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Review Roundup - Week 2 January 2018

Hello loves!! My name is Jace (aka Felicity B), and this is your Review Roundup for the second week of January 2018!! I can't really tell if I liked this week in music better than I did last week. There's a better variety songs, at least.

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Beware (Stray Kids)

I really wanna like these kids, because it's obvious af that JYP does not.

But.

Nothing they've released has really been up my alley. Beware (I realize that the actual name of the song is GRRR Total Law of Madness, but sis...) sounds like a better produced version of Wolf, and you'd think that was a good thing because Wolf was a poorly produced mess. But this song takes itself so fucking seriously. It's not terrible, but it's not something I really want to listen to again.

I don't get JYP's angle with this group. First, there was the survival show that wasn't really a survival show (which I'm glad, because I fucking hate actual survival shows). And before that was Hellevator, another overly serious song that makes me roll my eyes. And now this. I really don't wanna be a dick because this is their second release and they're teenagers, but I'm not a fan of being growled at by a bunch of high schoolers and then having my ears assaulted by nasal singing (because, of course, their vocalists sound like they're trained by the same people who trained JB). It's not a fun experience.

Do betta, JYP.

Rating - 1/5

Going Going (Jang Wooyoung)

Oh look, it's another JYP act with a bad song!!

Okay, the song isn't that bad, but there's not enough positives for me to overlook the negatives. Of which there are many.

Firstly, this an uptempo that drags; I literally could not wait for the new section to begin, because I was ready for the last one to end. And this is New Jack Swing, baby. My black ass fucking loves New Jack Swing (yes, even The Boys). But I could give you an entire playlist of K-Pop songs in the style of NJS that are W A Y better than this.

Secondly, Wooyoung doesn't sound particularly good singing on top of it. The rap bits were the best parts of the song, for me. Which is about 90% not his fault, because whoever was on vocal production duties was slacking. His voice sounds like dude dropped them on the beat, adjusted the levels a lil bit, added some reverb to sound like he actually did his job, and went tf home.

Tragique.

Thirdly, the arrangement of this song is weird af. What do I mean by that?!?! There are two choruses. Yes honey, you read that correctly - two choruses. The song starts out with a section you'd assume is the chorus, but when you get to the second chorus, it's something completely different. In fact, you don't hear this first "chorus" till the end of the song again (which, in hindsight, I'm glad you only hear it twice, because the lyrics make me roll my eyes so hard and the vocal melody has the weirdest rhythm pattern). I guess that's not too weird when I write it out, but it majorly throws you off when you hear it play out in the song. For me, anyway. Which is surprising, because Red Light and I Got A Boy are All Time Faves™ of mine (with Oh! being a runner up). But I guess I just don't like it here.

#PickyBitch

And since we're on the subject of the arrangement... WHY ARE THESE TRANSITIONS SO FUCKING LONG?!?!?!!?! SIS, THE TRANSITIONS BETWEEN SECTIONS DON'T NEED TO BE 10 FUCKING SECONDS LONG!!! THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE!!

Once again - Do betta, JYP.

Rating - 2/5

Don't Leaves (Block B)

And here come the ballads!! We're not mad at it, tho.

We all knew what kind of ballad Don't Leave Me was gonna be. More of a midtempo than an actual ballad, Don't Leave Me sounds a bit like a B1A4 or Seventeen song, but with Block B's track record as of late, we're not gonna dock points for that. Don't Leave Me starts out with a filtered percussion section that they unfilter for about 2.75 seconds before getting into the verse, almost as if they're reassuring us that they haven't gonna completely left of center with this ballad. Which is nice, because it creates a nice transition (not the word I'm working for, but you get what I mean) into the verse. And from there, they layer in more elements to create a nice backdrop for Block B's vocalists to actually show us what they can do.

Because God knows Shall We Dance was literally Zico and the boys. It was fucking ridiculous.

From the teasers, I thought I was gonna hate this (or be extremely apathetic to it ) but I should've known better. These B1A4 style/YG template ballads always get me, sooner or later (*WINN4R cackling as Fool plays in the background*). This isn't something I'm gonna put into Heavy Rotation (because God only knows my hyperempathetic ass doesn't need another reason to randomly be thrust into a depressive episode), but I wouldn't relegate this to Shuffle Bait.

Especially with Zico and P.O sounding as good as they do here. Granted, Zico sings half his verse and P.O doesn't rap at all, but you gotta take those small victories where you can find them. And they have really nice singing voices, too.

Rating - 4/5

The girl from back then (LONG:D)

This, however, is a ballad that's going right into Shuffle Bait. If I even download it, at all.

Where is the LONG:D that gave me All Night, sis?!?!?! The intro literally sounds like the Sad Piano Music™ that Youtubers download en masse from those royalty free music sites. Like, I was literally tempted to skip this release all together, but I rather like the way LONG:D's vocalist sounds (if Baekhyun was a properly trained and a baritone who actually needed all that chestiness in his mix, with a dash of Kang Seung Yoon's rasp).

The girl from back then sounds like a more generic version of Seventeen's Campfire. It's not what I'd consider a classical ballad (has too much going on), but it's just as boring as one. On repeat listens, the Gospel influences (however faint they are) did grow on me, but I can't even see myself wanting to listen to this when I'm in the mood for downtempo ballads. LONG:D's voice puts this into Shuffle Bait, but just barely.

It's too anybody of a ballad, sis.

Rating - 2.5/5

Tell Me (INFINITE)

Dongwoo's demonic ass starting this song with a whispered "Anywhere, Anytime" should have prepared me for how catchy this fucking song was gonna be.

Tell Me, like Wooyoung's Going Going, starts off with the chorus. But instead of giving us two different choruses when no one needed that in their life, it makes a very typical pop song sound a lot more interesting than it actually is.

Now... What Tell Me's composers/producers did isn't original by any stretch of the imagination. I know it seems a little counterproductive to mention this before I explain what they did (and why it's so cool), but I just know someone is going to try me on this.

So.

Tell Me (after Dongwoo terrorizes us with the raspiness in his voice) starts with the chorus, but a very stripped back and simplistic version of it. If you're not paying attention (which I might not have been the first time I listened), you could easily mistake it for the verse. That surprised me, because composers/producers don't usually start out their songs with the chorus being sung, if they have the chorus first; they usually play the chorus melody using some kind of instrument that sounds important (like Orange Caremel's Magic Girl, for example). Tthey'll also usually have it going at full intensity, so when it switches to the verse it's very obvious that what you just experienced was the chorus (since that's usually the most important aspect of the song in pop music).

So yeah, nothing too left field, just an interesting twist on an oft used formula.

Outside of that, this song is a very typical INFINITE title track. Very intensity, much dramas. Which I don't hate, because they're one of three groups in K-Pop who can do a song like this, and not bore me to death.

Rating - 4.5/5

Secret Garden (Oh My Girl)

Secret Garden is Orchestral Pop. It's not just typical, it's cliche af. Even IU, circa 2010, wouldn't have touched this with a 10ft pole.

But God save us all, I really like this song. And it's not even that I'm OMG trash (their anti-South Asian foolery during Windy Day era, combined with my general disinterest with anything they've done since then, stopped that right in it's track), but that chorus melody, sis. It's just so G O O D!! That, combined with the sweet, almost milk chocolatey texture of the instrumentation makes me feel like I'm floating. And you know what, 2018 is all about me livin my best Gife™ (Gay Life), but it's also about me being self-indulgant and liking what I like, no guilt attached.

I will say that I wish that this song had more live instrumentation in it. Those strings are definitely synth generated, and it's kind of distractingly obvious. The percussion is also too heavy for this type of song. It feels like I'm listening to a demo that OMG's company decided to send to a mastering house and release, cause they couldn't be fucked to work on the song anymore. It doesn't ruin it for me, but I can't help but notice these things.

Rating - 3/5

Glow (Choi Jaemin featuring EZ KIM)

Glow is a Sad™ song for Sad Days™. This is a song that throws down a blanket of it's angst and just revels in it. And while that isn't something I'm trying to listen to On The Daily™, I can save this for for those really bad days I just need to cry out those ugly emotions.

Contrary to what I said about Secret Garden, Glow is a song I felt like could have been beefed up by some electronic elements. The bass could have been thickened up in post, because it feels too limp for a song like this. Hell, they could added a low af ass sine bass to sumplement the bassist, and I wouldn't have minded. Overall, the production of this song is very loose. And I get that super tight production in an emotive song like this would have bleached out all the emotion, but more could have been done to tighten up how the elements don't really blend together. Especially the vocalists. They don't really fit together like they should, and I guess that kind of enhances the experience since this song feels like one long ass disonant chord, but still.

Teenage me would have played this song to death. Which makes me glad that I'm not that person anymore.

Rating - 3/5

Lonely (Jo Kwon)

See... I wanted to be petty, and just post his dance videos with Lia Kim, but we're trying to be a better person in 2018.

This is a really nice ballad. Not something I'd put on Heavy Rotation (i feel like a fucking broken record), but if he H A D to do a classical ballad, it wasn't as bad as it could have been. I'd have preferred a ballad like his duet with Gain, Q&A, but it was nice of Mr Kwon to remind us plebians that while he is a Dancing Diva™, he did get his start as a ballad singer.

I'm gonna need him to throw it back to his Animal days for the next release, tho. This was nice and all, but I need to see him featuring in Hyuna's next comeback with those shiny red boots and a trope of male dancers.

Also in red heels.

Rating - 3/5

Candy Pop! (TWICE)

Firstly, can I just say that TWICE's Japanese team are R E AL L Y giving these girls the push to be huge, because this video is ridiculously high budget. That is the best animation I've seen in a J-Pop music video. And I used to be a huge J-Pop stan before I got into K-Pop.

Secondly, whoever put that pink monstrosity on my girl, Sana, needs to be fired. I just can't, sis.

Do betta, JYP.

Lots of people are not a fan of Candy Pop, and I can't lie - that's partially why I like it so much. I will admit that I'm a sucker for cutesy pop tracks like these, but I'm also a petty bitch who's no stranger to loudly stanning TWICE because people want to talk shit out the side of their mouths about their supposed lack of talent.

News flash Marleigh/Zeno - the concept of talent in K-Pop literally doesn't fucking matter, because your level of talent does not dictate the kind of music you produce. Groups like SPICA and Mamawhomst Mamamoo have songs that vary wildly in quality, because some of the people they've worked with get lazy af when they work with vocal groups.

Anyway, Candy Pop will do just fine in Japan, because TWICE already have a sizable following there and it fits within the sonic landscape. It also has some pretty cool musical twists, like a halftime break for a post-chorus refrain. I definitely like One More Time better (Candy Pop can get aurally tiring pretty quickly because of that chorus, which is why that post-chorus breakdown is appreciated), but Candy Pop is pretty great, too.

Rating - 4/5

Spotlight (MONSTA X)

Monsta X may have revisited their debut sound, but I don't want to stab them all for it. It's a Christmas miracle!!

Spotlight is Monsta X doin' what Monsta X does best - intense trapstep uptempos with choreography to match. The difference between something like this and Trespass (*shudder*) is that they're taking themselves W A Y less seriously. They look like they're having fun ruining our lives with how hot they are, and even though Spotlight isn't something I'd describe as ~fun~, that still translates to the music.

Spotlight was quite the surprise for me when Universal Japan dropped the video on us. Mostly because it was a Japanese release with a full MV on Youtube (don't look at me like that, Japanese companies are allergic to digital releases actually making sense), but also because I had no idea MX was in Japan.

Spotlight is a banger. It brings me joy to see MX showing their sons how to make music like this and not be absolutely boring or pretentious af. This song is definitely going on Heavy Rotation.

Rating - 4.5/5

Stagger (Cheetah)

This song makes me extremely uncomfortable.

And I get that that was the point, with the video featuring Cheetah in various states of intoxication, but... God, I just feel so fucking unsettled anytime I listen to this song. It feels Wrong™. I get the concept (it's actually pretty cool), but you can't just be outchea makin' songs that no one wants to listen to more than once. That makes no sense, sis.

How does one even describe this song?!?!?! First, there's that horn (I think) sample that has been manipulated to all fuck. There's no way in hell they just copy n pasted that from somewhere with it sounding like that. That's like the base of the song. And then you've got that stilted drum machine patterns, combined with parts of the song playing in reverse. Cheetah almost doesn't fit in this song with how sharp her rapping is, but it works (I guess), because it adds to the disonant atmosphere of the track.

I'm here for artistry and experimentation in popular music circles, but can we make songs that people can actually, you know... LISTEN TO?!?!?!?!?!?

I will say that I'm here for the preview she showed at the end of the video, tho. Ma'am outchea givin us High Fashion Butch™ with a tropical beat, and my wig was instantly in tatters.

Rating - 1/5

20th Century (V.E.I.L)

Idk who V.E.I.L is, but I love this song.

The quickest way to get me into your band is to give me New Wave. Or NuDisco. Or Deep House. Or Lo Fi Electronica (like 20th Century). To be honest, you could give me any number of throwbacks to the '80s or '90s, and I'd fucking love you.

But that's neither here nor there.

20th Century is a fun af song, and I wonder when this became such an oddity in K-Pop. Companies these days (as well as stans) are obsessed with perfection in their groups, at the cost of personality. And granted, it's always kind of been this way, but it's at an all time high these days. Every group performs like a well oiled machine. Which is great. But they look like robots. And with the music these agencies give their groups, it's not a pleasant experience. Very rarely is a terrible one, but at least when it's bad, it registers a reaction.

Anyway, 20th Century sounds like something I'd expect from the Polysics (now that's a throwback to my weeb days, if I've ever seen one), but more on the electronic side. It's got that same Lo Fi/'90s feel to it, but it's dressed up in '80s synthpop. Which is never a bad thing. A part of me almost wonders what this song would be like if an idol group promoted it, but she quickly hushes up when my logical side reminds her an idol group would never promote anything with production this Lo Fi.

I mean, there's TAHITI's Tonight, but sis... Let's not kick 9muses 2.0 while they're down.

Rating - 4/5

Butterfly (Weki Meki)

Fascinating how Weki Meki had to have their comeback delayed because of trouble with a shareholder, but they were able to push out this song for the Winter Olympics.

But I'm sleep, tho.

Weki Meki's Butterfly is a cover of the 2009 OST for the film Take Off, originally by Loveholics. Weki Meki's cover was released in honour of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games.

Um... I like Weki Meki's cover more than the original.

Weki Meki's cover is in the style of synthpop, and that fits the chord progressions and song structure a lot more than the pop/rock arrangement of the original. It also brings out the nostalgic vibes of the song, because these types of chord progressions were used very heavily in the '80s/'90s. After listening to Weki Meki's cover, the original just sounds flat and poorly produced. Which I mean, K-Pop didn't really have good production till about 2013/2014.

So.

The video linked above doesn't feature the full song, so here's a lyrics video that does.

Rating - 4/5

Electric Kiss (EXO)

Yes, I do realize this song has been floating around the EXOnet since around November, but I haven't seen an official release featuring the full song till this dance practice. And I've been wanting to cover this forever.

You guys, tell me why I thought EXO was really about to throw some 5th Harmony/BO$$ type shit down with that intro?!!?! I really thought I was about to get EXO outchea, flexin' on these heauxs, but maybe we aren't ready for alladat. Lordt knows the way EXO L reacted to Lotto shows it.

But that's neither here nor there, sis. What matters is how amazing Electric Kiss is. She starts out strong with heavy brass stabs and an even heavier drum beat, and only builds from there. Miss Kiss is not playin' games with us, ladies. She might not have been the BO$$ style flex that I thought she was gonna be, but that doesn't mean she's a slouch, neither.

When teasers for a Japanese EXO album turned up on SM's YT channel (which makes no fucking sense, but okay, girl), I was iffy. With singles out like Love Me Right ~romantic universe~ (as if adding a subtitle would make that song any better) and Coming Home, I was not hopeful. But Electric Kiss bangs harder than anything EXO has released since Call Me Baby. I never would have expected a Japanese EXO campaign to net me music this good with how bad their Japanese singles have are, but I really should've known better. EXO has always thrown down when it comes to the music, and Electric Kiss is a certified B A N G E R!!

I was tempted to put this in the Fabulous Five, but the songs there deserve to be, so...

Rating - 4.5/5

Refresh (TSUN featuring YUMADA)

So I see y'all just gon' hit me with the a sexier version of Blah!??!?!?! We really doin' that, sis?!?!?!

Alright, sis... Don't be mad when you see these rough ass body rolls.

Refresh, like I mentioned above, is a sexier version of Planetarium's Blah. It's the same kind Tropic/RnB hybrid arrangement, but the instrumentation is more Tropical than RnB. Miss TSUN's singing definitely gives Refresh an RnB vibe, tho. The production here is a little loose, but it's not too glaring obvious.

Rating - 3.5/5

The Fabulous Five

5. Timeless (Jaehyun, Doyoung, and Taeil of NCT U)

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Firstly, I need someone to tell me what song this sounds like, because it's been bothering me since release. These chords sound vaguely familar to me, I just can't tell what song Timeless shares them with.

Moving on.

When SM annouced that the NCT U Trio were making a comeback with a ballad for SM Station, I was not pleased. Station ballads are notorious for being lackluster af, and I was annoyed that SM really wanted this to be the song that followed Lower.

This is me eating my words.

I'm a little blown away at how amazing this turned out. NCT is a "group" (if you can even call them that) that has always come as more machine than man, so a ballad release (especially a Station ballad release) is the opposite of what I wanted from them. But they sound so raw and vulnerable here, it's a little heartbreaking.

Doyoung, Taeil, and Jaehyun are all very nice vocalists, but it is clear that Taeil is the main vocal of this unit, sis. Like... A bitch really started tearing up during his parts!! Doyoung and Jaehyun have the technical skill, but Taeil was really outchea singin' for his life!! And his belts are so nice?!?!? Fuck... He's really giving Taeyong a run for his money as my NCT bias, and I don't need this.

I can see why they wanted to do a live video here - K-Pop producers have a tendency to overdo the vocal production when doing studio recordings. And while that results in perfect vocals, it comes at the cost of any emotion or integrity in the vocal performance. And for an artform like K-Pop where the ability to emote isn't high up on the list of requirements for idols, that's a big fucking deal. Especially when ballads are usually used as more of a way to show off vocal ability than what they're supposed to. Which is kind of ironic, considering most main/lead vocalists have shit technique, and are usually picked for their ability to belt really powerfully (read - holler real loud).

I definitely would not have liked this if it was studio recorded. Yes, they're recording this *in* a studio (them vocals is too clean, sis), but... Y'all know what the fuck I mean!!

Rating - 5/5

4. Full Moon (Dreamcatcher)

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Dreamcatcher said in a recent interview that they do enjoy their sound, and most of the members (literally everyone except one; and even then, she just wanted to branch out a lil) would like if they could go darker. So I guess this is their agency honoring that.

Full Moon is a very typical Dreamcatcher song (which makes sense, since this is their anniversary release) with symphonic elements mixed within a heavy rock backdrop, which gives off the vibe of heavier J-rock and VISUAL KEI songs. And you wouldn't think that would make for a very pop friendly song, but their composers/producers use very pop-friendly chord progressions and song arrangements. Add in the members of Dreamcatcher (who have voices that are very suited to pop music), and you have a formula that shouldn't work. But it does.

It works, oh so well.

The video linked above doesn't feature the full song (I'm guessing they're gonna release the full video with their March comeback, because the song is already out in full), so here's their performance at their fan meeting that does.

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Rating - 5/5

3. I'm all ears (Kim Taeyeon)

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I'm all ears is a song from Taeyeon's Christmas album (which I might have downloaded, but never listened to). I'm guessing the video release is a gift to the fans type dealio, because she's not promoting it.

I find it interesting that I'm all ears was included on a Christmas themed album, because it feels springy. In fact, this song almost feels like Taeyeon heard Jessica's Because It's Spring, and decided that she wanted to make her own version. Which I'm cool with, because I like I'm all ears better. I like when Taeyeon gives us light and airy. Beltyeon is annoying, because her belts sound pinched and nasal. And Taeyeon relies on them far too much to cover up the fact that she can't emote very well with her voice.

But this is good.

I'm definitely putting this song on Heavy Rotation. I know, #Shocking. But if anyone peeped how I was fawned over Twenty Something from last week's list, it really shouldn't be that surprising.

Rating - 5/5

2. Love You (Eom Ji Hee)

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Now this is a real throwback to my youth days (don't ask, I'm not about to become That Kind™ of blog).

There's something so... Nice™ about hearing something this raw and unmastered, especially since we're so used to hearing such high production values in K-Pop. And I know I've clocked other songs on these lists for having loose production, but the difference is that this is SUPPOSED to be low production; this is literally a girl singing with her backing band with a camera on. I could point out all the things "wrong" here, but they don't really take away from the performance. The songs I've clocked for being low production, however, were studio recorded affairs that missed the mark. And granted, not everyone can afford to send their shit to a professional mastering house, but it's not hard to get harmonies to sit nicely in the mix.

Anyway, this is another song that sounds real familiar (I'm pretty sure this is a cover, because even the vocal melody sounded familar, and that's a big fuckin no no), but it sounded real nice. This is musics I'm trynna listen to on good days when I can't sleep. The video is even perfect for it, with it's starry projection on the band!!

Rating - 5/5

1. Diamond Girl (MxM BRANDNEWBOYS)

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Remember how I said you could give me any kind of throwback to the '80s and/or '90s, and I'd be happy?!?!?!

Diamond Girl is exactly what I'm talking about.

Diamond Girl is a funky n (most importantly) fun throwback to the '90s (with a little bit of '80s synth work thrown on top for good measure). The bass work is a highlight for me, and that damn "my diamond girl" hook won't leave me the fuck alone. That, and the "treat you like a gentlemen, like a gentlemen" (which is literally the same rhythmic pattern and interval as Chuu's "you attack my heart, you attack my heart" in Heart Attack) refrain are certified ear worms. Even the biggest pop haters couldn't resist those lines getting stuck in their head.

Like... I really don't know how to describe what I like about this song. Sure, I picked some stuff out, but that's just the tip of the iceburg. This song is balls to the walls A M A Z I N G!!!

2018 is the year of groups with lackluster debuts making amazing comebacks, I guess.

Rating - 5/5

Alright, babies, that's it for this week!! Don't forget to tune in on Friday for the next installment in my Jonghyun tribute with the first SHINee Feature Spotlight at 6pm EST, and next week at 6pm EST for this week's Review Roundup. Love you, guys!!

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hvnv27 · 7 years ago

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Infinite - Introduction

Kim Sunggyu: Gyuzizi, Gyu-grandpa, Gyu-leader. Oldest in infinite. Voice of an angel. Kontrol is my jam. Used to hate Woohyun but they’re now married. Would sacrifice everything for his 6 children. Princess of Woollim. Can go from oppa to baby in less then 0.01 sec. Hamster-gyu. Needs to be protected and loved. CEO is scared of his whining. Wink master. Changes from being bullied to strict leader when they practice. Refers to the rest of infinite as ‘the kids’. Loves them to death. Always commenting on their instagram posts. RISPECT. Musical king. Raps perfectly. Performed the whole of daydream by himself including the rapping for their concert. Variety king. Weekly Idol = Diss is Sunggyu

Jang Dongwoo: Pure child. Loves his members ass. Give the boy booty. Dances like the ocean. Raps like he’s spitting fire, sings like an angel. Jang angel. Crybaby. Kindest in infinite. Protect the poor child. Loves his parents. And his niece. Jang Dino. Never bring the pure child to a haunted house. The real maknae. Respects Sunggyu. Always finds the booty. Soft. SKINSHIP. Sleeps through anything, including Sungyeol drawing on his face. Abs. TEPUUUNG. His adlibs in Diamond killed me.

Nam Woohyun: Fanservice king. Nam-grease. Namu. I am tree. Vocal king. Power vocal. Boi got moves. Unofficial 3rd member of dance line. Disses Sunggyu like there’s no tomorrow. Solo album. FEELS. Part of parent line with Sunggyu. Kkeudeok kkeudeok. Voice like honey. HEARTEU. Hearts for days. Loves Inspirits with all his heart. Nam-Pabo. Probably an exhibitionist but who’s complaining. Best friends with Kibum (Key) from Shinee. Toheart. Abs. Abs flash in Be Mine. NEKOHAJA. High notes on point. Supports and is supported by Sunggyu even though they used to hate each other. Nam Perfect.

Lee Howon: MAAAH BIASS. Boi got dance moves for dayss. Two modes, Hosass or Hoaegi. Boy loves purple. Sends selcas to his members. Can’t do aegyo. Has natural aegyo. Dances like a god. Kicked ass on hit the stage. Acting on point. REPLY 1997. Part of the exhibitionist club with Woohyun and Dongwoo. Abs. Loves his members and Inspirits to death. Became more open to affection. Scared of ghosts but wants to meet one ever since they stopped living in their dorm. He’s lonely. Members show him love. Was in Ah-choo. Sasses his members. Loves puns. Boy is so witty. I say ho, you say ya.

Lee Sungyeol: Yeol-choding. Competitive af. Inspirits love him. “I’m in charge of being tall.” Inspirits would name all his strengths and wouldn’t be done till next year. Used to be in SM Academy. Visuals on point. NEEDS TO STAR IN A FUCKING DRAMA. Best actor, in my opinion. PIERCINGS. Used to have a ton. A whole row on his left year during chaser era. Has crossdressed more than once. Troublemaker and pick me. Special stage king. Sexy back with Hoya. Must watch. He will chase Inspirits to the other end of the world if we cheat on them. We would never. Disses everybody. Infinite, Woollim, his brother, his father, himself. Never disses his mother. Boi been exercising. Bickers with Sunggyu on instagram. ARIGATOU. Red hair was amazing. I’m as tall as his legs. Yeol-model. Tags irritate his skin. Manly and cute.

Kim Myungsoo: L. VisuaL. L-cosplay. Looks like an anime character. Japanese on point. Was in a Japanese drama but played a Chinese character. WOZAIZHELI. Taboo words. Sunggyu almost got hit. Loves his members. SKINSHIP KING. Pure marshmallow. Used to fall over a lot. ACTOR MYUNGSOO. Is adorable. Best aegyo. Would cling onto the members 24/7 if he could. Hyungdon and Defcon are his biggest fans. Apparently watches a lot of porn. Sungyeol and Hoya found out. Soft. Second softest in infinite after Dongwoo. I love him. Straightens his hair.

Lee Sungjong: MAKNAE ON TOP. Could beat all his members to a pulp. Anyone insult them and he’ll take out a knife or just give you poisonous lemon candy. LEMON SATANG KING. Visuals. So pretty. Prettier than all the Inspirits. He’s beautiful. He knows it. Used to kick a teddy bear when he was pissed. The bears name was usually Kim Sunggyu or Nam Woohyun. Looks beautiful even with different coloured face paint on his face. Looks amazing with blonde hair. Does girl group dances like he owns them. Loves lovelyzs like his actual dongsaengs. Can’t act. Jjong-victim. Always gets dissed by his hyungs. Jokes on them cause Sungjong is fabulous. And he knows it.

7 visuals. 7 vocals. 7 dancers. 7 rappers. 7 perfect human beings. 7 members. 7 boys who have has our heart forever. This is Infinite.

#infinite #inft #ifnt #kim sunggyu #sunggyu #sungkyu #jang dongwoo #nam woohyun #woohyun #lee howon #hoya #lee sungyeol #sungyeol #kim myungsoo #myungsoo #lee sungjong #sungjong #woollim

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051db · 7 years ago

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the hope you suffer tag (?)

so i was tagged by my good friend krys (@velvetjjks) to do another tag again...so i might as well get started with this, since i’m terrible at intros! and i’m doing it krystal’s way since I HAVE NO CLUE WHERE THIS TAG CAME FROM BUT, here we go.

✂︎ my firsts

first group i listened to? - GOT7 + INFINITE.

first solo artist i listened to? - ailee.

first group to know every single member’s names - INFINITE.

first song to make you emotional? - HOW THE HELL DO I ANSWER THIS ONE, EVERY SONG I LISTEN TO MAKES ME EMOTIONAL, GOD— ailee’s cover of “fate” on immortal songs.

✂︎ my top 3s!

my top 3 male groups? - sf9, ptg, and wanna one.

my top 3 female groups? - loona, AOA, and CLC.

my top 3 favorite female solo artists? - wHOOOOO THERE ARE LOTS, BUT yezi (fiestar), taeyeon (snsd), and jessica jung.

top 3 songs of all time? - every single SF9 song to ever exist, duh-

top 3 biases? - lee jaeyoon, yang hongseok, and lee daehwi!

top 3 fandoms you’re apart of? - fantasy, universe, and wannable :))

top 3 choreographies? - i would want to say all of SF9′s, PTG’s and INFT’s. all 3 groups are highly acknowledged for their in-sync dancing and fairly complex choreographies, and some of the members can even help with the choreo for some of their songs, whether it’d be a b-side or a title track (i.e: taeyang, youngbin, chani, kino, hoya + dongwoo).

✂︎ my ultimates

ultimate bias group? - *see 1st answer in top 3s above*

ultimate male bias(es)? - lee jaeyoon, ftw!

ultimate female bias(es)? - kwon mina, jang seungyeon, and joo kyulkyung!

#tags #KRYSTAL THIS TOOK ME SO LONG TO ANSWER

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dddainuhsoar · 8 years ago

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[fic] you make me

woohyun x sunggyu

notes: a/b/o ‘verse

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there’s something about the way a beautiful person walks into the room. like, time stops and the world holds their breath, or angels sing, bells ring and a spotlight granted by the smile from god beams down on the person. that’s how kim myungsoo walks into the lunchroom on fridays.

on fridays, the alphas share lunch with the betas and omegas. on fridays, sungyeol makes sure to pick the table at the back and in a corner because it’s the perfect vantage point for “the honeys”. when he waves sunggyu over to the table but stops-dead mid-octopus-arm-wave, sunggyu knows the school’s number one beauty has just stepped into the lunchroom. he can practically hear the collective intake of breath. he would turn, to join in the admiration of kim myungsoo, but woohyun is already at the table, taking the chance to pinch one of sungyeol’s nuggets from his tray.

woohyun salutes sunggyu with the chicken nugget in greeting. sunggyu gestures at him to break a piece off for him, and woohyun merely scoffs and picks another chicken nugget off sungyeol’s tray to hand over.

“hey!” sungyeol objects, too late.

“that’s what happens when you get distracted.” woohyun shrugs. “thanks for the nuggets.”

“that’s unfair. everyone is distracted when it comes to myungsoo.” sungyeol glares at both woohyun and sunggyu.

“sure, but while you were being distracted by us stealing your nuggets, someone is busy stealing your man over there.”

“what?” sungyeol whips his head back to where myungsoo is seated - at one of the center tables, no less - and grinds his teeth when he sees two alphas already trying to squeeze a seat between myungsoo and his friends. “they’re so- hey!”

howon grins, another piece of sungyeol’s chicken nugget between his teeth. he takes the seat next to the pouting boy.

“you snooze, you lose.” howon teases.

sungyeol rolls his eyes. “that phrase is so old-fashioned, i lose my appetite.”

“just shut up and eat.” howon laughs, scooping some of his rice over to sungyeol’s tray. “you’re too thin.”

“what, passing me the carbs because you’re trying to build abs again?” sungyeol sneers.

“hey, be grateful that i’m paying you back for the chicken nugget.”

“chicken nuggets are worth at least 10,000 won each.” sungyeol says matter-of-factly. “how about you two, what are you going to give me as repayment?” he turns back to sunggyu and woohyun only to see them sharing a kimbap that has already been neatly cut into pieces. “share some with me!”

woohyun looks from the kimbap between him and sunggyu, then to sungyeol. “ah, this is-“

“my mom made this for woohyun,” sunggyu says.

“what for? that’s special treatment!” sungyeol objects. “woohyun is always getting special treatment.”

“what’s going on between you two, anyway?” howon says. “you’re always so secretive about it.”

“we’re just friends,” sunggyu says, just as woohyun says, “we’re partners.”

’i wanna get juice.’ woohyun gestures towards the store he and sunggyu are passing by. ‘you wait for me outside, i’ll be right back.’

’i’ll go with you,’ sunggyu says, hand already on the handle of the store’s door.

’no, you always end up trying to pay for me.’ woohyun tugs sunggyu’s hand off roughly. ‘you stay out here.’

sunggyu cradles his hand to his chest as if he were severely injured. ‘fine, you ungrateful piece of trash.’

woohyun easily ignores the derogatory name-calling. ‘it’ll just take five minutes, don’t go anywhere.’

’shut up, i’m not a child.’ sunggyu rolls his eyes.

it’s not as if woohyun has anything against sunggyu paying for everything. hell, who has anything against getting stuff for free? if he could have everything signed, sealed and delivered, that’d be great. sunggyu will eventually be doing that for him in the future, woohyun thinks. when they’re older and sunggyu has taken over his mother’s business (and woohyun his father’s), sunggyu will be giving woohyun his salary, his home, his meals- everything, basically. but that’s in the future, not right now, so- wait, where’s sunggyu going?

woohyun stretches his neck to see over the shelves. sunggyu is hurriedly passing the shop’s glass windows, holding up an index finger in a gesture for ‘one minute’ at woohyun as he quickens his pace. woohyun frowns. he pays for the bottle of juice, collects his change and exits the shop.

by then, sunggyu’s trace has disappeared.

sungjong sets his tray down next to hoya. “partners?”

“woohyun and sunggyu.” howon points at the two in question. “partners.”

“isn’t that because woohyun is gonna become sunggyu’s bodyguard after we graduate?”

“that’s exactly it.” sunggyu agrees.

“ah, a bodyguard is such a cool job to have.” sungyeol sighs. “selling fruits is so lame.”

“you know you don’t have to take over your father’s business, right?” howon says.

“yeah, but it’s not like i have anything else to do.”

“anything is better than a cleaner, right? am i right, guys?” howon sniggers.

all of them look at howon like he’s stupid. everyone (read: the whole school) knows howon has something for the school’s sunshine, jang dongwoo. (‘something against!’ howon will object) dongwoo is kind and innocent, the type that apologises to the floor after falling down. he helps his mother with her cleaning service on saturdays, and his father with their jajang-myeon restaurant on sundays. he plays football with the elementary school’s football team on wednesdays, and high schoolers will come just to watch dongwoo, dongwoo’s legs and dongwoo’s butt in shorts. if myungsoo were the school’s number one most desirable omega, jang dongwoo comes in a close second place.

and howon is so in love with him, he just doesn’t want to admit it. instead, he leaves little ‘hi, how are you today?’ notes written on purple, fancy flowery stationary paper, folded into a neat triangle, on dongwoo’s table in the mornings, before everyone else reaches the classroom. the idiot wakes up earlier than everyone else just to come to school early and leave notes, but everyone knows. he sits behind dongwoo in class and sometimes places heart-shaped stickers on the back of dongwoo’s shirt. he looks anxious every time dongwoo stumbles when answering a question the teacher has asked. and every time dongwoo turns around to pass him a worksheet, he distinctly looks anywhere but at him. he’s so transparent, only a bigger idiot hasn’t noticed his huge crush. and that bigger idiot just happens to be jang dongwoo.

and he’s walking over right now. with an umbrella in hand. howon’s umbrella.

“hoya,” all the eyes at the table turn to bear holes into howon when dongwoo says the nickname casually. “you forgot your umbrella yesterday.” his smile is so bright and kind of casts a peaceful wave over anyone who looks at him.

“y-you,” howon stutters, which elicits a few sniggers from his friends. “you could have left it on my table…” he’s muttering, howon is loud-mouthed and opinionated, he doesn’t mutter! his friends, especially sungyeol, take too much delight in his embarrassment.

“oh, but then i wouldn’t have had an excuse to talk to you.” dongwoo is a breath of fresh air, so easy-going and so honest, brave and unashamed. howon, on the other hand, is a red-faced, sputtering mess ready to dig a hole into the earth where he can burrow himself into and die in peace. his friends won’t let him live this down. “the rain was so heavy yesterday, i was soaked when i got home,” dongwoo continues, unaware of howon’s increasingly red face. he places the umbrella on the table. “hope you didn’t get too wet.”

“if he wasn’t yesterday, he sure is now.” sungyeol murmurs. the table (besides howon) bursts into stifled giggles and elbow-nudging.

“why did you get wet?” howon asks, trying very hard to ignore his friends. “was my umbrella broken?”

“what? no!” dongwoo quickly replies, eyes going wide. “i mean, i wouldn’t know if it is, i didn’t use it.”

the table has now quieted down and is looking at dongwoo in confusion.

“you didn’t use it?”

“no?” dongwoo says. “i didn’t know if i could, so i didn’t.”

“why did you think i-“ howon catches himself when he finds his friends staring at him in anticipation. “you should have just used it.” he finishes quietly.

dongwoo blooms into a smile once again. “knowing that you would have let me use it is good enough.” he stares at howon with open affection for a good five seconds and howon doesn’t even react, just stares back at him with a slight frown and in distress. sungyeol, sungjong, woohyun and sunggyu could feel the rest of the student body glowering enviously in their direction. “i’ll talk to you later, then. see you guys around.”

the table gives their resounding ‘bye’s. when dongwoo has returned to his table, sungyeol is the first to give howon his most shit-eating grin.

“why, hoya,” sungyeol drawls. “you told me your forgot your umbrella at home yesterday.”

“if you don’t want to die, shut up.” howon mutters through grit teeth.

“but hoya,” sungjong takes over. “you told me you lost your umbrella.”

howon sputters gracelessly. “sh-shut up! you’re all such horrible friends! what were we talking about, anyway? let’s just talk about something else!” he points at sunggyu and woohyun, who already have their teasing quips prepared. “you two! we were talking about the weird thing between you two!”

“no, we weren’t.” sunggyu laughs. “you were the one who brought up dongwoo.”

“i did not. i just mentioned cleaners.” howon insists. “s-stop turning this back to me! don’t pretend we’re done talking about that kimbap!”

“ooh, why does woohyun get to have kimbap and i don’t?” sungjong asks, swiftly leaning over the table to snatch a piece of kimbap with his chopsticks.

“no reason, sunggyu’s mom just likes me.” woohyun shrugs, smug smile on his face.

“something must have happened yesterday,” howon says hurriedly, trying to secure the topic. “sunggyu got caught in the rain and you helped shelter him like a good alpha? that must be it, huh?”

sunggyu rolls his eyes and woohyun laughs incredulously.

woohyun has made a couple of regretful decisions in his 18 years of life, he’s not ashamed of admitting that. what he’s ashamed of, however, is that somehow, all his regrets are decisions made about one kim sunggyu. he’s made so many mistakes, you’d think that he learned something from them, but nope, he just repeats them. or maybe it isn’t woohyun’s fault, maybe it’s just sunggyu who’s difficult to calculate. woohyun told sunggyu to stay put. it was sunggyu who ran off, he didn’t listen to woohyun and just did whatever he liked, just like so many other times! woohyun is glad he got responsibility out of the way so he can freak out about where the hell is sunggyu? he’s in so much trouble when woohyun finds him, he’s going to have to pay him for emotional damages-

woohyun’s phone vibrates in his pocket. he’s supposed to calm down when he sees sunggyu’s name on his screen, but instead his heart speeds up, as if it wasn’t jittering at its maximum already.

’where the hell are you, prick?’ woohyun barks into his phone.

’woohyun, i fucked up.’ no fucking shit. he’s running. sunggyu is breathless and his steps are heavy and loud, frantic rustling in grass. ‘i got kidnapped. but i escaped. running now. don’t know where i’m. oh wait wait wait. where are you right now, woohyun?’ he has stopped running, he’s breathing hard into the phone.

’i’m still outside the shop.’ woohyun says, a bit emarrassed. he has been waiting at the same spot for four hours, freaking out about sunggyu. but he’s been told when you get lost, the best way to get found again is to stay where you are. it definitely applied to his situation, didn’t it?

’good. i’m nearby. i- the- um. that- shit, where-‘ woohyun hears sunggyu take a deep breath. ‘they’re so fucking stupid. the park. i’m in the woods where the the mate run is held. you know where it is, right?’

’yeah, i know.’ woohyun says into a dead line, feet already taking him.

“you know, it’s pretty common for people to find mates even before the mate run.” sungjong says. “so they know for sure they’re not going to leave the run un-mated. have you guys found someone yet?”

“you’re talking as if a mate isn’t for life.” sungyeol sneers. “you think it’s that easy?”

“a mate isn’t for life.” sungjong rolls his eyes. “you can break it off if you want to.”

“easier said than done,” sungyeol fires back. “if you have that mindset when mating with someone, you may as well not go through with it. you’re an alpha, it’s easier for you. but for betas and omegas, it isn’t as simple. especially omegas.”

“i never said i don’t take mating seriously,” sungjong snaps. “i’m just pointing out something that people do. you think i don’t know omegas have it harder?”

woohyun exchanges a glance with sunggyu, who shrugs. he raises his eyebrows and mouths, you deal with it.

“howon, maybe you should ask dongwoo to be your mate soon.” woohyun suggests, before sungyeol and sungjong can leap across the table at each other’s necks. “we graduate next month and a week later is the mate run. we don’t have much time left.”

“yeah, i’m pretty sure other alphas have already started asking dongwoo to be their mate.” sunggyu adds.

“dongwoo is sooner to ask howon than howon asking dongwoo.” sungjong snickers, forgetting his near-fight with sungyeol.

“who knows? he spoke more than five words to dongwoo today and let dongwoo call him ‘hoya’. their relationship has already progressed further than we thought.” sungyeol joins in. he high-fives sungjong’s offered palm.

howon glares at all of them, even the innocent woohyun and sunggyu.

“i’m not going to ask him.” howon says. “i’m going to pursue him during the mate run, as per tradition.” he says it without breaking a sweat, without turning red-faced or stuttering over his words. development.

“well said.” sungjong nods in approval. “what about the rest of you?”

“i have someone,” sungyeol says. “they said ‘okay’ but still want to be chased during the run.”

“who wants to be chased by you?” sunggyu grimaces.

“you’re jealous ‘cus the only person who would chase you is woohyun.” sungyeol shoots back.

“shut up,” sunggyu says, though he grins. “i’ll be the one doing the chasing.”

“no way.” woohyun says, grinning as well. “you’re an old man. you can’t run.”

“is no one curious at all who i am going to pursue?” sungjong asks. they all turn to look at him. “lots of people have asked me to chase them, you know.”

“why?” howon asks. “your parents are florists.”

“because i’m handsome, charming and a better alpha than most of the graduating class, of course.”

“‘a better alpha’, sure.”

“how bitter, hoya.” sungjong says steadily. “but like you, i’m leaving it up to instinct. i’ll chase whoever the alpha in me wants to chase.”

“the woods really mess up your senses, though.” woohyun says. “if there’s no singular scent you’re tracking, you’re going to have a hard time chasing, even if instinct tells you which way to run.”

“how’d you know?” howon asks, frowning at him.

woohyun exchanges a nervous glance with sunggyu.

“we tried it out.” sunggyu admits.

“you two are so fucking gross.”

when woohyun was younger, like three or four, his father frequently pulled him into his lap. he’d comb woohyun’s hair with his fingers and hugged woohyun, kissed woohyun’s head and let woohyun sleep with a cheek pressed against his chest. some of it, woohyun liked to believe, was done with love. most of it, woohyun knew, was because his father wanted him to memorise his scent. so if he ever got lost, his nose would lead him home. when woohyun was fifteen or sixteen, his father gave him a pillowcase.

’memorise that scent.’ woohyun’s father told him.

woohyun knew whose scent it was the moment he pressed his nose to it. sunggyu’s. at that time, he was already close with sunggyu, but they weren’t yet intimate enough to share scents. and learning sunggyu’s scent like that, without him being there and allowing it, felt wrong. it felt like an invasion into a privacy woohyun wanted permission for.

woohyun being woohyun, he told sunggyu about it, straight-forward and a bit embarrassed. sunggyu had frowned at him, and woohyun had expected this disappointment, but he still felt sunggyu should know-

’i was the one who gave him the pillowcase to give to you,’ sunggyu said. ‘if you’re going to protect me, you should know my scent.’

there, that was permission, clear consent. it wasn’t the type of permission that woohyun was looking for, but it was enough.

’and maybe i should memorise your scent too,’ sunggyu continued. ‘so i know where to run to if i ever… if i ever got lost.’

sunggyu has always been better at finding woohyun than woohyun is at finding sunggyu. it’s sunggyu who bursts into view, legs going too fast to stop as he tackles woohyun to the ground. woohyun’s arms immediately wrap around the familiar weight and body, pulling sunggyu close. he presses his face into sunggyu’s hair and takes a deep breath, knowing sunggyu is doing the same to him.

’we got to get up now.’ sunggyu says, pulling apart. ’they’re not far behind.’

’they hit you?’ woohyun asks, rubbing the bruise on sunggyu’s cheek. sunggyu winces. ‘oh, sorry.’

’just a couple of hits, not a big deal.’ sunggyu shrugs. ‘come on, let’s go.’

’how many of them are there?’

’just two. they’re a couple.’

’then i can take them on.’

sunggyu pauses. he seems to be considering woohyun’s chances. then he says slowly, ‘if you think you can…’

they hear shouting and footsteps rustling through the grass getting closer and louder. a woman and a man appear, huffing and sweating. the male is carrying a metal baseball bat and the woman is holding a knife. they’re shocked to find woohyun but waste no time in attacking. the man yells out as he charges towards the two boys. woohyun pushes sunggyu out of the way, and tackles the man around the knees before he can strike.

the man goes down, and the woman behind woohyun screams. he snatches the bat from the man and knocks him out swiftly by striking him on the forehead with the heavy base of the handle. when he turns around, sunggyu is dodging the woman’s reckless stab. woohyun swings the bat, there’s a crack and the woman passes out, falling face-forward.

’you didn’t kill them, did you?’ sunggyu says, quickly getting to his feet.

’no.’ at least woohyun hopes not. there’s no blood, but… ‘call 119. but let’s run too, just in case.’

sunggyu growls in frustration at the thought of running and talking into the phone again, but he’s already punching the numbers into his phone as they take off.

’one male, one female. they appear to be an alpha-omega couple. the red woods park. um,’ he glances around for signs. ‘near carpark b. yes. please come quickly. woohyun, should i destroy my phone and dump it?’

’um, no?’ woohyun says. ‘it’s fine. just give it to me. i’ll ask my father what to do with it.’ he grabs the offered phone. ‘let’s keep running till we get somewhere crowded, okay?’

sunggyu is tired. his breathing is inconsistent, and he keeps slowing down. woohyun slows to a jog so they can be side-by-side. he gives sunggyu an encouraging thumbs-up.

’i knew i could count on you,’ sunggyu smiles weakly at woohyun. ‘alpha.’

they’re panting, shirts stuck to their backs, hair strands dripping with sweat. they have grass and mud on their elbows, uniforms and faces. sunggyu’s cheek swells where he had been hit. he blinks too much, breathes too fast and he doesn’t know what to do with his hands except clench them into fists. he still keeps looking back, afraid and anxious.

’you did good.’ woohyun comforts him, looking sunggyu in the eye. ‘you did good,’ he repeats it. ‘alpha.’

end notes: let me know what you think! comments, thoughts, opinions fuel me to write the next chapters, which i have planned out already, just need to put into words. ooo o what’s that? they’re both alphas? what’s a mate run? what’s sungyeol’s second gender? (beta) who is sungyeol’s secret mate-partner-friend? let me know what you guys think lol

#woogyu #wip #this is a wip ch.1 #will be x-posted on aff and ao3 (maybe) when im done with the other chapters

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intestato · 8 years ago

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@esperiums

“A story for the teller of tales. I am no weaver of words, mind you, but for you I shall try”.

He was an enchanter. A creator of worlds conjured into existence with words touched by wonder. It was a colorful language mastered by few, and though she doubted her ability to string together words that could replicate a sense of wonderment, Terra would not deny him this simple request. There was very little she would deny him if he dared ask; a thought that required careful consideration at a later time should she remember to delve into the quietude of her conscious, for one learned a lot about their true selves in silence and solitude.

Terra sat with her legs crossed as slender fingers reached for the long strands of hair loosened from the knot that typically kept them bound, tucking them behind her ear so that they didn’t obstruct her vision. The gesture revealed a stray lock of green hair among blonde ones which caressed the high curve of her left cheek. It is then that the halfling looked to Dongwoo, her glossy gaze suggesting that the very essence of her was finally beginning to spill through the seams of her being. She was overflowing.

“In days of yore, people once believed in the existence of magic”. Her voice lowered as if invoking forgotten power buried in the annals of time, the unearthing of a truth that man once knew but had willed themselves to abandon. “They worshipped the primal gods responsible for bestowing unto the mortal world their gift: Sophia the Goddess, Zurvan the Demon, and Sephirot the Fiend”. Evoking the names of the divine held no sway in this world yet to speak of their sacredness in such a way weighed upon her heart. Many refused to speak of their name out of fear it might awaken a great and terrible power slumbering beneath the earth. Others regarded the legend as an exaggeration of the truth - if gods existed, then surely it is Man who conquered and felled them.

Following a brief pause, the woman continued her telling of this particular tale. “As Man came into contact with Magic and the Divine, mythical beings known as espers came into existence. Neither human or god, they were revered as descendants of the three gods of magic - a connection to the heavens made flesh and bone. For centuries the two races coexisted in peace with humans acquiring the knowledge to wield magic. The potential for greatness seemed boundless…” She closed her eyes slowly in the midst of retelling the events of an old legend. All stories stem from truth, no matter how small or insignificant it may seem. But this was not a simple truth; it was the legacy she inherited through the blood of her father. It coursed through her veins and gave her purpose. It gave her power.

”Though there is good in the hearts of men, there is also a darkness that lurks within them. Man sought to claim the power of the espers for themselves at the risk of waging a great and terrible war. In their hubris, they destroyed themselves. Once the flames of war at last receded, all that remained was the charred husk of a world that once held such beauty and magnificence, for the espers had fled to a realm of their own making at the height of the battle…So it is that magic became a thing of myth as it faded from the collective memory of mankind. They allowed themselves to forget the secrets of magic, no longer understanding the whispers of the wind of the language of the earth”.

Terra opened her eyes. With arms wrapped around her legs, she hugged them closer to her chest as her gaze found Dongwoo’s once again, expression unreadable. Mystifying. Her aim was not to enchant, rather to show a glimpse of the being that slept underneath the barrier of her skin, hidden behind the hazel hues of her eyes. “But life finds a way, Monsieur Jang. That which is lost may one day return with hope of a brighter future. The winds have gained the courage to whisper again, reaching out to those who are willing to listen…The say there is an awakening. Change will inevitably come”.

A smile graced the softness of the young woman’s features. It is a smile that finds her often in the presence of the storyteller. “There is a little magic in all of us. It is there, waiting to be discovered”.

O' tale of tales! Did the man adore such things, for he adored them as many man or woman should adore the taste of tea. He twitched his nose, brushing the end of his nail along the bridge of his nose, before he settled himself upon his seat. The grass was soft beneath his ringed digits; both palms now resumed flat upon the surface. Was this a picnic? No, he was not quite sure as he had taken her here, to this open and grassy space. The tree’s shadow a familiar friend, as he listened to his peer’s tall tale. But he knew she never lied, and if she did, she would truly need to try. As lies came so difficult, between the two -- or so he would assume.

Espers, she said? For what were these beings were, are, sounded ever so mystical. So fascinating that they appeared to be soft pieces of fabric that weaved in the air as the clouds had before them in the sky.

Dongwoo found himself closing his eyes as he continued to listen. Shoulder relaxing before he laid on the surface of the grass. One would question a man constantly dressed in uncomfortable layers that associated with his suits, looked ever so comfortable on the grass at that moment in time. “That was beautiful.” Said the man, as he opened one eye to reveal a violet orb that now stayed stationary on the newly green hair that grasped his attention at that moment. “Would you say that life only found a way due to those who ushered them into their homes? It seems quite sad that such beings had to be taken away. Put so far away that they were feared. These beings...“ Dongwoo paused for a moment. “They sound beautiful.”

Wonderland was a peaceful land except during the era of the Red Queen’s rule. Her pet the Jabberwocky was one that many feared. What man or creature be not afraid of such a foul beast of that nature? The man shivered slightly before he sat up once more; loose shreds of grass lost in ebony strands. “They were not fearsome beings, were they Madame E? For they sound as if they were the clouds in the sky.” He raised his ringed digits to gesture to one -- he knew it was rude to point in front of a lady, so he pointed with all four fingers. “Clouds appear gentle in the day sky, but they turn most angry when they are full of water. To this they must rain... to create life.”

Hand now placed upon his lap once more. Trying to understand another world which was as difficult as his own as a conflict that raged in his mind as did his excitement in his bones. Curiouser and curiouser, this poor man was. How she was so filled with knowledge; and he with so few in understanding.

#.responsum #[ i have missed you too ! too many days have stretched upon us. i hope you are well my dear friend n_n ]#esperiums

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