i never know how to make my intros sound Coolβ’ and With the Timesβ’, but iβm dri (she/her, nineteen, pst) ur local sleepy gal from socal !! my boy jasper is kind of a mess but i love him anyway, so hmu if youβd like to plot !! i still need to write stats etc. for him, but under the cut is what iβve got so far !! feel free to ask for my discord if ur more comfortable with that !!
( wong yukhei β’ twenty β’ cismale ) looks like jasper xu just moved into apartment 3B! i heard that he is here in los angeles because he dropped out of college but has been struggling β thankfully moreau has taken them in! rumour has it, they can be quite impulsive and stubborn but at least theyβre trustworthy and intuitive, hey? i can already tell theyβre going to be the reticent of the building.
jasper was born and raised in northern california, specifically the silicon valley area, and he was the youngest of two siblings, a brother 5 years older and a sister 7 years older !! they treated him with a lot of love as the baby brother but his parentsΒ did have super high expectations for him. his sister went on to practice law and his brother is in med school, so the bar had been set pretty high by the time jas entered high school.
he was practically raised to be an overachiever and it caused him a lot of stress growing up. his schedule was packed with extracurricular activities such as taekwondo and robotics, and his sights were trained to be set on going to cal for some sort of engineering when he got older. he lost sleep almost every night due to the fact that he was taking 4 ap classes by the time he reached his junior year, honors spanish and tennis serving as his two other classes. he also was in band in middle school, but he doesnβt really remember how to play the saxophone anymore because itβs been so long LOL
school was always super competitive for him and it really took a toll on his mental health :// he found solace in competitive video games, a different kind of competitive outlet that also helped him connect with his friends more. he was into league, counter-strike, etc. but it was kind of a double-edged sword because the more he played games the less time he had for homework which created this cycle of being stressed about school and having his stress relief create even more stress for school ??? basically it kinda sucked !!
uh some people fell into this belief that he was this pretentious dude who thought he was better than everyone else but he was just moody a lot because he was sleepy and stressed and i guess not a lot of people outside of his friend group were entirely aware despite a majority of the campus being the same way ??? heβs a friendly dude despite seeming intimidating and a bit awkward !!
he dated a few people in high school but all of the relationships ended on the similar basis of him not making enough time for them because he had really bad tunnel vision, especially around college application season. speaking of, he wasnβt accepted into uc berkeley like his parents hoped, and it kind of bummed him out real hard, ya feel ?? heβs had a lot of low emotional points due to stress but this pretty much did him in ?? heβs a lot of self-esteem issues, so to be rejected by hisΒ βdream schoolβ didnβt do him much good. although, he was accepted to ucla, so thatβs where he ended up going for computer engineering !! some serious talks with his friends lifted up his spirits and then he was on his way to la !!
in college, he didnβt entirely shake off the wholeΒ βone-track mindβ mentality he had, but he sure was way more relaxed than he was in high school because he didnβt have to think about applying to grad school or anything. however, he still kept up his overachiever antics, naturally taking close to the max amount of units he could. he also played games (mostly overwatch) on his own time, streaming on twitch from time to time.Β
going to university, unfortunately, gave him really, really terrible imposter syndrome. he managed to shake off the discouragement throughout his first year, but during winter quarter of his second year, he was taking his first upper division classes and he started to experience a bad case of burnout. he found it difficult to do much of anything due to the returned stress he felt, which seemed to be worse than it was in high school, especially since he was also going through a breakup at the same time. he felt like he couldnβt do it anymore, like he didnβt even want to pursue engineering, and he overall just felt incredibly lost. he didnβt even know what his passion was. so, impulsive as he is, he just straight up dropped out. so now heβs here at the apartments, still no clue what his next move is.
his family caught on come spring quarter because they have access to his billing account or whatever and it showed that he wasnβt enrolled in any classes and they started blowing up his phone but he just... didnβt answer. heβs basically been dodging his entire family for the past several months and they donβt really know where he is. he talked to his brother, like, maybe twice to let him know that heβs okay, but other than that heβs avoiding having to confront his parents more than anything.Β
right now heβs working at a boba tea house and trying not to think about how he disappointed his family and himself SKDJGSLDGS heβs thought about going back to university but he has this whole pride thing thatβs making his stick to his decision of dropping out ;/ if anyone asks him if heβs in college tho 9/10 times he says he is because he doesnβt want to explain himself. the 1/10 is if ur lucky and he trusts u.
so, yeah, thatβs basically jasperβs backstory! as for his personality, he can seem kind of aloof from time to time. the type of person that you meet for the first time and think they hate you even though they didnβt express any hatred ?? does that make sense ?? in reality though heβs a sweet dude, pretty considerate but in a tsundere type of way. he doesnβt know how to give a compliment well so it sounds like heβs insulting you sometimes but then you think about it and youβre like ??? wait that was a compliment ??? like if u dress up nice heβd be like ... hey u look ... less ugly today congrats SDGDSGSD heβs the playful bullying type of friend i suppose !!
seems like heβs cool and intimidating but heβs really just shy and awkward LMAO standing up against the wall looking at his phone ?? heβs reading a web comic
his temper is relatively short, especially when he hasnβt gotten a lot of sleep, which is ... often KDSGSDSJG heβs an impatient boy
yells a lot when he plays video games; has gotten complaints (heβs very competitive if u didnβt know)
wants to pet every dog he encounters
has never seen a superhero movie but can quote one punch man and my hero academia because heβs a Nerd
canβt drink beer anymore because he threw up once and even the smell reminds him of that time ;/ he avoids kombucha too
thatβs all i got for now :~)
