Claiming:Dreamscape Claiming/Ahn Minyeol

**Please write your answers in bold.**

1) What is your character's personality?

**Born with the IQ of 200 and the intelligence rivaling the great minds of the past and the present, Minyeol has always been a smart person, capable of memorizing anything he reads, hears, or sees. He generally tends to make difficult tasks look effortless though his show of smarts is unintentional. Having been very isolated in his childhood, apart from his family, he's become very extroverted which stemmed from his desire to talk to other people. However, he's terribly blunt and sometimes incredibly sarcastic.**

**Minyeol greatly dislikes people who complain because his life has most likely been more difficult than theirs and he hasn't said a thing. He takes on challenges to prove how far he's gotten despite living in the slums. He hates being undermined or taunted for losing and in turn only works harder to establish a sense of self-confidence among himself and recognition among other people. He tends to take many things seriously and isn't known for jokes.**

**Minyeol is secretly immensely sensitive to the words of others. He sees himself in judgement of the wealthy constantly and tries to carry himself with non-existent pride to make up for his lack of high background. Sometimes Minyeol just breaks down from the overwhelming stress of this act and can be found crying in hiding places of his dorm. This, in turn, has created a sort of a bipolar persona for Minyeol, that operates between Minyeol's princely personality and his depressed personality.**

**To those who make the cut, he is vastly caring and loyal towards said people. He can become reckless to protect them and sometimes doesn't tend to be in the right state of mind when the people he cares about are in danger.**

2) Summarize the history of your character in a maximum of two paragraphs.

**Minyeol was born in poverty as his parent struggled to raise him and his siblings. He quickly learned on his own after some basic prep from his parents how to read and began teaching it to his younger siblings, trying to be as helpful as he could. Minyeol would never attend any sort of primary or middle school, as he was stuck at home, helping his parents by teaching his siblings things that he had learned early on by himself.**

**One day he encountered a staff member who worked at September Peak during the holidays who was speculating some things. Minyeol provided his own input which stunned the teacher, who wasn't expecting such detailed and wise words for a twelve-year-old. Soon later, Minyeol's parts had received a letter of recognition from the school, requesting Minyeol attend on their scholarship. Since then, he has been the Academy.**

3) Write a personal account of your character's first time in the Dreamscape from their perspective.

***I don't understand where I am. The light is elusive to the darkness, faltering my vision. I cannot see. I feel like I am standing in murky thick water, I can barely move. This world is strange, I am being submerged and no one is here to rescue me. I see faces and they pass and go, some scream and yell, others cheer, some stare, many don't spare me a second glance.***

***I then realize the thick water has hardened and discovered I have been layered over in cement. I am the sidewalk. People walk over me constantly, never acknowledge I am the reason they have safe spaces to travel short distances. This perspective is truly depressing, but it brings about a level of symbolism.***

***And then, I awake.***

***My room is nothing. It is not my room. I sleep squished between my twin brothers on a ragged mattress while my younger sisters sleep on aging bunk beds, nearing their end. My parents are still up. The lights are not on but I hear their voices echo throughout our cheap excuse for an apartment. I try to fall asleep again, but then I am immersed in another world. This more depressing than the last.***

***I am the king, I live above all the other people in this world and they worship me faithfully. I create and I help and I care and there are festivals and dances in my honor. I am shrouded in loneliness and overwhelming stress, however, and eventually, I cannot bear it and I move to end myself. My guard stops me and ends me himself.***

***I awake.***

4) How recently has your character discovered their ability to enter the Dreamscape?

**Minyeol's known about this ability since he was ten.**

5) Is your character experienced at using the Dreamscape?

**Yes.**

This character is a Dreamscape User.