backstory:in short, arden brought himself and his sister up. Their parents abandoned them once their village was set on fire. He was ten years old at that time, and neither him nor his sister had seen their parents since. This was their normal now.He grew an interest in all things human not long after they left the once safe haven that was their village. A higher fae had helped them settle in for the first few weeks, finding them somewhere warm to live, somewhere where their powers could freely flourish without causing fear in the city, or lasting damage.From a distance, humans were just so… fascinating. The way they lived and breathed for family and wealth. Arden was content with his plants at home, but once he’d begun observing humans and their quirky behaviours, it became like a drug. He found himself constantly battling his want to observe, to interact with them in any way.He began getting perhaps too curious, venturing out after dark while his sister was fast asleep, their cottage door barely squeaking after he’d figured out how to use the oil can they kept under the sink.Freedom. The chilly spring air hitting his skin as he exited the forest, eyes only for the tall buildings and bright lights of the big city before him. It felt incredible, feet hitting the floor fast as he ran through the forest roads, only relaxing when the trees began turning into those big buildings he’d for so long only been able to watch from afar. Five years since they had been brought to this new place, and only now had he gained the courage to explore. There was definitely no turning back now.Night time. Darkness. He forgot about what the scent of humans used to do to him. With a lack of human energy in his veins, his powers were never overbearing, always manageable. He’d only made the pipes of their bathroom burst open with the flow of water a total of two times in their five years of life there, nothing that his sister wasn’t able to fix almost immediately.But this felt different, strange, almost. He didn’t have any appetite to feed, no want like he remembered in the past to just grab the first human he saw and steal the light from within their eyes.He almost… enjoyed it. He felt powerful, in a different sense.Arden wandered all night that night, sticking to the shadows. He might be new to human life, but he knew it would be strange for a 15 year old to be wandering around alone at night.But it wasn’t enough, he should have sensed it coming but he felt hands on his shoulders, a warm breath down his neck as he was dragged back, kicking and screaming as his mouth was taped and he was thrown into the back of a van, the doors closing and leaving him in darkness.His sense of smell was heightened, the distinct scent of chemicals filling the air. nothing strong enough to harm him but he already had an idea of what was coming. The van stopped not long later, doors swinging open and he was once again grabbed. He wasn’t short, but his skinny stature didn’t help in his fighting back, however that didn’t stop him from trying. He continued fighting, even when he was strapped into a chair in a dimly lit office, one of the men taking a seat behind the desk. “Arden Kim…” he hummed, his voice gruff, raw with years of shouting sense into the men around them both.Arden opted to stay silent, fighting slowing down as he panted in exhaustion, sweat lining his brow. The older man narrowed his eyes, hands clasped on the desk. “Who are you?” He asks the older man, still struggling a little against the constraints. His powers were useless here, but as the lights outlined the other man's features, Arden realised who he was facing.

김아이야 // aiya kim

26th May 2000info: a(b)o, switch, vers.bio: arden's only remaining family member, despite not being blood related. aiya left seoul for a few years, taking time to study abroad. with her studies finally complete, she found herself returning to seoul to keep an eye on her younger brother.with a degree in coding and a lengthy background in computer hacking, aiya has now set herself up as the manager of a small computer hacking company, supplying her services to anyone who will pay.--aiya has very similar powers to her brother, except her dream control and illusion casting are far more powerful, thanks to the years she spent honing them.

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