A Guide For The Outsiders

Chapter 11: people matter, I'm a person too

TW: PTSD, implications,
Please let me know if I missed any

You [Toxin] have been invited to an interview with Shadow news.

Holy shit.

The Mirage twins are the news of the underground. They interview heros, villans, and vigilantes alike. Creating photo books, and a ton of cool shit.

Their latest interview was ERROR, a set up literal years in the making apparently.

The photo shoot was very popular amongst the heros, with a lot of controversy over a specific picture where half of the ender-ghast was bathed in light from a fireball, and the other half looked glitched.

Tubbo smiled to himself as he pulled on his mask. He was about to stir shit up.

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Someone stepped out of the shadows to meet him. They wore a purple bodysuit, with black accents, and a black mask that covered most of their face.

"Hello Toxin. We have been looking forward to meeting you. I'm Misty" Misty said, their voice changer glitchy.

"How long has this been planned?"

"Since you debuted two months ago. More specifically, when we heard the depressing news cast the next day."

"Ah-"

"Are you excited for the interview?"

"Oh Hell yes."

"Apologies." Was the last thing Tubbo heard. Though they didn't sound sorry as smoke clouded his vision. Lifting to reveal a professional recording room.

Illusia sat in one of the host chairs, wearing a black and gold bodysuit and a gold mask.

"Thank you for agreeing to meet for this interview." She gestured at the third chair, with a name plate reading Toxin. Misty sat down, and handed a pen and paper to Illusia.

"Camera will be rolling in 30 seconds," Illusia said, looking at a pocket watch. "Thanks again for joining ux Toxin."

Tubbo nodded, letting the few more seconds pass in silence. A red light turned to green, and it was show time.

"Hello all! Welcome back to Shadowed News, where we interview everyone, answer the questions you're dying to know, and confirm your suspicions. This time, it isn't something years in the making, as we welcome a new face to the news, and a new face to the city of Twitch." Illusia started, as usual.

"Toxin, you are new to the city, and have been one of the most controversial identities we have hosted on Shadowed News. So we have to start with the leading question, How do you feel about being called a villan." Misty said.

"Honestly, I have a sense of pride in it. In being the person to give heros glory."

"Can you elaborate on that."

"Sure. The only thing that makes a hero a hero, is stopping bad things from happening, or affecting people. I am the bad thing that heros are supposed to stop."

"What is your relationship with the villan JayV?"

"JayV took me under his wing when everyone else abandoned me."

"To follow that up, do you feel like you were pressured into villany?"

"Not really. I was made for destruction, and it's not easy growing up where I did, without learning to steal, and even kill."

"Now for speculation, what is your relationship with ERROR, and Theseus?"

"Well ERROR is a well known vigilante, and Theseus was pitted against me on my debute."