Putting it shortly: weâre permanently closing the roleplay.
While working on the revamp, we never stopped worrying this would be a mistake, since Infernal is our favorite roleplay creation by far. We do hold this universe very close to our hearts, and have for two years now. Now that itâs done, we are very happy we committed to it -- the roleplay is now a lot closer to our vision than we could bring it to during our first run. We saw a crop of really interesting muses as candidates for the reopening, and it was very heartwarming. Infernal did need the fresh air, and weâre happy to leave it at that for when weâre nostalgic in the future and want to look through its pages again, as we have before.
However, we donât have any interest in lying for anyoneâs sake right now. Itâs very upsetting for an admin to come back to an empty dash every day, as we hope you can imagine. People have things to do that are far more important than threading, yes, but so do we, and itâs invariably discouraging to make time for something youâre passionate about and notice that effort isnât resonating with almost every member in the roleplay. It makes us dread logging in, it makes us feel powerless.
This is not to say anyoneâs in the wrong, or that weâre personally upset with anyone. Itâs just roleplay, itâs not at all that deep. Weâre all good. The fact remains: it is draining to see an entirely empty dashboard for consecutive days, most of the week.Â
We know how a roleplay closing shortly after opening its doors looks in the eyes of the krp community, and it does bruise the ego to join an ever growing crop of groups that simply donât make it. But weâre very confident of our effort in the redesign and opening room for activity and plotting, we know we were not remiss. We recognize it simply didnât work out.Â
We wonât beat a dead horse by posting our scheduled event and other planned activities, because we know activity at this rate (over half of the members being up for probation) is not salvageable. Our first run had dips in activity that we knew we could work around, and did, but this doesnât look like the same case. Weâre only making it clear that this is why weâre closing -- not because we lost interest, or donât want to make time for this, or didnât plan ahead of opening, or didnât try.Â
This is very upsetting for the few active members, and we do want to apologize for that. We also want to apologize to those who applied this week, we understand how frustrating it is to go through the trouble of filling out an entire application and setting up an account, all for nothing. We do appreciate your interest.
We hope you can understand why this decision is inevitable from our perspective. We wanted to be very frank in this post, since we never took this revamp lightly, and we certainly believe it shows in the results, and in the short time we managed to stay active. It didnât go as planned, but weâre choosing to accept it now and avoid turning such an important roleplay for us into a bad memory.
All said, Infernal is closed for good, no promises of revamps apply here. Weâre pretty happy with its state now and donât have any other direction we would like to take it. Thank you for your time!
can we have alternative threads just not get points for them for the event? like for example maybe someone was doing the wrap up but then ended up sneaking off to the after party. can we do both threads if we submit only one of them to the main?
Of course you can do alternative threads! We want to encourage people to do what feels right for their character, just keep in mind that any thread related to the event must be submitted to the main, to keep things fair in the point system. So, in the given example, your character would still attend and stay up for the after party, which means they would still have to earn points for that.
All muses are ranked according to their current tiers. They each are granted the equivalent amount of points in their tier. New members are ranked based on their order of application, with the first application receiving the corresponding largest sum of points, and the last receiving the minimum of 1 point. These are merely a head difference to help avoid draws -- they must not be added to the tracker and do not count towards the brute subplot point tally.
The additional points calculated this week pertain to the last activity check, computed according to each munâs individual tracker.
As warned, those who did not add points to their trackers within deadline will not receive points and will not add any points to their brute subplot tally. With the moment of this post as reference, no one is allowed to claim the points calculated here after it, and anyone who insists on doing so will be asked to remove them from their tracker.
In case of draws: a) any person who added points to the counter that week will have preference in ranking over whomever didnât; b) in case the draw persists, those who applied first will have preference in ranking.
In case you believe thereâs a mistake in our calculations or in the placement order, do no hesitate in messaging us and weâll look into it!
LEGEND: Points added by the muns are preceded by +; points subtracted by muns are preceded by -; muns that forfeited points will be signaled by =.
The following accounts are no longer affiliated with Infernal, please unfollow them. Thank you for your time with us, and feel free to send a message in case you want to rejoin some day! The respective faceclaims are now free to be roleplayed.
do kyungsoo, exoâ/â@infminsik
jung yoonoh, nctâ/â@infhuidae
kim jisoo, blackpinkâ/â@infdiana
kim taehyung, btsâ/â@infdanny
lee taeyong, nctâ/â@infyoungmin
seo soojin, (g)i-dleâ/â@inflaura
Please remember to add your earned points to your tracker, as instructed in our last activity check, before 8PM GMT of tomorrow! Anyone who does not put them up on their page in time will forfeit them.
Also, weâre back on our bullshit so it would be a good idea to follow @infodd now, in case you havenât yet!
Is the prompt have to be an active thread between characters or is it fine for it to be a self para?
Since the prompts are meant to be an encouragement for threads and possibly serve as ice breakers for muses that would be otherwise hard to plot with, weâre going to say only threads meeting our requirements will be awarding points. Anyoneâs free, of course, to have solos based on the prompts if they prefer, it just will not earn them the equivalent points.
On October 17th, Amji will be suspending classes to dedicate student efforts to the Day Of Giving Back, a program established a decade ago among the schoolâs traditions. Taking place three weeks after chuseok celebrations, the program consists on offering charity services to the local village of Hwajang in exchange for their hospitality all year round. All funds raised by the school during the period are donated to the small community center in the village. The charity activities are also counted towards the studentsâ curriculum, for college application.
GAIN:âUp to 30 points can be gained through the first bulletin round prompts.
PROMPTS.
DETENTION WORK.
Students on detention, as their penalty, are required to take part in their mandatory service of picking up garbage from the villageâs park and main street.
Students can sign up for a fundraising service consisting of walking around town selling goods made by the school staff and clubs: sweets, and small decorative items, like keychains and fridge magnets.
Reward:â+10 points
Tag:âinf: charity sales
Alternative to Volunteering at the Cinema
VOLUNTEERING AT THE CINEMA.
The local cinema opens its doors to donate half of the revenues made on the day to the cause, with Amjiâs aid: students may volunteer to work in the cinema for sessions between 1PM and 6PM. Teachers will pay close attention to catch anyone lazing around in their spot, though.
Reward:â-10 points OR +10 points
Tag:âinf: charity cinema
Alternative to Volunteering in Sales
WRAP UP GATHERING.
After a long day hard at work, the Amji student body gathers in the main street for a small event as their reward, with foods and drinks. However, the faculty warns them they have early classes on the next day and should wrap up by 9PM to head back to school. Some students help take down the stands and gather the tables and chairs to load the truck back to Amji.
Reward:â+10 points
Tag:âinf: charity wrap
Alternative to Bar After Party
BAR AFTER PARTY.
Other students, nonetheless, prefer to slip away into the after party they heard would be taking place in the local bar. To thank the school for their services (and drum up a little business), the management is cutting all drink prices in half for anyone showing up until midnight.
Reward:â-10 points
Tag:âinf: charity bar
Alternative to Wrap Up Gathering
INSTRUCTIONS.
Please use the corresponding tags in every post you make for each prompt.
To earn the points, each mun must have posted in the thread corresponding to each prompt at least 3 times.
Once the goal of 3 posts per thread has been reached, please submit to us a link to the corresponding tag and the points that will be calculated into your tracker. After we review them to ensure all requirements were met, you may add the points to your tracker.
Alternative threads cannot be cumulated: if you have chosen a prompt thatâs an alternative to another, you may not have threads for that other opposite prompt.
Regardless of how many threads you have in a prompt, the corresponding points in each prompt can only be counted once.
This bulletin round will be valid until October 28th -- after that, no more points will be granted for these prompts.
DROPPED.
The following accounts have dropped out of the roleplay and must be unfollowed.
lee shihyunâ/â@infshihyun
yi doonaâ/â@infdoona
NOTICE.
The following accounts have not met our activity requirements this week. They must become active or request a hiatus with the maximum limit of one week until October 16th, 23:59PM GMT, or theyâll be cleared from the masterlist.
danny kimâ/â@infdanny
diana hwangâ/â@infdianaÂ
kim youngminâ/â@infyoungmin
laura joâ/â@inflaura
lee minsikâ/â@infminsik
moon huidaeâ/â@infhuidae
ACTIVITY POINTS.
All accounts that were not mentioned in this post have earned 5 points to add or subtract from their score. Please list âactivity checkâ as the point source in your tracker, and have it updated by this tuesday â weâll be posting our weekly ranking on wednesday.
PERSONAL.âBang Hyojin, born on 18/07/2000 ( age 18 ) in Daegu, South Korea. Currently receiving partial scholarship.
ACADEMIC.âSecond year. Registered in the Art Department, coursing photography and fashion design. Currently ranking in Beta Tier, assigned to dorm room BM-03.
SOCIAL.âParticipates in the Drama Club, as member, and the Blue Football Team, as member.Â
RESTRICTED ACCESS.
CAUTION: violence, physical abuse, injuries
HISTORY.
Lived with his grandparents due to his parents busy lifestyle, still prefers living with them even now due to how simple they live
His parents co-owned their own an it company, which was their main focus of daily activities as workaholics
His younger brother was loved by his parents, and like usual, they paid attention more to him than hyojin, even if they were busy with work
Grew up as a social butterfly, always wanting to meet new people and have a lot of friends
That eventually stabbed him in the back, and made him withdraw a bit
Always had an interest in creative subjects because they had freedom in every aspect, Â which didnât appeal to his parents, but his grandparents supported him
As he grew up, he became a lot more defensive over his feeling and emotions, pretty much staying quiet about them
LIMITATIONS.
Relationships have become a no in Hyojinâs book. They all go downhill at some point and his own was definitely one that burned to the ground. He was a popular guy, friendly, charming, a good laugh and company. He wore his heart on his sleeve and that was his biggest problem.
He found himself dating this girl, very pretty, very smart, a complete psycho. Youâd think, hyojin would have listened to all the guys that had dated her prior, the fact that she was crazy, ready to tear anyone and anything down, abusive and what not. But hyojin didnât think much of it, they made a good couple, they were the couple almost. Too bad things ended up being true the longer he stayed with her.
It wasnât until  they were half a year into this relationship. In school everything was nice, romantic, ideal couple that managed to get others jealous, but behind closed doors, there was nothing but shouting, screaming, things being thrown at each other. He couldnât bring himself to even raise his voice at her, lift a hand to try and hit her, even if her own hands collided with his body, other objects as well. He was scared, those times where she would guilt trip him with how she would leave if he didnât do something for her, it broke him, it made hyojin not sure what to do, how to do it, or where to even go with this relationship, if he could even call this.
Eventually, when he nearly got pushed off the balcony, after yet another argument over how hyojin had agreed to help this guy with some homework, after seeing his life flash before his eyes, he called it off. With tears in his eyes, he called this whole traumatizing experience off and made a run for it, ignoring the crashing and screaming behind him.
He was scared of letting people in nowadays.
ASPIRATIONS.
He wanted his parents attention, he just wanted it. It was always the same as his parents came back from work, ignored him in every shape and form, paid attention to his brother, asked him about his day, school, homework and girls he liked. It was pretty much the usual during diner, hyojin quietly sitting at the table, not really feeling like he needed to show himself. He was doing well, school being a breeze, his teacherâs emails were almost always left unanswered. He had pretty much given up.
However, all patience flies out the window one day and simply said, hyojin messed up on purpose. He argued with the wrong group of people, and being a teenage boy, it wasnât hard to imagine him getting into a fight, but that was the tricky bit. He was never the aggressive type, he would never reach out to try and hurt someone. Today was that day. He was the one to initiate it, and with a broken nose, black eye and busted lip, he was sat in the back seat of his dadâs car.
Not even then did his parents show much concern, apart from the lecture he expected to get, he was just tossed a bag of frozen vegetables. That was all the attention he got, and he couldnât help but laugh at his parents. It was ridiculous, the fact that he went to such an extend to hear them worried about him, make sure he was okay, check up on him, show some interest. No, he got a bag of frozen vegetables tossed at him. He moved to live with his grandparents soon after, with the permission of his parents.
So much for craving attention.
BEHAVIOR.
He wouldnât call himself the life of the party, or a social butterfly, but he liked to think that way. Even if his past wasnât pretty, he still managed to smile and laugh, make people laugh and smile with him. He was confident around every group, because he had nothing to really fear, how bad can it all get? Heâs already experienced the worst side of people, and it was because he let someone in and allowed them to get the better of him. So he had learned from his mistakes. It was always better to put a barrier around his actual feelings, his intentions werenât ever said out loud.
Yet, even then, he found himself having large friend groups, almost always having someone who owes him a favor of some sort and they always varied. Hyojin wasnât known of giving false hope in order to get something, even if he was good at it. A bright smile, some soft words and touch were usually more than enough to get what he wants. However, he didnât abuse it, he didnât need to abuse it, because he always managed to find his way around because he was nice to people.
Heâs does have moments where his loud mouth gets him in trouble, and he usually backs down, shy smile and a wave of his hand the words âjeez, canât take a fucking joke, can we?â often heard from him. And it worked, like a charm, every time, people let him be because he was nice and it was rare at the school. It was rare and it was going to break him eventually. The main question was, when will it happen and who would it be the one to do so?
PERSONAL.âTakahashi Keiko, born on 18/10/2000 ( age 17 ) in Nagoya, Japan. Currently receiving no scholarship.
ACADEMIC.âSecond year. Registered in the Art Department, coursing history of fine arts and history of cinema. Currently ranking in Gamma Tier, assigned to dorm room GF-01.
SOCIAL.âParticipates in the Gardening Club, as member, and the Swimming Team, as member. Associated with the PSIC, as member.
RESTRICTED ACCESS.
HISTORY.
keiko is born as the second child to associate economics professor takahashi takeshi (a second-generation zainichi with chongryon upbringing) and advertising director shirota yumiko (a second-generation zainichi with mindan upbringing) in nagoya, though the family moves out to tokyo a year later when takeshi is appointed tenured professorship at waseda university.
her parents are well-regarded figures in their respective fields and work diligently to provide a stable foundation for their two children. keiko grows up without much of the hardships her own parents had faced as youth.
her brother, eight years her senior, sets an example for his little sister to follow. he attends amji institute after expressing his desires to learn korean proper (and not at weekend school or preparing gimjang with grandma) and study in the west for university.
the good-natured keiko is also easily distracted, with constantly flip-flopping interests. they think amji might instill the work ethic and resolve she lacksâand what older brother keisuke emerged from high school chock full of.
keiko undergoes intense private tutoring a year before application season. she barely tests in.
attending amji proves to be a double-edged sword. within her first year keiko quickly hones in on an area of study that she excels at and sees herself possibly pursuing after graduating, but it amounts to little as she struggles terribly with the rest of the schoolâs curriculum.
her failures donât faze her; she manages to scrape by with her less-than-stellar performance, choosing to focus the bulk of her energy on things that matter instead: history, nail art, her budding herb garden, neo-noir night, and ghosts.
LIMITATIONS.
dadâs korean is getting worse as he gets older. youâre acutely aware of the hot embarrassment that tinges your ears red when he struggles to communicate with the waitress as he squints with great difficulty at the menu on the wall. whatâs that one, second from the bottom? sorry, what was that? can you repeat one more time, please? and then, giving up, weâll take one, before he turns back to you with a slow smile.
dad. you say, and your voice rises even though you donât mean to get impatient with him. heâs just trying his best. he probably feels embarrassed, too, looking at the way his upper lip crooks and he reaches a hand behind his head, patting where the hair is thinnest. he switches back.
iyaaa, iâm sure itâll be tasty. iâve never had this regional cuisine before.
neither have you. everything about this is new. even having dad sit here in front of you like this is new. mom left a week ago on business but dad said heâd stay with you until you kicked him out. heâs actually leaving tomorrow. you think maybe heâd said it out of guilt for pushing you into this situation in the first place but mostly you think he said it because he loves you.
you love dad, too, even if you donât have the courage or sense to tell him that right then and there. you pick up your metal chopsticks and nibble on an over-seasoned piece of fried fish cake, savoring this moment for all that itâs worth. when the mystery soup comes out of the kitchen, dad stands up to ladle it into your bowl. plop plop. he tells you to eat up before it gets cold. his voice sounds far away.
you take a bite. itâs comforting. the potato balls are soft and bounce happily on your tongue. the broth is gentle, and warms you down to your core. itâs simple food but emotion hits you like a wave and there are tears welling in your eyes when you look back up. dad.
by this time tomorrow, heâll be on a plane back to tokyo and youâll be on your own. you wonât see your family until summer. it will be like thisârare holidays and fleeting reunionsâuntil the day comes when you assume your parentsâ place and they are children again. the knowledge was always distantly there but it takes a bowl of hot soup for it to register. you look at dadâs bald spot and the first tear trails down your cheek. dad, i donât want you to leave. when he sees you crying, he panics like you expect him to and grabs as many napkins as he can from the table dispenser to catch your tears.
keicchan, donât cry. tochanâs right here. iâll cancel the flight if you want me to. iâll stay as long as you want.
you can hear a lump lodged in his throat, too. but you shake your head and shove another spoonful of soup into your mouth. you have to go and i have to stay. you chant the words over and over between chews as dad reaches across the table to hold your other hand. these are necessary growing pains. you have to go and i have to stay.
ASPIRATIONS.
itâs field day and the relay has taken everything out of you, maybe even a chunk of your soul. you lay on the grass snow angel style in the dead of summer. the grass underneath is poking past the fabric of your shorts and prickles at your skin and even though itâs uncomfortable you are simply too exhausted to budge.
your eyes are closed but you hear her approaching you, feet padding softly on the ground until theyâre next to your left pigtail. she crouches down and tells you to open your mouth so you do. then she pours water into your mouth. the water is cold and clean. it feels like that missing chunk of your soul has just slipped back into youâor that a part of her has entered you. âthanks,â you manage feebly, and cross an arm over your eyes to block out the sun but more importantly to cover your face. you think maybe the redness from having overexerted yourself will obliterate any chance of her finding out that sheâs the one actually setting you on fire.
when you no longer hear her within earshot, you sit up and open your eyes. sheâs left a water bottle next to where your right pigtail had been. you chug it down as quickly as you can to extinguish the flames in your face and the water rises in your belly, sloshing heavy.
BEHAVIOR.
 [ kkt â ê”ŹXX ] thinking of just getting my hair done during chuseok
[ kkt â ê”ŹXX ] but that reminds me
[ kkt â ê”ŹXX ] [x]
[ kkt â ìXX ] ???
[ kkt â ìXX ] did you do these yourself or
[ kkt â ê”ŹXX ] hahaha no i wish
[ kkt â ê”ŹXX ] i just got them done by a friend i can rec you if you want in ;)
[ kkt â ìXX ] who omg
[ kkt â ê”ŹXX ] uhh you might not know her
[ kkt â ê”ŹXX ] takahashi keiko
[ kkt â ìXX ] whattt no we were in the same philosophy section last year i remember her she was cute. and kinda weird lol
[ kkt â ìXX ] donât have her kakao or anything tho so yeah put in a good word for me
[ kkt â ìXX ] does she take appointments or smth? and how $$?
[ kkt â ê”ŹXX ] iâm not sure actually she runs a mysterious operation and practically gives manicures away for free like i only paid ten thousand
[ kkt â ìXX ] not surprised lol she like never talked during our section meetings and was always sick or asleep
[ kkt â ê”ŹXX ] she must have skipped hahaha she never gets sick
[ kkt â ìXX ] also recall her like.. filling up entire notebooks with flip art. and her handwriting is mad good so figures
[ kkt â ê”ŹXX ] yeah IT IS omg so nice
[ kkt â ê”ŹXX ] sheâs sweet though!! i donât see her a lot bc sheâs always out with her club friends doing god knows what but sheâs super sweet
[ kkt â ìXX ] how do you know her then
[ kkt â ê”ŹXX ] weâre neighbors
[ kkt â ê”ŹXX ] iâm a gamma bitch remember
[ kkt â ìXX ] oh thatâs right. dumb bitch
[ kkt â ê”ŹXX ] you wanna stay a dusty hands bitch?
[ kkt â ìXX ] love youuu
PERSONAL.âKang Iseul, born on 22/11/1999 ( age 18 ) in Busan, South Korea. Currently receiving no scholarship.
ACADEMIC.âThird year. Registered in the Science Department, coursing biochemistry and human anatomy. Currently ranking in Alpha Tier, assigned to dorm room AF-03.
SOCIAL.âParticipates in the Science Club, as member, and the Red Football Team, as member. Associated with the Project Deus, as member.
RESTRICTED ACCESS.
CAUTION: mentions of mental disorders and blood
HISTORY.
busan born and raised. at the mere age of 26, her father was well on his way of becoming a successful scientist. her mother, 24 years of age at that time, had a future that was far less promising. she was a writer, never found without her notebook, but had yet to sell her first piece. the pregnancy was unplanned, yet not unwanted. her father made enough money to support the three of them, and her mother could take care of her at home. for a while, they were happy.
few years pass, and her father has made quite the name for himself. he becomes very well respected in the field of human anatomy. he starts to earn more money, and then more and more, and becomes so involved in his work that he seems to forget all about his family.
her mother, on the other hand, starts to slip away into a place much darker. she had been diagnosed with depression before, as well as some vague signs of schizophrenia that had been easily ignored in the past. they become more obvious as time passes, and with the lack of care from her husband and the constant attention she has to give to her daughter, it was bound to go wrong. she breaks.
the stories she used to tell to iseul before bedtime lose their spark. they become stories filled with horror and suffering. stories one would tell around a campfire to keep you up at night. they have the same effect on iseul. she barely closes her eyes at night, yet her mother remains the one person she holds dear.
her mother starts to lose touch with reality. canât distinguish what is real from what is not. everything is just in her head, but not to her. not to the voices that tell her that her husband is evil. that her daughter is no better than him. the voices that tell her to hurt them. to run away. and she does run away. multiple times, but she always comes back. her father covers up her existence. to the outside world, she is good as dead.
iseul inherits her fatherâs talent and interest for anything science. her mothers outbursts donât bother her much, her fatherâs absence doesnât either. frankly, she seems to be rather numb. always studying books, or out and about to inspect animals. dead animals. cuts them open and studies their anatomy in hidden places, then writes about all her discoveries.
not all her hidden places are as hidden as they seem. classmates have found her before and labeled her a freak and murderer. surely, she would never hurt a live animal, but she doesnât fight the insults and rumours either. she simply does not care what they say about herâor if she does, she is very good at hiding it.
there were many more rumours about her at her previous schools and in her neighbourhood. some went as far as to say she would make blood sacrifices to the devil or that she had already sold her soul to him. iseul finds it to be rather funny.
she hates when people touch her without permission. it wouldnât be the first time she seriously injured someone who wouldnât stop bugging her or touching her. in fact, she broke the wrist of the first (and last) guy that ever confessed to liking her. it is not so much fear as the fact that she just really dislikes people touching her.
she was sent to amji by her father when both her parents did not seem able to provide her with the care she needed. he, too, had heard about the rumours about his daughter and did not want to harm his reputation any further than had already been done. amji could guide her to put her scientific talents to better use and rid her of her motherâs bad influence (or so her father thinks). itâs a win-win to him.
amji is good to her. she is finally able to study fully not only the anatomy of animals, but human anatomy too. she doesnât really care about her classmates, or teachers, or anything else, still. she has never really been close to anyone and does not have any desire to be so in the near future either. humans are far more useful when dead.
she doesnât really see the line between good and bad when it comes to science. science is just that. science. and whatever the outcome of an experiment, whether morally right or not, it is a gift to the world.
LIMITATIONS.
It is not because she finds her mother standing next to her bed in the middle of the night that she is afraid, nor is it the blood stains she notices on the white of her clothes. Any child would have been screaming or crying at just the sight of it, but not Iseul. What she does is highly unusual for a kid her age, or anyone in general (and frankly, that should be cause enough for concern). Calmly, she sits up in her bed, eyes raising to meet those of her mother.
âWhose blood is that?â It is the first question that echoes into the room, but is just as quickly followed by another, âdid you hurt yourself?â
Despite the various violent outbursts her mother has had before, Iseul knows she means no harm. She is smartâoftentimes too much so. At times like this, she knows her mother is long gone. She is smart enough to know that there is a chance that she might get hurt, but that is not what scares her.
No, what scares her is what comes next.
Her father comes storming in and far too roughly grabs hold of the woman. As expected, the blood had been his. How, or why, or whatâit doesnât matter. Itâs when she finds his eyes that her heartbeat rises. This might not be the first time his mother has struck out, but it is the first time she doesnât recognise the look in her fatherâs eyes either. It scares her. âDonât hurt her, itâs not her!â This time, her flat voice finally raises, and it catches his attention for a moment. Iseul notices, and uses it to her advantage. âPlease.â Begging, too, is very unlike her.
The silence in the room is one that still gives her the chills. Her mother is as unresponsive as Iseul had been just moments agoâher fatherâs tight hold does not seem to get through to her, let alone bother her. It is at that moment that Iseul realises there is no saving her mother anymore. Not even her own husband seems to be willing to try; he finally lets go, and storms off right after. No words are spoken, but she knows that her mother is far too gone to come back to her. And that, even to a kid like Iseul, is something very hard to comprehend.
ASPIRATIONS.
No conscience. No morals. Careless, but remarkably perceptive. She might not care much for the rumors whispered whenever she passes her classmates, but that does not mean that she does not enjoy a little fun of her own. Sometimes. Especially when this one girl in particular does not ever seem to shut the hell up. She spits out false news like she owns the world, and everyone else just falls at her feet. Naturally, she is one of the most popular girls at the school, and Iseul just cannot seem to understand why.
Is it jealousy? Not so much as the simple wish for Iseul to get under this girlâs skin for once. Just this one time, she wishes for her to feel terrified just the same way in which she has made others around her feel terrified.
Well⊠not exactly the same way.
See, this is where Iseul and her classmate are different. Their brains do not at all function in the same way (or, as Iseul would like to say, hers simply does not seem to function at all). It comes as no surprise that her little gift is far from being appreciated. High-pitched screams can be heard all the way through the school building. They light up Iseulâs face in the slightest; it is almost creepy to see the constant cold look in her eyes fade away for just a minute.
Of course, there is only one person in the school that would go as far as to leave the heart of a rat in someoneâs locker. She knows it; the school knows it; even her father knows it. Her action goes not without consequences at home, but the school has no proof and her father knows how to make them go mute.
Nobody ever mentions it again, but Iseul will never forget the satisfaction that fluttered inside of her.
BEHAVIOR.
Whether or not her acceptance to Amji has been positive is uncertain. She appears to be a model student. Studies when she has to, never gets into trouble and always manages to keep her grades up high. On the exterior, she seems without flaw. Take a closer look, and anyone would realise there is no bigger mistake.
Within Amji, within Project Deus, she is allowed far too much freedom for someone with this big a lack of morals. Experimenting has never been so much fun to her, and it shows in the way her expression has changed. It is not unlikely for her to be found smiling to herself; but it only fuels to the rumours that have followed her all the way to Amji. Some even say that she is not quite human anymore, but one of the ghosts that has roamed around the building for years. Some mention that when one would go around the campus at night, they can find her in the labs, experimenting on her fellow classmates. That last one quite amuses her, and it would not be beyond her to go ahead and try to do so in the futureâbut for now, it is complete and utter nonsense.
She is a model student only because she has what she always wanted, and because she loves to soak herself up in it. What would happen if that were to be taken away from her is something worth pondering about; but perhaps it is best not to dig that deep.
If she is anything like her mother, things are bound to get much, much darker.
