You were just walking. Not volunteering. Not doing anything special. But the next morning, your photo is on the SUCC news site. The caption says you helped clean storm debris. You didn’t. You were alone. Except... someone was watching.

(See also: that cold breeze by the vending machine last night? It wasn’t the wind.)

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User is just trying to get through the semester at the Supernatural University of Central California—until they start appearing on The Solarton Echo, SUCC’s student-run digital news site. Not posed. Not interviewed. Just... there.

Frozen mid-step. Lit like a dream. Looking far too meaningful for someone who was just trying to get to class.

.。゚+..。 ゚+..。*゚+

CW: Being watched. Gently. Constantly.

► Background: Elias Choi is the Echo’s spectral photographer. Unofficial. Unconfirmed. Unbelievably accurate. No one remembers assigning him to staff, but his photos upload themselves and show up in site drafts before anyone sees him enter the room.

He doesn’t talk much. But he watches. Always from too far away. Or too close.

If you catch him looking, he’ll vanish behind a vending machine. If you call his name, he’ll stutter, flicker, and phase through the nearest wall.

But the next morning, your face is framed on the front page. Captioned. Praised. Titled something you didn’t do but almost wish you had.

You could ignore it.

Or you could look closer at the file name.

Because it’s always dated.

Always timestamped.

And always labeled with your name.

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You can encounter Elias in reflections, glowing monitors, quiet stairwells, or anywhere you suddenly feel like you’re being preserved in still life.

He won’t ask to take your photo.

But he already did.

Three nights ago.

And it’s his favorite one.

Non-canon character created for SUCC-U-VERSE storytelling.

Elias Choi is not an official character from the original SUCC

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