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mixwoo‌:

Sunwoo jumps, breath tumbling out of him as if he’d been punched in the stomach. He doesn’t expect the sudden peal of laughter, and he’s not quite ready for what’s supposed to come next. Laughter from an enemy almost always means things are about to hit the fan; he’s learned that one from experience. He braces himself for the worst, and when it doesn’t come, Sunwoo stares. “Wait, really?” It isn’t much, but it’s the barest glimmer of hope Sunwoo’s found since this conversation started and he latches onto it. “No, I mean— I’d love for you to keep coming. If you— If you really like the fish, yeah!” His voice is still trembling, and there’s a thin film of water threatening to spill from his eyes, but now his heart is pounding with something else entirely. Maybe he’s a little excited that this threatening figure thinks fish are cute. Maybe he’s hoping he’ll get to talk about fish a few more times before he ends up stuffed on someone’s wall. “If you don’t hurt anyone— yes, yeah, absolutely. You can come here as long as you’d like. Just… don’t hurt anyone?” He’s still staring, dumbfounded, and before the other man can get a word in he quickly says— “You really think the fish are cute?”

The kid looks like Shu pulled a gun on him and then announced it’s fake. He might as well have done the metaphorical version of that, honestly. Still hilarious.

Obviously he’s processing a lot, and Shu graciously lets him get it all out. He’s counting two requests to not hurt anyone, and maybe four stutters. Not bad.

“If I’m not given a reason to hurt anyone, then no one gets hurt,” Shu assures him without... really assuring him of anything besides don’t piss me off. In the longrun though, it does seem his aquarium trips will go on as usual.

He does lather on the surprise at the insinuation he’s lying about his perception of fish however. “Do people think the fish aren’t cute?” he asks. “Even the deep sea ones that walked out of a horror film have their own charm to me. Shame an aquarium can’t host them.”

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#《mixwoo o1》 #me an eon later: hello #its me #its.... mi #we love and respect all fish in this house

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/hits the woah

this is late coming but i finally shoved all the information you could want about shu here and I’d like to formally say I’m very warmed by all the welcomes and am happy to be here!! if I haven’t responded it’s literally just because i’m a bit overwhelmed bc anxiety be like that but I really do appreciate everyone’s messages!! and since I finally put up plots if any of them interest you I’ll toss something up asap just message me ilu all thank u

#ill delete this later but yeet

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mixwoo‌:

Immediately, Sunwoo blanches and decides alright, change of plans. He’s aware—has been since this all started, actually, that he isn’t the best at this whole ‘intimidating gang member’ schtick. It’s very, very possible that he’s among the worst, actually, and now that his fish facts are being played against him he has very few cards left up his sleeve. He has his fists (a non-option), and— well, that’s about it. Could he appeal to emotion with this guy? Try to negotiate… whatever it is they’re negotiating? Sunwoo glances sidelong at the guy and decides… probably not. “Is that why you’ve been coming to the Aquarium lately?” he says, voice barely above a whisper. He can’t help the pout in his voice, not when everything he’s said has been turned against him thus far. If he keeps humoring the guy, he’ll end up backing himself further into a corner. “Has it been for… reconnaissance, or something?”

The look on fish boy’s face makes every single step Shu has taken in this aquarium worth it. Even the ones he hasn’t spend idly threatening various bodily undoings upon the boy.

But the conclusion the other comes to after all this...

Renshu honest to god laughs, and it’s not the kind that would preface a sudden stabbing. He’s been told sometimes his laugh invokes that feeling.

He coves his mouth to stifle the sounds, but he’s still smiling when he runs a hand through his hair and sighs. “No, I just like fish. One of them blows bubbles at me. It’s cute.”

Which is far cry from subtly implying he can taxidermize little Nemo.

“So I’d like to continue coming here, without incidence, as I have. Nothing has changed between us, isn’t that right Nemo?” He looks pointedly at the aquarium employee. His answer will, somewhat literally, make or break him.

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#《mixwoo o1》 #we love a man that doesnt keep his tone consistent #congrats sunwoo... u now have another cool alias

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》好久不见

@phantomxmi

The world is not so small that Shu expects to cross paths with anyone more than once out of pure coincidence. Much less, two generally high profile but ultimately expendable socialites fleeing into isolation after a dreadful PR incident should not have actually fled to the same tiny island, especially considering one of them doesn’t even live in the associated country.

But, alas, here he is. Standing across from the girl (because she is just a girl) he almost married.

“I won’t say I’m displeased seeing you again Hyerin,” he starts slowly. “But I’ve yet to determine if this is a good thing or not.” Ex-almost-fiances is a complicated grey area to navigate, but illegal gang activities really set the tone for... a situation he never imagined he would actually have to deal with.

It’ll be a real shame if he has to be nasty to someone he’d been measurably fond of in the past. The number of people that fit in that category are, to this day, still rather slim.

#《phantomxmi o1》 #i present.... the most vague starter lol #feel free to determine more precise circumstances but follow ur heart tbh #and i can edit anything if needed!

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》let them eat cake

@mixscorpio

In China, he’d had personal bakers providing him with sweets that suited his dietary restrictions. On Myeongcho, Shu isn’t that lucky. The problem is easily solved by the fact that he doesn’t often crave cake or muffins or anything of the like, but he’s not about to deny himself something he can simply... insist on getting. It’ll just take a few more steps than walking up to a counter and ordering.

“Do you know what kind of person I am?” he asks to a skeptical cashier that won’t just call out the baker for him. “Lactose intolerant. Your baker will understand; I’ll wait.”

It’s not the first time he’s come here, but he’s by no means a regular either. Shu can’t count on a glorified game of telephone to get what he wants efficiently. Direct contact is always more reliable, no matter if the baker is busy.

#《mixscorpio o1》 #i tried not to assume too much but hopefuly this is gucci #shu just wants cake he can eat

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》thanks, but no thanks

@mixsia

Shu enjoys control; it’s not something he regularly got in China. And since coming to Myeongcho, he’s discovered something else: it’s so much easier to have it when it’s assumed you’re less than dirt.

A little money used to buy his time gives some people the ego trip of their life, and if Shu feeds that then they think they own him. He wonders if they forget you should never trust a whore, or if they think they’re above that principle because they can use money as tinder.

Either way, despite all pretense Shu generally has his shit together. Some fuck-all dipshit decides to take his declaration of special feelings seriously though, and in an attempt to... free him or whatever the fuck, his (formerly, now) regular client has decided to tie his hands together and won’t shut up about how it’s temporary but somehow this is going to lead to a better life for Shu.

Pathetic. But then he mentions a drug and that is absolutely not happening, and that’s when Shu nails him with his knee and drops every courtesy he ever took with the guy.

But one of them has their hands tied, and the other doesn’t, and no one cares to check on a whore either.

#《mixsia o1》 #you can.... make up what kinda racket is going on #hope this is enough tho lmk if youd like me to change anything!!

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mixwoo‌:

He’s glad to be down an emptier path, away from customers who could get hurt in the crossfire, but the further down they go the more Sunwoo’s eyes dart over his shoulder to check for an ambush. 

“Nemo swam out, too,” he refutes weakly. He can’t tell if his face is red but it’s definitely burning. “He got caught, but he made it out on his own. He was fine.” 

He’s handing the guy open ammunition at this point. A physical fight he can at least try to handle, but Sunwoo’s entirely out of his depth here. He considers keeping his mouth shut, but he can’t risk instigating conflict; it took him four years to get this job, and he isn’t throwing it away now. 

And even if he keeps quiet, the guy could probably find a way to toy with him regardless. He seems intent on watching Sunwoo flounder.

“And his dad swam across the ocean by himself. You should rewatch the movie. We might have a copy in the gift shop, if you want to stop by there.”

He was fine.

Renshu glances at fish boy, and decides to mercifully hold his tongue. Nemo certainly doesn’t sound fine, to his ears. But this is turning out to be awfully fun, and he can’t help milking it for a little more than it’s worth.

“Maybe I will. I haven’t had the urge to visit the shop; fish are much more interesting when they’re not lifeless and stuffed. Don’t you agree, Nemo?” He looks at fish boy and smiles.

“I don’t need to rewatch the movie to remember that the plot revolves around the little fish disappearing. It’s right in the title.”

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#《mixwoo o1》 #absolute fools #now sunwoo has his official nickname #that shu wont give up even if he learns sunwoo's real name

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mixwoo‌:

Sunwoo winces. This is why they don’t let him talk during missions. Or at meetings.

But no punches have been pulled yet, and the last thing Sunwoo wants is to start something where the fish can see. He’ll play along until the cards come come out, and then — well, he’ll figure that out when he gets there.

Sunwoo glances at him from the corner of his eye and swallows. “It depends,” he says as evenly as his voice will allow him, feeling as though he’s treading thin ice. “There are around thirty different species of clownfish. Most people think of the ocellaris clownfish — Nemo — but it’s… It’s not the only one. But they can live over ten years.”

“They’re also known as anemonefish, because they form symbiotic relationships with anemones, which — which use the toxins in their tentacles to keep the clownfish safe. So you wouldn’t be able to interfere with their lifespans. You’d have to get past the anemone.”

Or you could catch the clownfish when its alone, but he elects to omit that information. "Is that all you wanted?”

Fish boy lives up to his name, and Renshu actually pays attention to what he’s saying beyond simply humoring him.

“Fascinating,” is all he comments, and no matter how much sincerity is actually there he can’t help if everything out of his mouth tends to be colored patronizing. Even when fish boy goes a little further and speaks about anemone, a safeguard and poorly veiled metaphor, Shu doesn’t mind. It’s a very silly medium to conduct their conversation on, but at the very least it’s fitting for their surroundings.

“Speaking of Nemo,” Shu elects to move on, evading the question. “His mother died, didn’t she? Recklessly swimming out of from the safety of the anemone when she knew the barracuda was right there, if I remember correctly.” They’re approaching a split path, and Shu takes the liberty of deciding which way they go next. The less inhabited one to the left. He directs fish boy with a hand at his back.

“It’s been awhile since I’ve seen the movie.”

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#《mixwoo o1》 #in this house we stan clownfish #just two dudes walking through an aquarium discussing nemo

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mixwoo‌:

He stands at the railing and frowns into a tank of water.  “Stupid,” he mutters to himself with a shuddering breath; he isn’t sure if he is referring to the situation or himself. 

Because before the approach, before he’d locked eyes with the figure from last week, he could feel the hair prickling on the back of his neck, and he knew he was being watched.

“Stupid,” he says again in resignation — and then, without a moment more to think on it, he turns and matches his gaze with the other man’s.  In that moment, with his heart hammering in his ears like a joiner’s mallet,  Sunwoo realizes two things. First, that he’s unarmed, and second, that he’s on his own. They’re going to capture him, maybe hold him hostage, handcuffed in the back of some warehouse and left to rot until the manager pays his ransom. And that’s best case scenario. If he’s less lucky, they’ll beat him bloody and toss him into the piranha tank.  Inhale. He can do this. Exhale. He has to do this. After a beat of stunned hesitation, he nods and falls into step. “You— You’re a regular, right? I can’t right now, we’re closing soon, but I can give you a discount on your tickets. If you want to attend tomorrow’s exhibit, I mean. Or next—" Exhale. “Ah, next weekend’s.” 

Sunwoo bites at his lip and tries not to cringe. His voice hitched a few too many times in that sentence. Not a good look. "You don’t want to talk about fish, though.”

When he imagines gangs, the seedy underground, generic hoodlums, the first thing he thinks of isn’t an aquarium. But he himself isn’t a walking stereotype, so that’s a pass.

A bumbling idiot, however, that can’t get a whole sentence out smoothly, that’s just embarrassing. Shu sets the pace of their strides and fish boy lets him, and by the sounds of it he’ll have no trouble dictating the tone of their conversation either. It won’t be anything at all to lead this kid by the nose. Amazing.

“Is groveling a part of your customer service persona, or is this instinct kicking in?” Shu asks, ignoring essentially everything else about the statements. He raises a brow and tilts his head, blinking almost innocently. “I don’t? Had I said so?” He actually doesn’t, but now Shu decides maybe he does. Just for shits and giggles. “Really, tell me about clownfish. What’s their life expectancy, on average? Provided no one interferes.”

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#《mixwoo o1》 #intimidation tactics 101.... clownfish

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》red herring

@mixwoo

Privacy and professionalism only have so much breadth between them when six gangs live on one island. Renshu, theoretically, knows this.

But... even the fish? 

Racketeering isn’t his thing but he’s an appropriate substitute if he’s needed, and wrong place wrong time then there’s fists flying in contention over some local store with a convenient back room. But Shu’s battle is with words not punches, and he keeps the shop owner out of harm’s way with heavy suggestion that this may happen again and it’s in her best interest to consider Lynx as an ally.

He locks eyes with fish boy before everyone clears out, and a single thought makes him click his tongue. I’m not losing visitation rights to my fish over this.

So as if they hadn’t been present at the same conflict on different sides just a week ago, Shu returns to the aquarium and approaches the employee that has the potential to ruin his foreseeable weekends.

“I hear you can tell me quite a bit about clownfish,” he says, with no preamble other than a business smile. “Walk with me.”

#《mixwoo o1》 #he really love being vaguely threatening #dramatic

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will i ever be tired of this yang yang gif...? sources point to no

hello I’m lee (20, est, he/they) and i haven’t been on tumblr for a hot second but this is also... very different from what i’d done years ago so please bear with me T_T i tend to fight tumblr’s html every time i type a word, tragic...

i play renshu my very stupid but theoretically charming extortionist/prostitute affiliated with lynx! he’s technically good with words and was groomed to be a businessman, but since i am neither of those things we’re gonna wing it.

he doesn’t like admitting that violence makes him queasy and it’s been like a year, bro you gotta shape up. please im me for plotting or like this and i’ll head over to you!! and to anyone who’s greeted me already, tysm i hope to write and have fun with you all!!

because i still haven’t set up formal pages for him (and... will i is the question) read below for renshu fun facts!!

cw;; violence, blood, mentions of sex

his family’s name is kind of a big deal in China, and it was an even bigger deal with Shu really thought being a wannabe bad boy and gathering some negative press wouldn’t end terribly

since there’s now a cult following of people who will trash him in china he’s arbitrarily decided if they’re going to slander him, he might as well give them something to really slander aka decide to join a gang on a remote island that no one has probably heard of in china gg

extortionist is like his illegal calling, but he thought not dirty enough so, as one does, he added sex to it. now he threatens the kind of people he used to live his whole life around, and may or may not fuck them afterwards to see if they’ll sing more for him

face is really really important to him so 24/7 he looks cool and composed and on top of his shit, completely unfazed by this gang life even when there’s kill bill sirens going off in his head maybe 15/7

he killed a guy for his initiation and he’s still traumatized by it even if he’d rather die than admit it

it’s really not hard to tell he goes green in the face when he sees violent crime though

he like.... highkey lowkey admires cutthroat ruthlessness, 10/10 would emulate if he could stomach it

would never say so but holds hydrus is a very high regard and would join them if he wasnt aware he would never last

his alias was a joke to himself because one of his nicknames is xiaoshu and squirrel is songshu, and even if it’s a different shu he thought it was funny. didn’t think ahead that squirrel is not really the most intimidating alias but now he’s stuck with it so... life be like that sometimes

potential plots

who was the poor person shu shot for his initiation?? i never specified the circumstances behind it so it’s wide open if you want a grudge or maybe a friendship that gets real complicated down the line

literally anyone catching on that he’s not as coldhearted and unfazed by everything as he tries to project because it pisses shu off (either from lynx or other gangs). he might have a weak stomach for gore but his temper and impulses are nasty

anyone rich and high status. he really, really likes threatening rich and high status people. 

fake it is literally his game if he or his gang can profit from it, he can be whoever and whatever you need him to be

he’s measurably fond of his gang members on principle, and does actually treasure the mediating and supportive aspect of being a prostitute for lynx so if you want real affection with no strings attached he’s really your guy

and if you want strings attached shu can lie that they’re there when they’re not he’s an expert at lip service

everything and anything you can think of!

#《王；外面》 #im baby pls bear with me #i really am open to most anything though so hmu for whatever!! #mi:intro #chaotic stupid is me editing this ten times bc i forget things and also realize theres tags i should put oof

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PROFILE LOADED • • • 《 WANG RENSHU 》

“On the surface, WANG RENSHU is an UNEMPLOYED twenty-eight-year-old. Dig a little deeper and you’ll discover that he’s also an EXTORTIONIST and PROSTITUTE that goes by the alias SQUIRREL. His allegiance lies with LYNX.”

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