[due to his own retreating from the spotlight to make his clothes shine, public information on Chrollo Lucilfer is limited. the basic facts about him in the present moment are the same, his work can be traced back to when he actually caught public eye- but before that point where he debuted, he doesn't really exist. no real talk of family, nothing about where he grew up. it could be a calculated aura of mystique - no one wants to admit they have humble beginnings - but though he has certain facts that check out, others under harsh scrutiny by someone highly perceptive do not. more and more it begins to look like there's a large section of his life that's obscured, removed from the picture as skillfully as he might casually divest one of his friends of their phone before tossing it back with a smile.
of course, most people don't care or look long enough to know such things. their attention is fleeting, to be amazed one moment and distracted in the next by something else. they don't fix on one thing, and that's why it's easy.
when Chrollo returns, he lets everyone know, and from his demeanor he neither knows nor suspects Hisoka's investigation. sure, he seems somewhat tired in the first few days, but he's no less precise or ready to get work done as he's been before, and the fact that he disappeared is allowed to fade away.
the appointments, he keeps to. those at least aren't suspicious, all work related, all things that simply relate to more boring aspects of business. not everything is dark and mysterious, especially not when they're finally entering a period of time where the entire team doesn't have to work as hard - the brief weeks of breathing room before the schedule would pick up again.
(comparing the dates on the photos to Chrollo's birthday and age, both pictures were taken when he was nineteen years old.)]
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of course, most people don't care or look long enough to know such things. their attention is fleeting, to be amazed one moment and distracted in the next by something else. they don't fix on one thing, and that's why it's easy.
when Chrollo returns, he lets everyone know, and from his demeanor he neither knows nor suspects Hisoka's investigation. sure, he seems somewhat tired in the first few days, but he's no less precise or ready to get work done as he's been before, and the fact that he disappeared is allowed to fade away.
the appointments, he keeps to. those at least aren't suspicious, all work related, all things that simply relate to more boring aspects of business. not everything is dark and mysterious, especially not when they're finally entering a period of time where the entire team doesn't have to work as hard - the brief weeks of breathing room before the schedule would pick up again.
(comparing the dates on the photos to Chrollo's birthday and age, both pictures were taken when he was nineteen years old.)]