Kim Tee

Kim Tee is a character role-played by drvonkitty.

Description
Rife with anxieties and devoid of esteem, Kim puts his best foot forward on the daily in an eternal pursuit of a better life. Unfortunately for him, his best efforts often aren't very good, and fall far short of the vicissitude he so desires. Plagued by fears stemming from the detriments of his past, particularly those of a psychological nature, Kim finds many otherwise ordinary situations and challenges extraordinarily difficult to manage, and becomes overwhelmed easily. This has created a self-perpetuating cycle of abjection for Kim, often leading to misanthropic behaviors as well impecuniosity. It seems only time will be able to tell whether Kim is able to overcome his own obduration, or if he'll succumb to the condition society has wrought for him.

Despite leading a life of adversity, Kim is a generally good-willed individual, and has a big heart when it comes to showing his appreciation for others. He won't hesitate to compromise his own position to see those around him bettered (or appeased). Kim enjoys biking, gaming, and cats, as well as spending time in nature away from other people.

Kim Tee is currently employed at the UwU Café.

Background
Hailing from Juneau, Alaska, Kim Tee arrived in Los Santos via boat. More accurately, he swam to shore after the ship he was stowed away on wrecked just off shore. He'd been living in Juneau for the purposes of attending college there, working in both fast food and for a "maid service" as a means to sustain himself. On one fateful day, he was being accosted and subsequently pursued by a band of bullies he'd had a number of contentions with in the past. While fleeing, he sook solace among a ship moored at Port Juneau, in a frantic attempt to escape their ire. Much to his consternation, the ship unmoored while he was still aboard, and his fate as a stowaway began to solidify. He peered outward over the gunwale as the city, and life as he knew it, drifted away before his eyes. With mere seconds to potentially counteract this development, Kim refrained from throwing himself overboard, and instead resolved to ride the waves of destiny to a newfound life. One hopefully less fraught with the hardships he had become so accustomed to. Whether this outcome was a result of decisiveness, or merely fear, matters not; Kim was on his way to a fresh start in the big city.

After running aground a reef off the coast of Los Santos early in the morning, Kim's vessel of destiny began to slump to the starboard, before ultimately capsizing. With no luggage or possessions to be concerned with, Kim made a break for the shore, putting his youthful vigor and buoyant disposition to good use. Miraculously, Kim was able to make it ashore with nothing but his wet clothes, shredded dignity—and life—to show for. The rest of that morning would be spent futilely attempting to hitch hike his way to the city by soliciting every local he saw. It wouldn't be until early afternoon that Kim would find two souls willing to aid him in this endeavor. After an exhausting day of shambling in waterlogged clothing, his saviors, V and Emmy, had unfortunately come across him in a coupe, and so he was allotted naught but a dingy trunk with which to make his glorious debut into the city with.

The Cranberry Incident
Following one of his many trips to the hospital, Kim confided his fear of blood to one of the EMS personnel that had aided in his facilitation, Ayub Elmi. Ayub decided to help Kim overcome his hemophobia. In order to tackle this goal, they devised the strategy of mentally substituting blood for cranberry sauce in Kim's mind. The logic being that by thinking of something similar (yet mundane and harmless such as cranberry sauce) when Kim encounters blood, he'd be able to disassociate the more perilous implications and reconstitute his composure, preventing himself from manifesting a whelming and volatile reaction. However, this approach backfired, and Kim instead began to merely associate cranberry sauce with blood, even calling it "blood sauce." Kim resultingly fainted and would awake later with no memory of the incident, his mind likely repressing it as a protective mechanism. What remained, however, was a crippling and now inexplicable fear of cranberry sauce. He has begun to seek therapy for this affliction, but any such eventuality has yet to transpire.

Mountain Lion Mishaps
On one of his expeditions outward from the city to clear his head and escape society for a while, Kim encountered a mountain lion. At first, the cougar was afeard of Kim and the mechanical contraption he rode on, which instilled the latter with a false sense of confidence—or at least security. Seeing this cat nary so differently from those he was already accustomed to, Kim pursued it for a while in a vain attempt to interact with it. Unable to match its speed, the cougar escaped Kim's line of sight, but would soon return with a much less craven demeanor. Taking Kim by surprise, he began to pedal away from the cat as fast as he could, but his panic stricken and adrenaline fueled condition left him wanting as he crashed straight into a lone tree. Flung from the advantageous position upon his bike, now devoid of his mechanical assistance, Kim was hopeless to escape the mountain lion's wrath as it dolled out an unforgettably painful lesson. This was the first time Kim was sent to the hospital for a mountain lion attack. The second occurrence would come to pass after seeking a job at Burger Shot. Kim was told by Angus Berkowitz that in order to become eligible for an interview at the establishment, he would first have to take a selfie with a mountain lion. Having some experience with them already, and after being enabled by Angus lending him a vehicle, Kim decided to undertake this qualification. At Angus's suggestion, Kim first sought out a partner to accompany him during this endeavor. That partner would be a French teacher named Nina. Kim and Nina would eventually successfully locate a cougar, which would then immediately assail Kim, and only Kim. During the attack, Kim lost sight of Nina, but managed to compose himself enough to secure the selfie he'd striven for. It wasn't until he came to later that Nina was there beside him with EMS. A much welcome sight to assuage his newly opened wounds—both physical, and mental.