Jiwon Kim

Jiwon Kim is an agent in the Department of Floaters. He is written by OrangeFox.

Appearance
As a gumiho, Jiwon has two forms: human and animal. In animal form, he appears as a slightly stocky red fox with a larger-than-normal tail. Most of his body is covered in orange-red fur, with black spots around his paws and a bit of white on the front of his chest and at the tip of his tail. As a human, he appears as a tired-looking Asian teenager of average build with a pair of fox ears and a tail. In this form, he is around five and a half feet tall and weighs around 140 pounds. Like all gumiho, Jiwon possesses a yeowoo geseul, a small bead kept in his mouth which gives him energy, though he prefers to keep it hidden. He usually wears simple shirts, jackets and pants, generally preferring dark colors, along with a ski cap to hide his fox ears. He also has a set of upper-class Korean clothing, which he brought with him when he first fell into the PPC.

Personality
Jiwon is generally easygoing and well-meaning, though tense and awkward when faced with new experiences, which in the PPC is most of them. He has a tendency to zone out when comfortable, and can have difficulty paying attention to his surroundings. He’s very prone to mistakes when surprised, not helped by his brain’s tendency to “blank."

He often bottles in his emotions, adapting word choice and holding in his own opinions in an attempt to be accepted into different groups he finds himself with. As a result of this, he is hesitant when speaking his mind and tries very hard to avoid conflict with others. Sometimes in public he can come across as apathetic due to this clamming up, but part of that comes from a small streak of apathy in him to begin with. Given time, or if sufficiently annoyed, he will eventually open up to reveal a little bit of wit and even the occasional sarcastic quip, not that he’ll ever show it more than once before withdrawing into his shell again.

He can be rather defensive and prone to worry, and tends to overestimate how much others judge him. He also has a bad tendency to dwell on past mistakes. Despite all of this, he is a decent problem solver and often ends up being the planner of his agent pair. He is also quick at adapting to changing surroundings after the initial surprise, a boon out in the field.

While Jiwon does have a form of magic, as the gumiho naturally do, he dislikes using them due to his lack of experience and self-confidence, generally restricting himself to the occasional wisp of blue flame to light up the dark. His human form is an exception, though— he finds it a necessity to interact with other agents, as he can’t talk as a fox.

2020

 * Ends up in the PPC and is sent on his first mission.
 * Sometime later, his second mission takes place.

2021

 * Has to deal with a not-quite-Sue in his third mission.

Partnered with Charlie

 * "Starting Hard" (Plants vs Zombies)
 * "Wings of Glitter" (Wings of Fire)
 * "Three" (The Chronicles of Narnia)