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THE YOUTUBER DREAMER
  BERNADETTA LEE 
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FULL NAME Bernadetta Ester Lee

ALIASES
 Lee Baram :: Her Korean name, but probably won't respond if someone calls her this! But her grandma named her this so she is going to let you know this is her Hangul Mal Name!
 Bernie :: She wants you to call her Bernie, not Bernadetta!
 Mal-Babo :: Bernie mixes up words all the time and its often embarassing. They joke that she can't even speak proper Korean. They're not entirely wrong buuuut...

BIRTHTOWN Poughkeepsie, NY, US
HOMETOWN – Same as Birthtown!
NATIONALITY – USA
ETHNICITY – Korean

LANGUAGES
 English :: Fluent
 Korean :: Honey, she can kinda understand it and knows the basics like I"m hungry, but has trouble reading and writing it and is prone to grammatical errors. She will also use the wrong word for things and doesn't always know the Korean word for something uniquely Korean. Bernie just really has a hard time conveying herself in Korean and it's furstrating when she can't get her point across quickly or accurately. Why can't it be as easy as English?!!!
 Japanese :: Through sheer force of will and a love for all things anime and manga, Bernie can read and write Japanese far better than Korean. She even speaks it fairly well. Hobbies are dangerous things for one Bernadetta Lee!

BIRTHDAY & AGE – 1999.31.03, 
HEIGHT & WEIGHT – 164 cm & 48 kg.

FACE CLAIM – Former Iz*One Hyewon
BACKUP – WeMe's Doyeon

APPEARANCE & STYLE – 

Simple girl needs simple clothing! She also doesn't really know fashion. omeone please dress her accordingly otherwise she will leave the house in jeans and tshirt every day. She's also been able to avoid plastic surgery so far! Even tough she's told she may want to consider a nose job possibly? Should she???? Molla..!!
     
THE HUMAN
 
TL;DR – Bernie is here for a good time and to make her musical, kpop dreams come true! Maybe promote the YouTube channel. Maybe meet some cute people. Get some of that idol glitz and glamour. Bernie thought this was all a fun game. And then the kpop nation attacked. Now she's stuck all alone in Korea with no family and friends: just a bright disposition and fangirl fantasies to keep her afloat and keep her colour alive.

PERSONALITY – 
Animated, Dense, Shortsighted, Absent-Minded, Amiable, Optimistic, Stubborn, Passionate, Generous, Naive 
When Bernie puts her mind to something she is a fearsome sight to behold. Especialy since this isnt something you should ever expect of her. If Bernie ever comes at you with passion and fire, run away. Run because she is going to to do something probably dumb and you're probably going to catch on fire!! Bernie is  think first and worry about the outcome later. Why worry about the future right now when you can be enjoying the NOWWWW??? Sometimes this means dealing with some consequences later but Bernie doesn't really think about that too much.
She's young and dumb. Her optimism about the situations around her is almost absurdly unrelenting! If she only got an hour of sleep then Bernie sees it as being so strong physcially and mentally she can handle it! Did she have to practice more because she got the dance wrong? That's all good! It means she gets more praxtice in and will be even better and better!! Bernie would be hard pressed to not see the postive in a situation to the point of almost delusion. This is fine. Everything is FIIIIINE! She is literally that meme with the dog in the burning room. She might be tired and worn out, but she'll make it work! Or might pass out while trying. Whatever comes first. Bernie sees the good in things so readily that she's just naive to the darker side of things. She takes people at face value because people are generally good, right? Right!! Which can get her into trouble.
She has a short attention span and is constantly being told to focus and pay attention. Don't take it personally! Bernie is just an airhead! She'll admit to it too! She is not the fastest on the uptick. It takes her some time to comprehend foreign things. The good thing is, Bernie is so so open about things. If she;s confused, she'll tell you she is! She never denies she's a bit dumb sometimes. "Huh?" or "What?" or even "I wasn't listening. What?" are so common from . 

Even if she's a little airheaded and naive, at least Bernie is very friendly. She will see someone she knows and you will feel like the most important person as she runs to you with genuine excitement! She really is happy to see you! Do you need something? Bernie will give it to you if she can! Yes, have her water, she doesn't need it! Bernie really just wants people to get along! You'll know where you stand wtih her as Bernie is so transparent and obvious. Loudly obvious. Volume is not a thing known to Bernie, and if it is, it's broken on nearly the louest setting. You know when Bernie is nearby. She most definitly doesn't have a cunning bone in her body. She'd rather be loud and happy than distrustful and moody. Not that she can't appreciate you being that way! Bernie just can't. Sometimes people think she's obnoxious or rude, but she tries not to be! She really doesn't want to be the person holding others back.

If Bernie has anything working in her favor, its her tenacity. Once Bernie does put her mind to something to focus, she can do great things! She made her travel to Korea happen afterall. She kept going even when her prior dreams were crushed. Benie won't back down from a challnge just because things get hard! Watch out world, Bernie has her ditzy eyes set on something and nothing is going to stop her except for when she trips on her own feet because she didn't think about moving them before running. She has done this before. And it was hilarious. And painful. Bernie will also tell you she doesn't mind you laughing at her!
...even if she does mind a little.


BACKGROUND – The old Kim grandparents left Korea when they were young with their siblings and have never looked back. That is to say Bernie's parents were both born in the U.S. and so was she and her little brother, cousins, aunts, and lone uncle over in Pennsylvania.  Bernie has never been to Korea. Her Korean fluency is alright. She speaks and understands it far better than she reads it. Bernie never really thought much about Korea except at family get togethers where they mostly speak Korean and each delicious Korean food. Everyone at family dinner was surprised when Bernie announced she'd be going to Korea to be part of a kpop group. Say whaaaaat...?
Bernie has been playing music her whole life. Her parents are both classically trained musicians and even work in the local opera house! She's accomplished in guitar and piano and can even sing! She's been singing with her mother since she can remember! Music is love, music is life! Bernie channels her energy into learning to play music from her favorite animes and videogames. She wants to sing all the OSTs! She never really connected to KPOP until much later in life. She was much more a JPOP girl until her friend shamed her into listening to KPOP with her one day. 

Bernie fell in love. Bernie fell in love with all pretty people, hearing the language of her parents so beautifully, the glittering stages and shouting fans: Bernie loved it all so much. All of these beautiful people and to think they're Korean like Bernie! She needed captions and submittles most of the time but it was a good way to practice her basic Korean!

She should be going to Juilliard, she really should! Bernie however does not attend an arts school. Despite how good she is, she is not quite so good as to be noticed nor accepte into the schools she wants. Bernie doesn't succeed in going to Julliard nor does she succeed iin trying for other art programs. Bernie doesn't know why she has failed, but she has and she is deflated for a moment. So! Onto plan B!! Cake decorating. Did she mention she liked decorating cakes in a bakery? She does. It's not musically oriented, but Bernie does enjoy her work. But Bernie does have her own YouTube channel, CallMeBernie, where she posts covers of anime and videogame music and then later included kpop, including playing the music on her instruments and singing! It has a modest following, but Bernie is sure she can gain more eventually to maybe make it her full time work! And if not, cake icing galore!!!

All that being said, Bernie is not exactly happy. She's not sad though! But not happy. Life is boring. Cakes only offer amusement for so long! Bernie still dreams of what could be! Who she could be! Of all the beautiful, talented people out there she could be with! So when a friend sends her the deets on Dream4U, should anyone be surprised when she goes for it? Not really. She's sent audition tapes before with no luck. What does surprise everyone is when she passes and is selected to be part of Dream4U. Off to Korea she goes, all alone, with no connections, a dream to chase, and a child's grasp of Korean at best to keep her afloat. Her mother shakes her head and laments not teaching her precocious daughter better Korean.
Into Korea Bernie goes! She relies on the company staff to guide her, listens well to what the company tells her to do because surely it's for a good reason! They must know what's best! How long can a foreigner with naive sensibilities survive when the gloss and pretty people begin to wear off? But everything will be okay! These people around her won't steer her wrong! They only want her to succeed!

...right?
JUST A JIGSAW
TRIVIA
 She can read music and plays guitar and piano.
 Do not let her cook since she can burn water.
 Her favorite places are anywhere by the water!
 She loves loves loves all sorts of music. She can fangirl over mozart and BTS in the same breathe!
 Bernie goes down informatin rabbit holes all. the. time. Bernie becomes mildly obessive and will learn everything she can about a topic. You bet she could name every member of Girl Generation, EXO, BTS, Seventeen, and Oh My Girl after a couple hours of obsessing over them and their music.
 Her favorite animal is a betta fish. Tey're so pretty and she had a 5 year old one at home named Barry. She misses old Barry. Barry was so cute. 
 She loves cookies but doesn't like other sweets. Driks iced black coffee like lifeblood!
THE NETWORK
 
LUCY KING – Bernie and Lucy are almost the same person. Staff tremble when they see them together. Bernie is kind of what Lucy was back in the Produce days when she was younger and more naive to what kpop was going to be. They're also same age friends! That's one less weird Korean custom Bernie has to worry about! It's too bad Lucy isn't around more often since she is so busy. Lucy and Bernie really bonded when they met and keep in contact as much as possible.
 
THE US LEES – Her Family back Home!!. Just mentioning them here for colour! They're supportive and vocal about how proud they are. They do treat Bernie a little like a dumb child sometimes but they never mean to be mean about it. Bernie really is a silly thing sometimes. Bernie doesn't get to see them as they can't exactly travel to see her easily and vice versa. Bernie misses them a lot. She especially misses family time in general where everyone would gather around the table or TV in the evening to be together. She has her mom, dad, little brother, and big sister.
 
BANG MANSAE – A new friend and object of Bernie's relentless flirting! "Oh my lanta, this man is the most beautiful thing I've ever did gosh darn see!" She said with a very fake southern accent when she saw him pass by with other trainees. Bernie loves to flirt and giggles at how uncomfortable Mansae gets. She means no harm though and respects his boundaries. Eventually he becomes a friend, but only after many moments of lady in hi bubble panicks.
 
 
 
 
THE IDOL
 
TWIN(S) –  (G)IDLE Miyeon

ENTERTAINMENT BACKGROUND – 

None whatsoever! Bernie is stiff and unpolished when she performs at first. That can be fixed What she has a lot of problems with is her face She always looks a little o_o. She just doesn't pay the camera enough attention like she should. Her lack of proper idol training or knowledge is so so clear. 

SUPPLEMENTARY EXPERIENCE – 
Bernie can play piano and guitar like a champ. She has a good ear for music and can often replicate a tune on her keyboard if she listens to it. Aside from that, she does manage her own YouTube channel!


WHY IS SHE HERE? – 
Why wouldn't she audition? Bernie has stars in her eyes backed up by missed opportunities. Why wouldn't Bernadetta Ester Lee want a chance at making her musical dreams come true while surrounded by beautiful people? Bernie would love if a company actually signs her officially. She is willing to do as they tell her since it might mean she can officially be part of the kpop world after the contract ends!
THE LOVE INTEREST
 
 
Snarky, Intelligent, Reluctant, Compassionate, Tsundere, Cynical

You have to feel a little bad for Jack. He never wanted to be the baby sitter for various people in Helix. He is always trying to stay out of the way, being the resident grump and snark master in the group. Even when he begrudgingly steps up to get the other trainees in line or his groupmates, you know Jack really doesn't want to be doing it. Even if beneath that snarky exterior he's a sap Jack doesn't want you to know because if you know, you'll take advantage of that. Then Jack is stuck with you!

Which is unfortunately exactly what happened with Bernie. He meets a grl who is terribly lost and confused, asking in broken Korean where she needs to go. Oh no, he knows her accent when she speaks English. She's a New Yorker American. Nope, don't make eye contact Jack, don't do it. It doesn't matter that she seems horribly lost. Jack knows better but he still finally offers to help guide her to where she needs to go.

Now Jack is stuck with her.

"OPPAYA!"
"That is not proper korean! Don't call me that!"
"What does this mean? Jack Jack Jack! Tell me! I don't understand this word!"
"It's just a tongue twister. You're not supposed to get it."
"Ohhhh I'm going to practice it!"

And you better believe Jack had to hear about it from her for such a long time after that. That's their relationship. Bernie attached herself to him because he was nice enough to help her once and then she found out she really thinks he's neat! Even when he says he doesn't want her around or hes busy, he somehow always ins a way to help or humor her! Plus she actually likes him a lot. He's cute and nice and so so smart. So Bernie tries to be better at Korean and impress him and iinclude him in her interests. She just likes spending time with him. Nothing is boring with him! She told him this once and he went absolutely red in the face. It was so cute!

Jack might say he gets soooo annoyed by Bernie all the time. He says he only checks in on her because he thinks she'd probably walk right into an empty elevator shaft without someone holding her hand. Bernie actually somehow managed to worm her way into his feelings. He liked how genuinely nice she seemed. How is anyone this nice in real life? Jack however doesn't admit this and is frustrated that she is a wee bit too close. She's going to ruin things if he lets her.

So one day he tells her to leave him alone. He didn't mean to be well mean, but it came out that way. Bernie finally registers shes upset him and decides to back off. She didn't mean to upset him or to be in his space so much. Did she misread things so badly? To say Bernie is very, ery hurt by this is understatement. So Bernie stops going to him. She messed up and he wants space. Right?
 
Except Jack realize he made a mistake and now has ti fix it if he can figure himself out too. 
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THE END
 
COMMENTS – Thank you for the extension! It is my first app on this site so I'm very excite to send her to you! I tried my best with the love interest. I was a fan of P99 so I'm so excited to do this!

SCENE UGGESTIONS – I don't think I have any! Maybe some beach time if possible within covid restrictions or an aquarium? I'd like to see Bernie struggling with language a lot too?

SONG SUGESTIONS – Rocket Punch - Ring Ring, StayC - asap
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