FINALLY ANSWERING THIS ummmm well they're really just a small subsection of the larger band au at play because there's a lot going on with it so it's kind of a mess BUT basically the hermovies area is hermann being a conductor and vediovis was previously part of another ensemble before she had enough and quit, finds hermann's group > auditions > gets offer to join... the rest is history... well, it's more like vediovis would be very much hit with "love at first sight" about hermann. meanwhile hermann is basically just like trying her best to ignore the fact that vediovis is so smitten with her (which she does well to not be too obvious about so it's usually not much of a problem But) - something to that extent. vediovis would play violin in hermann's ensemble yay yippee. i haven't figure out the rest of how their lives are etc like... gregor and grete situation re: hermann; and for vediovis it's like toying with the idea of her having been once divorced previously. hermann and vediovis when they find common ground on this front erm old women bonding erm and when they're backstage after a performance...? ERM

good question... well, so it's been a whole thing of realizing i can also combine the original elements (where vediovis was supposed to be the main antagonist of the entire thing but was very lor/sku combo setup + the revised story which was more formatted as a "game" idea that mostly just focused on vediovis and the whole issues with identity/past/etc blah blah usual route to uncovering the self and so on + most likely keep Some elements of vediovis's past the same from LCB) ANYWAY so combining all of this, vediovis is still. well. there's a lot going on there - i am still debating about her lore since it can work as is but can also be adjusted somewhat, but anyway hermann (oc) is the deuteragonist now - they're coworkers and Very Good Friends some might say.................. well, the whole thing right now is like almost the reverse of what i was thinking would happen with LCB hermovies endgame so it's just. shaking my head. i can ramble about it more but i am already saying too much maybe and none of it gives the clearest answers SORRY

question that haunts me because like... it's easy to just say cat or dog or both and i will do exactly that. HOWEVER, as much as i have a cat preference in general, for some reason i cannot really imagine them as easily with a cat as i can with a dog. i don't know if anyone else gets this about them... anyway, the thing is i feel like hermann might be more inclined to bigger dogs whereas vediovis might prefer smaller ones; again, i don't know why but... ack. vediovis would rather just go with what hermann wants though so it's hermann's choice when it comes to dogs - vediovis is more of a "would only take the dog if it came to her" sort aka a stray or something. well, i think this is how she is about most animals really.

and to be honest, in the AUs i think of where they are not in PM City, i still am horribly attached to vediovis only have a dog because she was given custody of the dog in her previous divorce. did vediovis WANT the dog? not really and it was her ex's choice, and yet here she is... with her pointless creature. meanwhile, hermann would have a dog of her own probably. so then when they get together they will have TWO dogs.

basically, i just think if they have a cat in addition - the cat would be so close to invisible people would visit and years later get jumpscared by it and be like "when did you get a cat" and they would be like "? we've had the cat this whole time"

BUT if we take the usual cat or dog out of the equation, vediovis would choose fish most likely. this is also due in part because vediovis does not have to be as anxious about any tragic accidents that might occur. sighing loudly, she may or may not have had a trauma related to this occur before so... so. ANYWAY when it comes to hermann, i don't think she would be particular about the sort of pet that they did end up with so fish are perfectly fine - maybe even preferable since they're less hands-on overall. they could probably have a nice little home aquarium together...

second choice is some kind of farm animal (IF vediovis managed to kind of find a way to move past her trauma AND they had the means with which to have such a beast... or beasts even). hermovies farmville life. imagining hermann milking a cow right now i guess