WHAT HAPPENS IN SEOUL

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BACKGROUND & INFO

최승현 | CHOI SEUNGHYUN
27 YRS OLD | GAMBLER/STOCK TYCOON
STRAIGHT | SINGLE|                                   BORN INTO THE ARCHETYPE OF AN URBAN POVERTY DISASTER,  CHOI SEUNGHYUN WASN'T BORN ROLLING IN MONEY. RATHER, HE WAS UTTERLY DEVOID OF BOTH WEALTH, CARE, AND LOVE, HIS PARENTS WERE SIMPLY PUPPETS TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND OTHER URBAN TRAGEDIES AND HOPE WAS SOMETHING HARDLY EVER FOUND NEAR THE PLACE HE CALLED HOME. HOWEVER, HE'D NEVER HATED THEM FOR THEIR FLAWS, NEVER BLAMED THEM FOR THE HORRORS HE WITNESSED. INSTEAD, EVER SINCE HE WAS A YOUNG BOY, HE NEVER ACCEPTED HIS SEEMINGLY INEVITABLE DESTINY, NEVER FELT THAT HE BELONGED TO THE FATE HE WAS BORN TO. THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM CALLED HIM STUPID, NAIVE, MISLED, UNGRATEFUL, AND EGOTISTIC FOR THINKING HE DESERVED BETTER OR COULD ACHIEVE ANY BETTER. HE WAS TORMENTED BY THE COMMUNITY, SHUNNED AS A OUTCAST, LABELLED AS A HEARTLESS, INHUMANE, and empty SHELL OF HUMAN, WHICH IS PERHAPS WHAT HE HIMSELF WAS BEGINNING TO BELIEVE AS WELL. SEUNGHYUN NEVER RETALIATED THOUGH, HOLDING HIS TONGUE AND CLENCHING back HIS FISTS IN ORDER TO AVOID ANY POSSIBLE FUTURE VENDATTAS OR ANYONE WHO WOULD REMEMBER HIM IN A COUPLE OF YEARS, AS SOON AS HE HIT AGE 16, AFTER THE SUDDEN DEATH OF HIS PARENTS, HE TOOK A TICKET TO THE GLITTERING LIMELIGHT AND POSTERIZED WEALTH OF SEOUL AND NEVER LOOKED BACK.                                                                                                                                                           HE'D TRIED ALL THERE WAS TO TRY, DONE ALL THERE WAS TO DO, MADE HIS FAIR SHARE OF MISTAKES AND REALIZED A GOOD NUMBER OF HIS FAULTS. IT WAS A COMPLETELY FATEFUL DISCOVERY THAT THE YEARS OF ISOLATION FROM OTHERS, IMMUNITY TO SHOCKING EXPERIENCES, AND NEUTRALIZATION OF EMOTIONS HAD CRAFTED CHOI SEUNGHYUN INTO ONE HELL OF A GAMBLER, UNDERAGE, HE'D SNEAK INTO THE CLUBS WHERE THE CITY'S WEALTHIEST MEN WERE ABOVE THE LAW, AND BY SOME LUCKY STRIKE, HE'D GOTTEN HIS CHANCE TO SIT AT THE POKER TABLE. ONE EVENT TURNED INTO ANOTHER, SMALL VICTORIES BECOMING LUMP SUMS OF MONEY, OPPONENTS BECOMING BUSINESS CONNECTIONS, MENTORS, AND PATRONS, AND SOON HE BECAME A REGULAR AT GAMES OF THE HIGHEST STAKES IN THE CITY. HE'D FACE ALL SORTS OF GAMBITS AND PLOTS, WITNESSED THE WHOLE RANGE OF CRIMES AND TOP CLASS CORRUPTION, BUT ONE THING NEVER CHANGED AND THAT ONE THING WAS PERSONAL VICTORY. ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE PENNILESS BOY OF SEOUL'S DARKEST STREETS VANISHED OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH TO BE REPLACED BY A MAN WHO ROLLED WITH SEOUL'S WEALTHIEST, AND PERHAPS DIRTIEST. THE ENDS WOULD MOST CERTAINLY JUSTIFY THE MEANS.                                                                                                                                                 THE VICTORY POTS GREW EXPONENTIALLY, AND IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE SEUNGHYUN BEGAN INVESTING HIS EARNINGS INTO THE STOCK MARKETS FOR MASSIVE RETURN, founding his own firm that seemed to handle a little  bit of everything. HIS METEORIC RISE TO WEALTH WAS STREAMLINED ON THE HEADLINES, THE STORY OF SEOUL'S NEXT SUPER RICH. HE MADE AN EXQUISITE STORY - LOOKS THAT KILLED, THE MYSTERIOUS AND DARK PERSONA, PEAK OF YOUTH, A SEEMINGLY PSYCHOPATHIC LIAR, NEARLY PROPHETIC SENSE, SOME SIXTH SENSE FOR THE FUTURE, ENDLESS LUCK, UNREADABLE AND UNPREDICTABLE, RECKLESS AND RELENTLESS, SINGLE AND FLIRTATIOUS, WILD AND Y. BUT NOBODY - NOT THE MEDIA, NOT HIS PARTNERS, NOT HIS ENEMIES - KNEW A SINGLE THING ABOUT WHERE THIS MAN'S ROOTS. FRANKLY, HE DOESN'T WANT TO REMEMBER EITHER. .

PERSONALITY

A MAN RIDDEN WITH RUMORS, THE CHOI SEUNGHYUN IN THE PUBLIC'S EYES IS A DEVIL OF MAN, BOTH IN CHARM AND CHARACTER. HIS POKER FACE HAS BECOME A TRADEMARK IN HIS EVERYDAY LIFE. HIS MANNERS ARE IMPECCABLE AND HE'S SUAVE, INTELLIGENT, ABLE TO TALK HIMSELF INTO OR OUT OF ANYTHING, IMPRESSIVELY COMPETITVE, AND FEARFULLY GOOD AT READING PEOPLE AND THEIR HIDDEN INTENTS AND DESIRES. OFTEN HE IS DOMINANT, DEMANDING OF ATTENTION, FOREVER COMPOSED, BUT DISTINCTLY IMPERSONAL AND INDEPENDENT, ABLE TO GET ANYTHING HE WANTS FROM OTHERS WITHOUT EXPOSING A SINGLE THING ABOUT HIMSELF OR HIS PAST. ALTHOUGH HE IS POWER HUNGRY, HE DESPISES SUBORDINANCE, COWARDICE, AND DEFERENCE AS CHARACTER TRAITS IN OTHER PEOPLE.                                                                                                                                                    TO THE SELECT PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME INTO CONTACT WITH SEUNGHYUN BEHIND THE LINES, HE IS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE UNPREDICTABLE AND WHEN HIS TEMPER IS TESTED, HE IS DISTINGUISHABLY VOLATILE. DESPITE HIS GREAT RELUCTANCE TO BOTH GIVE OR RECIEVE TRUST, HE CAN BE RATHER PROTECTIVE OF THE VERY FEW HE DOES CARE ABOUT, ALTHOUGH HE'LL NEVER ADMIT IT. WHEN/IF EVER TRULY IN LOVE, HE ACTUALLY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A BIT OF A ROMANTIC, PERHAPS OUT OF COMPENSATION OF THE LOVE HE NEVER HAD EARLY ON IN HIS LIFE. DESPITE HIS UNFALTERING CONSTANT FACADE, INTERNALLY, CHOI SEUNGHYUN IS SUBCONCIOUSLY STILL AT GREAT TURMOIL WITH HIS INNER SELF AND PERSONAL IDENTITY, AND THIS CONFLICT MAY SURFACE AS TRACES OF POLARITY IN PERSONALITY IN PRIVATE.                                                                                          A significant amount of his time is spent around other ceo's, heris, and politicians but he is also often spotted with famous entertainers, models, athletes, and the city's brightest young talents and minds. behind the scenes, he is also quite familiar with the underground scene of seoul, as it turns out that crime and money are found in the same family picture. consequently, he's taken quite an interest in various forms of martial arts and arms training in what he coins "personal defense." however he is not insensitive to the life of an average citizen,                                      

OOC INFO

« 3POV - para to novella, but prefers multipara
« CAN DO ESSENTIALLY ANY TYPE OF PLOT AS LONG AS IT'S INTERESTING - , DRAMA, ANGST, ETC.
« EST TIMEZONE
« DISCLAIMER: MAY BE SLOW REPLIES DUE TO BUSY IRL, admIN WORK, or lack of muse. PLEASE DO NOT RUSH.
« when we plot, i don't want to be the only one trying - i can't make decisions for you. it's not fair for the both of us                                            « Going to be honest - sometimes i lose interest in our rp if the plot is meh... simple as that.      « FEEL FREE TO HMU ME OOC. i'm actually very chill. JUST NO DRAMA.

PLOTS - under con.

[[ THESE PLOTS ARE JUST IDEAS THAT MAY BE MODIFIED TO FIT OUR CHARACTERS BEST. I ALSO CLAIM THE RIGHT TO DENY CERTAIN PLOTS DUE TO CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS IN WRITING LENGTH OR UNFIT CHARACTER BACKGROUNDS.  ]]


«MONSTER (high DRAMA, ANGST, (?))             :closed-tiffany»              "I LOVE YOU, BABY I'M NOT A MONSTER. YOU KNOW HOW I WAS IN THE PAST. WHEN TIME PASSES, IT'LL ALL DISAPPEAR... THEN YOU'LL KNOW"                        I FIRST MET YOU WHEN I ARRIVED TO THE BETTER SIDE OF SEOUL AND THOUGH I'LL NEVER ADMIT IT, IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT, AT LEAST FOR ME. I'D NEVER FALLEN IN LOVE LIKE THIS BEFORE AND PERHAPS NEVER WILL AGAIN, BUT YOU WERE EVERYTHING I EVER WANTED. YOU HAD THE LIFE I ALWAYS WANTED, THE CHARACTER AND MORALS I WISH I HAD, THE HOPE AND ASPIRATIONS FOR THIS WORLD I WISH I NEVER LOST. YOU CRACKED THE ICE IN MY HEART, BROUGHT OUT THE BEST IN ME. WE'D GROWN CLOSER THAN ANY OTHER AND I LOOKED AT YOU THE WAY EVERY GIRL IN THIS WORLD WANTED TO BE LOOKED AT, BUT IN ONE OF MY LIFE'S GREATEST REGRETS, I NEVER TRULY CLOSED THE DEAL. THERE WAS NEVER ANY DOUBT THAT I WANTED YOU AS A PART OF THE LIFE I DREAMED OF. BUT PERHAPS IT WAS OUT MY PURE SELFISHNESS OR LACK OF ASSURANCE THAT YOU LOVED ME FOR WHO I WAS JUST AS MUCH I LOVED YOU. I WAS PENNILESS, UNRESPECTABLE, UNAPPROVED BY YOUR FAMILY, NOT NEARLY AS GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU AS I FELT I SHOULD HAVE BEEN SO I SHUT YOU OFF. I PROMISED MYSELF I'D COME BACK FOR YOU ONCE I WAS A BETTER PERSON, ONCE I COULD ACTUALLY GET YOU EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED, FIX EVERYTHING YOU WOULD CRY TO ME ABOUT, RUN AWAY WITH YOU LIKE YOU ALWAYS DREAMED OF. NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YEARS, I'VE PERFECTED MYSELF TO FACE YOU AGAIN, BUT I GUESS I TOOK TOO LONG. YOU'RE FARTHER AWAY FROM ME THAN YOU EVER WERE WHEN I WAS STILL THAT NOBODY FROM NOWHERE. YOU SAY I'VE CHANGED, LOST TRACK OF WHAT'S TRULY IMPORTANT, HAVE TURNED INTO THE RUMORED MONSTER, LIAR, PLAYBOY, AND CRIMINAL SOME RUMORS SAY I AM. YOU TELL ME YOU'VE FOUND SOMEONE ELSE AND FRANKLY, YOU SAY YOU JUST DON'T NEED OR WANT ME ANYMORE. BABY, I MAKE A LIVING OFF OF BUSTING LIES BUT WITH YOU, I CAN'T EVEN TELL ANYMORE. I'M JUST ABOUT AT THE BRINK OF FOLDING.                                                                                                     «paparazzi (DRAMA,ONE SIDED LOVE(?), (?))      :OPEN,FEMALE»                                                     "DON'T KNOW WHAT IE MEANS, BUT THIS PHOTO OF US, IT DON'T HAVE A PRICE. READY FOR THOSE FLASHING LIGHTS."                                             every high profile bacehlor needs a high profile girl to be caught by the paparazzi with. it'd be a flat out lie to say we're together for each other rather than ourselves. for me at least, this is all for show and fun. it's undeniable that we do look good together so it doesn't hurt to noise market a bit, keep people guessing, raise our personal stocks. we're a media favorite but neither of us is allowed to either confirm or deny our relationship. after all, i make a fantastic actor and i do admit that your looks don't make it hard to fall into character and at times, i don't blame you for wondering "what if?" we both agreed that this was a strictly business relationship from the very start, but how is it that you get upset with me when i spend the night with other girls, don't answer your calls, don't treat you the way i do for the cameras? we started this to confuse the public, but it seems to me that they're not the only people being tricked by this plot.                                                                                           «HEARTBEAT (, ANGST, DRAMA)             :closed»         "Are we dating? are we ing? are we best friends? are we something? in between that? i wish we never ed and i mean that. but not really."                                                             from the very moment that we met, there was always an indescribable attraction, an unsatiatable need. i like to thing that it's pure lust, but there must be something more based off the way we keep coming back, even after the nastiest fights and dirtiest lies. loyalty is not the defining trait of our relationship, but attachment is. there's a lot up to question between us but for now but all i can promise to do for you is til' we come to conclusions.                                                                                                                                       «rocketeer (drama, (?))                           :closed-naeun»      "here we go, Come with me. there's a world out there that we should see."                              I met you in a downtown bar one day while at one of my poker matches. you were far from anyone i usually came into contact with nowadays, in terms of wealth, class, and fame. frankly, you're closer to a nobody, closer to the image of myself some ten years ago. now i usually hate anyone and anything that reminds me of my 'shameful' past of poverty and weakness but the glint of aspiration in your eyes was something i hadn't seen in anyone but myself in the past few years. You were drunk as hell, lamenting over your life's struggles and the injustices of the world but you somehow struck a chord of compassion inside of me and i could not - would not leave you trapped in that hopeless cycle. afterwards i took you home that night, accompanied your miserable self, made you tell me things that you would have never told anyone else (perhaps if female) and it became clear to me what i wanted to do for you. you woke up the next morning and i asked you if you knew who i was, much to your shock and panic. your naivity makes me laugh still. i promised to do you better and decided to show you all the finer things in life. perhaps i was rash. perhaps i shouldn't play god in the lives of others. 'cause once you get a little taste of my world, it may too late to ever go back.                                                                                                                                                                                                                         tbc.