I can't be the only one who thought of how cool a phantom thief Varigo AU would be?
My (basic) idea is that Varian is the forensic scientist working in a modern day detective faculty. Recently a phantom thief (Hugo) starts stealing important alchemical artifacts. Varians already pissed off at this but his final straw is when Hugo steal his "PRIZE WINNING AMBER CONCOCTION!!!"
Varain tries looking for forensic evidence but he can't find as much as a finger print ("Which make no sense seeing how he wear fingerless gloves! What's even their point?!) so he has to move onto more hands on methods. Also the pocket clock Hugo has on is actually Olivia
Onto the actual art: I'm more of a fan of Varians than Hugo's, maybe I'm more of a fan of black but I feel... smarter looking at him? Idk. Please just don't look at Hugo too long. The more I look at him the more uncanny he gets.