#ベンタブラック • 実体

[thoselethalarts]

Seven Twisted Souls

😈👻😱💔🦨🐈‍⬛🔪

WONDERFUL artwork done by @lechatalunette​, I seriously cannot tell you how much I am in love with everything they do and everything they make and how much I ADORE how these came out!! I’m going to cry over them for a thousand years, thank you and goodbye

[tatsukii]

“光陽オリエントジャパンの真・黒色無双は、2020年9月に販売を開始した世界一黒い水性アクリル塗料。対象物の表面に大きな表面積の粉状塗膜層を作ることで、光を層の内部に閉じ込めて超低反射の黒い外観を実現している。塗装環境を選ばない水性塗料で、Reach、RoHSといった環境規制にも対応。塗料自体もほぼ無臭のため、気軽に高品質な黒色塗装を楽しむことができる。

スーパーブラックコーティングといえば、2019年のフランクフルトモーターショーで話題となったBMW『X6』の「ベンタブラック」が有名だが、真・黒色無双の全反射率はベンタブラックよりも低い0.6％。「世界一真っ黒な車」に仕上がっている。” 

(「世界一黒い車」��日本に誕生、「真・黒色無双」とのコラボでポルシェ911を全塗装 | レスポンス（Response.jp）)

黒い穴が開いてるように見える。

[room-n-blog]

色彩

ベンタブラック、という言葉を聞いたことがある人は多いかもしれません。 今から約4年前の2014年7月、イギリスのナノテクノロジ―企業であるサリー・ナノシステム社が、カーボンナノチューブを利用して開発した、史上最高に黒い光吸収素材「ベンタブラック（Vantablack）」のことで、”世界で最も黒い物質”と称されるものです。開発当時、サリー・ナノシステム社が自社のWebサイトに掲載したプレスリリースは次のとおりです。

◆サリー・ナノシステム社

British breakthrough in world’s darkest material launched at Farnborough International July 09, 2014 https://www.surreynanosystems.com/media/news/sensitive-electro-optical-imaging-and-target-acquisition-systems-launch-at-farnborough-international-air-show

この一報は当時、世界中で話題になり様々なメディアでニュースになりました。例えば、アメリカCNNが報じたニュースから引用してみます。

◆引用元：CNN.co.jp

「世界一黒い物質」、英企業が開発 2014.07.18 Fri posted at 18:48 JST https://www.cnn.co.jp/fringe/35051098.html

英ロンドン郊外で開催中のファーンボロー国際航空ショーに出展され、話題を呼んでいる黒い物質。英企業が開発した「世界で最も黒い物質」はまるでブラックホールのように光を吸い込み、それで覆われた物体の形状を人間の目で見分けることはできない。

「ベンタブラック」と名付けられたこの物質は光の９９．９６％を吸収する。黒い塗料や布地などに見られる通常の黒色は吸収率が９５～９８％。開発元のサリー・ナノシステムズ社によれば、英国立物理学研究所や米国立標準技術研究所で試験されたなかで最も黒い物質だという。

ベンタブラックは直径２～３ナノメートル（ナノは１０億分の１）の多数のカーボンナノチューブ（筒状炭素分子）からできており、アルミホイル上で生成される。ホイルだけのときは目に付く表面のしわも、ベンタブラックに覆われるとまるで消えてしまったかのように識別できなくなる。

「穴のようだと言う人もいる。ホイル上のでこぼこを識別するのに必要なだけの光が文字通り出てこないから」と、同社のスティーブ・ノーザム氏は言う。

このベンタブラックをアルミに塗布すると、こんな具合になります。記事にもあるとおり、くし��くしゃになったアルミホイル表面に本来あるはずの凸凹が、まったく視認できなくなっているのがわかります。

ベンタブラックを指先に塗ってみると、こんな具合になります。まるで、画像処理ソフトなどを使って、指先だけ黒く塗りつぶしたかのように見えてきます。

さらに、造顔のお面に塗ってみると、こうなります。もはや立体感はほぼ消失し、見ているとだんだん不安になってくる人も居るかもしれないような奇妙さです。

さて、そんなペンタブラックですが、つい先日、次のようなニュースが報��られたのをご存じの方もいるかもしれません。

◆「ブラック・ホールに男性が落ちた」として話題に

　（2018年08月22日 12時30分）

https://gigazine.net/news/20180822-man-hospitalised-after-falling-blackhole/

※元記事は次のとおり

Man hospitalised after falling in Anish Kapoor installation | The Art Newspaper https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/man-hospitalised-after-falling-in-anish-kapoor-installation

Visitor falls into Sir Anish Kapoor’s Descent into Limbo | News | The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/visitor-falls-into-sir-anish-kapoor-s-descent-into-limbo-83kqpxxb3

Man falls into black hole at museum because not even art is safe anymore https://mashable.com/2018/08/21/man-falls-into-hole-at-museum/

上の画像は、インド出身の彫刻家であるアニッシュ・カプーア氏が作成した芸術作品で、ポルトガルにある美術館に展示されている「Descent into Limbo(辺獄への転落)」という作品なのだそうで、床の黒い”円”は、ベンタブラックでコーティングされています。

記事によれば、こ��は単に床面をベンタブラックで円��に塗りつぶした……のではなく、深さ８フィート（約2.4m）の穴の内側に、ベンタブラックが塗布されているとのこと。

これでは人間の目には、実際に物理的な深さを有する”穴”がそこにある、とは認識することが極めて困難でしょう（光を反射しないため、ただの黒い円にしか見えない）。このため、ぽっかりと開いた本当の”穴”であるとは認識せず、不用意に観客が近づいてしまうと…。

※上記記事より抜粋

美術館には、穴に落下する危険性があることへの警告サインが複数記されており、展示の近くにはスタッフも配置されていたとのことで、美術館側は「プロトコルには従っていた」と説明しています。なお、穴に落ちた60代のイタリア人男性は背中を痛めて病院に運ばれたものの、重傷にはいたらず既に帰宅しているそうです。

幸い大事には至らなかった様子ですが、”穴がある”と分かったうえで2.4mの深さに踏み込むのと、”穴”とは思わず踏み込んで2.4m下へ落下してしまうのとでは、事態はだいぶ変わってきます。注意書きはされていたとのことですが、転落防止用の柵などは設置されてはいません。柵を設置してしまうと、完成された芸術作品に異物を挿入するようなものであり、ふさわしくないという判断なのでしょう。

なんとなくですが、もしこれが日本の美術館なら、安全面に配慮して周りを柵で囲ってしまいそうな気はします。良い／悪いは別として、芸術やその展示のあり方ひとつとっても、国により判断の基準や方向性は様々に異なる、ということは言い得るのかもしれません。

道路標識や信号、高速道路の案内表示など、公共物の色配置を初めとして、普段よく目にする身近なものにも、人間の視認性を踏まえた基本的な色の組み合わせを随所に見出すことができます。冒頭に紹介したベンタブラックのような黒でいえば、警告色（けいこくしょく、英: Warning colouration）の組み合わせとして用いられることがしばしばあります。

黒と黄色の組み合わせは、自然界ではスズメバチなどに見られる色の組み合わせですが、身近なものでは踏切や警告標識（交通標識や、病院内の放射線管理区域など）として使われており、色の配置や形状など、JIS規格（Japanese Industrial Standards：日本工業規格）で細かく定められています。

※「安全標識の種類とデザイン」より抜粋（JIS Z 9104：2005）

フランスの化学者であるミシェル＝ウジェーヌ・シュヴルール（仏: Michel-Eugene Chevreul, 1786年8月31日 - 1889年4月9日）は、102才でこの世を去るまで化学の領域で様々な業績を上げましたが、その一方で色彩に関する研究でも著名な人物とされています。

特に色彩を「類似色の調和」と「対比の調和」の2群に分類し体系化した理論は、後世の芸術やデザインの領域に多大な影響を与えたのみならず、現代の世界的なレベルで最も普及している表色系で、上述した日本のJIS規格にも採用されている「マンセル・カラー・システム (Munsell color system)」や、日本における「日本色研配色体系：Practical Color Co-ordinate System（PCCS））」にも影響を与えたとされています。

普段、私たちは日常的に”黒色”を目にするし、黒っぽい色を見て「黒色だ」と認識する場面は多いと思います。ただ、実際には、本来の”黒色”ではないケースがほとんどです。例えば下の画像の帽子で、影になっている部分の色は？と問われたら、「黒色」と答える人は少なくないと思います。しかし、実際の黒と比較すると、かなり異なることがわかります。

色彩は、Ｒ・Ｇ・Ｂ（赤・緑・青）の組み合わせで決まります。左の色は、赤が３４、緑が３２、青が９で、カラーコードは#222009となるのに対して、いわゆる「黒」は、赤・緑・青のすべてが０で、カラーコードは#000000になります。

黒という色は、デザインの領域ではなかなか扱いが難しい色の一つとされています。黒色の個性が強く、色の組み合わせをよく考えないと、他の色の効果を削いでしまうという面も大きいのかもしれません。そもそも、色・色彩というのはそれ自体がなかなか興味深い対象で、仕事や本職としてでなくとも、絵を描くのが好きな人や、手芸や編み物をする人などにとっても、色というのは身近であると同時に関心を抱く要素ではないかと思います。

たとえば、次のようなサイトや記事もあり、興味のある方は調べてみると面白いかもしれません。

◆日本色研事業株式会社 HomePage

マンセルシステム http://www.sikiken.co.jp/colors/colors08.html

PCCSの色相 http://www.sikiken.co.jp/pccs/pccs02.html

◆COLOR NOTE - 配色のコツ -

色彩調和 http://www.sipec-square.net/~mt-home/students/miyazono/project/haishoku/page01.html

◆デザインで絶対に「黒」を使ってはいけない理由とは？

https://gigazine.net/news/20131104-never-use-black/

（天白・野村）

[ownthougts]

色についての色々な話　第二回

こんにちは、しろです。

前回は個人的な色にまつわる経験を語りながら、現在まで続く色をとりまくいろいろを考えるに至った経緯をお話しました。

その手の界隈で学びを修めた方には耳タコ情報だと思いますが、第二回ではもう少し客観的な事実に関する色のお話をします。

暗くても見える

きもだめしをしたことはありますか？

なぜそんなことを聞いたかというと、きもだめしは夜の暗い中に行うことが多いように思います。懐中電灯の明かり一つ、もしくはないこともあるかもしれません。そんな中、どうやって前に進めというのか。目をこらしたり、やがて暗闇に目が慣れる薄闇の中、進んでいくことができます。

基本的には人間はふくろうや猫など、その他の生物たちと比較すると夜目が効くようにできていません。それでも、暗闇に目がなれる、という感覚があります。暗いところでも、そこに何があるかが見える、という感覚です。実際、それによって常に壁や物にぶつかったりせずに移動することが可能です。この時、人間の目には「暗順応」という現象が起きています。

猫を飼っている方は、その瞳が月のように太ったり痩せたりするのに見慣れているかと思います。これは、瞳孔が筋肉によって開いたり閉じたりすることで見え方が変わるためです。夜に動き回る動物、深海など光の少ない場所に適応した生き物たちは目が光るように見えることがあります。これは目からビームを出しているわけでも体の内側から未知なるエネルギーを発しているのでもなく、外からの光を眼球内で反射させていることによります。僅かな光を目の内側にある自前の鏡のようなもので反射させることで、暗いところでも詳細に周囲を把握して俊敏に動くことができています。

人間にはこの機能が備わっていないため、異なる方法によって暗いところでも活動できるようになっています。人の目には二種類の細胞が存在していますが、そのうちの一方、桿体細胞（かんたいさいぼう）が暗闇で本領を発揮します。桿体細胞は一言には光を感じる細胞です。暗闇で次第に周囲の様子がわかってくる暗順応の現象の「次第に」の間に何が起こっているかというと、瞳孔が拡張して少しでも光を取り込もうとする傍ら、桿体細胞中で光を感じるタンパク質が生成されています。その現象が一定量増加すると私たちは「目が慣れた」という感覚をおぼえます。（厳密に言えば、そのタンパク質の分解の過程で発生する信号が神経を通り脳へ送られることによって「みえる！」が成立し、この分解されたタンパク質は再度元の形に結合するのですが…ここからは専門では全くないのでさわりで諦めます…）

この桿体細胞は、光を感じることはできるのですが、色を感じることができません。なので、きもだめしの最中に何かなんとなく白いものが視界の端をよぎった時、それは実は白いものではない可能性があります。白い着物の女や白いワンピースの少女、白い手、といったものはそのようなところから来るイメージなのかもしれません。また、明度だけで視界を処理することになるので輪郭や物体の運動といったものには特に敏感になります。動的なものに対する感度が優位になるのです。

明るくて見える

では、昼間や明るい空間でものがはっきり見えたりすることはどのように説明できるのでしょうか。明るいんだから見えるの当たり前っしょ、というのはかなり的を射抜いています。

暗い場所でものが見えにくかったり視界の情報が制限されていたのは、文字どおり暗かったからです。光がないと、私たちは目でものをみることができない構造になっています。反対側から考えると、私たちは光によってものを見るという目の構造をしていることになります。光以外でものを「見ている」生物は地球上にたくさん存在しますし、人間にも目で「見る」以外の感覚が備わっていますが、今回は「目で見る」ということについて話を進めていきます。

暗いところで本領発揮していたのは桿体細胞という目の細胞でしたが、明るいところでは錐体細胞（すいたいさいぼう）ががんばっています。錐体細胞は赤錐体、緑錐体、青錐体と呼ばれる三種類の物質により成り立ちます。ここで鋭い方はピンときたかと思うのですが、これは光のRGB（ Red, Green, Blue ）に対応しています。それぞれの錐体はそれぞれが担当する光に反応して脳に信号を送ってくれます。この信号が脳に到達することで「目で見る」ということになります。RGB担当以外はいないんかい、と疑問に思うかもしれません。RGB担当以外はいません。現状3チームで脳にせっせと情報を送っています。RGB以外の情報はどうなっているのかというと、それは今、周りを見渡した時に赤と緑と青の3色だけの世界��作られていないことが答えです。RGBの組み合わせだけでモニターが多様な色を再現しているように、割合の違いから、わたしたちは目で得たそれを脳で現像しています。目で見たものを脳で感じているという感覚にもしかしたら近いかもしれません。世界がこんなにも微妙な色の調子で溢れていて圧倒されると思っても、実際わたしたちは3種類の受付窓口を通してそれを感じている…という話は、何だか不可思議でもあります。

明るさをつくる光

ここで、わたしたちがその二つの眼球で受け取っている光の正体を考えます。突然ですが、ぐっと意識を宇宙に飛ばしてください。地球は太陽を中心とした太陽系に属しています。地球全体を照らす照明は今も昔も太陽です。昼と夜を決めているのは太陽の明るさ、太陽からやってくる光です。その光のエネルギーを地球は全身で受けていることになります。

この太陽光を分解してみる方法があります。ガラスのプリズム、または水と光を反射させるための道具を使って今すぐ確かめることも可能です。プリズムを通した光は、綺麗な虹色に分かれて出てきます。これが、光のスペクトルです。分かれているそれぞれの色は異なる波長をもっています。この波長が異なるために屈折率も異なり、その屈折率ごとに分かれるため虹色にみえるのです。分かれた虹色の光を再度集めると白色の光に戻すことができます。このことから、一色の光に見えていても、その実、異なる複数の波長を含んでいるということがわかります。加法混色の原理では、全ての色を重ねると白色になります。RGBのモニターを頭に思い浮かべてください。ペイントソフトのカラーモードをRGBモードにし、カラーパレットで赤、緑、青、の数値をそれぞれ255に設定してください。選択される色は白になるかと思います。反対に、全ての数値を0に設定すると黒となります。このきまりの中ではもっとも明るさの高いものが白色としてみえています。光を発して目まで届けるモニター���構造上では、このように色が選択され再現されています。

ここまでの話を整理しましょう。

暗いところでは桿体細胞が働きますが明るいときと同じようには見ることができません。明るいところでは光があるので、目は色まではっきりと見分けることができます。

ここで見分けている色というのは異なる波長の光です。違う色には違う波長があり、その波長の違いをわたしたちは色の違いとして感じています。

それを前提とすると、私たちの日常を取り囲んで構成している身の回りの物がもつ「色の違い」とはなんでしょうか？

色という性質

光には波の性質と粒子の性質があることが現代は一般的に知られています。「蒼のエーテル」でも『ひかりは粒　そして波』と歌われるが如くです。この性質から、光はまっすぐに進み、物質に出くわすと吸収されたり反射したり他にも色々しています。物質の表面で反射した光が目まで届くことによって、その波長の色を認識することができます。一方で、吸収された光は異なったエネルギーに変化します。黒いものが熱をもちやすく、白いものが光を反射し眩しく感じるのには基本的にはそうしたことが一枚噛んでいます。

ベンタブラックという物質が以前話題になりましたが、これは99.9%の光を吸収する性質をもっています。これにより、わたしたちには立体感の失われた平面のような黒を感じます。

そして、これは理屈としての話なので、あくまでも理屈として捉えてもらいたいのですが、色そのものや色を持つ物というのは、わたしたちが「色」として理解するそれぞれ固有の性質をもつものである、ということです。知覚した色の補色となるものがその物体が吸収している波長になります。

わたしが以上の原理を知った時に感じたのは、反射されなかった波長はその物体に吸収されるのだから、わたしたちは目で見えているものの本質を決して「見る」ことができず、その返しによってのみ知覚することができるのだという奇妙な感覚でした。

よく「あなたのみているりんごの赤と、わたしのみているりんごの赤は同じなのか」ということを言ったりします。ある特定のりんごが反射する光の波長を数値化して、それを再現できるならば同じだと言えます。工業製品で色を数値化して指定することが大切なのは、条件の同じ商品を大量生産することができるからです。しかし、わたしたちは目で光を受容したとしても、受容した眼球で世界を見ているわけではなく、脳に届いた信号から世界を感じています。その際に適応される世界を再構成するルールは、人それぞれ微妙に異なっていることが自然だと思われます。厳密ではないところの「赤」という共通項で、私たちは異なる宇宙をつなげることができます。

色と、見るということの現象的な理屈についてお話しました。

わたしたちが生きる中でどのように世界を捉えているのか、ということを考え続けることは、必然的に何を表現するのか、したいのか、ということへ本質的にはつながっていると信じています。

また、わたしたちがものを作ったり色を選んだりしているのも、デジタルツールを使う機会の増えた昨今といえど、結果的には肉体が実行しています。しっかりと食事をしてぐっすり寝て、必要な栄養素を摂取することが、ひいては眼球の細胞のメンテナンスになります。ご飯をもぐもぐ美味しく食べることも大事な色選びといってもいいはず……。

今回取り上げた話はほんの氷山の一角といってもいいぐらいで、光と色に関する理論はまだまだたくさんあります。今この瞬間も、多くの研究者によってその探求が続けられています。

今まで考えてみたことはなかったけれど、色と光の関係性についてじっくり考えてみたいと思われた方、光についての基本的な知識をそばに置きたい方へは以下の書籍もおすすめします！

Newtonライト　光のふしぎ

http://www.newtonpress.co.jp/separate/light/light_171105-2.html

ニュートン別冊　光とは何か？

http://www.newtonpress.co.jp/separate/back_physics/mook_101015_a.html

次回「色と光と環境の実験」では今回の理屈をふまえ、以前わたしの行った実験をもとにお話します。

[noise-rm]

Your view, Your dimension, Your world. by Square #test pattern 1 - 3 [2017] from Shohei FUJIMOTO on Vimeo.

How do we visually interpret "dimensions"? How do we recognize what is two-dimensional and what is three-dimensional?

To give an example, vantablack is a substance which absorbs as much visible light as possible (it absorbs a maximum of 99.965%). This in turn denies it of any depth. The fact that an object which behaves like it is a two-dimensional object is actually three-dimensional easily destroys our visual understanding of how dimensions work, and provides us with hints regarding possibilities of new visual representations.

Additionally, the British satirical novel by Edwin A. Abbot called 'Flatland', published in 1884 had a theme of the two-dimensional, "flat" world. The residents who appear in the short novel had a two-dimensional way of living, which was very interesting for me in my three-dimensional life. It inspired me greatly.

The installation uses a laser and a projector to create the visual sense that both the two-dimensional and the three-dimen- sional come and go, and bob up and down.

私たちは、視覚的に、「次元」をどのように 捉え、どのように紐解きながら、二次元のもの を二次元と、三次元のものを三次元だと解釈し ているのでしょうか。

例として、ベンタブラック(Vantablack)のような 物質は、可視光を限りなく吸収する(最大 99.965%吸収)ことから、物体から奥行きという 概念を奪います。二次元的な振る舞いを行う物 体が、三次元空間に存在しているという事実は、 私たちが理解している視覚的な次元の構造を 容易に崩し、新たな視覚表現の可能性の示唆 を与えてくれます。

また、1884年に発行され、二次元の平面世界を 題材にし、当時のイギリスを風刺したエドウィン ・アボット・アボット(Edwin A. Abbott)氏による 小説「フラットランド(Flatland)」。この小説に登 場する平面世界の住人たちの平面世界での生 き方や暮らし方は、三次元空間に存在する自分 にとって興味深いものであり、多くのインスパイ

アをうけました。

本作品では、二次元と三次元の間を視覚的に行き来し、次元が浮いたり沈んだりするような感 覚を、レーザーとプロジェクターによって構成し たインスタレーションとして展開します。

Created by Shohei Fujimoto Shown @W+K+ Sound : Ray Kunimoto Filming : Nobuatsu Ueno

[placerdiario]

Your view, Your dimension, Your world. by Square #test pattern 1 - 3 [2017] from Shohei FUJIMOTO on Vimeo.

How do we visually interpret "dimensions"? How do we recognize what is two-dimensional and what is three-dimensional?

To give an example, vantablack is a substance which absorbs as much visible light as possible (it absorbs a maximum of 99.965%). This in turn denies it of any depth. The fact that an object which behaves like it is a two-dimensional object is actually three-dimensional easily destroys our visual understanding of how dimensions work, and provides us with hints regarding possibilities of new visual representations.

Additionally, the British satirical novel by Edwin A. Abbot called 'Flatland', published in 1884 had a theme of the two-dimensional, "flat" world. The residents who appear in the short novel had a two-dimensional way of living, which was very interesting for me in my three-dimensional life. It inspired me greatly.

The installation uses a laser and a projector to create the visual sense that both the two-dimensional and the three-dimen- sional come and go, and bob up and down.

私たちは、視覚的に、「次元」をどのように捉え、どのように紐解きながら、二次元のものを二次元と、三次元のものを三次元だと解釈しているのだろうか。

例として、ベンタブラック(Vantablack)のような物質は、可視光を限りなく吸収する(最大 99.965%吸収)ことから、物体から奥行きという概念を奪う。二次元的な振る舞いを行う物体が、三次元空間に存在しているという事実は、私たちが理解している視覚的な次元の構造を容易に崩し、新たな視覚表現の可能性の示唆を与えてくれる。

加えて、1884年に発行され、二次元の平面世界を題材にし、当時のイギリスを風刺したエドウィン・アボット・アボット(Edwin A. Abbott)氏による小説「フラットランド(Flatland)」。この小説に登場する平面世界の住人たちの平面世界での生き方や暮らし方は、三次元空間に存在する自分にとって興味深いものであり、多くのインスパイアをうけた。

本作品では、二次元と三次元の間を視覚的に行き来し、次元が浮遊するような感覚を鑑賞者に与えることを目的とし、レーザーとプロジェクターによって構成されたインスタレーションとして展開した。

Created by Shohei Fujimoto Shown @W+K+ Sound : Ray Kunimoto Filming : Nobuatsu Ueno

[thoselethalarts]

𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲 - 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲

(R) School Uniform: “It’s Second Nature to Me.”

(NRC: Magical History Class 1-B)

Trein: Alright, take your seats, everyone. I’m going to begin now by taking roll call. Trein: As you’re all aware, we’re going to be having a quiz today. I’m expecting good marks from all of you.

Epel: Hm…? Vanta isn’t here today… did they seriously get so upset at the idea of a pop quiz that they’re going to skip class over it?

Jack: That’d be pretty over the top, even by Vanta’s standards.

(The doors to the classroom suddenly unlatch and Deuce enters the room)

Deuce: Excuse me!

Trein: Hm? Deuce Spade, this is the wrong class for you this period.

Deuce: I know that sir, please excuse the interruption. I’m actually here to tell you that Vantablack won’t be making it in today. Deuce: They came down with a case of food poisoning this morning and are staying in their dorm to rest. Deuce: Since it was a sudden emergency they couldn’t get a note from the nurse yet, and wanted me to inform you it happened.

Epel: Huh…?! Food poisoning?!

Trein: Is that right? Very well, thank you for notifying me. You may return to your class, then.

Deuce: Thank you, sir!

Jack: (Sniff, sniff) Hm… Something’s not right here.

Epel: Huh? What’dya mean?

Jack: I have a hunch but… it’s nothing. Jack: If I’m right, then it’s not really any of my business, anyway.

Epel: O…kay? Whatever you say, I guess.

(Later…)

(NRC: Cafeteria)

(Vantablack approaches a table with Epel and Jack sitting around it)

Vantablack: Yo guys! This seat taken?

Epel: Oh, hey Vanta. No, it’s free. You can sit here.

Vantablack: Thanks!

Epel: Hey, what happened this morning? Deuce came by our class earlier and said you had food poisoning. Did that clear up already?

Vantablack: Huh? Oh yeah, it passed pretty quickly, I’m feeling much better now.

Epel: Ah, that’s good to hear. I’m glad you’re feeling better so soon. Epel: Just so you know, we had that quiz today in Trein’s class period, the one he told us about last week.

Vantablack: Ah, really? Man, that sucks, I totally forgot that happened today. Talk about bad timing~ or maybe good timing, since I was sick I didn’t have to take it today!

Jack: …Is that the truth, or are you just lying again?

Vantablack: Huh? What’s that supposed to mean?

Jack: You might’ve fooled everyone else in class, even our teacher, but you can’t fool me. Jack: Earlier today… that was actually you pretending to be Deuce, wasn’t it?

Epel: Eh?! Pretending?!

Vantablack: …That’s a pretty accusatory thing to say, Jack. What proof have you got to back that up?

Jack: If you really wanna know… the truth is, you stink.

Vantablack: Wh-! Hey?!

Jack: I don’t care if you decided to skip class or not, it’s none of my business what you do with your grade. Jack: All I’m gonna say is if you try and do that again then maybe you should try taking a shower first before you go using transformation magic. I could smell you from across the classroom.

Epel: Pfft-! You’re really not holding back, huh Jack?

Vantablack: Rude! What’s that even supposed to mean?!

Jack: You smell like dank water. I smelled it on “Deuce” earlier and I smell it on you now. I dunno what you did yesterday, but you stink.

Vantablack: I didn’t do anything! Well… actually now that you mention it, I did go hiking in the nearby woods yesterday and found a little pond hidden in a thicket. Vantablack: It looked like a nice place for a swim so I jumped in, but it really didn’t stink that bad when I did.

Jack: Yeah, that’ll do it.

Epel: Oh, THAT’S what that smell is? I thought I smelt something funny in the classroom earlier, but it was so faint I didn’t think anything of it. Epel: …Wait, hold on, so that really was you earlier, Vanta?!

Vantablack: Heh… well, I guess the cat’s outta the bag now, so no point to keep hiding it.

(A rippling rush of black rushes over Vantablack’s body, as they transform into Deuce again. “Deuce” looks exactly the same, except his colors are slightly desaturated, and his eyes are pale white)

Deuce?: Transformation magic is second nature to me~ Height, physique, voice, walk pattern, I can copy everything I want from anyone I want. Deuce?: Although, I didn’t realize that my body odor doesn’t change between forms. Sucks, but it’s good to know now at least.

Jack: It’s impressive, regardless. Magic like that is usually impossible for mages to do without help from a transformation potion, that is unless their Unique Magic specializes in it. Jack: Even if it’s imperfect, the fact you can do it at all without needing a wand or a potion is pretty sweet stuff.

Deuce?: Well thank you, I appreciate the compliment~ Deuce?: But, yeah, I just didn’t study for the quiz today and didn’t wanna bother with it this morning. Deuce?: I figured if I made an excuse Trein can’t disbelieve, then I’ll buy myself some extra time. I’ll just talk to him about taking it later, no biggie.

(The same ripple of black rushes back over “Deuce’s” body, and Vantablack’s figure returns back to normal.)

Epel: That’s kinda scary, actually, what with how fast and how accurately you can do that. Epel: Reminds me of some old folktales I’d heard back home about creatures you’d see in the night pretending to be human. Epel: They’d try and lead you into the forest, pretending to be family members and neighbors, and if you follow them into the darkness you’d never come home again... Epel: You already like hiking in the forest and walking around at night too. You fit the myth too well.

Vantablack: Yeah? What’s stoppin’ you from thinking I’m not one of those monsters after all?

Epel: E-Erm, well…

Vantablack: Just kidding~ Heheheheh~

/ End

[thoselethalarts]

✧･ﾟ: *✧･ﾟ:* Happy Birthday Vantablack! *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

A belated celebration for Vantablack is coming, since I was sick on their birthday this year (10/31) and fell behind on my cards for them. Keep your eyes peeled for their three part birthday story, coming soon!

[thoselethalarts]

𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲 - 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲

(R) Gym Uniform: “It’s All Part Of The Source Material.”

(NRC: Sports Field)

(Club Practice: Magical Shift Club)

Leona: Haaah… finally, cleanup is done.

Ruggie: You’re one to talk, you barely did anything other than put your broom away. Ruggie: Ugh… all that exercise and cleanup made me hungry. Oi Leona, how ‘bout you treat us to some supper for doin’ so good today~?

Leona: Yeah, sure, whatever. I don’t feel like dealing with cooking right now, anyway.

Ruggie: SA-WEET!! Hear that, everyone~? Leona’s treating us tonight! You’re the best, captain~!

Club: You’re the best, Captain Leona!!

Leona: Yeah, yeah, I know. Decide on what you all want, and I’ll order it.

Ruggie: Can do! Shishishishi~ Ruggie: Hey Epel and Vanta, you guys gonna come with?

Epel: I’d love to!

Vantablack: Nah, I can’t today. I got another club meeting I’m going to after we’re through here.

Epel: Oh, really? I didn’t know you were in another club, Vanta.

Vantablack: Something like that. It’s not an official club, yet. I’m still workin’ on it.

Ruggie: This is news to me too. I haven’t heard of any new clubs formin’ on campus, especially not any that run this late, and I really keep my ears to the ground around here.

Vantablack: Heh… well, if you did hear about it, that’d be a problem.

Ruggie: Yeah? How so?

Vantablack: Just one of the rules of the club. We’re tryin’ not to draw too much attention to ourselves right now.

Epel: That’s… a little weird. What kind of club is it exactly?

Vantablack: It’s nothing much. Just kind of a club where me and a couple of other guys get together to do some late night “working out”, in a way.

Ruggie: …That’s it? That’s a weird thing to be keeping under wraps.

Vantablack: Well, it’s cuz we stick to a more unconventional work out method is all. We have a pretty intense “regiment” we keep to. Getting hurt is a normal part of club activities, and part of the fun~

Epel: Getting hurt is part of the activities? That does sound intense. But, an exercise club sounds like fun though. Epel: I’ve been wanting to bulk up for a while now; maybe I should join you guys!

Vantablack: Heheh~ well, if you’re interested you could join us tonight. Vantablack: But, I’ll let you know now, if you decide to join us then you have to participate. That’s one of the rules of the club.

Epel: I’ve still got some energy left in me, so that’s fine by me. Sorry, I’ll have to join you guys next time, Ruggie.

Ruggie: That’s fine, just more food for us then. Have fun, Epel.

Vantablack: Alright, lets get going then! The other guys are probably waiting up for me anyway, they can’t start the club without me there.

Epel: Alright! Lemmie grab my bag, and we can go.

(Vantablack and Epel leave the field together)

(NRC: Mr. S’s Mystery Shop - Exterior)

Epel: So where does your club meet, exactly?

Vantablack: Over here. The Mystery Shop has a basement level that’s not being used, so we’re using it for our club meetings.

Epel: Really? Did Sam give you permission to do that?

Vantablack: No. But it’s fine, there’s nothing down here worth stealing or breaking, anyway. If he has a problem with it, he can talk to me about it.

Epel: O…kay…

(Vantablack and Epel descend down the wooden staircase to the basement level of the Mystery Shop)

(NRC: Mr. S’s Mystery Shop – Basement Level)

Epel: Oh, some of the other members are here already.

Heartslabyul Mob A: Hey Vanta! I brought a friend with me today! It’s his first day visiting.

Vantablack: Sounds good. Since you’re new, you’re gonna be first. Take off your shirt, your shoes, and anything you don’t want broken.

Heartslabyul Mob B: Yessir!

Epel: Uh… Vanta? What… is your club, exactly?

Vantablack: This is it, right here. This is my Fight Club.

Epel: F-Fight club?!

Vantablack: That’s right. Shut up and listen, and I’ll explain everything. You’re not the only newbie here tonight.

(Vantablack walks out into the center of the room, and the chattering amongst the members quiets down)

Vantablack: I see some fresh faces here tonight! That’s good~ For those of you new to the fight club, we have a few rules you have to follow. Vantablack: The first rule of fight club: you don't talk about the fight club. The second rule of fight club: you DO NOT talk about the fight club. Vantablack: Rule number three: when someone says "stop" or goes limp, the fight is over. Rule number four: only two guys to a fight, and one fight at a time.

Vantablack: Rule number five: No shirts and no shoes. Rule number six: fights go on as long as they have to. Vantablack: And rule number seven: if this is your first night at fight club… then you have to fight. Let the games begin~

Heartslabyul Mob B: Alright, I’m ready! Who’s first?

Scarabia Mob A: It’s my first night too, so I guess it’s me.

Heartslabyul Mob B: Right on! Let’s go!

(The two boys collide in a violent tussle in the center of the room, punches colliding with faces and stomachs, knees hitting chests, and kicks throwing one another against walls and to the floor. The other boys surrounding them hoot and holler with righteous excitement at the carnage.)

Epel: …This explains your talk of having an “unconventional” workout regiment, earlier. Epel: Is this why you don’t want people talking about your club…? Are you afraid it’s gonna be shut down if the headmaster finds out?

Vantablack: Nah, I’m not concerned about that. I mean yeah, he probably would try and shut it down, but that’s not the reason why.

Epel: Then… why?

Vantablack: It’s all part of the source material.

Epel: The… source material?

Vantablack: I’ve seen the source material at least a hundred times now in my memories. I know the rules, I know the game, and I know what comes after.

Epel: I don’t… understand. What do you mean, “in your memories”? None of that makes any sense.

Vantablack: Don’t worry about it. You don’t have to know what I mean, anyway. All you have to know is this… Vantablack: There’s always rules to things like this. You have to keep things formal, keep them strict, and keep them clean. Vantablack: It’s easier to control when there’s rules in place, both the people and the club. You keep them in control, keep them contained, then everything will fall into place after that. Vantablack: All I gotta do is keep with the script, and everything after that will be smooth sailing~

Epel: I, uh… see… I still don’t really understand, but I guess you make at least one good point. Epel: If you’re gonna host something rough and tumble like this, it’s better to make sure everyone’s playing by the same rules. It’s the easiest way to keep it in the club, not in the street, right?

Vantablack: Exactly~ You understand. Vantablack: So, Epel, you in? If you’re in, you’re gonna be the next in the ring. I’ll even do the honors of being your first opponent. What do you say~?

Epel: I… nggh…! I really want to! This is exactly the kinda hell I’ve been wantin’ to raise since before I got here to Night Raven! Epel: I’ve been waitin’ so long to actually have somewhere to let loose and go wild. Knowing this place exists now is like a dream come true! Epel: But… I can’t. If I start coming back to Pomefiore with split knuckles, a broken nose, and spitting up blood every week then Vil’s gonna give me hell. Epel: And knowing him, he’ll give you hell too for starting this and roping me into it. He’ll find out about your club and ruin everything for all of you.

Vantablack: Really? Are you that scared of him?

Epel: I’m not scared of him! I’m just… I know him, and I know for a fact what he’ll do. There’s no avoiding what hell will be waiting for both you and me if I get roughed up like this. Epel: If things were different, I would, but… I just can’t right now.

Vantablack: I get it, I get it. Don’t worry your pretty head about it, pipsqueak. Vantablack: Now you know my little secret though, and that makes you an honorary part of the club. Vantablack: So take a hike, and don’t come back until you’re ready for your initiation, got it? Otherwise, you’ll be breaking the rules here and now.

Epel: …I got it. I’ll- I’ll figure things out, and then I’ll come back and raise as much hell as I want, whenever I want! That’s a promise.

Vantablack: Atta boy, I knew you had the spirit of the club in you~ We’ll be waiting for you until then, Epel.

/ End

[thoselethalarts]

There was a prompt for this pant design floating around on twitter, and we got a little too excited to take advantage of it! 😊💕 Collab piece with @mintmoth, featuring my OCs Stahli 🦨 and Vantablack 🔪

Lineart for Vanta and coloration of Stahli @thoselethalarts

Lineart for Stahli and coloration of Vanta @mintmoth​

Full view of both charas individually below~

[thoselethalarts]

Hi! absolutely love your ocs<3

How do they see the prefect? Before or after the overblots of their dorms

Just for being so darn sweet to me you can have a bit of both, bestie 😘

How Do They See The Prefect?

(WARNING! The following post features spoilers for the endings of all seven major storyline chapters of TWST. Read on at your own risk!)

Matt is vaguely interested in the prefect, due to them being from another world and all, but he won't go out of his way to really interact with them of his own accord. If they come to him first he'll be friendly enough, but he doesn't care about them enough to seek them out otherwise. He thinks getting close to the prefect is a waste of time since in the end they'll likely never see each other again.

He respects their ability to survive the onslaught that was Riddle's overblot in Chapter 1, especially considering how powerful of a mage he is even by NRC standards. As he's usually hanging around by Marcus's side, you'll see the two of them in pairs more often than not. If Marcus chooses to gravitate towards you, Matt will follow shortly after.

Kaz thinks the prefect is interesting! To him, part of his time spent at Night Raven College is about making memories that he wouldn't get the chance to make anyways. Meet people he otherwise would never meet, try things he'd never get to try, and learn things he'd never get to learn. With the prefect however he sees things differently. He wonders if they will find a chance to leave, or if they'll stay in Twisted Wonderland forever, and what will happen to their relationship when the end finally comes.

He does worry a bit for their safety, especially after the events of Leona's overblot in Chapter 2. He starts to feel a bigger drive to look after them especially after these events, much like Marcus does. He hopes one day the two of them can see each other part ways amicably, but they'll have to live that long first before they do!

Marcus feels a fierce obligation to protect the prefect, purely because they're from another world. He would feel miserable if they would end up dying before getting the opportunity to return back to where they came, so he's very much interested in helping them find out how they got to Twisted Wonderland and how to make it back home. If they ever need a helping hand, he'll be glad to be that for them. Being the de-facto leader of his friend group, that also means they get the assistance of Matt and Kazuo as well.

His desire to protect the prefect and align with them only becomes stronger with each overblot. He's impressed by their ability to escape potential death and overcome the deadly challenges frequently being presented to them, but he knows that being magicless in a world full of magical assholes hellbent on destruction is a dangerous existence to live.

Nyx doesn't particularly care about the prefect in the slightest. He has more pressing things to be concerned about, like his schoolwork and his personal relationships. He's interested in the fact that they came from another world, but doesn't care enough to investigate it with them. In fact, he'd rather not get involved with them at all. He's usually too reserved to go out of his way to hold a proper conversation with them, and would rather just be left alone to his own friends and devices.

During the overblot of Chapter 4, he was the only person in his dorm that was able to escape Jamil's wrath by leaving NRC before he began to exact his plan. He heard about what happened in his dorm only after he got back, and was rather surprised to hear about them being able to stand up to Jamil despite everything. He seems more weary around them after this, and has made a mental note of their capabilities, especially with regards to plans he's making of his own before VDC is able to come into full swing across the school...

Stahli's rather neutral on his opinion of the prefect, but he's friendly to everybody so he's going to be friendly to them too! Rest assured, if they're ever in Pomefiore this skunkboy will be glad to see them. He will probably try and enlist them as a taste tester for whatever obscure recipe he's making this week, so hopefully they like the free food even if there's a 50/50 chance of it being something weird.

Chapter 5's overblot was something that took everyone by surprise, but significantly less so for Stahli. Perhaps it's his interest in fortune telling spoiling the future for him, but he seemed to know some kind of doom lingered in the future. Rather than fussing about it or being panicked, however, he would occasionally nudge the prefect in warning during the lead up to VDC to help guide them toward a path of greater safety.

Phobos doesn't give a shit about the prefect at all, but to be fair he doesn't give a shit about most people around him. He's not really interested in becoming closer to them, but he's not going to push them away if they stay low on his annoyance meter. He only offers to help them with anything if they pay him up front. He doesn't do any work for free unless he really likes you.

Phobos's interest in getting involved with S.T.Y.X. during the events of Chapter 6 are very minimal, but he can have a big role depending on how the prefect interacts with him. He can easily track down Idia's location even without Rook's help, and he's very much interested in learning more about the Isle of Woe as a whole. He doesn't actually care about helping bring anybody back from S.T.Y.X. though. You'd have to make it worth his while to keep helping you delve into the depths of Tartarus and fight against the freshly overblotted Idia and Ortho.

Vantablack is very interested in the prefect and wants to know everything about them. Who are they, exactly? Where did they come from? How did they get to Twisted Wonderland? Does the crushing fear of possibly losing everything connected to their old life haunt them? What was their homeworld like? Vantablack is going to bother them frequently, and as part of the first year squad they want it to be known that the prefect can rely on them for anything and everything. Whether or not you can actually trust them, however, is to your discretion.

Despite everything, if there's one thing you can always count on: it's that Vantablack HATES Malleus and would love nothing more than the chance to knock him down a couple pegs. They hate the fact that he's worshiped and revered so highly when they aren't, and wants desperately to beat him and become the next dorm head of Diasomnia. Needless to say, the prefect has their full support in helping stop Malleus's overblot during the events of Chapter 7.

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✧･ﾟ: ✧OC Inspiration Meme✧:･ﾟ✧

I saw this meme floating around on tumblr, and thought it might be fun to do for my main active group!

Character names and source media below!

|| Matt || Adraen (Lapfox Trax/Halley Labs) - Appearance (True form) Pride (Fullmetal Alchemist) - Powers Shane Madej (Ghost Files) - Personality Alucard (Hellsing) - Role, Powers Matt (Death Note) - Name, Appearance (Human Form), Role Beelzebub (Beelzebub and Rex Fontaine) - Role, Personality, Appearance

|| Kazuo || The Batter (OFF) - Powers, Appearance, Combat Style Kimihiro Watanuki (xxxHOLiC) - Powers Junpei Iori (Persona 3) - Combat Style, Personality Grim Reaper/Death (Mythology) - Origin, Powers, Role Vater Unser (E Nomine) - Origin 地獄/Jigoku (Lapfox Trax/Halley Labs) - Origin

|| Marcus || Charlie White (Cr1tikal) - Appearance Shikamaru Nara (Naruto) - Personality, Powers Ryan Bergara (Ghost Files) - Personality Alice Liddell (American McGee's Alice) - Origin, Story Timothy Wright (Marble Hornets) - Role, Personality Rex Fontaine (Beelzebub and Rex Fontaine) - Role, Personality

|| Nyx || Sai Yamanaka (Naruto) - Powers Nick Wilde (Zootopia) - Personality Heartless (Kingdom Hearts) - Powers Roy Mustang (Fullmetal Alchemist) - Powers Zexion (Kingdom Hearts) - Appearance Minato Arisato/Makoto Yuki (Persona 3) - Appearance

|| Stahli || Blue Stahli - Origin Yūko Ichihara (xxxHOLiC) - Powers, Role Grelle Sutcliff (Black Butler) - Appearance, Personality Sei (DRAMAtical Murder) - Appearance, Personality Darius (Lapfox Trax/Halley Labs) - Appearance Flower (Bambi) - Personality

|| Phobos || Ichimatsu Matsuno (Osomatsu-San) - Personality Shinjiro Aragaki (Persona 3) - Personality Noiz (DRAMAtical Murder) - Role, Appearance, Personality Clear (DRAMAtical Murder) - Role, Story Matatabi (Naruto) - Appearance Amanojaku (Ghost Stories) - Personality

|| Vantablack || The Wraith (Dead by Daylight) - Combat Style Alex Mercer (PROTOTYPE) - Powers Pennywise (IT) - Powers Raven Darkhölme/Mystique (X-Men) - Powers Kristen Stewart (Specifically from Charlie's Angels) - Appearance Gol Acheron (Jak & Daxter) - Voice

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𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲 - 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲

(SSR) Birthday Suit Up (Part 3): “Happy Birthday!”

(Diasomnia Dorm: Birthday Venue)

“What is your favorite food, and could you tell us a bit about why you like it?”

Vantablack: Dill pickles! Everyone always gives me a weird look when I say that, but it’s true. Vantablack: I love pickled foods, it’s one of the best things I’ve gotten a taste for since coming here. I love how sour things get after the pickling process, so every time I see something new that’s been pickled at the store, I have to try it. Vantablack: So far I’ve tried regular pickles, but also pickled beets, radishes, brussel sprouts, asparagus, onions, garlic cloves, and also pickled coleslaw and kimchi. Vantablack: They’ve all been pretty good, but I think dill pickles are still my favorite. The brine is especially nice when it’s really hot out~ Vantablack: I want to learn how to make my own pickles someday, but I’ve heard it takes a lot of specialized equipment to do it right so I probably won’t be able to do it on my own for a while.

“And what about your least favorite food?”

Vantablack: Ugh… anything sweet. I can’t stand sweet stuff. Vantablack: I’ve been wanting to try a little bit of every food that I can get my hands on since I left home, but every time it’s something that’s a little too sweet, it makes me feel sick. Vantablack: The worst has to be this weird melon soda that Lilia had me try. He said Kalim gave him some during a club meeting and he wanted everyone to try it. Vantablack: Holy hell, it was so sweet it made me gag. I don’t know how the hell anyone can drink anything like that, let alone want others to try it.

“Are you going to be okay with the cake that was made for you today?”

Vantablack: Who knows… I’m probably not going to eat it. Vantablack: Since I was told that getting sweets is customary for a birthday, I told everyone I don’t want anything to do with it today. Vantablack: Lilia assured me that it’s a lemon cake, so it should at least be a little sour… but something tells me I still won’t like it. Vantablack: Ah, well. If I don’t like it, I’ll just go buy an actual lemon to chew on later to wash the taste out of my mouth. Vantablack: Hm… Actually, do you think pickled lemons would be good? Is that a thing, pickled lemons? If it is, I wanna try that someday too.

“I haven’t the foggiest. But either way, happy birthday again!"

/ End.

[thoselethalarts]

𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲 - 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲

(SSR) Birthday Suit Up (Part 2): “Happy Birthday!”

“How do you usually spend your time after school?”

Vantablack: I do a little bit of everything, really. I go to club meetings and that’s fun, but coming here to this land has been the most freeing thing since I left home, so the whole world is my oyster now. Vantablack: I’ve been especially into just exploring the area and hiking through the woods around here lately. Vantablack: I started a journal to keep track of anything interesting I found while I’ve been hiking around. Anytime I come across something interesting, I write it down. Vantablack: Every massive tree, every pond, river, and stream, every cliffside, every hiking trail, and every old, abandoned campsite I’ve all been writing down the locations of so I can find them again later. Vantablack: Since I’ve got a bearing on the woods around here now, I’ve started going down to the town midland of here and started cataloging all the local businesses too. Where they are, what they sell, what their price range is, everything.

“Do you have any specific hobbies other than hiking?”

Vantablack: Hunting. …and fishing, I guess. I’ve also gotten a bit into whittling lately.

“How’s that going for you?”

Vantablack: The hunting? Bad. Anything I want to hunt I’d get in trouble for here. Also apparently you need a license to even do that around here, so anything else I’d want to catch I can’t bring back with me. Vantablack: Technically I need a license to fish here too… but I doubt anyone would notice if I ate something I caught while it was still in the water~ Vantablack: The whittling I just picked up by accident. Doing nothing with my hands all the time makes me all pent up, so I just grabbed a stick one day and started carving into it. Vantablack: It felt good to just mangle a twig into whatever shapes I wanted, so I started finding bigger chunks of wood to carve into and practiced turning them into different shapes. Vantablack: I made a wooden skull once, then I figured out how to make interlinking pieces and made a wooden chain to attach to it with some wood glue. It’s hanging up in my room next to my bed.

“Sounds impressive. Would you ever consider selling your pieces?”

Vantablack: I haven’t thought about it, really. I doubt it, though. Vantablack: Money’s not really that important to me, and I’m not interested in making something special for someone else either. If someone were to pay me a lot for it then maybe, otherwise I’m just gonna make whatever I want.

/ To be Continued…

[thoselethalarts]

𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲 - 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲

(SSR) Birthday Suit Up (Part 1): “Happy Birthday!”

(Diasomnia Dorm: Birthday Venue)

NRC Newspaper Birthday Interviews ~Vantablack Edition~

> Happy Birthday! Also, Happy Halloween!

Vantablack: Thanks on both accounts~ Vantablack: I’ve heard it’s customary to bring lavish gifts to the person whose birthday it is. So, did you bring me anything~?

“Not exactly…”

Vantablack: Tch, really? What are you even here for then if not to pay tribute?

“Well, we’d like to do an interview with you for the school newspaper...”

Vantablack: An interview, huh? Hm… I guess I’ll let it slide then, just this once. Vantablack: A little memorandum all in celebration of me on a day dedicated only to me sounds way better than any material gift I could ask for. Heheheh~ Vantablack: So, what do you want to know?

“How do you feel about the birthday celebrations so far?”

Vantablack: Hah! Oh, they’ve been fantastic so far. I’ve had the pleasure of meeting lots of people and making lots of friends since I came here, so everyone’s I see has been wishing me well. Vantablack: Even that loud and annoying Sebek wished me a good day, even if it was through gritted teeth~ It was one of the most satisfying things I think I’ve ever experienced. Vantablack: Honestly, for a first birthday I couldn’t have asked for anything less so far~

“‘First’ birthday? Have you never celebrated your birthday before?”

Vantablack: Nope, never. To be honest, I don’t even know when my “real” birthday is, if it’s even a day that falls on a normal calendar. Vantablack: Time works differently where I come from. Hours, days, and years all bleed together. Once you’re there, it’s impossible to know how much time has passed when you leave… if you ever leave. Vantablack: I was born in The Fog so I have no idea of how old I’m even supposed to be in human years. I could be around the same age as everyone else my class, way younger, or way older. There’s no way to really know. Vantablack: The reason we’re celebrating my birthday today is actually because of Lee. He asked me when my birthday was, and when I told him I didn’t have one, he got so distraught! Vantablack: He demanded we give me a birthday right then and there, and decided today was the perfect day for me to have as my own. Vantablack: He picked today because he said it “suits me”. And, as an added bonus, it’s on a popular yearly holiday, so it’s always remembered by everyone that I tell. I couldn’t have asked for a more perfect day~

/ To be Continued…

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Bonus closeup of Vanta!Deuce from their school uni personal story :3