Duck Hwan "Dell" Park
From Secondheaven
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| Name | Duck Hwan "Dell" Park |
| Age | 18 |
| Birthday | November 14, 1988 |
| Home | Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Height | 5'6" |
| Weight | 153lbs |
| Family | Mother, father, younger sibling by three years. |
| Languages | Korean + English [fluent], Japanese [good understanding of visuals, difficult with vocal.] |
| Visible Marks | Small scar on his knee and an ear piercing. |
| Not readily visible Marks | -- |
| Subject Taught | Art |
| Years Taught | 0 |
| Supervises | Anime Club |
| Played By | Park Jung Su |
| Journal | acidicweather |
Contents |
Appearance
Naturally a short male, Duck appears to be even shorter than his actual height, thanks to his less than desirable posture. Sometimes he is watching, but most of the time his eyes are glued to the pavement in front of him, and it has been more than once that he narrowly missed being run over. He dresses in simple shirts and jeans that are always too long, and so face tears in the back where his soles grind them into the ground. The only notable thing about him is that for his appearance, he has a piercing, but it is usually left without adornment.
History
Duck was born to a second gen Korean family that lived one story above the humble, family-run bakery, and though ecstatic that their first born was a boy, the happiness was quickly overridden with concerns for the baby's mental health. It became obvious that Duck was not progressing at the normal speed of which baby's are known to progress; Duck was far, far slower. The doctors could not pin point the cause, and as there was nothing physically wrong with the child, they said that it was nothing to worry about, and that Duck would catch up soon enough. Well, they were right. By the age of three, Duck was more or less on par with the next toddler and scribbling on the walls.
By five, he was painting still-life with Crayola watercolors.
By seven, he was mixing colors together to create oil paintings of the area in which he resided.
It wasn't until towards the end of elementary school that Duck began to put on canvas the things he saw in his head and not the things he merely saw in person. Already praised as an artistic genius, this new advancement only furthered his local fame, and by middle school he had had his art placed in various parts of Hawaii, as well as the mainland. There was something to be said about a kid that produced art that would be sold in the thousands at such a young age. Something about it was alive and not, creative but dull; most of his focus were on daily things, with just a dab of personal touch here, a twist of imagination there--
He kept the widely imaginative ones away from the public, kept them in hidden in his room.
Elementary school had taught him that though he may have had a knack for art, music was not something that called out to him, and so took up language in middle instead. Language, realized Duck, was something he could do quite well at if he put in the effort. And finding himself with extra elective choices, as the boy had opted to take PE and health classes over the summer, Duck poked his head into Food Science. He graduated with grades just a tad lower than average, but it didn't concern him too much. He knew he wouldn't be going to a four-year university, but then- what?
Despite the fact that his art brought in a sizable amount of money, his parents wanted him to find a more stable occupation. A pastry chef, maybe? He did find those sugar competitions so intriguing...
Not quite stable enough, they said. But they were reasonable parents, and so with a lot of research coupled with the desire to see their child visit places he'd only seen through the internet, they compiled a list of notable colleges, nearly all of them somehow known for an artistic achievement, be it with paint, sculpture, food, or even music.
It was in this way that Duck found himself in That Country, and he was damn lucky that it was his last stop, because it was there that he was kidnapped as Second Heaven's replacement teacher for the arts.
Where else would they get a teacher--for art!--on such short notice, when the school year was already in full swing, when they already operated on a different schedule from the others? Naturally, this must have been fate, for such a well-known artist to be near such a well-known (?!) school (though perhaps of a different art...) He must start at once!
And, well. Harold was quite persistent.
Duck's parents thought it a good enough job for their son, as it was a subject he was good at, it was a well-known school with a good salary, and his part-time education in teaching at the local college would be paid in full.
Duck is not so sure what to make of this situation. We think he is still in a state of shock.
Personality
Duck is a little more reserved than the average teenager; growing up, Duck was more keen to stay in his room or on the roof, observing and painting, sometimes the same exact thing, to the same exact angle, but at different times during the day. Maybe a close up of the nail shop across the street. Maybe a painting solely on the girl waiting impatiently for the bus to come because it was summer and there was no breeze that day.
Growing up made little difference in his social behavior. He was the student that sat in the front if he had a choice, to make sure he didn't miss anything important because he wouldn't ask a classmate if he did. By the same token, he also had the choice to miss it if he chose not to listen, and that was alright with him. He was the kid that was put with the group that didn't manage to get four people by the time the rest of the class had split off because he didn't speak up and didn't particularly care where he got placed (though he'd rather not go with the boys who made trouble in the back or the girls who did nothing but talk, as then he would either have to take charge, do the work all on his own, or just doodle on his lab paper and take the F. [He almost never did the first.])
Coupled with the fact that he was A Very Good Artist, many wrote Duck's behavior off as snobbish. It didn't really matter to him, as long as they didn't actively treat him as such. On the few occasions that he was, he would try to ignore it, but it would bother him enough that it would be on his mind for days.
Interviewers receive many "um," "ah," "you know," "well," and/or combo's of these sounds, and afterwards leaves a very overwhelmed and keyed up Korean boy.
Duck is not very social; social occasions make him very uncomfortable and he rather enjoys a normal solitude. He does not mind group attention (ie, attention on a class or grade level he is in), but he hates attention on himself. He tries in things that interest him, and whether or not he should exert that same energy into other things that may be to his best interests though not catching his own, is all dependent on a day-by-day whim. He can be very anal about how things are placed or returned to him (though this only applies to his own personal things, and assuming he'd lend anything out at all.)
He carries long grudges, sometimes about very small things, but he keeps them inside, and rarely permits the canvas to be an outlet. He can be easily jealous, though he has not expressed such jealousy in anything yet. He would prefer to let someone win and stew over it for a long period of time instead of fight.
Other Information
Why Second Heaven?
HAX.
Favorites and Likes
- Color Dark blues/teals
- Food BLT
- Activity Drawing
- Subject Art
- Other Likes Ice water, cappuccinos, mint-flavored things, snacking, hard candy, Good Eats, sugar/chocolate/pastry competitions, the occasional book (fantasy, usually), his iPod.
Least Favorites and Dislikes
- Color Mustard yellow
- Food Anything very eggy
- Activity Cleaning up after others
- Subject History
- Other Dislikes Carbonated drinks, Starbucks, noise, people not cleaning up after themselves, but seeing the mess, people getting into his personal space.
Relationships
- Bailey Xiang Li - Weird girl.
- Angela Kwon - Weird, rude girl.
Trivia
- Is living in own room on the "top" floor of the boy's dorms.
- Part-time college classes on Tuesday and Thursday.
