CLAIM: Kim Kyujong Player's Name: Evey Character's Name: Kim Kyujong Character's IJ:kyujong Nationality: Korean What are they from? SS501
Human/Mutant/Vampire: mutant Ability: plant manipulation Background: Kyujong was born in the Korean countryside, the first child in a normal middle class family. He was a quiet and shy child, raised by strict and distant parents who taught him to always show respect, addressing even them with honorifics and often blended into the background at school and in large companies. Kyujong always had an affinity for nature and often went to wander into the park nearby or hid in the garden behind their house, musing, napping or just observing it. Nature always soothed him and he used to think that it felt just like it did to everyone.
That’s what he thought even when at the age of six he moved a flower pot to his room, buried seeds he got from the fruits in the fridge and took care of the plant he wanted to grow eventually. By the evening strawberries were overflowing over the edges and he was a rather happy kid munching on the fresh fruits. It felt a little odd since Kyujong expected it to take longer but didn’t question it, instead stealing another flowerpot from the garden and planting an apple seed. It was then that the accelerated growth didn’t go unnoticed when it went out of control and the plant couldn’t fit in the small pot. His father was shocked to discover the small apple tree in Kyujong’s room but didn’t suspect anything and just moved it to the garden. At the question from his parents how he managed to bring and hide it in his room, Kyujong said he grew it from the seed and tried to joke with an awkward smile that it was his aura that made it grow. It was dismissed as a weird childish prank.
In time he realized that not only plants tended to develop rapidly under his care but he could also will plants into growing, blooming and carrying fruit before his eyes. He could also alter the size of normal plants, making them grow beyond their normal size and shrink them back.
Along with his love for nature, Kyujong always wanted to travel and his dream was partially fulfilled when he was eight and his parents with him and his little sister migrated to the US, settling in New York City. Kyujong had to struggle in school until he learned the language and at the same time tried to tame his abilities in the big city. His powers grew with him until they finally manifested in their complete range when he was twelve and Kyujong discovered he could not only control the plant life but create it as well, willing plants into existence. He had never taken that part of his power to extremes though as it made him wary. By then he had watched Batman and Robin and the last thing he wanted was to turn in a scary copy of the Poison Ivy.
Now 23 years old, Kyujong has a degree in Botany from the New York University and works at the Botanical Gardens. He appears to be a predictable guy but the more one gets to know him, he turns out to be full of contradictions and surprises. Kyujong is a really sweet guy, quiet with strangers but silly among friends. He is patient and helpful, maybe too much for his own good sometimes.
Plants don’t talk to him so without a problem he eats his vegetables and fruits. And if anyone ever asks him that he’d give him a longer stare, questioning their sanity.
Preferred RP Style: paragraph is ok, preferably journal-based. ^^ Anything Else: Think a very tamed boy version of the Poison Ivy without all the toxins thing and of Layla from Sky High. 8Db I loved Layla.