Eudio: Application

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CHARACTER INFORMATION

NAME: Junyoung Cho
CANON: Original
AGE: 26 (though if asked he would say 28 due to the Korean system of marking one's age; he was born December 22, 1990 and comes from the present day. he also grasps the idea of international vs Korean age and would happily explain if he was worried someone thought he was trying to be shady.)
CANON POINT: January, 2017: he's six months into his first year as a medical resident, eight months past his grandmother's passing, and his abilities and the associated vision have ramped up in the last few months.

BACKGROUND: Junyoung Cho was born and raised in Seoul, South Korea. His parents had a pretty tempestuous marriage; his father left his mother when he was eight years old, and from then on he was raised by his mother and his maternal grandmother. He's had limited contact with his father here and there as he's grown up, they're distant without Junyoung understanding why they don't have a better relationship.

There wasn't always a lot of money; his mom was a bank teller and took in sewing projects to help make ends meet, and as soon as he was able he started working side jobs around school to help. He's been responsible since a young age, and always strove to help the people around him. He decided pretty early on that he wanted to be a doctor, and he worked hard in school so that he could get into a good college, and at whatever jobs he could lay his hands on to help save up for it. He also dreamed of being able to make a good living at it, so he could take care of his mother and grandmother after they'd taken care of him so long.

Junyoung was seven years old when he first realized he could pick up on the energy and history of some objects when he touched them. This weirded him the hell out. He confided in his father, and when his father left the family a few months later he couldn't help feeling like he'd been abandoned for being a weirdo his dad wasn't willing to put up with. Once he was older, and with his mom and grandma's help, he realized that wasn't the case, but that early fear planted the seeds of keeping his abilities secret for the rest of his life. As he got older they developed further and he began to occasionally hear what he assumes are the ghosts of the dead whispering to him. He hasn't actually checked, he'd be perfectly happy not having any of this happen to him, so he just tries to ignore it and carry on.

He became something of an overachiever as a result, working very hard to show that he was PERFECTLY NORMAL AND NOT SOME WEIRDO EVERYONE THANKS. Dutiful son and grandson, top student, got into the top medical school in Korea, worked his ass off to graduate near the top of his class (even if he did like to party as hard as he worked in his off time, look, he'd earned that, right?) In South Korea every able-bodied man 18-35 has mandatory military service for about two years. Medical students usually put off their service until they've finished their schooling so they can get cushier posts as medics; Junyoung opted to pause his schooling after his first two years, like most other men his age, and serve it then, in the infantry.

His grandmother lived long enough to see him graduate this past spring but she passed away soon after. That's left him somewhat shaken, navigating this new period in his life without her guidance. Death's been on his mind a lot lately between that and starting his residency, where he's now working hands-on with patients--and sometimes losing them. He can't help wondering if that's got anything to do with his abilities coming back stronger than ever, and with a new twist: a handful of times now, he's seen one figure, a black vaguely person-like figure that never speaks to him like the others have but certainly seems to want his attention. He's rattled enough to finally think about getting some answers about what he can do and why he can do it.

PERSONALITY Outwardly, Junyoung is capable, ambitious, polite, and caring. He's achieved a lot in his life, and while he's proud of it, he also has the modesty expected of him culturally. He's certainly not going to brag about being a doctor and getting high marks and he will totally tell you it's not that big a deal if you bring it up. He feels fortunate that he's been able to live the life he wants to be living.

He knows how to be serious when the situation calls for it but he's also fun, ready to laugh at most things (most especially himself) and put the people around him at ease. He makes friends pretty easily, and stays loyal to them once he's got them. He's generous, he's inclusive. He's very physically affectionate with friends too; skinshipping's totally a thing where he's from, usually with friends of the same gender but he's also affectionate with friends of other genders (which has sometimes led to him being called a flirt - that's not exactly untrue).

Inwardly he's driven, always pushing himself to do his best, to work hard, to give, and to help. It's who he is but it also helps mask some of the fear and worry he feels: that he grew up without his father and therefore doesn't have the right ideas about being a man, that he's not going to be able to provide for his mother, that he's a total weirdo who would be shunned forever if people knew he could read objects by touching them, hears spirits, even sees one now. So he works hard to do well, so that no one has any reason to inspect him all that closely.

At his core he's a deeply compassionate person, full of warmth. His mom and especially his grandma, raising him, imbued him with a strong sense of values that include respect for others, understanding for their differences and life situations, doing everything you can to help others, and taking care of the people you care about. He became a doctor because he genuinely wanted to help people, to save and lengthen lives, and while his compassion makes him good at his job it also hurts sometimes, makes the losses a bit harder to bear.

INCENTIVE: Junyoung wants to know what the hell is up with that shadowy figure he's spied a few times out of the corner of his eye: what is it, why is it here, why now, and what does it want with him? Also: how to protect himself from it if that's necessary.

FIT: Junyoung is a brand-new doctor; he has studied the human body extensively and seen many of them up close now, and he has no hangups whatsoever about it, and the things it can do, and the things people choose to do with it. On a more personal level, he's bisexual, and an openly affetionate friend. He's not bothered by casual touch or affection and is happy to give it to others.

CONSENT: As part of his medical training he had to study ethics, so he has a very good grasp of what's right and wrong when it comes to people and their bodies. He's been up close and personal with people's bodies in his professional capacity, and has a strong sense for how vulnerable a person can feel in an intimate situation, and how devastating it would be to them to be made uncomfortable or violated in any way. He also aware of the power differential he carries when interacting with people in a professional setting, and how he cannot abuse that; that sense of wanting to respect people and not force things or make them feel less than equal carries over into his personal life.

Also: he was raised by his mother and grandmother to always respect ladies and do not act up with them!! He would never dream of incurring their wrath or embarrasing them like that. He does not act up with ladies, with men, with people of any gender, because he was raised to respect people.

SAMPLES: Junyoung gets told MILF's would be into him; Junyoung unknowingly meets a fox fairy, badly-needed hugs ensue; Junyoung gets a dinner invitation; and his TDM thread.

ANYTHING ELSE?

1. weird abilities: he can do psychometry - getting psychic impressions from an object by touching it. He can only do this with objects that have a lot of history or personal meaning to a person, so like: yes to tombstones, wedding rings, a photograph of a loved one; no to random cups from Nunchucks, things on the grocery store shelves, random tools at the hospital. I would only bring this into play with another character with the agreement of that player and discussion of what he would learn from an object so as not to be rude or godmodding.

He can also hear spirits whispering to him sometimes, like trying to get his attntion, but I would not use that ability to godmod another player, and would not involve another character in his hearing things without us agreeing on what's going down.

That shadowy figure is an entirely personal thing he's seeing and will have no affect on other characters.

Do y'all require other restrictions besides what I've laid out here?

2. He is a first-year medical resident and will want to continue practicing medicine. He worked in an emergency room back home and would want to continue. May I handwave that the city administration gave him the necessary licenses/permission to do so? I can either npc an attending physician or see if a medical type in the game would be willing to serve in this capacity.

You couldn't say no to this face, could you?



Thank you for your time and consideration. :3