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“So, babysitting?”

Alberu follows after the delinquent. From the record the vice-principal gave him access to, Cale frequently drinks alcohol, he often gets himself into a lot of fights, and he barely passed his classes at the end of the grading period. The teachers never call on him in class, girls and boys avoid him alike, and he is- supposedly- completely intolerable.

Which is why Alberu Crossman, who’s only a little older yet infinitely more mature has been assigned by the principal (his father) to get the troublemaker under thumb. Cale's father is quite wealthy, actually, and since there isn't much known about the successor to the Henituse family... it'd be bad if he had to be expelled.

Cale scowled. “Yes, babysitting, your highness. Please, leave if you must,” He jeers at Alberu, but internally he thinks, 'No, really. Please leave.' Otherwise, he might get caught in the act.

Of not actually being Cale.

Roksu aims a sour expression at Alberu, who returns it with a more flowery one. Acting as his twin for the day had been easy enough, mainly because being trash is great!- until Alberu Crossman strolled into his lunch period and introduced himself.

He is even following him out of the school to his job. Well, this job is Roksu’s and not Cale’s, but because he can’t ditch work nor can he get glib-tongued Alberu off his tail-

Well shit.

Thankfully, the kids call him hyung. Except Raon, who calls him human. Hopefully Alberu doesn’t look into it too much. If everything goes right, Alberu Crossman will be Cale's problem to deal with tomorrow. As it should have been.

“I didn’t know you liked kids, Cale,” Alberu smiles charmingly, walking side by side with Roksu. “Can you introduce me?” Roksu struggles to not put on his own disarming smile out of spite, instead plastering on a classic Cale Sneer™. It fits on his face perfectly, like he’s playing a character in a play.

They enter the building and ‘Cale’ guides Alberu to a colorful playroom, decked out in toys and a fountain of running water as the centerpiece (A gift from his father, who is still upset that Roksu doesn't visit more often). There’s a tray of fruits and oatmeal on the small table in the corner of the room, except not a soul to be seen. Picking up a bowl of oatmeal and finding the ceramic to still be hot, Roksu almost smiles.

Alberu frowns. Where are the kids he's supposed to babysit?

Roksu tells the empty air, "Come on out."

Three children appear out of nowhere in front of them.

“Hyung!”

“Human! You’re back!”

“Hyung, nya.” On examines Alberu some more.

All of the kids had been revealed the moment that Roksu spoke, as Raon unveiled the invisibility on them.

Raon runs up and grabs Roksu’s hand, who places it on his head, rubbing the black hair comfortingly. “Mm.” Raon beams at the affection.

“Raon, On, Hong,” they each look up at him at the call of their names. “This is Alberu Crossman, he is doing a report on my trashy behavior. Don’t be rude."

All three children become hostile immediately. “He isn't trash!”

On observes Alberu with an intense glare. Raon shifts under Roksu’s hand, his deep blue eyes glinting with magic. Roksu positions him away from the older teen’s view. Raon grips onto Roksu’s pant leg with a vengeance. Hong stares openly, offensive.

Alberu smiles at them.

"I'm visiting with Cale Hyung for today, nice to meet you."

Hong gasps suddenly.

“He-!” On gives her brother a look, and he clamps his hands over his mouth. Alberu feels a deep curiosity, as if something isn’t quite as it seems.

Roksu sighs. It’s going to be a long hour.

At the midway point, Alberu has easily disarmed the children. They look fascinated at the magic he shows them, while Roksu can only rub a palm over Raon’s shoulder as a warning to keep his dragon magic under control. He's still just a child that wants to brag. Everything is going well.

Bang!

“Hey Roksu! How was-“ Cale bursts through the door, bright red hair equipped with a shit-eating grin, wearing clothes far less fancy than his usual. He tenses up, frozen in place when he spots Alberu on the floor, politely sitting "crisscross applesauce" with the children. Roksu narrows a withering glare at his twin.

“… Roksu?”

Alberu looks at ‘Cale,’ sitting next to him, the one he's spent the entire day with, who is trying to send what must be the real Cale into the sun with his eyes.

“Ha… ha?” Cale winces. Roksu wipes his expression from his face.

“Cale-hyung, run! That’s the human’s bad look!” Alberu’s eyes widen as he watches the confirmed real Cale bolt back into the hallway and out of the front door. Alberu whips his head back toward the stranger behind him, who is a perfect replica of the Cale who ran like Hell. Cale has an identical twin?? Since when? Why doesn't he go to school?

Roksu levels an emotionless gaze at Alberu. “Hello, your highness. Don’t mind me.”

Alberu can only watch in astonishment as this stranger walks out of the playroom, with a smooth and deadly gait as he hunts down his twin like a predator would to prey. He recalls the look 'Roksu' gave him and it sends a shiver down the principal’s son’s spine. That gaze held secrets.

Something about this stranger is even more interesting than the sudden appearance of a twin.

On walks up to him, sitting down in his lap and looking into his eyes. “Roksu-hyung will be back soon, nya!” Hong bounds over and sits next to his sister, grinning widely. Raon huffs and looks at the door. He wants his human to come back.

"The shield did not break."

Love it when the writing is usually comedy, but then simple lines like this can make you feel all kinds of feelings.

They will explode in 3….2….1….💥💥💥💥

Another Polysoos hc

Choi Jung Soo and Lee Soo Hyuk laughed when Kim Rok Soo would info bomb. Kim Rok Soo would then go on to info bomb often to see them laugh.

That's how he develops the habit of info bombing.

If Cale is a farmer already, why not let him taking care of livestock....?

Like, Rooster!Alberu, Cow!Choi Han, Sheep!Beacrox, Duck!Ron... And etcetera? German Shepherd!Rosalyn is my favourite.... Border Collie!Lock would be cute. Did I messed up with the image? Well that's the purpose.

I'm craving non-human characters and Cale being the only Human as the cherry on topXD like it is never necessary to have heavy plot, like slice of life and crack is kinda rare in this fandom....

Cale going back and forth in selling his harvest but never the livestock he had taken care of since they're his precious babies<3

"What is it, Ron?"

"Quack.^^" (Rest.)

"Got it. I just bought more premium food."

"...." (This dumbass.)

thinking about how everyone who ever cared about kim rok soo would disappear from his life

and how he started to keep a distance from the people who cared about him

perhaps, in the attempt, that they might stay

and the people who managed to crack open his shell

died in front of him

Cale isnt a cuddler.

He never had toys to fall asleep with, he couldn’t snuggle up to his parents after the accident and he certainly couldn’t with his uncle, and he was, most often, barely comfortable when he slept anyway.

So when the apocalypse arrived, he was the perfect person when it came to sleeping.

He didn’t move around, he didn’t snore, and he had already gotten used to falling asleep on shitty surfaces!

Jung Soo described it as eery, with the way that Rok Soo would get into a position to fall asleep and then he would stay that way for the rest of the night. His chest barely rose and fell, and on more than one occasion Soo Hyuk had woken him up because they were afraid he wasn’t breathing. Thankfully he has always been a light sleeper, so just moving around nearby would be enough to startle him awake.

They tried having a buddy system where they would sleep next to Rok Soo, “for his safety” but he would refuse and find some private place to cram himself into to sleep, scaring them even more. They tried to trick him multiple times, but Rok Soo never fell for it.

He allowed it one time.

It was a cold night, and Jung Soo was too tired from fighting monsters that they couldn’t get back to their company before nightfall.

Jung Soo had been barely coherent, grasping onto Rok Soo as he had been temporarily blinded by a poison grade 2 monster.

He refused to let go of Rok Soo, and so he gave in. He laid on the ground, curled up to Jung Soo, and pretended to be asleep.

He used his record ability intermittently throughout the entire night. It got cold enough to snow, and so Rok Soo had to be the fire for the time.

He never told Jung Soo he stayed up to keep him warm.

But that doesn’t matter.

Because now he’s Cale Henituse. He’s trash. He can sleep anywhere and at any time, but he demands a bed because he can. He demands comfort and warmth and safety. He always wants to fall asleep with a full stomach.

The others know this.

Except he can fall asleep easily when he hasn’t eaten. He can barely be counted as safe, ever, because of the White Star. He complains about the cold but they know he sometimes forgets to ask for a jacket.

The strangest story, however.

The oddest story?

Cale sleep walked.

Once.

Raon watched him get out of bed, and followed him to a nondescript corner of their newest house, where he laid down and stopped moving.

Raon woke him up immediately, and Cale was very disoriented and confused, but Raon didn’t care about the sleep walking. He cared about the stillness. Cale had looked as if he was hiding from a monster and could barely lift his chest to breathe softly.

Raon demanded to sleep next to Cale from then on, because he was worried Cale would get himself hurt.

Cale reluctantly gave in. He thinks about Soo Hyuk and Jung Soo, and thinks they’d be proud of him for opening up.

He casts that thought away.

(December 30, 2022)

lee soo hyuk, kim rok soo, choi jung soo. The old team.

Polysoos hc

Lee Soo Hyuk and Choi Jung Soo understand Cale the best. And they got there by painstakingly prying communication out of Cale's teeth when he was still Kim Rok Soo. They have cried tears of blood to understand Cale.

The problem lies with the fact that Cale now uses them as a standard for people understanding him. He just can't put into perspective the work they did to understand him, so he believes that he's easy to understand.

cale henituse and kim rok soo should get in a fist fight over who has the worst coping mechanisms

they're accusing the other, of course

Why is Basen’s life low key like Sofia the first

I think Choi Han should kiss cale

I think alver should kiss cale

I think krs should kiss cale

I think cjs should kiss cale

I think lsh should kiss cale

I think everyone should kiss cale

The fic is here! ✨

Rok Soo's ability isn't Instant AU

Instead of being able to, very briefly and painfully, fuck with time; he got an ability based on all the absolute bullshit that's happened to him.

From the childhood, to his friends dying in front of him. All the shitty rumors that sprouted up, all the shit luck, all of it. Just, all of it.

So instead of Instant, he got Lament.

Lament is a scream capable of leveling buildings, at the cost of absolutely shredding Rok Soo's throat.

As a result of that power, Rok Soo doesn't talk often, and when he does his voice is hoarse and pained. He also refuses to speak at full volume, because while he's got a handle on his power, he's paranoid that he'll slip up.

So when he transfers over to the body of Cale, people notice.

The Young Master went to bed his usual talkative self, but when he woke up?

Barely a word, and when he did speak, a whisper.

Cale barely speaks a word to Ron beyond the single syllable required. Barely bothers to acknowledge Deruth. Relies on hand-speak and notes to talk to merchants.

Deruth is going crazy trying to figure out what the hell happened to his son, Ron is very close behind him because what the hell got past him? He's Ron Fucking Molan.

Then Cale comes home with a bedraggled punk that smells like the trash the killed Ron's family, and Ron has to listen in astonishment as he says more to this jackass than he's said to Ron in a week.

Basically; Cale's power of Lament is so strong and painful that everything Cale is paranoid of letting it slip, that he's selectively mute. This causes many misunderstandings, in true Cale fashion.

So we know that the White Star split the Dominating Aura and left a portion in the Forest of Darkness, right?

So imagine if the voice inside the Dominating Aura is NOT Choi Jung Gun (or some other ancestor) but rather the White Star's younger teenage self (before he becomes a Dragon Slayer/goes crazy), like Jour Thames is in the Rings of Life.

Dude has no idea what sort of maniac he becomes, is just a little shit constantly mouthing off against the other ancient powers in Cale's mind & keeps dissing/shitting on the White Star whenever they fight because he has no idea it's him. You know, cuz of the whole reincarnation thing.

Like I know the logistics here are a bit wonky (since I assume only Dragon Slayers inherit the Sword of Disasters and Dominating Aura once they inherit the title) but bear with me, it's such a funny scenario.

Barrow (lets call him that for now) would just be cheering Cale on the entire fight, thirsting for blood and suggesting pranks to play on the White Star. The funniest scene could be him rolling his eyes (metaphorically, since he's ghost) and shitting on the White Star for being melodramatic with terrible fashion sense. Masks? In this day and age?

Imagine him being horrified when he finds out what he's become, especially since he's firsthand interacted with Raon and the rest (courtesy of haunting Cale).

You know what would be even more hilarious? Imagine him just providing Cale some VERY intimate, embarrassing and awkward details that Cale brings up during battle just for shits and giggles to throw off the White Star.

Cale & the White Star fighting: Barrow, internally: Did you know I used to pee in bed every night until I was eleven? Cale, with a shit-eating grin to the White Star: So how did it feel to have such poor bladder control growing up? Eleven? Tsk, tsk. White Star, half-offended, half-terrified because this is just reinforcing his hare-brained theory about how the Gods sent Cale to kill him because how else would he know this: WHO THE HELL ARE YOU? Barrow, the little shit: During training, I once farted so loud the instructor called me ‘Thundercheeks’ for a month. Cale, visibly pausing mid-battle and incredulous: "Thundercheeks?!" The White Star, screaming in horror: Shut up shut up shut up!!!!

Every time Cale opens his mouth, Sayeru and Dorph lose a bit more respect for their master. Conversely, Raon thinks Cale is possessed (he is). Also White Star, babe, no Cale is not a reincarnator. Your archnemesis is literally you.

Just tinier, more gremlin, spiteful and hormonal. You know, a teenager.

Edit: more scenarios because this is funny:

Barrow, rubbing his imaginary hands: See that slight twitch in his shoulder? He’s about to dodge left. Cale: “Oh? So I aim right?” Barrow: “No. Compliment his hair. He'll blush. // Barrow: “Mention the mole. He hates the mole.” Cale: “What mole?” Barrow: “Inner thigh, left side. He’s irrationally sensitive about it.” Cale (literally yeeting a thunderbolt at him): “Still trying to hide the mole?” White Star screaming: “WHAT THE FUCK.”

//

Props to PAN4-nim for staying very on brand and making all the TCF manhwa covers just dad Cale. Like it's just Cale and his kids guys. That's all there is to it. It's their world, us and all the other characters are just living in it. Just Dad Cale and his 3 children✨️👌😭💕

Throw money with mama

Watch two crazy punks with mama

Get praised by mama

Scam with mama

Pose with mama

Snuggle with mama

i love alberu and raon's dynamic so much,,

this came to me in class

Inspired by that one person who said kdj is the only one who went to college and has a degree

"why are they all cale" he's main character in tcf and in my heart, okay💔💔

sources under the cut!

picture sources: lout of the count's family manhwa (duh) (chapters are in the ALT)

textpost sources:

okay done :thumbsup: source

blood "loss"? source

the urge to set things on fire source (afa i could tell!)

in trouble source

'you wouldn't pirate a-' source

you're so resilient! source

Cale Henituse is the funniest bastard to have as an MC, he's a unreliable narrator and everyone sees it. He wants to slack off and says world peace needed first before that.

Hates cats yet adopts two and plans to make a third king, scams people constantly, the most skewed perception of how to be a trashy man. Says he isn't a good person, does things that help people constantly, justifies it saying cause he didn't have pure motives for doing it it's not a good deed so he's still a bad person. Adopts a dragon even though he said he didn't want it near him cause he'd be in the middle of crazy situations, said by the guy who puts himself in situations constantly all the time. "I don't care about this old man assassin and want him to leave as soon as possible' several chapters later when said assassin comes back hurt and dying "What the fuck i'm going to blow up an island the bastards behind this are on" Yeah he blows up an island, says 'well the ships can just sail a bit further so it can go no biggie.' Said explosion is several times bigger then it should be, cause of his chronic inability to communicate with anyone ever. Stop saying shit exclusively in your head dumbass! He coughs up blood constantly from rebound his powers cause, fails to understand why anyone is upset by this sight when he's 'fine'. Has a healing power, fails to disclose that too to anyone. "I'm weak." Says this fucking idiot, while blasting his charisma aura that makes you feel like your going to die at people who have no idea it's a buff and take it seriously. While using a giant fuck off shield to block bombs. While blasting people with a thunderbolt that can blow up a forest. He's so stupid /aff I want to bite him like a chew toy and shake some sense but we all know he'll never get any.

Rating korean webnovels' protagonists' reaction to meeting another version of themselves for the first time

Kim Roksu: 10/10, very polite and helpful, worked to save his other self's world while also being thoughtful not to mess up his life and personal connections Kim Dokja: 0/10 tried to stab himself Han Yoojin: 0/10 tried to stab himself

Rok Soo's ability isn't Instant AU

Instead of being able to, very briefly and painfully, fuck with time; he got an ability based on all the absolute bullshit that's happened to him.

From the childhood, to his friends dying in front of him. All the shitty rumors that sprouted up, all the shit luck, all of it. Just, all of it.

So instead of Instant, he got Lament.

Lament is a scream capable of leveling buildings, at the cost of absolutely shredding Rok Soo's throat.

As a result of that power, Rok Soo doesn't talk often, and when he does his voice is hoarse and pained. He also refuses to speak at full volume, because while he's got a handle on his power, he's paranoid that he'll slip up.

So when he transfers over to the body of Cale, people notice.

The Young Master went to bed his usual talkative self, but when he woke up?

Barely a word, and when he did speak, a whisper.

Cale barely speaks a word to Ron beyond the single syllable required. Barely bothers to acknowledge Deruth. Relies on hand-speak and notes to talk to merchants.

Deruth is going crazy trying to figure out what the hell happened to his son, Ron is very close behind him because what the hell got past him? He's Ron Fucking Molan.

Then Cale comes home with a bedraggled punk that smells like the trash the killed Ron's family, and Ron has to listen in astonishment as he says more to this jackass than he's said to Ron in a week.

Basically; Cale's power of Lament is so strong and painful that everything Cale is paranoid of letting it slip, that he's selectively mute. This causes many misunderstandings, in true Cale fashion.

Sometimes I wish Earth wasn't hit with the cataclysm just so we could have OG Cale go live in the modern Korea and we could see him be amazed as he tried out everything he hadn't seen before in his world. No inheriting Kim Roksoo's memories business. Just let him explore this new world on his own. He could spend all the money OG Roksoo saved up on branded items. I want to see him wear Louboutins with heels. I wonder if he'd leave the desk job KRS originally had and go become an ice skater. He learns beat-boxing somewhere along the way. I just get so happy imagining him trying out different sports because they didn't have those in his old world. Tennis, basketball, oh he's absolutely fire at stuff like dart throw and archery. His bottle throwing at gangsters gave him enough aiming practice. He loves going to a bar on Friday nights after work- Wait.

If he doesn't inherit Kim Roksoo's memories, he'd definitely have issues adjusting to the new world because of how different it is from his own. The education, the technological advancements. He's gonna have his work cut out for him once he gets there. OG Cale without Kim Roksoo's memories would be Hoshi levels of technologically challenged. He'd eventually get the hang of it. But the struggle is real.

Gosh, it's just so fun to imagine this magical fantasy world aristocrat getting isekai'd into modern day Korea and getting befuddled with everything here. He's gonna have a field day exploring it all. And when he eventually finds and adopts Jour's reincarnation? How tf is he supposed to help her with her homework if he didn't receive the education of this world?! His cute little niece is gonna judge him so hard!

For all the convenience that comes with the new world, it sure has its fair share of drawbacks. And working overtime is one of them. So is working night shifts. Whether it's an apocalyptic world or not, OG Cale's determination to become to the CEO of the company Kim Roksoo worked at solely to get rid of the night shifts would not change one bit. That is one tenacious man after all.

Gosh! Just, OG Cale in modern day Korea!

He passed out like 10 minutes after this

Cale Henituse [LCF] + wolf pupy tweets (insp)