korean name : jo sera
english name : sarah jo
birthday : june 1, 2001 (24)
ethnicity : korean
hometown : los angeles, ca
residence : seoul, sk
species : human
orientations : bisexual, male-leaning
occupation(s) : investigative journalist & informant for a secret society of supernatural bounty hunters
hobbies / interests : foodie, film aficionado (sorta), frequent traveller, romance novel collector, cat mom, lizard mom, plant mom, tennis enjoyer, horror game enthusiast
height : 5'7"
hair : long, flowy, and fire-red.
makeup : normally goes for a natural look, but loves a dark red or black lipstick.
perfume : likes smelling expensive, so she typically reaches for dior or chanel. something recognizable.
face : huh yunjin, le sserafim.
sera is a warm and free-spirited soul, but she's painfully misunderstood. not in a angsty, egdy kind of way, but in a very gloomy, very lonely kind of way.she lives in her own imagination, often twisting her reality to fit the world that she so desperately wants to live in. this is how she keeps her head above water and her mood at a decent-enough level to get through the day.she's often underestimated and uses that to her advantage, playing dumb or naive to make her way into exclusive places for her secret missions and investigations.most people who don't know her too well would describe her as a friendly, outgoing, naive, and almost eccentric kind of person.positives : genuine, kind-hearted, altruistic, intelligent, unique, creative, non-judgmental, and adventurous.negatives : stubborn, obsessive, overly emotional, foul-mouthed at times. can also be calculated, manipulative, sneaky, unstable, and extremely dangerous.
- sera comes from a long line of witches, but for some strange reason, the sacred gift passed her entirely.- her mother is a witch and her father is a witch hunter. neither of them know the truth about the other, and sera doesn't know the truth about them, either. she has her suspicions due to moments in her childhood, but nothing has been confirmed.- sera has no idea about this, but her mother has enchanted her great-grandmother's engagement ring that acts as a personal shield to keep her from evil forces. she made sera swear to never take it off, claiming that she "just doesn't want sera to lose it", but sera still takes it off sometimes if it doesn't look good with her outfit. ah, if only she knew what she had...- sera is starting to build quite a reputation in the supernatural world. some people have heard the horror stories and try to avoid her, and others still don't believe what's going around and don't see her as a problem at all. but between her vindictive mind, her murky moral compass, and her deadly connections, she's actually very, very dangerous.- sera is sex positive, but doesn't sleep around. she sees nothing wrong with it, but she's highly selective about who she shares her sexual energy with and prefers to build a connection with the person beforehand.
tw : light mention of bullying/isolation, detailed themes of stalking, death/murder, unrequited feelings.sometimes, a person is only offbeat because they don't understand their place in this world.they drift between spaces, hang in the balance, exist in emptiness. half-this, half-that. not enough, yet far too much.unfortunately for sera, she had been offbeat her entire life. she grew up as a loner, always on the outside looking in. she'd try to join conversations at school, but was often met with silence and mean looks. eventually, she grew tired of putting her pride aside and turned to books instead.filled with stories new and old, the school library was sera's safe haven. she'd find a cozy little spot behind the tall bookshelf in the fantasy section, crack open a book, and transport herself into a new reality where mean looks couldn't hurt her and when she talked, people talked back.it's not until her family moves to south korea that sera starts to find her place at her new high school. her western ways and limited knowledge of the korean language made her stick out like a sore thumb, and the culture was entirely different than the close-knit familiarity that her neighborhood in california had, but her uniqueness actually makes her kind of... cool.interesting.fascinating.and although she's met with tons of ignorance, she's also met with kindness, friendship, and an opportunity to rebrand herself from the weird emo girl who's always in the library to the uniquely stylish, pretty new girl that's always smiling and never stops talking.not a perfect reputation, but it's a start.
it started as an innocent crush.she would give a sneaky glance, or a cute smile, and every once in a while, he would smile back.after a few months, she began taking a much longer path from one class to another so that she could follow him in the hallway, hoping to see him for one brief moment every single day.that's all she needed, just one moment.eventually, she started checking his social media accounts a few times a day, then five times a day, then ten times a day. she learns how to hack into his email account so that she can sift through his inbox and read all of his messages. she follows him to the outlet mall so that she can find out where he likes to shop. she follows him home from school to find out where he lives.it only took a year for this innocent crush to bubble over into a toxic one-sided love affair, but at this point, sera could no longer control it.she was always upping the stakes -- there was nothing like the thrill of learning more and getting closer to the man she loved, absolutely nothing like it -- and no matter how wrong it felt, she just couldn't get enough.
it hurts so deeply to witness such an intimate moment, and yet, there she was... voluntarily witnessing it all. creeping in the tall bushes, sera peered into the nearby window as she watched him make love to another woman. it bruised her to her core, and it took everything in her not to vomit in the bushes as he ravished this woman like she was the most beautiful thing he had ever laid his eyes on.sera looks away and begins to sob, taking a moment to wipe her tears, and it's then that she first notices the eerie silence. she can't believe her eyes when she looks back into the window to see the woman straddling his still and lifeless body, deep teeth marks exposed along his neck as the white sheets turn red around his frame. the woman suddenly turns her head toward the window and stares at sera for a brief moment before giving her a grin.sera barely survives the night after the events that follow, but the experience changes the trajectory of her life forever.she's now an investigative journalist, often taking on controversial topics in an effort to educate her growing audience. but her life-long mission is to learn more about what (and who) killed the person she was so obsessed with, seeking justice for his untimely death and the death of so many other civilians at the hands of these ruthless creatures.she won't stop until she gets the answers she craves, and she refuses to let anything stand in her way.
malibu sleep ( f / any species / 23+ )
guess you lost your mind in yesterday
but i can't safely say it
'cause i still wanna grab you closer
ex-girlfriend, but still close ( 0 /1 ) : your muse is the first and only girl that sera fell for. like, truly fell for. head over heels, dizzy at the sight of her, hard to form words whenever her lips part. they dated for a few months and it was bliss until it wasn't and it all came crashing down. but somehow, every once in a while, their hands still find each other in the dark. they confide in each other. it's an unbreakable connection that they never want to lose.
house of cards ( f or m / any species or age )
don't you want to be free?
don't want to break free?
you just want to be seen
unexpected friendship, opposites attract ( 0 / ? ) : sera is spontaneous. light as a feather, she floats through the world in her own little world. some people would scoff at the idea of someone living with their head in the clouds, and maybe your muse is one of those people. or maybe, your muse is envious at the way she romanticizes her life, and they want to be more like her. luckily for them, she's always glad to bring some lightness to another's darkness.
lovely ( f or m / any species or age )
isn't it lovely, all alone?
heart made of glass, my mind of stone
tear me to pieces, skin to bone
unpaid therapist, home in a person ( 0 / 1 ) : sera's upbringing may have not been perfect, but one thing she always had was great parents and a roof over her head. however, throughout the years, she's realized that wasn't the case for everyone.in comes your muse: bruised, broken. doesn't really know what home feels like. and sera doesn't hesitate to emotionally cradle them like a newborn baby, giving them a sense of what it feels like to have a family. she introduces them to her parents and her siblings, then her extended family, and before they know it, they're practically related. but will their familial connection survive a heated and painful argument?
black sugar ( f or m / supernatural / any age )
what have you lost? is it a lot?
you got the solar system inside of your thoughts
you live in the dark, that's what I thought
fraudulent friend, bad intentions ( 0 / 1 ) : your muse knows about sera and the way she's always asking around about a certain nightcrawler that sucked the blood out of her crush's body. most nightcrawlers don't take sera seriously as an actual threat, but talk has been spreading around that she's not as innocent as she looks, and this particular nightcrawler is extremely important to your muse. so when sera asks about her, your muse does everything in their power to keep sera and her bounty hunter affiliations away, even going so far as to pretend to be her friend in order to derail her as much as they can. they put her in harm's way, cross their fingers, and hope for her demise.
hiii! i'm cyd, she/they pronouns and living on the minus side of the world. i don't really have any rules, i like to think i'm pretty chill but i do have a few notes:— this carrd is still very much under construction, so excuse any spelling/grammatical errors. some things are purposely being left open/unexplained because i want to reveal more as time goes on, but if you ever have any questions about her, feel free to ask.— replies may be slow, especially novella or plot-heavy multi-para scenes.— i enjoy plotting but i prefer not to plot out exactly how the thread will go. also like for things to develop as we write, the spontaneity is fun! i also don't mind some unplotted drama/angst as long as we have some sort of baseline established for it beforehand.— i'm open to nsfw or mature plots, but only if mun & muse are at least 23. always down for fade-to-black, too!that's it for now, looking forward to writing with you! 💗