no more dream.

i lie in an early bed thinking late thoughts, waiting for the black to replace my blue. i do not struggle in your web because it was my aim to get caught. PARK SOOK-JA, poker player & actress. dependent rp blog for starstruckrpg.

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PARK SOOK-JA, TWENTY - NINE, PROFESSIONAL POKER PLAYER & ACTRESS. written by melanie ( she / they ).

full name: park sook-ja

gender: cis woman

pronouns: she/her

date of birth: october 4th, 1994

occupation: professional poker player and actress

sexuality: bisexual

personality: slightly cold, awkward, and evidently unsure. when she does put in the effort, she can be charming in an effortlessly understated kind of way. she takes a bit to warm up to, but once you do, you find yourself having a “oh, i get why people would want this person around.” moment. sook-ja possesses a dry humor, a careful intelligence, and a deep inner longing that could easily go unnoticed if you don’t look hard enough. she’s the kind of person you have to dig for, really.

astrology: libra sun, scorpio moon, taurus rising

rise to fame:   Sook-Ja’s rise to fame is quite simple, so much so that it bothers her often. She constantly beat the men, she made them look like fools at the hands of her plays and concrete expertise. She was good, too good, and it frustrated people at the beginning. But Sook-Ja took it all with a kind of grace that could only come from a woman who had nothing to lose in the end. And she continued to win, solidifying her stance in the world of televised poker. Her career continued until she was the top poker player in South Korea before making her way to the states to play against the best of the best there. 

There, her fame only blossomed, earning her a spot alongside the greatest in the world. Her name continued to spread among well-known tabloids after she started dating an American actor and modern A list heartthrob. Their relationship was highly publicized by the media which caused their romance to fizzle out and spoil behind the scenes, though their teams recommended that they stay together for the sake of their careers, especially as Sook-Ja was just about to step into acting. She even brought him to the premiere of her first movie, which ended up being a box office flop and received mixed reviews from critics. Her career has continued like this since then, mostly clinging to half-baked blockbusters that don’t exactly impress. Sook-Ja’s heart isn’t exactly in it, though her rise to fame continues.

general backstory:   Sook-Ja’s upbringing is nothing to write home about. She’s the only child of two adults who weren’t quite ready to have children yet but did so regardless. Her father worked most of his life as Korean language teacher and her mother worked as a nurse before retiring early due to declining physical health. Both of her parents are now retired and living a seemingly decent life traveling and mending to their respective gardens, which has become a thorn in their daughter’s side. She feels a very specific type of resentment towards her parents that she’s still unsure how to unpack entirely. Still, she continues contact with her parents often and occasionally helps them with finances when needed. 

They never have and most likely never will agree with her chosen lifestyle and career, having envisioned something a little more mundane and digestible from their only child. They support her through half sentiments and the occasional nod of the head which has served as enough reassurance for Sook-Ja for the time being. When or how this trivial and awkward cycle of make-believe and passive aggression will turn sour is only a matter of time.

Growing up, she was a quiet child who had many hobbies and good grades. Sook-Ja kept to herself mostly out of preference. To this day, if you asked her, she’d always choose to be alone and do things alone. Though, a sense of loneliness has been following her around as of recently, or at least since she moved to America to pursue her acting career further. 

While her acting efforts haven’t been entirely successful, she continues to play poker professionally, the one area of her career where she’s now deeply respected and recognized. Within the other side of this dazzling spectrum, the likes of Hollywood and the bright stars it inhabits, is another story. Her films are crap, her acting is just okay, and she can’t quite find her footing and it’s obvious. Still, she persists. Poorly, at that, but persisting it is.

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julia sayre-sullivan.

open  to  :  anyone!

location  :  the  parlour,  by  the  bar

        did  you  read  the  news?  she’s  got  husband  number  six  trapped  in  before  the  last  one’s  even  gone  cold!  do  you  think  if  she  makes  it  to  seven,  she’ll  get  the  next  one  free?    julia  had  already  excused  herself  from  the  main  dining  room  once  it  had  been  announced  that  the  parlour’s  entertainment  for  the  night  was  some  fledgling  comedian  who  had  a  vested  interest  in  making  the  actress  his  favorite  punchline.  far  away  from  the  mild  laughter  that  shook  through  the  audience,  she’s  seated  herself  at  the  parlour’s  bar  and  nursed  her  latest  glass  of  wine.  she’s  not  wounded  as  much  as  she’s  annoyed,  every  accolade  she’s  ever  had  tarnished  by  tabloid  fodder.  she  finishes  her  chardonnay,  already  signaling  for  the  next  round.  “no  wonder  you’re  stuck  at  the  parlour,  you  absolute  douchebag,”  she  mutters  to  nobody  in  particular,  blithely  unaware  that  anybody  could  overhear, “those  jokes  are  antiques  by  this  point.” 

Sook-Ja thinks to call it an evening, to make amends with the true notion that she wasn’t the “going out” type. The wine she ordered wasn’t as sweet as she desired, leaving a strange bitter taste inside her mouth. In truth, she knew very little when it came to the world of alcoholic beverages. She mostly drank to accommodate, to seem more like a person. But, even now, she doesn’t feel quite as human. Still, she lifts her glass to her lips and takes a hesitant sip, her nose scrunching as the flavor hits her tongue. Mindless jabber and poor jokes continue around her, conversations brewing that she couldn’t find herself to care about. Even eavesdropping sounds unamusing, leaving her to stare blankly at the crimson red of her wine, her mind an empty cavern. That’s until an older woman is seated beside her, muttering under her breath something that Sook-Ja misses entirely. She only makes out the word “douchebag” which earns a furrow of her brow. It doesn’t take Sook-Ja long to put two and two together, allowing her eyes to avert towards the obnoxious comedian who’s voice fills the area, even from all the way at the bar. 

The younger woman hums to herself, finally pushing her glass away. It’s then when she recognizes the redhead to her side, suddenly captivated by her undeniable beauty. She had the kind of attractiveness that made Sook-Ja want to book a flight back home to Korea. Though, she can’t place her name. Julie-Something, she thinks to herself.

“My mother used to say that a laugh at the expense of someone else is the easiest thing to achieve. Easy in a kind of pathetic way, you know?” Sook-Ja herself releases a bittersweet scoff, “It’s like making a baby cry. Stupidly simple.” She nods, “And that man is just so simple. Plain. It’s such a bummer.” Sook-Ja calls down the bartender with her hand, “Do you guys serve nachos?”