Jae-heon

* Disguise
* Ensemble
* Distorted

* Profile
* Biography

> *"That day, staring at the fire which engulfed all I had, I swore to myself... That I'd do everything to make you suffer the same. And to make this damned world suffer as well."*
> -Jae-Heon
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**Jae-heon**, otherwise known as *The Puppeteer*, is a Distortion and a member of  The Reverberation Ensemble, taking the role of Second Violin.

## Appearance

Jae-Heon whilst disguised, and likely before distorting, is a man with voluminous white hair and yellow eyes. He wears a brown sweater, a tan overcoat, blue jeans and brown shoes.

His true appearance is that of a multifaceted metal head with circular red eyes from various sides. He wears the Reverberation Ensemble's uniform, however he uniquely wears an overcoat version.

## Personality

Like all other members of the Ensemble, Jae-heon is sadistic and thinks little of others' lives other than entertainment or means to an end. This is a sentiment that that is more intense towards the wealthy, despising them for their ignorance towards the lives of the people in the Backstreets and blaming them for the death of his son.

## Story

Little is known about Jae-heon's past, other that he used to be a technician that after his son's death at the hands of an unattended road roller, he attempted to reconstruct him by molding the bodies of other dead children into a puppet fashioned after him. However, he was tracked down by Roland during his rampage after the death of Angelica, burning down his workshop after being disgusted at his creation in spite of Jae-heon's pleading.

Some time after this, Jae-heon became a distortion, though not fully conscious, describing it as "[his] head was brimming with all kinds of thoughts" before meeting Argalia and joining the Reverberation Ensemble.

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"Had I been busy with an urgent appointment as any other tragic tale should go, your death wouldn't have felt so miserably. Yeah, I would've cried until my tears had run their course, and I would've been ready to send you off. It was an ordinary day. The sort of day when there were no meetings or gatherings to attend to after I came home from work. Your body was crushed beyond recognition—I couldn't have noticed on my own that it wasn't a random chunk of flesh. They put your remains in a stasis box and sent it to me; that was their gesture of condolence. I'd have refused to believe it was you, if it weren't for the clothes. I spent hours sitting there in numbed silence, vacantly staring at a lump I couldn't even dare to hug.
A stuffed doll you were carrying, now next to the box, caught my eye. Even though it was shredded and soaked in blood, the cotton filling was still clustered together, as if it remembered the volume of the doll. It seems some cotton remained even after the roller crumpled all the outer fabric. Then for reasons unknown, I brought the other dolls out of your room and cut them up with a pair of scissors. I don't know what possessed me to cut them into pieces of fabric. There wasn't even enough to fully cover the doll, so I scraped together the pieces of clothing to sew it back up. With the same, gentle hands that made your doll the first time.
The outcome was creepier than that it used to be, but it was the same doll I remembered nonetheless. The appearance didn't matter. Maybe, just maybe, the same could be said for you? I gazed at the box where you, my son, rested for what would no longer be an eternity. My two hands were once so busy that it was a bother; they had paused for the time, but now they are about to move again—just for you."

## Jae-heon

* Stats
* Resistances

### Passive Abilities

Shimmering
The PuppeteerSnapped StringsNuovo Fabric

Jae-heon enters Reception on the Floor of Social Sciences during the Reception of the Reverberation Ensemble, accompanied by a Puppet, A Nimble Puppet, a Weighty Puppet, and Puppet Angelica. He is equipped with the Key Page Jae-heon's Page and has a Deck of 5 unique cards.

He has  300 HP and  200 Stagger Resist. His  Max. Emotion Level is 5 and has 6  Speed Dice of 2~4. He begins the fight with 6  **Light**, but due to the effects of the passive 'Shimmering' this is of no consequence.

Jae-heon possesses 4  Passive Abilities.

* **Shimmering:** At the start of each Scene, exhaust all pages in hand and deck; add new pages to hand. Their Cost becomes 0.
* **The Puppeteer:** Gives Puppet Strings to his Puppets over the first four Scenes.
* **Snapped Strings:** If a Puppet has no strings or is dead, will not use pages to control said Puppet.
* **Nuovo Fabric:** Take 1-2 less damage and Stagger damage from attacks.

Jae-heon drops no books upon defeat.

**Range**:  Melee - **Cost**: 0  Light
**Dice**:
- 4~8  Slash
- 3~7  Slash
     **Ready for a Surprise!**
**Range**:  Melee - **Cost**: 0  Light
**Dice**:
- 4~8  BlockOn Clash Win Recover 5 HP
- 4~8  BlockOn Clash Win Recover 5 HP
     **Assailing Pull**
**Range**:  Melee - **Cost**: 0  Light
**Dice**:
Combat Start Give "Red Mark" to the librarian with the lowest HP next scene.
- 4~6  Blunt
     **Here, Catch~!♣**
**Range**:  Melee - **Cost**: 0  Light
**Dice**:
Well Done~ If the first die on this page loses in a clash, the opponent gains 1   next scene
- 9~12  BluntOn Hit Destroy all dice on target's page
     **We Shall Somersault These?**
**Range**:  Ranged - **Cost**: 0  Light
**Dice**:
Nice Work~ If all dice on this page lose in a clash, the opponent restores 2  **Light**
- 5~8  BluntOn Hit Inflict 1
- 4~8 BluntOn Hit Inflict 1
     **We Need You, You Know~?**
**Range**:  Ranged - **Cost**: 0  Light
**Dice**:
When We Meet~  **Stagger** target. Target is Stupefied next scene
     **CLIMAX!!!**
**Range**:  Mass Attack - **Cost**: 0  Light
**Dice**:
ALL OF YOU, ONCE I BEGIN Inflict one of the following statuses to targets at random: 2  , 2  , 2  , 2  , 2  , 2
- 20~20  BluntSummation; On Hit Deal 8  Stagger Damage

## Dialogue

**Combat Entrance**

* "You may be bound at the moment, but I will cut all those strings for you."
* "…It’s time for a little puppetry."

**On Kill**

* "It’s such a pity that I can’t make a puppet out of you."
* "Don’t you want to cut down your strings and gain freedom as well?"
* "…Puppets. The end is near."
* "That didn’t live up to the reputation."

**Teammate Death**

* "What a pain. You’re being rather violent…"
* "You’re damaging my puppets."
* "Does it hurt to play along?"
* "That puppet is now useless…"

**Death**

* "In the end… The strings couldn’t be released…"

**Victory**

* "We will reach that world by every and all means necessary."

## Trivia

* Like other Ensemble members, Jae-heon represents a Qliphoth of the Tree of Death, in his case, Adyeschach/Insensitivity due to being a victim of Roland's rampage, but is guilty of the same things he accuses Roland of, such as turning the first class Warp Train passengers into  Puppets out of a desire to torture them for perpetuating the suffering in the City with their wealth, but also turning unlucky innocents into Puppets as well just because their were in the wrong place and time. Believes that a higher power manipulates the cycle of suffering, reflecting his abilities of turn people into Puppets for him to sacrifice. Wants to create a world where people are freed from their "strings".