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MARCH 2020 D.STILL, SEOUL WITH @calpr / @prjooyeon

Most days don't end like this, but he insists for the night. Running an operation the way that they do can allow so much breathing room when it's shared with ten more and then some, so to hell with it. Cocktails on him, for old times' sake.

"That's the last of it." And what a week it'd been: two schemes complete, with plans for three more triple-checked and ready to go for the upcoming month. Hyunsoo grins. "Go on and let your hair down."

MARCH 2019 NIGHT BEFORE AUCTION, SICILY  WITH @roheepr

Vacation entails the obvious only because it serves more than one purpose: soaking in the warm spring sun, coasting lazily along the Mediterranean, and plucking a rare diamond-encrusted Chopard right from the clutches of a Signor Pirelli. 

By now, he wagers Rohee’s “things I’d rather be doing” list has grown tenfold in length, some of which she’d rattled off on their way here. It’s the usual, or what he calls the Lobster Phase (duration: five months and counting). Could be ordering lobster, watching a two-star Michelin chef bringing it to boil, devouring it whole, then ordering another in rinse-repeat fashion because for fuck’s sake, why are we here and not. Having. Lobster. 

His response then and now remains unchanging: an easy grin and a shift in gears. 

"Remember the flap.” The one they’d incised on the outside of the vault room two days ago, he means. With a second tug, Hyunsoo pulls the antique lock free from its bolt with a gloved hand. The Club hackers had cut the connection from the security cameras inside an hour ago, leaving them a wide enough window to take what they need and scram. That it’s a two-person mission alone speaks volumes; when it’s a watch they’re after, time most certainly isn’t going anywhere. 

LEE HYUNSOO / 31 / TAILOR / CLUB FOUNDER / OPERATION NAME: MAMA GOOSE***

born and raised in wynwood, florida (miami) during the 90′s pre-gentrification time. mom and dad are/were blue-collar workers with textile sales jobs in the fashion district, so humble upbringing as their only son

took him getting older to fully realize their/the neighborhood's ses status against the wave of rich people coming in and setting up shop. not discouraged, but from that point on it's not the first time he encounters it

starts working in textiles with his parents around 15-16 starting out in stocking/resupply, becomes familiar with the trade and soon he's also doing something of a sales gig too

before he knows it though he's 18 with 0 prospects of getting into a decent college, so his parents are like “🙂 what was the point of moving to this country then u fool” luckily uncle hojun down in south korea needs help running silk, a custom tailoring shop so he's shipped off there

culture shock in more ways than 1: korea's booming so gangnam's RICH rich than it already was and these are his uncle's clientele so as from ages 18-20 hyunsoo's tailing after him and getting to walk into all of these ridiculously extravagant houses with their ridiculously extravagant things and it's a bit of an eye-opener

then ‘08 happens with the recession, and their business doesn’t get off scot-free, contempt for all that excess etc we’ve all seen parasite...meets @calpr​ 1 night, gets drunk and they end up pulling off a robbery stint on the fly who woulda thunk right

ff 3 years and he’s a tailor right alongside his uncle making custom fits for these rich assholes except! he’s starting to swipe small valuables and pawning them off

hatches up an elaborate plan and hits up @calpr​ and later @prjooyeon​ to start the president’s club, est. 2011 and run by yours truly, pulling heist after heist after heist 

in a nutshell: charming in the sense he’s easy to get along/strike a conversation with, dynamic, always thinking out of the box, composed in a way that you wouldn’t think this is the same guy who came up with a plan to smuggle a van gogh that involved the use of a manequinn, two (2) cans of string cheese, “the flight of the bumblebee,” and a mcdonald’s driveway 

but anyway this is where ***the mama goose codename comes in which...IS JUST FOR FUN...DURING MISSIONS ONLY...honestly it was either that or Florida Man but only maybe 2-3 people who Know What They Know can call him that so... (who wants dibs)

not cocky (because you never know when things do go wrong), more along the lines of being confident in his ideas and the team’s abilities 

definitely had fun planning the different ways he invited each member into the club

if they’re targetting individual persons, this is where his job as a tailor comes in at some point and he can scope out the area/home before they can infiltrate

has no problem altering suits/clothes if asked because he doesn’t want a shabby looking crowd when they’re on the prowl, ya feel me

random headcanons speaks fluent korean/english and advanced-near fluent spanish, his song library on shuffle: chopped&screwed > deftones  > mariah carey’s best hits > young thug > 1950′s bossa nova, thinks armani is trash do NOT wear armani around him, signature scent(s) are kalemat black, l’instant de guerlain (2005), and hermes’ poivre samarcande, loves fusion food, lazy mode is when he’s wearing his chunky frames and a hoodie from a school he never went to, loves warm weather, swims and plays basketball to stay fit, likes uno and mahjong, has a horrible sweet tooth