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MAXWELL:

            𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐄  𝐈𝐓  𝐖𝐀𝐒  𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐘  𝐅𝐎𝐑  𝐌𝐀𝐗𝐖𝐄𝐋𝐋  𝐓𝐎  𝐆𝐄𝐓  𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐎  𝐓𝐇𝐄  𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐈𝐃𝐀𝐘  𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐑𝐈𝐓  ,  𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄  𝐖𝐀𝐒  𝐀𝐍  𝐈𝐍𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓  𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐑  𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆  𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐍  .  to  his  paranoid  mind  ,  it  seemed  a  welcoming  gate  for  all  the  creatures  which  resided  in  hell  ,  or  other  creepy  crawly  places  ,  to  come  up  &  terrify  him  specifically  .  but  he  was  also  not  an  idiot  &  would  never  turn  down  the  possibility  to  party  or  chow  down  on  festival  food  .  thus  ,  he  ended  up  outside  of  his  apartment  ,  when  generally  he  wouldn’t  come  out  for  anything  but  work  .  his  eyes  stayed  averted  from  the  giant  screen  ,  taunting  him  with  his  worst  FEAR  (  the  idea  that  horror  movies  would  bring  about  ghosts  or  serial  killers  to  his  very  own  home  )  ,  to  stay  safe  .  but  he  was  surprisingly  having  fun  ,  being  the  social  person  he  was  .  &  even  more  fun  was  the  fact  that  there  was  a  petting  zoo  !  this  meant  more  free  pets  for  him  to  take  home  !  that  was  how  he  ended  up  skillfully  snagging  one  of  the  baby  goats  inside  ,  currently  wrapped  up  in  his  arms  &  THRASHING  about  in  an  attempt  to  escape  ,  giving  the  person  nagging  him  an  offended  scowl  .  ❝  what  do  you  mean  i  can’t  have  him  ?  he  doesn’t  have  tags  ,  duh  !  that  means  i  can  have  him  .  i’ve  named  him  trashboy  .  isn’t  he  cute  ?  ❞

seeing maxwell at work, and having to pretend to tend to drinks when the other boy was always such a tempting distraction, was already almost more than jae could handle. and he’d always known that he would have to see him outside of work eventually, but he had never expected to have seen him in the state he was in currently - or to have to be the one to stop him from stealing one of the animals from the petting zoo. “ hey, don’t look at me like that. I’m not the one trying to steal a goat at the moment, am I? ” he argued, when maxwell responded to his pleas to ‘please, put the goat back' with nothing more than an offended scowl. “ he is a goat, maxwell, they don’t typically have tags. ” he made his argument barely above a whisper, worried that someone working the attraction would finally notice the other boy’s actions if they didn’t keep their volume down. “ and he may be very cute, and the name trashboy may be oddly endearing, but - ” suddenly worried that he was beginning to give into maxwell’s crazy scheme the longer he talked about the goat in the other boy’s arms, he sighed in defeat. “ think of trashboy’s parents, hm? I’m sure they’d miss him a whole lot if you took him away now. not to mention all of the goat friends he’s probably made throughout the night. ” it was a cheap shot, to play on the emotional connection to the animal’s family, but he had to do something to get him to put him back. “ you can have me instead, if you put trashboy back. I have no tags, and you tell me I’m cute most of the time when we’re working. c’mon, please? ”

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TAEMIN:

           it wasn’t usual to see taemin out in the town in broad daylight , but after several students urging him to have some fun and chillax , he ended up walking down his street towards the square . at first , everything seemed so … familiar and joyful —— when was halloween every joyful ? it’s supposed to be spooky —— but after walking among people for a while , he finally found something to make him cringe . aliens ? sure , the universe was far too wide to deny it . ghosts ? that was far-fetched , but sure . HAND READING ? that was taking it too far . without noticing , he had been staring across the path to the tent , sipping his latte without suspicious expression , not noticing he was holding the path “ ——how do people … believe this ? ”

admittedly, jae hadn’t been paying attention to where he was going. there was so much happening at the festival around him that he found it difficult to focus on what was actually in front of him. he’d had his eyes on some sort of face painting stand off to his left whenever he’d felt himself run directly into the person in front of him. he stumbled backward after the fact, managing to catch himself before he actually fell. “ oh - sorry, I wasn’t - ” finding the figure in front of him alarmingly familiar, he cut his apology off early in favor of confirming his suspicions. “ taemin? ” he checked, smile growing when he realized that he was right. “ I didn’t expect to see you here tonight. ” he admitted, moving around him to stand beside him instead as he let his gaze focus on the hand reading booth that had captured his attention. he shrugged. “ I don’t know. I’ve never really looked into it much myself, but there must be something to it if people trust it that much. ” he reasoned, grin growing only a moment later as an idea occurred to him. “ there’s only one way to find out, y’know. ” bracing himself for the reaction that was almost sure to come, he turned to him. “ wanna’ do it together? you never know, you could really discover something about yourself. ”

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BABYLON:

                    ──── °✧｡× :    his  skin  is  covered  in  multi - coloured  paints  (  courtesy  of  the  little  girl  who’d  wanted  her  face  painted  and  instead  decided  that  the  tattoos  on  his  hands  and  arms  looked  like  the  funnest  colouring  book  she’d  ever  seen  ;  and  how  was  he  supposed  to  say  no  to  that  ?  )  and  it  has  started  to  feel  absolutely  awful  under  the  warmth  of  the  sun  .  ❝  …  do  you  think  there’s  any  place  i  can  maybe  wash  this  off  ?  ❞  he  asks  the  person  nearest  to  him  .  he’s  not  usually  so  quick  to  talk  to  people  ,  but  he  doubts  anyone  will  really  snap  at  him  here  .  ❝  or  ,  um  ,  should  i  just  wait  ‘til  —  ‘til  i  go  home  ?  actually  ,  maybe  i  should  do  that  anyway  ,  i  —  i  think  i’d  seen  some  kids  over  at  the  ,  uh  ,  the  petting  zoo  getting  kind  of  …  wild  in  the  pens  ?  nothing  ,  like  ,  too  bad  ,  but  …  no  one  seemed  to  be  paying  much  attention  and  i  think  someone  should  still  make  sure  all  the  animals  are  ,  um  ,  comfortable  ?  ❞  ｡⋆

jae is surprised to hear someone speak from beside him, and he half expects it to be yet another person attempting ( and, most likely, succeeding ) to scare him with an unwelcome jump scare. instead, however, he’s met with the sight of someone looking perhaps as out of place as he felt and his lips ease up into a smile almost immediately. “ y’know, there’s people around here paying good money for face painting that isn’t nearly as good as what you’ve already got there. ” he notes, playfully, as his eyes follow the lines of color dashed across the other’s skin. and it’s only once he’s finished mapping out the details of the designs that he lets himself speak up once more, only slightly disappointed that he hadn’t gotten the chance to hear the story behind the colors before they get washed away. “ if you’re still interested in getting rid of your artwork, however, I think there’s a sink somewhere over by the food stands? ” he offers, trying to mentally recall what he'd seen throughout the night. however, as the topic shifts to the other’s concern for the petting zoo animals, he forfeits his attempts at remembering what he’d seen and furrows his brows instead. jae wasn’t usually one for confrontation, far from it, but his compassion for animals made this situation a little different. “ actually, I think you’re right. the animals already have to deal with enough when they’re a part of events like this, I’m sure; they don’t need to deal with kids trying to get rowdy with them on top of it all. ” he agrees easily. “ I haven’t actually been to the petting zoo yet, though. if you don’t mind showing me the way, I’d be happy to check up on them and make sure they’re all as comfortable as they can be while you go and uh - wash off your creations? ”

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AVERY:

he’d been strong armed into it. there was no way he’d voluntarily commit himself to standing at the peau d’amour’s food stall for half the day let alone be required to dress up. not that it was really much of a costume, but he was already regreting how the faux cat ears were feeling. he’d managed to work them around the outer hardwear of his cochlear implants, but they didn’t sit like they would have on someone else. it, coupled with the noise of the crowd, was making him unbearily grumpy. so there he stood, looking like a sulking cat thanks to the ears, lil fangs, and face painted nose with whiskers. he stood there and gnawed half-heartedly on a gleaming red candy apple as he watched the crowd idly. at least it wasn’t as busy as it had been earlier. at least he had this apple ( even though he couldn’t bite through the candy ). 

jae never really cared for halloween much. he didn’t mind it, exactly, but it definitely wasn’t one of his favorite holidays. he just didn’t understand the appeal of willingly partaking in events that people knew were only going to scare them in the end. however, despite his lack of enthusiasm for the holiday, he’d been unable to avoid the event around town centered entirely around it. no matter where he went, it was all that anyone was talking about, and his own curiosity wouldn’t allow him to simply stay away from something that was destined to be the talk of the town for at least the next week. however, now that he was here, he was sort of wondering if staying at home would’ve been a better option after all. he’d spent most of his night people watching and, while he usually enjoyed it, it didn’t exactly seem festive. his last hope for the entire thing seemed to be finding the food stands and praying that what they had to offer was halloween-y enough to justify his decision to leave his apartment for the night. and, fortunately, they didn’t let him down. he only had to let his eyes linger on the food stands in front of them for a few moments before he finally registered just who was standing behind the counter of one of them. “ avery? ” he double-checked once he got closer, his grin growing when he realized that it genuinely was him. “ you didn’t tell me you were working tonight ! ” he accused, playfully, once he was close enough for the other boy to be able to comfortably hear him. “ I can’t believe you would've let me miss out on this ! ” one of his hands gestured vaguely toward avery’s entire costume as way of explanation, his gaze trailing across him to take in each detail before finally flickering back up to his own gaze. “ you make a wonderful kitten. ” he complimented with a small smirk, letting himself lean onto the counter between them as he tilted his head slightly to the side. “ although, you don’t look like a very happy one at the moment. tough night? ”

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(  lee taeyong, cismale, he/him  )  who is that ? oh, it’s just JAESUNG PARK. the TWENTY-FOUR year old has been in beauhart for HIS WHOLE LIFE and is currently a BARTENDER. i’ve heard they can be ASTUTE and AFFABLE, but also IMPULSIVE and STUBBORN. maybe that’s why their anthem is CLEMENTINE by HALSEY and PAINT STAINED JEANS, VOICE SOFT LIKE HONEY, & SLEEPLESS NIGHTS makes me think of them.

BASICS

name: jaesung park preferred name: jae age: twenty-four occupation: bartender birthday: november 13th zodiac: scorpio hometown: beauhart sexuality / romantic orientation: pansexual  l  panromantic

personality: + astute, affable l - impulsive, stubborn aesthetics: paint stained jeans, voice soft like honey, perpetually messy hair, late nights & half finished mugs of coffee

BACKSTORY: born and raised in beauhart to two parents who had both worked as lawyers, jae’s life had been more or less planned out for him before he was even old enough to walk. his parent’s had always had a clear vision for his future and, although they were always technically caring, they had never been shy or subtle in making their opinions well known. fortunately, he had a younger brother who eventually took some of his parent’s attention away from him. however, as far as his parents were concerned, he’d always been the ‘golden child’ of the family and therefore got held to a lot higher of expectations with a lot more repercussions when those expectations weren’t met. and, as a result, he had spent most of his childhood trying to keep up with those standards despite the fact that he’d never really found himself very interested in any of the things that his parents seemed to care about. while they’d seemed worried about his studies and having mock arguments at the dinner table, he’d always been more interested in art and literature than anything else. eventually, however, he graduated high school top of his class and got into his first choice of college where he began starting on his general classes and the first of his pre-law classes. just as his parents had wanted. it was only after finishing his first two years, and getting a taste of what law school would be like, that he finally allowed himself to admit that he wanted nothing to do with it. and, after building up the courage, he finally opened up to his parents and told them just that. however, their reaction wasn’t what he’d expected. they were not only disappointed in him, they’d given him an ultimatum; either finish law school, and stay in touch with the family, or leave and make it on his own with whatever career he chose - without the help, financially or otherwise, from his family. hurt, he’d eagerly agreed for the chance to get out of there. now, he’s working at the local bar to pay his bills while he tries to figure out where exactly he wants to go from here. he’s taking this time to explore and rebel in a lot of the ways he never had a chance to before, and he’s trying to just relax for the first time in his life. however, the freedom he’s always wanted feels a lot more suffocating than he’d ever imagined now that he’s uncertain what he wants to do with it. 

PERSONALITY: spoiler alert: he’s a soft boy. his upbringing, as well as the fallout with his family, have given him some uh .. trust issues to work through, and the fear of that can sometimes make him come off a little cold or uninterested when he doesn’t know someone very well but .. he’s actually the sweetest boy in the world. he’s trying really hard to be all rebellious and try everything now that he doesn’t have his parents breathing down his neck 24/7 because he always lowkey wanted to be that sort of person but .. he’s a lightweight and a hopeless romantic so .. most of the things he’s doing now just end up getting his heart broken and he’s sort of confused on the appeal of it all so far?? he wouldn’t admit that to most people, though, and it definitely doesn’t stop him from being easily swayed into his next bad decision. despite all of that, he actually really loves working at the bar?? all of the mock arguments that took place in his house growing up have made him very good at talking to people and being what they need him to be, which makes him a very good listener and the perfect stranger for the people visiting to open up to. his boss likes it because he keeps people there drinking for a long time, and he says that he likes it because he makes good tips from it but he likes to think that he can actually help some people talking to them. he also really likes to paint in his free time, but he doesn’t think he’s any good ( shout out to his parents ruining his self esteem with all of their unrealistic expectations !! ) and so he almost never shows his work to anyone and is usually only caught drawing in public whenever he’s having a really bad day. basically, he can be very closed off and secretive but it’s all a cover to protect himself because he’s actually just a sweetheart who just has absolutely no idea who he is or what he’s doing with his life.

WANTED CONNECTIONS:

- younger brother - fwb - bad influence - unrequited crush - muse - confidant / ride or die - roommate - childhood friends - frequent customers at the bar - exes ( both good + bad terms )

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this look? unparalleled

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They called you golden boy and pushed you up to heavens to live amongst the stars. But you couldn’t bear the weight of the universe so you crumbled and you fell. And you burned. And you burn.

they don’t know no gold is made without suffering (via gaywarstars)

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evary cat is a little celebrity 2 me

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under the stars light with the brightest star ♡

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Why don't you just ask guys out?

If I wanted to get my self-esteem crushed by a man I'd just have a conversation with my father

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I wanna be in love but also yikes

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an angel ♡

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id love for someone to please explain to me how i ended up terrified of any kind of intimacy while craving it constantly all at the same time

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