About
— BASICS
Name: Xuan Duan Age / D.O.B.: 23, September 11, 1999 Gender, Pronouns & Sexuality: N/A Hometown: Born and grew up in Vietnam / Immigrated to Canada Affiliation: Civilian Job position: Student / Occasional podcaster Education: Bachelor of Industrial Design (Carleton University) / Currently studying Business Administration in Binghamton University Relationship status: N/A Children: N/A Positive traits: curious, flamboyant, philosophical, materialistic, decisive Negative traits: nihilist, careless, apathetic, stubborn, stingy
— BIOGRAPHY
01. Xuan inherited her father's stubbornness and her mother’s materialistic view on the world. She was a bubbly, outspoken and temperamental child, but became more withdrawn and tempered as she grew older. She has one younger sister, five years apart. They keep in tight contact. 02. She was a rebellious and troublesome firstborn, always seeking for new and exciting things. She had cheated in exams (a friend ratted her out), failed exams (luckily, she still passed second-grade), stole from her parents (busted once she became greedy and took too much) and got addicted to gaming and movie-watching (she still is). Her father had beaten her multiple times to keep her in line (worked out quite well). 03. She had a normal childhood, being a chatterbox at school and making friends easy (keeping in contact with them is a different story). She worked a few customer service gigs here and there. Her short stories and essays were featured in local newspaper. Her family immigrated to Canada when she was in seventh grade. Although she retains her mother tongue, her written and speaking ability are stiff. After graduated from University, she was unable to find a job in Canada, and thus applied to Binghamton hoping to get acclimate to the country and find more job opportunities in America. 04. While attending Carleton, Xuan and her friends created a podcast together while they were drunk one night. She carried a digital voice recorder and used it as a diary. The podcast project largely was abandoned, but to pass time, Xuan sometimes edited her voice notes and conversations she recorded to the channel. 05. She was politically-conscious at a young age. During dinner, her family like to discuss politics. Back in Vietnam, her parents -- especially her father -- often criticized the Vietnamese political elites. Her father holds a death grudge against the Vietnamese government, since they executed her grandpa and stripped away all her father's family properties, forcing him to grow up poor. Thus, Xuan developed a skewed outlook toward politicians and government. Her father’s resent influenced her to seek out ways to vent her political frustration and hope for a better future. After they moved to Canada, her father was sated by the newfound freedom and so-called democratic dreamland. However, for Xuan, the rose-tinted glasses wore off quick. 06. She found cracks in the primarily-dual political parties system, and reached the conclusion that all politicians are corrupted. Anything afflicted with the government, including police officers, are also unreliable, and gangs are merely controlled oppositions that are useless in bringing any changes to society. 07. Xuan has a detached outlook toward life. She believes anarchism is the ideal societal oucome, but she doesn't act on it. Her life motto is Stay Out of the Devil's Way. Her loyalty and friendliness are questionable at times, though she usually doesn't have the gut to betray people. That being said, because she's neither attached to a particular ideology or moral compass, she is willing to bend her conscience if she deems the consequences are harmless. 08. An extremely stingy person despite being raised in a middle-class family with a plenty of money to spare. She holds a complex toward money, feeling guilty for having an abundance of it while her parents had to struggle during their youth. Thus, she often rejected monetary support from her parents. She tigtens her belt a lot and looks for free goods wherever possible, sometimes regardless of the detriments on her own body or future. Her parents are exasperated by this behaviour of her. 09. Her dream is to burrow away in a rural farmhouse and live far, far away from the City. 10. She loves Charles Bukowski. He's a big influence on her thinking as she matures into adulthood.
— WANTED CONNECTIONS / PLOTS
Sell Your Soul: Xuan needs a job, and she needs money. New York rent is cut-throat. With her background, she can take up anything ranging from product (re)design and/or altercations, drawing (blueprints, sketches of people, etc.) or research and observe human behaviour, to serving at bars, restaurants or even ghostwriting. She prides herself on her forgettableness and ability to fade in the background when the situation calls for it.













