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good morning good afternoon & good evening!! i'm shrimps (they/them) and this is cha iseul (she/her), your dove. excited to get to know you all and your muses. ♡

ngl i'm still working out iseul's voice, but some tidbits about her below. lmk if you'd like my disco username; i don't have a platform preference for plotting!

TL;DR + BIO SUMMARY

positive traits: gregarious, loyal, empathetic, altruistic negative traits: duplicitous, calculating, naive, nosy neutral traits: obedient, pragmatic, habitual iseul's a little bit fake, but she's very sweet, and everything she does is all out of good intentions, promise. find her working the post office counter or gossiping at the cafe (with an iced americano in hand, regardless of the location). iseul comes from a family that has always been tied to the spiritual side of onyang, first as temple-keepers in the mountain temple, then as loyal (and subsequently not-so-loyal) servants of the antler god. though details of the antler god have been lost to time, iseul's a bit more aware of the antler god than most of her generation, due to hearing stories from her grandmother (who was iseul's sole guardian, as her father was an unknown outsider and her mother passed away when she was a child). she's lived in onyang her whole life and has never expressed a particular desire to leave—she genuinely loves the town and the people in it, her grandmother most of all. (and maybe she's never allowed herself to dream any bigger. loyalty is a key tenet of iseul's sense of self, for better or worse. if that means that her perception of self-value is inexorably tied to the way the people she cares about regard her, well!) she's willing to both help and hear out the antler god, because as far as she knows it's powerful and can help the town, and the requests made of her have been harmless . . . so far, at least. + if you're into overwrought nonsense and semi-reliable narration, iseul's full bio can be found here.

LAZY HEADER FOR GENERAL THOUGHTS & MISC. BITS

smiley. sunny. kinda saccharine tbqh. idk man in some ways iseul really is Just A Girl. this is arguably because that's all she allows herself to be (and the exploration and challenging of this is something i think will be one of the central elements of iseul's personal character arc throughout this szn). she never really made trouble growing up; the worst thing you could say about her is that she's a two-faced people pleaser.

has a good poker face when it matters (which is to say that iseul will never tell you that she actually thinks you were the asshole in the story you're telling her), but is easily annoyed and not afraid to show it. very good at mirroring and generally being emotionally available without ever actually revealing anything substantive.

iseul is intuitive and has a better memory than she lets on—yes, she keeps track of who's sending mail and to whom. she likes to think she uses this for good, as a peace-keeper and a mood-maker. this is usually true.

cha sookja, iseul's grandmother, is locally famous for her knowledge of the region's history and her traditional temple food. she is also locally infamous for embodying basically every element of the ahjumma stereotype. nonzero chance your muse has been harangued and/or cooed at by her. recently, she developed lung complications from a pretty bad case of bronchitis—frankly, she's not doing well, but she refuses to go to a major city to seek treatment (and even if she was, there's no way she/iseul would be able to afford it). iseul is dealing with it in a Normal and Healthy way by refusing to discuss it at all.

loosely buddhist and pescatarian (emphasis on loosely buddhist). pretty superstitious (you can't be an onyang cha without being superstitious, i think).

character parallels include: rei hino / sailor moon. maru mori / blue period. sciel / expedition 33. isolde itou / signalis. shinohara wakaba / revolutionary girl utena. caitlyn kiramman (arcane).

PLOT + CONNECTION IDEAS

i will get to these probably. eventually

but ik i like the idea of someone who iseul just straight up can't get to like her. no particular beef or identifiable wrongs, no failed relationships (though these would also be super fun to explore!! angst and conflict yaaaay). just someone she cannot get to vibe with her, despite her best efforts. she is Fine With This. So Fine.

also consider: iseul teaches your muse how to address an envelope. does this make any sense with the general plot's vibe nor the ages of our muses? no. would it be funny? lowkey yes i think.

#dove — INTRO.

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