with cherry in great need of new threads, i figured i'd do a random starter plot call for her, simply like this post and i'll give you a random starter from cherry !
daeun has always been cautious at these events. she’s sure she’s not the only one here with an ulterior motive. sure, some people are here to party and have a good time. it’s more likely, though, that the majority of them have a specific task they set out to accomplish.
“well, i was invited.” she’s suspicious of jahye, so she tries to keep the conversation light. daeun smiles and takes a sip of her drink. “i’m not one to turn down an invitation to the hottest social event of the season. i assume you’re here on an invitation too? unless somehow you managed to sneak in?” she tilts her head as she questions the other girl.
“i know that’s not what you wanted to hear,” daeun says with another chuckle. “but i am here to have a good time. what about you?”
it’s a bit of a disappointing answer, but what had jahye expected? that this daeun would spill her whole life story and all her secrets? jahye looks away for a bit, a pout showing up on her lips, a bit unsure what to say next. “i was invited of course” she turns her eyes back to daeun, resuming their conversation. “i’ve been invited quite a few times, yet i’ve never noticed your face before” she looks away briefly “well i suppose there’s a lot of faces here…”.
jahye hums, she’s obviously not going to give the real reason as to why she’s here, that might make her lose her invitation to future parties. “to have fun, meet some new people” she says, forcing on a smile for daeun. “there’s always such unique people at these parties, it’s easy to find someone to chat with” she looks at the other.
“it’s a bit uneventful, but i didn’t do anything special when i found out about it. i think it was more of after the drama ended that i did some things to celebrate the occasion. for instance, i created my own memory box where i put in some of the items that reminded me of the drama. i think i even put some of my scripts there because i’d always prefer the physical version of it over the digital.” aeri explained, wondering for a brief moment where she had placed the box. “i kept it to remind myself of everything that happened during that period of my life.” she added belatedly with a warm smile.
“the nice thing about having extensions is that if your hair is short and you need it to be longer for just a day or two, there’s always that option.” she reasoned. thanks to the conversation they were having, the thought of having shorter hair (even if it was just a wig) seemed tempting for aeri and one that she would consider doing as long as she didn’t have an acting project any time soon.
“about two months ago? so it’s really not that long.” aeri confessed. she’s seen some of the videos other actors and models have released and was impressed by how many episodes some of them have released. “during my early acting days, i like the privacy i had with people knowing me strictly for my work or music. but after a while, i did see some people wondering how i was behind-the-scenes. i know some people could get that from behind-the-scenes content that legacy releases, but it feels nice to be able to share other hobbies i do in my spare time and see people comment and share tips about those hobbies.”
“eh! that’s cute though, i do like that idea” she nods with a smile sitting on her lips. cherry doesn’t ever want to forget about her actress journey, and having something to remind her of her achievements could be a good idea, cherry just isn’t exactly sure how she’d do it. “i hope there doesn’t go to soon before it’s my turn… i know i’m still not the best actress and i have far to go, but i’ll work hard to become better”. it almost felt weird to be so passionate about something, cherry was used to sucking so bad at everything she would barely even try.
“oh? that’s not that long…” she says, a bit of surprise in her eyes. “before i had my youtube channel though, i had my youtube show and podcast, so my fans didn’t exactly see a new side of me when i got my youtube channel” she shrugs “i guess the new side of me is actress cherry, i think… i think my fans are used to me being goofy and unserious, but i hope they’ll be able to see me as more than just that” she bites her lip. “my youtube channel is still a way bigger success for me than my acting career, and i don’t mind being known as a youtuber, i just hope… people will give my acting a chance too” she shrugs.
“i do like when actors show kind of behind-the-scenes as you say, i think often we see actors as the role they play, but actors are much more than just that”.
the adventures of kim cherry - season 7, episode 4
“there’s a familiar background here today, isn’t there?” cherry says, looking around. “if you watched the ‘where’d you hide them, easter bunny?’ episode, you’ll notice we’re in the same garden again” she nods her head. “my friend has once again allowed me to use their garden, though today we aren’t finding fake eggs that ruined my whole day” she shakes her head. “we’re making cookies today, but with a twist…” the camera pans over to a hen house, “we’ll be gathering the eggs today” though you can’t see cherry in the clip, you can hear her disappointment along with a sigh. the camera pans back to cherry “welp… welcome to the adventures of kim cherry everyone! i’m kim cherry, who of course, cherish you all” she smiles, though her heart beats fast.
cherry stands there for a moment, smiling at the camera like everything is totally under control, except her eyes keep flicking over toward the hen house like it personally offended her. “okay,” she says, clapping her hands together once, a little too sharply. “how hard can this be? people get eggs every day. children get eggs. i’m at least as capable as a child. probably.” from inside the enclosure, a hen clucks. cherry freezes mid-step. cherry turns her head slightly toward the camera. “they know i’m here.” she tries to laugh it off, but it comes out thin. “it’s fine. it’s fine, i just go in, grab the eggs, and leave. quick in and out. like a professional egg… gatherer”.
she reaches the gate, and takes a deep breath before walking, at first, no chaos, “hey, maybe this isn’t so bad?” she says, still standing still. “chicken and hens walk weird, or is that just me?” she looks at the camera. “okay well, don’t mind me, i’m just here to borrow some eggs, or steal technically i guess, since you’re not getting them back…”. she crouches slightly, trying to make herself smaller, inching toward the nesting boxes. “we’re all friends here. mutual respect. i respect you, you respect me, i take your eggs—” a hen flaps its wings, making cherry surprised. cherry stands up, hens coming closer, “they’re gonna eat me!” cherry yells, running towards the gate to escape.
the video cuts, “okay… i had a five minute break and some time to think, they sensed fear, i have to go in with confidence, that was my mistake…”. cherry walks in again “round two” she whispers. cherry walks in with “confidence” this time, finding the eggs and this time doing it all smoothly. she exits, smile on her face, eggs in her arms “that’s not enough eggs” the camera man says, a scared expression on cherry’s face shows up, before the camera man continues “sorry… i’m joking”.
the video cuts, cherry now in the kitchen, ready to make cookies from the very eggs she gathered herself. the cookie part goes rather smoothly, and cherry gets the time to chat with herself, and “the camera”, talking about her life in the us, her goals for the future. while it is the episodes where she gets hurt that gets the most views, cherry enjoys videos where she’s able to talk a bit, where the viewers can get to know her.
the video cuts, cherry sitting on a couch, “should we try them?” she says before taking a bite “that’s gotta be one of the worst things i’ve ever put in my mouth… i think i forgot i’m a terrible baker, and probably following a recipe would’ve been good… well, at least i know how to gather eggs now?”.
“this was the last episode of the season, i do apologize for that… hopefully we’ll see each other soon again though! this was the adventures of kim cherry, with your host kim cherry, who cherish you all, see you again!”.
( prev. ) with a loud thud goes cherry’s head and jino knows he’s not alone in his fret over mixed up words and the inability to become a professional tongue roller — he wonders if that’s a learned or birthed trait, maybe he should practice — but he bites said tongue rather than saying so. “i was going to say something but unfortunately all that comes to mind are bad bunny lyrics and i don’t think that would help either of us.”
jino laughs, “shakira would be disappointed.”
badly butchering spanish was something he’d rather save for the comforts of his home rather than a classroom with ears, eyes and witnesses. “let’s hope it doesn’t come to that. the professor didn’t say anything …” or had he? everything had happened so fast that jino wasn’t even sure from his para or his por.
cherry was very surprised back when she had learned japanese. when cherry came to korea, her korean was… very bad. she’d struggled like hell back then when learning the language, and had told herself she would never study a new language again, then legacy forced her to learn japanese. it repeated, cherry promised herself she’d never learn another language again, three was more than enough. weirdly enough she ended up learning a bit of german (storyline; her and a friend learned german to secretly speak with each other, cherry did in fact barely learn german). now at last, she was forced to study a new language once again, this time spanish.
“well… does shakira speak three languages?” she asks before shaking her head “i can’t help, but be confused though… what in the world do i need to learn spanish for?” she tilts her head a bit to the side. “i don’t think we’d be able to hold a conversation witg just bad bunny and shakira lyrics…. thinking further about it, maybe just learning shakira songs wasn’t the perfect way to study spanish… maybe i should… listen to jenifer lopez songs too or something?”.
he had to admit, it was nice to do something a little bit different. he had been doing nothing but going-- even when he was told to stop. he couldn't ever really *stop* though. it didn't feel right, and even though the 'hard' part of debuting was over and such, now he had a whole different hill to climb in the sense of making sure to prove why he had in the first place. but now, he could just-- well. fix whatever had went wrong with this. it was a bit endearing, how she had managed to get herself in such a conundrum.
he grins a bit, looking over but he's shrugging. "don't worry. that's why i'm here." he offers, and with a determined exhale, seems to start taking it apart so he can figure out how to put it back together again. "don't thank me, really." he says, chuckling a bit lowly. "you've got to keep your strength up, yeah?" he offers as he looks over with a big grin and shakes his head. "i won't take the money. i don't mind, really."
it was almost unbelievable that this wasn’t cherry’s first time living alone. she’d been kicked out at eighteen, and had to find her own place, without the help of any family, it feels like such thing should make you grow up fast, but cherry… never really even grew up. her lack of skills for the most important and basic skills, would have you thinking she moved out yesterday. she sucks at cleaning, she sucks at cooking, she sucks at basically every house chore, yet somehow she manages to live alone. well, since reconnecting with her father, at least this time there’s someone to ask for help from, along with friends, like jasper for example.
“are you good at building furniture by the way? i guess i don’t know… i just assumed you’d be, that’s why i invited you over” she hums “well, you must be better than me” she nods her head. “yea, food is important, especially if i wanna do some badass role some day where i know how to fight and can do parkour and such” she shrugs. “i just don’t find it easy to worry about dinner… i wish i could cook honestly, it’d make my life much easier” she nods her head. “eh, i almost feel bad, i make you come over to handle my furniture building and then i eat the food you give me for free… isn’t there anything i can do in return?”.
cherry’s livestream begins at maximum volume and approximately zero preparation. the stream opens with her way too close to the camera, eyes wide with excitement as she accidentally starts broadcasting before she means to. “wait—are we live?” she gasps dramatically, disappears from frame for five seconds, then comes back holding a drink she absolutely forgot she was carrying. “okay. hi. i’m professional,” she says with complete confidence, nearly knocking something off her desk immediately after.
tonight’s victim, according to her, is pokémon pokopia. “i’ve never played this before,” she announces proudly. “but if you’ve seen my youtube channel, i’m great at trying new things” there’s a bit of silence as cherry reads the comments “why is everyone calling me a liar?”. the entire chat collectively prepares for disaster.
within ten minutes, cherry has somehow misunderstood at least three tutorials, skipped important dialogue because “reading is stressful,” and accidentally convinced herself she understands mechanics that absolutely do not work the way she thinks they do. “no, no, i get it,” she says, nodding seriously. “the pokémon can sense confidence.” a pause. “that’s science.” her gameplay style is best described as loud guessing, every decision is made with complete confidence and almost never correctly.
“ohhh, this way definitely leads somewhere important,” she says, immediately walking into a dead end. silence. “…okay the game is gaslighting me.” whenever something mildly inconvenient happens, cherry reacts like she’s in a life-or-death movie scene. a tiny in-game surprise causes her to physically jolt backward. “hello?? why would they do that?” chat clips it instantly. at one point, she spends fifteen full minutes trying to solve an extremely easy puzzle while refusing every helpful hint. “i don’t need help,” she insists. three minutes later: “okay. i need emotional support.”
fans are laughing by now because cherry somehow turns every mistake into a comedy routine without even trying. she gives random pokémon bizarre nicknames that make no sense (“you look unemployed… your name is tuesday”), forgets objectives immediately after reading them, and confidently invents fake game lore whenever she gets confused. “no because i think this guy is evil,” she says, pointing at a completely harmless npc. “cherry that is literally the shop owner” the chat replies with.
“oh.”
despite being chaotic beyond belief, she’s constantly talking to chat, shouting out usernames dramatically, making up little stories, and laughing so hard at herself that sometimes she has to pause the game. she treats every tiny achievement like she won an international championship. “guys did you see that?” she yells after completing something designed for beginners. “i’m actually insane at this.” the chat, meanwhile, is busy counting how many times she got lost. near the end of the stream, after somehow turning a simple task into a two-hour adventure, she leans back dramatically.
“i think,” she says, completely serious, “i’m a gaming genius.” the chat immediately floods with questions asking if cherry knows what “genuis” means. cherry squints at the messages. “…you guys are jealous because i think outside the box.” someone points out she never found the box to begin with. she laughs so hard she accidentally ends the stream.
it is unfortunate but jino has not been particularly well-versed in spanish — unless you include watching the super bowl halftime show which featured bad bunny — but jino didn’t think that meant much, nor were the constant replays of baile inolvidable or me porto bonito on his playlist. tapping his pencil along the table, he lazily looks over the notes he had taken during the workshop and was wondering just how much he would be able to successfully recite if ever prompted on the spot.
yea, languages were definitely not his strongest of suits.
“you don’t think we’ll have some sort of presentation at the end, right? like come up with a conversation in spanish and speak it without note cards?” he wonders aloud, looking from his notes to those of @cherrylgc who had sat beside him at the start of the lesson.
it was basically acting, reciting, memorization — all things jino could do but doing it proficiently without butchering the accent might take him another few weeks. he could hardly roll his r’s!
when legacy told cherry to learn a new language, she wondered if they had forgotten who she is. cherry sucks total ass at studying, and how she knows both english, korean and japanese is a mystery. she’d stared out into the air, wondering if this was real or a nightmare, was she really forced to learn another language? her prior knowledge of spanish went as far as… shakira, mi casa su casa or something, right?
she’s studying with jino, who she kind of hopes is struggling as much as she is, just so she isn’t alone at sucking at this. “presentation at the end?” fear shows up in cherry’s eyes, “i don’t think i can do that? i mean… i can say como se llama and then… bonita… but would that be enough to pass?”.
there’s a loud groan escaping cherry’s lips before she hits her head down into the table, almost admitting defeat. “jino i can’t do this, i can’t even sing the spanish version of hips don’t lie yet” yes, her spanish practicing had been listening to shakira's songs, particularly hips don’t lie, the spanish version.
name: kim cherry
birthday: august 12th, 2001
birthplace: los angeles, the us
blood type: ab
zodiac sign: leo
favorite motto: “the things that make me different, are the things that make me, me”
random facts:
cherry can speak five languages: korean, english, japanese, german and spanish
cherry has a pet hamster called “berry”
she’s allergic to bees and chocolate
cherry can play the piano
though cherry is known for being good at cooking, her “kimchi pancake” is delicious
year end goals: being a host for a bigger award show, getting a lead role, becoming a better singer
previous appearances/projects : guest on “running man”, one time co-host and short term co-host for mnet m countdown, stared in commercial for “rawel (tartcherry)”, , host for “our incherrysting history”, host for “what a cheory”, model for nintendo
most memorable or favorite event: cherry’s favourite event was the “star top pet care” event, a chance to show a more caring side of herself, along with helping a cat. she enjoyed letting fans see a new side of herself, along with herself seeing a new side of herself.
"it is nice to be busy," minji declares. "it's part of why i decided i wanted to be an idol, since idols always have something to do. of course, i loved acting too, but considering i wanted to be a musical actress first and foremost, you usually have really long gaps between shows where you just have no work, and i felt like that'd be difficult to deal with." as much as she loves theatre, she's satisfied with doing it on the side, at least for now.
"it does fly by so fast! hmm, let's see... what's the spiciest thing on their menu?" of course, minji goes for the spiciest thing. she scans down the list of chicken and lands on the classic spicy flavor. "this is what i'll try!" she says out loud, adding her order into the cart on the store's self-checkout system. "how about you, which flavor do you want?"
“yeah, i do quite enjoy being busy” she nods “now that i live alone… it can get a bit lonely to just stay at home by myself” she shrugs, “so i always try to stay busy, and if i have nothing on my schedule, i use the time on my friends or family” she smiles to the other. cherry should find a day though, to let it all out, rather than keeping herself so busy she can’t even think about it, she’s still heartbroken, the breakup hit her hard. “but musical actress, really? that’s cool, i don’t think i can do it” she shakes her head “i can’t really sing”.
“eh!? you’re going for the spiciest?” cherry looks briefly at minji in shock, before she turns back to look at the menu. “i want something mild so…” she points at it “i’d pick this one!” she says with a smile on her lips. “i do like spicy food, i’m just not the best at handling it… maybe i should work on my spice tolerance?” she hums. “are you sure you can handle the spiciest though, i’ve heard this place really goes all in with spice” she looks curiously at minji.
everything was new to hyuk, ever since he got his chance to debut in a group. not that he wasn’t expecting things to change, and opportunities to show, but they still surprised him whenever he was called by the manager to be informed that he got a new job opportunity to represent mzsd.
he was scheduled to be a guest on Kim Cherry’s channel, and hyuk was beyond excited about this event. he didn’t think he’d be put on some kind of variety show, considering his latest workshops about it, but it was perhaps a chance for him to show some growth and open another segment on his career, other than his expected idol skills.
when it was given to him a cue for an introduction, hyuk didn’t waste any time, immediately greeting whoever was going to watch them in the future with a bright smile, “hello everyone! i’m so happy to be joining you! i am park hyukjae, but i’m sure you know me by mzsd’s hyuk! thank you so much cherry sunbaenin for having me here today, and i’m so excited about everything you have planned for me! please don’t hold back, i’m ready for everything!”
it was always exciting for cherry when she was joined by guests on her youtube channel, though she did wish she was allowed to have guests on her episodes more often. cherry often found herself starstruck about her guests, and even though hyuk hadn’t been an idol for particularly long, she was above excited to have a star like him on the show. “eh it’s almost unbelievable… the one and only hyuk on my show?” she smiles to hyuk before looking back at the camera.
“now i almost want to apologize in advance… my show is about trying new things, and i don’t think either of us will enjoy this ‘new thing’...” she bites her lip. “now i don’t know if hyuk has tried this before, but i surely haven’t… hyuk, do you know of the bean boozled challenge?” she turns to hyuk, placing her hands on her hips. “well, for the viewers that don’t know about it, let me attempt to explain! you get a random jelly bean, and then the taste can either be good, or absolutely terrible, i’ve seen videos of it online, but, this’ll be my first time attempting it” she nods her head. “now hyuk, to save us for today’s event, i’ve brought ten different types of drinks for us… which now that i look at it, i might’ve gone overboard… one of these is just… cucumber and water, and i’m pretty sure it tastes just like… well… water?”.
by slinking in the shadows for most of the night, daeun has gathered quite a bit of information, despite some of it not being the most useful. she now knows that the lady in red loves her martinis extra dry, but also that the man with the golden pocket square has been cheating on his wife. this amongst other tidbits of information have made this excursion worthwhile. does she tell the wife of his infidelity in hopes to cause a scene? only time will tell, depending on how bored daeun gets by the end of the night.
she sighs, sipping on her own cocktail leaning on the edge of the bar. her eyes are always glancing around, shifting this way and that way as she sizes her targets up in her mind. daeun hears someone speak to her and she turns to face them, locking on to the other girl’s face and trying to think whether or not she knows them from somewhere.
“daeun,” she says simply. there’s no need for specifics so she doesn’t provide her last name. “there’s something special about these parties.” her eyes glance back over to the crowd. “or maybe, there’s just something special about the people.” daeun turns back to jahye, looking at her with a smile.
there’s something so… off about these parties, that jahye has never fully noticed before. usually she’s chasing after some rich man, picking her target before the party even properly begins, but today’s target not showing up, leaves her… alone, letting her eyes wander over everybody, rather than just one person, and she realizes, she’s not the only one here with secrets, is she? she’s never properly noticed it before, but the people that join these parties, they’re rather… odd? is that the right word?
she finds herself in small talk with someone she doesn’t even know anything about, much unlike jahye. she usually “studies” up on her target, it makes them easier to seduce, but now she’s left at a party with people she doesn’t really know, nor does she know how to seduce these people, well, if that’s what she wants to do tonight. “well, i’ve never noticed before, but we are… very randomly mixed yet very specifically picked” she shrugs “i’m not sure if that makes sense” she hums.
“what brings you here” she smiles to the other “daeun” she adds.
sanghyun was unsure whether learning languages this time around was in his favor considering that he wasn’t pressured to learn a new language and a skill at the same time. but since the language that was requested to learn for the audition was spanish, it left him regretting his childhood days when he would be surrounded by people who were fluent in the language.
but alas, sanghyun was spending one of his days attending a spanish workshop with other people and while waiting for class to start, his mind contemplated between reviewing last class’s lessons or initiating a conversation with whoever was near him. as he flipped through the pages of his notebook, he noticed who was seated next to him. “hi. you’re cherry, right?” he asked as he tried to recall her name. it had been a while since he interacted with some of the actors despite being in the same subsidiary, but he had to remind himself that it was good to network and get to know others.
there was a pause between his words as he wondered what to ask next. “did you do the homework assignment?” he asked a few seconds later, hoping to keep the conversation going.
cherry had finished university a while ago, and she had expected the torture called “studying” would’ve ended once she finished school, apparently not.
cherry had never ever in her life been good at studying, and how she managed to usually pass her tests, is still a mystery no one knows. she’s not smart, she can admit that much, she has great other qualities, but she can very easily admit she’s closer to dumb than smart. and then here it came, legacy told her to study spanish, and suddenly she was taking spanish workshops. but this wasn’t the first time legacy had her learning a new language, once she joined she was told to work on her korean, sure, she did that, then they told her to learn japanese, she did that, now she was learning spanish, when would all of this end.
she’s pretty much just zoned out, staring at nothing, when she’s broken from her trance by someone else. “oh yeah, i’m kim cherry” she nods her head “your name was uh.. sang… sangmin? or… sorry, i don’t exactly remember” she bites her lip, feeling a bit embarrassed about her lack of knowledge about the other “i know you’re a model here at legacy”. she goes quiet, stares at the other for a bit “we had homework due? really…? i thought that was only a thing in like… real schools”.
the lonely bloom stands alone.a ( 'one night' event ) starter for @cherrylgc
aeri was quickly learning that the current project would constantly test her improvisation and teamwork skills. with only a rough storyline and the rest left to the cast, she hoped that her previous experience working with the actresses would help. getting into character was easy for aeri, and in her elegant crimson dress, she quickly became kwon yerin — the plus one to a missing partner.
yerin stood at the corner of the venue, scanning the crowd for her partner. her anxious expression was clear as she paced back and forth, doubting whether she had remembered the meeting spot correctly. “oh dear…” she muttered softly, then quickened her pace when she thought she heard his voice calling her name. but as she moved forward, she only spotted another woman, who appeared to be a guest at the party.
“sorry to bother you, but did you happen to see a man pass by earlier? about this tall—” yerin gestured with her hands to show his height. “and he has short brown hair?” she described him further, carefully avoiding mentioning his name. yerin knew that there were a few attendees he wasn’t on good terms with, and she wanted to steer clear of them.
though cherry was excited for this, she couldn’t help, but be a bit nervous. so far, the roles she had played had been rather similar to herself, this role, “han jahye” was very different from real life cherry. but playing the role so far had been fun, and cherry was learning she was able to do more than just what was in her comfort zone. she likes how she looks, and it’s honestly a bit fun being someone who cares so much about their looks, it’s different from real life cherry. currently she stands with a hand mirror, fixing some of her hair while standing alone.
then she gets bothered, and her character attempts her best not at sighing, though there’s visible annoyance at her face. as the other speaks, jahye keeps quiet while she stares at this stranger. “i’ve seen you before, haven’t i?” she tilts her head to the side, “who is this man’s name? if you look around, there’s quite a few options with that height and hair colour” she packs away her mirror before taking a step the other’s way. “i’m more curious about your name though, your face really does seem like something i’ve seen before?”.
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