A Modern Murder Mystery

It just occurred to me that, first, I haven't used Simon in months, but also second, he could be relevant in here somewhere. Goodness knows his backstory is a mess and everything else. So if you need him, he's involved in illegal potions smuggling as you know, among other things I'm sure. So just give me a shout!

Perhaps Simon was working for Phil and heard of the plans to kill Skyler, liked Skyler, so warned him? He could at least tell Sloane that Skyler was working for someone dangerous and crossed his bad side. Anything more would probably earn Simon a ticket to Trouble Town.

Didn't Simon already sell some bad potions? So maybe those are Phil's potions?

Simon was working for Gideon, to be fair, so it's entirely possible that he sold something to someone without even knowing it. Third parties and stuff. Maybe she traces it back to him (or someone does? Dunno) and then he tells her what he was selling if that's relevant, or who his contacts are or something? I don't know what would help.

If we can't make the potions themselves relevant, it might easier for him to be the person who warns Skyler. We still need to fill the few roles listed up there before we add to many more twists and turns.

Works! I'm not 100% sure what the plan is so I'm just tossing stuff out there XD

Neither are we. XD That's the trouble with this one.

I've been looking to get into things again with Nick on PA now that I've acquired more time in my life. I'd be more than happy to lend him to the plot in any way he would be needed!

That summary sounds about right! Simon would work for warning Sloane, since if he was working for Gideon and known to be a criminal Phillip wouldn't trust him enough to work with him, I don't think. But he likely had mutual contacts and could very well have heard of something shifty going down. I think Phil will be in the wings for most of this, or until Sloane has enough information to suspect him. So it's up to the witnesses/contacts for now, really.

@Jack- if you'd rather keep some of it a mystery for yourself, I'm happy to coordinate some secret clues so you don't have to be too much in the know and spoil it for yourself. I'm spoiler-immune XD (and Phillip would likely know more than Sloane tbf). Not sure how it would work though.

@Nick - At the top of the page I have the bare bones break down. Does he fit into any of those roles? If not, he could just be someone who gets involved once it gets big.

@Alyssa - If you'd be up for that, I think the best thing would be for you to write the will. Or at least divide up who gets what. And you don't have to worry about things being out of character - all of it will be, since he's leaving clues, and he and Sloane weren't close enough to really have inside secrets or anything that could be used.