That's a hit right in the gut. Vitoniz was one of the few unconditionally good people here. In fact, let me something about him with you.
Before I made my main characters leave Sirius, they contacted the Order to get rid of the bounty on them, simply to leave with a clean slate. Vitoniz was one of two to answer the comms and agreed to a deal, where I would give the Order data on the Sci-Data weapons and a nomad/infectee database and in return, the bounty would be removed. We wrote a few posts but things took longer and longer because of RL issues on both ends, so at some point in 2020, I wrote my leaving post and stopped playing the game. While we didn't get to finish the RP, not even remotely, really, the bounty was still removed after I left.
Vitoniz was one of the people who avoided drama on the forum and instead focused on being positive. He saw the positive things in people, and reinforced that in his own way. He sent me Merry Christmas messages via PM, completely unexpected and out of nowhere.
When he knew that RL was giving me tough times, he also sent messages titled "Just hello!" and asked me how I'm doing, saying he was a bit worried about me as a person. He also sent a private Thank you message when I made a birthday thread for him.
When I left, he sent me a final goodbye message via PM.
In a community of people who go hostile at each other over pixels, rumors, miscommunication, trolling and jealousy, he remained positive to the end, through and through. When he logged into the game, he didn't do it with ulterior motives. He wanted to have fun with people, not give people a bad time. I will always remember Vitoniz as Humanity's Shield in this community.
I wish him a peaceful sky. I regret we hadn't much time to know each other a bit better.
