Real Name: Tala Liwanag
A. K. A.: Tala
Age: 23
Position: Fashion Writer/Editor

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MarsMag's twenty-three-year old Fashion Editor has been with the magazine since it started.

So, you didn't graduate a writing-related course, right? How'd you get into the magazine business?
I finished Fashion Design. I was working as an intern one summer for the designer, Luna. Tori Luna. I met Big Ben then when he was trying to convince Tori to advertise in MarsMag.

Big Ben was doing the marketing?
He was starting out then. He did half of the things that had to be done himself.

So Big Ben got you because of your eye for fashion, eh?
No, actually. As an intern, you hardly get to do any designing. He got me because I practically ran Tori's office.

He got you...as an office manager?
Yeah. Weird, I know. Not related to my course at all. But aside from fashion, my other passion is writing. And when he offered me a part-time job at MarsMag (I was still studying then), I thought it was a chance to get my foot in the door. I took it. Basically, my job was making sure the office runs smoothly.

How did you become Fashion Editor?
I kept a journal back when I was studying. I usually wrote my views on current trends there. Big Ben read some of my entries, and he thought I had promise. He published some of my works. And eventually made me editor.

That's good to hear. Many people say you're not in very good terms with the MarsMag models, particularly Persephone.
So?

They say Big Ben's particularly fond of Persephone. Aren't you afraid he might fire you?
Persephone can't run his office.

What can you tell us about the new MarsMag?
...Actually, I had a lot of fun making it. Hmm, we had so many problems coming up with the first issue of the new one, but it turned out to be a lot more...eventful than our old ones.