#theimpalpable / yong.

[kamipyre]

◈ what form would your daemon take?

RODENT. Your daemon would take the form of a rodent! Those who have rodent daemons are opportunistic and prolific people who never look a gift horse in the mouth. They are adaptable and find themselves following their instincts and curiosities, though are remiss to take up space, and feel more comfortable keeping out of the spotlight.

RAT. Your daemon would take the form of a rat! You are an adaptable and driven individual who is not afraid to get your hands dirty. More so than others with rodent daemons, those with rats are gregarious and sociable, and they wear their hearts on their sleeve. They love to collect both items and knowledge, and their playful and curious energy comes through in whatever they do.

tagged by: @bloodxhound !!!! THANK YOU FOR TAGGING ME IN THIS :DDDD /  tagging: @eternasci @edgelord-dl6 ( miles pls!! ) @lcstkey @theimpalpable ( for yong pls :DD ) @mythvoiced​ ( patrick :3 ) @tvsteoftrvgedy​ @velvetineblue​ @uroborosymphony​ ( for ara!! ) andd YOU PLS DO IT :DD

[mythvoiced]

@theimpalpable​ | "We're two slow dancers, last ones out." Hanyong-Yohan? IDK JUST...FOLLOWING THE DANCING THEME 🥺 MITSKI LYRICS

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It’s not quite laughter, Han has yet to acquire the vocal powerful of throwing their head back and burst their voice in staccato reverberations of amusement out into the night-sky, for only the stars and Yong to hear.

But it is a chuckle, and perhaps warmer than whatever boisterous equivalent anybody else could have offered, as Han keeps their gaze locked with Yong’s as if there is no other place and no other being more deserving of their attention.

Not that it is attention to be praised or longed for. A soul curator has so very little to offer to the world, and what they do offer is teachings to those that arbitrate beyond what mortals can see or should even want to witness. They offer to the world the same vital importance air does, with the same likeliness to be forgotten even while fulfilling their duties, constantly working towards a goal that sees no end, to make sure others can.

And yet, here they are. Slow-dancing as if they’d ever learn it, not so cold for once with their hand in Yong’s and his body held near, the warmth of a living being and the warmth of something else, sometimes that inadvertently made them think of ashes at one point, and the swirling of smoke as it falls apart to allow whatever buried beneath it to break through.

Ashen is not what they’d describe Yong, though, no. He seems to glow like birthing embers, the soft yet brilliant presence of his smile and the equally non-imposing presence of his self, blown closer as if the wind had looked at them once and wondered why they hadn’t danced yet.

Han had no idea they could dance at all. Why know? How could they have discovered this?

Well, they’re not cutting the rug, that’s for sure. The music’s too mellow, barely louder than the gently shifting of their sole on the floor beneath them, the atmosphere is too akin to the methodical and heavy moving of clouds as they sway away to leave more space to the sun to warm the earth.

There’s no rush, nothing that would have Han wondering whether they could keep up.

There’s just the sensation of a bit of fabric and a bit of skin under their fingertips, the warmth of Yong as it moves along with him, and the small question at the back of their head if perhaps they aren’t taking more than any curator should be granted.

There is something about Yong’s smile that makes them wonder why they’d never danced before. And not in the passive curiosity of someone wondering how it had never come to it, not when they knew the answer to that.

No, it’s the blooming curiosity of a smile one day bright enough to rival Yong’s. It is the blooming something inside Han’s chest that prompts them to pull Yong closer until talking above a whisper would disrupt the air left between them, until their chests are flush and Han has an excuse to scout Yong’s features with the dedication of an art critic.

“We can stop whenever you’d like.”

But don’t ask me. Don’t ask me if I want to stop.

I’m not ready for my own honesty.

[circumstanceworn]

 @theimpalpable​   ∘⡊ ☾ ˚   sc.

     “ mmh... i might be able to help. come in then, it might take a bit. ”  gesturing for the other to enter the apartment, the witch SIGHS and, running a hand through his hair, makes for the large bookshelf on the other side of the living room. kneeling before it, he starts the process of digging for one of his spellbooks, all of which have found themselves buried for lack of use. minjoon is not USUALLY the one people come to for any sort of magical assistance but, he supposes, there are some who don’t have a lot of other option.

      “ what are you looking for, exactly? ”  he asks, voice slightly strained as he HEAVES a stack of large books from one of the shelves and begins searching the second pile, hidden behind.  “ a blessing of some sort? somehow i don’t think you’re here to ask me to hex someone for you. you don’t strike me as the type. then again, most, uh... non-humans don’t really NEED a witch to help them when someone’s causing them a problem, yeah? ”

[ofgentleresolve]

who ever said there was only one chosen one? ( @theimpalpable​ )

It has occurred to Yoojin- his bonghwang couldn’t be the only one. At the very least, it couldn’t have been back then. After all, however much shrouded in mystery and allure, a bonghwang might be, however much the myths may glorify it, is still A BIRD. Birds are hatched from eggs; it takes more than one to make an egg. Still, to find an individual in a very similar boat to his own is…unexpected to say the least.

Even if it is a millennium later.

Eyes with the reflection of a rainbow shimmering through watch their mirror. He’s…tall. A grown man in comparison to the youthful body Yoojin has been frozen in. He seems more on the innocent side too. Optimistic might be the better word- not yet jaded. Or maybe Yong has already gone through that crisis. Even in the scope of one thousand years, two hundred and fifty years is a long time to be alive.

“You could say that, Mister. Haha, you remembering makes me feel pretty OLD. I can’t even remember how old I am.” That’s a lie, but there’s no need to actually give an answer is there? Yoojin peers at the wrist presented to him. The burn scar is crisp around Yong’s wrist and it doesn’t seem like he’s wearing any other bracelets…not like the mala beads on Yoojin’s wrist.

He knew it. His other form…well, it wouldn’t have been the work of a bonghwang. Yoojin tilts his head though. “How I got my immortality? Well you see-“

It had been sudden just like the way Yong described his own. Sudden, with the sound of BELL accompanying the sound of a bird’s cry. It’s not a memory Yoojin likes to remember- he forces the smile. “Well, it’s been so long so I kinda…forgot.” He laughs, scratching the back of his head.  “It’s not like we can remember everything in the face of immortality right? But that bonghwang- did they ever come to you in their human form?”

[gdmonster]

@theimpalpable​ | AND ANOTHER WILD CARD BUT FROM THIS BLOGGO: "i don't think about the past, it's always there anyway." MITSKI LYRICS FROM VARIOUS SONGS PROMPTS

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The agreement is silent but committal, the lift of both his eyebrows as he fails to look up from the dossiers strewn across his desk. Expert hands sift and flip through pages at the speed of someone who’s only as familiar with the feeling of paper beneath his fingertips, as he is with the coldness of his phone as he dials an ever-familiar number for an ever-familiar combination of praise and disappointment.

The present is nothing but the past’s future, every decision made back then has cut new lines into the overall carpet making up today, yesterday, and tomorrow’s existence. One minor slip-up can have the repercussions of a major accident, if handled poorly enough.

And it was the job of people like Kwon Hyuk to track every decision made and every track left, and turn it around in a way that would ensure the social survival of the silhouette hovering over his frame.

He doesn’t mind doing dirty work for the future police commissioner. But perhaps he minds not knowing how filthy his hands are getting.

That’s why his agreement is silent, because he wishes that statement to be a line, a philosophy he could follow. But part of him looks upon its composition and simply wonders if it isn’t far more contradictory than it’s trying to appear to be.

If it’s always there, have you ever stopped thinking about it? And for how long can perceived generosity and forged family retain the image he’d first taken of it?

He sighs, finds the dossier he was looking for and starts flipping through it.

“Well,” he starts, closing the dossier while lifting his gaze from it. His smile has always been on the side of genuine. He looks at the man before him and finds something similar in the energy he exudes, something that speaks of lack of threat, something that is easier to be around of than some others he retains himself closer to.

A kind soul, if his eyes, his smile are anything to go by.

Not the kind Han Gi Hwan takes likely too, he also muses. 

“Sometimes there’s really no way around it. I’m telling you, you’d be luckier thinking about it in this case,” his hands underline his pensive nature and the nervousness humming away beneath it, as he lifts and lightly smacks the dossier up and back down on his open palm, over and over again, in slow motions.

“This case is... quite something. Why did your... what was it, superior? Why did you say you were you interested in this?”

[ofgentleresolve-a]

Do you have a trope of character you like, but can't/don't want to write? Are you following someone who writes that type of character?

@eternasci a question or do you mean ferre professing their undying love for their mutuals' writing-

anyone who's been writing with me for a while will probably notice that i tend to lean more towards sweetheart characters ( ex. calum and patrick ) or more protagonist-like archetypes aka straightforward and genuine individuals ( ex. suki and lamon )...i can't help it, i'm bad at writing mean characters :/ but even if i do write these kinds of characters, i’m ALWAYS happie to see these kinds of characters aka wholesome characters who refuse to let the bad things in the world change them for the worse on my dash like taiyang ( @bledwaves ) yong ( @theimpalpable ) and luci ( synnie i can’t tag u twice ;-; )

HOWEVER, i do have a soft spot for detective characters , but more specifically GRUMPY maverick detectives who have secretly have a heart of gold/are probably incompetent when it comes to things outside of their job....my first love of this kind of character is actually a*lec hardy ( portrayed by the LEGEND d*avid tennant ) from b*roadchurch ( great show, love the realism and also the disaster detective duo of hardy and miller IS TO DIE FOR ).  this is probably why i adore hyuk ( @jeoseungsaja ) SO MUCH although even if that wasn’t my type, i’d still love him ( and his wonderful writer ) anyways <3

also have to give a shoutout to ray ( @bloodxhound ) even though ray, while a loner, doesn’t come off to me as grumpy so much as nonchalant...BUT he is still a detective, i LOVE detective characters so much, and he’s also a bastard, which is a kind of type character i’ve recently been becoming more fond of, this is probably also the reason mana’s getting meaner 😂

and...! and! this is probably THE ONE TROPE I CAN’T DO AS A WRITER but i really enjoy femme fatale like characters....female characters who you KNOW are hiding something behind a smile and it’s kinda scary to try and find out more....shoutout to @mythvoiced for having sarang on their roster bc she fills me with complete joy and fear all at the same time and i?? love it 🥲 i’ll also include @dxsole��s didi in this even if didi is a tad more lively bc didi also fulfills my need for unhinged women who could totally kick me in the face and i wouldn’t even be upset 😂

[kamipyre]

@theimpalpable sent in: "Suki, Suki!" Tall boy chirps excitedly, almost running to where she is whilst half of his face is covered with something that's covered in a transparent bag. "Look what I found! It's for you!" Yong hands her a big cotton candy that's shaped like Rilakkuma, the character. A big smile takes place; his other hand lifting a gift bag and giving it to her, too. Inside, she'll find a Hello Kitty Ballpoint Pen, as well as paper for her origami needs (pink-colored) and a little Rilakkuma keychain. "I...heard it's...a special day." Now he's a bit nervous after the rush of excitement, his hand sliding into his pocket to give his pen a few taps. He just hopes these little details make her happy. (of cOURSE I'D BE SNEAKIN' IN TO CELEBRATE SUKI'S BIRTHDAY, SUCH A WONDERFUL ONE, WE LOVE HER HEAPS; HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HER AND!!! I hope this is okay to send, if not pls feel free to ignore; HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY FERRE, CARE YOU LOTS!!) || the paper machine’s birthday!! ( ft. unprompted. )

If she hadn’t been so absorbed in her folding, perhaps she would have noticed her friend first not by his voice, but by his shadow covering the sun for her. He’s always been the tall one, long limbs to match a tall figure. She knows for a fact, she is average sized, standing at 5”4’.

Hang around enough gangly individuals though and suddenly you’ll feel SHORT.

The paper bird jumping in her fingers though, she tilts her head. Did he go holiday shopping? And then he sets both gifts in her hand- a special day? It’s definitely not Christmas and Hannukah hasn’t started yet so what is he-

Oh. December 9th. Today is her birthday. An occasion she never puts on full blast for many reasons.

But Yong doesn’t know about that, does he? Doesn’t even know how she got her scars and the same is true for her. Outside of his preferences and maybe the fact that he doesn’t like the sound of sirens or the presence of hospitals in general, she doesn’t know much about him either. In a way, it’s comforting- this unspoken agreement not to poke at tender scars.

Still.

Perhaps, one day, he might find out. Maybe she’ll tell him, one day- he did, after all, find out when her birthday was without her telling him.

Setting her gifts aside ( which she will be using all three of, thank you very much ), she drops the paper crane to tackle him in a hug.

“Thanks Yong.”

[kamipyre]

AND AND 📝 + Yong, if possible (feel free to skip any of these; have a fANTASTIC DAY, FERRE!!)

instead of suki rambling u get ferre!! ( ft. meta time with @theimpalpable )

send me “📝 + A Character” for me to go all out about the relationship between my muse and that character!!

okay so when I think of these two I think of mellow giant ( bc yong is a tall birb ) with chaotic gremlin ( bc suki is short in comparison to at least all of her friends so far….she needs to find shorter friends really 🥲 ) BUT ALSO…it’s because based on what we’ve plotted for these two so far and also from my understanding of yong ( so far- do correct me if I’m wrong tho!! ), he’s not the kind of person to necessarily get riled by the small things UNLESS it’s hurting someone he cares about. ( this is why suki’s here- so she can complain for him…she has enough salt and pettiness to complain for both her AND yong JFKSLJF ) So in this case, I would like to introduce u to this image….bc it?? Screams them?? KINDA??

But back to them!! I love that suki is perpetually confusing yong with her thoughts 24/7 and how they’re almost opposites in how suki is just go, go, go, and yong is more chill, mellow again might be the right word?? Like I wouldn’t necessarily say he’s completely go-with-the-flow, but it’s more like…he’s a warm sunny day by the the river…peaceful. A breath of fresh air, even and especially for someone like suki, who is almost always on her toes out a. habit but also b. a necessity since her job is very demanding and not to mention her coworkers are very similar to her in that they are also….go-getters. yong is very nice if not NECESSARY change for her pace as since he’s lived for a long while ( at least by human years ), he’s probably seen and experienced a lot…also just that he tends to wait and think things through first before making a decision…something that suki decidedly does not do more often than not JFKLSDJFSL but also as I’ve said before, she doesn’t’ make friends easily so when she makes someone, pls know she is clingy af….alexa play ‘never gonna give you up, never gonna say goodbye’ JFLKSJDKLFJS

 on yong’s end though, I hope that suki provides him with a certain…freshness to life again? Like of course he has his sibling and someone he’s crushing on BUT also suki is well…u see her, someone who very much would kneel to the side to smell the roses even if she’s seen it for the nth/ someone who would take a moment to look at a lizard bc she?? Wants to and needs no other reason to do so :’D basically, what I’m trying to say is that suki might give?? yong a little variation in his life as she is quite unpredictable….good thing yong is more than happy to follow along FJKSLDJF 

but also i love the irony in their friendship how yong is the chosen one of a korean phoenix, which still means he does have the motif of fire and then there’s suki….with a severe pyrophobia AND YET?? They still get along SO WELL :D I think that also comes with despite having different demeanors, they do share some crucial traits, like how they both aren’t incredibly open about their respective histories and traumas ( did I mention I’m gonna KICK THOSE PPLS BUTTS BTW; WHY WOULD YOU DO SUCH A THING TO SWEET TOL’ BIRB D-:< ) and how they both have unique habits ( ie. Suki- the paper thing, yong- clicking pens ) to cope with stress….it’s in that sense I like to think suki can relate to yong even if she doesn’t necessarily know a lot about him….

Honestly, when I think of yong, I think of a hearth fire- true it’s still fire, but it’s also controlled and tranquil, the kind of fire that suki these days is more comfortable and when she begins to really push to overcome her pyrophobia, the kind of fire she practices her exposure with….but also pls consider!! Suki asking yong to use his powers around her when she starts looking to overcome it bc he’s got the most access to fire AKA he can also turn it off, BUT ALSO when those mean people come back trying to find yong pls know suki is more than willing to get in front of yong bc even if she is a pipsqueak and DEFINITELY not the most physically intimidating, is she going to try and fite them?? yes absolutely ( but also pls consider on a lighter note, suki getting worked up at least once and trying to fite someone….only for yong to hold her back by the back of her shirt JFKLSJDLF )- she’ll probably break her hand in the process but anything for her friend, okay?

as for her discovering he’s a superhuman…well she’s seen pretty weird ( ie. See ace attorney trilogy ) so if she can handle spirit world shenaganians then while it might take some time, I think she wouldn’t be too surprised…if ppl can talk to the dead, then why not everything else as well?? I do think she would try to see where the intersections of the supernatural and science can be applied as well ( ethically, of course )….

As for where they can go….well I was thinking about her cinders verse and therefore her BLACK KNIGHT VERSE and just…if you’re okay with this, but yong being one of the ppl she confides in when she initially quits the lapd?? But also in her black knight verse, not her meeting up with yong occasionally for lunch and just maybe?? The two of them talking about the same person ( ie. The pigeon man ) but knowing him by a different name JFLSJDFJKL

[kamipyre]

# okAY BUT MAY I SEND ONE FOR YONG? PLS AND THANK YOU, HOPE YOU'RE HAVING A WONDERFUL DAY, FERRE!!!

the paper crane’s contact list ( ft. cell phone headcanons w/ @theimpalpable )

send me “#” for cell phone headcanons about our muses

- what your muse’s name is in mine’s phone: ( big birb 🐦 ) yong

- what your muse’s picture is in mine’s phone: 

- what your muse’s ringtone is in mine’s phone: this one!! it has a relaxing vibe that kinda?? has an action vibe too like a wonder about what new thing will be encountered today ( but also help i love the mystery dungeons series of pokémon so much :'D their ost is AMAZING too <3 )

- my muse’s last text to your muse: “guess who folded all the pper in the shredder pile 2day…and didn’t get caught :-D” "meeeeee" "don't tell anyone though 😊😊😊"

[mythvoiced]

@theimpalpable​ | ♥ | Yong & Han

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“It’s an excuse, actually, I’m sorry. I just wanted to spend more time with you, that’s why I offered to walk you home. Please forgive my selfishness.”

[kamipyre]

yong u might be better off not asking... ( ft. @theimpalpable​ )

 “A...WHAT?” He’s trying to imagine it, draw a picture in his head. Vertical sandwich? Does she mean those they sell in places like Subway? Or Quiznos? “Vertical?” And he uses his hands to move them into a vertical line, one palm sticking near his chest and the other reaching the top of his head. Wait...Subway sandwiches aren’t vertical...they’re horizontal, aren’t they? So...does she mean just...sandwiches with several tiers? “I--I’m sorry, Suki, I don’t...I don’t think I know what you’re talking about. Could you...could you explain it to me? Maybe I can be of...better help if you explain, please.”

Suki nods, lips pressed together as if this was a very serious matter to contend with. “Vertical sandwich,” she echoes. Wait, actually, scratch that, this is a very serious matter to contend with at the moment! It’s her STOMACH that’s on the line here! Yong should understand that, right? He’s quiet, but he’s always listening carefully, which is strangely...validating. Relaxing. Perhaps that comes from having coworkers whose minds work at breathtaking speeds. No time to pause. Mirroring his hand gestures for a moment, she then pulls out a sheet of paper to show him. She folds it vertically. “You know, the way they fold paper- vertical sandwich style!” Aka hot dog style. “I’m doing a poll; I’m trying to get my friend to put vertical sandwiches back on her menu.”

[mythvoiced]

An Impasse in Passivity

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1600 Words + 10 Drabbles = 1610 16.10.2021 HAPPY ALEX DAY~ | @theimpalpable / @jeoseungsaja

To have a purpose is to be considered lucky in life.

Or non-life, depending on which side of the spectrum you’re speaking from, if the spectrum were to be the very concept of existing.

If you are settled and suited with a purpose, there’s little else you truly have to do to find your spot in existence.

So you don’t look for it.

And then, before you know it, something new just smacks you in the face and refuses to unstuck itself.

To describe their meeting with Yong like this is about as suitable and truthful as claiming he stabbed them. Which would have been… sort of funny, truthfully. Not in hindsight, a soul like Yong somehow finding it in himself to retrieve that pen Han can vaguely here clicking in his pocket and actually shove it into someone’s throat, it would mean things and imply states of mind of the likes the curator has no intention on ever pursuing intellectually, for it would lead them to ideas they couldn’t stomach envisioning Yong in.

But, digressing aside.

No, actually, let’s dwell a little on the digressing.

The concept behind the idea of having thoughts they couldn’t stomach in Yong’s regards, involving him, that is. For he is a kind soul and kind souls don’t deserve to end up in situations in which stabbing someone would be an option they would choose. Han can only imagine from observations they’ve made during their occasional encounters and that too is something that should be dwelled on.

To say Yong seems amicable is both understating and completely faulty in its description. He appears approachable, friendly, gentle almost, a good soul, but not the type of extrovert, if at all, who’d readily follow you to the ends of the world just because it felt exciting to do so at the time, or because assured enough of the idea that nothing truly bad could happen out of stepping into a plane an speeding off towards unknown destinations, literally or figuratively.

Again these are just suppositions and again, the very combination of a subconscious interest in creating suppositions at all and the amount of material they seem to have at their disposal, they’re the reason why perhaps further walking down the path of musings in its regards is only justified if we were to analyse why it is happening at all.

How come Han knows someone well enough to pretend to know them ‘well enough’ to state anything at all in their regards?

Yong is mortal. In a way. Han hasn’t quite figured out how, that’s true, but he certainly isn’t of the kind of immortal the likes of them are. Souls that aren’t truly souls. The very title they carry sets them apart from the concept of souls, the ‘curator’ attached to the word used for spirit so obviously associating as it is detaching from the actuality of what it would be like to own a soul.

As if all they are in relation to souls is their curator.

And that’s okay, they’re not here to talk about the intricacies of their existence or lack thereof. Nor are they here to muse over their purpose, over how accurate such a title is and how odd it seems that reapers are so easily misled into the believe that they don’t possess souls, when those that watch over them are referred to as curators of them.

They’re here because they remembered that Yong seems to have a pen hidden in pockets of his clothing, clicking away whenever some mechanism in him demands it of him, perhaps to soothe, perhaps to help focus, whatever it may be.

Han remembers.

Because they’ve seen it a few times.

Yong has become a presence of the likes that shouldn’t even bear that name.

They’ve never mentioned it. Carefully hidden their reaction to Yong away, hidden beneath layers worth aeons of passivity for the express reason of ignoring it so it may simply fade into time as a one-time event they no longer would have to spend time mulling over.

And when that didn’t work, for the express reason of figuring out why it hadn’t worked.

Why they’ve met Yong often enough and had conversations with him often enough to remember a pen. A habit, a quirk. A characteristic perhaps intimately interwoven with other traits and cognitive functions that Han might actually get to see at one point.

But why.

Why does Yong exist?

No, wrong question.

Why does he exist where Han keeps being exposed to it?

And why does falling into conversations with him seem natural?

Not practiced, not muscle memory, no. But the same way you have slightly more courage to approach the baker you’ve bought bread from once, than you have from an absolute stranger. Or less courage, actually, because meeting a person once and forming an impression of them might make you less likely to speak, when put in contrast with a face you might never see again and know nothing of.

Even the smallest of facial expressions is a story in on itself, perhaps not particularly longwinded or expository, but a story nonetheless. So now you know that the baker chooses to wish you a good morning rather than a good day, and that’s already something isn’t it?

Not particularly longwinded, not particularly expository, not truly interesting either, really.

But something.

Kind of like a pen clicking in the pocket of a jacket.

Han can hear it now too and against their better judgement, only half-heartedly resists the urge to drop their gaze from Yong’s features, considered a more polite target when listening to someone speak, to the hand of his they can’t see.

Is it nervousness? Or an aid to concentrate? Is it perhaps neither, is it restlessness not born out of anxiety but rather a jitter in his bones he simply can’t shake? Does he know he’s doing it or has he never noticed before? If so, does he keep the pen thinking it might be of use, or does his subconscious at the very least know what it’s truly for?

Han takes a sip from their coffee, paper cup brushing against their lips and leaving not a fraction of a burn, even in spite of the steam still rising from its insides, and they nod, the hint of a conversational smile ghosting over the half-hidden mouth, a classic to let your conversation partner know you’re still listening.

Because they are. That’s another thing.

They are. And just maybe Yong enjoys the view of their makeshift resting spot, any street corner just to stand and talk and be without immediately chasing after the next task or call, because Han remembered very well when he’s first turned his head away, for whatever reason, and then returned to stare directly at Han as if it was the most normal thing in the world.

There was a hint of recognition, something akin to it at the very least, when they first spoke and it had startled Han… minutely. It hadn’t, really. In hindsight, yes. Back then, they’d just brushed it off as believing to be seeing someone Han isn’t, that classic ‘you look like someone I know’ that can actually be truthful every now and then.

But then they’ve spoken a second time.

And ever since then Han has been wondering if perhaps Yong had recognised something after all. Because every time their eyes lock, every time they smile, they exchange words, every time Han sees nothing of the confusion they should be seeing.

The conversations don’t fade away into thin air as if they’d never happened, Yong’s brain supplying the time the conversation would have used up by throwing in whatever zoning out or random vague memory of a silent walk it could come up with, to somehow connect and process a curator’s ability to fade out of existence the moment you look away from them.

Or rather, their inability to do anything but.

No, Yong talks to them and might even occasionally look elsewhere, and it’s as if it’s the most normal thing in the world.

But it isn’t.

And Han continues to sip at their coffee and wonder how to get this unstuck from their face.

He doesn’t mind Yong.

It’s just confusing, really. Difficult to process, something they have to understand because they just can’t brush past it the way they would have anything else, because… Because it’s different.

Because it is, unlike everything else, that just vaguely seems to be, a world that keeps spinning around them whether or not they ask it to, because it exists outside of what they can do with it, outside of whether or not Han themself feel like existing within it.

There’s a softness to Yong’s features that is anything but. Han doesn’t have the guts to describe him as a soft, it feels like doing him a disservice. There’s something else hidden beneath the gentleness, something that speaks of volumes, volumes filled with stories they hope to never hear, because wouldn’t that mean growing close enough to be perhaps considered for a peek into what no being finds easiness sharing?

Wouldn’t that mean knowing more than Yong’s name?

Which is… already something else.

Han takes another sip from their coffee. They’ve stopped talking entirely now, they’ve stopped smiling as well, but that’s okay. Their features weren’t designed to show excessive emotions, positive or negative as they may be.

Well, they probably weren’t designed for a specific purpose at all, simply put in place as they were.

They just look passive.

Something Yong is making increasingly difficult to truly be.

[mythvoiced]

EXCLUSIVES & MAINS & CONNECTIONS~

This nifty lil post will list rp partners and FCs of their muses that, since I am so deeply enamoured with their muses and can't stop associating the faces they chose for said muses, I can't find it in me to have given (or all) blorbos of mine interact with anybody else.

BLOG-WIDE

Lee Dong-wook | @jeoseungsaja From main verse to verse 5, Alex's MASSIVE BRAIN has made me wholly incapable of throwing any of my blorbos at any Lee Dong-wook that aren't her magnificent Jeoseungsaja, Wang Yeo, Lee Hyuk. He is simply That Binch. Kaeden's older brother, Kim Shin's spouse and/or housemate, Sarang's victim, Rang's actual half-brother, you name it.

Débora Nascimento | @fatalhymn The mythvoiced blorbos have spoken, every muse who meets Amelia falls in love with her, romantically or platonically as may be, or is otherwise so obsessed with her I am starting to fear for their mental health. Ami's Amelia Stella Sinclair is the fruit of some of the sexiest, most incredible character building I've ever seen and I can't disassociate her face from her. Dude, I even forget Miss Nascimento does not have freckles.

MUSE-SPECIFIC

Lee Joon-gi | @theimpalpable for Ji Hyun, as Yeong Boram. He's a rain prince, an azure dragon, who's story with Hyun starts in captivity in ancient times and re-blossoms now in the present, when they turn from memory to constant, present and future. Boram is Hyun's soulmate and Hyun is single-ship with him.

Harry Lloyd | @/theimpalpable for Corey Atwell, as Domenic Lachlan. A friend, a mentor of sorts, maybe? Left to his own devices with no one to lean on, meeting Domenic, a kind, warm, enthusiastic intellectual willing to experience the joys of discovery and knowledge with him is kind of like... discovering how vast the world is without being afraid of it.

Tom Holland | @/theimpalpable for Kaeden, as Wilder B. Summers. Wilder is perhaps everything to Kaeden, most definitely is. He's his best friend, his sweet cheese, his good-time boy, Kaeden would set the world on fire for him, and hopes to be worthy of his friendship one day.

Park Bo-gum | @/theimpalpable for Han, as So Yong. The feeling of a soft breeze on a hot day, the first drop of rain after months of dry soil, the first sip of water after hours without, the softness of your pillow after a hard day. These are just some of the things Han equals Yong to. And it's very confusing.

Song Joong-ki | @/theimpalpable for Huáng ZhìJiàn, as So Kiheon. Some love prevails for centuries before either party even gets to call it love. A-Jiàn has never forgotten Kiheon and each day he may get closer to meeting them again, is a day he feels a little more alive than the previous.

Shin Ha-kyun | @/theimpalpable for Sköll, Sarang & Ajay (in particular), as (Kim) Nae-Gil. For Sarang and Ajay, Nae-Gil is but a name on a list. A Knight, one of those deserted, hell, Ajay might not even know who he is, Sarang might only be familiar with what he's capable of. A Knight of the Order he still was, and that connection will always remain. To Sköll, though, he's a little more than that. He makes him feel alive in the same way two flames uniting to create a wildfire create life in their own way.

You WILL most definitely find other Alex muses on this list one day, I am obsessed with her stuff, I'll nab it all.

Lee Sun-mi | @uroborosymphony for Sarang, as Calixtus 'Calista' Orion, because Lynnie said I was allowed~ immortal terrorist girlfriends, the breath of snarled and maniacally cackled air that fanned the flame in Sarang's soul back to life and reminded her that living is just, living is fair, and taking what is hers even more so, perhaps even at her side, by the side of the one woman to occupy the centre of her mind.

Shin Sung-rok/SF9's Hwiyoung | @clemencetaught Blog-wide. Here's the thing. Patrick Grace, Shin Myungdae, I am a little obsessed with what Ferre is doing with this person. Every verse, every minute interaction I have with him, because I haven't even gotten to interact with him all that much (or as much as I'd like to, anyway, hehehehe~) follows me to the end of my days. With Eunjae, with Sarang, the plotting we're doing with Maria, smaller threads like the one with Seok-ju, he's incredible. All of Ferre's work around this person makes me gasp. I had to visit their notion because I did not for the life of me remember the FC's name, in typical Len fashion, I completely forgot that wasn't just... you know, Patrick. So yeah. If I see another Shin Sung-rok, in particular, anywhere else, I will think it's Patrick.

Hoang Quyen | @stillresolved for Samuel, as Mana Minh Huynh, on one hand because even while I write Samuel very rarely because he's a little more difficult to get muse for, Mana is already impacting him in ways I could have never hoped for to the point where I'm discovering things about him I had no idea were in him, on the other hand because I just? I can't... it's? I don't shout about Mana a lot because I feel almost undeserving, and inappropriate in treating her the way I would... stanning anime characters. She's... so much more, she makes me want to treat her in all the seriousness of ancient Greek philosophers. She's incredible. She's "The Only Hoang Quyen" to put it in a weird way (I'm collecting Ferre characters the way I collect Alex characters, BEST BELIEVE).

CONNECTIONS/MAINS

These are characters who I wouldn't claim mutual exclusivity with because I'm a too chicken and forgetful to ask, but they've become very vital connections to my muses and as such, while I'd never demand anything in turn, there is no pressure or obligation here to do the same with connections here as I do because I am Insane about y'all's characters, your muses are very dear to me and as such these here listed characters will at the very least most definitely be the first names associated with the listed faces.

Jing Boran | @wantedformanysins for Chul-soo, as Nathan Chen, because don't you just love a messy 'we used to be lovers but not really then we split and now you invited me as your boyfriend to spend Christmas with you because you didn't tell your mother we split?' plot? There's a lot more to that, obviously, because Dex is one of the greatest minds you'll ever meet, her plotting capabilities are through the ROOF. The violence she makes me feel, soft aggression about how amazing it is. It's... I can't even put it into words it's just... oof.

Liam Samuels | @zodiachild for Nathaniel & Diana, as Aziz Khan. Again, Dex just... plots MASSIVE things okay. Love stories spanning for centuries, stockfull of the most violently incredible details and facets, Aziz is such an incredible fucking character, the lore iS INSANE, and Nathaniel & Diana are both so stupid about him, so absolutely gone, so insane about him, can't really expect me to not add him here~

Nana Komatsu | @wellfell BLOGWIDE, as Mori Akina, let me count all the ways I would commit heinous crimes for Akina, I have been so obsessed with this woman even beyond having Karube interact with her in so many painful, sexy, incredible ways, amplified by the way Nassy writes to kill, I'm not even sure if I got the FC's name right because it's just Akina™. I'm literally doing research on Ringu to understand her better, do you understand, I am considering buying it, do you understand.

AND!! LIST WILL BE UPDATED!! When I write things down in one sitting I will end up forgetting, so I'll come back~ Also in case FCs change~ There are some I didn't add either because they're Patrick/ashbtten related or because I'm shy or because they're in 1x1 threads or or or but hey if you ever feel like we've interacted enough that it would be a CRIME to not find on this list, we can always chit chat about it >:3

[kamipyre]

* 𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐅𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐒

RULES:  bold which thing your muse prefers (or, in some cases, maybe just hates the least!) out of each of the following pairs

peace or war?  /  sun or stars?  /  flowers or trees?  /  crescent moon or full moon?  /  streets or skyscrapers?  /  rooftops or balconies?  /  ink or glitter?  /  life or death?  /  order or chaos?  /   candle or bonfire?  /  ocean or sky?  /  leather or silk?  /  sweet or sour?  /  overstimulation or understimulation?  /  book or letter?  /  soft or coarse?  /  fight or flight?  /  spoken or written?  /  silver or gold?  /  playing cards or tarot cards?  /  circles or angles?  /  cramped or vast?  /  checkers or chess?

tagged by: @bloodxhound ( *glomps* :3 ) /  tagging: @edgelord-dl6​ ( both miles and franzy pls!! ) @aptlyattorney​ @velvetineblue​ @mythvoiced​ ( for patrick pls :3 ) @uroborosymphony​ ( ara!! ) @theimpalpable​ ( yong :D ) and you, steal pls <3 

[kamipyre]

WHAT DOES YOUR HEART LOOK LIKE?

a tangled ball of red strings.

who are you without the company of others? you aren’t sure, but you know that you aren’t fond of whoever it is. you are an actor, a pretty face and a pleasant song. many idolize you, or love you, but you can never be sure of how sincere it is. your heart is buried under the letters they leave you, sealed with a kiss. it can’t be untangled from the red strings they’ve attached to you. you deserve to find something, someone, true and faithful to hold your heart in place. you don’t have to be everything to everyone.

Tagged by: @rippleofwords ( thanks xia!! <3 ) Tagging: @bloodxhound @kagoshou @aptlyattorney @edgelord-dl6 ( for franzy!! ) @theimpalpable ( for yong!! ) @eternasci @velvetineblue @muu-kun and you!! steal from me pls <3

[kamipyre]

🌸 MUSE AS A DEITY.

RULES : think carefully about your character and their development through their journey (canon or oc ) within their story. fill out the chart and tag whoever you want! REPOST, DO NOT REBLOG.

DEITY OF :  paper wit, curiosity, potential, and self-actualization. ASSOCIATED WITH : paper, art, science ( and the intersection between the two ), candle flames, femininity, beauty in the plain and the unseen, and birds. SACRED PLANTS : cherry blossoms, peach blossoms, and pink carnations. SACRED STONES / GEMS : rubies, cherry quartz, and rose quartz. SACRED ANIMALS : birds! but specifically sparrows, swans, and cranes. COLORS : light pink, cream white, and blood red. FOOD : cake, strawberries, peaches...pink foods! SCENTS : strawberries, ink, vanilla, and smoke. ACCEPTED OFFERINGS / WAYS TO HONOR : folding an origami, doing art of any kind and applying knowledge from other areas to your work, asking questions, showing curiosity and learning from others, choosing kindness when bitterness is an option, being true to oneself, and lighting a candle.

🌸 tagged by: no one! i stole it ( from myself ) 🌸 tagging: @bloodxhound @kagoshou​ @edgelord-dl6​ ( either or!! ) @virtusdemonte​ @eternasci​ @theimpalpable ( for yong!! ) @aptlyattorney​ // @cuttingcanine @theothervonkarmagirl​ @genieuslaw​ @lcstkey​ and you!! steal it PLS :D