"Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!"-
Rosalind Russell as Mame DennisIce Ice |
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Name: Park Ha-na
Nickname: 'Han'. It's not a nickname used often, probably because 'Hana' is already too short a name that only the real lazy sorts think Han is endearing. Or they are just Star Wars fans, but she hopes it's the former.
Some call her 'Captain' or 'Ace' but that extends mostly to the field.
'Pizza Man' but if she hears you calling her that it won't end well.
Birth Date: March 13
Age: Sixteen
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Experimenting and Curious
Relationship Status: Wants to be asked to prom. Or at least on a date
Occupation: Above board? Hana holds it down at the theater, though she always manages to pass off 'clean the theater after the blockbusters' to other people.
Hana's true source of income is in providing certain students with a little something extra to make a night or even a day all the more wonderful.
Classification: Junior
Role: Jock/Secret Kingpin
In Depth Appearance: There's a running gag in her family that Hana got all the attractive genes in the family, no one really appreciates that particular gag but then, no one really appreciates the oldest sibling that made the gag in the first place. Regardless of one's opinions on her family, Hana knows and acts like she is a looker - and for many people she knows in person she certainly is. Unlike others whose pride and self worth start and end with how they look, Hana mainly cares about her appearance in order to hide in plain sight. She's not a cheerleader or one of the so-called royalty but she still would rather look good than slovenly.
Her hair is kept at a medium length and always catching the light in such a way as to shine, and it's more difficult than one might realize to make black hair shine, but Hana finds a way even if that means less time in the bathrooms for the family. Since wearing designer clothing and dresses is a bit expensive (and since Hana doesn't have plans to reveal how she can afford them on 'minimum wage popcorn scooping'), Hana tends to go for more casual but still cute enough to catch the eye; skirts that might be a tad too short for the high school dress code, the shirts that don't have sleeves, the shoes. Sometimes she'll wear jeans that really show off her butt but never will she wear shorts as skirts just look and feel better. During the season Hana sometimes wears her uniform pants just to get people interested in the game; it's not just the boy's sports that needs support. Functional, but flirtatious all the same.
Her skin is porcelain and she frequently wears lipstick to draw attention to her face, and considering she stands at just shy of five foot five, often that attention is aimed downwards from those taller than her. She's glad that in recent years she's really started to fill out those curves, which in her eyes only adds to the appeal that should have already been there. Hana does hate the birthmark on her arm, though, it just...it looks weird and she hates when people try and make it sound cute.
Her one bit of expensive accessory is a handbag that cost damn near four figures, but Hana passed it off by saying she saved up allowances and paychecks.
Habits | Quirks | Oddities -When handling paper of any kind, looseleaf, book pages, money, whathaveyou, she always has to lick her finger before flipping through it.
-She talks through movies and not at the whispered volume either.
-Whenever she laughs she might snort and then blame it on someone else. On that same note, she'll overlaugh when flirting, as she believes that to be more effective than the simple 'laugh and touch a shoulder' angle.
-Clicks the roof of her tongue when thinking overly long.
-Snaps her fingers like all the time. Like all the time.
Hobbies: Playing catch at the park with her sister. It reminds her of the time when she was just a kid and her sister was the coolest person. She'd like to go back to those days.
Writing creatively, but in secret. She also enjoys reading comments on the stories she's posted on the internet. No one knows it's her. No one CAN know.
Watching romcoms with the team or friends in order to laugh at their wonderful tackiness.
Hazing the junior varsity team and new members.
Likes: ✔ Vanilla Coke. Even if she has to make it herself with flavor squirters.
✔ Science Fiction Novels. But don't tell anyone.
✔ Online role playing games. She keeps that one real close to the chest.
✔ Chorizo Burritos. Why bother with any other meat?
✔ Binge watching shows because keeping up with them week-to-week is frustrating
✔ Baseball, watching specifically or even just playing catch
✔ Sour candies
Dislikes: ✘ Cheats, not specifically on tests but them too.
✘ Team mates that skip out on practice and expect to be starting in games.
✘ Ice Cream other than vanilla. Mint chocolate chip is okay too.
✘ People that wear hooded sweatshirts. And double for the ones that never wash it.
✘ The people that come to movies alone. She is silently judging them. It's weird unless they're like real old.
✘ Pepsi. Coke is superior. She will fight you on this.
✘ Gum. Everyone is always chewing gum in school and it's gross. Ask her for gum and risk getting slapped
Cemeteries. She still holds her breath and closes her eyes whenever she happens to pass by them.
People finding out about her selling, especially her sister who is the one person she respects the most of all.
Losing games, given her position with the team she takes any loss as her letting everyone down and that just builds further pressure.
Personality: ♦ Keen ♦ Distrusting ♦ Charismatic ♦ Two-Faced/Manipulative ♦
To an outsider looking in, someone like Hana Park seems like the absolute sweetheart. She's got a smile that is damn near infectious, a stride that exudes confidence, and a rapport with pretty much everyone she interacts with. And while that much is true on the surface, there's a little saying about wolves in sheep's clothing. Hana has a way of wrapping people around her finger because she knows what people want, what they need, and how to give it to them. It's a matter of supply and demand, she's the one to look up when it comes to supplies. Her part is played well, but the face she presents to her peers is a mask that is increasingly hard to hide behind.
Hana is a bit arrogant at times, that much is true, but she's able to back up her talk with results. She might tell someone their answer is wrong or their idea is shit but when challenged she'll accept and come back swinging. Hana's rather competitive, always having to be right even if it means refusing to admit wrong doing, and losing is never an option. She got that from her sister, whom she idolized for much of her youth. But her arrogance extends mainly to the field, where she feels it's okay to feel arrogant and rude since everyone shakes hands at the end anyway.
If there's one thing Hana cannot abide by it's people that have no chill when it comes to her distribution amongst the students. It's really only a surprise to the freshman since most of the students know that 'Pizza Man' is who you ask for if one needs something a bit heavier than simple bags of 'herbs', but people that are so obvious in their dealings and risk everything gets Hana furious.
Among her fellow jocks and team mates, Hana's seen as a rallying force. As the Ace of the Softball team, meaning the pitcher, as well as the newly appointed Captain, she's looked up to with respect and expectations and meeting them inbetween all the other goings-on in her life provides no small amount of stress. She's never indulged in her own product but she cannot say the temptation doesn't exist.
Hana's charms come not from the subtle gestures or the too-perfect pick up lines, but from her way with people. She treats everyone with a varying amount of like, and that makes her likable to the right crowd of people. While less outright gossipy as some of her friends and allies, Hana is no less devious and judgy, but hers is far more subtle. Getting to know people in the way that she does leaves her privy to a lot of secrets that are better left in her head or on the backburner for a rainy day.
Because of this, Hana finds it best not to trust anyone other than herself. People are liars. She's one of them. But at least she'll never lie to herself.
D E F I N I N G M Y P A S T
Even among the socialites and would-be's in the Hills, it's hard not to hear about the Park Family. The patriarch, Lee, is a staple of the community, having turned a rundown eatery into something profitable by using freshly grown ingredients and family recipes to create what publications (and even Yelp) have called "the best Korean dining in the state". 'Kumiho' is a popular spot for those looking for high quality Korean cuisine. The matriarch, Tiffany, does work as hair stylist, once upon a time even working with wealthy and famous but now simply working at a beauty shop for vapid spoiled sorts.. But it's the Park Children that the community is far less willing to talk about.
There's the oldest, brother Ken, who dropped out of high school and spends his days getting high with his burnout buddies and thinking they're going to become the next big rap sensation. There's the older sister Abby who was expelled from high school for fighting bullies for the bullied thus being a bully herself, though she's since turned herself around by getting her GED and joining the police; now Abby maintains a friendly rapport with the district, showing up at events and priding herself on transparency, a way of making up for her troubled youth. There's the youngest, Jeremy, who is only in first grade but has a real shot at being the good Park.
But of course, there's Hana. On the surface there's nothing truly outrageous about her, not on the level of her two older siblings anyway. Sure she dresses rather...provocatively but she hasn't done anything that her parents vehemently disapprove of. That they are aware of, anyway.
Hana's childhood was spent idolizing her cool older sister, Abby, up until Abby started coming home bloody and angry after fighting some asshole or another. Abby became less cool to the young Hana and more...crazy; it only takes one instance of your idol coming into your shared bedroom covered in blood for an opinion to change. It was at this time, with Hana in middle school, that she came to the conclusion that people are never quite who you think they are; and that has applied to Hana as well.
Hana's popularity in high school has nothing to do with her looks, though they certainly don't hurt, and everything to do with why they call her Pizza Man. Having a brother that is involved in shady practices and a sister in the police gives Hana access to a variety of...party favors for her classmates. There's always some problem in public high schools, and in the case of Beverly Hills High if students want to use, Hana will provide for a price. Why? At first it was a way to buy something that her allowance wouldn't cover, but she grew addicted to the popularity and status it came with, and she got to keep the moral high ground by never using herself. She could judge others for their vices while staying clean.
Of course, that she's the captain of the softball team and a presence on the tennis team absolutely helps her case when it comes to popularity and acceptance from her peers and the staff. Hana presents herself as a student that BHHS can be proud of, athletic, passing grades, friendly enough, but it's always the sweetest smelling roses that have the sharpest barbs.
Extracurricular Activities: -Captain of the Softball Team. Her position is pitcher. Bats fifth.
-Member of the Tennis Team. Only plays singles, though will do doubles in practice.
Extra: Anything Else: Hana is a closet geek at heart, having interests in science fiction and World of Warcraft but distances herself from those interests to maintain her position near the upper echelon. Hana writes short sci fi stories in her down time and even fanfiction under the handle 'VanillaSunrise'. All of her toons on the online games she secretly plays have 'Vanilla' in their names somewhere. She really likes vanilla.
Abby Park, sister. Hana idolized her so much as a child and still does, although it took some doing for Abby to get back in Hana's good graces. Abby was expelled from BHHS after getting into far too many fights. She believed herself to be doing the right thing, fighting bullies, but didn't realize how it made her a bully as well. Presently, Hana lives with Abby in Abby's apartment because she'd rather live there than have to deal with younger brother Jeremy's shit. That's not literal anymore. Abby was the favorite until Hana came along, then Hana was the favorite until Jeremy came along.
Ken Park, older brother. Hana never really got along with Ken growing up, always calling him 'Baboya' or 'Idiot'. Ken flunked out of BHHS in his senior year. For a time he worked at Kumiho until simply washing dishes was too much to ask. Ken is lazy and spends most days laying on a couch getting high with his buddies. He still has hopes to one day break out in the rap game, but until that day comes he's just freestyling and using. In exchange for supplying Hana with pills and other substances, he gets a cut of the profits. Hana constantly shortchanges him because Ken doesn't understand percentages.
Jeremy Park, younger brother. Jeremy is loud and the relatives love him but Hana knows he's a little monster and after changing his diapers one too many times she's done with him until he's at least in the third grade. He'll be starting first grade.
Lee Park, father. An entrepreneur of sorts, Lee rose from humble beginnings as a simple agriculture enthusiast (read: farmer's son) to owner of a well known Korean restaurant in the heart of the Hills. Approaching the retirement age, Lee has still yet to find someone to take over the family business and it looks like he might never, considering the Park Siblings and their wildly different paths in life. Kumiho is his pride and joy, after his family, of course.
Tiffany Park, mother. Once a prominent stylist to the stars who had to cut that life short in order to raise her children. Tiffany now works at a salon in Beverly Hills where she has to pretend to care about the problems of people. She's far more patient towards her children than Lee is though when she is properly mad...well, hell hath no fury, right?
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One tiny detail, though... You forgot the hobbies. :p But once you put them in she'll be accepted and you can place her in the tab. :)
