stasis

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🍂

send 🍂 for what they wanted to be when they grew up 

“a pianist,” she says, voice quiet. it’s nothing but a distant dream now, tucked away in the trove of childhood memories she would rather leave untouched, yet the thought of it somehow still manages to make her heart sink.

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✔️

send ✔️ for a daydream my muse has had about/involving yours

goeun sees zhenqing for the first time when he comes by the liquor store. she knows who he is. the town is small and people talk, especially about the kid who made it to berklee. what she never heard about, however, is how attractive he is. 

so attractive, she can’t help but stare at him lost among the aisles and let her feet carry her to him. “need help?” she asks, and prays that he can’t detect the irrepressible quiver in her voice. 

she spends the day with him and a bottle of ale. the usual silence in the store is replaced by merry chatter and peals of ringing laughter, and the heavy air infiltrated with the excitement from the possible dawn of something new.

until a voice snaps her out of her daydream. it’s his voice, asking to make payment. she’s instantly embarrassed, of course, but that doesn’t stop her from gazing at the back of his head as he leaves the store and dreaming up more fantasies of a budding friendship with him.

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damage control

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monday mornings are her favourite. there’s a vague feeling of new beginnings in the air and the absence of the weekend crowd.

god, the weekend crowd.

weekends are for people to let loose. for goeun, that means weekends are for dealing with a steady stream of people through the door and more often than should be, which is never at all, teenagers who expect her to turn a blind eye.

don’t get her wrong now, she enjoys her job enough to have stuck with it all her life. it’s just that she prefers the idling about part of the job description.

so she sets about her daily morning routine. she dusts the shelves, sweeps the floor, sits down for a cup of tea by the window and looks out at the people passing by. she makes up stories for each of them; that girl in the school uniform seems like she’s going to school but is actually on her way to rendezvous with an older guy who is going to show her the hidden parts of this town and steal her young heart, that guy in the suit has a well-paying job and leads a comfortable life but even that cannot fill the void his ex-girlfriend left in his heart, that elderly woman with the bent back and walking cane worked hard all her life to raise her kids only to be all alone when they leave the island for greener pastures.

half a cup of tea later, goeun is concocting a story for even the cat that saunters by and mumbling about how the best mornings are monday mornings, when a certain bright-eyed and bushy-tailed guy walks past the door and makes her swallow her words.

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✨

send ✨ for what my muse would act like when they haven’t gotten enough sleep

funnily enough, despite never being too generous with her words, sleepy goeun cannot seem to shut up. it’s almost like the lack of energy translates into an inability to keep a lid on her thoughts. in fact, it doesn’t even matter if there isn’t anyone around for her to talk to; you could catch her all alone at the liquor store, rambling about how heathcliff deserves better.

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🌙

send 🌙 for the emoticon they’d use most often

the sad face with a nose ( :-( ), because goeun has no idea how to deal with emotions most of the time and this emoticon saves the day by making sad conversations seem less serious.

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🍵

send 🍵 and my muse will reveal one of their biggest regrets

“maybe…” pausing, goeun purses her lips as she muses over the lamentable decisions she so often makes. really, she’s the paradigm of indifference, but with everyone’s unremitting opinions on how she should live her life, there are times when goeun can’t help but wonder what if they were right and how differently things would have turned out if she stepped out of the island. “refusing to visit my brother when he asked. this island is my safe space and i was too afraid to leave. i still am, but sometimes i wonder what the world outside has to offer.”

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🍕

send 🍕 and i’ll make an aesthetic/moodboard about my muse’s favorite foods

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the taste of home, the sweet tooth cravings, and a soft spot for anything cute.

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☎

send ☎ for your muse’s info in my muses phone (name, ringtone, picture, last text received/sent)

name: my #1

ringtone: this

picture: this

message sent to [ my #1 ]⇢ i can’t wait to see you again!!!⇢ i finally get my favorite person back from the great unknown⇢ also can’t wait to hear you talk all about the world out there so i can live vicariously through you

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💥

send 💥 for the game they’d destroy everyone else at

mario kart, for sure. goeun has never really played games with other children her age because she was always too busy shunning them, but mario kart was a thing she had with her brother. it’s the only game that makes her competitive, so much so that she pulls her hair back into a ponytail whenever they play.

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✉ (to anyone relevant in their life!!)

send ✉ for a written letter from my muse

dear big bro,

dad has been asking how you are. things have been the same at home. it always is, except for that night dad volunteered to cook dinner. can you believe it? i can’t say his kimchi fried rice was as good as mine, of course, but i wish you had been here to taste the first dish he’s made in at least ten years.

i miss you so much. i hope things are going great for you out there. make a lot of new friends and take photos of all the pretty sights you’re going to come across for me, alright?

sending you lots of warm hugs from home,your baby sister.

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😵

send 😵 for my muse to tell you something they hate

“i hate when strangers touch me,” goeun can’t help the grimace that forms as she remembers drunk customers brushing their fingers against her hand when she passes them change, that one friend of her father’s who rests his sweaty palm on her shoulder for two seconds too long, or even the elderly women who all seem to have a habit of clapping her on the shoulder when they talk to her. “it’s just too much contact for me.”

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GAMES / 

send 🎤 and i’ll make a short playlist for our muses send 🎼 for a song that reminds me of our muses send 🌹 and i’ll make an aesthetic/moodboard for our muses send 💛 and i’ll make an aesthetic/moodboard about my muse send 👗 and i’ll make an aesthetic/moodboard about my muse’s fashion style send 👶 and i’ll make an aesthetic/moodboard about my muse’s childhood send 🏠 and i’ll make an aesthetic/moodboard about my muse’s home aesthetics send 🍕 and i’ll make an aesthetic/moodboard about my muse’s favorite foods send 👮 and i’ll make an aesthetic/moodboard about my muse’s occupation send ✉ for a written letter from my muse send 💬 and my muse will say what they really think about yours send 👤+ a muse name for my muse’s opinion on that muse   send ⭐️ (or multiple) for a headcanon about our muses send 👀 for my muse to compliment yours send 😍 for my muse to tell yours three things they love about them send 🍎 and my muse will tell yours why they’re thankful for send 😵 for my muse to tell you something they hate send 🍵 and my muse will reveal one of their biggest regrets send 🎁 for my muse to describe one thing on their personal wishlist send ☎ for your muse’s info in my muses phone (name, ringtone, picture, last text received/sent) send ☄️ for 2-4 songs that are always in their playlists send 💫 for one place they sometimes end up falling asleep send 💥 for the game they’d destroy everyone else at send 🌙 for the emoticon they’d use most often send ✨ for what my muse would act like when they haven’t gotten enough sleep send 💐 for how they take care of themselves while in a slump send 🍂 for what they wanted to be when they grew up send 🌈 for my muse’s favorite kind of weather  send ✔️ for a daydream my muse has had about/involving yours send 💋 for how my muse would seduce/flirt with yours send  👏 and try to fluster my muse (anything goes!) 

** please reblog to signal that you’d like to play along & feel free to cross things out that you’d rather not do !

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hello, hi! i’m jen, goeun’s mun! if you’d like to plot, please message me here on tumblr! feel free to ask for my discord too, if you’d prefer to plot on there. read on for more about goeun!

goeun was born and raised in nohwa, and has never left

she used to be able to play the piano pretty well, but stopped after her mother’s death because she was the one teaching goeun

on her bad days will actually play the piano as an outlet for her emotions but kinda sucks at it because she doesn’t play it regularly and doesn’t have an actual teacher

her mother had a hobby of arranging flower bouquets so she also dislikes flowers because it reminds her of her mother

spends her days in her family’s liquor store, likely wouldn’t hang around outside too much

she’s very knowledgeable about liquor and all that jazz despite rarely, if ever, actually drinking alcohol. this is mostly because her life revolves around the store but also because she listens to her dad ramble about it

is used to thinking that she’s the only one left for her dad (and the family), what with her brother moving away and all

she may be mostly quiet and considerate, but can get pretty sarcastic when she wants to because she picks up witty comebacks from the dramas and books that keep her company when she’s alone at the liquor store

i’m still slowly working on her profile, but i do have some plots up here. also please don’t hesitate to hmu if you’ve got any other ideas you want to discuss!