政治  / ASTRID GYEONG

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▽ ASTRID GYEONG ▽
ASTRID GYEONG ▽
 
THE ARTISTE
 
FULL NAME — astrid gyeong / 아스트리드 경.
NICKNAMES 
GYEONG HAEUN / her korean name, something in which she was officially given by her family when they had finally applied for her to take korean classes.

TOKKI / meaning "rabbit" and something in which her family and friends have affectionately called her by due to her resemblance to one and the fact that although often looking composed, she's easily startled like one.

HEARTBREAKER / what many students of aejung had titled her as due to the many admirers she has in whom she has rejected.  a few boys would confess to her each day. on the other hand, her friends would affectionately call her this particularly when greeting her, more specifically after a rejection.

BIRTHDATE — february twenty-first, 1998.
KOREAN + INT'L AGE — 19 y/o + 18 y/o.
BIRTHPLACE — london, england, united kingdom.
HOMETOWN — london, england, united kingdom.
 
ETHNICITY — korean.
NATIONALITY — korean-british / dual citizenship.
LANGUAGES —
SEMI-FLUENT KOREAN / her family never really enforced her to learn the language, and all astrid was skilled in doing was comprehending what was being said in the language and responding back in english. when it was close to the time when she would have to go to aejung, they decided it would be best for her to finally learn how to speak (etc.) she is decent but there would be moments when she would forget how to structure sentences, forget words and not to mention how she's hopeless with slang. also, she doesn't really know when to effectively apply informal speech thus the reason why she always speaks so formally.

SEMI-FLUENT FRENCH / many of her holidays during her childhood have been to france, switzerland and other francophone countries. learning how to hold conversation in the language was very convenient for her.

FLUENT ENGLISH / no surprise there with her having been born and raised in england. most of the time, her accent is something one would hear coming from the news presenters in the bbc, sounding very formal and proper but someone more familiar with accents would realise that she had adopted certain speaking styles most associated with the "working class", for instance: with her dropping the "t" in nouns like "water".

english classes tend to be taught in american english and astrid often gets annoyed when some teachers would "correct" her spelling and grammar.
"THIS FACE IS BOTH A BLESSING AND A CURSE."


FACE CLAIM — bae joohyun / red velvet.
BACKUPS — kim jisoo / blackpink ; jung soojung / f(x).
HEIGHT & WEIGHT — 163 centimetres & 48 kilograms.

 

 
APPEARANCE — 
a chain of awe and praise follows her as she enters a room, her beauty often being dubbed as magnificent and ethereal with her small yet lithe figure, dark and doe-like brown eyes, fair and smooth complexion, her pink soft lips and more, astrid gyeong often described having a likeness to a nymph, an artist's muse and more thus why there is no shock behind the herd of both male and female admirers she possesses. she often goes for a natural look, almost always applying light make-up however, her hair is a different story with astrid sometimes having tempted herself to dye her hair occasionally and currently, she has been parading around with hair of a greyish-purple hue.

she exudes both looks of gentleness and sharpness with some finding it difficult to approach her, her 'aura' seeming rather cold and intimidating especially due to how the expressions she displays within the public eye tend to be rather limited and miniscule thus also giving her an air of mystery, leaving many curious about her. the gyeongs never fail in producing inhumanely beautiful children and she is no exception to it...
 
STYLE— 
astrid gyeong is a born and raised city girl and with that in mind, her fashion sense is often seen as feminine, chic and semi-casual. her clothing and accessories mostly consist of neutral, primary and pastel colours and her shoes mostly being canvas shoes, trainers and boots and having a lack of high heels, the only occasion where she would be spotted wearing those dreaded shoes being in formal events, often company events with high-profile attention coming from the media and the whole family expected to come. her clothings' design are often of a simplistic style, her outfits never complete without a bag as well as perhaps a necklace, bracelet or ring to compliment the whole ensemble. astrid always feels the need to go out looking presentable however, at home or when going out at night or the very early morning to do a short errand, she would be found in sweatpants and an oversized sweatshirt/hoodie but no one would ever suspect that it's her especially since her face is often covered well.
 


"MAYBE THAT'S WHY I'M COMPLICATED."


TRAITS — 

DECEPTION AND PERFECTION ARE WONDERFUL TRAITS
ONE WILL BREED LOVE / artistic, composed, sensitive, ardent, objective
duplicitous, grudgeful, reserved, conflict-aversed, anxious / THE OTHER, HATE

PERSONALITY —
astrid gyeong is like an artist with her head often exploring through endless ideas and thoughts, often thinking insightfully and out of the box but moreso the type who follows her own style and doesn't follow people blindly like sheep. astrid enjoys and values her individuality and isn't one who would be controlled so easily. she will like, dislike, say and do the things she pleases. for someone who is thought of to be so obedient and well-behaved to her family's biddings, she does have a bit of a rebellious streak in her. she fulfils the role of an 'artist' with what she wants others to see with astrid often manipulating with the situation in a way that would benefit her from time to time. she considers herself to be a brilliant artiste with putting on a little show to 'entertain' the critics and cynics.

she often aims to stay out of trouble and drama and with her different facades, she finds it difficult finding someone to trust, someone who won't snitch on her thus why she tends to not say much on private matters and how she's slow as well as awkward with revealing her emotions and opinions—one has got to be very patient with her. even those who have formed a close and intimate relationship with her find astrid and her feelings quite a struggle to extract. no one really knows what exactly is running through her mind and her face tends to not betray the struggles she may be currently facing with her always seeming calm and serene even when under some pressure. she tends to be in control of herself despite how she has so many worries and doubts which sometimes likes to make an appearance to the front of her mind and haunt her for a bit.

whenever she meets new people (etc.), she always attempts to keep an open mind and not make a quick presumption on whether they're good or bad, right or wrong and she considers different sides of a story and it is due to that trait that growing up, she was often the go-to person when one wanted an opinion on something however, when it comes to conflicts that are getting a bit too carried away, she will want no part of it. she often would run away from them similar to how if someone's trying to cause a quarrel or upset with her or if she was to be in trouble, she will often avoid and run away from it at all costs and not confront it, making her rather cowardly to an extent. additionally, those who have done her wrong often receives resent from her, often in the form of passive-aggressiveness. even if one has apologised and she had forgiven, what makes one think she'll forget completely?

despite her icy-looking exterior, she has a warm heart as cliché as it may sound with her often being thoughtful and compassionate of others. she's skilled in observing others and is often one of the first to notice if there seems to be a change in someone's usual temperament, leading to her having a cause of concern for them. she has a fiery soul and whenever she has a specific intention, goal in mind, her dedication towards them remain strong and firm, the purity of it being similar to that of a child's. as mature and as controlled she is of herself, one must be aware that once the walls she has put over herself are run over and crossed, what one will discover is that astrid gyeong is more vulnerable than what she may have wanted you to believe...

 

 


 
BACKGROUND —
astrid gyeong became the youngest and last child of her family on the twenty-first of february in london, england with her birth not having been a smooth one with her mother having gone through some complications such as her having been premature. her parents were more concerned with their jobs and she and her older sister, scarlette were left under the care of their maternal grandparents, living within the expensive district of belgravia where she and her sister had been doted on greatly by them especially towards her due to how she was so prone to being ill when she was younger which caused her sister to become extremely jealous of her and subsequently led to many times where she would be screamed at and hurt by her or getting into quarrels which pretty much upset her but their grandparents would often come to her rescue however, scarlette's dislike of astrid increased due to how she was the one who would be scolded at whilst astrid would get the comfort, treats and all.

the gyeong sisters' parents would have the occasional video call with them or they would briefly come and take the whole family on holiday abroad. when she was around seven years of age, both mother and father decided to have more time for their children and thus they moved back to london and had her and her sister reside with them from now on, their home being close to their grandparents'. one would think that being with their own mother and father would be all happy and exciting but she quickly came to realise that the parents she knew from communicating through video calls and holidays she spent with them happened to have been some sort of façade. her parents weren't truly happy with each other. she had quickly understood why her grandparents were so hesitant on having her and her sister leaving to live with them.

they wouldn't stop fighting and she never thought that she would be more happy whenever they would have to go on a business trip again (etc.) her nights were filled with screaming, accusations from her mother on how she believes that he is cheating on her with someone as well as how he seems to be "miserable" with the family yet would be all jovial with his friends and colleagues whilst her father would point out how she's being so insecure, how she also doesn't spend much time with her and her sister (etc.) which often results in a hard slap from her mother to her father which silences the house. astrid would often wake up finding her father either having slept in one of the guest rooms or on the couch in their living room. her parents' frustration and resentment would often be put on her and her sister with them becoming extremely irritable at the little mistakes they would sometimes commit or would just complain about their spouse to them. somehow, it had led to her immediately crying upon impulse whenever someone, particularly family, would start shouting at her. thankfully, she has got a bit more control over it nowadays but it still had not disappeared.

both her parents refused and were too prideful to enter themselves into marriage counselling sessions. her grandparents soon realised the negative impact astrid had gone through and had decided to have her under their care again whilst scarlette had escaped from the mental torment of their parents as they had entered her into a boarding school abroad aka institut le rosey.

when it was finally near the time she would enter high school, her family decided that it would be best if she entered aejung instead and so she had undergone korean lessons to prepare herself for her new life in korea as she studies there. her parents have left her some rules she has to do but the main two would be not to tarnish their family reputation and she can befriend just about anyone she pleases but if she were to get herself into a romantic relationship with someone below her, she will be punished.

residing in korea was quite a big change. although she had visited the country a number of times when she was younger, her stay was often short and she had never done much interacting or exploring—she had been told of the culture shocks she would face and despite the heads up on it, she still ended up being surprised. she lives in a lavish house near aejung which her parents had purchased for her to live in whilst her grandparents decided to hire a "live-in nanny" of sorts for her who would personally tend to her and that nanny happens to have a son who lived with his mother in the estate, an aejung scholarship student to be more exact who made her transition into the country and school a bit more easier for her...

she tends to have the occasional short visits from relatives and a year ago, she found her parents visiting her individually instead of together and when she put that fact as well as the newspaper articles she had seen following the "change", she had been told that her parents have divorced, the final straw most probably having been how her mother had actually caught her father cheating on him with some model a few years older than her older sister, scarlette; it was just too weird for her to accept. on the other hand, her mother had frequently been spotted travelling around the world with a new partner each month. at least they're happy and not arguing much anymore however, she had deeply hoped that they would have tried to fix their marriage...

▽ TRIVIAS ▽
▽ TRIVIAS
LIKES — 
ART & LITERATURE / she blames it on her having been surrounded by art and shelves of novels and poetry in her grandparents' residence during her childhood. as cliché as it may seem, her favourite painting is "the starry night" by vincent van gogh. her favourite writers have often been european, for example: william shakespeare, oscar wilde and the brontë sisters to more modern writers such as j.k. rowling and roald dahl which dominated many of her nights as bedtime stories.

BALLETS & MUSICALS / from a very young age, astrid was often brought along to theatres may it be with her mother, grandparents, aunts (etc.) to view them, never failing to leave her mesmerised. she knows just about every musical piece by heart. in slight contrast to that, astrid would try to escape from viewing operas at all costs, often leaving the girl in a sleepy and drowsy state.

STUDIO GHIBLI & DISNEY / she also happens to be a film aficionado, and those two film studios still leave a great impression on her despite her age and how it's generally thought that those two film studios are generally associated to just children. she collects many merchandise and memorabilia.

STATIONERY / astrid have always had some affinity towards them since a young child. whilst some can't be fully satisfied until they are given designer clothing or another pony, astrid is more than content if she's given some sort of notebook and pen with a design which she hasn't come across or owned before. inside her walk-in wardrobe and many of her bags will you find hoards of never-ending stationery which she had been gifted or had purchased from shops, online, during her travels and more.

PASTRY / chocolate or a croissant? astrid gyeong won't hesitate and would confidently pick the croissant. pastries such as brioche buns and profiteroles are her go-to sort of food with her often be found with a bag full of pastries everyday in aejung, eating them between classes, during lunch and more.
 

DISLIKES  
BRAGGARTS / no one likes a show-off. she can't help but roll her eyes and scoff at some of the stuff people would brag about. astrid's most annoyed by those who brag yet they would deceive everyone into thinking that it's true.

ARGUMENTS / astrid had grown up witnessing her parents arguing with each other. also, parts of her childhood were filled with her older sibling screaming and yelling at her which somehow traumatised her to this day. she would try and avoid quarrels at all costs due to how it would always give her a heavy heart. to this day, whenever she ends up being caught in the middle of rather intense arguments, one may spot her on the verge of tears.

INSECTS / they just creep and terrify her. she could tolerate a little house spider and ant but everything else? astrid will just run away and perhaps scream. astrid gyeong has no idea why people find insects such as butterflies to be beautiful whilst others just find her weird for disliking them. she would often tell them to visualise them without wings. are they pretty now?

PUBLIC SPEAKING / with the fear of so many people with their attention focused on her and the fear of astrid saying something incorrectly and making a tomfoolery of herself. additionally, she dreads moments when people such as teachers would pick on her to answer a certain question specifically those that involve more indepth detail.

HOT WEATHER / one, astrid happens to burn under the scorching sun's rays fairly easily and she happens to dislike having to put on sun screen and secondly, she really dislikes sweating. when she's suffering from the heat for too long, astrid becomes more chatty, but in a not so positive way for most of her breath's wasted with her whining about the heat and other trivial stuff which she feels irritable about at the moment.


HOBBIES  
COLLECTING / it's one of her ways of explaining her mass shopping tendencies from time to time. astrid goes through shops, websites as well as auctions to collect merch and memorabilia associated with studio ghibli, disney and other stuff she happens to like. hera has even made a collection out of her stationery however, she's most known by others for avidly collecting paintings, seeming to follow her grandparents' footsteps with their hobby of collecting paintings and sculptures. her shrines are in many of her walk-in wardrobes.

PLAYING VIDEO GAMES / it often comes as a shock to many when it is revealed that she's fond and ultra competitive in playing video games with her also watching other people's gameplays through sites such as youtube. aside from video games, she also is skilled in board and card games such as monopoly, cluedo and poker.

READING / she loves indulging into a new world and reading gives her that kind of experience. she had always been fond of reading genres of fantasy or history and recently, she has been avidly going through many books on greek mythology. books are one of the main factors behind her constant zoning out and daydreaming throughout the day and her night isn't complete without reading a few chapters from a story.

TRAVELLING / oh, one of the many perks of being the great-granddaughter of an airline company founder. during some weekends or the holidays, one may end up finding her in a completely different country, immersing herself into the culture, the sites (etc.)


SPORTS  
HORSEBACK RIDING / typical rich person sport and apart from riding horses, she also happens to watch the art of dressage and show jumping. dutch warmbloods valegro and big star are beauties thus the reason why she owns a dutch warmblood of her own.

ARCHERY / she took up the sport around four years ago and personally finds it to be a great stress-reliever. she happens to also be skilled with moving targets.

FENCING / she took up the sport since she was a little girl, and it was a sport in which she initially didn't want to do however, her family had forced her and her older sibling into it since they would always end up being in a physical brawl and they thought that it would be better if they dealt with their issues through it which sort of worked in reducing the physical fights anyway.

SKIING, ICE SKATING / something in which she has picked up from her holidays in snowy locations during her earlier youth.


HABITS  
ONE / would never fail to slightly jump and become startled by abrupt noises or people successfully creeping up behind her.
TWO / astrid would often resort to doodling or origami whenever she's bored, and that's mostly done during her classes.
THREE / cracking of neck, back, fingers, knuckles often from her thing with stretching. she even surprises herself when she would bend her hand back and you would hear a slight noise of a crack coming from her wrist.
FOUR / since her earlier youth, she always did have a thing with quickly falling off to sleep once the vehicle starts moving especially if she didn't have much sleep and her day had been tiring. it's why she has a chauffer driving her to and from school usually.
FIVE / almost always can't stop herself from raising an eyebrow at someone or something which she seems rather suspicious or unbelievable, or if she's just judging you for that's the sort of expression astrid makes during those scenarios.
SIX / ends up fidgeting with whatever her hands have access to such as the ends of her top, her hair, her other hand (etc.) whenever she feels nervous.
SEVEN / either bites her lips or sticks her tongue out slightly whenever she is thinking hard. the occasion where it's done the most would be during exams as she plans what to write down as an answer.
EIGHT / often lightly reminded and reprimanded by her family to fix her posture, most specifically when she's sitting down particularly when writing for she ends up having her head laying flat on the table, her right arm being used as the pillow to support her cheek and making it look as though she has drifted off to sleep.
NINE / she tends to sandwich her head between pillows when she's about to sleep, having a pillow at the bottom along with a bolster acting as a neck pillow then herself and another pillow placed on top of her.


MISCELLANEOUS  
ONE / she knows how to play the piano, having been taught how by her mother when she was twelve and for around three years. those lessons were a nightmare.
TWO / astrid still has her winnie the pooh teddy bear which she had owned since a little baby and is placed on her bed with her still embracing it as she sleeps. she finds it difficult sleeping at night without it, and she would often bring it with her on her travels.
THREE / she is left-handed but is more comfortable with using her right hand more for sports, scissors and instruments as it is more convenient.
FOUR / she has never had a taste of pizza. her family has but somehow, she never had.
FIVE / she has done some drinking before back in her family's estate in england and she has found that her alcohol tolerance is high.
SIX / astrid just likes to have a good cry from time to time and she happens to have a playlist of songs on her iphone, videos and films as well as books she had compiled which serves her the purpose with cookies and cream by her side as comfort food.
SEVEN / she has a rolls royce phantom mansory conquistador which she only really drives during the weekends or when she just doesn't have any classes, really.
EIGHT / foundations, particularly western make-up brands, seem to cause some sort of bad skin reaction to her. if the western brand happens to not be hypoallergenic, there's no chance she'll consider applying it onto her face.
NINE / astrid takes forever getting ready, taking who knows how long in the shower and is the reason behind she would almost always be the last or one of the last people to arrive for a hang-out, class or whatever.
TEN / astrid has difficulties in throwing old stuff of hers away since she holds nostalgic and sentimental feelings and memories towards them. one could consider her to be a bit of a hoarder. it's practically a mystery how her bedroom's so neat.
ELEVEN / a fan of witty jokes and puns, sometimes rather dark and dry ones. she would discreetly do some in her everyday conversation and to this day, no one has caught her. if someone tried to flirt with her, she would feel embarrassed on behalf of them.
TWELVE / her grandparents had adopted her a panda for one of her birthdays in the past, and she would sometimes go on holiday to china to visit it. domestically, she has a st. bernard named beau who never fails in knocking her down to the floor when she returns home out of affection and excitement. she's hoping to get another dog soon, possibly a labrador retriever.
THIRTEEN / her handwriting's always neat but erratic. it changes every few weeks. if one didn't know that specific fact about her, you would think that she had gotten a person or two to do all the writing for her.
FOURTEEN / the girl is awkward with skinship from both the giving and receiving end like she  becomes a statue due to her internally panicking as to what she should do.
FIFTEEN / astrid's terribly short-sighted and would often be found wearing round glasses during classes, when she's using her laptop (etc.) to clearly look at the board or screen then would take them off as class or something finishes.
SIXTEEN / she finds marriage to be unnecessary and she doesn't want to have a wedding and such especially with the drama she had witnessed in her family. her family thinks it's just a "phase". if she has ended up magically agreeing to get married, she really wouldn't tell anybody and just elope which her mother was mortified at hearing. even moreso at her view of not wanting children, like who would want to bring a child in this horrific time in the world?
"WE'RE IMPROVING. AT LEAST I HOPE WE ARE..."

FAMILY —
FATHER, GYEONG HAJOON / 46 / there was a time in astrid's youth when she had a close bond with her father despite him being very dedicated to his job and attending so many events where she was only able to interact with him occasionally however, as time went by, she noticed how he had become lazy with his family and often only having phatic conversations if not screaming at her and the others when frustrated and stressed with his wife, ex-wife now. it has been a long time since she have received much affection from her father however, whenever he hears that she had been hurt, he often comes to the rescue such as when he had heard that she had broken her leg from a ski accident a year ago. although rare, he or astrid would make a call for each other where they would calmly talk about some personal matters (etc.)

her father wasn't so strict with her however, he would often put emphasis on her needing to put on a good reputation to make herself as well as her family look good. she would occasionally be visited by her father and when they're in close distance with each other, she finds herself initially awkward to interact with him, clueless as to what to say. however, she would prefer that over some of the times when she had been visited by him and his model girlfriend whom to this day, she can't remember the name. it's more awkward with her around and not to mention that she's only a few years older than her and her sister.


MOTHER, LEE MINJUNG / 46 / as for her mother, well, when she had still been with her father, she was known to be the more 'dominant' one in terms of her having been the one who made the rules, make the final decisions on what happens with her family and such. she was also known as the more family-oriented type despite having a flair for attending so many galas, social events and travelling with friends and her ex-husband to foreign countries whilst astrid and scarlette were left with their grandparents in the past. she did more of an effort compared to her ex-husband when it comes to spending time with their children which she still does to this day with astrid often receiving endless chains of calls and e-mails from her discussing or gossiping about the latest news she have heard from her fellow socialites.

lee minjung has high expectations of her children. she lets her children befriend whoever and give them a bit more 'freedom' yet she doesn't stop herself criticising and holding some prejudice over whom astrid and scarlette associates with, for instance: her having criticised her friend as well as the "nanny's" son, oh sehun whom is very suspicious of his intentions with her daughter. her mother wants to secure her children a very stable future and she is known to attempt matchmaking them with sons of her socialite friends. she won't have some "lower-class" boy ruin it especially with astrid, her youngest. like her mother already has problems with astrid not being so positive on the idea of marriage.


OLDER SISTER, GYEONG SCARLETTE / 20 / they are like your ordinary siblings however, the severity of their arguments and such were nothing normal in the past. they have matured over the years especially with their separation when scarlette had been transferred to a school abroad whilst astrid had stayed in england, the two siblings only having seen each other a few times during the school holidays. nevertheless, they still have both their good and bad moments. they specifically bonded more through the news of their parents' divorce for other than their blood, their looks (etc.), something in which they similarly share was their hope on their parents having resolved their marriage and not divorce.

despite how they still insult each other (but moreso like a term of endearment) and how they claim to hold a little grudge against the other still and all, they really are close especially with how they know each other a bit too well especially with their current affairs. they communicate with each other a bit more than what they like others to believe. not a lot of people know that she has an older sister since she never had the need or situation to mention it whilst her sister happens to be the very talkative type with all of scarlette's friends being aware of astrid's existence.


MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS, LEE JAEHYUK & KIM MIYOUNG / 73 & 66 / oh, how she loves them so much. they're her second parents with them having taken care of her and her older sister just as long as her parents. they also know more with parents often having to approach them to ask what she or her sister like, needing ideas as to what to give them as a present for their birthday and such. they're only one call away with astrid often messaging and phoning them on their well-being, their week. astrid's feelings of homesickness often return whenever she has the time to interact with them, sometimes even getting a bit teary when they have to end the call or when she drops them off at the airport and vice versa whenever they would visit each other. they in turn would also become teary when they have to separate with their granddaughter since they can't stand seeing her melancholy. they doted on her greatly and taught her just about everything from morals to how to play games like poker and win.

FRIENDS  
INNER CIRCLE / some of the only few people whom she can let herself be more open with, the walls in which she has being put down slightly with some whom she is yet to make a full trusting judgement on. nevertheless, she finds them much better than some other people whom her mother suggested to have close connections to. she finds the group being less arrogant and pompous than most people whom she have crossed paths with and the fact that they're more friendly and compassionate in a way. oh, the look of relief and excitement glimmering from her eyes she has whenever she would spot them at a social gathering. she's pretty much the eldest or one of the eldest and she had somehow found herself with the role of the "mother" in the group but others would sometimes describe her as  being moreso like a "little kid" at times whom they have to watch over in case she might freeze up on the spot from panic and such.

OTHERS —
PERSONAL MAID / NANNY OF SORTS, OH SOYOUNG / 48 / soyoung was the one whom astrid's grandparents decided to hire to look after her and initially, soyoung had no clue on the kind of person astrid would be, only knowing that she was from a wealthy family and so she had created assumptions that she would be a spoilt brat, someone whom she would receive an earful of headaches from however, the pay was generous and they allowed her son to live within the household with her so, she didn't refuse.

oh soyoung was shocked in finding astrid gyeong being a rather quiet yet sweet girl. it took a while for both sides to open with each other however, they eventually formed a close bond with the two joking around and astrid sometimes taking the mother and son out on a meal and such. soyoung found it sweet how she would also help out with the cleaning but never would she trust astrid with the cooking for astrid had nearly set the household on fire before. astrid gyeong was like the daughter she never had, often cooing at her.


CHAUFFER, PARK DAEHYUN / 50 / often cheery and singing along to the radio as he drives her to school. daehyun would often engage in conversation with astrid as they travel to and from school, and the duration of their conversations tend to be quite short for astrid tends to eventually fall asleep and have a little nap thus he would continue on making conversation with sehun who would sometimes accept astrid's offer of being driven to and from aejung. her chauffer never fails to give a little joke or pun to start her day.

RIVAL(?), GONG SUMIN / 18 / daughter of luxury furniture brand, gong inc., gong sumin have been jealous of astrid since the first time she had stepped into the halls of aejung and she had pretty much stolen the hearts of many due to her looks but she tolerated her however, then came her boyfriend suddenly breaking up with her due to his attention now having been on astrid instead. he was sumin's first love and that just crushed her. from that moment, sumin had gained a huge grudge and resentment against astrid with sumin having made it her goal to always be above her in terms of grade ranking (etc.) she would occasionally make up rumours about astrid as well. the two barely speak however, they would acknowledge each other with a little nod as they pass by each other.
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WEALTH —
astrid gyeong's father, gyeong hajoon, is the ceo "mode models management", a modelling agency well-known across asia whilst her dear mother, lee minjung, happens to be a famous actress in korea as well as a wealthy socialite whose family happens to own "elite air", one of the top internationally renowned and acclaimed airline companies around the world since the mid-1940s when it had first established. sure, her father's company may be successful and wealthy but her mother's side of the family are practically considered "royalty" in korea. their homes often having some resemblance to a palace particularly the interior design, often having a european style to it which is seen in some of their many estates across the world, for instance: france, switzerland, japan (etc.)

astrid spends quite lavishly often due to her hobby of collecting memorabilia and such being expensive and her having to add more clothing to her wardrobe, often having two of each clothing just in case one may end up being damaged, similar to how she has a spare iphone however, her current phone has remained in tact. also would she purchase pieces to decorate the house she's currently living under during her stay in korea. some of her money is also spent treating some to meals and gifts. she owns a number of credit cards but she only really needs one and that's her centurion card. despite being quite a big spender, she also happens to be a big giver to different organisations and charities, an action in which her mother's side is well-known for doing, and one of the reasons behind her doing that would be due to how she feels guilty spending so much yet there are people around the world who would be content with being given some food or something—her childhood with her grandparents occasionally taking her to homeless shelters (etc.) have impacted her deeply.

in her home, there is her "nanny" and her nanny's son as well as her personal chauffer with maids coming into the residence around once or twice a week to clean. she hardly ever does any chores unless she have done some late-night eating and everyone is fast asleep and the last time she had done chores daily were when she was under her grandparents' care with her helping them out.

her family, specifically her mother's side always had a good reputation with the older members of the "clan" well-known for their philantropy work. her grandfather had retired as ceo many years ago and currently being ran by her uncle, lee jinhyuk, her mother's older brother. when it comes to taking over her father's company, it is had been planned that scarlette would take over, leaving astrid left with not much responsibilities other than to keep up the reputation of both sides of her family by marrying well (etc.)


EXTRA ! in the past, "elite air" had been rumoured to have had connections with mobsters which they have denied but members of the family know better and they have indeed "used" to have those connections for her great-grandfather received some money from them to help with the start-up of his business (etc.)
 


SCHOOL LIFE 
the whole of aejung know who she is and those who don't are often considered to be living under a rock with her being one of the richest students and being one of the most beautiful and smartest girls with so many people admiring and flocking over her with many girls wanting to be her and many boys wanting to be with her even with that little scandal she had been put into by a certain student within the golden circle who framed her for being the reason why her boyfriend had broken up with her with the student having "claimed" that her boyfriend had some secret affair with her. the situation was just absurd to astrid. it doesn't seem to hinder her popularity in any way though.

her day is never complete without a guy or two attempting to woo her into having a date with them. the attention she receives can sometimes be overwhelming and sometimes intimidating. the public often sees her spending time with a small number of people but mostly, it would be sehun, her "nanny's" son who shares the same schedule as her. she doesn't really do much extra-curricular activities however, during winter, in the pyeongchang campus, she tends to be more active with her taking part in winter sports such as skiing and skating, something in which she is skilled at from the many holidays she had spent with her family up in the alps (etc.)

as for her studies, her parents did tell her to maintain good and high grades but even without them telling her that, she would try and do exactly that since bad grades is something she can't tolerate thus why one would find her either being within the top 10 or 20 in her exams however, assignments tend to be a different story. majority of the time, she will hand it in on time but there are times where she doesn't bother and would make up some sort of excuse as to why she doesn't have it and then promise that she will hand it in or e-mail it to them as soon as possible, the latest hand-in she have ever given in being a month late.

her best subjects are: english literature, history and no surprise there, art. although not the greatest fan of mathematics, it's also one of her best subjects whilst biology is her least favourite due to how there are too many processes and such she needs to remember whilst other sciences such as chemistry and physics, she can tolerate to an extent especially with some of the math-based questions they have which she can easily answer. astrid has a certain dislike of group projects particulalrly when she would sometimes end up being the only girl in the group for boys often talk amongst themselves and hardly do anything and in the end, and she had experienced a lot of that before and in the end, she would either just do the whole thing herself or not do anything at all then discuss with the teacher as to why they haven't done anything.
NETFLIX & CHILL

LOVE INTEREST — oh sehun / 오세훈.
BACK-UP — male applicant.

PERSONALITY —
oh sehun had never been much of a speaker that if one holds conversation with him, you may begin to wonder whether he is actually listening to what you're saying but fear not, he's surprisingly very attentive of others especially with those whom he deems and associates with as being close to, sometimes surprising them with how thoughtful and considerate he could be and at times to the point of extreme selflessness that one can't help but to keep urging him to be selfish every now and then.

he's often described by friends and family to have a heart of gold. one can always rely on him to keep secrets (etc.) however, it doesn't mean that he's a pushover for there are moments when he can be seen as being extremely stubborn like a bull with a dogged determination to keep with a certain idea (etc.) despite the fact that it may not be the best or right idea. when he has formed a firm idea on something or someone, it sticks and is a challenge to alter. it's the same way when it comes to having to familiarise himself with new people and contemplating on whether they're someone whom he should trust or not for there often tends to be preconceptions and stereotypes already stored in his head.

one never knows with oh sehun with him often presenting his words and actions as vague and enigmatic and a good example of this would be through how he shows affection with it not being the obvious due to how introverted and awkward he can be yet he somehow has a surge of confidence whenever someone just happens to irritate and provoke him with sehun sometimes engaging himself into a brutal verbal spar, his words being as sharp as knives.

he's a hard worker with him also being capable of doing things by himself and at the same time, sehun also has a bit of a mischievous streak in him with having a knack and affinity towards light-heartedly scaring people, making or telling some witty jokes he may or may not have found on google which one can't help but to occasionally facepalm at how bad they can be.

BACKGROUND —
sehun wasn't from the richest of backgrounds, his mother having struggled looking for jobs to support him and her. he had also grown up without a father, his father having left him and his mother before he had been born, having ran away as quick as possible when his mother announced to him that she was pregnant. his mother's parents even disowned her due to her having been "careless".

he believed that his mother should have hated him due to the negative things which have occurred upon her but she loved and cared for him deeply thus he decided from a young age that he would do his best to get out of the situation they were in thus why he studied hard in school so that he could succeed in getting a scholarship into aejung and with that being mentioned in his future applications and such, getting into university and succeeding into getting a high-paying job would be much easier.

he didn't want his mother to worry much on his education fees and not make his mother even more stressed at the fact that he used to be bullied by his classmates for not having a father. he envied many people from those with both parents to the rich and famous who look at people like him like dirt.

he and his mother used to live in a dingy old flat but their lives quickly changed when his mother have received a job by a rich elderly couple to take care of their granddaughter. like his mother, he had expected the granddaughter to be like the other rich people he would see strolling around seoul. never had he imagined that she would be so concerned of him and his mother or her even becoming friends with him and nor did he ever imagine himself feeling something 'more' towards her...

TRIVIA —
ONE / like astrid, he was never one of the expressive and overly affectionate types with things such as skinship being might as well foreign to him.
TWO / if it's not his mother cooking, it would be him and like his mother, he doesn't trust astrid to take one step into the kitchen.
THREE / at all costs, he would avoid any conversations and questions revolving around his father.
FOUR / he is part of the school's soccer (football) team as an attacking midfielder.
FIVE / he's quite a good dancer however, he only really does it in private.
SIX / the boy is obsessed with chocolate-flavoured bubbletea. it's more passionate than astrid's love of pastry.
SEVEN / since a young boy, he had an obsession with superheroes and whenever it was his birthday, he would wish to be gifted with either an action figure, comic or some other memorabilia or merch from either dc or marvel comics which only happened once in a blue moon but due to the more than generous pay his mother now receives, it had become easier for him to afford some of the stuff however, he would often feel guilty whenever he spends money his mother gives him.
EIGHT / sehun's highly allergic to shellfish.
NINE / he loves to remind astrid of their huge height difference and he does it by using her as some sort of arm rest (etc.)
TEN / his steps are often silent and because of that, he had gone through many experiences, some unintended, where he would startle astrid as she turns around and suddenly finds him right in front of her face and all.
ELEVEN / there are times when he doesn't bother waking astrid up from her little slumbers in the car from school and would just carry her into the estate, not wanting to disturb her sleep especially with her often sleeping so late.
TWELVE / he's extremely competititve with games and occasionally, he would visit the nearby arcade where he would also meet up with some of his own friends who don't attend aejung.
THIRTEEN / sehun has this habit of his lips whenever he's nervous or thinking deeply about something or just when he is feeling rather flushed and embarrassed.
FOURTEEN / many aejung students have initially mistakened him to be extremely wealthy due to the kind of aura he exudes as well as how most had the idea that rich people generally hang out with people within their social class and since he often hangs out with astrid, the idea was very much plausible.
FIFTEEN / sehun's clueless about art (etc.) and he always feels like a complete fool when conversing with astrid who would sometimes talk about it. it's one of the reasons behind why sehun has secretly done some research about it.
SIXTEEN / astrid had taught him how to do fencing.
SEVENTEEN / he has a habit of cracking his knuckles and especially whilst he's speaking or mostly before and during the time he makes a long decision on something such as what he would like to eat.
to be added?

LOVE STORY —
FIRST MEETING astrid was in for a surprise when she found that not only would she be living with a personal maid/nanny but also the son of the said maid. their first meeting was extremely awkward when she had walked into the wrong room, finding sehun in the midst of changing, a towel only wrapped around his waist. the two were just staring at each other in shock for a long time before astrid had finally registered what had occurred then bowed and muttered an apology before closing the door and leaving the room.

they were formally introduced later on during that day when soyoung had called them into the dining room to eat lunch especially with astrid having just arrived from the airport and her having refused to eat airline food due to how she tends to throw it back up from . whilst eating, soyoung mentioned how sehun would also be attending aejung and told her son how it would be nice if he could show astrid around the school seeming as though he have had a tour of it before as well as touring her around seoul since she is still quite unfamiliar with the area unless she has someone else who could do that for her.


"that would be lovely, thank you... that is, if your son doesn't mind." astrid had accepted the offer gracefully and sehun was rather surprised himself by how soft her voice was as well as how he slightly noticed a timid tone in the way she speaks if one doesn't pay much attention to it.

nevertheless, he was still weary of her and her true "side" and made sure he wouldn't mess up in a way that could perhaps get his mother fired seeming as though her mother seemed to find astrid and the job nice. gradually, the weeks in which they have spent together prior to finally entering and studying in aejung helped reducing the awkwardness and the slight tension they had between each other enough for them to end up considering and acknowledging the other as a friend...


RELATIONSHIP where astrid or sehun is, the other is usually following behind or beside them like a shadow. whenever a student may need to relay a message or something similar onto one of them yet they can't seem to find them, the next person they would often locate would be the other who would surely tell the other without fail.

often they would be found travelling to and from school however, there are times when sehun would go without her due to his extra-curricular activities. besides from sehun being a dear friend she cherishes whom she would do a lot of talking and hanging out with, he also plays a role as her tutor in sciences as well as a portable-ish google translate when she is in a little predicament with the korean language. astrid returns the favour with helping him in literature which he considers to be the bane of his existence.

both know each other's likes and dislikes as well as strengths and weaknesses (some of which they share) and have witnessed moments of vulnerability which astrid had eventually opened up to him about, vaguely discussing her childhood (etc.) and he later made it his own personal duty to take care of her despite her being older than him by a few months. it's one of the reasons behind why he would be very cautious as well as slightly overprotective whenever she is in the vicinity of guys and some jealous girls. he weakens at the sight of astrid leaning her head towards and onto his shoulder, making him prone to do just about anything she may demand.

his mother had witnessed the progression of their relationship and she had always thought that there would be a time when her son would develop feelings more than platonic towards her. additionally, she had observed astrid and she suspected that astrid may also be feeling the same but whether they'll act upon it was the mystery due to how romance isn't included in their fortes. the two are deeply fond of each other although the ways they may display it aren't the most obvious.

it wasn't only his mother who noticed. astrid's mother became very aware of the closeness her daughter and sehun shares especially after a few times of visiting astrid in korea. before leaving, her mother would often set and force astrid out on a date with some wealthy son, most being a future heir for a company and whilst astrid would be out for those next couple of hours, she would have a little talk with sehun, the structure of their conversations often starting with how he feels towards astrid which he would reply simply by how they're strictly "platonic" to keep the woman "happy" and even with the many times he has said it, her mother was never really content nor believed in what he said. their conversations were never fully concluded until she mentions something of his social status and some other trivial stuff.

it wasn't until one visit when the woman told him how she knows that astrid has feelings for him, too from having partly eavsdropped on her daughter talking about her feelings to his mother. the news secretly made him feet elated but the atmosphere suddenly took a drastic turn when she started mentioning his mother and somehow threatened him that she could get his mother fired and since she has "connections" with the minister of education as well as the head of the admissions board in snu, she could easily have his dreams of snu to become a doctor disappear in the blink of an eye.

astrid clearly remembers her mother's parents' rule on romantic relationships but after a whole lot of encouragement as well as confidence building and planning as to what to say and when, she decided to confess. when she did, the reaction he gave wasn't something she expected nor what his mother, soyoung had described. he "flatly" rejected her. it pained him seeing the look of hurt on her visage.


"look, if it's about my mother—"
"it isn't your mother." 
he lied.
there laid a pregnant pause before astrid had released a soft yet nervous laughter as she commented how awkward the situation had gone and then she had been interrupted in the midst of her speech as he asks,
"this...this won't affect our friendship, right?"
astrid had responded positively yet ever since that incident, it seemed as though they were drifting apart, hardly ever engaging in conversation and sehun often leaving the 'house' without her and such thus leaving an awkward line between them, the same line in which they have held from when they had first met.

close friends have noticed their misery and loneliness screaming out from their eyes. it made many people question just when their relationship would be restored or would they remain being so close by each other yet still being out of reach. the pair couldn't even look into each other's eyes properly.

it wasn't until when winter came and she had gotten herself into a little accident whilst skiing, leaving her leg broken when they started talking due to the high amount of worry inflicted upon him. it was also around the same time when astrid finally got the truth out of him with him confirming his feelings for her as well as telling her about what her mother have told him and they have come to the conclusion of dating each other secretly, the two deciding not to tell anyone of it which is rather difficult due to the amount of security cameras in just about every room in the residence excluding the bedrooms and all with their dates usually having to be in the evening and both needing to at least be covered up to an extent that if they ever run into someone they know, they hopefully won't recognise them. their cover have nearly been broken and lifted a number of times due to how they would sometimes be nearly caught kissing and saying and doing other couple-like stuff.

they were the epitome of an uptown girl, downtown boy relationship. the two were very happy however, doubt started forming in sehun's mind as he remembers astrid's mother's words and would frequently question whether he's actually good enough for her for she has just about everything and he couldn't really give much with his age and financial situation but astrid doesn't care much since she's just happy when he's around with astrid sometimes cheekily telling him,
"if you feel that bad about it, you can make it up to me when you finally become a doctor."

they were content. even if they may break up, may it be the next day, next week or something, their friendship, their companionship is something they would still hold onto. even if they may have found a new person in the future, as much as it may pain them, they will be happy for them but they won't think about that now. "carpe diem"—the motto the couple follow in their relationship.

ENDING one suggestion would be perhaps the mother finally finding out and astrid finally confronting her about it instead of running away and avoiding it like most of the conflicts she have gone through whilst growing up. however, i leave the choice to you on what you may like to happen between them if astrid's chosen ;)

COMMENTS — so i think i have finally finished?! i hope you like astrid and that the app's alright but i feel as though it's not as good as i hoped since it has been rather rushed near the end. i apologise for the word vomit—honestly, i tried reducing it but there's still a lot and there's the fact that i tend to confuse myself and others on what i write so, i'm terribly sorry! i'll try fixing any errors asap! i really wouldn't be surprised if you have a dozen of questions to ask, really. good luck on the story and choosing the second half of chosen characters! once again, thanks for the extension! best viewed on mac os.

SCENE REQS —
ONE / the group travelling somewhere abroad and astrid becoming some sort of tour guide for them due to the fact that she has been to just about everywhere around the world.
TWO / her sister making a surprise visit to see astrid and deciding to pick her up from school thus making a reveal that she does have a sister and her being bombarded the next day by people, particularly guys, asking how old she is and whether they could set them up on a date with her.
THREE / one of the group actually having caught sehun and astrid during a party however, ends up believing astrid when she explains that they were demonstrating cpr, but then again, the person was drunk so...
FOUR / some sort of compulsory thing where the school makes students do some volunteer work at a homeless shelter, animal shelter, elderly home (etc.) for a week?
to be added?

PASSWORD — indeed, yes!!

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landscapes
#1
psst, can i assign samuel as an english name for seojun?
landscapes
#2
low key i want to start a plot w/ seojun about
trying to find a name to his absentee father
could i???
landscapes
#3
wow, honestly
this is one of those moments where i read a character
that i didn't realize i needed in my story until now

first of all the visuals are amazing and i love the aesthetics of the entire app!!!
but also, astrid (i can't even begin to tell you how much i love that name bwaha)
has a personality that actually balances out and compliments the rest of the chosen characters
like woah

i especially love oh sehun- so much, that i really want him to be a fully fledged character
seriously, you've elaborated so much on sehun that i feel a need to make him a full character
is now a good time exercise author privillege? do you have another first name for sehun?

there's nothing wrong with your app, and if there is-
wait there's actually nothing HAHA
astrid gyeong is officially accepted!
and chosen ;)