𝜗ৎ ゛⸝⸝ ⋆ . hello there ! my name is luna (she/they. 26. gmt-6) and i bring you the one and only jo areum YOO HAERIN ! before i get into who haerin is, i just want to give a few ooc disclaimers. i work full time and am also a full time student. replies may be slow, so if you don't hear from me or haven't gotten a reply in over a week PLEASE nudge me ! chances are i lost a notification in the mix of everything.
now, let's get to the good stuff . . .
tw: abuse and death (homicide) and substance abuse
surface level information: yoo haerin is new to town. only moving here 8 months ago. she was born on june 20, 1997 making her 28 years old. haerin was born with a fatemark, and finds herself hating her parents for passing it on to her. she is unemployed, keeps to herself, and is a major bookworm. haerin tries to avoid social interactions as much as she can, but she frequents a cafe nearby her home to get her daily latte and read a few chapters of whatever book she is currently reading. finding a job is harder than she thought it would be, and finds herself regretting running from her past life....but only sometimes.
why she is here: haerin was born jo areum on september 9, 1997, in a town hours from incheon. she was somehow involved in the death of her partner, choi seungwoo. they had been together for five years, and bonded for two of them. the details of the night of his death are cloudy, but she immediately felt like she was involved as she was with him just hours before his body was found in his apartment. she hired someone to help her form a whole new life. identity, address, and background. every once and a while, her informant will give her details from seungwoo's death investigation. she has a hard time taking in any information when it comes to the one she loved. when she's alone at night, everything comes rushing in at once. their time together, his death, her hands around his throat. . . no..no..that wasn't her...was it? to forget about everything, she finds herself drinking herself to sleep every night.
life as areum: areum was born with the fatemark gene to a couple who were bonded, but hated each other. she was an only child and was mostly raised by her grandmother. the last time she saw either of her parents was when she was a young child. she doesn't remember much about them other than they were always yelling at each other, but refused to part ways. she dreaded the day her fatemark would manifest, fearing she'd end up bonding with someone she couldn't stand. two years after she received her fatemark, she met seungwoo. they didn't hit it off right away, but it wasn't long before they became partners. three years into their relationship, they resonated. they were bonded for two years before his untimely death. areum can't remember much about their relationship these days. she blames it on the trauma of his death, but could it be something deeper that she refuses to see?
above is just a rough outline of haerin and her background. if you want to know more, check out her about page. lore drops and updates will be posted as her memory slowly comes back from her past.
heyyyy apple here (any prns, 28) again with PARK RINU, owner of THE ROSE QUARTER, an anonymous couples motel at the edge of town, and who is eager to get his hands on a bunch of juicy secrets pls start lining up !! ❤️ and i will get to you for plotting asap !! (you can also find me over with jiho @digitalmemorybook !!)
loading search results for [#FF1414 - FLICKERING EXIT SIGN] … did you mean [PARK, RINU]? [RINU] is a [29] year old [MARKED] user, currently listed as [OWNER @ THE ROSE QUARTER]. in the 29 YEARS they’ve lived in incheon, people have said that they remind them of CONDENSATION RUNNING DOWN A HALF FINISHED WHISKEY GLASS. they were last spotted LEANING AGAINST THE ROSE QUARTER’S FRONT COUNTER and QUICKLY SLIPPING BEHIND A CLOSED DOOR.
rinu (29, he/him, the blue valentine subplot!) and the owner of the rose quarter, and whatever he sees is your business (and also maybe a little his business). he usually deals in secrets and tends to keep pretty tight lipped himself, but crack open that shell and find that hopeless romantic underneath all of that hardened and secretive exterior!
was separated from his younger brother chanhyeon when he was little since his parents put him up for adoption. they couldn't afford taking care of both of them, and rinu was the oldest and ended up becoming the Only
always felt a lot of guilt for being the one his parents "chose" and always told himself he'd go out and find chanhyeon one day
moved away from his parents later and vowed he'd make something of himself not based on a bunch of lies after being told to forget his brother for all of those years (and basically pretend he never existed)
came across the rose quarter, the previous owner passing it down to him when she became too old to manage it anymore. he'd been part of the cleaning service but slowly worked his way up until earning her trust, and has slowly been reforming it over the years
makes money off secrets, who comes in, who comes out. usually he's paid to keep his silence and keep the tabloids away and he's gotten pretty good at it. clientele usually are all over the place, bonded, unbonded, marked, unmarked, he's really seen it all...
the motel has a policy of signing in with an anonymous nickname to keep guest's privacy, often it's the only name he knows regulars by
actually lives at the motel in one of the rooms back behind the main office
there's quite a large cat population around the motel because he keeps feeding them all. catch feeding time around when the sun goes down if you want to get some pets in
is marked and even though deep down he always wishes it would work, all of his resonances have always led nowhere or ended pretty badly. maybe lessons to be learned or moments to pass through life, but every time he hoped it was going somewhere, it never worked out
very hardworking, a good listener, pretty much Lives at work and goes out to Work, which means he's always talking and looking for secrets to deal and trade
plots !!
you're a regular at the rose quarter and yet he only knows you by the nickname you use to sign in every time. he's not sure why you keep coming, but you always end up talking late into the night once you leave your room empty
he knows something about you that you really wish he didn't. you keep trying to leverage something against him, or get some sort of promise to make sure he won't tell
he knows something about you and he wants to know more. whatever you know is worth more than what he knows already, and he'll do anything to make you crack
you both frequent a nearby bar and you've turned into reliable drinking buddies. you even know each others drink order, and sometimes he has it waiting for you when you show up on their usual nights
he's involved himself in your secrets and you traced it right back to the source. there's bad blood there and you keep trying to find a way to make it even
you need a place to stay and so he keeps letting you extend your room. he keeps saying it's not forever, but he's not really kicking you out, either. do a little work around the place and you're set. it seems like he has a bit of a soft spot for someone in a rough place, like he's been there before
you're one of his #1 confidantes. you both trade secrets but ended up enjoying your frequent gossip sessions, and it's something he always finds himself looking forward to
you resonated once but he's still in your phone. he'll show up when you call if you're in a tough place, and time has shown that a one time bond means you have him as a dependable friend for life
you keep showing up and pissing him off, because what you're really there for is to get information on his guests and he sees right through you, but he can't deny you a room, either
he knows you in real life and pretends he Doesn't know you at the motel, which you both keep conveniently ignoring you Both know when you see each other elsewhere...
anddd now for my second muse! you can give this post a like if i can reach out about plotting or threading, though i'll prob reach out from my main blog @stellarmechanics for ease.
kim yeji: about / plots / muse
— preset #12: these violent delights
— they/them pronouns by default; around those they're close to, they would be comfortable with he/him pronouns.
— unfated, so has no marking. if they did have one, it would be the color of nausea, #ddffa7.
— in contrast to mirae, yeji is very painfully present in the world. born to a family of no particular importance, with no major lifetime event that could have explained why they eventually turn out the way they do.
— what they do turn out to be: first just a stupid kid with a propensity for recklessness and general lack of self-preservation, growing up into an adult but not quite growing out of all of the other things. yeji is passionately creative and expressive, feeling so closely attuned to living that they can feel just how . . . wrong they feel inside of themselves.
— (cw. themes of depersonalization) does that make sense? it's past any label or identity, past any cosmetic they can slap on or clothes they can take off. sometimes yeji looks down at their hands and their nerves scream that SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THIS but they don't know what is, or what "this" even is. this suffocating feeling always comes when they slow down enough to let it catch up — so yeji tries to never let it.
— none of this really explains the path that they wind up on. "being human is a condition that requires a little anesthesia" — for yeji, it's art at first, and then video games, and then body mods. then street drugs, and then virtual reality, and now this emergent sadistic streak. earlier, you could've reasoned it for them just trying to find distractions, but now it's been tinged by a sense of desperation—like they're trying to assert themselves to some thing, some force, that they can't even put to word .
— by all appearances, yeji has gotten themself together & turned over a new leaf ever since they landed a prestigious gig as a 3d artist @ secondlife studios (prestigious to them, anyway). before this, they were doing freelance design and bolstering that meager income by dealing some crystal hearts; they've "left that behind" now, with a few exceptions (i'd love to have past connections related to this!!).
— their job pays well and they get to make a career out of their passion, isn't that what most people want? still, yeji pushes it. their brother is a programmer, dealing in his own dirty work; together, they develop game-breaking mods for lacuna, allowing yeji to go on little player killing sprees.
— it looks like senseless gamer violence, but in some twisted way, it nags at a deeper craving for intimacy. yeji likes modeling realism the most, as if they can better understand reality if they can replicate it exactly enough. secondlife would never allow them to add blood and viscera into their game. so yeji sticks to mods and private servers, using player avatars as living galleries for their best work. it might be the only time that they feel any sense of fulfillment.
— yeji is def the more sociable of my muses and has a lot of existing friends & enemies both offline and online, but also likely to be the catalyst of new interactions, so let's figure smth out together! my goal with their arc is more straightforward, aka force them to actually face any meaningful consequences of their actions LOL. they've touched a lot of people's lives, not always for the better, so i'd especially love some messy connections!!
eee HELLO ‼️ i'm so excited to be here, everyone's muses look so good omg. this is an initial disclaimer that this is my primary blog for my muse mirae, and my other muse yeji is on a sideblog @primesynthetics! also another disclaimer that i'm rly bad with pickin gifs and so i've just cut them out entirely, but ur welcome to use them in your replies!
i have a few pre-established plots for both of them, but if none of those quite fit, i'm also down to come up with smth new & specific to our muses! i'm also excited enough to write that i'd be down to assume basic connections, start threading, and go off of chem, so lmk if you'd prefer that. ty in advance for reading!!
— 29 years old & has the fate gene, just hasn't manifested their mark yet. mirae on his own wouldn't have instinctively seen this as a problem, if his parents hadn't treated it like one. however, the family company is all about fatemark/soulmate propaganda, and as the older of the shin heirs (jiho @digitalmemorybook is his younger sibling), he's poised to take over one day; it would shatter the whole delusion of "everyone is fated for love, and fatemarks will help everyone find theirs!" if the new ceo of lovebug bears proof that there's a non-zero chance for fatemarks not to manifest. we need everyone to believe that there's love waiting for them somewhere in the world, his mother has been saying all this time, which leads mirae to wonder from an early age if being mark-less = being love-less right ?
— this could have been a chance for him to come out of this with a healthy skepticism on fatemarks, but their parents make it impossible for him to entirely shed the fantasy, and instead mirae internalizes a confusing contradiction of their ideals and his own coping mechanisms. no of course it can't be the fatemark system itself that's imperfect, he must be uniquely undeserving of one.
— was a smart kid, and full throttled into that as a form of escapism from his family responsibilities (he should've just gotten into vr like jiho 🙄). picked a field that would allow him to look at literally the farthest places in the universe, so he doesn't have to think about his own reality. graduated way too quickly and received his doctorate degree at a very jobless age. now he's assistant professor at INU for intro physics/astronomy classes + working on several research papers on black hole cosmology. no-nonsense, resting bitch face, a harsh grader. other faculty don't know how to connect with him!!! students pray they don't get stuck with him!!! his liver hates him!!!
— has a moderate drinking problem. has a problem with vices in general, and is probably just one bad contact away from slipping into something worse.
— likes going down to lovebug's server rooms to work on his research while the machines compute the fate of everyone else in the world. has this stupid fantasy that if he drowns himself long enough in the blinking blue lights, it'll finally make his fatemark appear.
— has been through multiple prescriptions and "procedures" by now to try to get it to manifest. has a habit of wearing a ring or gloves to hide it (his parents have managed to spin a "it's for his soulmate's safety!" cover story out of this). they've had him go through multiple relationships & breakups publicly to give the illusion that he's had his mark all this time and keeps resonating, then NDAs the hell out of those people.
— he's older now and very deeply resentful of his parents and the propaganda they push, but at the same time he #yearns for it so bad it's not even funny 😑
— in reality, he needs more Connection. or a better dose of reality. even his haters don't get the benefit of a full, enriched rivalry because he's always so removed from everything... my goal with his arc is to change that, make him happy, make him angry, make him uncomfortable, make him participate in the act of living‼️ i'd love to figure out how he can crash into your muse's life or vice versa.
aaaaand hello again! sun here once more (he/she, 30+, utc-3), with my second muse!
this is jung jihoon aka the hunter. he is 35 years old and unfated, and he's acquired ownership of club icarus through ✨ not exactly legal ways ✨ — though most only know him as the masked persona who shows up once in a blue moon preceding a disappearance. he hates fatemarks with a burning passion because they destroyed his family and set him up for failure from a young age, and he will stop at nothing to see the inyeon collective crash and burn. fun!
once again, i will have his info and some plot ideas under the cut (please mind the tws at the top!). if you'd like to plot with jihoon, like this post and i'll message you asap!
— BASICS.
[ tw: suicide, physical abuse of minors, blackmail, general mentions of violence and crime ]
born on may 31, 1990 in incheon, and lived here his whole life. his family always struggled to get by, and he was forced to start working at a young age to help out. as a result, he barely got through high school and has no interest in pursuing education further.
when he was still a child, his mother was seduced by the idea of fatemarks and spent rent money on getting one for herself. she was soon swept away by a richer man with promises of a happy, resonant life, and was instead used as entertainment for the upper class until she was driven to end everything. his father, already prone to violence, began taking out his frustrations on him with belts and kicks.
jihoon ran away from home in his teens, and went low contact with his father. to this day, they only ever speak when the man manages to track him down, and jihoon has to buy his silence so he can keep his alias a secret.
jihoon has a deep-seated hatred for fatemarks because of what they did to his family. he refuses to be fated, and on the darkest of nights he and his crew will go out at night looking to hunt and hurt those who are fated and choose to brag about it.
he’s been on his own for over a decade, and he’s learned to lean on crime and violence to get by. he’s not the founder of club icarus, but very few know about this or about how he essentially stole it from the original owner through blackmail, right before the grand opening.
at the club, he goes by the alias “the hunter”, and though his outfit changes from time to time, the cedarwood-colored mask is always the same and has become his trademark symbol. he is not often seen in his own club, and when he does show up, it is often said that someone will disappear the next day.
lately, jihoon has also gotten more active in the anti-fatemark scene, helping organize protests and rallies. his ultimate goal is to bring down the inyeon research center and expose the corporation for the greedy, soul-sucking monsters he sees them as.
— PLOT IDEAS.
first off, as he owns the icarus club, i foresee all sorts of fun little things we can do here! whether your muse is a regular known for overdoing it or a newcomer whom he'll do his best to lure and charm, there are many possibilities for interactions. jihoon never takes his mask off at the club (yes, the mask stays on), so your muse will only know him as the relentless hunter. he probably has dirt on you or someone you love, too. that's just how it goes.
jihoon never shies away from a brawl. though he tries to be careful in his daily life so as to not get caught, at night while wearing his mask, he will often go looking for violent ways to let off steam. i'm sure there is a secret fight club somewhere around here.
FATEMARK HATERS RISE UP! jihoon can always be found organizing protests and other disruptive rallies, and he is the first to tell you that being bound to another person though a change in your dna is, honestly, fucked up. he believes that relationships should be free-range, homegrown, grass-fed only.
he hasn't had a real full-time job in over a decade. he tried to be good in his teens, but the anger issues and trauma responses quickly led him astray. he's the typical criminal who swindles for a living, and who's never felt at home anywhere because he's constantly evading either the police or his enemies. any long-lasting relationship he's ever had was built on lies. as such, i'm more than down to plot folks who hate him and want him gone for any (or all) of the reasons above!
i'd be very curious to plot a past romantic relationship for him, too. i have no idea how he'd handle being in love, and that'd be very interesting to explore!
hiiiii hello everyone! i'm sun (he/she, 30+, utc-3) and i'm so excited for this rp ♡
i have two muses here and i'll be posting their intros separately.
first off, we have saran limpatiyakorn aka ayla, a 27 year fated old model and influencer from thailand. she moved to incheon nine years ago to pursue stardom, and was briefly known as heron from the group birds of paradise. her most notorious claim to fame, however, is her very public relationship (and even more public breakup) — she is the preset "oscar-winning tears", and as that would suggest, she is now trying to distance herself from her ex on social media, while secretly still obsessing over them.
i'll have her info & some plot ideas below the cut, but if you'd like to plot please feel free to like this message and i'll hop in your ims!
— BASICS.
born on feb 19, 1999 in bangkok, thailand to a well-off family. has had the fatemark since birth, as her parents found each other through resonance.
knew how to sing and play several instruments by the time she was 18. was never recognized by her musical talent, instead always praised for her looks and poise.
was scouted by 9lives agency right out of high school. convinced her parents to pay for her move abroad under the condition that if she didn’t manage to debut in 5 years time, she would move back to thailand and work for her mother’s charity instead. the debut with birds of paradise came a year too late, and she had to fight tooth and nail to be allowed to stay in the country for it. the group failing to stick it out past one promotional cycle made her the laughing stock of her family. to this day, her father barely speaks to her as a result.
the move to incheon also came with new discoveries regarding herself and love. she’s only ever been bound to one person, her former lover.
five years ago, she met the person she thought she’d spend the rest of her life with. they were in resonance for four years. ayla thought she was safe with her, safe to admit publicly that she needed her like oxygen. they were both in the entertainment industry, and their youthful love fueled by their fatemarks was sought after as an exciting business prospect by many brands. that is, until they fell out of resonance, and ended up going their separate ways.
ayla’s already complicated life as a former kpop idol became insufferable. with her group disbanded and her love life in shambles, she was left with nothing but the pain of public breakups to keep her company in a foreign country.
her agency decided to keep her signed as a solo act, mostly as a model and influencer, once again reverting to capitalizing on her looks rather than her musical prowess. the image they carved for her on social media is of a hard worker who is passionate about high fashion and charity work, but behind the cameras she is still obsessing over the only person who’s ever truly loved her, to the point where she refuses to let anyone else in.
lately she’s been cracking under the pressure of constantly being asked about her ex and whether or not birds of paradise will have a reunion comeback one day, and she’s been picking up bad habits to cope. she is one bad night away from being caught under the influence by the paparazzi. or worse, the police.
— PLOT IDEAS
most importantly, i am looking for her ex! i will be writing a wanted request to the main (with sonya as the fc for the picspam), but i'm always open to other possibilities too!
fellow 9lives workers! ayla has been signed to them for nine years now; she trained for six years prior to birds of paradise's debut, and had her contract renewed as a solo act shortly after. during her training years, she was laser focused on getting any sort of debut so her parents wouldn't send her back to thailand. the 6th year of training was particularly rough as a result, until her spot in bop was confirmed. nowadays, longtime agency staffers probably know how volatile she is under the surface.
i would also love to find at least one muse who could absolutely ruin ayla's life if they wanted. whether because of a past thing or a future plot where they find ayla acting up after hours, i think it will be really fun if i add even more pressure to her already stressful life. i'm a great mun c:
hookups! ayla is currently in a terrible state, so of course it's the perfect time for someone to keep her company during these lonely nights. she will not fall for anyone else at this time, as she is still very much in love with her ex, but that doesn't mean your muse can't have a one-sided thing for her. or they can just be one-night stands, who knows!
XO , MY FATED LOVES ❣︎ it's so nice to see you , i'm lily ( she/her , est , 28+ ) and i'm so excited to be here at 𝘍𝘈𝘛𝘌𝘋𝘝𝘌𝘙𝘚𝘌 ♡ i'm bringing you international cyberpop sensation 𝐀𝐇𝐍 𝐀𝐇𝐑𝐀 ( 𝘈𝘌𝘙𝘈 ) who was formerly known as 𝐃𝐎𝐕𝐄 and the former lead vocal and composer of 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐃𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐄 🕊️ though the band is technically still on a hiatus , she has recently debuted as a soloist under a new moniker ( 𝘈𝘌𝘙𝘈 ) with 9LIVES TALENT AGENCY . while this was in the works for several months , ultimately the company decided to capitalize on COSMIC trending in recent weeks and debut her now ⋆ ˚ 。 .✦ ݁˖ to the public eye , she is the epitome of a sweet cybercore idol ( bubbly , compassionate , energetic and a little eccentric ) but underneath it all she carries the fear that she won't be able to truly achieve her dream of being a successful ⋆idol⋆ despite her best efforts . there's a stat page on your favorite idol here as well as an interview with GENIUS KOREA down below !! feel free to join her fan café by hitting the ♡ and i'll reach out to get some plotting going .
⋆ .✦ ݁˖ / ⓋⒾⓇⓉⓊⒶⓁ ⓁⓄⓋⒺⓇ.
[INTERVIEW] LOGIN COMPLETE : VIRTUAL LOVER , REAL FEELINGS
hello 𝘈𝘌𝘙𝘈, thank you for taking the time to chat with us at genius korea! can you start us off with a quick introduction?
✦ — "connected to your heart . . . hi, it's 𝘈𝘌𝘙𝘈, your virtual lover! ♡"
congratulations on the release of VIRTUAL LOVER. in what ways do you think this EP encapsulates the kind of artist you are and hope to be?
✦ — "i think VIRTUAL LOVER is the most honest version of me. for a long time, it felt like i was stuck somewhere in between — like i wasn't the person i used to be anymore, but i hadn't fully become the person i wanted to be yet. this EP kind of lives in that feeling, where there's loneliness, confusion and a lot of quiet moments.. but at the same time, there's also a lot of curiosity, softness and hope. i wanted to show that even when things feel uncertain or incomplete that there's still something beautiful in that process of becoming."
you were heavily involved in producing this EP. what was the most challenging part of that process?
✦ — "being honest with myself. i think it's easy to hide behind something that sounds 'good' or what someone might expect, but when you're producing your own music, you can't really do that. there were a lot of moments where i had to ask myself, 'is this really how i feel or is this just what sounds nice?" and sometimes it was hard to find the right contrast in between that."
fans still remember your work with BIRDS OF PARADISE very fondly. how do you feel about that chapter now?
✦ — "i'm really grateful for it. i wouldn't be where i am today without birds of paradise. that was where i learned how to express myself and where i was able to find my voice for the first time. i'm so grateful for all the experiences i've had from being with the girls and i'm so grateful to all of our fans for supporting me during this debut."
the final track, COSMIC GIRL, feels almost hopeful compared to the rest of the EP. was that intentional?
✦ — "yes! i didn't want the album to stay in one place emotionally, so that track is sort of like… how i felt stepping outside of everything for a moment. it kind of feels like when you're looking at life from really far away and realizing that even if it feels like you're orbiting, you still made it somewhere. just because you're in one place doesn't always mean you're stuck."
what do you hope listeners take away from this EP?
✦ — "mostly that it's okay to not have everything figured out. that even in that weird and uncomfortable in-between, you're still moving forward. i also wanted them to remember that even when you feel alone, you're still connected to those who care about you through screens, signals and things that aren't always fully tangible."
as we wrap up this interview, do you have anything that you'd like to say to your fans?
✦ — "thank you so much for supporting me through my solo debut! i'm so excited to continue this journey with you all. music is what brings us together and always know that no matter where you are in the world, your VIRUTAL LOVER is always connected to your heart and is only a click away! sending lots of love and looking forward to seeing you all again soon!"
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