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Name: Leigh
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Are you over 17?: Yes
Characters in Forest Covered: N/A.
( CHARACTER INFORMATION )
Name/Work Name: Kwon Ji-hyuk / Lee
Canon: Shut Up Flower Boy Band
Canon Point: Episode 13, after intercepting the phone call from Hyun-soo's parents.
AU/CRAU: N
Age: 18
History: There's not a lot of need to launch into the setting of Ji-hyuk's world. He comes from a pretty typical version of Earth where no one has any sort of special powers, magic isn't a thing, and technology is what you'd expect it to be in the modern era. Nothing special there, just plain old planet Earth, in the South Korean city of Seoul.
Ji-hyuk's family situation is a little complicated, and more than a little unfortunate for Ji-hyuk. His mother, having grown up in poverty, spent so much of her time focusing on wealth that she completely neglected her son. Not only was she not emotionally there for her child while he was growing up, she wasn't there physically either. For the most part Ji-hyuk grew up without his parents in his life, and was alone for a good portion of it. When he was old enough to take care of himself he was living on his own in a rundown rooftop apartment. The only real connection he even had to his family was when his brothers' lawyers would harass him to give up his rights to his inheritance.
Unlike his family, Ji-hyuk's friends were a large part of his life growing up. Most of his early childhood was spent with his friend Hyun-soo. The two boys would do almost everything together, and Ji-hyuk spent more time at Hyun-soo's house than he spent in his own home. That is, he did until Hyun-soo's little sister was born. While Ji-hyuk never complained about his friend's attention shifting towards his new family member, it did mean that Ji-hyuk was on his own once again. It was some time after Hyun-soo's attention drifted away from him that Ji-hyuk started spending most of his time with his friend Byung-hee.
Byung-hee had a very different family than Ji-hyuk, but because his own home life was about as broken and miserable the boys found a lot of common ground. In their time together Byung-hee and Ji-hyuk began to learn how to play guitar, and eventually formed a band (Eye Candy) with Hyun-soo, and their other friends Do-il, Ha-jin, and Kyung-jong.
During their high school days the boys played in small club venues, got into various fights with rival groups, and generally weren't the most upstanding students in the world. In their final year their high school closed down, and they transferred as a group to a new, richer high school where they all stood out like a sore thumb. While they weren't initially all that inclined to stay in school at all they ended up staying (at first) for one big reason, Byung-hee's muse. Before they even started going to the school Byung-hee ran into a girl named Su-ah, in their first meeting Byung-hee decided that he was in love with Su-ah and that she was going to become the inspiration for the songs he wrote. As it turned out, Su-ah's father was having serious financial problem and Su-ah moved into the rooftop apartment across from Ji-hyuk.
During their stay at their new high school the Eye Candy boys formed a new rivalry with Su-ah's childhood friend, Seung-hoon, and his band, Strawberry Fields. They boys had several altercations with Strawberry Fields, including an early one that led to the destruction of Eye Candy's drum set. One of Strawberry Fields members, Pyo-joo, promised Byung-hee that he'd replace the drum set, but when Byung-hee came out to meet him he had his friends jump Byung-hee and beat him senseless.
While attempting to flee his assailants Byung-hee called Ji-hyuk to come bail him out of trouble. Unfortunately for him, Ji-hyuk picked up the phone several minutes later. He called together the rest of their band, and the boys were able to find a bleeding but still breathing Byung-hee staggering towards them. There was a moment of relief at seeing their friend still (mostly) intact, but it didn't last long. In his escape Byung-hee had wandered into the road, and before he could safely reach his friends he was tragically hit by a truck.
The death had a heavy impact on Ji-hyuk and his friends. For a period of time the boys debated quitting the school completely until Ji-hyuk found an advertisement Byung-hee had saved for a band contest that he had entered Eye Candy in without telling the other members. The catch to the contest was that all the members had to be enrolled high school students. From that point on the boys had to play it safe in order not to get kicked out of their new school while also keeping up with their practice. During this time Ji-hyuk also grew closer to his new neighbor, Su-ah, their relationship made complicated by the fact that she was the girl that Byung-hee liked.
When the time for the band contest finally came, Hyun-soo got into an accident that damaged his hand, and forced Eye Candy go give up partway through their performance. The boys were upset and discouraged, feeling like they'd let Byung-hee down by not winning. When things seemed bleak once more Eye Candy got a surprising call from an entertainment company looking to work out some contracts with the boys. Unfortunately for them there were only two members the company wanted to sign, Ji-hyuk and Hyun-soo. Ji-hyuk tore up the contract offered to him without a second thought and left with his band, determined to prove their worth as a group. Practicing hard and creating new material to show what they could do.
Well, they managed it. While the company was not willing to sign them on fully, they did agree to keeping the band together and allowing them to release a single under the company's name. It gave Ji-hyuk and his friends the start they needed to be recognized by the public in general, and Eye Candy quickly became rising in popularity. Meanwhile Ji-hyuk in his friends were forced to move into a dorm setting and deal with a sudden surge in recognition and expectations they'd never had before.
The next several weeks of Ji-hyuk's life involved him rapidly finding out that he had a terrible personality for fame. He was surely and not good in front of cameras, and what's worse he refused to listen to any of the rules laid out for him by the company. He would go out when he wanted. He got into fights instead of trying to find alternatives. He dated a girl in secret (Su-ah, who he finally worked things out with) and then refused to deny it which caused a huge scandal so early on into Eye Candy's career. Ji-hyuk was an absolute PR nightmare, and most of his friends (barring Hyun-soo and maybe Kyung-jong) weren't faring much better.
Things began to get worse between the band too. Relationships were beginning to strain as the stress of trying to balance they suddenly growing fame as well as school and their own personal lives started to become too much. To make matters worse Ji-hyuk's PR disaster made it entirely possible for the label to drop Eye Candy completely, and that relationship that caused the whole scandal? Something he'd been hiding from the rest of the band. Not earning himself a whole lot of points with his friends.
Things reached the height of terrible when Ji-hyuk picked up a Hyun-soo's phone, and intercepted a call from Hyun-soo's parents, where he learned that his friend's little sister (Da-som), who had always been sick, was getting worse and his family didn't have money for the surgeries she'd need to put her on the fast track to recovery.
Personality:Imagine the typical grungy garage band kid with a bad attitude and no respect for authority. Got that image in mind? There you go, you've just pictured Ji-hyuk. This image isn't skin deep with this kid, in a lot of ways Ji-hyuk embodies the stereotype of a no-good punk. It's not that he's necessarily a bad kid, but it might be a stretch to call him a good one either. For the most part his heart is in the right place, but to say he's rough around the edges is actually being kind of generous.
For starters they don't come much more hard headed than Ji-hyuk. It can be a double edged sword of sorts. On one hand it makes working with him an absolute nightmare. He's not exactly great about listening to authority figures, which is hell for his teachers and managers. Even if he agrees to something, he'll usually ignore the rules other people set out for him and do whatever he wants to. Don't go out after dark? Looks like it's time to head out that very night. Don't get into fights? Time to get into a huge brawl first chance he gets. His ability to follow other people's instructions is pretty much nonexistent. On the other hand he also doesn't give up easily. When Ji-hyuk sets his mind on something he'll work towards that goal until he makes it or breaks it. And breaks it is the key term here. Ji-hyuk will toss everything he's got into whatever he happens to be working towards at the moment, and it doesn't always work out well for him.
The possibility that things might not go well is not something Ji-hyuk stops to think about either. Ji-hyuk can be incredibly quick to make snap judgement calls without fully thinking out the consequences... or thinking out the consequences at all. When something serious is happening right in front of him (someone is in danger, his friend is getting into a fight, etc...) he's more than ready to jump right into the thick of it. Often times these choices to get involved end up having some pretty negative long term consequences for him. At the same time, despite how rash he can be in the heat of the moment, Ji-hyuk is also surprisingly level-headed most of the time. If he's not feeling emotionally charged about a situation, or he's given time to think things over then he tends to be able to approach a problem in a pretty practical and reasonable way.
The problem is finding a situation that Ji-hyuk isn't feeling emotionally charged about. Ji-hyuk's got a temper on him. While he isn't as immediately explosive or over the top as some of his friends it doesn't take much to irritate him, and it's scarily easy to provoke him into fight. Ji-hyuk's not exactly a violent person in that he's not one to lash out at an innocent person, children, or women. But oh man, if another guy tries to pick a fight with him he'll start throwing punches at the drop of a hat.
The fastest way to get him to fight with you? Do something bad to one of his friends. Ji-hyuk is loyal to the bone, and will do anything at all to protect his friends on every possible level. Not only will he leap into a fray to defend them, but he'll sacrifice his own dreams and well being for theirs. He goes above and beyond the call of duty for a normal level of friendship, because his friends pretty much are his family. Considering how distant Ji-hyuk was from his mother growing up, the only people that were there for him and provided him with emotional support and love were his bandmates.
That fact did mess the kid up a little on an emotional level. He has no fondness whatsoever for his mom. The last time she tries to approach him, Ji-hyuk flat out tells the woman that he has no mother, and makes it clear he has no interest in ever seeing her again. Over the course of the series a reconciliation between the two never occurs either, and Ji-hyuk's ties to his family remained severed. Not having any family to rely on meant that Ji-hyuk grew up a lonely kid. While he had his friends Hyun-soo and later Byung-hee to keep him company, it didn't kill the loneliness completely.
It also didn't help much with his people skills. While Ji-hyuk's not exactly socially inept, he does have his moments. Ji-hyuk is very friendly and physically affectionate with his friend, but can come across as distant, unfriendly and sometimes even menacing to strangers. He can also be blunt to the point of tactless at time, and is not someone who should ever be doing any sort of public speaking. He's also kind of iffy with the whole expressing emotions thing, or being honest with emotions, and on occasion understanding emotions. Honestly, emotions in general just give him problems. It doesn't help with things like his inability to apologize when he's in the wrong for something (especially small and stupid things), or being able to give friends the emotional support and reassurance they need sometimes.
Still, even if he doesn't always have the right words to help comfort a person, or have the best approach to help them though, he's still a steadfast friend. He's someone that can usually be counted on to pull through for people in the end. And not just for his friends either, Ji-hyuk is pretty quick to help out people he barely knows when it looks like they're in a dangerous situation. He's got something of a hero complex going on, and it leads to some pretty self-sacrificial moments on his part.
Lastly, Ji-hyuk loves music. Music was something he discovered with his friend Byung-hee, and it's one of the only skills he's really got going for him in life.
Debt: The promise of a full cure for his the sick little sister (Da-som) of his close friend (Hyun-soo).
Suitability: Ji-hyuk's never been great at listening to what he's told to do. Honestly, he's a constant screw up on that matter. He's got an almost aggressive lack of respect for authority figures, and will blow off pretty much anyone who outright tells him what to do. Being a servant isn't going to be easy for him, and his actions are probably gonna cause the rising debt to heap on that much faster. That said, he's amazing determined, and when he really wants something he'll charge head first into it no matter how badly he has to humble or embarrass himself in the process. He's very good at gritting his teeth and bearing it. He won't like being a servant one bit, and he might not always listen to the rules laid out of him (which will likely never end well for him), but he'll do a fairly good job putting up with it.
Previous Game Info: N/A
Inventory: Not much. Just the clothing he was wearing at the time (including some accessories), and two cellphones. His phone, and his friend, Hyun-soo's phone.
Abilities, Strengths, and Weaknesses: Ji-hyuk isn't a man of many talents, but he is musically inclined. He specializes in the guitar, but he picks up pretty much any instrument faster than most people can. He's also got a decent singing voice. He's great at street fights too! Sure, he might not always win (he might often lose actually), but he's really good at jumping head first into danger without thinking ahead! ... That's a strength, right? Well, alright, maybe not, but his dogged loyalty to his friends definitely is. Besides, he's decently in shape. He can certainly run for long periods of time, and take one hell of a beat down without cracking.
His pigheadedness, and constant fumbling with other people's feelings is less of one. In fact, I'd go so far as to say those might be outright weaknesses. Along with his crippling inability to discuss his own emotions with other people, as well as his inability to properly apologize for his fuck ups. Then there's the mommy issues which go hand in hand with some abandonment issues and horrible loneliness.
That and he's a normal kid with no powers, so he's pretty easy to kill.
( SAMPLE )
Characterization Sample: Winter can be a harsh, biting season, especially in a country like Korean, but it's kind of funny... when you're someone that wears at least a dozen layers of clothing at any given point the cold really isn't all that bad. Sure, colder weather wasn't exactly great on the throat, but Eye Candy's style of music had never been all that polished and pretty, and Ji-hyuk's way of singing had never been that smooth. A little extra roughing up of his voice wasn't a big deal to him.
He sniffed loudly, trying to ignore the way the cold air simultaneously burned the inside of his nose, and numbed the outside of it. Alright, so maybe the cold bothered him a little bit. No one really liked standing outside for over an hour waiting around for a friend on a good day, much less when the weather was shitty. Ji-hyuk let out an exaggerated sigh, letting his breath steam in the air. It gave an nice added effect, like a visual representation of his irritation at the situation right now.
Byung-hee had never been good about arriving when he was supposed to, but he usually didn't keep Ji-hyuk sitting around with his thumbs up his own ass this long. Pulling his phone out of his pocket, Ji-hyuk tapped a finger against the screen. No new messages. This bastard didn't even have the common decency to send him a message? Figured.
He straightened up, lifting himself off the wall he was leaning against, flipping through screens on his phone debating what to do next. He sure as hell wasn't going to keep waiting around here, but he still hit Byung-hee's contact, letting the phone ring a few times before it went to voicemail. Clicking his tongue as the automated message started up he moved away from the wall completely, slowly trudging down the street in the direction of the bus stop.
"Hey! You dog. Who keeps a friend waiting like that, huh? I almost froze to death. Next time give me a message if you're not going to bother showing up."
He was about to say more before he heard someone call out, "My friend! What are you so angry about?" somewhere behind him. Glancing over his shoulder saw the guy he was trying to scold via voicemail, standing there with a big grin on his face, arms stretched out to his side like he was waiting for an unseen crowd to go apeshit over his arrival. Couldn't get a gig better than playing in some shitty nightclubs and the guy already acted like he was some kind of rockstar.
Any mild irritation Ji-hyuk felt dissipated in an instant at that showy entrance, but he still did his best to keep the smiling off his own face. Mind you, his best wasn't very good, and he ended up laughing quietly to himself as he shook his head a couple of times. "This punk," muttered under his breath, but the grin on his face got wider as he turned and began heading over towards Byung-hee.
Name: Leigh
Contact: NoondayClock (AIM) //
Are you over 17?: Yes
Characters in Forest Covered: N/A.
( CHARACTER INFORMATION )
Name/Work Name: Kwon Ji-hyuk / Lee
Canon: Shut Up Flower Boy Band
Canon Point: Episode 13, after intercepting the phone call from Hyun-soo's parents.
AU/CRAU: N
Age: 18
History: There's not a lot of need to launch into the setting of Ji-hyuk's world. He comes from a pretty typical version of Earth where no one has any sort of special powers, magic isn't a thing, and technology is what you'd expect it to be in the modern era. Nothing special there, just plain old planet Earth, in the South Korean city of Seoul.
Ji-hyuk's family situation is a little complicated, and more than a little unfortunate for Ji-hyuk. His mother, having grown up in poverty, spent so much of her time focusing on wealth that she completely neglected her son. Not only was she not emotionally there for her child while he was growing up, she wasn't there physically either. For the most part Ji-hyuk grew up without his parents in his life, and was alone for a good portion of it. When he was old enough to take care of himself he was living on his own in a rundown rooftop apartment. The only real connection he even had to his family was when his brothers' lawyers would harass him to give up his rights to his inheritance.
Unlike his family, Ji-hyuk's friends were a large part of his life growing up. Most of his early childhood was spent with his friend Hyun-soo. The two boys would do almost everything together, and Ji-hyuk spent more time at Hyun-soo's house than he spent in his own home. That is, he did until Hyun-soo's little sister was born. While Ji-hyuk never complained about his friend's attention shifting towards his new family member, it did mean that Ji-hyuk was on his own once again. It was some time after Hyun-soo's attention drifted away from him that Ji-hyuk started spending most of his time with his friend Byung-hee.
Byung-hee had a very different family than Ji-hyuk, but because his own home life was about as broken and miserable the boys found a lot of common ground. In their time together Byung-hee and Ji-hyuk began to learn how to play guitar, and eventually formed a band (Eye Candy) with Hyun-soo, and their other friends Do-il, Ha-jin, and Kyung-jong.
During their high school days the boys played in small club venues, got into various fights with rival groups, and generally weren't the most upstanding students in the world. In their final year their high school closed down, and they transferred as a group to a new, richer high school where they all stood out like a sore thumb. While they weren't initially all that inclined to stay in school at all they ended up staying (at first) for one big reason, Byung-hee's muse. Before they even started going to the school Byung-hee ran into a girl named Su-ah, in their first meeting Byung-hee decided that he was in love with Su-ah and that she was going to become the inspiration for the songs he wrote. As it turned out, Su-ah's father was having serious financial problem and Su-ah moved into the rooftop apartment across from Ji-hyuk.
During their stay at their new high school the Eye Candy boys formed a new rivalry with Su-ah's childhood friend, Seung-hoon, and his band, Strawberry Fields. They boys had several altercations with Strawberry Fields, including an early one that led to the destruction of Eye Candy's drum set. One of Strawberry Fields members, Pyo-joo, promised Byung-hee that he'd replace the drum set, but when Byung-hee came out to meet him he had his friends jump Byung-hee and beat him senseless.
While attempting to flee his assailants Byung-hee called Ji-hyuk to come bail him out of trouble. Unfortunately for him, Ji-hyuk picked up the phone several minutes later. He called together the rest of their band, and the boys were able to find a bleeding but still breathing Byung-hee staggering towards them. There was a moment of relief at seeing their friend still (mostly) intact, but it didn't last long. In his escape Byung-hee had wandered into the road, and before he could safely reach his friends he was tragically hit by a truck.
The death had a heavy impact on Ji-hyuk and his friends. For a period of time the boys debated quitting the school completely until Ji-hyuk found an advertisement Byung-hee had saved for a band contest that he had entered Eye Candy in without telling the other members. The catch to the contest was that all the members had to be enrolled high school students. From that point on the boys had to play it safe in order not to get kicked out of their new school while also keeping up with their practice. During this time Ji-hyuk also grew closer to his new neighbor, Su-ah, their relationship made complicated by the fact that she was the girl that Byung-hee liked.
When the time for the band contest finally came, Hyun-soo got into an accident that damaged his hand, and forced Eye Candy go give up partway through their performance. The boys were upset and discouraged, feeling like they'd let Byung-hee down by not winning. When things seemed bleak once more Eye Candy got a surprising call from an entertainment company looking to work out some contracts with the boys. Unfortunately for them there were only two members the company wanted to sign, Ji-hyuk and Hyun-soo. Ji-hyuk tore up the contract offered to him without a second thought and left with his band, determined to prove their worth as a group. Practicing hard and creating new material to show what they could do.
Well, they managed it. While the company was not willing to sign them on fully, they did agree to keeping the band together and allowing them to release a single under the company's name. It gave Ji-hyuk and his friends the start they needed to be recognized by the public in general, and Eye Candy quickly became rising in popularity. Meanwhile Ji-hyuk in his friends were forced to move into a dorm setting and deal with a sudden surge in recognition and expectations they'd never had before.
The next several weeks of Ji-hyuk's life involved him rapidly finding out that he had a terrible personality for fame. He was surely and not good in front of cameras, and what's worse he refused to listen to any of the rules laid out for him by the company. He would go out when he wanted. He got into fights instead of trying to find alternatives. He dated a girl in secret (Su-ah, who he finally worked things out with) and then refused to deny it which caused a huge scandal so early on into Eye Candy's career. Ji-hyuk was an absolute PR nightmare, and most of his friends (barring Hyun-soo and maybe Kyung-jong) weren't faring much better.
Things began to get worse between the band too. Relationships were beginning to strain as the stress of trying to balance they suddenly growing fame as well as school and their own personal lives started to become too much. To make matters worse Ji-hyuk's PR disaster made it entirely possible for the label to drop Eye Candy completely, and that relationship that caused the whole scandal? Something he'd been hiding from the rest of the band. Not earning himself a whole lot of points with his friends.
Things reached the height of terrible when Ji-hyuk picked up a Hyun-soo's phone, and intercepted a call from Hyun-soo's parents, where he learned that his friend's little sister (Da-som), who had always been sick, was getting worse and his family didn't have money for the surgeries she'd need to put her on the fast track to recovery.
Personality:Imagine the typical grungy garage band kid with a bad attitude and no respect for authority. Got that image in mind? There you go, you've just pictured Ji-hyuk. This image isn't skin deep with this kid, in a lot of ways Ji-hyuk embodies the stereotype of a no-good punk. It's not that he's necessarily a bad kid, but it might be a stretch to call him a good one either. For the most part his heart is in the right place, but to say he's rough around the edges is actually being kind of generous.
For starters they don't come much more hard headed than Ji-hyuk. It can be a double edged sword of sorts. On one hand it makes working with him an absolute nightmare. He's not exactly great about listening to authority figures, which is hell for his teachers and managers. Even if he agrees to something, he'll usually ignore the rules other people set out for him and do whatever he wants to. Don't go out after dark? Looks like it's time to head out that very night. Don't get into fights? Time to get into a huge brawl first chance he gets. His ability to follow other people's instructions is pretty much nonexistent. On the other hand he also doesn't give up easily. When Ji-hyuk sets his mind on something he'll work towards that goal until he makes it or breaks it. And breaks it is the key term here. Ji-hyuk will toss everything he's got into whatever he happens to be working towards at the moment, and it doesn't always work out well for him.
The possibility that things might not go well is not something Ji-hyuk stops to think about either. Ji-hyuk can be incredibly quick to make snap judgement calls without fully thinking out the consequences... or thinking out the consequences at all. When something serious is happening right in front of him (someone is in danger, his friend is getting into a fight, etc...) he's more than ready to jump right into the thick of it. Often times these choices to get involved end up having some pretty negative long term consequences for him. At the same time, despite how rash he can be in the heat of the moment, Ji-hyuk is also surprisingly level-headed most of the time. If he's not feeling emotionally charged about a situation, or he's given time to think things over then he tends to be able to approach a problem in a pretty practical and reasonable way.
The problem is finding a situation that Ji-hyuk isn't feeling emotionally charged about. Ji-hyuk's got a temper on him. While he isn't as immediately explosive or over the top as some of his friends it doesn't take much to irritate him, and it's scarily easy to provoke him into fight. Ji-hyuk's not exactly a violent person in that he's not one to lash out at an innocent person, children, or women. But oh man, if another guy tries to pick a fight with him he'll start throwing punches at the drop of a hat.
The fastest way to get him to fight with you? Do something bad to one of his friends. Ji-hyuk is loyal to the bone, and will do anything at all to protect his friends on every possible level. Not only will he leap into a fray to defend them, but he'll sacrifice his own dreams and well being for theirs. He goes above and beyond the call of duty for a normal level of friendship, because his friends pretty much are his family. Considering how distant Ji-hyuk was from his mother growing up, the only people that were there for him and provided him with emotional support and love were his bandmates.
That fact did mess the kid up a little on an emotional level. He has no fondness whatsoever for his mom. The last time she tries to approach him, Ji-hyuk flat out tells the woman that he has no mother, and makes it clear he has no interest in ever seeing her again. Over the course of the series a reconciliation between the two never occurs either, and Ji-hyuk's ties to his family remained severed. Not having any family to rely on meant that Ji-hyuk grew up a lonely kid. While he had his friends Hyun-soo and later Byung-hee to keep him company, it didn't kill the loneliness completely.
It also didn't help much with his people skills. While Ji-hyuk's not exactly socially inept, he does have his moments. Ji-hyuk is very friendly and physically affectionate with his friend, but can come across as distant, unfriendly and sometimes even menacing to strangers. He can also be blunt to the point of tactless at time, and is not someone who should ever be doing any sort of public speaking. He's also kind of iffy with the whole expressing emotions thing, or being honest with emotions, and on occasion understanding emotions. Honestly, emotions in general just give him problems. It doesn't help with things like his inability to apologize when he's in the wrong for something (especially small and stupid things), or being able to give friends the emotional support and reassurance they need sometimes.
Still, even if he doesn't always have the right words to help comfort a person, or have the best approach to help them though, he's still a steadfast friend. He's someone that can usually be counted on to pull through for people in the end. And not just for his friends either, Ji-hyuk is pretty quick to help out people he barely knows when it looks like they're in a dangerous situation. He's got something of a hero complex going on, and it leads to some pretty self-sacrificial moments on his part.
Lastly, Ji-hyuk loves music. Music was something he discovered with his friend Byung-hee, and it's one of the only skills he's really got going for him in life.
Debt: The promise of a full cure for his the sick little sister (Da-som) of his close friend (Hyun-soo).
Suitability: Ji-hyuk's never been great at listening to what he's told to do. Honestly, he's a constant screw up on that matter. He's got an almost aggressive lack of respect for authority figures, and will blow off pretty much anyone who outright tells him what to do. Being a servant isn't going to be easy for him, and his actions are probably gonna cause the rising debt to heap on that much faster. That said, he's amazing determined, and when he really wants something he'll charge head first into it no matter how badly he has to humble or embarrass himself in the process. He's very good at gritting his teeth and bearing it. He won't like being a servant one bit, and he might not always listen to the rules laid out of him (which will likely never end well for him), but he'll do a fairly good job putting up with it.
Previous Game Info: N/A
Inventory: Not much. Just the clothing he was wearing at the time (including some accessories), and two cellphones. His phone, and his friend, Hyun-soo's phone.
Abilities, Strengths, and Weaknesses: Ji-hyuk isn't a man of many talents, but he is musically inclined. He specializes in the guitar, but he picks up pretty much any instrument faster than most people can. He's also got a decent singing voice. He's great at street fights too! Sure, he might not always win (he might often lose actually), but he's really good at jumping head first into danger without thinking ahead! ... That's a strength, right? Well, alright, maybe not, but his dogged loyalty to his friends definitely is. Besides, he's decently in shape. He can certainly run for long periods of time, and take one hell of a beat down without cracking.
His pigheadedness, and constant fumbling with other people's feelings is less of one. In fact, I'd go so far as to say those might be outright weaknesses. Along with his crippling inability to discuss his own emotions with other people, as well as his inability to properly apologize for his fuck ups. Then there's the mommy issues which go hand in hand with some abandonment issues and horrible loneliness.
That and he's a normal kid with no powers, so he's pretty easy to kill.
( SAMPLE )
Characterization Sample: Winter can be a harsh, biting season, especially in a country like Korean, but it's kind of funny... when you're someone that wears at least a dozen layers of clothing at any given point the cold really isn't all that bad. Sure, colder weather wasn't exactly great on the throat, but Eye Candy's style of music had never been all that polished and pretty, and Ji-hyuk's way of singing had never been that smooth. A little extra roughing up of his voice wasn't a big deal to him.
He sniffed loudly, trying to ignore the way the cold air simultaneously burned the inside of his nose, and numbed the outside of it. Alright, so maybe the cold bothered him a little bit. No one really liked standing outside for over an hour waiting around for a friend on a good day, much less when the weather was shitty. Ji-hyuk let out an exaggerated sigh, letting his breath steam in the air. It gave an nice added effect, like a visual representation of his irritation at the situation right now.
Byung-hee had never been good about arriving when he was supposed to, but he usually didn't keep Ji-hyuk sitting around with his thumbs up his own ass this long. Pulling his phone out of his pocket, Ji-hyuk tapped a finger against the screen. No new messages. This bastard didn't even have the common decency to send him a message? Figured.
He straightened up, lifting himself off the wall he was leaning against, flipping through screens on his phone debating what to do next. He sure as hell wasn't going to keep waiting around here, but he still hit Byung-hee's contact, letting the phone ring a few times before it went to voicemail. Clicking his tongue as the automated message started up he moved away from the wall completely, slowly trudging down the street in the direction of the bus stop.
"Hey! You dog. Who keeps a friend waiting like that, huh? I almost froze to death. Next time give me a message if you're not going to bother showing up."
He was about to say more before he heard someone call out, "My friend! What are you so angry about?" somewhere behind him. Glancing over his shoulder saw the guy he was trying to scold via voicemail, standing there with a big grin on his face, arms stretched out to his side like he was waiting for an unseen crowd to go apeshit over his arrival. Couldn't get a gig better than playing in some shitty nightclubs and the guy already acted like he was some kind of rockstar.
Any mild irritation Ji-hyuk felt dissipated in an instant at that showy entrance, but he still did his best to keep the smiling off his own face. Mind you, his best wasn't very good, and he ended up laughing quietly to himself as he shook his head a couple of times. "This punk," muttered under his breath, but the grin on his face got wider as he turned and began heading over towards Byung-hee.