Profile

Name: Seo Junhyeok Age: 25 Gender: Male Origin: Seoul, South Korea Race: Korean Birthday: April 20th Faith: Irreligion Blood type: A

Form

Appearance: Tall, athletic build with light brown hair and light brown eyes. Possesses sharp features and a defined jawline. Often seems lost in thought, with a melancholic gaze. Body image: Does not focus on his good looks. More concerned with how his physical form is, if his physical form might be able to do something for others. Fashion style: Prefers comfortable, practical clothing; casual jeans, simple T-shirts, and hoodies. Often wears dark or muted colors. Favors plain colors without too many patterns. Aura: Generally quiet, calm, and reserved. There is an air of sadness and melancholy that often surrounds him, giving him a distant appearance. Signature item: A worn leather journal containing his personal reflections, as well as memories of her. Also he has a custom lighter. Perfume: Does not use any, preferring natural scents or no scent at all.

Background

Family: Nuclear family with supportive parents who are quite concerned about their son’s mental state since the tragedy happened. Job: University student at the Department of Korean Literature. Also works part-time as a tutor to earn income, but it is more about feeling like he is doing something useful rather than for monetary reasons. Income: Moderate. Able to sustain personal living expenses. Residence: Lives in a small, modestly furnished apartment in the city that lacks any significant decoration; it feels empty like his heart. Past: Experienced the traumatic suicide of his childhood friend, leaving him deeply scarred. Suffers from post-traumatic stress. His relationship with his parents turned distant after this experience. Education: Currently pursuing a degree in Korean Literature at a local university. Network: Mostly made up of fellow students and acquaintances in his courses. However, he tends to maintain a safe distance from casual contact and does not get close to others easily. Reputation: Seen by others as intelligent but brooding. Mostly known to be introverted, reliable, and diligent, albeit somewhat mysterious and distant.

Personality

Health: Physically healthy but mentally fragile. Suffers from post-traumatic stress, occasionally experiences hallucinations, auditory sensations, and sensory triggered flashbacks. Intelligence: Highly intelligent, with a deep appreciation for literature. Exhibits strong analytical and critical thinking abilities. Trauma: The shocking and public suicide of his close friend is a core trauma he hasn’t resolved, that is, that never could be resolved, which had deeply impacted his emotional and social abilities. Belief: Believes life should be meaningful and he seeks to make it meaningful, but has difficulty feeling it since his past experience has created the feeling of senselessness in his life. Morality: Is kind and believes in the importance of truth and honesty. However, he struggles with the moral implications of inaction in his trauma. Achievement: A strong sense of diligence has become the main foundation for everything he pursues, trying to gain meaning in his daily life. This includes getting good grades, making small milestones, or accomplishing the tasks he puts for himself, mostly for survival. Relationship: Tends to distance himself from others, although he secretly yearns for closeness with certain people. He does not wish to recreate his bond with his childhood friend with someone new, since he knows that it will not be the same. Identity: Deeply affected by his past, seeing himself as broken. He is constantly reminded of her since she also represents who he used to be. Flaw: Suffers from emotional suppression and an inability to form new meaningful bonds due to past pain. Also shows extreme sensitivity to the smell of gasoline. Archetype: The Broken Hero, The Melancholic Dreamer

Visible side

Desire: To reconcile with his past and find some peace of mind. Dream: Longs to understand the motivations behind his friend’s actions. He also secretly desires to be close to someone again, albeit in a different way from his past relationship with his childhood friend. Goal: Wants to finish his studies, write something he wants, and continue tutoring until some meaning or purpose surfaces. Motivation: Driven by a desperate desire to come to terms with his loss, though this often makes him overly self-critical and prone to overthinking, leading to procrastination. Routine: Daily routine involves studying at the university, teaching as a tutor, spending time in the library, and going on nighttime walks while trying not to fall asleep due to exhaustion. Habit: Often rubs the back of his neck, often has his head low as if ashamed to face others. Tends to go back to the same places where his friend spent time. Speech: Speaks in a formal, almost distant manner. His voice is calm and usually soft, making his true feelings difficult to interpret through his voice alone. Chastity: Has difficulty forming intimate relationships as his emotional availability is deeply compromised, leading to low sexual interests.

Hidden side

Weakness: Emotional sensitivity, particularly when confronted by flames, smell of gasoline, or seeing anyone similar to his friend from the past. Fear: Afraid of repeating the same experience by losing someone he deeply cares for, but at the same time is deeply attracted to the danger of loss and change. Dilemma: Wants to reach out but is constantly pulled back due to his fears, often causing internal conflict. Secret: His lighter has a very hidden compartment where he keeps a small picture of his childhood friend, often looking at the picture and mumbling the poems and stories he wrote about her. Privacy: Prefers being alone. Seeks to control his life and does not appreciate anyone interfering, especially when his personal space is encroached on. Sexuality: Heterosexual, but deeply traumatized and has little or no active sexual interest. He sees intimacy more of a reminder of his past experience than anything else.

Preference

Pride: Is secretly proud of his quick mind and intellect. Ideal partner: Is not looking for a relationship, but if they have a kind heart with whom he can relax. Does not want to be with anyone who reminds him of the past, at least not at first. Obsession: The need to solve the mystery of the self-immolation of his friend, in a sense the cause that made her choose this extreme method of self-termination. Interest: History and myth, literature and classical poetry, particularly those relating to past human pain and suffering. Hobby: Reading in his room, writing, writing his feelings and past experiences in poems, which he is often shy to share. Like: Quiet places, classical music, books and long walks in his city late at night when it is quiet, avoiding loud and vibrant places. Hate: The smell of gasoline, and public places that are full of happy people, which serves as a painful reminder of what he lost.

Special

Has vivid flashbacks triggered by strong sensory input. He also tends to be attracted to individuals with a very slight body frame or dark hair and blue eyes, reminding him of his deceased friend. Experiences the hallucination of his childhood friend. He often sees his dead friend in his dreams and is tormented by them, and has trouble sleeping. His trauma can be healed by someone.