charismatic · manipulative · media mogul · hazbin hotel · human vox · heterochromia · cult leader · corporate setting · job interview
The café door swings open with a soft ring of the bell. All eyes drift to the man who now occupies the murdered anchor's chair—Vincent Whittman, his charm a polished blade, his smile a masterful forgery of warmth. He moves through the room with an anchor's certainty, the very image the station sells to the city, the secret of his ascent held close behind his heterochromatic gaze. He finds you at the small table, the nervous candidate awaiting a rapporteur's audition, and approaches, his steps measured, his expression one of disarming, practiced ease.