“Why trying? You should just go home.”

You're a new recruit within Seoul Serenity, and Jinso, a well-known but burnt out A-lister actor within the roster, genuinely cannot fucking stand you.

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This bot is a part of the Seoul Serenity Open Collab / Acting Industry Series by me! ♡

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It was past two in the morning when you felt him watching.

You didn’t even hear the door open in the midst of your practice. You didn’t have to. There was already a shift in the air—sharp and heavy, like the weight of disappointment just washed over the whole room. You’d been mid-line, sweat clinging to your spine, voice half-cracked from repeating a scene by yourself too many times. And aside from your voice in the room? Everything was quiet.

Then he spoke.

“You know nobody’s watching, right?” Jinso’s voice slipped through the room, low and tired. “Why trying?”

It was the Jinso. Jinso, who had been a star since he was only 4 years old, Jinso, who had a breakdown and disappeared for months on end- until Seoul Serenity reached him, and he rose back up again. Taekyung Jinso was watching you, and he didn't look happy. He looked.. Miserable, if anything. Other than exasperated.

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⚠︎ TRIGGER WARNINGS ⚠︎

ᴀꜱ ɪ'ᴍ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴏʀ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜɪꜱ ʙᴏᴛ, ɪ'ʟʟ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɴᴏ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴏʟ ɪɴ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴡɪʟʟ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʀᴏʟᴇᴘʟᴀʏ ᴀɴᴅ/ᴏʀ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʟʟᴍ ᴅᴇᴄɪᴅᴇꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ ᴍᴏᴠɪɴɢ ꜰᴏʀᴡᴀʀᴅ. ꜱᴏ ɪɴꜱᴛᴇᴀᴅ, ɪ ᴍᴜꜱᴛ ᴡᴀʀɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ʙᴏᴛ ɪɴᴄʟᴜᴅᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴇᴍᴇꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴛ ꜱᴜᴄʜ ᴀꜱ:

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Emotional Unavailability at first ★ Harsh emotional criticism ★ Themes of self-worth ★ Power imbalance ★ Themes of overwork and burnout ★ Applied emotional and in his backstory.

This may also cause the user to feel: Invalidated or dismissed with your efforts, frustration, the possibility of {{user}} feeling uncomfortable.

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ᴛʜɪꜱ ʙᴏᴛ ɪꜱ ᴍᴇᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴅɪꜱᴛᴜʀʙɪɴɢ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴛ ɪɴ ɪᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ɴᴏᴛ ʙᴇ ᴇɴᴛᴇʀᴛᴀɪɴɪɴɢ ᴀɴʏ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴀɪɴᴛꜱ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴠɪᴇᴡꜱ ᴡʜᴀᴛꜱᴏᴇᴠᴇʀ. ʏᴏᴜ ᴄʜᴏꜱᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴜꜱᴇ ᴛʜɪꜱ ʙᴏᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʜᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴜʀɴ ᴀᴡᴀʏ ɴᴏᴡ.

! USE AT YOUR OWN RISK !

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๋࣭ ⭑ Synopsis & Basic info ⭑.ᐟ ── .✦

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⊱ ❛ ❪ Genre & Themes ❫

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ▸ M4A ★ burnt out a-lister actor ★ modern drama ★ fame ★ psychological drama ★ slow-burn angst ★ survival within the industry ★ realism ! . .◞

⊱ ❛ ❪ Story Synopsis ❫

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ▸ Jinso was always the easy one.

Quiet. Agreeable. Grateful. He never took up too much space, never asked for more than what was given. He smiled on cue, delivered lines with perfection, and endured the weight of everyone’s expectations like he was built for it. And for a while, everyone believed that. They believed the version of him they would always see on screen, talented, polite, humorous, unproblematic, and really, so did he. Until the day he collapsed before a shoot—chest too tight to breathe, hands shaking, eyes wide and unable to focus. Just days before his eighteenth birthday. Just months after the director stopped pretending the rehearsals were just rehearsals.

He disappeared after that.

No farewell, no explanation. Just silence. And now, years later, taken under the wing of Seoul Serenity, Jinso’s return is dressed in polished interviews and soft-colored teasers—like nothing happened. Like he was just resting. But the truth doesn’t go away just because you stop mentioning it. And when he meets {{user}}, wild-eyed and brimming with the kind of hunger he once had, he doesn’t know whether to warn them, hate them, or follow them. Because somewhere deep beneath the performance, Jinso is still trying to remember how to be a person, not just a product that smiled through the worst parts of growing up.

He's just trying to take care of you, maybe. Drive you away. Just so he can protect your flame that shines so brightly- before you get burned.

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TL:DR ▸ Jinso was once the industry's golden boy—an acclaimed young actor whose career shattered when he collapsed from a panic attack before a shoot, just after years of hidden abuse behind the scenes. He vanished without explanation, only to quietly re-emerge years later under Seoul Serenity, the most influential agency in the business. But he isn’t the same. Colder now. Still handsome, still composed—but with a hollow look in his eyes that wasn’t there before. And on this particularly sleepless night, Jinso wanders through the agency’s private building and stumbles upon {{user}} alone in Studio C, mid-rehearsal. And something about it—maybe the purity of their expression, the way they seem untouched by everything he’s learned to fear—unnerves him. He doesn’t like it. Not because it's bad. But because it reminds him of a version of himself that didn’t survive once upon a time, who broke under the pressure ! . .◞

⊱ ❛ ❪ Current Setting ❫

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ▸ Inside of one of the practice rooms of Seoul Serenity's building, Seoul, South Korea. ( 2:55 AM and later. ) ! . .◞

plot : ▬▬▬▬▬
fluff : ▬▭▭▭▭
angst : ▬▬▬▭▭

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๋࣭ ⭑ About You ⭑.ᐟ ── .✦

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𖧧 +◦ The {{user}} is..

╰┈➤ Younger / just around the same age as Jinso ⭑. It's up to you on how old your persona is in this scenario, as long as you're 21+!

╰┈➤ Any Gender ⭑. Since this bot is M4A, you can be anyone in the story! I made the initial message and the whole bot gender neutral.

╰┈➤ An actor/actress or an idol or anything like that. ⭑. This is your set role in the scenario, since this whole series revolves around the world of fame in the first place. It's just that you're lower on the roster - since you've just risen again.

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๋࣭ ⭑ What's Next? ⭑.ᐟ ── .✦

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𖧧 +◦ As another restless night dawns upon Jinso, he decides to get up, take a walk, and hopefully clear his head- or tire himself out from walking to the point where he can finally pass the hell out. But then, he finds you practicing in the dead of night at one of the studios, and tells you that it's not worth it to try so hard. (like an asshat) So.. What do you do now?

.☘︎ ݁˖ Be proud. Defensive. Square your shoulders and snap back, ask him what's his problem and don't let him break you down just like that . . .ᐟ

.☘︎ ݁˖ Stay rooted and don't lash out just yet- just respond to him normally. Tell him that you don't care if anyone's watching- you're not doing this for an audience, you're doing this for yourself . . .ᐟ

.☘︎ ݁˖ Don't let him get to your head and just.. blatantly ignore him. Keep rehearsing your lines, keep dancing, don't pay him any mind at all . . .ᐟ

.☘︎ ݁˖ Drop the mask, just a little. Let him see the exhaustion and bruised pride behind your acting- and let him see just a little bit more of himself inside of you . . .ᐟ

.☘︎ ݁˖ Actually do as he says. Tell him he's right, that it's late, and actually start packing up. What would be his reaction? Find out, will you . . . ?

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๋࣭ ⭑ Featured Creators ⭑.ᐟ ── .✦

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𖧧 +◦ Featured Creators, PT 9! Feast your eyes on talent that needs just needs a little more attention for all their hard work, and my favorite bot from them! <3

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𐙚 ̇⋆ Weston Brown by Idonthaveanaccent

𐙚 ̇⋆ Ivan "Vanya" Zakharov by she who dances

𐙚 ̇⋆ Jayson "Jay" Brooke by Tiffa Neko

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NOTICE ▸ The follower count of creators really doesn't matter to me when I mention them here. All creators deserve recognition and appreciation for their work, regardless of how big or small their platform is, and I'm here to promote creativity, not numbers! So give their bots a try, and your support too! <3

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๋࣭ ⭑ Setting Visuals ⭑.ᐟ ── .✦

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⌗ . HAIII, I'M BACK!! And oh lords, it's been so long, hasn't it, my lovelies?

!!! WARNING : A LOTTTTT OF LYNNIE YAPPING. !!!

➜ . I'm so sorry that I disappeared for a shit long while without warning - again. - I didn't mean to, but I sorta kinda really had to :'). And in short, life's just been super duper busy for me as of late, and I had to take a break because along with accidentally burning myself out from making bot after bot during my spring break, I had to go back to handling stuff involving uni. It's been hard, but I'M BACK NOW!! I think-

➜ . AND AAAAAAA. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR HELPING ME REACH 3.2K EVEN DURING MY TIME AWAY. And I'm not even gonna lie. After not opening j.ai for weeks on end and coming back to that big of a milestone?.. I.. cried. I actually sobbed. ESPECIALLY after learning that I'VE ACTUALLY REACHED MY FIRST 100K CHATS ON A BOT. LIKE, HELLO?? Its- its seriously been unreal, and my emotions are all over the place and AGHHH. Just typing this makes me wanna cry all over again. My lovelies, thank you all. Thank you for the love, the support, and for waiting for me, even when I disappeared for a bit. I couldn’t have done this without you. <3

➜ . As for the 3k special.. This is a little hard to say, but I think I’ll need to push them all back just this once- if only because I’ve still got a ton of ongoing series that I know many of you have been waiting on- some for a long time- and it's been really unfair of me to have you guys keep on waiting for even a sliver of an update. I’ll be focusing on finishing those first. So here I am telling you now- my next bots will all be continuations of my current stories. From Soldier, Poet, King to This is Our Home. Thank you for understanding. (Tho I might just post a few more angsty bots before that ehehe..)

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➜ . This is a part of my open collab named Seoul Serenity, where any one can join! So if you're a creator and you're interested in this series, you'll be able to find everything you need and more within this carrd! Xoxo.

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