mirage-krp

[mirage-krp]

Do you allow twins? Like 2 muses with the same fc?

Hi! When applying for twin/clone/etc muses we do allow muns to use the same faceclaim, yes. When it comes to muses who are already in the roleplay, however, you will need to discuss it with the mun first to make sure they’re okay with you using the same faceclaim.

We see no problem as long as everyone involved has agreed to it and is comfortable with it.

#m:faq #Anonymous

[mirage-krp]

The guardians welcome [ SONG, KATRINA ] to the city of Jeonseol. She is [ A TIME TRAVELER ] currently living in [ RUBY ] and working as [ DJ ] at [ LILAC ].

Welcome to Mirage! Please follow the admin twitter  within 48 hours of your acceptance.

Faceclaim: Ashley Choi (Singer, Ladies’ Code)

Name: Katrina Song

Nickname(s): Kat, Trina

Age: 27

Date of birth: November 9, 1993

Species/myth/cryptid/etc: 

Time traveler - Back when Katrina was a teenager, she found an old, dusty car in the middle of a field while on a trip with her boyfriend. Neither of them had any idea that there was a time-traveling device inside of the car, but their first trip back in time would change their lives forever. As the years passed, she no longer needed the car to time travel, and was able to do so on her own.

When she travels back in time, she sees the world through the eyes of her past life, trapped in that person’s body. She feels what they felt, loves who they loved, and knows what they know, all while still being aware that she exists in her subconscious. This allows her to live two lives at once, in a sense, and get a better glimpse as to why she is the person that she is today.

When she travels back in time, she is able to bring artifacts back from that time period, as long as it’s light enough to carry with her.

Weaknesses:

She is not able to bring future technology (cell phones, laptops, digital cameras, etc.) with her into the past.

Extensive time traveling can make her feel very weak and ill. If it takes her too long to return to the present, she can be stuck in The Void for a prolonged period of time.

Not allowed to tell anyone about life-altering events that happen in the future.

Not allowed to “solve” crimes or mysteries by going back in time.

Not allowed to change significant historical events - anything significant events that are altered she goes back in time is merely set in an alternate reality, and will feel more like a dream to her than anything else.

Unable to choose exactly where she travels to, unless she performs a ritual before traveling that helps to enhance her abilities. But even with this ritual, the chances of her being able to travel back to a specific place, day, and time is extremely rare.

Favourite song or quote: “Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.”

Residence: 5 Ruby Street

Occupation: DJ at Lilac and a freelance photographer/videographer

Personality: 

Katrina comes from money, but has tried her entire life not to let this fact define her. After spending most of her life trying to mold herself into the poised, perfect daughter her parents wanted her to be, she’s spent the last few years flourishing into the person she truly is.

So, who is Katrina Song? She’s gentle, but headstrong when she has to be. Kind, but won’t allow someone to walk all over her. Strong, but deep down, she’s as sensitive as they come. A work in progress that often takes a few steps back before leaping a step forward. She also has a creative and vivacious spirit, always jotting an idea down in her notebook or humming some made-up song on the fly.

Background:

To most people, the Upper East Side is a pretentious wasteland of vapid assholes, striving every day to one-up each other with fast money, extravagant vacations, and empty reputations.

And Katrina, although born and bred from this prestigious piece of Manhattan, would be the first to admit it. However, it was also the only home she ever really knew.

Childhood there was fairly standard: a bread-winner father and an equally capable mother, luxury penthouse with more bedrooms than bodies, exotic trips every year, private jets with personal pilots to fly you off on a whim. A life tailored to your very comfort.

As young Katrina grew older, her parents always stressed the importance of studying hard and working even harder, preparing her to be the daughter they’d always wanted. She needed to be strong enough, and smart enough, to pick up the legacy that they would eventually walk away from when it came time to retire.

But she didn’t want that for herself - she wanted to create something of her own, to pursue something creative. She started acting out, going out of her way to embarrass her parents whenever she could as revenge for their strict and stubborn parenting.

She’s not surprised when they eventually ship her off to a boarding school in South Korea, only a few miles away from her aunt and uncle. Even though she had family there, she still felt so alone. So unwanted.

A week after graduating from boarding school, Katrina was invited to Jeonseol by her ex-boyfriend, Anderson. Although he ended up leaving a few years later, she decided to stay, falling in love with the comfort and sense of belonging in the tiny city.

Finally, a place where she didn’t have to try too hard, or meet someone’s expectations. Somewhere she could be herself - a place that she could call home.

Any wanted connections?: N/A

#m:accepted #fc:ashley choi

[mirage-krp]

would you be willing to accept muses that are fae but wish to have no association with either of the courts?

Hi there! We're absolutely willing to accept a muse like that, yes. 

#m:faq #Anonymous

[mirage-krp]

The guardians welcome [ HA, SOOYOUNG ] to the city of Jeonseol. She is [ A VAMPIRE/SUCCUBUS ] currently living in [ ZIRCON ] and working as [ WAIT STAFF ] at [ MYNT LOUNGE ].

Welcome to Mirage! Please follow the admin twitter  within 48 hours of your acceptance.

Faceclaim: Yves (Ha Sooyoung) from Loona

Name: Ha Sooyoung, but pretends that her birth name is Ha Siho

Nickname(s): Yves

Age: 23 (i guess)

Date of birth: May 24

Species/myth/cryptid/etc: 

Vampire-Succubus. Kind of like a vampire Tomie- other than blood I imagine her to suck life out of sexual desires and tendencies.

Weaknesses: 

her birth name, sooyoung. 

sunlight 

spicy food- consequences are exaggerating and life threatening for some reason

Favourite song or quote: back to black - amy winehouse

Residence: zircon 001

Occupation: wait staff at mynt lounge

Personality:

in mbti, an entp. in words, flirty, playful, get along with almost anybody at quick times, but does have a bit of a short temper, especially when it’s a sunny day. doesn’t mind small talk but hates initiating it. hates discussions of the past and future.

Background: 

yves is a vampire-turned succubus that is only 203 years young. she often comes off as a snob to people that observe her due to her strong expressions; but once they do get to converse with her their minds immediately change (totally not because yves tweaked her personality against what they thought she was) her mom was a succubus who had her eyes locked on a certain fair man; for someone that was swooned over by many it was odd that her mother eyed the one that was only half interested. you can guess how that story ended. even though her father was a vampire. for some reason her mother’s genes pretty much dominated her “"dna”“. sure she got irritated at the sun but she almost never had any urges to drink someone’s blood. or maybe that was part of her trying to act like a normal kid. she had to endure it either way, until it was her graduation day and her father decides turning her into a vampire would be the greatest gift of all. that was also the day her parents got crucified by civilians after they found out they were what they were. that’s when yves sought to seek shelter in jeonseol.

Any wanted connections?: 

any creature will do, someone that knows about her weakness which is being called by her real name. it would be even more nice if this muse would be a rival of some sort- someone who will have bad terms with yves and obviously uses her weakness against her– but doesn’t spread it because yves knows of their own weakness as well?

#m:accepted #fc:ha sooyoung #m:wanted connection

[mirage-krp]

The guardians welcome [ ASTER ] to the city of Jeonseol. He is [ A CONSTELLATION ] currently living in [ EMERALD ] and working as [ WAIT STAFF ] at [ UCHI BATHS ].

Welcome to Mirage! Please follow the admin twitter  within 48 hours of your acceptance.

Faceclaim: kang taehyun of tomorrow x together (txt)

Name: aster

Nickname(s): leo [less commonly: regulus, algieba, denebola]

Age: unknown

Date of birth: unknown

Species/myth/cryptid/etc:

constellation (zodiac)

aster’s heart is known as the star regulus, one of the many that makes up the constellation that is him. in the current world, his being is widely regarded as the constellation “leo” — the fifth sign of the zodiac, a lion. in actuality, aster’s existence is much more complex than that; he’s made up of stardust and cosmic energy, and the celestial plane is his (and many other star’s and constellations’) home. the mythology behind the stars rings true yet false for him; he knows of it all, after all, as he is a being that has overlooked the world of humans for somewhere beyond a million years and from somewhere beyond a hundred light years away.

the chinese zodiac story with a jade emperor and many other animalistic stars comes the closest to the truth. these beings exist along with him up in the celestial plane, shimmering and shining in all of their bright, translucent glory. truth be told, constellations have no tangible being other than the bright stars visible to the naked eye and the translucent true forms they take high in their plane. this is why aster naps a bit frequently; he expends a lot of energy taking on a more mundane form.

Abilities include:

transformation: though aster normally sports two cat ears as well as a tail, he is capable of transforming into a form more true to himself: a celestial calico cat. he has a golden ring around his neck in this form, and his black spots as well as his paw pads shimmer with that of stars and stardust. in his light blue eyes lies a reflection of the constellation leo, colored in silvers and golds. he is predominantly white with his black markings as well as splotches of light tan with golden flecks.

stardust manipulation: aster can create and manipulate tangible stardust. he can draw stardust from the atmosphere to focus into insentient objects, though he cannot make anything more than half the size of himself. on top of this, smaller objects last for a longer period of time (i.e., a small ball of stardust can last for a few hours, whereas a large one will only last for an hour at the most) unless he dissipates them of his own accord.

stellar magic: as a being from the celestial plane made up of stars himself, he can create very small stars and shoot them off. they don’t really provide anything beyond a light source and a means of entertainment, and it takes a great deal of energy for aster to do so. because of this, he doesn’t do it very often lest he get too angry and accidentally shoot a small comet into the ground near his feet. oops.

Weaknesses:

it takes a good bit of energy for aster to take on his solid, human-like form. due to this, he often naps, eats, and wanders in his cat form to replenish (and save) his energy.

beings that draw upon cosmic energy (i.e., some witches) can easily drain him for their own gain. this typically won’t end in anything detrimental for aster, but it makes him incredibly fatigued and, as anyone could guess, upset with his existence being used for such a thing.

aster gets hurt just as anyone else does, even if his blood has a coloration of shimmery deep blues, purples, and blacks. he doesn’t heal at an accelerated rate, so anything that harms a human can also harm him. his immortality only lasts as long as he is not killed.

iron is a type of metal that doesn’t mix very well with small stars. as aster is made up of multiple stars (including some bigger, brighter ones such as regulus and algieba), iron will not kill him but merely gradually weaken him over time. the smaller stars that make up his being will begin to collapse if they are exposed to iron long enough.

Favourite song or quote: “astra inclinant, sed non obligant.”

Residence: emerald 002

Occupation: wait staff at uchi bath

Personality:

(+) dynamic, perceptive, tolerant, polite

(+/-) inquisitive, knowledgeable, imaginative, witty

(-) mischievous, naive in some areas, stubborn, irritable at times (“short fuse”)

Background:

in one way or another, everything is written in the stars. mythology tells of living, breathing heavenly bodies, and science tells of inanimate spheroids of plasma held together by gravity — both of these are true, and yet neither are at the same time. high in the galaxy exists the celestial plane, and that is the home of constellations and stars alike. this is where aster was born as a nameless collection of stars, shining brightly down upon the world of humans and walking as a translucent cosmic being along with others just like him.

aster’s story goes similar to that of the chinese zodiac’s. in his home exists other heavenly bodies, both greater and lesser than himself; among these is what myths regard as the “jade emperor” — a being of royalty within the celestial realm. thousands of years ago, a banquet was held high within the stars’ central palace to pick twelve celestial guards. these guards were to be decided through a competition of arrival times, and aster was beyond keen to get there in time. one would think he did, too, upon first glance; after all, one of the guards is a tiger — yet that is something aster is not. his form is akin to that of a calico cat, and the legend tells of his fate with the banquet quite well.

the night before the banquet, aster relied on the rat to wake him as he knew he would sleep through it otherwise. unfortunately, aster was never on the greatest of terms with the rat, and so he was never awakened and, thus, missed the banquet in its entirety. the jade emperor appointed the twelve firstcomers as guards, all of which would have their respective years, and aster not being among them meant that the cat wouldn’t have a year.

from that point forward, aster was nothing special. his feud with the rat continued at full-force, and he was to live out the rest of his long days as the group of stars that took on the form of a cat.

that is, until the world of humans took notice of the bright stars of his being that lit up their night sky. they dubbed him as the lion constellation leo, representing the august zodiac. he hadn’t been given a year by the jade emperor, but a month by the humans; he became proud of this fact as well as his new name, as he didn’t have a proper one back then (his true name ‘aster’ is merely another name for his existence). this occurrence caused his fascination of the human realm to begin.

he paid attention to the happenings of humans far and wide more than that of his own home at that time, and he learned a great deal about them. they were social, some looked up to gods and divine beings (some even looked up to the stars themselves, and leo became ever prouder), and their lives were so different from his that he longed to find out as much as he could about them. he watched for the longest of times, until he finally came to the understanding that the world he overlooked was not only interesting due to the humans themselves but the supernatural beings that inhabited some areas (and other planes of existence, he realized) as well. and again, aster longed to participate in this world. he longed to leave the twelve guards behind and start anew — hopefully somewhere that rat wouldn’t be, and hopefully somewhere alongside or near the humans that loved their stars so much.

jeonseol became all that he’d wished for. one day, he visited the heavenly gates of the celestial plane with the plan of venturing to the human realm; however, the world that reflected in the gates’ opening looked different than the one he remembered watching over for oh-so-long. it was smaller, almost as if the world was just one city. he watched the portal for a while, and through continued observation he came to the conclusion that the heavenly gates were displaying not the world in its entirety, but the small portion he would be sent to. he gathered all the energy he could, and he stepped through.

now, aster is trying his best to get used to life in this new world. he misses his home sometimes, but the nights he spends stargazing and picking out the stars and constellations of his old acquaintances is typically enough to keep his feelings of homesickness at bay.

Any wanted connections?: other zodiacs or celestial beings!

#m:accepted #fc:kang taehyun #m:wanted connection

[mirage-krp]

The guardians welcome [ MIRI ] to the city of Jeonseol. She is [ A VOLPI ] currently living in [ PERIDOT ] and working as [ PERSONAL TRAINER ] at [ GG GYM ].

Welcome to Mirage! Please follow the admin twitter  within 48 hours of your acceptance.

Faceclaim: Hwang Yeji / Itzy

Name: Miri

Nickname(s): Mir, other rude names

Age: 83 (appears to be in early 20s)

Date of birth: June 16th, 1937

Species/myth/cryptid/etc:

Miri belongs to a species in her world known as “Volpus” or “Volpi”. They are a species of sentient, fox-like creatures who may inhabit an anthropomorphic form, resemble a typical fox, or anything in between. They enjoy a lifespan much longer than a human’s, unless they anger the wrong people. Volpi are born with an innate magic rooted in deception, granting them the ability to take human form. They are capable of speech, said to be brilliant and convincing speakers, with an intelligence that matches that of humans and, in some cases, beyond. The Volpi’s penchant toward trickery and their love of valuable objects has been widely noted, creating an attitude of distrust toward their species. Volpi have been known to become merchants, scholars, and many have trained themselves in various branches of magic. Perhaps unsurprisingly, they have also taken to the side of emperors as favored strategists. For the most part, Volpi are a mischievous yet harmless species, though like any other being of sentience, there have been some bad apples.

Miri possesses some abilities as an individual. She has the ability of dimensional storage, able to store items in a separate and invisible dimension. This dimension has limited space, so she has to be mindful of what she stores within it. She can summon stored items and put them back freely, and may even use the space to store herself (“vanish” into that dimension) provided she has enough free space. If not, the items will be traded for her to fit. The ability is a form of magic that Miri chose to study, finding it useful to her, and her available space may increase with practice. It’s not a perfect ability, however. Objects have been known to be placed in the dimensional storage outside of her will, such as her phone and wallet. Additionally, she can’t store items that are too large, such as a standard car.

Connected to her dimensional storage, Miri carries an ancient book which she can use to view the objects in her storage. The book works like a catalogue of sorts, and it updates by itself through magic.

Being a fox grants Miri enhanced senses of smell and hearing, plus agility.

As a Volpus, Miri can learn magic if desired, but hasn’t fully explored it yet. Aside from her dimensional storage ability, Miri can freely shift from her human form to her fox form: a small fox with characteristics of both a red fox and a fennec.

Weaknesses:

All that glitters. Miri finds it very difficult to leave behind an item she deems valuable, even if obtaining it could put her in danger.

Stubbornness. While sometimes a useful trait, Miri finds walking away from anything she deems worth arguing over just as difficult as walking away from shiny treasure.

Wizards. They can sense her true nature, are naturally more skilled at magic, and in her world, wizards and Volpus are famous for being at odds.

Favourite song or quote: “Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.”

Residence: Peridot 006

Occupation: Personal trainer at GG Gym

Personality:

(+) Clever, decisive, sociable, self-sufficient, persuasive, energetic (-/+) Competitive, stubborn, ambitious, high-spirited, outspoken, proud (-) Devious, impulsive, greedy, blunt, opportunistic, calculating

Background:

Miri was born in a world named Gisen, a world parallel to Earth and resembling 1400s Korea. The young fox’s life was a blur of play and fun until it came time for her and her siblings to go off on their own. The very first thing that Miri did upon earning her independence was to travel to a nearby village, plunging into the sights and sounds of the world. It wasn’t long before Miri found the docks, and when she laid her eyes on the ships and the colorful things they brought from all over the world, something clicked. The young fox eyed the biggest, brightest ship in the docks, sneaking aboard and hiding among the cargo.

Hitching a ride on the ship, Miri remained hidden, surviving off of scraps and carefully selected pieces of cargo (thankfully, the ship was transporting food). By the time the ship arrived in another port, Miri was on the verge of starvation and riddled with sea sickness, but more excited than she’d ever been in her life. The ship had taken port in a huge city, the likes of which Miri had never before seen. Here she remained for the next three years, taking various jobs on different boats. She did everything from swabbing decks to trading, to fishing and sailing. During this time, she learned another valuable skill: scamming.

Miri grew close with a lone trader, one who was infamous for his ability to talk anyone into parting with the object they held most dear. Even beloved family heirlooms could be parted with using the right words, and in turn, those items could be traded for more than they were truly worth. Through the power of words, Miri learned, anything was possible. The Vulpus took naturally to the art, and was soon conning even the wealthiest out of their riches with deft haggling. She and the trader, who Miri had come to see as a father, worked together and amassed a great fortune. However, she could see that her companion was well into his twilight years, and he began to speak of Miri taking his place while he retired to a comfortable life.

Before he could, however, death from natural causes took him away. The grief was unbearable for Miri. Taking their boat, she sailed as far away from the city as possible, once again picking up and moving her life. Her next destination was an island town full of magic, and a new place to ply her trade. Miri took up a bit of magic herself, learning her dimensional storage spell and acquiring the book she used in tandem. For many years, she felt untouchable, sailing where she pleased and scamming whoever she wanted. She divided her time between the island and her boat, living a free and ideal life.

Miri didn’t realize that one of the recipients of her scams was keeping tabs on her, and indeed she’d become so confident in her abilities that she hadn’t even stopped to think about the consequences of being caught. The victim was a powerful wizard, one who had been relieved of one too many of his valuable artefacts. Being that these items brought Miri big money, she made it a point to visit frequently to see what else she could trick into her hands. This time she would approach in her human form to trick the wizard further, but the wizard was prepared. Unaware that wizards could see easily past the disguises of Volpi, Miri went to his home.

It didn’t go well.

Five minutes later, Miri was hurtling through the air into a new world, Earth. Fed up with her scheming ways, the wizard had flung her to another plane of existence. The fox crash landed in a forest near Jeonseol, and it was quickly apparent that she was no longer home. Miri wandered into Jeonseol with nothing but the clothes on her back and her book, which, thankfully, was bound to her by magic and therefore went wherever Miri did. Realizing her alarming lack of funds, Miri set her sights on Jeonseol and decided that she would have to remedy it, and fast. Turned off from swindling others for the time being, Miri accepted her new home and now attempts to lead a more honest life.

Any wanted connections?: Wrestling buddies, past victims of her scams

#m:accepted #fc:hwang yeji #m:wanted connection

[mirage-krp]

The guardians welcome [ HAN, SEUNGJOON ] to the city of Jeonseol. He is [ AN EXPERIMENT ] currently living in [ AZURITE ] and working as [ DJ ] at [ LILAC ].

Welcome to Mirage! Please follow the admin twitter  within 48 hours of your acceptance.

Faceclaim: Min Yoongi of BTS

Name: Min Yoongi -> Han Seungjoon

Nickname(s): Delta, Seungjoon, Joon

Age: 28 years old

Date of birth: 9 March 1993

Species/myth/cryptid/etc: 

Experiment

Project Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν) - This experiment is one of many that the Korean government is working on. The branch that he came from was focused on genetic alteration. Experiments are mostly named after deities from the Greek pantheon, much like his own. The program was started from the obsession of success after his first subjects failed the more rigorous test that they were put through as they were promised to be “supersoldiers” for the government. Yoongi was part of the second batch of experiments. He was one of the few that actually lived through the last major test and continued on to training.

Years later, the program was shut down after the death of the primary scientist that left a lot of the experiments without a home. Some stayed with the government, but most left to try and live “normal” lives. It’s unknown how much of these experiments are left behind.

Yoongi specifically was one of the few that were left in solitary confinement as he was one of the experiments thought to be the strongest of their generation, hence being named after one of the Olympians and the big three from the Greek pantheon.

Abilities:

- Aquatic Empathy/Aquapathy* - He can understand/sense emotions from aquatic animals

- Liquid Manipulation** - He can manipulate just about anything that’s in its liquid form. This was the main thing he had been trained within the labs, so he’s pretty knowledgeable about this one. Yoongi can manipulate any liquid matter that he can see or is close to him. His main element is water, and that’s what he had been training with, but he had discovered that he can control anything in its liquid form, even though it isn’t water. He didn’t tell anyone, not a soul at all, when he found out that he can manipulate the mercury that came out of a broken thermometer after someone dropped it from where he was held in and haven’t cleaned it.

- Dehydration* - Just like healing, he’s not well-versed with dehydration as well. He only remembers trying it to a person as he was ordered to do it. He wasn’t successful at the first try, but after a while, they gave up on him trying to do it on a person, so they let him practice on plants, in which he slowly got better. Basically, he is able to pull water from anything that has water in it like plants, animals, etc.

- Healing* - He can heal people faster using water, meaning that whenever he touches water, he can be healed, and he can heal others with water, though it still takes a long time for him to heal someone since he’s still not very well-versed with this power as he wasn’t really trained for healing. They were mainly trained for combat and survival. He can’t really make water, so this is also limited to only when water is present around him, and this only counts with pure water that isn’t mixed with anything, unlike blood which is only about 92% water.

Weaknesses: 

Dry and high temperature environments (one or the other or both, mostly dry cause of humidity affects him more)

His body craves water and if he doesn’t soak himself for a long time, his skin would start peeling and cracking, then his breathing would start to be laboured not long after

His abilities drains his energy, and if used heavily just like his escape, he would require to return to water sooner rather than later, especially with abilities that he is not experienced in

Favourite song or quote: Homebody by pH-1

Residence: 1 Azurite Lake

Occupation: DJ at Lilac | Underground Rapper

Personality: 

Tends to keep to himself as trust is hard to come by with him due to the trauma that he went through as an experiment and also after his escape from the facility. He’s usually very quiet, though he’s reactive in a different way. Delta has some anger management issues as well as he’s been filled with anger even though he hides it pretty well with his calm outer shell. His patience can still run long, though try not to test it. He’s still working on his issues. He uses music as an outlet most of the time, and it has helped him immensely through out the years.

In addition to his anger management issues is the fact that after leaving his work as an assassin and running away from that life, he’s not sure how to really “normally” live. His training with social interactions are full of deceit that he doesn’t really rely on them too much, leaving him to be quite awkward. Though, beneath the issues that he’s facing lies a warm-hearted soul that only comes out to others who are able to get past his tough bubble he put himself in.

Background:

Min Youngwoon and Min Suran had Yoongi when they still lived in Daegu and at an older age. He was healthy, given that his parents were both in the medical field and had military backgrounds. He lived a pretty normal life, only a bit more well off than others as his parents do make quite a living, but that didn’t stop his parents from raising him to be humble and kind to others.

His parents eventually got an offer to work for a private company that worked with the government due to the clearances that they still held from their military days. It was an offer that they were unable to refuse because despite living quite comfortably, they were looking for something new and challenging to keep themselves occupied whenever Yoongi was not home.

Initially, they were able to work remotely, but as time passed, they were required to move to Seoul to the main facility as the advancements for the study that they are involved in had evolved into the experimental phase. They needed to be closer to the facility so that they can participate properly, and so they made the move and brough Yoongi along with them to the city.

Later on, the inhumanity of the experiments became clearer to the couple. The government were trying to create weaponized humans from children that were to be taken from an “orphanage” that they had funded. This fact didn’t sit well in their stomachs and they asked to be pulled from the study. They were easily let off surprisingly given that they had signed a non-disclosure agreement. Though, the people above seemed to have thought differently about them suddenly leaving the program.

It didn’t take long before Yoongi ended up becoming an orphan after a fatal car accident that only left him alive. How? No one was entirely sure. Given that he had no other immediate family nearby, he was sent to an orphanage, but when he got there, it wasn’t even a week in when he was brought to another facility. He thought he was just going to be moved to a different orphanage. He was just three years old then.

On his way to the new facility, he suddenly felt lethargic and sleepy, and as a child, he had decided that napping would be the best solution. What he didn’t know was he wasn’t going to wake up until a few days later in what looks like a normal bedroom, except he was unable to leave. Initially, he thought he was in a hospital after seeing the IV drip on him, but that thought quickly left his young mind as the days passed.

The last few days had been a blur to him due to the pain and drugs and chemicals that were being pumped into his system. He would be lying if he said that he was not scared at all because in reality, he was scared shitless. He was only nearing his fourth birthday and he was just in so much pain that he cried for his mother more than he ever had the last few years.

Yoongi was put under observation as physical changes started to develop. His eyes turned from its originally beautiful brown into a light shade of blue, almost the color of glaciers, but not quite, when he turned four. His hair started changing when he was five years old. It would change from a bluish silver to almost black depending on how he was feeling at the time. Later on, more changes had started to run their course through him.

The complication that made life difficult for him was the water-craving. His body craved water so much that he ended up being put into an aquarium for him to replenish his energy. He was kept there most of the first few weeks things started changing. This was when he was named Project Poseidon.

His body craved water in the most inconvenient times. Sure, he’s always around water, but there were times when they kept him from water just to see if his current skills deteriorated when he’s not around it. That’s when his skin started peeling off as if he was sunburnt and he would feel like he couldn’t breathe at all. It was then that they started keeping him in what seemed like a huge fish tank and discovered he can actually breathe underwater. They said it was a useful skill, and truly it was as they tried drowning him on his first day on the fish tank, only to find that he was able to breathe just fine.

They then started training him when he was seven years old after a long time of just being observed. Project Poseidon was on full force as they put him through rigorous training right away. The training took a huge toll on his body, but he was luckily one of the first few that passed the pre-test that he and the other experiments were put on. Though right after that, even more intense training started and he almost got no sleep at all, especially as he and his body were still getting used to the changes he was going through.

The water craving weaned off slowly the more he trained outside of the aquarium and being around a very humid environment where he learned to pull water from the air, though not completely mastering it. In addition to training them and looking for new abilities that they harnessed, they were also taught other things like survival, etiquette, etc. They needed to be able to assimilate into society if they were going to be put into missions, so it was agreed on that these were also necessary skills for their experiments.

During training, he was also put through a few endurance and stress tests, which he mostly failed as he had always been almost beaten to a pulp when he was doing something wrong. Though, as time passed, the stress test became geared more towards his mind. After years, it seemed that the scientist had not completely forgotten how they had acquired the boy initially.

“Do you remember your parents?”

Yoongi did not answer as he was laying on the ground, trying to catch his breath, whimpering from the pain from the earlier lashings.

“Remember how they died? You do, don’t you?”

He does, but he doesn’t speak nor does he budge. He was barely four when they died, but he remembers the accident. His screams and sobs. Almost everything was crystal clear in his head.

“Well, you see, they’re still alive.”

Yoongi still hasn’t responded, but in his head, he knew they were dead. That they were lying. He saw his parents’ lifeless bodies before he was pulled from the wreck. He remembers how gruesome the scene was and to this day, he was unable to erase the image from his head that traumatized him as a kid.

“Well, not quite.”, the scientist said with a chuckle as two tanks with two barely intact bodies came to his view. “They’re here for you to see. Greet your parents, Yoongi.”

He felt nothing but hatred and anger, but he kept his cool and stayed quiet.

“They were… great people, Yoongi. They really were. Smart, very promising actually, but they just had to drop from the program. We couldn’t risk whistleblowers, not when we were so close. So we just had to get rid of them, and they were nice enough to leave you to us as their parting gift. Aren’t they just the best?”

He barely registered what happened or what was said next. All he knew at that time was that they killed his parents. They were the reason that they’re not in his life anymore. He vowed that they will pay. He was way beyond furious and unforgiving.

There had been times when he would escape the tank in the middle of the night after that day to keep his mind occupied, but the consequences were brutal. He would receive lashes from the scientist, and they would exchange the freshwater from the tank to saltwater before putting him back, resulting for him to not be able to sleep those nights as writhes in pain, which only fueled his anger even more.

A few more weeks into training and more torture, he was done with the shit that they were putting him through. He’s been planning on escaping, but it seems that the people had caught on to him as the next morning after the whole week that he hasn’t escaped, there had been more guards around him. He knew he could just drown all of them, but it was hard when he’s got a limited supply of water around him and there were also a lot of them.

A revolt from the other experiments gave him a helping hand in his escape. He didn’t even know that it was happening until he heard the news from the guards because he had been kept in a solitary confinement due to his volatility, especially after the stunt the scientist pulled with his parents.

His training made his escape so much easier, who would’ve thought? Initially, he didn’t want people who didn’t do anything to him to be harmed by his escape, but the more they tried to keep him in, the less he cared for their lives. He just wanted to leave, but if they were gonna get in his way, he wouldn’t hesitate to take their lives.

He forced the water in his tank to boil, which resulted to the tank itself breaking and the water flowing to cause third degree burns upon those unfortunate enough to be close to the tank when it exploded and the water was released. He willed the water to be his weapon, watching as the water pierced through their chests, leaving glass shards in and on their bodies as they fall. People were left on the ground screaming in pain as he passed as he let the saltwater he was in glide across their skin in exchange for everything that they did to him and for trying to stop his escape. At that point, he had seen what the other experiments had done, so he stopped caring about his body count and kept going with his plan.

The last thing he did was take his parents remains and incinerated them before he placed both of what were left of them in a box which he buried later on. Within the tanks where his parents were, he left the mutilated body parts of the scientist that did the experiments on him as a statement.

Yoongi was already twenty three when he escaped the premises, but it’s a new start for him. No more aquariums or tests, and there’s freedom ahead of him.

It was quite too late when authorities came to the rescue who were left in the facility. The massacre he left in the scene was a sight to behold for those who are not squeamish. The news outlets gave credit to the rescuers, but no one really knew what happened in the facility before they walked in other than the few that saw him and escaped his grasp. He didn’t want to stay longer than he needed to given what he had done and his goal to leave the facility.

They called him a monster, but what he really was at the time was an angry young man craving for revenge, and he’s found it. Once he did, he made sure to show them how much pain he endured during his training. Thanks to them, he was able to live and survive on his own. The training did him some good, but it was hard when he was being hunted down as the experiment that the government and the private organization had tried to keep out of the public eye.

What made things easier was the family he had found after escaping. They were other experiments like him that were able to get out as well. He wasn’t the only one that lived through hell and back growing up and from the escape. A found family that he cared for dearly. He and another experiment ended up working together as hired assassins with their skills on top of their night jobs in a club because it just made more money than their other jobs, and it helped them keep afloat and living comfortably even though it was kept a secret from the others, except for the one who dealt with their healing when Yoongi was unable to heal himself.

Unfortunately, it only took a couple of years for the government and the organization to track him down with the water-soaked murder scenes starting to pile up within and around the country. They ended up finding his newly found family and killed them in the process of trying to get information about Yoongi, which they refused to provide until their last breaths. He came home to a trapped bloodbath. The bodies of his family members were left where they had taken their last taste of life, and he was vulnerable for only a moment as he mourned. It didn’t take him long to sense the presence of the people trying to catch him, whom he quickly eliminated using the blood all over the apartment. They seemed to have forgotten how much water really was in blood, and what they thought would make him more vulnerable was turned into a weapon against them.

Still mourning the recent deaths of the people he had grown to care so much for, he ended up running after only getting the operatives that were close by before he made a break for it and hid for the next few months until he was able to track down an incredibly skillful hacker whom he had worked for before to get his identity wiped from the databases all over the world. It wasn’t easy, but with the lack of an updated photo of him on file made it so much easier. He was supposed to be an unknown weapon, so pictures of him were burnt to ashes and his identity only existed within the organization and the governments’ databases.

Min Youngwoon and Min Suran never had a child and they died honorably while serving the country as medical professionals. Min Yoongi did not exist. Han Seungjoon lost his family in an accident and he was orphaned only a couple of years ago and he worked as a DJ in a nightclub in Gangnam.

With the new identity, he was also offered knowledge of a city where he can find a second chance at life at a hefty price. A place where he can find people that might be like him, but without certainty. It was a shot in the dark, but it was better than nothing. It was either that, or be hunted down continuously by the organization that made him alongside the government who wants to use him as a weapon, especially after what he had accomplished on his own after he had escaped from the facility.

Seungjoon decided that moving to Jeonseol would be his best bet considering his situation. It didn’t take him long to pack up what’s left of his belongings and some trinkets from each of his found family members and then move to Jeonseol. The situation finally hit him hard and he was finally able to mourn in peace as he got to his new home, month after the death of his family. He vowed to take revenge on the people who had defiled his family once he was stronger. First, they took his parents, then his friends whom he had thought to be family. But for now, he’s laying low and training to get better with his abilities while trying to live a somewhat normal-ish life as a DJ in a nightclub in the city.

Any wanted connections?: 

Maybe other experiments that survived after their escape/revolt

#m:accepted #fc:min yoongi #m:wanted connection

[mirage-krp]

⇾ RESERVATION

The following faceclaims are now reserved:

BTS Kim Taehyung (27.03.2020)

DPR Christian Yu (27.03.2020) * extended

#m:reserved

[mirage-krp]

The guardians welcome [ BAMBI ] to the city of Jeonseol. He is [ A PIXIE ] currently living in [ EMERALD ] and working as [ RECEPTIONIST ] at [ UCHI BATHS ].

Welcome to Mirage! Please follow the  admin twitter  within 48 hours of your acceptance.

Faceclaim: Kang Hyunggu, pentagon

Name: Currently goes by Bambi. Other aliases include John Doe, Robin Goodfellow, Elliot, Min Yohan.

Nickname(s): n/a

Age: appears 25, over 500 years old

Date of birth: 20th of March

Species/myth/cryptid/etc:

Pixie.

Pixies like Bambi are notorious pranksters, however they aren’t necessarily malevolent. They are known to help out a worthy human in need and they’re also known to shape shift, a common form taken is the hedgehog, Bambi prefers birds.

In his pixie form Bambi is very small, has pearlescent wings, long light brown hair, and very bright amber eyes. 

His powers include: 

- Confusion Inducement - Semi-Immortality - Fairy Magic - Flight - Illusion Manipulation - Misdirection

Weaknesses: (at least 2)

His conscience, for sure. The longer he spends on earth, the louder it gets, which influences his prank pulling and crime committing.

The human realm affects his powers, he isn’t as powerful here as he is back home. 

Favourite song or quote: “...up to no good—and pleased about it.”

Residence: Emerald 006

Occupation: Uchi Baths, receptionist

Personality:

Bambi is, above all else, mischief personified. Doing things he’s not supposed to is in his blood, he feels the need to prank, to steal, to sneak. He’s intelligent and daring enough to pull those things off in the human world without getting caught - unless he wants to be.

He often uses people for personal gain, however small or insignificant that gain might be. When making friends he’s hardwired to weigh out the pros and cons to see how useful a person will be to him in the long run. Friendship in itself currently isn’t reward enough as he’s content getting by on his own if he has to.

However, recently Bambi is actively trying to do better. The bank heist in 2007 was a wake-up call of sorts, one which opened his eyes to the kind of person he’d been up until that point, although he still doesn’t see anything wrong with stealing from those who have far too much, something which he continues to do even if he doesn’t need the things he steals.

As much as he hates to admit it, the longer he stays in the human world, the louder his conscience becomes. Stupid conscience.

Background:

Hailing from another realm, Bambi was born into the distant family of the current ruling monarch in the land of Vasser. Despite being on the long list of those next in line for the throne, Bambi and his family lived on the border of poverty. Unfair class systems meant if you weren’t in the immediate royal family, you were destined for a hard life with little opportunity to elevate your status, unless you resorted to selling yourself into what was essentially slavery.

Bambi’s older siblings did just that as soon as they turned sixteen. They sold themselves to the wealthy and performed all the tasks the rich didn’t want to do. As far as money was concerned, it paid well, though Bambi had no intention of ever selling his dignity in exchange for gold when he could simply take it instead.

Even though Bambi and his kin are mischievous by nature, his capacity for it seemed to surpass even the most impish individuals. At a very young age he developed a liking for petty crime. It felt like the easiest way to set himself apart and deviate from the path most pixies of his standing followed. He didn’t want to blend into the crowd and become some rich snob’s slave, tending to their every whim no matter how ridiculous. He wanted to live however he wanted, take whatever he wanted, and go wherever wanted. Which he did a week after his eighteenth birthday.

After wreaking enough havoc in Vasser to become somewhat infamous, Bambi decided it was time to take his mischief on the road. Getting to a portal was hard, getting around the guards was even harder, but once he’d bluffed his way passed them he was home free. Bambi arrived on Earth in the 1800s. It wasn’t much different to Vasser, save for the lack of magic and hygiene, but he didn’t care in the slightest.

People were far more gullible on Earth. They didn’t know he was a pixie of course, which meant they had no idea what tricks to look out for. By the time Bambi had been there 6 months, he’d amassed a small fortune of money and other valuables from all over the world. He never tired of sneaking, stealing, or playing pranks, but his ambition certainly grew. After hearing stories of notorious criminals and seeing their names plastered everywhere for the public to see, Bambi began longing for the same. He wanted to be a household name and the subject of stories told by the morbidly curious.

While murder was something that would never even cross his mind, robbing banks definitely was. Bambi travelled the world hitting bank after bank, wearing different masks each time. His biggest haul was in the early 1980s at a bank in the USA. He wore a deer mask and expertly avoided cameras until he managed to slip inside the vault, where he then purposely stood in view of the security cameras and gave a cocky bow. He was dubbed John Doe and soon after that adopted the name Bambi as a nod to his secret identity.

In 2007, Bambi’s attitude changed, albeit only slightly. While robbing a smaller bank to keep himself entertained on his travels, he came across an employee cowering in the basement where the safety deposit boxes were kept. With confidence bordering on cockiness, Bambi hadn’t bothered to check for anyone before beginning to effortlessly pick locks and empty the contents into his bag. When he sauntered over to the boxes at the back, there she was, knees hugged to her chest and body trembling. It was her question of “are you going to hurt me?” that really got to him. Never before had he thought of himself as someone who would cause anyone physical harm. That wasn’t his style at all, but the realization of how he might be making people feel finally dawned on him, and he didn’t like it in the slightest.

Bambi told the woman she was safe and disappeared just as quickly as he had appeared. Feeling a ridiculous amount of guilt, something which Bambi had never felt before, he tracked the woman down and posted money through her mailbox with a note signed “sorry - John Doe.”

After that, bank heists didn’t give him the same rush as they did before. That, paired with tighter security and better technology to keep places safe, made crime positively boring. With nowhere to really go and not much else to do, bambi decided to search for some place to settle down and use his money (so, so much money) for things he actually wanted, instead of simply hoarding it as trophies of his achievements.

Any wanted connections?:

Anyone he might’ve met on his travels since the mid 1800s!

#m:accepted #fc:kang hyunggu #m:wanted connection

[mirage-krp]

The guardians welcome [ WYNE, ZENJI ] to the city of Jeonseol. He is [ A DRAGON ] currently living in [ AMBER ] and working as [ A PHOTOGRAPHER ].

Welcome to Mirage! Please follow the admin twitter  within 48 hours of your acceptance.

Faceclaim: Paing Takhon (actor/model)

Name: Zenji Wyne

Nickname(s): Zen/Zin (he doesn’t really care how people spell it since human languages mean little to him)

Age: 270 years old (appears about 25 years old)

Date of birth: 21 May

Species/myth/cryptid/etc: 

Dragon

to be more specific, he’s an avatar of change dragon, meaning he’s a crossbreed of a mage dragon and an ice dragon.

he can create and manipulate ice without the use of his magic. he acquires this skill naturally due to his crossbreeding.

he can access magic through the use of spells and rituals.

he lives mostly in his human skin, but he can access his dragon skin whenever he pleases (as long as he has enough space to do so).

Weaknesses: 

as a being with magic, he has mana (magical energy) in him. so, the bigger the spell, the more it exhausts him.

messing up a spell can result in hurting himself, even creating permanent damage/markings on his human skin.

using spells back to back could backfire on him, hurting himself or anyone in the surrounding area.

while smaller uses of magic (like detecting aura) wouldn’t take a spell for him, larger uses of magic (like healing) need a ritual or a spell.

being too hot (or being in an area that’s too hot or dry) won’t allow him to create ice. there needs to be some water for him to use.

certain types of magic are considered illegal or immoral to his kind, so using such will cause permanent damage/markings to his human and dragon skins

creating his own spells will limit his magic largely.

Favourite song or quote: Purple Haze by The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Residence: Amber, floor 29, penthouse 002

Occupation: photographer  

Personality: 

entj-a / chaotic good - positives : altruistic, passionate, expressive - neutrals : straightforward, strong-willed, pensive - negatives : calculating, sarcastic, unforgiving

Background: 

(TW: Death)

The most Zenji can remember about his parents are that one was a mage dragon while the other was an ice dragon. They were captured by some sort of power-wielding humans and forced to breed, resulting in Zenji’s iridescent egg. It took longer for him to hatch than the other crossbreeds, so the humans forced him to hatch by throwing his egg into fire— which didn’t make any sense considering he was half ice dragon. His parents tried to save him from death before he could even hatch, but the humans misconstrued this as an uprising. The other dragons were attempting to help as well, only for most of the older dragons to end up being killed. The rest, like his parents, were forced into cage-like caves. Zenji hatched in the middle of what was essentially a battle, and he was kept under tight surveillance because of it. When he was a hatchling, Zenji was permitted to visit his parents. This humans did this only to figure out how best to take care of him. After repeatedly taking him from them, his parents had enough and started the second uprising among the older dragons. This resulted in the death of any dragon older than that of a mature hatchling. Zenji and the other captive dragons were kept in the same caves that their parents had died in and around. When they matured, they were forced to breed with each other, and Zenji was given an ember dragon as a mate. She was not keen to mate in any way, instead being rather rebellious just as their parents had been before them. It wasn’t up to her, however, and they did indeed have several eggs within a year. Traumatized, as they all were, and battered after fighting back her entire life, the ember dragon went into a rage. Alone, she freed every dragon from its captivity, killing each and every one of the humans who imprisoned them, as well as every single egg that was bred. As others struggled to fly away, far from there, Zenji remained to witness the death of what would have been his children, broken and seared. As for the ember dragon, she flew away as well, leaving him behind without even a glance back. It took years for Zenji to leave what he’d known his entire life. The solitude, the low amount of food, and the trauma surrounding the place had finally gotten to him. And he went in search of the rest of the world, filled with a hatred of humans. He masked himself in sarcasm, rock music, and art as he tried for years to find somewhere he could live freely.

Any wanted connections?:

- more of the same: dragon friends of any kind that can relate to him. hell, he’ll even go for drakes.

- hell raisers: from 1960s - 1970s, he didn’t care about anything and acting out. he was something of a hippie, and he just whatever he wanted whenever he wanted. this person encouraged him endlessly until they parted ways at the end of the 70s when he came to his senses again. partners in crime, together again.

- band mates: he can play a few different instruments, and he loves rock. doesn’t Jeonseol need a band or something? he will connect easily with others who love music and can play something, even a triangle.

#m:accepted #fc:paing takhon #m:wanted connection

[mirage-krp]

⇾ APP COUNT

The following applications have been received:

ACTOR/MODEL Paing Takhon

Acceptances will be done ( tomorrow / wed ) !

#m:app count

[mirage-krp]

⇾ RESERVATION

The following faceclaims are now reserved:

DPR Christian Yu (24.03.2020)

#m:reserved

[mirage-krp]

⇾ RESERVATION

The following faceclaims are now reserved:

EXO Byun Baekhyun (24.03.2020)

#m:reserved

[mirage-krp]

⇾ RESERVATION

The following faceclaims are now reserved:

GOT7 Jackson Wang (23.03.2020)

#m:reserved

[mirage-krp]

Mwf?

Hi! I asked our members and here’s what they said:

Dreamcatcher

Red Velvet

Mamamoo

Gfriend

f(x)

SNSD

Monsta X

Stray Kids

Zico

Ravi

Jackson Wang

#m:most wanted #Anonymous

[mirage-krp]

       MIRAGE'S CHERRY BLOSSOM EVENT : SPRING BALL

On the 20th of March Jeonseol will be holding a citywide ball to celebrate the coming of Spring!

The Cherry Blossom ball will be held from 4pm to 8pm in Jeonseol Museum's largest conference hall. The historic building will also be open for all guests to roam at their leisure — but please do not touch the displays! (museum employees aren't recquired to work unless the mun wants them to.)

A vibrant dinner of seasonal foods will be served, with alternative menu options available for Jeonseol's wide variety of residents.

The theme is, of course, Spring! Ball guests are encouraged to dress accordingly in their springiest formal wear. There'll be plenty of photo opportunities in the wonderfully decorated Museum, including archways and canopies of flowers, and a photobooth. Guests can even have their pictures taken professionally for a small price by one of the many photographers in attendance.

Ticket price (₩35000) includes dinner, 2 free drinks, and a party favour filled with Cherry Blossom related sweets to take home.

After the Ball, guests can head over to Uchi Baths, where an afterparty will be taking place! Yukatas are encouraged but not mandatory.

#m:event

[mirage-krp]

The guardians welcome [ SHIN, HANEUL ] to the city of Jeonseol. He is [ A VAMPIRE ] currently living in [ ZIRCON ] and working as [ OWNER ] of [ THE SECRET GARDEN ] and [ BABYSITTER ].

Welcome to Mirage! Please follow the  admin twitter  within 48 hours of your acceptance.

Faceclaim: Park Seonghwa

Name: Shin Haneul

Nickname(s): Han

Age: over 100, appears 25

Date of birth: 1900s

Species/myth/cryptid/etc:

Vampire (Darren Shan Lore)

Haneul’s clan differs from the typical vampires of myth. They’re blooded through the swapping of blood; a vampire cuts their fingertips and the fingertips of the human they wish to turn, they then press the cuts against each other and let the blood flow between them. As such, Haneul has scars on the tips of his fingers which his clan can use to identify other clan members.

They don’t kill when feeding, nor do they use or have fangs. Instead they use their strong fingernails to create a small cut and drink only what they need. Most vampires in his clan carry bottles of blood with them, although fresh is best. They also eat regular food too, to tide them over until their next feeding.

Superhuman speed & endurance: Haneul and his clan are able to cover vast distances in a short amount of time without getting tired. His skin and bones are tougher than the average human’s, too.

Superhuman Strength: He’s far stronger than the average human and could, if he wanted to, fend off or kill them with ease. His teeth and nails are also much stronger.

Superhuman Senses: Heightened senses are typical among his clan, including the ability to see relatively well in the dark.

Healing: He heals/recovers much faster than humans and he’s resistant to most illnesses and diseases. His clan also have healing spit, capable of healing small wounds and speeding up the healing process on larger ones. They usually use this to heal the wound made on a human after feeding.

Knockout Gas: On command, his breath can be infused with a type of harmless anesthetic that renders people completely unconscious.

Weaknesses:

Sunlight. He burns easily and can’t stay out during the day for longer than an hour. A tolerance can be built up very gradually but Haneul prefers not to be in a constant sunburnt hell.

He isn’t immortal. Vampires from his clan can live for a very long time, however, they still feel the effects of aging, just as humans do.

He can still get scars, die from gunshot wounds, mutilation, decapitation and piercing of the heart.

Modern projectile weapons are forbidden among his clan. If caught using one Haneul would be disgraced. They’re also encouraged to only use weapons they’ve crafted themselves.

Haneul and his clan are unable to reproduce.

Favourite song or quote: “It is too easy to say 'what if' and paint a picture of a perfect world.”

Residence: Zircon 10

Occupation: Owner of The Secret Garden

Personality:

Haneul’s longer than average life and the events leading up to the present are the reason he’s now so mellow. He was given a new perspective along with the time to dwell on, and eventually work through, the things that had such a hold on him before he was blooded. Occasionally he’ll become weighed down by memories and will find himself slipping into his old ways, during which times he questions why he’s alive, why he of all people was given a second chance and not someone more deserving.

He’s deeply ashamed of who he used to be and prefers to draw a line between his past and present self. He feels like a different person but worries he might not have grown as much as he thinks he has.

Nothing really upsets or riles him up, which some people take as a lack of interest, passion, or attachment, which is far from the truth. There are things and people he cares deeply for but finds it difficult to show it on short notice, he needs time to articulate and gather his thoughts.

He’s wise, sometimes pedantic, prone to rambling when a few sentences could express what he’s trying to say. His words are always chosen carefully which can make him seem a bit stiff, in reality he’s learned to take his time with everything he does, after all he has a lot of it to spare.

Background:

tw: alcoholism, mention of suicide

South Korea, 1900s.

From birth, throughout school, to his first job, Haneul and his family struggled to make ends meet. They lived pay check to pay check, never certain whether they’d have enough money for bills, groceries, or anything else. Treats were far and few between and the family were constantly in a state of repairing the stress induced cracks in their relationships. His father was a drunk, pissing away the family’s money whenever he could get his hands on it. Haneul’s mother hid what little she could, though it never stayed that way for long.

At 20 years old Haneul followed in his father’s footsteps. In an act he now sees as selfish, he began drinking secretly. Every time he received a pay check he’d spend a portion of it on alcohol for him and him alone, while making excuses each time as to why his wage wasn’t as much as it should be.

Drinking dulled the ache of living the way he had been, always working, never catching a break, unable to see the light at the end of the tunnel. He understood why his father had started drinking, it was easier than facing things head on without any kind of buffer. At least, with alcohol, things didn’t seem quite so bad, for a little while anyway.

While out drinking after work one night, Haneul was frantically pulled out of a bar by his neighbour, who then dragged the boy home. What met Haneul wasn’t the sight of his family’s house, but the sight of flames licking the outside walls while people around him tried desperately to put it out. All he could do was stare, suddenly feeling more sober than he had in a long time. Once the initial shock wore off, Haneul searched for his family but found no one. His parents were in bed when the fire started, and although his younger sister tried to wake them, she’d become trapped in her room, unable to get help or escape. All three perished, leaving Haneul to stand staring at the ashen remains of his life.

Days afterward Haneul found himself sitting in that same bar once again, but even drink after drink, all paid for by well wishers and neighbours, couldn’t stop the hurting. The loneliness he felt was overwhelming, like a black hole had formed around him and was trying its best to consume him whole. The guilt formed a lump in his throat that he couldn’t rid himself of regardless of how much he drank. It didn’t take long for Haneul to make up his mind; he wanted to end it all. Maybe in the afterlife he’d get to apologize for not being there, if he even ended up in the same place after what he’d done.

Abandoning a half finished drink, Haneul left the bar in search of trouble. All he needed to do was to rile up the wrong person, get them so angry they’d see red, and before he knew it his life would be over as it should be. Haneul staggered down an alleyway, spotted the silhouette of a tall man, and began following him. The other sped up, slipped in and out of side streets, but Haneul was relentless.

Finally, the man stopped dead in his tracks and turned to size up his pursuer. Haneul approached the man with his fists raised and words slurred, challenging the stranger to a fight. Called him every name under the sun in an attempt to rile the other up, but to no avail. What met him was a look of pity, as if the other understood exactly what he was going through.

Undeterred, Haneul pulled back his fist, meaning to strike the stranger, but missed by a mile when the man effortlessly dashed to the other end of the alleyway in the matter of a few seconds.

Instead of being beaten and left for dead that day, Haneul found another family. The stranger he’d followed was a vampire, though he was unlike any Haneul had ever heard about. Rather than the blood thirsty monsters of myth, this particular clan were noble warriors, wishing only to preserve their way of life. They fed only when they had to and never killed the human they drank from. They lived by a strict set of rules and laid great importance in brotherhood, all clansmen were bound by the shared blood that ran through their veins.

With nothing to lose and even less to live for, Haneul was blooded and welcomed into the clan with open arms. He began ageing much slower, which prompted him to leave his old life and home behind, instead opting to follow his mentor around for the next 15 years. The two saw many places on their travels, Haneul realized the world wasn’t as small as he thought it was. His past life, the struggles he’d faced, all seemed so significant in the grand scheme of things. Although this revelation did little to dull the sadness he felt at the loss of his family, it did help him on his way to accepting it.

After many years of travelling, Haneul decided it was time to part ways with his mentor in order to find a place to put down roots. It was easier said than done however, given he wasn’t human, but after a few months of testing a few different places, he received an envelope addressed to him. Inside was an invitation to Jeonseol, a city where his slowed ageing and other vampiric quirks wouldn’t be an issue.

Any wanted connections?: None right now!

#m:accepted #fc:park seonghwa