open starter for: everyone! @palmviewstarters (cap: 0/3)
location: kurosawa motors
"think i finally found the reason why your car has been squeakin' like a mouse singing it's prayers, tsk tsk." it doesn't take boone that much to look into the customer's car based on the complaints. it's one of the most common things that he as a mechanic had been looking into and diagnosing. he removes it and shows it to them. "it's so fuckin' worn out, we gotta replace it. let me look for a new fan belt, yeah?" he proceeds to go through their drawer, then some clattering that snaps him out of his thoughts. "you don't gotta touch anything, i got—hold on, was that you?" he looks around before the customer can even respond.
“oh, you poor thing,” she murmured to the car, before looking at the mechanic with an apologetic gaze, her cheeks flushing a light shade of pink with embarrassment. “i am so sorry. i swear i didn’t let it get this bad on purpose.” she watched him move around the garage with the easy familiarity of someone who could probably find the right tool without even looking for it, hands folded neatly in front of her summer dress as she remained carefully planted in the same spot she’d chosen when she’d first arrived, determined not to accidentally get in the way. the sudden clatter made her jump slightly, eyes widening as the man looked around the shop. “oh—no, that wasn’t me,” she said quickly, shaking her head. “i’ve been very responsibly keeping my hands to myself, i promise.” her gaze drifted toward the source of the sound before returning to him, concern flickering across her features. “was it supposed to make that noise?”
[ … ] ❀ you’re not from around here , are you? i figured because you totally just missed { NARI PARK } walking by. don’t tell me you don’t know who { SHE/HER } is/are ? they kind of look like { BAE SUZY} and i could be wrong but i think that they might be { 28 } years old right now. they’ve been living in palmview for the last { ONE YEAR }. and i don’t know if anyone has ever told them this before but they kind of remind me of { MISS HONEY} from { MATILDA }. if you stick around the town long enough you might catch them in action working at { LITTLE LIGHTHOUSE PRESCHOOL } as a { PRESCHOOL TEACHER }. you see this town isn’t really that big of a place, some folks like to call them the { THE SWEETHEART } of palmview! they took a liking to the name too after a while, go figure. oh crap, they must have heard me yapping. they’re coming this way. i got to warn you though, rumor has it they can pretty { STUBBORN } at times. i wouldn’t take it too seriously though, from the times i’ve spoken to them they seemed pretty { NURTURING } to me. we see each other all the time since they live in that { 1 BEDROOM }residence beside me over in { SEAGLASS GARDEN/BUNGALOW 3C }. i better leave you to it. it was nice meeting you!
— BASICS
Name: Nari Park
Age: 28
Pronouns & Sexuality: She/Her & Bisexual
Occupation: Preschool Teacher at Little Lighthouse Preschool
Hometown: Miami, Florida
Residence: Palmview Florida ( Bungalow 3C in Seaglass Gardem )
Relationship status: Single
Positive traits: Nurturing, Loving, Driven
Negative traits: Stubborn, Self doubtful, Workaholic
— QUICK BIO
death mention tw
Nari Park is the woman who kneels down to speak to children at eye level, who remembers birthdays without needing reminders, who keeps bandages in every bag she owns because someone always ends up needing one. Most people assume kindness came easily to her. The truth is she learned it from the people she lost.
Nari never knew her mother. She passed away shortly after giving birth, leaving behind photographs, stories told by relatives, and a daughter who would spend years trying to piece together a woman she only knew through memories that belonged to other people. Whenever Nari asked about her, her father would smile softly and tell her she had her mother's eyes or her laugh or the habit of tilting her head when she was thinking hard about something.
Her father did everything he could to raise her on his own. He worked long hours and took extra shifts when he needed to, learning how to braid hair from internet videos, burning more dinners than he successfully cooked, and showing up to every school event no matter how exhausted he was afterward. There were years when money was tight and sleep was scarce, but Nari never doubted she was loved. As far as she was concerned, her father hung the moon.
When she was ten years old, her aunt moved into their family home to help care for her while her father continued working. At first, Nari loved having another adult in the house. Someone to walk her home from school. Someone to help with homework. Someone who could make the meals her father always accidentally overcooked.
Then, when Nari was fourteen, everything changed. Her father died in an accident so sudden and senseless that for months afterward she found herself waiting to hear his keys in the front door. He never came home. Overnight, her aunt became her guardian. And slowly, the house stopped feeling like home.
Rules appeared where there had once been trust. Curfews became restrictions. Restrictions became isolation. Sleepovers were out of the question. Friends were distractions. School and home became the entirety of Nari's world. Some days it felt as though the walls of her bedroom stretched higher and higher around her. What she didn't know was that her father had intended for the family home to belong to her one day. Her aunt never told her. Instead, Nari grew up believing the house had never really been hers to begin with.
By the time she reached adulthood, she knew one thing for certain: If she stayed, she would never become the person she wanted to be. A year ago, she packed everything she owned into a handful of boxes, accepted a position at Little Lighthouse Preschool, and moved to Palmview with little more than determination and a terrifying amount of hope. For the first time in a very long time, the future felt like something she's allowed to have.
— CONNECTIONS:
the childhood friend/future baby daddy: taken by sully vane. they grew up neighbors and have been really close since the moment they met. she trusts him with her life and truly adores him. she doesn't know it yet but he will also become the father of her future children.
