#its not a huge dramatic shift. its a role they play! and they arent like. in turmoil about it

[isaacathom]

spent all day being completely unproductive but now i have a changeling paladin ready to go at a moments notice with a whole like. Vibe established in my head. they've got a whole thing going on

the basic gist of their life, in as far as what matters, is they live in some moderate size town, they've a member of the local church, everythings grand. they're an adult, like 20s+ easy. they've been in this community their whole life, they have the identity they use most frequently, and they will only sometimes swap to masks to fill little additional roles the church might need of them. everythings chill.

they get sent out on some small task or another with a close friend of theirs, and things go poorly. not quite sure how or what, SOMETHING happens to the friend. The paladin is fine. and obviously distraught about the whole thing.

So what prompts the paladin to adventure out is a desire for two things. the first are the means to support this friend of theirs and that friend's family, who had been relying on them prior to this incident. And the second, presumably, to find a way to actually help them? (this all depends on what that something is. if its a curse or some serious injury, there has to be a reason they cant just fix it easily - ie that the nature of it isolates the friend from the community if theyre still alive, that people are loathe to interact with them or smth, or theyre just straight up dead and the paladins going more That Route, which is difficult for a Paladin given. uh. they dont get high enough spell slots to do that themselves! whoops!)

but, but, changeling, right? whats up with that part? well, their intention is that they will gain no glory for anything they do. its hard to be anonymous when seeking adventure, but if theyre someone else, well... then it hardly matters. the deeds they commit, as this heroic paladin, will not reflect back on their life back home. They will tell their friend's family that they were sent away to another temple, yknow, work is like that and so on, and just bring the gifts. hell, bring the gifts anonymously, because the point isn't to be lauded. thats the opposite of the point. the point is to help. they want to see their friend heart and hale, they want to see their family endure and thrive, because they've naught much of their own. it's something to cling to.

so out on the road, they're someone else. still a knight of this religious order, still fiercely devoted to its tenets, because that is their centre. there may be physical traits which tie together their various masks and forms, but the loyalty is there. even pretending to be someone else, or BECOMING someone else, that's hard to break. that's important to them.

things of this nature. a whole thing. itd basically never come up, is the thing! its basically something just for me as a hypothetical player. That if the party were to ever return to their home town, they'd try and slip away quietly after setting the party up somewhere, with some thing (taking advantage of their religious connections, even) before heading to their friend's house to deliver gold and supplies they'd been accumulating. just something like 'well, i head to X's house and knock on the door. And when either [the partner] or the kids open the door, they'll see the familiar face of [completely different character name] smiling brightly at them'

itd be the characters little secret. :)

[donghyxns]

Ghost! au | Park Woojin

thank you anon who requested this to me!

this is a great idea~

part 2

part 3

it was summer of 1981

woojin was invincible or that’s what he thought

he had just landed a role in an upcoming movie, “ghost” and he was extremely excited

he had left the audition room with a huge smile on his face

he got into his beat up pickup truck, slamming the door

“good job, woojin. you finally made it” he hits the steering wheel excitedly

he starts to drive off

nothing was going to ruin his amazing mood

OR THAT IS WHAT HE THOUGHT

he was speeding through the main roads of his town

he was approaching a red light but what too close to fully stop so he thought it would be okay to just go through it

AGAIN THATS WHAT HE THOUGHT

halfway through the crossing, a huge semi-truck comes barrelling towards him, hitting the side of his car harshly

he was dead on impact

he left the world without making an impact on anybody

so that’s why he became a ghost

if you die without fulfilling your dreams, you soul cant rest

and obviously woojin didnt complete his dreams

-

fast forward 36 years and here you are

you finally moved into a new apartment in your dream city, seoul

you always lived in mokpo and dreamed of living in a cute, white minimalistic apartment in seoul

somehow the stars aligned and you got your wish fresh out of high school

even your parents were shocked

you were hoping to become a photographer and so far your career wasn't bad but it wasn't where you wanted it to be

you took a couple of landscape pictures that sold around 55 dollars each

so, of course, you needed to get a job

now, you wanted to be basic and get a job at a coffee shop and meet the man of your dreams while whipping up a mean cappuccino

but that wasnt REALISTIC MY MAN

so you settled for a job at a roller skating rink

i mean,,,,,, it wasnt bad????

you could take really aesthetically pleasing pictures there so it was a win win situation

“so,” minhyun leans against his arms while looking out at the people having fun, “when did you move to seoul?”

you look over at your very attractive coworker, “a couple weeks ago... have you always lived in seoul?”

a small smile lingers on his lips, “yeah... HEY!!! STOP FIGHTING!!!” he runs out of the booth the two of you share, leaving you all alone

but then a very cute boy walks up to you

heck seoul was just full of cuties

“ummmm..... this may sound weird but can ghosts roller skate??” he asks, scratching the back of his neck

okay seoul was full of cute but crazy cuties

“idk???? is this some sort of pickup line????”

OKAY YOU WERE LOWKEY HOPING IT WAS

“uM! NO, NOT AT ALL???? I WAS GENUINELY WONDERING??” his voice gets very high pitched

he was a scared bean OKAY LEAV E HIM ALONE

“______! who are you talking to??” minhyun runs back to the booth, little beads of sweat gathering at his hairline

it was hot in there

“the boy??” you point at him but he just shakes his head wildly

“you are the only one who can see me...”

“????” is the exact look on minhyun’s face

“what boy?? are you feeling ill? do you need to go home?” minhyun knits his eyebrows together

you shake your head slightly, “sorry, i must be a little tired ha. ha. ha”

minhyun looked sO CONFUSED POOR BABY

you look over at the boy standing in front of you and AT THAT EXACT MOMENT

air supply- the power of love (you are my lady) starts playing

AND JESUS CHRIST YOU FELT LIKE YOU WERE IN A MOVIE FROM THE 80S

woojin felt it too

it made his chest swell with excitement for some reason???

-

you sigh, plopping down on your couch after your long shift

the weird ghost boy quietly left after the song finished

but the song was FIVE WHOLE MINUTES

AND HE SPENT THAT WHOLE FIVE MINUTES LIP SINGING THE LYRICS VERY DRAMATICALLY, RUNNING AROUND THE ROLLER SKATING RINK

it was honestly so funny

it took you everything not to laugh at him

he was cute

BUT DEAD???

you were #conflicted

you stare blankly at your TV wondering what was going to happen with your life

it was fun

not really

you legit almost had a mental breakdown

BUT THEN YOU HEAR A DOOR IN YOUR APARTMENT SLAM SHUT

THAT IS WHEN THE REAL MENTAL BREAKDOWN STARTED

YOU LITERALLY JUMP UP FROM YOUR COMFY SPOT ON THE COUCH

you look around the apartment with a small kitchen knife gripped in your hand

BEFORE U COULD EVEN REACT SOMEONE WAS WALKING OUT IN FRONT OF YOU

YOU START STABBING RANDOMLY BITCHY YOU ARENT PLAYING AROUND

“hey! what the heck....” the voice whines and your head snaps up

ITS THE GHOST BOY

“ummmm what the heck are you doing here?????????????”

he smiles, revealing a cute little snaggletooth

yes sign me tf up!

“hi im woojin! you might remember me from the roller skating rink! i was sent here by god~~~” he pinches at your cheeks

by god????????

“by god??” you ask, turning around to face his body

he nods his head, “yeah, you are about to die.... just a heads up”

UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMmMmmMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmMMMM

what

“what do you mean?” you follow him

he laughs slightly, “you are about to die! i’m not given any specifics but i am here to try and persuade you to live as a ghost or some shit like that”

you felt like your heart was going to explode from the nerves coursing through you

“should i live as a ghost?” you ask him, looking into his face with worried eyes

he just laughs it off, “i mean its not that bad.... you dont age and you can kind of fulfill your dreams?? oh yeah, by the way, you aren’t going to make it as a successful photographer. you are going to die way before that” he takes an apple from your kitchen, taking a large bite out of it

“so, does that mean that if i lived on longer, i would be a successful photographer?”

woojin nods his head wildly, “oh yeah! most definitely but god needed some extra help up in heaven so he picked you,,, sucks to suck am i right?”

you wanted to be mad

but honestly, you couldnt be

all you could do is let the anxiety overcome you and wait for death to come to you

which honestly wasnt any different that how it usually was

should i make part 2?? please tell me if you want one!