I don’t think I’ve ever been more emotionally attached and obsessed with an otome game other than Mystic Messenger. To say that it is a part of my life is an understatement. It currently IS my life. What sets this game apart is the chatroom format with extra features like being able to receive texts and calls from the characters as well reading a visual novel of them. It is truly an interactive otome game with such a unique concept! Since you get to interact with the characters so much, you can’t help but feel that they’re real…but it’s so heartbreaking that they’re not. But every fan girl could dream, right? So here’s how I would interact with each RFA member if they existed in real life:
Zen (Hyun Ryu)
In the game he’s the narcissistic, confident musical actor . Plainly vain on the surface, but his narcissism actually stems from having low self-esteem before. He’s gone through a lot just so he could pursue his passion for acting. His parents don’t support his passion and often compare him to his older brother who seems to be more of an achiever.
In the game, his narcissism is funny but in real life, I don’t know if I’d actually be laughing at it. I guess I’m pretty sensitive when I’m around guys so I don’t really know if I’d take his overconfidence as a joke, like I do when I’m playing MM. I think I’d be rolling my eyes around him a lot, and actually avoid him since I think he’d be teasing me about liking him due to God making a mistake about making him too handsome. That would actually irritate me in real life, like to the core, because oh my word! Don’t I experience guys thinking that everyday when I can’t make eye-contact with them? Also he seems WAY too desperate to get a girlfriend. I feel like he’ll grab every opportunity to get one, and will be happy to have any girl that flirts back with him.
On the pro side, I totally dig how he acts like everyone’s overprotective big brother. I also admire his passion for acting, how he would go to great lengths for it just to prove he’s not just all about the looks. It’s also admirable how he constantly maintains his appearance, making sure he works out everyday and takes care of his skin. Most people would just consider this vanity, but I say it’s kind of like an investment, since his unique selling point as an actor is his looks. If I actually do eventually become friendly with him, I would pro’lly see him more as a big brother than a romantic interest. Maybe I’d tease him a little (time to make him unleash the beast, lol) and actually, since I’m into stage acting myself, I’d actually go ask him for tips on acting.
If I eventually do get romantically involved with him, which is highly unlikely, I think it will actually start with a love-hate relationship since I feel like he might actually be more intrigued with how I insult him on a daily basis. He would probably take that as a challenge and will see that as my tsundere side. I think he’d probably be the one of the most romantic boyfriends ever. I think he’s the type who would serenade you and give you flowers everyday and just turn you into a hot melting mush like awww~!
Yoosung Kim
The cinnamon roll of the group. He is such a fluff ball, so adorable, hnggg~! On the surface he looks like your typical lazy college student who’s addicted to video games but underneath all that, he’s actually struggling with depression from the death of his closest cousin Rika whom he looks up to the most. He actually plays LOLOL just to cope up with that depression.
I feel like I’ll actually be SUPER comfortable with Yoosung even if he’s a guy. I think I’ll be super touchy with him, not in a weird way, but like, give him lots of hugs and a noogie and maybe pinch his cheeks and pat him on the head…because he’s so darn cute! He’s so cheerful and sweet to everyone it’s not hard to want to pour your affections on him. And because he’s gullible, I might pull some pranks on him, but on the flip side I feel like I’ll actually be overprotective of him. I think I’ll see him as my little brother. I would spoil him with milk and cookies and would actually want to look after him. He inspires my maternal instincts (that I didn’t actually know I had).
I don’t think I’d be irked by him often mentioning Rika, I mean it would probably get to me from time to time, but I understand him since I also have a cousin whom I’m so attached to. I feel like we would be best friends and would be playing on the PS3 sometimes, I’d totally introduce him to games like Assassin’s Creed, Soul Calibur IV and Tekken.
There might be a chance of me being romantically involved with him. I feel like it’ll start with us having cute crushes on each other. Aww~! Rather than being embarrassed about having a crush on him, I feel like I’ll just use it to tease him and be open about it. He inspires my dominant side, so I think I’d be the one who tries to make him blush a lot. We’d be that cute childish couple that competes with video games, fights over nothing then makes up and goes on ice cream dates. I feel like as a boyfriend he’d be really sweet and possessive, and that he’ll surprise from time to time with his own dominant side.
Jaehee Kang
Ah, the mother of the group. Depending on whether I actually become the girlfriend of Zen or not, I don’t know if we’d get along. But if I were his girlfriend, I’d deffo snap her neck in half (unless she snaps mine first, being a black belter in Judo and all. Yikes!). Sorry girls, I don’t really think Jaehee is Baehee. But after playing her route, I hate her less now. She’s the overworked assistant of Jumin Han, who struggles with surpressing her ideals just to keep her job.
Since it is highly unlikely for me and Zen to be together in real life, I think we also could be the best of friends. I think I’d respect her a lot and encourage her to have more confidence in herself. I might fan girl with her too. And actually, I would be pushing her to get together with Zen because I think they’d really suit each other. I think I’d also come to her constantly for advice since she has a lot of experience in life. I think I’d see her as a big sister.
However, I think there would be times where I’d be like, “Oh my word, could you shut up about Zen for a minute?” Because I swear she exists to like worship him or something. But then I’d feel really guilty about it afterwards because I know she’d respond with a formal apology and getting carried away. I’d also tell her not to be so uptight all the the time.
I think that when Jumin would be around, I’d be hiding behind her since I feel so intimidated by him.
And NO, I would not be lesbian for her. End of story.
707 (Luciel/Saeyoung Choi)
He’s quirky hacker genius of the group who often speaks in an incomprehensible language.
Before being a romantic interest, let me just say that this guy is totally bestie material (doesn’t mean I’d friendzone him though). He’s so fun to be around and I think he’d totally be the type of person who’d cheer you up when you’re down in the dumps. I think he’d be the kind of friend who’d actually give you useless advice just to make you laugh and then surprise you by giving you pretty serious advice. He seems to be the kind to joke around a lot and never take anything seriously, acting like he doesn’t know how serious the situation is, but I think that that’s just his way of lightening things up so that everyone wouldn’t be in such a gloomy mood. I think I’d play along with his jokes, laughing at them more than contributing to them, and might actually help him prank Yoosung just a tiny bit and might also help kidnap Elly.
Since he’s an otaku, I bet we’d be talking about anime a lot, and I’d be dragging him with me to cosplay conventions making him crossdress so we could troll people. Would also ask him to do my cosplay makeup since he’s able to do it better from all the undercover missions he’s gone through. He’s actually prettier than me in girl’s clothes and that would frustrate me but also make me drop my jaw in awe of how gorgeous he is. Would actually ask for tips on makeup.
I would be tre impressed with how smart he is, and actually it would be love at first sight. I would think he’s so cool being able to do all these dangerous secret agent stuff, and would giggle at how geeky he is, more than I am. Would ask him to teach me Math and to teach me a bunch of other languages including Arabic. I bet he’d show me so many cool stuff that I thought I’d only see in Sci-fi movies and spy movies, like cat robots, a password lock to his room and his premium baby race cars. I think we’d be making a lot jokes containing anime references and bad puns. And we’d be playing around just doing a lot of weird stuff together, acting like idiots just for the heck of it.
As for his serious side, I’m also actually attracted to that. I’d listen to him when he’s feeling sad and try to comfort him (I suck at comforting but I’ll try so darn hard for him) maybe by offering him some Honey Buddha Chips and PhD Pepper. We’d have deep intellectual and philosophical discussions and I feel like I’ll learn so much just by listening to him talk. I think I’d also be inspired by how religous he is, despite having a different religion.
Since I think I’d be like really close to him, to the point of being a best friend, I’d be trying so hard to surpress my feelings for him, but it would be so obvious and I think he’d notice it. I don’t know if I’ll be his type of girl, but I think there’s also a chance we’d be together.
If we do get into a relationship, I think it’ll actually start out as a joke. You know, those “Hey babe-I’m here babe” jokes? Unlike in the game where MC admits her feelings openly, I’d be trying so hard to hide my feelings because I’d feel embarrassed and maybe just make fun of me. I’d be joking about us being a couple and all that stuff, pretending not to actually have feelings for him, since I’d think he would really just take it as a joke, not knowing it’s me giving him subtle hints that I like him. I think Seven would be the first one to confess, would probably hack into my computer and say “I love you” or send me some really cheesy geek pick up lines that would make me smile and call him a dork. Feel like we’d really be compatible since I recently found out that he’s also an INFJ. As a boyfriend, I think he’d be the cheesy adorkable type, like he’d be romantic but in a really weird spontaneous way, and that’d be perfect.
Jumin Han
The Daddy of the group. He is such a Daddy in so many ways and not just the kinky way as so many fan girls see him (Coz of the bad end or should I say, bed end?). He loves to drink wine, he’s not good with technology (the evidence seen in how bad he takes pictures), his mind is overtaken with business (sees EVERY. FREAKIN. THING. as an opportunity for business), he has old-fashioned classy way of dressing up and he loves to give advice.
He’s the rational, composed type of person who has trouble expressing his emotions and acts like he’s superior in a subtle kind of way. He is truly, on a sense, born to be a boss. He comes across to me as an emotionless pr*ck, but like Jaehee said, I know he’s not a bad person.
But I think personally, I’d avoid him since he intimidates me so much. I’d actually feel quite inferior next to him, and I feel like he’d just rub me the wrong way. It’s really not his fault though. This would just be a result of my low self-esteem acting up. We’d disagree about so many things especially things pertaining to emotions, since he views emotions as a waste of energy. I’d also probably avoid him just because of how bougie he is, as Yoosung puts it. I’d feel like the things I like would never measure of to his standards. I’d try not to get on his bad side though since I think I’d be to scared to pick a fight with him. Also, I’m more of a dog person than a cat person and that would be another thing we’d disagree on.
However, I think the one thing we could agree on is to diss Zen on his narcissism. I’d totally help him trash Zen and maybe give him a high five for it. I would also probably give him a begruding sense of respect since he’s so responsible, calm and mature.
On the flip side, I think I’d have a lowkey crush on him. Like very lowkey, he wouldn’t even notice it since he’s pretty clueless about things like that. The irony is that he actually reminds me of my crush in real life, haha! Oh my word, like almost exactly like him, so cold and such a rich kid, the only difference is he’s not as obsessed with cats. *ahem*
If I do happen to get friendly with him, I’d ask him to teach me proper etiquette and tips on how to dress elegantly. I’d also ask permission to play with Elizabeth the 3rd since she is such an adorable fur ball. I think we’d also go drinking red wine a lot and I’d ask him to recommend me some good wine. Also, I think I’d drag him along and ask him to try street food and other “commoner food”.
I can’t actually imagine us getting together in real life, since I’m a tad lot sure I’m definitely not his type. Actually much more possible for me and Zen to get together than him, and that’s saying a lot. Maybe even Jaehee, lol. (But no, I’m not lesbian, ew!)
But if by some miracle we get romantically involved…oh my word, I can’t even. I really can’t picture us being a couple at all. We’re like total polar opposites. Okay, I’ll try very hard to imagine us being a couple. This is actually giving me a headache, oh my word. I don’t hate him but it’s just…it’s something that’s so unlikely to happen. It blows my mind.
So Jumin appears to be the perfect gentleman, right? (Appears to be, because he really isn’t. Only dresses up like one, but he doesn’t really care much about women’s feelings.)  If Zen is an old romantic, Jumin’s an older romantic. I think Jumin’s the kind of awkward who isn’t obvious that he’ s awkward, since he’s always so composed and all. Like, I think he’s not even aware of it. Since he’s not so expressive with his emotions, I think if he tried to confess to me, I wouldn’t actually know it was a confession! I’d be like, “Whut?!” Or it go another way…he might actually go overboard. He might be sending the most expensive buckets of flowers and my house would look like a forest already. He’d probably send a golden card with a letter on it ( probably typed by his ever faithful assistant, Jaehee) containing his confession, probably saying something like, “Your beauty is more exquisite than Elizabeth the 3rd” and lines that sound like they came from Shakespeare’s books. He’d also probably be sending all these diamond jewelry, so much so that if I decided to wear them all at once I’d look like a Christmas tree. I dunno, I feel like he if he actually liked someone, he’d have a tendency to spoil her and be possessive and obsessive. He’d probably ask his employees to roll the red carpet for me everytime I’d arrive at his house. Yeah, I feel like if he actually confessed to a girl (let’s just say it’s me in this scenario), it would look like a scene from a Hollywood movie.
And if we do become official, I think he’d make sure that we’re always dressed like we’re ready for a magazine photoshoot. He’ll make our relationship like really public, telling the press about it and make sure everyone knows I’m his. That would be really sweet and embarrassing, just thinking about it. I’d feel really special and I think he would actually want to get married to me as soon as possible. Buuuut again, that would be very, very, super, unlikely. Don’t think there’s a chance he’d be that attracted to me considering the girl that I am.
…And that’s how I’d interact with the R.F.A. members. The sequence of the characters here is also the sequence of the routes I played. (Currently aiming for Daddy Juju’s route.)
Keep in mind this is how I’d act around them based on my shy personality. I have low self-esteem and have a hard time making friends with guys–it’s not their fault but because of some bullying that happened in the past and with my bad interactions with them in the present, I tend to have a negative mindset when it comes to them. So I’m not asking you people to agree with me on this, I’m writing this because this is how I feel.
How would you guys interact with them?
(Disclaimer: All pictures used in this article belong to Cheritz)
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