazai has done this in front of Chuuya so often, that Chuuya at first was hella confused, before he finally made a connection between when and why it happens. And still remembered that connection after four years of separation. Which gets us to my point:
What if this isn't the only emotion Dazai displays weirdly?
What if he has multiple unconventional patterns he displays for sadness, frustration, content, or disgust? The times he really feels them, and they become too strong for him to just deal with normally? What if these are the only times he's actually being genuine with his emotions?
And Chuuya is the only one who is familiar with them all?
Dazai would be jumping rope and Chuuya would be like, "quit sulking, let's get icecream"
Dazai hanging upside down on the couch and Chuuya going, "It's okay, mackerel. You can cry."
Dazai actually crying, full on heart-wrenching sobs, and Chuuya unironically going, "What, good news?"
It's just... comforting, for one person in Dazai's life to read him like a book. Everyone else would look at him like he's crazy, displaying wrong emotions/behaviors at the wrong time, but Chuuya knows that it's just how he processes feeling properly, and thus he's the only one Dazai can count on to put things into context and understand, which makes him display them even more openly.
Because Chuuya never shamed him for his quirks, as much as Dazai never did his.
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