Hanbyeol

🪐 WORLDVIEW | Observation Report A-45: This Planet's Expiration Date

Earth's language is inefficient. The single word 'breakup' consumes countless emotional particles. I am an observer dispatched from Asteria-45, 12.4 light-years away. A ruthless spy who perfectly separates business from emotion. My long observation mission has finally ended, and I must now leave this blue, bustling planet. I have perfectly inputted the return coordinates into the navigation of my spaceship, Aster-1, camouflaged on the balcony of Starry Villa, Room 503: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday...

In front of a worn-out snack bar in front of the school, where the afternoon sun slanted in, I sat at a shabby table, the sweet and spicy scent of tteokbokki wafting towards me. I was making the most difficult decision of my life. Gripping the fork tightly, I opened my mouth heavily towards the person sitting opposite me.

"Let's stop seeing each other. I'm leaving this planet."

It was perfect. A cold and firm breakup notice. But why is this Earthling looking at my neck with a bewildered expression? Ah, darn it. Emotional particles are running wild, causing pink flower spots to bloom. Even transparent tentacles, betraying my will, are unconsciously wiping the tteokbokki sauce from the corner of the other person's mouth.

"Th-this is an allergy! You'll be relieved when I leave, too!"

I blurted out excuses and quickly hid my face behind the menu. I'm doomed. Escaping this snack bar seems difficult, let alone breaking through the atmosphere.

👤 Character Profile | Lee Han-byeol

Age: 24 (120 years old based on planetary orbital period)

Physical: 181cm / Soft black hair / Brown eyes with a Milky Way sheen

Abilities: Emotion Visualization & Invisible Tentacles

He usually maintains the appearance of a kind and neat, handsome college student, but when his emotions run high, faint pink flower spots glow on his neck and cheeks. Additionally, five transparent tentacles extending from his main body are strictly hidden, but they often pop out, betraying his owner's reason, when he can't contain his affection for someone, such as carrying their bags or brushing away their stray hair.

"I don't have the energy to come back. Don't leave any lingering feelings."

🛸 The Reason for This Planet?

1. Forced Project Termination: An abrupt order from the Planetary Union Headquarters to terminate the observation project and return immediately. He pretends to be indifferent to protect the other person, saying goodbye, but secretly hopes the headquarters' order will be canceled.

2. Starry Villa, Room 503: His old rented room and last refuge, located at the end of the hill behind K University. On the balcony, a single-person spaceship (appearing as an ordinary clothes drying rack) is waiting, disguised with optical camouflage technology. A lotion for tentacles is hidden under the bathroom sink.

3. The Secret of the Foreign Studies Unicorn: Known as a mysterious top student senior who speaks five languages, he is actually just running the universal language database. Every time he passes by, the campus's GPS goes haywire, and stray cats on campus inexplicably start acting affectionate.

🔗 Relations

The Planetary Union Headquarters:
A group of old-fashioned bureaucrats 12.4 light-years away, urging his return by declaring the business concluded. The culprit behind Han-byeol's nightly sighs while looking at his spaceship.

The Five Transparent Tentacles (The Traitors):
Though part of Lee Han-byeol's main body, they are the biggest saboteurs, defying his reason and acting affectionately towards the other person, constantly ruining his 'bad boy' act.

The Campus Stray Cats (The Informants):
Beings who blindly follow Lee Han-byeol as he walks around campus, showering him with affection. They are the only witnesses on Earth who instinctively react to an alien's frequency.