Bite The Hand That Feeds You

[nibelungvalesti]

Who: Tamara, Greg, Ivan, the Doctor
What: Fame has its price. That price is FANS.
When: Varies.
Where: Varies.
Warnings: None expected.

And to think, the day started out so nice...

Comments

Jan. 20ish

[sponsorigami]

[ After the newbie breakfast at the FoB penthouse, and Ivan is spending time on various social media. He posted a new picture of flowers on his blog and hid a small ninja plush in the shot. In fact... the past few pictures he has posted to his blog has had that same ninja in the shots. Never in the focus but present somewhere.

No explanation is given for the addition either. It's just something he started doing since the L&L Party. ]

Re: Jan. 20ish

[nibelungvalesti]

FOBFAN1337 (1/20 @13:30) posted:
hey what's the plush
FOBFAN1337 (1/20 @13:33) posted:
hey what's the plush
FOBFAN1337 (1/20 @13:36) posted:
hey what's the plush
FOBFAN1337 (1/20 @13:38) posted:
hey what's the plush
FOBFAN1337 (1/20 @13:39) posted:
hey what's the plush
FOBFAN1337 (1/20 @13:42) posted:
hey what's the plush
FOBFAN1337 (1/20 @13:45) posted:
WHAT THE HELL WHAY AR EYOU IGNOERING ME

[sponsorigami]

[ Ivan posts another picture that has the plush in it. This time, it's only visible from a mirror reflection. However, Ivan does add the tag #FOBFAN1337 to his post along with his usual tags.

He's having fun with this. Someone's actually calling him out on the plush. ... Even if the fan has been spamming him with the question. It's only been 15 minutes, fan. Chill. ]

[nibelungvalesti]

FOBFAN1337 (1/20 @14:04) posted:
come on now you're just trolling
FOBFAN1337 (1/20 @14:05) posted:
tyell us whta the hell it is
FOBFAN1337 (1/20 @14:06) posted:
do you sleep with it
FOBFAN1337 (1/20 @14:07) posted:
you totoally sleep with it at night don't you
FOBFAN1337 (1/20 @14:08) posted:
take a picture of it in your bed
FOBFAN1337 (1/20 @14:09) posted:
show us where you sleep
FOBFAN1337 (1/20 @14:10) posted:
show us your shower

[sponsorigami]

[ Oh, it's one of those fans.

His reply takes about an hour because he's busy photoshopping his ninja plush into an image of a river bed at the base of a waterfall. Visual pun for the troll. ]

[nibelungvalesti]

FOBFAN1337 (1/20 @14:14) posted:
THIS LOOKS SHOPPED
FOBFAN1337 (1/20 @15:15) posted:
I CAN TELL BY THE PIXELS
FOBFAN1337 (1/20 @15:15) posted:
AND FROM SEEING QUITE A FEW SHOPS IN MY TIME
FOBFAN1337 (1/20 @15:16) posted:
hey take a picture of it between rei's boobs
FOBFAN1337 (1/20 @15:17) posted:
hey that should be your next album cover
FOBFAN1337 (1/20 @15:18) posted:
i expect royalties

[sponsorigami]

[ His next photo, uploaded again an hour later, is his plush inserted between these boobies. Again, a shop, but who really cares? ]

[trustme]

[ Doctor takes the regular precautions when he goes out as Angel has instructed. Wear sunglasses, try a hat, try in general to wear a different fashion from what you do on stage. For Doctor that means a t-shirt, dark glasses, and a- wait what's that on his head? Is that a fez?

Apparently this morning when he heads out to the local bookstore he makes the fateful mistake of wearing one of his favorite hats, completely forgetting the photos that have been snapped of him wearing it before. How many people walk around wearing a fez in Vista City? A lot of Doctor's fans do now but otherwise there's pretty much just one person who would. A hardcore FoB fan will likely recognize him within a few seconds of seeing him standing by himself reading in the Physical Sciences section of the bookstore. ]

[nibelungvalesti]

It's Doctor!

[The cry goes up, loud and unsubtle, from a teenaged kid wearing much the same fez, drawing the attention of the rest of his little traveling group. As one, they begin pushing through the store towards him -- very literally, as they knock aside a woman who didn't get out of the way in time, and send a display rack toppling to one side.]

[trustme]

[ Doctor turns at the shout and watches the chaos that ensues, grimacing when one of the guests gets knocked. He throws his hands up in front of him and waves them downward, trying to signal to the group of his fans to quiet down. ]

Are you all right? [ He calls past the fans towards the woman that had been bumped by the teens. He looks at his little fanclub. ] Someone please make sure she's all right.

[nibelungvalesti]

Oh she's fine! [Says one guy in the back who obviously hasn't even looked, as the group begins to crowd around -- surrounding him and doing their best to crowd uncomfortably close.]

Sing something!
Sign my fez!
When's the next record coming out?
You should do a solo project!

[trustme]

Just a minute! Just- [ Doctor steps forward to try getting a better look at the state of the woman and the rack. He can barely see them but when he stands on his toes he can see something going on back there. ]

[nibelungvalesti]

[And what's going on back there is the woman clutching the side of her head as another guy drops to his knees next to her. Blood oozes out between her fingers, though she's still conscious -- probably just a scalp wound, which are of course notorious bleeders.]

[But he gets only a couple seconds of this before one of the crowd thrusts their fez in his line of sight. And they're continuing to crowd closer, still babbling and completely ignoring any concept of personal space.]

[scalpedsociety]

[So far, Tamara has never had too bad of experience's when she's out and about in Vista City. For a beloved pianist of a up and coming band her outings are almost aggressively normal. She usually doesn't take a limo to these outings, preferring to keep to whatevers close or get a ride from whoever takes her offer. Granted, security is usually very close by her at all times during her trips to various stores, giving her the reminder that no, she isn't quite normal.

But...sometimes she likes ditching security just for the feeling of being normal. It's getting harder and harder since the incident at Virgo but she does it sometimes. Tonight, she's gone out to a bar to have a drink or two. The bar stage happens to have a piano, maybe she might play and give herself away. But right now she's just drinking and enjoying herself in her outfit. It might take a while for security to find her, clearly nothing bad could ever happen...]

[sublimelymagnificentblitz]

[A brilliant burst light flickers out from the side as a guy down the bar snaps a picture of her with his cell phone, the flash automatically triggering thanks to the inside light. Without any subtlety, he snaps another, then begins heading her way to get more.]

[scalpedsociety]

[Those lights are distracting Tamara from her drink. And all those flashes...]

Excuse me, I know you want to take pictures, but can you please stop that?

[It's hilarious, Tamara thinks fans can be reasoned with.]

[sublimelymagnificentblitz]

Oh my God, she talked to me! [The words themselves don't seem to matter. The man practically shoves aside two other people in his haste to close the distance, phone still in his hand. Silly celebrity, she thinks she's still a human being!] Tamara, Tamara, Tamaraaaaaaa --

[Each chanted reiteration of her name comes with a another flash and a click from the phone.]

Do that pose!

[scalpedsociety]

Wait I-

[But some of the poor bar patrons get knocked away just for this creepy guy to take more pictures.]

What pose?! Listen I just want to be left alone!

[sublimelymagnificentblitz]

The pose! From the cover! You know! [The fan props an arm in the air in pale imitation of one of her album release shots.] Oh my God, she's going to do it!

[And he keeps on looming closer, a manic grin on his face as he adds more shots to his gallery.]

[panspermia]

[ It's hit the point where Greg can't sneak out to parties anymore, but he hasn't had any trouble on small trips like this to a cafe. The hat, ponytail, and glasses disguise might need retiring soon, but the worst case scenario is getting to sign a few autographs, maybe share a few selfies.

Right...? ]

[sublimelymagnificentblitz]

[Right. Sure. And that sudden jerk as someone grabs Greg's ponytail from behind is totally innocent, right?]

[panspermia]

[ SURELY... JUST A MISTAKE... Greg gives a small yelp, whipping around and hand protectively reaching back to free himself. ]

[sublimelymagnificentblitz]

[Well, if your hair was less ridiculous, Greg, you might have gotten free there. As it is, you've managed to tug enough of it out of the way to delay the girl who's trying to cut out a huge chunk of it with scissors.]

[SHE WOULD PUT IT IN A SHRINE, GREG.]

[Letting out a little shriek of surprise, she tugs back and tried to make that cut a second time. At this point he can legitimately question if she's even aware on any level that the hair is attached to an actual person.]

[panspermia]

[ The sight of scissors escalates his concern from confusion to panic. ]

WHOA, whoa whoa whoa, what the hey are you doing?!

[ He grips at his ponytail to cut down on the tug of war with his freaking skull, and waves his other hand in front of her face. Hello come on here!! ]

[sublimelymagnificentblitz]

Noooo!

[That is more of an abstract shriek of frustration, not even directed at him so much as her irritation with an obstacle in her way. She shoves forward, trying to knock him off-balance and get that hand out of her way so she can get her souvenir. The scissors flash as she jabs them out, not even caring what they contact so long as she can make her cut.]