WELCOME TO THE CIRCUS [Ringmaster Althaea].
[Song Somi] will reside in the [White] tent. At home, she is assigned to home number [232]. [Cellular Manipulation] will be useful to the Midnight Circus. Remember our only rule: Once you join, you cannot leave.
Faceclaim information Name: Lee Jieun (IU) Group: Soloist Character Information Name: Song Somi Stage Name: Althaea Age: 25 Tent Assignment: White #1 Home Island Cottage Assignment: 232 Skill: Cellular Manipulation
Somi has the ability to regenerate and manipulate biological cells. She only has the ability to do so in humans and animals. She has the ability to heal most physical injuries or, if necessary, can inflict physical injuries to others. She does not have the ability to cure diseases or illnesses.Â
She must eat large portions of meat after she uses her ability or will become exhausted, or may even be left with the inability to move for several days as she recovers.
Trying to heal a wound that is life-threatening may put her own life in danger.
Somi is prone to blacking out after excessive use of her abilities.
Excessive use of her abilities may even cause a negative effect on her being. Somi has terrible eyesight due to a mishap from previous use.
She has the ability to manipulate her own cells to increase the healing of her own wounds, but using her ability on herself causes an even greater level of fatigue than using it on someone else.
She has the ability to remove scars from all but the most severe wounds.
Member Status: 8 Years
Performance Details: Somi is known as Ringmaster Althaea. She introduces each performance in the Main tents and closes the main performances at the end of the night. During performances, she remains on standby as the resident healer, using her abilities on any of the circus members or normal first aid techniques to those who are visiting. Outside of performances or performance times, she spends most of her time healing members of the circus or running the circus itself.
Personality: Somi is a naturally quiet person when she isn’t introducing Circus performances. Her voice is soft and she seems genuinely delicate. However, she will be the first to yank you across the grounds by your ear muttering about something wrong that you did. She is very stern and commanding despite her small stature and quiet tone. She can be fairly abrasive but tries her best to be as friendly as she can be. She cares about the members of the circus like they are family and will do everything she can to protect them, even if she dislikes anyone specifically.
Background: Somi doesn’t remember much before 8 years ago. The use of her ability has robbed her of nearly all of her childhood memories, though she does remember flashes of things here and there. From what she has been able to make out, she was an orphan living on the streets somewhere in Korea. It was during this time, as a teenager, that Hyori found her living on the streets. It was after her memory loss and she was rather blank. From what Hyori could figure out, Somi had used her ability to save another that was living on the street and had blacked out, losing her memory from the effort. Since that time, Somi has been careful to not overdo it so she can retain all of the new memories that she makes.
She worked in the medical tent for the most part during her time with the Circus and was heartbroken when Hyori left, as she looked up to the older woman as if she was Somi’s mother. She continued her efforts, however, as she knew it would have been Hyori’s wish. Her world came crashing down in 2014 when the circus was abandoned. She attempted to return to civilization, but it soon became apparent that living in Hokkaido was not something she could do. She did not know the language and had no true skills, aside from what she had learned from the previous healers. She knew enough to be a doctor, but had no real experience or the proper education to get a job in any clinic.
Quickly she was forced back onto the streets, scrounging for food and doing odd jobs (mostly to get yelled at and shooed off after). However, during this entire time, she saved every scrap of money she had as well as every scrap of money she had saved from the circus treasury. One day she knew she would be back and she would bring everyone back together. She found her way back to the circus grounds and started to build things back up, sleeping on one of the few still intact cots that she could find.
Four long years of working in a country not her own (being basically homeless and spending all of her money on repairing the circus equipment or replacing it)Â passed before she realised that her repairs were complete. She started to save what money she could and seek out others like her. As soon as there were enough, she opened the circus once more, taking on the mantle of Ringmaster. She had large shoes to fill, but somehow she knew it was something she could handle.
