Realistic or Modern 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙧𝙞-𝙡𝙖 [ 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 ]

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  shangri-la

  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

  이 모든건 우연이 아냐

  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  
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  the beginning

  
  
  
  

  an artsy, hole-in-the-wall bar where all walks of life convene at the end of a long day to loosen up with old friends or drink away the evening's sorrows. though there is no sign in the alley where the establishment resides, the bar's word-of-mouth form of marketing attracts the perfect sort of patrons to match the rather elaborate interior.
  
  it was here at the bar's long tables that six young patrons spent four long summers and winters by each others' sides after class, only to find themselves falling out and apart as they grew in their own ways and school became a distant memory.
  
  it's here, in this eclectic collection of hanging plants, neon lights and lime wedges, that our morally ambiguous characters began their journey together. and it's here, after an invitation is sent out from the bar's elderly owner, that it will inevitably come to its tipping point.
  
  
  
  

  character sheet

  
  
  basics
  name:
  nickname: (opt.)
  age: (24-27)
  gender:
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  faceclaim: (realistic only)
  
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  the chef

  
  
  
  

  after a lifetime of being told she was too timid to make a name for herself, the chef decided to battle her fear of people and pursue her true passion: cooking. with only a few years of expertise under her belt, however, she was able to score no more than a line cook gig at the local chinese restaurant. despite constantly getting stepped all over, she has worked diligently to show her potential, aiming to fill the role of sous chef by the end of the year and prove to those that supported her that she can hold her own.
  

  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  the big shot

  
  
  
  

  the head of partnerships and son of the ceo at a tech company, the big-shot is an arrogant man who doesn't really care for his job. the only reason he competed so hard to get to his position was to prove that he wasn't letting his dad hand him the title for free. now, in his mid-twenties with nothing left to prove, he desperately wants to reconnect with the friends he’d lost contact with as a way to cure the loneliness plaguing his soul.
  

  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  the fashion designer

  
  
  
  

  deeply morally skewed from her years in the industry, the fashion designer is a ride or die for the causes she believes in, often using sex and flirtation to worm her way into the interests of anyone that could be of use to her. after moving to the states directly out of school and establishing the renowned clothing brand FFATE, she has dominated the world of fashion and left a trail of broken hearts, scarred minds, and burnt bridges in her path.
  

  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  the teacher

  
  
  
  

  an embodiment of wholesomeness, the teacher took the kind and caring nature everyone knew him for as a teenager and put it towards pursuing a degree in education. now three years out of university, he’s begun teaching elementary school students, and to no one's surprise, has become everyone’s favorite teacher. seeing his students with their friends everyday makes him miss his own and he longs for a chance to reunite with them.
  

  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  the idol

  
  
  
  

  a whirlwind of talent who has been singing, dancing and performing since she could walk, the idol found herself thrown into fame after being scouted by AVA while in high school and debuting with MYST.eria a few years later. with a recently completed world tour in the books, she can’t wait for a few months of down time to take a trip down memory lane and reunite with old friends.
  

  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  the athlete

  
  
  
  

  the definition of a born athlete, he’s been on the move since birth. signed up for all sorts of recreational sports when he was of age, he soon became the star of each team. after discovering his true sport passion, he began practicing at every moment (when not in school), yet still found the time to go to shangri-la and see his friends. though now a professional athlete, he still makes the time to contact those close to him and revisit the place where it all began.
  

  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  
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  General Guidelines:
  • This is an 18+ KRP based in Seoul—realistic fcs only, please.
  • Application based. Not first-come first-serve.
  • The GMs (sox + dreamglow) have the final say.
  • Must have Discord. All OOC + plotting will occur there.
  • Crossed out roles are reserved by the GMs.
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  

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  We ask that everyone post relatively frequently to keep the ball rolling, but we’re lenient on this with proper communication. Along with this, since this is an extremely relationship-based roleplay, we ask that you write with plenty of detail in each post—no need for an essay, but enough to portray character depth and realistic thought processes.
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  

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  No god-modding/plotting without discussing it in ooc with all relevant players. Along those lines, absolutely no mary/gary sues—these characters are all meant to be flawed in some way so that none of them can be morally superior to one other.
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  

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  Drama and romance is strongly encouraged in-character, but keep it classy ooc. Resolve any conflicts privately and involve the GMs if needed. We reserve the right to kick anyone that continuously proves to be an issue.
  

  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  

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basics
name:
nickname: (opt.)
age: (24-27)
gender:
sexuality:
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ethnicity:
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modifications:
faceclaim: (realistic only)

persona
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  "make space in your life for the things that matter, for family and friends, love and generosity, fun and joy. without this, you will burn out in mid-career and wonder where your life went."​

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  

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  kang hye-joon ( 강혜준 )

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  

  juno ( 주노 )

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  

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  cisfemale

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  

  bisexual

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  

  toronto, canada

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  

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  53kg ( 117lbs )

  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  

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  long and layered, naturally dark brown but has been dyed a different color for every comeback and music video. it's currently dyed a platinum blonde.

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  

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  not your stereotypical stick thin female kpop idol. juno naturally has a decent bit of muscle on her and nothing, no diet or exercise, will change that.

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  

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  has a scar on her right ankle from when she had to have screws put in as a teenager. small birthmark on her left shoulder.

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  

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  double piercings in each ear, queen of hearts tattooed on the inside of her left wrist.

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  

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  밥만 먹고서 살아가고 싶지는 않아. 나는 내가 원하는 삶을 살고 싶다

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
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  [ bubbly, outgoing, humorous, resilient, loyal, empathetic ]
  
  positive, upbeat and super sociable, juno is the life of the party wherever she goes. it doesn't matter whether she's with people she knows or doesn't know, she'll entertain the crowd regardless. knowing just what to say and when to say it, she naturally draws people in and makes them feel safe.
  
  well-known for her sense of humor, she can constantly be found telling jokes or light-heartedly poking fun at her friends. some may call it roasting her friends and those really close to her instead of light-hearted poking of fun, but she just views it as a harmless thing. it's not like she's doing it with the intention of hurting anyone, and she wouldn't ever say something really mean. she's been on the receiving end of meanness too many times and didn't enjoy it for a single second.
  
  juno isn't really the type to enjoy conflict and absolutely hates it when people fight. therefore, she goes out of her way to resolve any and all issues that exist between her friends. however, if someone really wrongs her, that grudge will be held for a really long time. she certainly isn't the type to forgive and forget.
  

  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  

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  singing, dancing, rap battles, karaoke, being with her friends, performing, movie nights, traveling, listening to music, exercising, meeting new people, going to parties, sunshine, the beach, practicing to improve herself, coffee, dogs, dark gemstones, bubble tea
  
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  being stuck inside all day, seeing someone (especially a fan) cry, arrogance, large egos, cloudy days, winter, really spicy food, horror movies, mangos, liars, asparagus, chocolate ice cream, sasaengs, dolphins, shredded coconut and coconut flakes, peppers
  

  
  
  
  
  

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  habits.
  absentmindedly twirling the ends of her hair when bored, drumming her fingers against a surface when waiting for something, biting/chewing on her lower lip, snoozes her alarm a million times, forgets to text back
  
  quirks.
  can touch her tongue to her nose, incredibly quick reflexes, super high pain tolerance, very fast walker
  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  fears & weaknesses

  
  
  
  

  fears.
  losing the support of her loved ones, something happening to someone and it being her fault, not being able to sing anymore, actually losing a loved one, enclosed spaces, tidal waves, dolls, clowns
  
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  her daydreaming habits in interviews, a little messy all around, procrastinates a lot, has a hard time letting go of things, pride can occasionally get in the way
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  

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  [ stubborn, impulsive, off in space, blunt, impatient, sometimes lacks a filter ]
  
  though she's an idol, she's still human. humans make mistakes and juno makes plenty of them. one of her biggest mistakes is often forgetting that she's on camera. yes, she always stays poised and professional, but when she's not speaking, she sometimes zones out. especially if the interviewer is boring, juno just tunes them out and goes off in her own little world. she's never had the greatest attention span and often needs one of the members to bring her back down to earth.
  
  she's also never been the most patient person in the world and when it takes a while for something to be said or done, she gets mad. having been around too many people that take a while to do things, juno has developed a habit of taking it upon herself to do it. therefore, her impulse control has become next to none. if she wants, she does/says/gets. if she doesn't want, she won't do/say/get.
  
  born with the ability to easily read people, juno has long since been able to tell when someone is uncomfortable, or when they are lying. nicknamed the "human bullshit detector", she somehow has a built-in bullshit detector that immediately identifies whether someone is lying, being fake, or just all around a bad person. while this isn't necessarily a bad thing, calling someone out on it while on camera isn't the greatest idea. been there, done that.
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  

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    life in toronto.

    
    
    
    

    juno kang was born on october 3rd in toronto to steven and jade kang. having already been through this process nearly three years ago with olivia, they were in and out of the hospital in record time and were soon headed home to the suburbs of toronto.
    
    there was nothing extraordinary about the early years of juno’s childhood. she spent most of it playing with her sister, “babysitting” griffin, going to school, participating in all of the recreational sports her parents signed her up for, playing with her friends—you know, all the normal childhood things.
    
    she got her first taste of the entertainment/performing world when she and olivia were both signed up for a children’s play that their local community center was putting on. olivia naturally got the lead role but juno got a supporting role with a decent amount of lines. what was interesting was that that role had a singing part and it was there during rehearsals that she and everyone else discovered that wow, she could actually sing.
    
    goodbye sports, goodbye everything else. steven and jade were quick to sign her up for after school vocal lessons, lessons that took up almost the entirety of her time. she didn’t mind in the slightest however, not when she loved singing that much.
    

    
    

    
    
    

    
    
    
    
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    new country, new beginning.

    
    
    
    

    when she was fourteen, the company steven worked at opened a branch in seoul and asked him to oversee it. not wanting to miss out on such an opportunity, he accepted and the entire family packed up and left toronto for seoul.
    
    though they weren’t fluent, olivia and juno had a basic foundation of korean and had no trouble picking up the language. griffin, however, didn’t have the foundation and was struggling with learning it. it didn’t help that both older sisters were in an arts school and he was enrolled in their local school. multiple times when the sisters went to pick him up after school, found him sitting alone at a table. through interrogation, they found out that he had no friends and was often made fun of by classmates for not speaking it.
    
    furious, olivia and juno knew they had to do something. olivia wanted to go in guns blazing and fight these kids, but juno knew that wouldn’t solve anything. instead, she decided to record a song for him, an english cover/version of shaun’s "way back home". safe to say griffin loved it and so did the world. it soon went viral, amassing hundreds of thousands of views in a short period of time. she ignored all of that. it was recorded to make her brother feel better, not for views.
    
    it was griffin who first discovered shangri-la. a few years after moving to korea, he had been sitting on a bench outside the bar by himself when the owner came out and invited him inside. despite enjoying himself, he knew it wasn’t quite his scene since all of the kids were a few years older than he. but he knew it would be juno’s scene. the very next day, griffin dragged juno, who had followed in olivia’s footsteps and just started at hanlim multi arts high school, to the bar. and right then and there, she knew she had found her home away from home.
    

    
    

    
    
    

    
    
    
    
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    a few months after she started at hanlim, she began getting emails and messages on social media platforms from various entertainment companies that had watched the way back home video and wanted her to audition to become a trainee. thinking it was all a scam, juno ignored and deleted the messages. but then a representative of AVA entertainment, one of the big ones, waited outside of hanlim all day for her and when she finally emerged, handed her a card with audition information. this time, she knew it wasn’t a scam.
    
    it took some convincing but eventually her parents caved and allowed her to audition, an audition she easily passed and soon became a promising young trainee at AVA. though it was hard due to her demanding new schedule, juno still found time to go to shangri-la a few days a week. sadly, by the time she was in her final year of high school, those days became less and less until she hadn’t been to the bar in months. MYST.eria was set to debut in the middle of the year and there was just way too much to do.
    
    well, the debut was a success and the group soon skyrocketed to the top of the charts with their debut single “blacklight” off of the first mini album, clue. a year after that, they went on their first mini headlining tour, hitting only a few countries but still selling out every show.
    
    fast forward to 2021 and they were already four years into their career. four years, six ep’s, three albums, five hit singles and a completely sold out 22 city world tour, they were one of the top girl group’s in existence. and while its been an amazing journey so far and juno wouldn’t change it for the world, she just wants some time off.
    
    

    
    

    
    
    

    
    
    
    

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  

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  꿈이 있다면, 절대 포기하지마라

  
  

  
  
  
  
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  toronto, ontario, canada

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  

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  english, korean & a bit of french

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  

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  main vocalist, lead dancer

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  

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  libra

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  

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  bannock & kongguksu

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  

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  olivia kang

  
  
  
  

  
  

  juno's older sister and best friend, the oldest child in the family. 27 years old. the first to enter the entertainment industry by starring in a few small commercials. is now a big time actress who has starred in all of your favorite kdramas.

  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  

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  juno's younger brother, the youngest child and only boy. 22 years old. has no interest in the entertainment industry and is currently in university majoring in sports medicine with hopes to become an athletic trainer.

  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  

  MYST.eria

  
  
  
  

  
  

  five member south korean girl group under AVA entertainment. the group consists of ruby, chaewoo, yebin, juno and somin. they debuted on july 15th, 2017 with the song "blacklight". juno's four sisters from different misters. no drama household.

  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  

  kim sejin

  
  
  
  

  
  

  leader of boy group enigma. 25 years old. juno's best friend turned boyfriend turned ex but still friends. the two met backstage at a year-end award show and hit it off. the months that followed were full of pictures taken of them hanging out around town, leading to multiple dating rumors. they started officially dating in secret a year after meeting because even though AVA didn't have a dating ban, sejin's company did. the two recently broke up but still remain close friends.

  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  

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  name: Park Na-mu
  
  nickname: N/A
  
  age: 26
  
  gender: Cis Male
  
  sexuality: Pansexual
  
  p.o.b: Busan, South Korea
  
  d.o.b: September 10th
  
  ethnicity: Korean
  
  occupation: Elementary School Teacher (former active soldier in the Marines)
  
  role: The Teacher
  
  
  
  
  
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  Eu timeam probatus usu, in alterum mentitum mea. Ridens tacimates nam an. Ne est ipsum phaedrum senserit. Mel odio mutat summo ad. Eloquentiam accommodare conclusionemque mei no, sit ex sale labitur eleifend. Vim at vivendo forensibus, et pri vocent deterruisset.
  
  
  

  hair: Dyed Black, Straight
  
  eyes: Dark Brown
  
  height: 5'8 / 172cm
  
  weight: 130lbs / 60kgs
  
  build: Na-mu has a thin figure. There's not much to his body at all minor his bad posture. He lost his muscle after coming back from the marines and doesn't intend to bulk up any time soon.
  
  scars/markings: He has small scars due to childhood injuries from climbing trees, swimming at the sea and various other outdoor activities. He also has some stretch marks on his stomach, legs and arms from weight gain and loss. These scars don't bother him. If anything it makes him feel as if he's lived a hectic life when he hasn't.
  
  modifications: Na-mu went through a bit of a rebellious phase in high school and went to get multiple ear piercings. He grew out of that phase but likes how he looks with jewellery. He also wears round metal glasses to correct his bad vision.
  
  faceclaim: Choi Yeonjun
  
  
  
  
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  Eu timeam probatus usu, in alterum mentitum mea. Ridens tacimates nam an. Ne est ipsum phaedrum senserit. Mel odio mutat summo ad. Eloquentiam accommodare conclusionemque mei no, sit ex sale labitur eleifend. Vim at vivendo forensibus, et pri vocent deterruisset.
  
  
  

  vices: Stubborn, Selfish, Hot Headed, Quite Clumsy, A Bit Gullible and Naive, Sensitive, Socially Unaware
  
  virtues: Creative, Studious, Enthusiastic, Headstrong, Laid-back at times, An Optimist, Very Generous
  
  likes: For food, Na-mu likes Korean pear and Cherry Cola and these are his go to snacks. He has a sweet tooth. He likes to read especially interesting things to do with his work but occasionally a light Young Adult Novel will grip him and hell be transfixed on it for days. Like his sisters the arts are important to him and he loves cartoons and Animation. If he didn't become a teacher perhaps an art career would have been in the cards for him. His tastes in music tend to be the opposite of what many would expect. Na-mu likes rock music a lot and collects albums of his favorite artists.
  
  dislikes: Na-mu unfortunately can't handle spice despite liking many mild versions of the same foods. Chilli is his enemy. He hates having his time wasted and is very Korean in his palli-palli behaviour. He dislikes math despite it being the class he did the best in at school. He finds studying the complexitites of it all unnecessary but as a teacher he must show enthusiasm for every subject.
  
  habits/quirks: He chews things (his lips, his hands, pen caps, straws) and he runs his hands through his hair and across his head a lot.
  
  fears/weaknesses: Failure is the big one. It's one of the reasons he focused so hard in school. Also he has a mild peanut allergy and a small fear of bugs
  
  goals/aspirations: To continue teaching, eventually get his master's degree (maybe a doctorate as well), teach education to other people who want to be teachers and foster a brighter future for education in South Korea. He also wants to be a Dad some day.
  
  
  
  
  
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  Eu timeam probatus usu, in alterum mentitum mea. Ridens tacimates nam an. Ne est ipsum phaedrum senserit. Mel odio mutat summo ad. Eloquentiam accommodare conclusionemque mei no, sit ex sale labitur eleifend. Vim at vivendo forensibus, et pri vocent deterruisset.
  
  
  

  backstory:
  Na-mu was born into a very young loving family as the eldest and only son of Park Jongshik and Min Dayoung. Na-mu's mother, Dayoung wanted their children to have beautiful names and so gave them traditional Korean names related to nature. Na-mu means wood and she hoped he would be strong and sturdy for his siblings in the future. His little sister's name was Na-bom which meant my spring and finally his youngest sister's name was Na-bi which meant butterfly. They wanted to raise their children to love life and to not be polluted by the hatred within it. They regularly attended volunteer work and pushed their children into giving back to their local community. They taught their children life skills and cooked for the elderly twice a month. The parents allowed their children to follow their dreams which for his sisters meant ballet and art classes. For Na-mu he wanted to learn piano and guitar. However the way he was taught he didn't like so be simply learned some basic and advanced piano and spent his birthday money on a new guitar to teach himself music.
  
  However all this kindness the children received didn't mean they didn't have expectations. Na-mu was a nerd. It was very clear. He was highly focused on school work and learning skills to help further his future to the point where his friendships suffered. He wanted to do well to the point that he would barely sleep. It wasn't healthy but he knew it was what had to be done to get to where he wanted to be. However he wasn't some goody-goody. He hated school rules and wanted to get on with what he wanted to do which was to have his hair be crazy and study all the stuff he knew he needed to study. This didn't mean he wasn't a time-wasting teen. Eventually all this pressure built up and Na-mu and his father had a massive falling out. It was decided that he should be sent up to Seoul in order to finish his schooling as homelife became impossible. He would regularly go up to Seoul during the school breaks and help out his Uncle Chungmo at his bar so moving there wasn't too daunting. If anything being in a forever supportive environment made him flourish even more in class. He continued to work for his uncle and wasn't paid much but he didn't want to accept his uncle's money anyway. He eventually reigned in his rule breaking and rebellious attitude, going back to the cute lovable teen he was. He remembers his father repeatedly bashing on him and saying he wouldn't amount to anything if he kept up his act which hurt him. His uncle was very comforting during this time. The piercings however didn't go away as it made him feel unique.
  
  Being up in Seoul during his teen years and his father continuously treating him like shit, led to him wanting to study in the Capital and for him to stay away from the criticism of his father. As the opportunity to choose his career came forward, he had to discuss with his teachers and family what he wanted to do in the future. The teachers noted that he could honestly do anything he wanted if he directed his energy into it. Na-mu however loved giving back to people. He wanted a career where he could help others. He was too squeemish to be a doctor so another career option was to be a teacher. He was great at helping raise and teach his little sisters that it seemed like a perfect choice all round. However he preferred younger children so any idea of him being a legendary professor or something would be left to when he's later on in life at a point where people would respect him. Maybe then he'd become a Professor in Education or something at a university.
  
  Na-mu decided before he went off to university however to complete his mandatory military service and so before his 20th birthday he left his hometown and became an active duty soldier in the Marines. It taught his a lot about persistence, patience and control under pressure. He was one of the few in his regiment who enjoyed his time there. Eighteen months passed he returned and enrolled in Yonsei University for a Bachelor's in Education. He made friends and moved in with two of them. Studying his ass off, Na-mu even took time to learn how education worked in other countries to help apply it to his own teaching in the future. He graduated and quickly got a job teaching at an elementary school in Yongsan-gu that needed staff. He taught most things but mostly did Korean, English and Art classes. He's been doing this the past year. Eventually he wants to have teaching experience across many different age groups in order to later become a Professor in Education to help progress the system within South Korea that has many faults. He also volunteers at a daycare when he's not busy to ensure that there are always staff available for the kids in his community just like his parents would want of him.
  
  family:
  Park Jongshik, 57 (father) a higher up at a medium sized company. They have the roughest relationship within the family.
  Min Dayoung, 53 (mother) stay at home mother and part time restaurant worker.
  Park Chungmo, 72 (uncle and father's oldest brother) Shangri-la's bar owner.
  Na-bom, 22 (little sister) undergraduate at Korea National University of Arts studying Architecture.
  Na-bi, 18 (youngest sister) high school student at Busan Arts High School specialising in Dance.
  
  residence: Seoul Mapo-gu Shared Apartment, Uncle Chungmo's Place & Busan Family Home
  
  relationships: TBA
  
  
  
  
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  yejun

  full name

  seo yejun

  age

  26

  gender

  cis male

  sexuality

  heterosexual

  date of birth

  january 3rd

  place of birth

  samcheok, gangwon-do, south korea

  the big shot — 중요인물

  ethnicity.

  korean
  
  

  nicknames.

  yejunnie or junnie to close friends only.
  
  

  occupation.

  yejun was recently promoted to full-time VP of partnerships at a luxury tech conglomerate. he is also, unknowingly, a part-time ulzzang.
  
  

  known languages.

  korean, english, mandarin, japanese, a bit of french
  
  

  family.

  yejun has no siblings, and his father and mother are divorced and living separately overseas.
  
  

  residence.

  a far-too-expensive penthouse apartment in gangnam-do.
  
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  wt

  186 lbs

  hair

  dark brown

  eyes

  dark brown, nearly black

  body

  ectomorph - tall and lean, muscular but not bulky

  mods

  tattoos on left ring finger, left calf, and right upper arm, as well as piercings in both ears

  marks

  a mole on his neck under his left ear, and a scar on his right palm from a glass cut.

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  • likes & dislikes

    misc

    likes

    proving people wrong and subsequently crushing their egos, punctuality/strict adherence to deadlines, live music, dingy pubs, any and all cats, winter sports, warm beverages, and american whiskey.

    dislikes

    having his authority undermined, being underestimated/patronized, vodka, summer heat, travelling for business, being alone for long periods of time, romantic commitment, and small dogs.
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    habits

    
    yejun has a tendency to tuck his hair behind his ear, even though it's barely long enough to do so. He also isn't the best at keeping his nervous ticks in check unless the situation calls for strict professionalism, such as tapping pens and bouncing his leg.
    
    

    fears

    
    being controlled by others, talking about his feelings, loosening up around coworkers, becoming like his father, and having someone he trusts deceive him.
    
    

    ailments

    
    minor depression, treated with medication.
    

  personality

  As a "Type A" man, Yejun has been known throughout his whole life as the guy who paves his own way. Charismatic and persuasive, he's never had to beg for anything he really wanted if he put his mind to it. Despite this fact, the man wasn't spoiled in the slightest, seeing as he was strong-willed, independent, and worked hard to achieve everything that he had by the ripe age of 26. Yejun grew up without the emotional support of a loving parent, resulting in him understanding from early on in his childhood that success in life would require strength, endurance, and persistence—a few of the several qualities that he seeks in his colleagues as well. At the same time, witnessing his father's attitude towards his only son instilled a deep fear of becoming such a shell of a human himself, and Yejun tries his best to be empathetic and fair in situations the old man wouldn't have shown mercy in at all.
  
  However, Yejun is an arrogant man, and he despises allowing others to have power over him in any aspect of his life. If the other party hasn't earned his respect, his competitive side will turn the authority placed over him into a challenge. In his eyes, he stands alone, and no individual can trick him into being indebted to them through their shallow brown-nosing. On this note, Yejun is very aware of how others perceive him, and he doesn't actively enjoy making enemies; he does, however, tear down anything in the path of his goals with a chilling determination that strikes many as intimidating. If anyone rubs him the wrong way, Yejun can be extraordinarily cold and unflinching in the face of physical harm. In this way, he remains emotionally distant in order to protect the vulnerability deep within that had put up emotional walls simply to survive. However, the business prodigy would never admit this to himself, let alone anyone else, seeing as he fears the humiliation his hurt and rejection could be received with and often becomes melancholic about his mental state.
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  the first part of life

  yejun grew up in samcheok surrounded by wealth and status, attending various formal events with his parents and getting exposed to all the worst sides of diplomacy from an extremely young age. though his parents were never particularly cruel to him, they always enforced a rigorous standard for their son that he constantly struggled to reach. when he was 8, his father's affair became exposed and they filed for divorce, leaving him and yejun to move to seoul while his mother found employment in france.

  halfway through it all

  for several years during his adolescence after he moved, yejun detested his life and began working his way towards independence from the dominating control of his father. he graduated as valedictorian of the prestigious private school he had been attending, after which he moved onto university and found himself experiencing a new side of his youth that he had never been exposed to. all the resentment he felt towards his father manifested in the shape of an unshakable drive to prove himself worthy of his status as an elite.

  what happens next?

  yejun was able to fully showcase his capabilities once his father moved to the states and he began working for the tech guru's company, impressing his superiors left and right and snagging every promotion to build a remarkable presence. despite the hollowness of the relationships he made in the workplace, yejun desperately clung to them, terrified of the possibility of being thrust back into that isolation he had grown up in. now, as the director of partnerships of the prestigious tech company, the businessman lets his social circle praise him as much as they please while he spends his downtime unwinding at shangri-la, mourning the loss of his youth and wondering what this is all for.

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given name

yang hee-yeon

hangul

양희연

en. name

vivien/vivi

age

twenty-five

p.o.b.

seoul, sk

d.o.b.

june 28th

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female

sexuality

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  how have you been? how's the states?

  
  
  
  
  

  it's really nice, mrs. lee

  
  
  
  
  

  will you be coming back to korea anytime soon? it'd be nice if you come to visit.

  
  
  
  
  

  i am, yeah. opening my first store here, actually.

  
  
  
  
  

  so i don't know if i'll have time for dinner.

  
  
  
  
  

  sorry

  
  
  
  
  

  that's okay. stay safe

  
  
  
  
  

  you too, mrs. lee

  
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  

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  to sum her in a few words: hee-yeon knows what she wants, and she knows how to get what she wants.
  
  with endless ambition and extravagant ideas of what her brand will become, hee-yeon chases her dreams with the utmost tenacity. her life has been far from smooth-sailing, but she's bounced back each time with only more fervour for her passion, and it is in that resilience that you discover how stubbornly she clings to what she truly believes in.
  
  more than anyone, hee-yeon knows the value of hard work— the necessity of it, but also how little it might come to matter in the long run. her work is everything to her, and she won't hesitate to admit, provided you've turned that camera off, that she's willing to resort to less than ethical means to ensure its continued success. consider it her reaping the years of bad karma she's had to deal with, though hee-yeon isn't the type to sugarcoat her questionable morals with a justification expected of her only by others.
  
  while matters concerning her company occupy a realm of its own within her mind and priorities, outside of work, hee-yeon proves enjoyable company. charismatic and blessed with a face suitable for the sorest of eyes, she carries her own in most social settings, able to provide eloquent, natural conversation. that said, it'd be incorrect to say she's able to completely distinguish her professional from personal. after years of training, hee-yeon's manipulative, cunning eye isn't something she can turn off; even within informality, she seems unable to prevent herself from analysing the usefulness of those around her.
  
  her various setbacks haven't left her worldview unscathed, and hee-yeon, a stark difference to her high school self, now seems to perceive things in a much more cynical manner; mild distrust that takes the form of emotional distance and a penchance for independence when it comes to personal matters, for better or for worse. after all, there's no room for disappointment if there're no expectations to begin with.
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  

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  haunted houses, rom-coms, cats, fashion, coffee, curry, desserts, baking

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  

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  bugs, hiking, artificial flavours, young children, horror movies, taxis, white chocolate, almonds

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  

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  ღ fucked-up sleep schedule. does she sleep? Who Knows.
  ღ also a very light sleeper
  ღ fast-writer, but ineligible handwriting
  ღ loves spice, but cries easily when eating it
  ღ smokes only one particular brand of cigarettes
  ღ blinks a lot when thinking
  ღ lovely mongmong.

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  

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  ღ loss, grief
  ღ ayo ghosts wtf
  ღ powerlessness

  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  
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  lesson #1: know the line

  
  

  yang hee-yeon, ten years old, wakes up in the hospital; surrounded by people she doesn't know and told only that she's the only survivor of a car crash that has claimed the lives of her parents and sister. you're extremely lucky. it's a miracle you even survived. they say, and hee-yeon can't find it in herself to agree, because all she can feel the overwhelming loneliness that now sits atop her shoulders. on her worst days, she wishes the crash had taken her life too, but by the time she's discharged, hee-yeon has resolved herself to live on, because that's what her family would've wanted.
  
  left with no surviving close relatives, hee-yeon is mercifully taken in by her parents' old friends. mr. and mrs. lee have two children of their own but welcome her with open arms, their expressions mixed with both sympathy and grief. you poor thing. what starts as mere gratitude for their kindness grows into genuine affection for the lee family but stops short of love because of a daunting, spoilt obstacle by the name of lee mi-joo.
  
  lee mi-joo, older than her by one year, who sees her family's affection as something worth— necessary, even, to compete for, and yang hee-yeon as the dastardly thief that has intruded into her life. and the little distaste grows into resentment as the two are compared; if only you were a little more studious like hee-yeon. why do you always cause trouble in school? hee-yeon's teachers only ever have good things to say about her.
  
  "yang hee-yeon, not lee hee-yeon. don't ask for too much."
  
  hee-yeon listens, because she sees truth in mi-joo's words. she chooses a different school and spends less time at home, shangri-la a convenient hideout for her to study outside of the walls of the lee's residence. the torment lessens, because seeing her adoptive sister less has mi-joo less irritable, and hee-yeon doesn't mind. between her new group of friends and her newfound passion for fashion design, there is little time to dwell on such things.
  
  it's in her last year of high school that she overhears a conversation between mr. and mrs. lee; that mi-joo had done terribly on her suneung, and her only options for higher education are overseas private universities with extremely hefty fees. fees that would have to require using up the money they'd set aside for hee-yeon when she went to college.
  
  "hee-yeon will have to get a scholarship, but her grades have always been good. i'm sure she'll be fine."
  
  and she knows not to expect anything, but she's still a little dismayed when mi-joo heads off to australia the next year. but they were right, and she's more than fine— a full-ride scholarship to sungkyunkwan university and hee-yeon moves out the moment she can. the frequency of her calls home fades as semesters pass, but she supposes it's about time she stopped relying on them.
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  lesson #2: the fate of the powerless

  
  

  yang hee-yeon, nineteen years old, starting her year at sungkyunkwan as a young, enthusiastic fashion design student. it is there she first meets and befriends park ji-han; the second son of a family that ran a decently-sized department store chain, ji-han and hee-yeon grow close due to their shared interests in traditional wear and their status as their mentor's favourite students. together, they breeze through college with starry eyes and extravagant dreams.
  
  "wouldn't it be a dream to start our own brand one day? i'm sure we'd sell well." she muses, crouched over the scrunched fabric as she meticulously embroiders it. and ji-han lets out a laugh in agreement, their idealistic future one step closer with every stitch.
  
  their big break comes in their third year, a result of luck and connections when their pieces catch the eye of their mentor's old friend. he's a fashion designer and the creator of an semi-famous american brand, and his reward for their display of talent is a job offer; to join his company in the states as contracted designers. there's a catch, as hee-yeon learns is a given in most deals, and it is that he won't hold the offer until after they graduate.
  
  "you may be talented, but good opportunities wait for no one."
  
  ji-han agrees after a mere two days of consideration, and hee-yeon, swept up in praise and assurance that a degree won't matter quite as much as years of actual experience in the industry, follows suit. her savings from the years of juggling part-time jobs and her academics, alongside a small loan from her new boss gives her just enough to pay out the rest of the scholarship and hee-yeon heads to new york, confident this would be it.
  
  and it would definitely end up being something.
  
  hee-yeon enters the company with vigour seen only with the most rookie of industry members, proving her skill time and time again. she's not the most well-liked by her peers, partially for her background and mostly for her over-enthusiasm perceived as a wannabe attitude, but hee-yeon remains an obedient, diligent, and creative worker, and it is after a year that she believes she's finally been acknowledged. hee-yeon is called inconspicuously to his office and personally picked to help work on the brand's newest collection.
  
  "but try to keep it discreet. i don't want them thinking i'm showing favouritism to a rookie."
  
  the elation she feels when she sees her designs modelled on the runway is indescribable, as is the crushing disappointment when she finds her name absent from the credits. not a shred of evidence that she had been the heart and soul of the collection's key pieces, but his name presented in a stunningly bold font that stabs at her heart.
  
  hee-yeon confides in ji-han, her breath held as she wonders if her words might even sound plausible to him. "wow, i can't believe he would do something like that." her shoulders slump in relief at his response. "have you tried asking about it? maybe it was a mistake."
  
  though that narrative seems more than unlikely, hee-yeon tries to stay optimistic. whatever benefit of the doubt fades when he offers her a pay-out as "compensation for her designs" the moment she confronts him about it. "you're in need of money, aren't you? i'll even waive the loan from last year." he tells her dismissively, and hee-yeon knows his "compensation" is just another word for "hush money".
  
  how meagre she is; but there is only so much she can take.
  
  "i'm leaving the company."
  
  "where to?"
  
  it was a good question. she had no degree, a mere one and a half years of experience, and close to no connections in the industry. no amount of optimism would disguise that it was likely to be career suicide for someone like her.
  
  "i'll look around. apply somewhere else. i don't know. i'm figuring it out as i go."
  
  he furrows his eyebrows as he fixes her with what must be a sympathetic gaze, "must you really go? i'm sure if you worked harder, you'll get that recognition eventually. just hold out a little longer?"
  
  he comes from a good place, surely, but his words jab at her heart. why must she suffer when it was never her sin to begin with?
  
  "i don't think i can wait. not after that." hee-yeon pauses, and there is a small, flickering flame of hope in her next words, reminiscent of their years together in the old fabric workshop, "i- would you come with me? start that brand we were always talking about."
  
  she can see the hesitation in his eyes, a silent consideration that was less about her offer and more about how to reject it. "i'm already working on a new project. secondary lead... this is my breakthrough, hee-yeon. i can't."
  
  hee-yeon resents him for it, but only for a brief moment. there is no blame in matters of self-interest. she's just as selfish, surely. she'll have to be.
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  lesson #3: love is a privilege

  
  

  yang hee-yeon, twenty-three years old, fresh out of a job and wondering how the hell she's going to pursue the dream that has become simply that— a fleeting dream. the firms she's applied to send only rejection or no word at all, and with her one friend now an estranged company away, she feels more alone than ever.
  
  enter nikolas huang. the young heir to a media giant, who hee-yeon met for the first time through ji-han. they would've never crossed paths otherwise, but nik takes an immediate interest in hee-yeon and their first interaction had ended in an uncomfortable goodbye after he'd gotten a little too handsy.
  
  it's irony, she thinks, that she dons that sleek black dress like her world is not on the verge of crumbling apart, heads to the party with the sole intention of catching his eye once more. sheer irony, when he takes her up to his hotel room and she trades her body for the contract of a lifetime. a month later, FFATE is established, with hee-yeon at its helm, a small but talented team of designers under her and the backing of her friend-with-extreme-benefits.
  
  and suddenly, her dream is in reach again, but hee-yeon knows there is a limit to what nik can do. he promises enough media coverage for her first show to get her into fashion week, ("i'm an investor now, not just a horny fucking loser,") but producing the show itself is up to her. the clothes, the atmosphere, the theme, the casting. it's hard work, but she loves it wholly, and she finds the mini-networking she'd gotten to do through ji-han proves more helpful than ever.
  
  yet, there is an obstacle. a deadline, in the form of her friend's own collection, that she knows shares far too similar inspiration and ideas as the clothes she's set her brand up to create. a race to beat him in bringing in something fresh to the scene, lest her own become stale. the date of her show is set with intent, one that she convinces herself is justified for self-interest, and not merely an act of betrayal to the friend that had been beside her for this long.
  
  not revenge, because he had not done anything worthy of vengeance, but neither had she, surely.
  
  her show is a tremendous success, and the show, park ji-han's lovingly, meticulously crafted showcase that takes place the week after pales in comparison; a flop, to the point that hee-yeon only knows so because she doesn't hear a single word about it. FFATE occupies headlines— urbane is nowhere to be found.
  
  "how could you do that? we're friends, aren't we? does that mean nothing to you?"
  
  "..."
  
  "you're such a bitch, yang hee-yeon."
  
  "what else could i do?"
  
  she flinches as the door slams, but she knows his reaction is justified. hee-yeon had used his connections and undermined his show, all in one fell swoop, and he hadn't heard a word from her about it. she visits nik that night and vents her frustration in his arms, after which she takes a cigarette that stings her throat as much as it eases her mind.
  
  what's so bad about a burnt bridge when you can have an empire?
  
  and as he lays, one arm around her shoulder, nik gives a reminder. "as good of a fuck you are, you know i don't do love, right?"
  
  "love is a comfort for people who have nothing." he fixes her with a look, and she smiles, the hypocrisy of her words against her actions mildly amusing, "not for the people who want everything."
  
  ffate's popularity skyrockets after her next collection is released and her signatures are firmly established, and suddenly vivien yang is a name listed consistently in the "up-and-coming designers to look out for". amidst the love for her work, there are whispers of her scandals, that she might as well be a most expensive prostitute with how commonly she is "spotted" with some of the bigger names in the industry, whether celebrity or designer, but they die out quickly with the help of her biggest backer.
  
  yang hee-yeon, twenty-five years old, wonders if she can call her success entirely out of her own merit. must there be something wrong with manufacturing one's own luck?
  

  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  but to find joy in letting go, if only my fingers were not twisted, tangled within its threads.
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
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  lang.

  
  

  korean, english, italian

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  

  residence

  
  

  a high-end apartment in seopo-gu

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  

  ffate

  
  

  an international clothing brand that boasts remarkable popularity in its creator's hometown of south korea, FFATE seeks to weave tradition and modernity within its threads to create masterpieces. yang hee-yeon takes heavy inspiration from the traditional east asian cultural wear, incorporating it into the brand's signature silk adornments and intricate designs. FFATE made its showroom debut at new york fashion week and saw tremendous attention from the general public. initially a luxury brand, FFATE has recently opened up its first ready-to-wear store in seoul, south korea.
  x x x x

  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  lee mi-joo

  
  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  

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  adoptive sister

  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  80% of hee-yeon's worst memories growing up can be attributed to the work of lee mi-joo. her jealous, insecure, and painfully spoilt sister who hated her simply because she felt it was unfair that hee-yeon got to do well in school and be loved by their family. hers, actually, because yang hee-yeon was closer to a charity case than a sister.
  
  mi-joo has, thankfully, mellowed out in her time spent in australia, and hee-yeon knows this only because the former had reached out to her on facebook with a short but sincere apology. it wasn't as life-changing as hee-yeon thought it would be, but it was a sweet gesture nonetheless. she doesn't have time to dwell on such hatred these days, regardless.
  

  
  
  

  
  

  park ji-han

  
  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  

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  burnt bridge

  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  formerly one of hee-yeon's closest friends, at this point in time, she's confident ji-han wants nothing to do with her. park ji-han, who couldn't understand what she had gone through, who's wealthy background would've supported him— had supported him, when he'd failed to find achievement— would not understand the fear of wondering if she'd ever be able to chase her dream again. when it came down to it, he'd prioritised his own success over his loyalty, though hee-yeon supposes she can't fault a man for looking out for himself. she does feel somewhat bad about the way their friendship was cut, but sympathy does not equate regret. turn back time, hee-yeon would've done it again, because you can't fault a woman for looking out for herself either.
  

  
  
  

  
  

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  nikolas huang

  
  

  business partner

  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  friend-with-extravagant-benefits turned business partner, nikolas is a hedonistic but clever man, who chases his own pleasures as much as he seeks out riches and success. the best candidate for the investor hee-yeon needed to start her company, who would later become her biggest backer through his family's massive media company. the two's contract, built upon intimacy and his attraction to her has now evolved into one of hee-yeon's strongest assets, even if nik rarely hits her up for booty calls anymore. he doesn't like being with the same person too many times.
  

  
  
  

  
  

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  would love for one of the boys to be a former love interest back when they were in high school; talking either actually dated or at least had mutual feelings to the extent that they acted on it occasionally. want that dynamic that they broke up/never got together because they understood they had different paths -- someone who sees so clearly the difference between the old hee-yeon's and the current's viewpoints towards love and the world in general.
  
  i'm hoping for them to have fallen out of contact around the time she moves to the states, hopefully bc they were the ones who became too busy/occupied with other things to give her the time of day. no hard feelings about it, but there will be some hard feelings.
  

  
  
  

  
  

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  not really a specific idea, but would also love for her to have run into someone prior to returning to shangri-la, whether it be in the states or while in south korea. a little reconnection and catch-up beforehand that makes their first meeting a little less awkward when it comes down to it.
  
  if it stays platonic? would be ideal if they were close back in high school but kind of fell out of contact along the way (probably hee-yeon's fault)
  
  if it's a guy, might be fun if there's....possibly...... a friends-with-benefits relationship there. maybe its one of those frenemies-to-lovers bullshit,.., they were known for butting heads back in high school so they're trying to keep this affair on the DL because damn, i don't want to be caught dead in YOUR bed u feel me.
  

  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  

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[boketto]

Spoiler

nae min-ji

# the chef

# bae suzy

♡coded by uxie♡

 

[risarex]

Spoiler

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basics
name: MOON, Bongseon
nickname: BonBon
age: 25
gender: Cis Female
sexuality: Pansexual, Demiromantic
p.o.b: Seoul, Korea
d.o.b: February 14
ethnicity: Korean
role: The Fashion Designer

visage
hair: Black naturally, but will often dye it variations of brown
eyes: Really dark brown, almost black
height: 5'9"
weight: 130 lbs
build: Lithe
scars/markings: N/A
modifications: Pierced Ears
faceclaim: Park Jung Yoon (Black Hair) --- Park Jung Yoon (Brown Hair)

persona
vices: Hedonistic, Stubborn, Argumentative, Secretive, Ambitious
virtues: Diligent, Affectionate, Confident, Discerning, Eloquent
likes: Fashion, Sketching, Dancing, Playing Piano, Music, Baths, Flowers, Gossip
dislikes: People who can't hold their liquor, Prudes, Spiders, Driving, Cold temperatures, Excuses
habits/quirks:

• If Makkoli is available at a restaurant, she will order it
• She loves late nights but hates early mornings (yes, they are different to Bongseon)
• If she's deep in thought, she will often be absentmindedly doodling
• Bongseon definitely operates under the principle of "organized chaos"; her workroom may look messy but she knows where everything is
• Is a creature of habit and is very predictable. She likes the restaurants and bars she likes and doesn't often venture outside of those establishments

fears/weaknesses:

• Ending up alone / Being unlovable: Bongseon lives her life going after what she wants and always full throttle. Because she lives her life with such adamance, she often blows off steam with rigorous physical activity that requires a minimum of 2 people. Deep down Bongseon is afraid that given her history and her nature, she will never be able to find someone who can truly accept and love her.
• Her business failing & proving everyone that ever doubted her right: Bongseon has put everything she has into FFATE. She has sacrificed relationships, burned bridges, put a vast majority of her earnings from her time as a model into this brand and her vision. Failure simply is not an option.
• Bongseon's relationship with people is both her greatest asset and her greatest weakness. She is straightforward but when it comes to her work, she is a demanding boss. She expects a no-excuse work ethic. If you can do that, Bongseon will recognize your attitude and make sure you're well taken care of. She can be a little hotheaded at times, especially if something is going wrong at the company and can become snappy but given enough time and breathing room, she will eventually recognize her mistakes and come to apologize. Unfortunately, her romantic life is definitely a mess. Her relationships never seem to last long. She is so afraid of rejection that she cannot truly ever let anyone in and eventually, people stop trying after they keep hitting that wall. It's like a horrible self-actualizing prophecy for her. She enjoys the pleasure in life and doesn't shy away from them but has certainly been accused of treating her partners crassly.

backstory
history: Both Era and Seokjin had been high achieving individuals for as long as they could remember. Both ambitious with the drive to do great things, it was a surprise when Seokjin decided to leave his high-paying corporate job to be a full-time stay-at-home dad. At the company that they both worked for, they had always been seen as a power couple. Both good-looking individuals with a lot of late nights together due to the demand of their workload, no one was surprised when it was announced that the pair had been dating and would eventually get married. It was, however, uncertain to say the least, about their futures when Aera became pregnant with Bongseon. It wasn't outside the realm of rationality for them to hire a nanny. They were both career folk who easily put in 80 hours a week at their jobs, how could they also possibly fit taking care of a child into that schedule? To make matters even more complex, both were nominated for an even higher position within the company: a promotion. It is unclear what came first: Aera getting the promotion over her husband or her husband deciding to become a full-time stay-at-home dad. Either way, that was how Bongseon came into the world.

Her childhood was not an unhappy one. She was more than adequately cared for and was clearly the apple of her father's eye. Her mother was so busy at work that she rarely saw her and even when she did, the woman was exhausted. Bongseon's world was very much just her and her father. As soon as Bongseon could walk and talk, her mother started to schedule and structure her day-to-day life. Aera had expectations of her daughter. She had carried her for 9 months and 3 weeks and sacrificed her model-like figure for the child, she would make sure to get a return on this investment. Between the piano lessons, the tutors, and whatever else her mother could possibly think of to enroll her daughter in, Seokjin tried to create pockets of reprieve. Small moments for the two of them at a playground or at a library just having fun. Her father was the one that introduced her to art. Not in the sense of enrolling her in any art classes but just enjoying art. Spending a moment to just enjoy and absorb and let that creative part of her breathe. Together they would make doodles and compare who's doodle was better but they always ended in a tie with no winner declared. Bongseon's world was rocked as the schedules and routine fell away in her grief when her father died on her 18th birthday.

He had been going to get a cake for her last minute. He had been running behind schedule, which was unlike him when a car had run a red light and into him. He was pronounced dead upon arrival by the paramedics. Bongseon remembered getting home and wondering where her dad was. Or the phone call she had got because they couldn't reach her mother. Or the multitude of calls she made to her mother afterwards only to be met with her cool voice over her voicemail message. Bongseon had been the one at the hospital. It had been a flurry of activity and medical professionals whirling around her but she could never remember any of their faces or their names. Her world had just been shattered and she felt like she could breathe. By the time her mother arrived at the hospital, hair and clothes dishevelled and her lipstick smudged, they had already taken Seokjin's body to the morgue. It was suffocating in that house after. It didn't take long for her mother's affair to come to light. For Bongseon to catch her mother in bed with another man. And then another. And then another. Before long, it didn't even phase Bongseon anymore. Opening her mother's bedroom door to find her entangled with a stranger didn't cause the girl to blink an eye as she coolly updated Aera of where she would be going.

At 18, Bongseon got a partial scholarship and acceptance to a renowned art school with an incredible fashion design program and accepted. She needed to get out of that house. Her father had left her a decent sum of money in his Will but she needed to leave. If she didn't leave, she feared that she would suffocate and become a shell of a woman, just like her mother.

They say as kids, you learn things by watching your parents and Bongseon did learn a lot watching her mother. She picked up how to work hard, be confident and be determined, but she also picked up her mother's vices. Upon graduating with honours, Bongseon used the money that her father had left her to establish the clothing brand, FFATE. She spent so many sleepless nights designing, talking to manufacturers, sewing, that it all blended into one. Between designing and making sure she approved every single piece of clothing before it went up for sale, and modelling for FFATE and really making sure she was well associated with her brand, Bongseon could count the hours of sleep she got a week on both hands. She chased pleasure and happiness wherever she could find it no matter how temporary. She firmly believed that despite her father's capacity to love which had been so great, it had skipped her. It felt like her heart was broken and she didn't know how to fix it. Bandaids could never fix fault lines on a dam. So instead of focusing on how to fix herself, took a page from her mother's book and focused on her career. Bongseon threw herself into ensuring that FFATE would be a success and she was prepared to do whatever it took. People were easy to read for Bongseon. She flirted for information and those exclusive invites to get her brand out there. She slept with those that promised her the world in hopes of taking advantage but somehow, Bongseon always came out on top. She used everything in her arsenal to make FFATE what it is today; a highly coveted and renown clothing brand.

But there are always consequences to your actions. Bridges that were burned, people that couldn't deny the success of FFATE but would never work with Bongseon again, failed relationships for those few and far in between that had managed to even get Bongseon into a relationship -- she had sacrificed it all too focused on FFATE to see what she was doing.

Because if she didn't have FFATE, what did she have left?

family: KIM, Aera (mother; estranged) & MOON, Seokjin (father; deceased)
residence: High-end apartment in Hannam-dong
relationships: TBD

 

[Stardust Galaxy]

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  Im Jae-Hyun

  
  
  

  
  

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  Male

  
  
  

  
  

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  26

  
  
  

  
  

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  July 13th

  
  
  

  
  

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  Pyeongchang, South Korea

  
  
  

  
  

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  Heterosexual

  
  
  

  
  

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  Korean

  
  
  

  
  

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  The Teacher

  
  
  

  
  

  height

  
  6'1"/186 cm

  
  
  

  
  

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  154 lbs/70 kg

  
  
  

  
  

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  Dark Brown

  
  
  

  
  

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  Dark Brown

  
  
  

  
  

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  Ectomorph

  
  
  

  
  

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  N/A

  
  
  

  
  

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  Chae Jong Hyeop

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Jae-Hyun can be described as a free spirit, outgoing, openhearted, and open-minded. He is lively and has an upbeat approach to life. Friendly and outgoing, Jae-Hyun is devoted to enriching his relationships and connections with the people he cares about. But beneath his sociable, easygoing exterior, he has a rich, vibrant inner life as well full of a healthy dose of imagination, creativity, and curiosity.
  
  In his unique way, Jae-Hyun can be quite introspective. He can’t help but ponder the deeper meaning and significance of life, even when he should be paying attention to something else. He lives under the belief that everything and everyone is connected for a bigger reason in life, and he lives for the glimmers of liveliness that he can gain into these connections and what he can learn from them.
  
  Jae-Hyun is known to show an enthusiasm that is nothing short of infectious. HA radiates positive energy that draws in other people, as someone to look up to. But once the initial bloom of inspiration wears off, he struggles with self-discipline and consistency, in every aspect of his everyday life, except his daily work.

  
  
  

  
  

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  Unfocused
  Disorganized
  Overly Accommodating
  Overly Optimistic
  Restless

  
  
  

  
  

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  Curious
  Perceptive
  Enthusiastic
  Excellent Communicators
  Good-Natured

  
  
  

  
  

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  Photography
  Aquariums
  Golden Retrievers
  Video Games
  Morning Runs
  Hiking

  
  
  

  
  

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  Strong Scents
  Hot Weather
  Porcelain dolls
  Scolding his students
  Tofu
  Airplanes

  
  
  

  
  

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  When he is in deep concentration he usually bites the cap of the pen that he is using
  Has a tendency to crack his knuckles often
  Runs his hands through his hair when he is feeling nervous
  

  
  
  

  
  

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  He is afraid of heights, he would still ride rollercoasters and go up high buildings he justs avoids looking down at all.
  He is also afraid of being alone, he might not be a hopeless romantic but he is afraid of not finding that special someone although at the same time he is not rushed to find his true love yet.
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  LUCY
  
  
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  Jae-Hyun was born on a warm day of July or what could be considered warm for a city like Pyeongchang, where the winters were longer than the summers but even if it had been the coldest day of the year for Im Jeong-Hoon and Lee Bom, the owners of a small store for ski equipment that was well known around the city.
  
  While growing up Jae-Hyun's life was pretty much just the one of a regular kid, who spent most of his childhood playing around and discovering everything around him had to offer, since a young age Jae-Hyun was known for his kind and reliable persona, something that was thought by his parents of always making sure to lend a helping hand and always doing the right thing.
  
  So he was that kind of kid that would share his food in case you didn't like what you were having or that would sneak some candies during class just because he noticed one of his friends sad and was always running around helping his neighbors with their groceries or just helping them with fixing things because for him it was more about the meaning behind the action than the actual result or the money, which even if he wasn't that interested in it receiving some pocket money for it wasn't bad either because in his mind then he could buy something that could make his parents happy or snacks to share with his friends, he was that kind of kid.
  
  He was also the kind of smart kid who even if he was always trying to do something fun really put into consideration his studies and was always helping others when they struggle, maybe he wasn't the most brilliant mind at his school, but he had a passion for learning that made up for his lack of natural talent for school.
  
  At the age of 7, he became an older brother when Mi-Hi was born, Jae-Hyun felt giddy about becoming an older brother and having someone to protect and helped to discover the world, he wanted to be the best brother that Mi-Hi would ever ask for.
  
  But even if his family took care of Mi-Hi and Jae-Hyun did his best to protect her from everything she was born with a weak heart, something that at first they were told wouldn't cause too much harm to the girl except that she wouldn't be able to have an active childhood as they should have wanted, heartbroken they made the best of the bad news and try to make Mi-Hi have a happy life but when she was rushed to the hospital at the age of 6 and Jae-Hyun's family was told that Mi-Hi's condition got worse and that she would need a pacemaker made the family asked if they did something wrong.
  
  After the operation, the constant travel to Seoul for Mi-Hi's checkups only made that Jae-Hyun's parents decided to move to the city, for the sake of Mi-Hi and their family. He understood even if he didn't want to leave behind his friends and his school, but he was willing to sacrifice what he knew his entire life. So at the age of 13, he said goodby to Pyeongchang and started brand new in Seoul.
  
  But even if moving away cause stating in a completely new school and now seeing his parents own a convenience store instead of one for ski equipment something that remained the same was Jae-Hyun's cheerful and positive way of seeing life and approach things, so with a bright smile he embarked on his new adventure as he discovered the wonders that Seoul had to offer for him.
  
  The school became harder but that only gave him more drive to study even harder, even if he wasn't at the top of his class he just had enough with the goals that he had put on himself that was to learn as much as he could while he still enjoyed it. He eventually became once again the friendly and reliable guy that everyone associated with always having a bright goofy smile and was always ready to help.
  
  Even if still missed his hometown, the change wasn't bad as Mi-Hi was getting the treatment she deserved, and his parent's convenience store was known around the students, also because Jae-Hyun made sure to spread the word around his peers. At the age of 16, he started working as a part-timer in a Korean BBQ Restaurant till he graduated high school, mostly to save as much as possible for college and when the time came to pick a degree he chose education because he always admired the work of his teachers while growing up.
  
  University passed by as he enjoyed his time there with the memories that he made along the way, he made his main focus his studies but still worked during the weekends at his family convenience store, the occasional girlfriend along his journey, but even if he was happy there was still some loneliness for his memories and friends from high school that he missed and grew apart as all of them took their own way.
  
  After he graduated and a lot of time searching for an opportunity he was able to get a job in an elementary school and with that, he became the class teacher for the fifth grade, he put all his passion into making sure that his students enjoyed his classes and try to be as proactive as he could, for him if he could impact his lives or even make school more enjoyable was enough for him.
  
  But even if he is happy to see his family and students enjoy everything they do and have happy lives he still desires to reconnect to those people that were almost like a second family when he was in high school.
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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• 시작
  

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  name

  park jun-young

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  nickname

  jun, juju, fence prince

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  age

  twenty-five

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  date of birth

  30th of march

  
  
  

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  place of birth

  Cheongju, south korea

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  gender

  male

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  sexuality

  heterosexual

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  occupation

  fencer

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  role

  the athlete
• hair colour / style

  
  

  black haired and trimmed so it won't be too much of a nuisance during fencing. jun-young has experimented with different hair colours before, such as a very notable pink, to prove a point against another athlete that real professional athletes don't dye their hair in bright colours. but now he's back to black.

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  dark hues with glints of mischief and humor; curving crescents in smiles and laughter. a gaze that can warm and chill you all the same. victim of a glacial resting face.

  build

  
  

  tall and slender in ways you would expect a model or dancer to be. jun-young might not look like someone who hits the gym every day, but his stamina and agility is not one to be trifled with. the kind of build you curse for staying so skinny despite the person eating like there is no tomorrow.

  
  

  modifications

  
  

  just some earring piercings.

  scars / markings

  
  

  faded lines that tells tales of an adventurous past and scar tissues of injuries picked up from a vast array of sports.

  physical / health ailments

  
  

  a [slow] healing wrist injury and a bothersome dog allergy

  misc info

  
  

  joshua hong

  weight

  136 lbs

  height

  6'0 feet
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  • virtues

    determined

    sociable

    intrepid

    magnanimous

    sanguine
  • vices

    impetuous

    impatient

    contentious

    rebellious

    attention-seeking
  • likes

    video games

    social events

    challenges

    exploration

    candor

    street food

    oversized hoodies

    rock music

    dislikes

    boredom

    waiting

    being ignored

    spiders

    restrictions

    phonies

    idleness
  • habits & quirks

    ↬ brushes teeth before breakfast
    ↬ always wants his eggs scrambled
    ↬ can fall asleep in under a minute
    ↬ has a special playlist he listens to when training
    ↬ obsessed with sending random stickers in kakaotalk
    ↬ has a few too many funko pops
    

    fears

    ↬ totally not those eighth legged creatures that begin with sp and end with iders....
    ↬ getting ignored and/or abandoned
    ↬ failing to meet expectations
    ↬ not being worthy enough
    
  • favourites

    teal

    mozarella corn dogs

    EDEN by IZ

    Ratatouille [yes the rat chef movie]

    cold brew coffee

    gaming

  with faint memories, your pride shall drown in my whispers of dreams.

  personality

  A light that brightens and burns all the same. a soul that constantly flickers between too much and not enough. friendly and extroverted in ways chatter comes easy and socializing a drug he can't get high enough on. making friends is what jun does best, though, his insistence on becoming friends lingers perhaps a bit too close to obsession than what's normal. being liked is one thing -- jun aims for being loved. having lived in the shadows of a brother, he has developed a psyche that revolves around gaining any sliver of recognition, sometimes not even caring if it's bad or not. desperate, and maybe a little broken, the need to be noticed carves the worth in his bones. attention fulfills where apathy empties,, even so... why does it feel like an endless well in his chest?
  
  jun feels more than he thinks. now, that isn't too say that he is dumb, but it does mean he is often at mercy of his emotions rather than thoughts. you can always catch the truth in the waves of his feelings, streams slipping through the cracks no matter how much he wants to hide its droplets. the heart exists as the core, and it bleeds and stains almost all actions flowing from it. sometimes it comes in heroism and sometimes in explosive arguments because he refuses to back down. jun is not one to get angered very easily, but that does not make him less confronting. if his heart tells him to get in a fight or become a defiant force both brave and maddening, he will.
  
  nevertheless, while he might be impulsive, he isn't fickle. jun knows what he wants and holds an abundance of determination to achieve it. he is hard-working, perhaps to a self-detrimental extent, and will easily accept challenges,, just to prove the doubters wrong. an ace in sports and athletics, because he trained hours and hours to be. blood, sweat and tears is an idiom frequent and familiar, its evidence laying in the gold of a medal and faded skin lines. he's a true competitor, but not one who wrecks others in the process. if anything, jun is a truer supporter, encouraging and even mentoring those in the same field.
  
  a positive energy that gives, or so he tries his best to be. jealousy still lingers around like an expensive perfume scent, despite the wearer being long gone, as does the whispers of selfish thoughts. truth is, the mirror reflects a glass kaleidoscope of many hues, and each one is him. jun is determined but impulsive, kind yet attention-seeking -- but above all, he is an athlete holding onto a dream like his worth depends on it.
  
  [ and maybe it does.]
  
  
• first stage of life

  jun-young is born as second son to the park family. like an omen, the father and brother are absent at birth, gone because jaehyun deserves a celebration for being called an 'exceptional' child by the teacher. jun-young might not know it then, coddled in the arms of an exhausted yet happy mother, but that will change very soon. there is no sun brighter than the older park brother, and no shadow darker than the one jun will live in.
  
  there is a sliver of hope in the beginning, a tiny spotlight that brightens his existence for a little while. toddler jun seems to pick up motoric skills very well, causing mr park's gaze to shift slightly from the prized first son to the second one. his attention, while moreso out of methodical curiosity like a director monitoring a project, is there. but as his focus increases, so does his expectations.
  
  the light dims out quickly when jun graduates primary with subpar education grades according to his father. i thought you were promising jun-young, but it appears i was wrong, he says with a shake of the head jun will come to know all too well. there is no celebration or gifts like with jaehyun. instead, jun-young spends the day locked in his room, tasked with doing extra work so he won't embarrass the family for entering middle school poorly. only his mother brings him a small cupcake, silent and at night. there are no words of comfort, only a gaze of sympathy and a softer voiced push to do his best some more. he will come to resent her for it, maybe even more than his father.
  
  at least he doesn't pretend to love him.
  
  

  second stage of life

  still young and naive, jun continues to crave for what his brother will always have and what will never be his. love. it is clear that mr park has decided that an imperfect son is an inexistent one. the fatherly greetings of "aigoo" and "you're doing well." are something jun can only hear from afar, like a twinkle of a star, always out of reach. the only thing the second sibling receives are begrudging stares and low mumbling grunts. his mother gives him whispers that are meant to be comforting ["don't be discouraged jun" "you'll be fine" "you know how he is"] but quickly run cold in the loud silence of her inertia.
  
  jun tries, nonetheless, starved for attention and thirsty for acknowledgement. he tries, and tries, till his head spins and the world blackens. the grades improve and they are great, but not good as jaehyun's. tall, perfect jaehyun... jealousy becomes the air in jun's lungs whenever his older brother enters his thoughts and somewhere deep down he knows, knows that jaehyun might be someone suffering as much as him with the amount of expectations sitting on his shoulders. jun is still young, though, and doesn't grasp the grey of it just yet. not when the darkness he's trapped in is the shadow of his brother.
  
  somewhere in the future, jun will thank his brother. it is because of him, because of the envy and greed, that he turns to sport. it is one of the only things jaehyun isn't perfect in and the perfect opportunity to get an ounce of attention. he signs up for every sports activity during middle school and quickly becomes the star of every team. his plan works in ways his father slowly begins to give him tiny pieces of acknowledgement, may it be in the form of a hello or the occasional comment about his sport activities. it isn't a lot, but jun is content enough -- and while this all started out of envy, sports does evolve into a genuine enjoyment.
  
  it isn't until high school, though, when the family moves to seoul and jun enters high school, that he finds his true passion.
  
  unfortunately, it is also when things go downhill again.
  
  

  third stage of life

  it starts with an accidental stumble upon a fencing club. it starts because jun thinks 'why the hell not' when a person there asks if he wants to try it out. it starts when, for the first time, he holds a fencing sword, and his heart skips a beat unlike with any other sport he has tried. jun decides then, at that very moment, this is something worth pursuing. just as his father decides it's time for him to quit sports.
  
  the argument begins with a simple phrase. it is during dinner, the gentle conversation that was flowing comes to a stop at a simple command of the hand. mr park levels his gaze with jun's and slowly nods. "let's quit sports." he says, like this is the decision both have made. there's a tone that holds no room for disagreement. jun does anyways. his father's arguments are somewhat sound, claiming that there lays no stable career path in sports. this isn't what jun gets angry about, though. it's once again, when those words come biting, words that spell zero faith.
  
  it's when he hears "you aren't good enough" from his father when jun realizes. the care he has sought from his father was never there, and never will be. he rebels then, fights because his passion burns brighter than the want for attention once. it quickly becomes heated, volumes rises and each side draws closer to each other. jun can still remember the loud noise cutting through the room, can still feel the subsequent pain blossoming throughout his cheek. the minimized reactions of his mother and brother tells him all he needs to know. he leaves and doesn't come back.
  
  it is during this period when shangri la becomes his home. the owner, sympathetic to his home situation, offers a place to stay. it's here, at this hole in the wall bar, where jun gets to forget his pain and worries. he makes new friends, ones that become his family over the three years or so, and is able to pursue his own career choice. the official disownment doesn't hurt that much anymore when it arrives, packed in boxes.
  
  jun doesn't go to university and solely focuses on fencing. he trains, and trains, and trains till his hands bleed and wrists twist painfully. he never quits, though, and it's thanks to his hardwork that it pays off. first, it starts with winning a couple of national competitions, followed by international ones. jun-young slowly becomes a name more and more discussed in the fencing world, his enters in competitions more and more anticipated.
  
  and then it happens. his golden medal win. this is what truly kickstarts the fame, what brings him the most amount of attention he has had in his whole life. it is overwhelming in the same breathe it's addicting. it makes him finally feel like he's worth something, and so he clings, almost desperately, to the crown he's been given. he clings because attention is something fickle, clings because it has slipped through his fingers all too easily before. he clings, because his worth is measured in gold, and he spent too long being deemed unworthy to lose it.
  
  he clings, and pushes -- right until he can't anymore. right until there's an injury that changes everything.
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    Name: Mi-Sun Yeon
    
    Nickname(s): MiMi, Mep-Sun
    
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    Age: 26
    
    Date of birth: 10/31/19XX
    
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    Mi-Sun is a woman who can come off very haughty and pompous when first meeting her, and she is to some degree, certainly full of herself in many respects. She is prone to bossing people around, especially if she sees herself in some position higher than them in some way. Seemingly spoiled with a catty tongue to match, Mi-Sun finds herself in many petty arguments and spats. She desperately wants to be recognized and to get somewhere in life, to be famous, popular, and well-liked by everyone. Having been told she was beautiful since she was young, it's the only thing she finds of value about herself. Mi-Sun is prone to sucking up to any and everyone who she thinks could get her higher in the social hierarchy of fame, status, and fortune. She was ready and willing to try nearly anything if it meant reaching her goal. Not caring if she became an actress, an idol, a model, online influencer, etc, as long as it means she'll be known and adored. Though most importantly, recognized. Despite the attention she received from her looks Mi-Sun felt like a pretty mask on a mannequin and developed a burning desire to prove she was so much more than that.
    
    
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    1. Being accepted into a idol competition show when she was in highschool but not making the cut despite her best friend moving ahead and getting contracted
    
    2. Refocusing her efforts from wanting to be an idol to working on her own clothing brand
    
    3. Murdering a rich investor and getting away with a contract to be CEO of her own company
    
    
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    - Disappointing others
    
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    Mi-Sun's high school years had been filled with boys fawning over her and earning the jealousy of numerous girls. The constant attention from her natural beauty was more than she was used to even in middle school, and she didn't handle it too well, but she didn't hate it either. It made her feel happy that people desired her for something. Even if she wasn't the best at everything she was still at least liked by someone. Eventually gaining the courage to join an idol survival show with her best friend Seulbin, the two girls worked hard together their senior years of high school to get as far as they could both academically and in the show. Mi-Sun's grades were nothing to scoff at, but her best friend was the one who had more traction while they trained for their chance for stardom. Mi-Sun had to hold back Seulbin from trying to force the producers to give Mi-Sun her spot in the next phase of the program, not wanting her best friend to ruin their own chances just for her sake. Eventually, they split. Mi-Sun was crushed. She had the marks to get into a good college, but she ruminated on her missed chance for fame for too long and options narrowed. She took the year off to work instead at a local tailor shop owned by family friends, a kind elderly couple who used to babysit her when she was younger.
    
    Telling herself it would be better to get the money now than later, but it was more or less an excuse to be available in case she got that slim chance of being re-scouted, but that never came, and she did eventually put her dreams aside and went to Ewha Womans University the year after. The time she had spent at the tailory had influenced Mi-Sun greatly. For the first time she had felt seen. There were usually quite a few grandmothers who would frequent the shop for mahjong and to work on their own crafts projects. They taught Mi-Sun everything she knew about making and altering clothing, from knitting her first scarf for her younger sister to spending many sleepless months on her first dress.
    
    Mi-Sun graduated with a Masters in Fashion Design, suffering only a few bruises and broken hearts, the girl’s resolution hadn’t waved in the slightest. She moved back home for a while, ready to get out into the world and apply for a good job, yet still, she felt somewhat empty. Until she met a guy who might be able to help her reach her still burning dream of fame, of acknowledgment.
    
    Warning Triggering Topics - Mental/Physical Abuse, Allusions to other types of Abuse/Assault - Violence, and Death
    
    

    Spoiler

    Mi-Sun didn’t stay home for too long moving to the United States as soon as she could after she was able to claim citizenship through her father and grandfather who had been a US Military service member who married into a native family, allowing for a relative ease through the normally arduous bureaucratic process.
    
    Things were looking up for the young woman. Citizenship and moving to America were both a big hurdle in her plan to work her way up in the fashion industry and finally claim the recognition she craved. The next step seemingly followed this streak of fortune having made the requirements for a fashion competition show in California where she was currently living with her newest boyfriend, who wasn’t that bad compared to her previous relationships. He at least held the girl after he yelled at her.
    
    She didn’t know if she truly loved him, any of them, in the end, but it was worth it.
    
    For her dream.
    
    When time came for her auditions for the show, she passed with flying colors, though more than a little perturbed at their comments of her ‘exoticness’.
    
    Mi-Sun expected too much of people.
    
    She, unlike most of the other contestants, modeled her outfits on top of creating them, which drew much fanfare from the audience but just as much ire from her peers. For the first part of the competition she was on track for a top spot in the next, however Mi-Sun couldn’t continue. Suffering a panic attack on the walkway, she barely managed to hold herself together before making it backstage and had to be taken to the hospital. She was crushed, not by anyone else, but by herself, her fear of failure from the survival show in highschool had made this all too similar situation unbearable despite everything going for her. When asked if she could continue the competition she declined and voided her contract.
    
    Hurt and terrified of her future she had one last ray of hope in the form of a recruiter who had approached her, one of the patrons who watched her walk the runway. Vultures who looked for failed contestants to pick the meat from. Yet, Mi-Sun was a special case as she had both promise and desperation. It turned out she had been leading in the show by almost twice the votes of second place. Had she had simply waited there would have surely been better offers but foolhardy as ever Mi-Sun jumped at what seemed to her to be a last resort.
    
    Mi-Sun broke up with her boyfriend who she discovered to be cheating on her, not to her surprise, and found herself in New York City. A fashion industry haven… Working in what could only be described as a sweatshop. Mi-Sun was, unfortunately, rather used to the process of working herself to the bone on minor pay while living with abusive boyfriends simply to have a place to sleep at night and ditching before things got… Too bad.
    
    Making her way forward was the only thing keeping her going, to achieve that golden dream. The girl could rely on her hard earned skills and her natural born beauty at the very least. Fucking Working her way up the chain of command of the shadow company she had been enslaved to, eventually finding herself in the penthouse of the investor who sent the scouter after in the first place.
    
    She wasn’t there alone, four other girls were with her that night. One of them was dead on the floor, her blood slowly forming a large smooth round pool on the linoleum flooring.
    
    Mi-Sun simply stood there, staring at the scene before her, only to notice the body twitching, trying desperately to grip itself back to life under the press of death.
    
    BANG!
    
    The woman, now corpse, didn't move again after the second shot. Mi-Sun couldn’t tell if the smoke rising up from the man holding the mudur weapon was from the gun or from his expensive cigarette. He had the most horrifically familiar grin on his face as he glanced back at the last three women in the room, who were clutching onto Mi-Sun in fear. She didn’t even notice them until they pushed her forward at the wealthy man’s beckoning, and somehow, Mi-Sun managed to step forward.
    
    Her life was on the line, no. Her dream was on the line.
    
    Now behind her was a dead body lying in a pool of blood and before her was a wealthy man sitting on an expensive couch flicking his cigarette butt past her head; vanishing from view, most likely now sinking into the sickening red ooze. He smiled and she wanted to vomit, but still continued to keep composure. The glass table to her side had the key to everything she desired on it.
    
    A pen.
    
    A contract.
    
    And a loaded gun.
    
    She had gotten this far and nothing would stop her. So Mi-Sun without a word or whimper started to strip.
    
    
    Hours later there were two dead bodies a signed contract and a single woman sitting nude on an expensive couch smoking a similarly expensive cigarette. Staring out the penthouse’s glass wall at a gorgeous sunrise over the New York City skyline.

    
    Mi-Sun was able to eventually worm her way through the investors' assets, and acquired more than just her brand new company FFate, but a penthouse, a fortune, and alibi from the other two women whom she made sure would live comfortably for the rest of their lives.
    
    Though, after everything she’d been through. She was done with America for now, and headed back home to Seoul to manage her new company from there. Making sure to personally thank everyone who had helped her aside from her ex’s as they already got what they wanted and she refused to give them anything more.
    
    In short time Mi-Sun was rolling out her first line dubbed Royal Sun which exploded internationally, likely aided by the fact her brief appearance in the fashion competition having already given her a spot in the public consciousness with a small but humble following. As well as the court case headlines in the US being a spectacle in its own right.
    Soon enough Mi-Sun and the FFate brand became a household name, and for a time almost every single item was personally designed and modeled by her alone. Eventually she cut back, out of concern for her health. Now releasing a personally crafted line only a few times a year, a process which proved rather successful.
    
    Mi-Sun had finally done it.
    
    So why did she feel so empty?
    

    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    19th August, 2021

    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    
    
    

    
    
    

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    Seulbin
    
    Seulbin is one of Mi-Sun's close friends, if not one of her only genuine friends. They had known each other since high school, and it was Seulbin who succeeded in the idol trainee program instead of Mi-Sun. They remained in contact despite their growing separation. They’re still close to this day.
    
    

    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    Yeona
    
    Mi-Sun’s younger sister who is the world to the woman. Yeona is incredibly bright and has always looked up to Mi-Sun. She’s currently in college at Ewha University but still makes time to spend with her older sister. They’re very close.
    
    

    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    
    
    
    
    

    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    
    
    
    
    

    
    
    
    
    

    
    
    
    
    
    
    

    
    
    

    
    
    

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Spoiler: Easy Read Version

Personality

Mi-Sun is a woman who can come off very haughty and pompous when first meeting her, and she is to some degree, certainly full of herself in many respects. She is prone to bossing people around, especially if she sees herself in some position higher than them in some way. Seemingly spoiled with a catty tongue to match, Mi-Sun finds herself in many petty arguments and spats. She desperately wants to be recognized and to get somewhere in life, to be famous, popular, and well-liked by everyone. Having been told she was beautiful since she was young, it's the only thing she finds of value about herself. Mi-Sun is prone to sucking up to any and everyone who she thinks could get her higher in the social hierarchy of fame, status, and fortune. She was ready and willing to try nearly anything if it meant reaching her goal. Not caring if she became an actress, an idol, a model, online influencer, etc, as long as it means she'll be known and adored. Though most importantly, recognized. Despite the attention she received from her looks Mi-Sun felt like a pretty mask on a mannequin and developed a burning desire to prove she was so much more than that.


A lot of her personality is built on a warped sense of pride and fragility based on Mi-Sun's need to rise to expectations while constantly comparing herself to others and as such Mi-Sun is prone to getting herself in bad situations due to her blind pursuit of recognition beyond what she considered shallow compliments. She ended up being rather gullible and overly trusting, which only seemed to land her in ever worsening situations. Hurt one too many times; it simply compounded that distorted her view of herself.

Mi-Sun tries to keep herself going with genuine attempts at making the best of any situation, though often in vain. Doing the best to enjoy the little things, and still always feeling empty by the time she closes her eyes every night. In the end, the pressure never seems go away, and she takes it out on others often, earning her the nickname 맵선 Mep-Sun, a pun on behalf of her 'spicy' personality.


Despite Mi-Sun's ego, she is a rather hard worker, if not too much. She works herself to exhaustion on the regular. She never gives up on anything, and will trudge step by step through a field of thorns to reach her prized rose.


Mi-Sun is, surprisingly, a quite responsible, sensitive, and kind woman. Usually putting in extra effort in order to aid those in need, even at her own detriment. Especially fond of children and the elderly. Her altruistic personality is often hidden under her bashful front, and so many don't see her for who she really is. Something she's rather content with, as she fears even that, thinking people will view her as lesser. Mi-Sun is a tearing designer bag covered in dollar store tape.



Three Major Life Events

1. Being accepted into a idol competition show when she was in highschool but not making the cut despite her best friend moving ahead and getting contracted

2. Refocusing her efforts from wanting to be an idol to working on her own clothing brand

3. Murdering a rich investor and getting away with a contract to be CEO of her own company


+ Coffee

+ Chocolate chip cookies

+ Day trips, usually shopping, or indie photoshoots (Keeps them to herself)

+ Playing with children (She wishes she had her own)

+ Being held


- Swimming (She can't)

- Being pitied

- Being open with her emotions

- Disappointing others

- Thunderstorms (Terrified)

History

Mi-Sun's high school years had been filled with boys fawning over her and earning the jealousy of numerous girls. The constant attention from her natural beauty was more than she was used to even in middle school, and she didn't handle it too well, but she didn't hate it either. It made her feel happy that people desired her for something. Even if she wasn't the best at everything she was still at least liked by someone. Eventually gaining the courage to join an idol survival show with her best friend Seulbin, the two girls worked hard together their senior years of high school to get as far as they could both academically and in the show. Mi-Sun's grades were nothing to scoff at, but her best friend was the one who had more traction while they trained for their chance for stardom. Mi-Sun had to hold back Seulbin from trying to force the producers to give Mi-Sun her spot in the next phase of the program, not wanting her best friend to ruin their own chances just for her sake. Eventually, they split. Mi-Sun was crushed. She had the marks to get into a good college, but she ruminated on her missed chance for fame for too long and options narrowed. She took the year off to work instead at a local tailor shop owned by family friends, a kind elderly couple who used to babysit her when she was younger.

Telling herself it would be better to get the money now than later, but it was more or less an excuse to be available in case she got that slim chance of being re-scouted, but that never came, and she did eventually put her dreams aside and went to Ewha Womans University the year after. The time she had spent at the tailory had influenced Mi-Sun greatly. For the first time she had felt seen. There were usually quite a few grandmothers who would frequent the shop for mahjong and to work on their own crafts projects. They taught Mi-Sun everything she knew about making and altering clothing, from knitting her first scarf for her younger sister to spending many sleepless months on her first dress.

Mi-Sun graduated with a Masters in Fashion Design, suffering only a few bruises and broken hearts, the girl’s resolution hadn’t waved in the slightest. She moved back home for a while, ready to get out into the world and apply for a good job, yet still, she felt somewhat empty. Until she met a guy who might be able to help her reach her still burning dream of fame.

Warning Triggering Topics - Mental/Physical Abuse, Allusions to other types of Abuse/Assault - Violence, and Death

Spoiler

Mi-Sun didn’t stay home for too long however, and moved to the United States as soon as she could after she was able to claim citizenship through her father and grandfather who had been a US Military service member who married into a native family, allowing for a relative ease through the normally arduous bureaucratic process.

Things were looking up for the young woman. Citizenship and moving to America were both a big hurdle in her plan to work her way up in the fashion industry and finally claim the recognition she craved. The next step seemingly followed this streak of fortune having made the requirements for a fashion competition show in California where she was currently living with her newest boyfriend, who wasn’t that bad compared to her previous relationships. He at least held the girl after yelling he yelled at her.

She didn’t know if she truly loved him, any of them, in the end, but it was worth it.

For her dream.

When time came for her auditions for the show, she passed with flying colors, though more than a little perturbed at their comments of her ‘exoticness’.

Mi-Sun expected too much of people.

She, unlike most of the other contestants, modeled her outfits on top of creating them, which drew much fanfare from the audience but just as much ire from her peers. For the first part of the competition she was on track for a top spot in the next, however Mi-Sun couldn’t continue. Suffering a panic attack on the walkway, she barely managed to hold herself together before making it backstage and had to be taken to the hospital. She was crushed, not by anyone else, but by herself, her fear of failure from the survival show in highschool had made this all too similar situation unbearable despite everything going for her. When asked if she could continue the competition she declined and voided her contract.

Hurt and terrified of her future she had one last ray of hope in the form of a recruiter who had approached her, one of the patrons who watched her walk the runway. Vultures who looked for failed contestants to pick the meat from. Yet, Mi-Sun was a special case as she had both promise and desperation. It turned out she had been leading in the show by almost twice the votes of second place. Had she had simply waited there would have surely been better offers but foolhardy as ever Mi-Sun jumped at what seemed to her to be a last resort.

Mi-Sun broke up with her boyfriend who she discovered to be cheating on her, not to her surprise, and found herself in New York City. A fashion industry haven… Working in what could only be described as a sweatshop. Mi-Sun was, unfortunately, rather used to the process of working herself to the bone on minor pay while living with abusive boyfriends simply to have a place to sleep at night and ditching before things got… Too bad.

Making her way forward was the only thing keeping her going, to achieve that golden dream. The girl could rely on her hard earned skills and her natural born beauty at the very least. Fucking Working her way up the chain of command of the shadow company she had been enslaved to, eventually finding herself in the penthouse of the investor who sent the scouter after in the first place.

She wasn’t there alone, four other girls were with her that night. One of them was dead on the floor, her blood slowly forming a large smooth round pool on the linoleum flooring.

Mi-Sun simply stood there, staring at the scene before her, only to notice the body twitching, trying desperately to grip itself back to life under the press of death.

BANG!

The woman, now corpse, didn't move again after the second shot. Mi-Sun couldn’t tell if the smoke rising up from the man holding the mudur weapon was from the gun or from his expensive cigarette. He had the most horrifically familiar grin on his face as he glanced back at the last three women in the room, who were clutching onto Mi-Sun in fear. She didn’t even notice them until they pushed her forward at the wealthy man’s beckoning, and somehow, Mi-Sun managed to step forward.

Her life was on the line, no. Her dream was on the line.

Now behind her was a dead body lying in a pool of blood and before her was a wealthy man sitting on an expensive couch flicking his cigarette butt past her head; vanishing from view, most likely now sinking into the sickening red ooze. He smiled and she wanted to vomit, but still continued to keep composure. The glass table to her side had the key to everything she desired on it.

A pen.

A contract.

And a loaded gun.

She had gotten this far and nothing would stop her. So Mi-Sun without a word or whimper started to strip.


Hours later there were two dead bodies a signed contract and a single woman sitting nude on an expensive couch smoking a similarly expensive cigarette. Staring out the penthouse’s glass wall at a gorgeous sunrise over the New York City skyline.

Mi-Sun was able to eventually worm her way through the investors' assets, and acquired more than just her brand new company FFate, but a penthouse, a fortune, and alibi from the other two women whom she made sure would live comfortably for the rest of their lives.

Though, after everything she’d been through. She was done with America for now, and headed back home to Seoul to manage her new company from there. Making sure to personally thank everyone who had helped her aside from her ex’s as they already got what they wanted and she refused to give them anything more.

In short time Mi-Sun was rolling out her first line dubbed Royal Sun which exploded internationally, likely aided by the fact her brief appearance in the fashion competition having already given her a spot in the public consciousness with a small but humble following. As well as the court case headlines in the US being a spectacle in its own right.
Soon enough Mi-Sun and the FFate brand became a household name, and for a time almost every single item was personally designed and modeled by her alone. Eventually she cut back, out of concern for her health. Now releasing a personally crafted line only a few times a year, a process which proved rather successful.

Mi-Sun had finally done it.

So why did she feel so empty?

 

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  Seoul, South Korea

  
  
  

  
  

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  A side character in everyone's story can be the perfect description for Bitna, a compassionate and caring soul that has lived most of her life as the moral support and even protector in some occasions of her close ones who decided to take the risk of following the unknown.
  
  With a conventional and grounded mindset that most likely was shaped due to everyone's expectations of her or the lack of them, to be honest, with the constant reminder that she was never strong, direct, or collected enough it shaped her into the person she is today; a follower rather than a leader that has learned what's her place and haven't really questioned if there was more for her that she could actually aspire to be and finally be the one in the spotlight rather than observing everything from behind the scenes
  
  But even if it seems that she acts according to what other people want, in reality, she does have a deep sense of responsibility that pushes her to always do her best and will always persist no matter how hard it gets. Because she is the type of person that will finish what she started except when she fails along the way. Although she still gets the job done the insecurities will arise, and what was supposed to feel like an accomplishment would turn into a constant reminder that she was once again not good enough.
  
  A sensitive person that always carries her heart on her sleeve but that has mastered the art of hiding her emotions and bottle them up inside as she believes expressing how she really feels would end burdening the rest, after all, she is the one that people rely too upon when they have trouble it wouldn't be fair that she gave them more things to worry than the ones they had to go through in their everyday life.
  
  But when the final point has been reached, and she has gotten jaded up of her monotonous life of following what everyone wants. Would this side character have what it takes to become the main character of her own story?

  
  
  

  
  

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  Takes things too personally
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  Private
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  Ramyeon
  Webtoons
  Otters
  Cherry Blossoms
  Strawberry Shortcake

  
  
  

  
  

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  Carpets
  Beer
  Documentaries
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  Knows random facts about bees, she doesn't know how she even knows them
  Believes that her keroppi pen brings her good luck
  Everyday she drinks a white tea
  Has a tendency to play with her earlobe when she is nervous

  
  
  

  
  

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  Being forgotten
  Dark Places
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  Bit-Na was the only child of Lee Ba-Ram and Yoo Dong-Geun although the only one that was part of her life was actually her mother as Mr. Yoo decided he didn't want to take care of a child and packed his stuff and left without turning back, nor did she had a clue who he was as her mother made sure to cut all ties with her father and the only relationship Bit-Na had was having his name on her birth certificate and that both shared the same blood type, type A to be exact.
  
  Growing up with a single mother wasn't as bad as people made it seem, as she always tried her best to provide for Bit-Na something that she had been thankful for all her life, but in reality, it wasn't easy as Ba-Ram had to have two jobs in order to make ends meet so most of the experiences that her friends had like going on vacations or some of her school trips while growing up were cut short due to this or her mother never knew about them as Bit-Na didn't want her mother to think she was failing as a parent for not being able to give a proper life to her daughter.
  
  But as her mother was busy with work; Bit-Na was mostly raised by her grandparents Lee Sang-Hoon and Kim Eui, both of them were the owners of a restaurant that was well known locally, even if it wasn't as fancy or exclusive it was known to be the heart of the community where it was located, as she grew up Bit-Na spent most of her time there, helping her grandparents with what she could and eventually she started helping her grandmother on the kitchen which eventually led the girl to enjoy cooking and was always eager to try everything she could do and cook for others.
  
  After she graduated high school she went to culinary school even if her mom was reluctant at first her grandparents managed to convince her, once she graduated Bit-Na managed to get a job as part of the cooking team in a resort in Busan but realized that her heart wasn't there and she returned back to Seoul after a couple of years only to find out that the restaurant that her grandparents owned was sold due to them not being able to take care of it as they were getting older.
  
  Everything was completely different except for the name as the promise that the new owners wouldn't change anything was just a couple of meaningless words them this made the reputation of what was once a loved restaurant to be just a thing of the past, seeing how heartbroken her grandmother was Bit-Na decided to get back the restaurant starting with her becoming the Sous chef and putting some order on the kitchen, but it was sure going to take a while until she could have the position or believed she could actually achieve it.
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Residence:
  Apartment in Seodaemun-gu
  Languages:
  Korean, English
  Family:
  Lee Ba-Ram/mother/54
  Kim Eui/grandmother/80
  Lee Sang-Hoon /granfather/ 82
  Yoo Dong-Geun/father (mia)/58
  

  
  
  

  
  

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  ethnicity

  
  
  

  korean

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  

  current residence

  
  
  

  an apartment in sinsa-dong

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  

  role

  
  
  

  the teacher

  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
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  height

  
  
  

  181cm

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  

  weight

  
  
  

  67kg

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  

  hair

  
  
  

  brown

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  

  eyes

  
  
  

  brown

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  

  build

  
  
  

  ectomorph

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  

  fc

  
  
  

  nam yoon-su

  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

  teach

  
  
  
  

  I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.
  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  

  scars

  
  
  

  a few scars on his fingers from arts and crafts with the kids gone wrong. nothing much, just nicks from scissors and hot glue burns

  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
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    traits

    
    
    
    

    
    
    

    
    
    

    
    
    
    
    

    isn't the greatest at telling time.
    
    always late to everything except teaching.
    
    has a hard time saying no.
    
    scarily good at reading people and the room.
    
    observational skills have been mastered.
    
    empathetic and refuses to take sides.
    
    the mom friend.
    
    will listen until his ears fall off and usually offers good advice.
    
    often told he gives the best hugs.
    
    lives in a nonjudgmental bubble.
    
    a tad bit overprotective.
    
    gets easily frustrated with himself.​

    
    
    
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    can't hold his liquor for shit and can literally just have one drink. anything more and he's drunk, but he has a bad habit of trying to push past the limit.
    

    
    
    
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    fears/weaknesses

    
    
    
    

    
    
    

    
    
    

    
    
    
    
    

    getting too drunk and doing something so embarrassing he can't save face. also vomiting in front of people, and someone getting hurt on his watch.
    

    
    
    

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  likes

  
  
  
  

  art, teaching, animals especially dogs, nature, his friends, being around his kiddos, vanilla lattes, listening to music, reading, going out, traveling, exercise, swimming, the beach, naps, bonfires, walks in the woods

  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  

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  fighting, cold weather, the fact that he can't hold his liquor, spicy food, bugs, feeling dirty, judge people, being given the cold shoulder, taking his own advice, seeing his kids (or anyone) upset, matcha tea

  
  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
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  history

  
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  

  the beginning

  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  

  life with his grandparents was all ko-geon and his twin brother had ever known. his mother had died shortly after giving birth to them and father was way too unfit to raise two children on his own. so ko-geon, affectionately known as koko, and ki-woo were sent to live with their maternal grandparents in cheongdam, a neighborhood of gangnam in seoul.
  
  despite calling them halmeoni and harabeoji, the twins considered them their own parents. they ate dinner together every night, had movie nights every week, went on family vacations all the time. every sports game the twins had, halmeoni and harabeoji were at. in elementary school, it became mainly ki-woo's games they attended since ko-geon found himself anti-sport.
  
  in his final year of middle school, koko volunteered at an after-school program for kids in elementary school and within a few weeks, knew that this was something he wanted to do with his life. whether it would be teaching, volunteering at camps, etc., he knew that working with kids was what he wanted.
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  

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  then came high school. though he had ki-woo, making friends at that school wasn't easy. everyone there was just so different from him and he couldn't see himself getting close to any of them. one day, ki-woo came home from whatever practice he'd been at and mentioned to ko-geon that he overheard some kids talking about a local bar that becomes this sort of teen hangout during the day before turning into a nightclub at night. figuring he had nothing to lose, ko-geon decided to go.
  
  a once friend-less boy now found himself with five close friends from all different walks of life. sure, they were all very different from each other, but koko found it easy to become close with each one of them. university proved challenging since they all attended different ones and were busy with studies but he tried his best. though he toyed with the idea of relocating back to daegu after graduation, it came as no surprise to anyone that he chose seoul.
  
  when asked what their favorite thing about mr. ahn is, his fourth graders always answer "his smile and enthusiasm". oh, and the cookies that he sometimes bakes and brings in. that too.
  

  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
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  rel.

  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  

  wo-min & sol-hee

  
  
  

  grandparents

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

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  ki-woo

  
  
  

  twin brother

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  

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  inspire

  
  
  
  

  I saw as a teacher how, if you take that spark of learning that those children have, and you ignite it, you can take a child from any background to a lifetime of creativity and accomplishment.
  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  
  

  
  
  

nine lives