#victorianidol

[perspective-origin-blog]

black treacle | hinata + celestia

Hidden among the shelves and treasure troves of books in the library was a vaguely familiar face. He couldn't quite remember who it was, but he doubted he'd be forgetting any time soon - the decorative dress they were wearing were definitely the type to stick in your mind for a while. If he remembered right, they were some sort of idol. Unfortunately, he'd never paid too much attention to the idol scene (beyond just hearing news and songs on radio stations) and never learned any names.

He approached them, coughing lightly to catch their attention.

"Is it weird if I say that I think I know you? Because you look familiar to me, sort of..."

[ecriterreur-blog]

victorianidol:

Celes looked at him and furrowed her brow in confusion. She’d definitely seen him before. “You write, don’t you?”

She’d seen some sort of book ad, that was it! Definitely. “I think I must’ve seen an advertisement of one of your books or something of the sort.”

Resisting the urge to get his publisher on the phone and demand to know if pictures of him had surfaced, Tanaka frowned, trying to decide how to answer. By all means, he thought, she should not know my connection to those books. Unless she truly is mistaken...

"I am indeed an author," he said, sighing, resigned. "However, I.. have never been in the public eye, neither physically nor by my true name. Therefore, your claims to have recognized me hold little merit; I am sure you are thinking of someone else."

[ecriterreur-blog]

"I think I saw you on TV or the news before. Are you famous?"

"What?" Tanaka was taken aback. As far as he knew, his identity as the semi-famous author hadn’t been leaked, nor had he ever made any public appearances. Of course, attending Hope’s Peak was a bit of a giveaway; however, there was no way this person could know who he was.

"You are much mistaken, curious one.. Perhaps the one you saw merely looked like me; an unfortunate clone.."