#mutuals do ur thing pls i want data

[branloaf]

In this context "offered by the school" doesn't mean the school itself ran them, but that they'd arrange for you to have the lessons during the school day. External would be arranged solely by your parents I'm assuming. I had them offered up until Year 7 at school and I'm curious to see if that's normal worldwide or if Australia is just different like usual.

[haunteyed]

✧･ﾟ(   hecate + ming xi + cisfemale   ) 𝒎𝒂𝒎𝒎𝒂 𝒎𝒊𝒂 !!  have you seen (   heidi liu  ) around ? (   she  ) has been in kaos for (   one year   ). the (   thirty year old  ) is a/an (   psychiatrist   ) from (   henan, china   ). people say they can be (   shrewd   ) but maybe that’s not too bad ‘cause they can also be (   captivating   ). whenever i think of them, i can’t help but think of (   the faint, lingering smell of incense, weary 3 o’clock mornings and yellowed, dog-eared paperbacks   ).  ･ﾟ✧  (  penned by kon, 19, gmt+8, she/her  ). 

content warning: xenophobia, bullying, implied violence, dogs (pls let me know if i should tag anything else!)

she was born in henan, china on september 21, 1989. having a son would have been preferable for the couple but they settled for her instead.

spent more time with her mother than her father as he worked in the city.

her parents were pious buddhists and she was brought up with it so she was no stranger to lighting up joss sticks at the altar in their house, observing different special occasions.

on the year she turned twelve, her father had gotten the promotion he wanted. the catch? they had to move all the way to america.

at an awkward age, an awkward time, in a country where she barely knew how to speak the language, she couldn’t help but feel impending doom.

maybe she’s right on the money; she stands out like an odd thumb with her pale skin and jet black hair among the freckled, tanned kids with lighter hair. and that’s just in the small town airport.

she’s not one to let small things hurt her but when it happens everyday, any wound inflicted would be left to fester.

(bullying, xenophobia tw) these things spread and multiply; they start with schoolyard taunts, stinging chants, mocking words, told her to go back to china but the kicker was when one of neighbours suddenly provided them with more material.

it’s a small, christian town where everyone knew everyone and anything different that happens is bound to be noticed. and then shunned.

“she’s a witch. my mom saw her and her mom and dad burning stuff and incense thingies in their backyard. she said they had sacrificial offerings and were worshipping the devil.”

it’s not true, of course, but it didn’t matter if it wasn’t the truth. it only mattered if they believed it to be.

she suffered the brunt of it all, with her father working more often than he was at home and her mother staying at home if she’s not outside shopping for groceries.

(implied violence cw) the only time she loses control is when they make jabs at her mother and the teachers have to call her parents in to take her home.

the scholarship to an out-of-state college is an escape, and she dives into her studies like a fish taking to water. it takes long for her to complete her bachelor’s, medical degree and it takes a little longer for her residency when she suddenly made the decision to complete it in athens, greece.

finished her training and worked at the hospital she was a resident before eventually transferring to a psych clinic her senior opened in kaos.

she’s worked there for a little over a year and has no current plans of leaving.

i know this may be .. kind of vague save for some details but feel free to ask me about anything! you can also find other information on her profile (trigger warning: dogs! skip headcanon 4). i don’t have any plots up right now because i can’t think for shit but i’m pretty sure i could dive into ur messages and try think of one for our characters <33 LOVE YALL MWAH

p.s. im mainly gonna use discord for plotting bc my data is #dyin BUT do tell me if u prefer doing it via ims!!!

edit: yeah i thought of plots so i guess i take back my “can’t think for shit” statement lol

PLOT IDEAS: (edit: go here to see what’s taken and what’s not)

(dogs tw) a pet sitter: she has two dogs and one of them needs a lot of exercise!! heidi can’t do that on the daily so this is where u come in!! benefits for ur chara: loving dogs, nice person in need of ur service and occasionally free food bc sometimes heidi forgets to modify a new recipe for one person and ends up cooking for six ... or more

friends: say hello again to general term that’s pretty much self-explanatory; i’m gonna put more bullets down below to separate them but ur chara doesn’t have to be restricted to just one!!

met thru mutual friends and it’s only awkward when they’re alone together

former classmates that never really talked much before but right now it’s just like oh? you’re here too i see what a Weird Coincidence

met in the hospital she was a resident at in athens; could be there to see someone they knew there or a doctor, they worked there before, etc.

they got close to each other much faster than she thought they would and now they’re close friends!! cute!! the Fluff pls give me it 

someone who encourages her to “live a little”, meet someone new *wink wonk*; not necessarily a bad influence, could be related to a date plot

a former client! even though their condition has more or less stabilised, she still can’t help but worry a little about them

do they like cooking? do they like reading horror/supernatural books? or are they a fellow pet owner? chances are, she’s already struck up a conversation with them about it

current client: self-explanatory, could discuss how their doctor-patient relationship is generally like or how they feel about her 

a date: someone introduced them to her or vice versa / they matched on a dating app (which would be a friend’s idea) and we could see how it goes! doesn’t have to end up in a romantic plot lol

there could be more but PLEATHE give me all the plots thanks so much xoxo

you can find her pinterest board here (?? if it’s ugly i’m sorry?? i have no idea how it works but i will try to edit it once i do lol) and it isn’t much of a playlist but below are some of the few songs i associate with heidi!

reality / lew, joie tan

nocturnal / shaun 

the kids don’t wanna come home / declan mckenna

dancing with your ghost / sasha sloan

elusive / gentle bones

off she goes / bad suns

into black / blouse

[intearsaboutrobots]

15 QUESTIONS, 15 MUTUALS

thanks @paladinical for the tag!

Are you named after someone?:

i didn’t name me after anyone, altho for a while i went by/considered going by jules, which was after my Boy dr. julian bashir (That One Episode in season 5 #confirmed that hes a) perfect b) autistic and c) trans I Don’t Make The Rules)

When was the last time you cried?:

uhh gosh i’m not sure.. maybe after my break-up, thats certainly the hardest i’ve ever cried. so like almost 2 months ago (for 2 straight days rip... Shit Was Rough)

Do you have kids?:

only my ocs/favs, my perfect idiot children

Do you use sarcasm a lot?:

yeah? i think partially bc im good at being deadpan so its easier to communicate if my words are also sarcastic if that makes sense, and also bc Talking Directly Abt Stressful/Painful Things Is For Nerds

What’s the first thing you notice about people?:

h uh i guess it depends on the context... this sounds mean but it might be “how good are you doing the thing we’re doing right now,” so at work its like cool how good are you at Being At Work, or in social situations its like how good are you performing Being In A Social Interaction. 

and to hopefully make it clear that my social circles are not a weird meritocracy i would like to clarify that a) its bc i’m also doing this internally all the time always and b) it’s not like a value judgement i dont think ppl are Bad bc theyre not good at this thing, sometimes i’m also bad at the thing and we can bond over that, it’s just a thing i notice

What’s your eye color?:

hazel

Scary movies or happy endings?:

All. i lov a good spooky flick but if it ends bad then That Scary Things Out There And Could Kill Me. probably happy endings wins here bc i honestly want that on everything, provided its an Honest happy ending. like you gotta do the work to earn the catharsis and the happiness, and depending on the story? sometimes thats a l ot of work. enemies-to-friends-to-lovers is a long fuckin trip and its gotta b a rocky road, but the catharsis and the reward is the thing i like there

(exception: i lov me a good fated tragedy. see: hamlet and also every mechanisms album ever, but thats a different thing of like, there being a narrative symmetry and the ending still feels like a closed loop)

Any special talents?:

uhhh i got stuff i’m good at but idk that it’s Special?

i own at crazy 8′s thats a fact

Where were you born?:

the pacific northwest baybee!!!! got evergreens in my bones 

What are your hobbies?:

chat rp lmao, i lov some hcs that just Get Away from you

also knitting, crochet also of late, sewing a little, writing occasionally,

 ...............data analysis, which is the nerdiest fuckin thing but i like analysing and interpreting information and then figuring out what the colours on this line graph should b to best communicate that

Do you have any pets?:

naw

How tall are you?:

5′7″, which is stATISTICALLY ABOVE AVERAGE i hav wIKIPEDIAED IT

What sports do you play/have played?:

lol i briefly played both softball and volleyball as a youth. neither stuck

Favorite subject at school?:

physics!! and math and chemistry after that. i also liked english and french a lot

in university i added to that list: linguistics (3 credits short of a minor!!) and latin

Dream job?:

LIBRARIAN (PLS THE LIBRARY IF UR READING THIS HIRE ME I’VE APPLIED LIKE 4 TIMES)

for real tho this is the thing i picked when i was 16 and u had to pick what u’d do after high school. my original plan was:

graduate

go to librarian school

work in big room,, full of book

and then i found out that a library degree was a graduate degree so you needed a different one first, but that there wasn’t a rule abt what it was, so 16-year-old me was like cool ok so, i dont wanna write essays - the sciences. within that i like chem and physics the best, and the physics teacher is more fun so that i guess for 4 years

and despite this being a wild and barely considered plan i’m still into it??? physics is dope, dont wanna do it as a job but it’s fascinating and i’m glad i hav a degree in it, and i still wanna b a librarian even if the reasons hav shifted towards libraries as a place where theres no price tag on resources. it seems like a job where i can help ppl, use my customer service skills that i lov, and also ofc Big Room,, Full of Book

this was very fun!! and i’m tagging @possessed-radios @kalgalen @serendipitouscontaminant @wunderwirker @magictavern @notquiteaghost and oh gosh i can’t think of 15 ppl but pls feel free to tag urself if u wanna do this