Neb: Vincent's Father made another sudden appearance as he desperately tries to make money off of his child. Vincent wasn't having it and neither was Webby. Now Vincent's past is starting to become a more consistent issue for the Duck Family, whether it was old magic rivals, the Shadow Syndicate, or even blood relatives, Vincent had his fare share of enemies. That being said, I do not own Ducktales, and I think I am ready for the Moon Invasion to come up soon. I still don't want Vincent to interfere with the main story line, so he might not even be near Duckberg when the attack happens. Still I can have him take part in the battle. It will kind of be like when I had him face his Shadow in the Shadow War. He played his own important part without messing with the actual story. Also there's a few other significant events that need to happen like Louie messing with time, becoming the richest duck in the world, and getting attacked by the Bombie. Alright, maybe I'm not as close as I think.

Vincent was checking out the letter opener he had received during his deep sea diving adventure with Scrooge. He had forgotten he had even pocketed the dagger shaped knife given they were sucked into a magician's hat ten minutes afterwards and then had to fight Vincent's old foe Rosina.

"So Scrooge let you keep it," Huey marveled at it.

"He said the gold plating and the age might add value to the item," Vincent explained. "But it wasn't solid gold or had a large enough historical significance to prompt him to take it. Plus he also said it was my find and we were partners on that mission, he wasn't going to force me to give it up."

"He never lets me keep cool artifacts," Louie pointed out as he grumbled.

"Well you are following him on his adventures," Vincent pointed out. "Maybe have an adventure of your own, see what you yield from it."

"Too much work," Louie sighed. "Not to mention you're the prime example of why going on these adventures never give back any prophet."

"Louie," Huey gasped angrily.

"No it's ok," Vincent responded. "The adventuring business has not gone well, I'm big enough to admit that. To be honest I've made more just working regular jobs."

"Yeah but that's too little also for the amount of work put in," Louie pointed out.

"It's important for survival," Vincent shook his head.

"Not to mention when he climbs the latter in whatever position he hopes to get next," Huey begun. "He can list barista, fisherman, and housekeeper on his resume while haviing Uncle Scrooge, Mrs. Beakley, Fisher and Mann, and his coworkers at the coffee shop all as references."

"Exactly," Vincent nodded. "I wouldn't have been able to do that with Artifact. I can't exactly use a floor attendant for Magic Shop as a means to get a real job. All I could do was list Floor Attendant as my former position when applying for barista."

"I don't buy it," Louie shook his head. "If there's one thing I've learned from watching Con Artists like Goldie and Glomgold, it's that you don't actually need to climb the corporate ladder in order to make it to the top. Eventually I'm going to be everyone's boss and it'll be because of some brilliant business idea. Not because I started as a janitor."

"Then you would have learned nothing," Vincent argued. "People generally climb high only to fall, but you would be leaping towards your inevitable fall instead."

"Don't metaphor me," Louie shot back.

"Don't act like what I do doesn't matter," Vincent responded.

The two of them glared at each other for a moment.

"Alright let's relax guys," Huey tried to calm everyone down. "Louie there's a lot you could learn from Vincent's experiences. He tried the shortcut route himself and all it did was put himself in danger."

"Hey," Vincent yelled.

"Ha," Louie laughed.

"I wasn't trying to say anything bad," Huey explained. "I'm just repeating what you told us. Your work as a mercenary did more harm then good. Where as your normal jobs has provided you with places to stay and money in your wallet."

Vincent breathed for a moment and then nodded. "You are right Huey. I need to swallow my pride when it comes to that stuff. Not everyone can be an extraordinary adventurer, and having magic powers doesn't make me the exception."

"You'd think it would," Louie scratched under his beak.


Vincent headed down the pathway towards Artifact again in his usual routine of trying to find the magic shop. It was getting tiring coming back there every day hoping his old life would appear before him. Even more so given he had tried to take the highroad on living a normal life. The truth was his living situation was only better than others because he met the Duck Family on one of his dangerous adventures. Had he not found Artifact all those years ago he'd still be working for his dad. "This sucks," Vincent sighed.

"Oh there he is," Lena spoke up as she and Violet were around the corner.

"Looking for Artifact again I see," Violet nodded. "Same old Vincent."

There was a third person with them and it wasn't Webby. Vincent's eyes widened when they saw a familiar duck girl standing next to his friends. "You led her to me?!" Vincent yelled.

"Got you," Rosina laughed as she placed her thumb on his forehead quickly.

Vincent was in a daze again now that he was back under her control.

"W-what did you do to him?", Lena freaked out.

"Thanks for leading me back to my weapon girls," Rosina smiled. "It's been a fun day hanging out with you."