✈️ KIERAN YANG'S LAST MISSION!
양경호
KIERAN YANG
"UH, YOU GOT ANY KETCHUP TO GO WITH THAT?"
HALLUX
CREW!
CREW!
NAME yang "kieran" kyeongho 양경호.
NICKNAMES
NICKNAMES
young hoe arose after a misprounciation of his korean name, a combination of his surname and the last syllable of his name during first introductions with kieran's american roommates. "what? your name's.... young hoe? LMFAO LOL THAT OUGHT TO GO WELL WITH THE CHICKS" the joke's gone cold and no one really finds it funny anymore, but to witness kieran's adverse reaction to being addressed as that never really gets old.
yang is what most members of the gang call him, despite him constantly yelling to be called kieran. "yang, can you pass the water?" "yang, game's in five minutes. you in?" "yang, i'm outside your door. pls open the bloody door i'm freezing" (it saves the convenience of not having to read a single syllable, and he always responds to it anyway.)
spicy shrimp nugget is sort of a running inside joke going on between kieran's friends, after he'd choked the phrase out while downing a glass filled with mixed chilli paste and beer. "why are none of my nicknames ever normal...." it's also an allusion to kieran's shorter stature, which only provides all the more reason for him to hate the name more.
mama's boy is a nickname personally dished out by yasmine jeon after overhearing a conversation on the phone between kieran and his mother. the pair are especially close, and his mother's actually personally visited ucla to pass him kimchi and other side dishes, often greeting the whole of hallux crew with warmth.
yang is what most members of the gang call him, despite him constantly yelling to be called kieran. "yang, can you pass the water?" "yang, game's in five minutes. you in?" "yang, i'm outside your door. pls open the bloody door i'm freezing" (it saves the convenience of not having to read a single syllable, and he always responds to it anyway.)
spicy shrimp nugget is sort of a running inside joke going on between kieran's friends, after he'd choked the phrase out while downing a glass filled with mixed chilli paste and beer. "why are none of my nicknames ever normal...." it's also an allusion to kieran's shorter stature, which only provides all the more reason for him to hate the name more.
mama's boy is a nickname personally dished out by yasmine jeon after overhearing a conversation on the phone between kieran and his mother. the pair are especially close, and his mother's actually personally visited ucla to pass him kimchi and other side dishes, often greeting the whole of hallux crew with warmth.
MAJOR & YEAR economics & third year.
BIRTHDAY september thirtieth & twenty.
HOMETOWN gwangju, jeollanam-do, south korea till three.
HOMETOWN los angeles, california, usa three onwards.
FACECLAIM kim wonpil or gong chansik.
APPEARANCE
standing at 172cm, kieran's a little shorter than other guys, especially in the province of los angeles where he resides in. it's definitely a huge complex of his, though he talks less about it as he grows older and the hope that some miraculous new growth spurt'll hit him diminishes further. as such, you'll often see him with his trusty adidas nmds (with two layers of insoles comfortably paved inside, of course) when out. he also has a black leather jacket that he wears out a lot because he thinks he looks good in it. it's a very prized posession of his, kieran having saved up for months to buy himself it. (he named it scott. never lets anyone touch it. sends it for dry cleaning every two weeks.) has a dimple at the left side of his face that he's extremely proud of, despite others constantly telling him that "oh, dimples are muscle deformaties!" it's a pity it's only present on one side though. daily attire consists of the aforementioned items, and is usually paired with a plain tee and either one of the four pairs of near identical ripped jeans he owns. has a set of standard black piercings on both ears. cares a lot about hair, and makes sure to style it with a neat coif before heading out every day.
INTRO
timorous / altruistic / volatile
SUMMARY kieran yang is a tsundere at its finest, and all of his friends find joy in reiterating this over and over again. you could say that what kieran has is an inferiority complex. in some ways, he still behaves the way you'd expect a ten-year-old who doesn't know any better would, attacking with remarks that don't hurt (someone: "hey shortie!" kieran: "me? short? well, i'm.... i'm just closer to, um, nature!") and only causing for more laughter to erupt among the group. a little bit too unsure of himself at times, he's constantly questioning himself if what he's doing is right — he's obviously more of the follower than the leader, no matter how he masks his uneasiness with a virtuous confidence that's not exactly the most difficult to see through. he's more sensitive than most, though he'd never admit it himself, all of the hallux crew know to cap their jokes to a certain point, lest he take it personal and get offended. the upside is this is that no matter what badly held together facade he attempts to put up, he's the one in the group who'd most likely give in during an argument just to resolve the conflict, or lend a helping hand though it'd be going out of his way.
BACKGROUND september thirtieth, nineteen ninety.... something. yang wooseok and choi hyunjin produce their very first child shortly after marriage, and to raise it, they decide to fly back to korea, despite their jobs being centraled in america. the both of them having met in america during university, have initial ideas about raising him there, but amidst nagging from both sides of their parents, they stay in the simple town of gwangju for three years.
three years is enough to obtain a visa and a double citizenship for kyungho, their child, who call them eomma and appa and gets coddled by his grandparents way more than his parents think is advisable. despite initial protests, they migrate back to the states, where they think he would lead a more comfortable life, considering the stressful and competitive environment of the average south korean citizen. from then on he starts speaking a garble of broken korean and english, mixing his words together. when he's seven he decides to go by kieran instead of kyungho, the name only ever used by his relatives back in gwangju anymore. from young he's a little smaller in stature as compared to the other kids — americans are giants, he muses. before puberty all the girls are taller than him, and even after puberty all the other guys seem to be above him by a head. the racism he faces isn't all that bad since his parents take precautions on where they send him to, but he gets a fair share of it anyway. other than that, he leads a pretty fuss-free life. he's not what you'd call the most sociable, but he's certainly not introverted either. he ends up doing great in studies, speaking both fluent korean and english, having undergone private lessons for korean in his early years after nagging from his grandparents to his parents. and when he's seveteen, he's off to ucla for university. he majors in economics because he likes numbers (and more importantly, he's good at it). and that's basically kieran yang's life so far for you.
LIFESTYLE rarely if not never missing any of his classes, kieran takes his education Pretty Seriously, though he doesn't show it much (and by this i mean: kieran doesn't brag about it.... a Big Accomplishment yeah). submits all his work on time (sometimes earlier), and takes the initiative to set up consulations with his professors if he has things he's unsure with or a thing he'd like to work on. this all contributes to his near perfect gpa that he's so proud of, of course. on a normal day you'll find kieran at a diner with his laptop out, either working on whatever's due or simply watching some crappy american tv show. rather independent, he heads around alone most of the time unless he's with the crew or other friends of his. he looks forward to the crew's meetings a lot and is almost always one of the first to turn up. a rare sight to find at parties, you'll usually have better luck catching him as a driver picking up a wasted friend of his and cringing at the stench of alcohol. helps out at the local taekwondo training centre a half hour drive away every saturday because it's run by his father's close friend, so if there's anything going on saturday morning he'll usually skip it. wakes up and sleeps early, the epitome of a healthy body clock everyone should strive for. wow this dude lives a BORING LIFE...!!!
TRIVIA
+ hates it when people touch his hair, or any part of his body in general. he's really sensitive to skinship, and will literally jerk away from anyone who merely pokes him. over time he's grown nmore used to having people closer to him hang around, but when he was younger it used to be a much bigger problem and his parents had considered sending him to a counsellor. (it also means he's a pain to bring to clubs, where bodies and bodies are barely millimeters apart from each other.)
+ kieran isn't his legal name, but he had chosen it himself shortly after moving to america and realizing no one in his kindergarten could pronounce his name. picked it from an old american sitcom his father had been watching.
+ has had a grand total of two girlfriends, the first being a pretty korean girl back in elementary school who kieran'd shyly asked out with a bashful "your pigtails are cute...." and the second being a white girl from high school who would end up taller than him every time they went out and she put on heels. she ended up dumping him for a much bulkier, taller looking white guy, and is one of the reasons why he has such a huge complex regarding his height.
+ has had perfect eyesight since birth, but occasionally puts on glasses just because he thinks he looks cute in them.
+ despite how he looks and behaves, kieran actually has a black belt in taekwondo. his dad's a taekwondo instructor and taught kieran to defend himself growing up (which proved very useful in middle school when tiny kid with big words kieran got into lot of arguments with much tougher looking kids from america).
+ keeps up with korean trends due to frequent kakaotalk exchanges with his cousin back in south korea. fluent in korean despite having lived away from korea most of his life due to his parents' insistence on speaking in korean at home (though now that he's all grown up, they converse in a mixture of english and korean) and sending him to numerous classes and korean societies. often the first to bring up those topics though no one really ends up following kieran's valiant attempt to make gwiyomi a thing.
+ honestly likes seth a lot because kieran's aware of all the work seth puts in for the crew. and though kieran's not nearly as quiet as seth is, the two of them get along reasonably well, kieran respecting seth one of the most of all the members of the group. there's a sort of certain similarity between them that kieran thinks is present but won't ever voice out, but because they only ever really talk when together with the rest of the crew, when it's just the two of them alone things tend to get really awkward, even though both harbour no bad feelings towards each other. it's yet another thing that the group occasionally brings up to joke about, most of times results in a project of some sort to attempt to relieve the tension between the two of them.
+ got a driving license the moment he was legal to do so, and passed within the first try. he chalks it to all the hours he spent in the arcade playing racing simulations alone (and with whoever he'd dragged along on that day). his mother bought him a ford fiesta as a birthday present when he turned nineteen, and he's been driving that around ever since. he's always the guy his friends turn to call to be their designated driver when heading to a party, or just when they're going out of school. he always grumbles about it ("am i your uber driver or something?") but always ends up doing it anyway. (he likes driving anyway. until his fiesta runs out of fuel and he has to pay for more gas.)
+ continuing on that note, he's a legend at racing games. currently is the undefeated champion, holding the highest record on all the racing simulations at the local arcade near ucla, as well as on mario kart the crew play on nights in seth's lounge.
+ hasn't really thought about whether to stay or leave the crew when he graduates yet, but it'll probably be reliant on how many of his closer friends are still in it. if they all leave, he'd probably end up following as well; surviving alone is a feat too large for him to handle.
+ lives in a large dorm in ucla with three other roomies, all of which tower over him and he doesn't feel the most comfortable around, which is why he's taken to hanging around other members of the crew's apartments, besides the usual at seth's place. offers his mom's (hella good) kimchi in exchange for his stay there.
+ has a really big crush on sage.... who's one of the main reasons why he ended up joining the crew anyway. thinks her laughter is the cutest and tries really hard to impress her discreetly. the only person who knows about this is yasmine, who confronted him after seeing his weird behaviour upon proper first meeting with the rest of the crew. he's been able to keep it under wraps so far, since contrary to popular belief, kieran's actually able to keep his feelings to himself! it's especially funny if you think about sage's tendency to initiate skinship with everyone and kieran's stark aversion to it. sage's the only one in the crew that kieran's okay with skinship, though she's not the one he's known the longest. (see: yasmine who he's known since before entering ucla, who he (very reluctantly) lends his jacket to when she asks for it.)
+ Prior To Meeting Sage (ptms for short) kieran had not a fan of anime (he still isn't one, actually, but the original dislike for it is at least masked away now). the first words sage heard from kieran was "only losers watch anime!" before turning around to meet sage's eyes and deciding that he'd just met the incarnation of his ideal type in real life, yet simultaneously managed to insult her. to make it up and get back into her good books he forced himself to watch a few shows. his current favourite is bungou stray dogs.
+ hates it when people touch his hair, or any part of his body in general. he's really sensitive to skinship, and will literally jerk away from anyone who merely pokes him. over time he's grown nmore used to having people closer to him hang around, but when he was younger it used to be a much bigger problem and his parents had considered sending him to a counsellor. (it also means he's a pain to bring to clubs, where bodies and bodies are barely millimeters apart from each other.)
+ kieran isn't his legal name, but he had chosen it himself shortly after moving to america and realizing no one in his kindergarten could pronounce his name. picked it from an old american sitcom his father had been watching.
+ has had a grand total of two girlfriends, the first being a pretty korean girl back in elementary school who kieran'd shyly asked out with a bashful "your pigtails are cute...." and the second being a white girl from high school who would end up taller than him every time they went out and she put on heels. she ended up dumping him for a much bulkier, taller looking white guy, and is one of the reasons why he has such a huge complex regarding his height.
+ has had perfect eyesight since birth, but occasionally puts on glasses just because he thinks he looks cute in them.
+ despite how he looks and behaves, kieran actually has a black belt in taekwondo. his dad's a taekwondo instructor and taught kieran to defend himself growing up (which proved very useful in middle school when tiny kid with big words kieran got into lot of arguments with much tougher looking kids from america).
+ keeps up with korean trends due to frequent kakaotalk exchanges with his cousin back in south korea. fluent in korean despite having lived away from korea most of his life due to his parents' insistence on speaking in korean at home (though now that he's all grown up, they converse in a mixture of english and korean) and sending him to numerous classes and korean societies. often the first to bring up those topics though no one really ends up following kieran's valiant attempt to make gwiyomi a thing.
+ honestly likes seth a lot because kieran's aware of all the work seth puts in for the crew. and though kieran's not nearly as quiet as seth is, the two of them get along reasonably well, kieran respecting seth one of the most of all the members of the group. there's a sort of certain similarity between them that kieran thinks is present but won't ever voice out, but because they only ever really talk when together with the rest of the crew, when it's just the two of them alone things tend to get really awkward, even though both harbour no bad feelings towards each other. it's yet another thing that the group occasionally brings up to joke about, most of times results in a project of some sort to attempt to relieve the tension between the two of them.
+ got a driving license the moment he was legal to do so, and passed within the first try. he chalks it to all the hours he spent in the arcade playing racing simulations alone (and with whoever he'd dragged along on that day). his mother bought him a ford fiesta as a birthday present when he turned nineteen, and he's been driving that around ever since. he's always the guy his friends turn to call to be their designated driver when heading to a party, or just when they're going out of school. he always grumbles about it ("am i your uber driver or something?") but always ends up doing it anyway. (he likes driving anyway. until his fiesta runs out of fuel and he has to pay for more gas.)
+ continuing on that note, he's a legend at racing games. currently is the undefeated champion, holding the highest record on all the racing simulations at the local arcade near ucla, as well as on mario kart the crew play on nights in seth's lounge.
+ hasn't really thought about whether to stay or leave the crew when he graduates yet, but it'll probably be reliant on how many of his closer friends are still in it. if they all leave, he'd probably end up following as well; surviving alone is a feat too large for him to handle.
+ lives in a large dorm in ucla with three other roomies, all of which tower over him and he doesn't feel the most comfortable around, which is why he's taken to hanging around other members of the crew's apartments, besides the usual at seth's place. offers his mom's (hella good) kimchi in exchange for his stay there.
+ has a really big crush on sage.... who's one of the main reasons why he ended up joining the crew anyway. thinks her laughter is the cutest and tries really hard to impress her discreetly. the only person who knows about this is yasmine, who confronted him after seeing his weird behaviour upon proper first meeting with the rest of the crew. he's been able to keep it under wraps so far, since contrary to popular belief, kieran's actually able to keep his feelings to himself! it's especially funny if you think about sage's tendency to initiate skinship with everyone and kieran's stark aversion to it. sage's the only one in the crew that kieran's okay with skinship, though she's not the one he's known the longest. (see: yasmine who he's known since before entering ucla, who he (very reluctantly) lends his jacket to when she asks for it.)
+ Prior To Meeting Sage (ptms for short) kieran had not a fan of anime (he still isn't one, actually, but the original dislike for it is at least masked away now). the first words sage heard from kieran was "only losers watch anime!" before turning around to meet sage's eyes and deciding that he'd just met the incarnation of his ideal type in real life, yet simultaneously managed to insult her. to make it up and get back into her good books he forced himself to watch a few shows. his current favourite is bungou stray dogs.
+ has snapchat streaks with everyone, which he uses a lot as compared to his pretty inactive instagram. most of the snaps he sends consists of selfies (only when he looks good), food (a good 70%), scenery, or close-up unglamorous shots of his lecturer. snapchats sage a lot more than he does with the rest of the crew (though he pretty much snapchats everyone a lot.... unless they happen to accidentally send him a or something. (note: has happened to kieran before. scarring incident, 10/10 would not like to witness again.)
+ his instagram username is @kieranyang and he only has around 281 followers, considering how his account is locked and he rarely ever posts, with only 7 photographs. 4 of the 7 are pictures of food from high class restaurants or of trips back to korea, one is a mirror selfie, and the other two are blurry group photos of the crew in the dark.
+ his instagram username is @kieranyang and he only has around 281 followers, considering how his account is locked and he rarely ever posts, with only 7 photographs. 4 of the 7 are pictures of food from high class restaurants or of trips back to korea, one is a mirror selfie, and the other two are blurry group photos of the crew in the dark.
+ how did he get to know the crew? through yasmine, who'd dragged him into it against his reluctance, saying that he needed something to fill up his time besides just spending it all on pool or throwing darts. from there on he met sage and immediately signed the heck up.
+ listens to mostly generic american pop. justin bieber, ariana grande, the chainsmokers (shudder), ed sheeran, et cetera. someone pls educate this boy
+ listens to mostly generic american pop. justin bieber, ariana grande, the chainsmokers (shudder), ed sheeran, et cetera. someone pls educate this boy
OBJECTIVE
sage has eagerly taken most of these questions from a basic google search to quiz you with today, but don't question the validity of this interview!
HEY THERE! GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN JOINING. hey, uh, thanks! i didn't know there was going to be such a formal interview though, but um, okay, go on.
SO, WHAT HAVE YOU ALREADY HEARD ABOUT THIS PROJECT? it's by some chaebol son right.... well, um, we're supposed to help him! do stuff! organize some ! get money. yeah.
HAVE YOU WORKED ON ANYTHING SIMILAR TO THIS BEFORE? i can show you my resume if you'd like. uh, i had a few part-time jobs before.... i helped to plan my baby cousin's birthday party back in korea over skype.... i can calculate all the money and deal with the financial garbage for you guys, 'cause i take pride in budgeting! .
HOW OFTEN WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO TAKE A JOB, WITH REGARDS TO YOUR SCHEDULE? well, i don't want to sound like a loser, but i actually have lots of free time on my hands, which i usually just waste away, so. at least now i actually can do something useful, yeah! i finish my work pretty efficiently, so.
WHY DO YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF THE HALLUX CREW? (kieran pauses for a while, causing for sage to lift an eyebrow while waiting for his response before he finally replies,) uh, 'cause it sounds fun? okay, 'm sorry i don't have a better reply, but honestly that's it, i guess. also, i'd like to meet more people, and this seems like a good option - plus i get money for it too. i've seen you guys around, and y'all seem like a cool bunch!
ARE THERE ANY JOBS THAT YOU'LL ABSOLUTELY REFUSE TO TAKE? (kieran phrases this carefully, all while maintaining eye contact with sage.) i'm not really picky, so i don't mind much.... i don't mind doing stuff pro bono either, just, i'd prefer if you didn't send me for picking rubbish or stuff that involves dirt, yeah....
IF THERE WAS A DISAGREEMENT WITHIN THE GROUP, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? WHAT IF YOU HAD TO PICK A SIDE? (kieran suddenly breaks out into a certain forced laughter, while clasping his hands together.) that's a good question! very creative, haha. that's funny, 'cause i actually don't really deal well with conflict, so i'd probably.... i'd probably stay neutral, ion know.... i'll pick whichever side you're on? (he offers meekly, pointing to her while doing so.)
BY THE WAY SETH MADE OUR WEBSITE. WHAT DO YOU THINK? :) oh it's nice. i don't know much about coding or design, so i don't think i have the right to comment on its artistry. it's very unique! i like it a lot. (he's being genuine here; doesn't think that it's all that bad. go seth!)
ANY QUESTIONS FOR US BEFORE YOU FINISH? do you still think about that incident where i accidentally called you a loser? 'cause i think about it a lot, and i just wanna say.... i really didn't mean it!!! it was just uh, a slip of the tongue.... in case you're still mad, but wow maybe i shouldn't have brought this up, anyway I'M SORRY pls accept me.....
EXPERIENCE
COMMENTS god knows i rushed this and it's pretty half-assed.... but i hope you accept my son kieran ty..... i added in that bg section since u said in the cs it was impt but i didn't see one but it ended up being rlly ty i am gomenasai.... ily chen&alice the best appfic author duo. I FINALLY DID IT I COMPLETED AN APP OF URS..... how many of ur fics have i tried to apply 4 and give up halfway Lol
SCENE SUGGESTIONS KIERAN'S MOM COMES TO VISIT!!!!! with a whole tub of kimchi and a lot of other food.... and just acts rly Momish to everyone and embarrasses kieran a lot. or a Seth&Kieran Awkwardness Relieving session!!!! or some funny moments of kieran tryna catch sage's eye n her being all 'dude r u ok' pls
PASSWORD the cab's bad (or their entire symphony soldier album.... a work of God.... tyvm.)
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