STUCK

@unsua

even approaching sundown mudang-ri was full of life.  hundreds of wizards and witches moved from store to store, completing their final errands of the day, enchanted lanterns floating overhead keeping the darkness at bay.  the entirety of wizarding seoul had been unusually busy today, as if the same urge to be as productive as possible had struck the city all at once.  

for kousei, who was now primarily handling small tasks at the front of the shop, such as organizing the inventory and keeping records of the wands needing to be repaired, this demanded as much energy as he could give.  the store had finally closed its doors, so he slunk out the back to avoid the masses.  he’d seen too many people today, had to talk to too many people.  at this point, he wasn’t even sure if he wanted dinner.  

@unyohan

an aggressive sneeze bursts out of kousei, echoing throughout the empty shop and disturbing the fine layer of dust covering the shelves upon shelves of wands waiting to find their wizards.  his mentor of the moment, an ancient wizard currently holed up in the back of the shop, banged on the door.  “excuse me, sorry!”  kousei replied, whispering a simple charm right after so his voice would carry to the old man’s ears.  korea’s wandmaker was a stickler for proper manners, habits kousei had admittedly let die during his travels.

at least he had something to look forward to today.  the wandmaker’s grandson, yangheon (or something along those lines, kousei hadn’t quite caught the name) was supposed to be coming around soon to both relieve kousei of his shop-watching duties and provide a tour of wizarding seoul.  mudang-ri, at the very least.  kousei was excited to meet him, excited to have someone who could possibly be a friend.  he wondered what the wandmaker’s grandson would look like - would he hold the same traditional values as the wandmaker himself?  would he be the exact opposite?  kousei hoped they could get along, no matter what.  worst case scenario, he was one of those extremists customers gossiped about, and in that case kousei wasn’t sure what he would do.

@unmiso​

after a while, seoul doesn’t feel all that foreign, but this only makes its differences from tokyo all the more arresting.  something in the air is just a little off, the heartbeat of the city always just a second slower than what kousei expects — even a year around the world and he can’t help but compare.  the greatest difference is the look of the city itself, wizarding seoul stone and ancient where all of tokyo is ever-shinier.  for a moment kousei will close his eyes, and he’s so close to home he can almost fool himself into thinking he is, only for a rapidfire sentence in korean to catch his ear and bring him back to reality.

he can’t say he’s disappointed, though.  there’s plenty of cheap food right near the wand shop, so he never has to stray far.  he’s grown fond of a particular street vendor who’s managed to gain enough control of the street to lay out a small army of plastic tables and chairs.  it had taken awhile for the vendor to figure out what kousei was trying to order, when he’d first found the place. now he only has to wave and take a seat for the vendor to begin preparing his meal, a relief for the both of them. 

it’s a nice touch of familiarity kousei can really appreciate, but today he’s feeling adventurous and wants to try something else on the menu.  he pauses in front of the stall, staring down the hangul.  he really shouldn’t feel this intimidated by an alphabet, but here he is.  thankfully, there’s pictures accompanying the words — a new beef dish is sizzling in the most appealing way, but he has no idea how to pronounce its name, the combination of consonants and vowels not one he’s encountered before.  he doesn’t want to resort to pointing, but he’s not in the mood to embarrass himself, either.

so kousei is new to korea and maybe there’s someone the korean wandmaker got (probably someone his age who could b his friend??) to give him a tour of seoul and keep him company??

or if ur character is also involved w/ the wandmaking business pls let’s plot something (i promise i will go through bios and check this myself asap)

there’s the possibility that someone from one of the big 4 families/other upperclass pure bloods could have known him from the past/childhood bc his family/niche would be pretty well known

maybe ur muse is just really curious about the world and comes to interrogate him about what he’s seen on his travels!!

he’s a neutral party, so a really Passionate muse could come and try to convert him to one side or the other and just make him Nervous

he does have his own set of beliefs tho (he’s all about that casual equality) so if your muse can dig it out of him their points of view can be a bonding point or source for an argument

he just needs friends, enemies, (romance??) the usual connections

dramatic plots / plots that could logically keep him in korea longer are also really wanted!!