yoo joonghyuk

[magichammer]

lol is he even going to talk to his annoying teen

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w0, thursday

[magichammer]

[ sometime after the townhall disperses, Ulrika presumably catches YJH in one of the many alleys of the city. unless he's somewhere else? heeeeere MC MC MC ]

Heeeeeeeeey, Mister-

[ she

doesn't know how to say his name ]

-You! Got a second?

[malewife]

[ Here's wherever. He goes all over the place, so it's fine. This time, he's dressed in his own clothes and has his sword hanging off his hip. ]

What is it?

[magichammer]

So... your information sign thing says you're good at cooking. How good would you say you are?

[ she's got her fingers crossed for "Super Duper" ]

[malewife]

Very good.

[ He really isn't sure what they're comparing to? But he isn't going to be modest, nor arrogant. ]

[magichammer]

[ she'll take it ]

Great! Can you teach me? I really need to learn how to cook... meat, or sweets. Fast.

[malewife]

[ He squints. ]

Why would I do that?

[magichammer]

Uhhh... because I'll say please? Pretty please?

[ pleaaaaaaaase ]

[malewife]

... That is nothing.

[ Joonghyuk doesn't offer stuff for free. ]

[magichammer]

[ but surely he will take pity on her if she looks pathetic enoug- lol ]

Come on, I don't want Power to drink my blood! It's supposed to stay in my body, not her stomach!

w1, wednesday

[magichammer]

So, uh...

[ hmm... this is a little awkward ]

There aren't... really any medicinal herbs here.

[malewife]

... More like medicinal weeds, probably.

[ He doesn't seem to be like... Disappointed? ]

[magichammer]

Or algae!

[ which leads her into her point: ]

How do you feel about kelp?

[malewife]

Have you tested it yourself?

[ The answer seems to be this is okay. ]

[magichammer]

Not really, but this should be low risk even if it goes wrong. Pretty sure it helps with swelling.

[ which isn't great but it's better than nothing ]

[malewife]

[ Mmm. ]

Good enough. What do you want to know how to cook?

[magichammer]

[ oh damn she gets to pick??????? ]

Uh, cookies?



Is there even any sugar down here?

[malewife]

... No, I don't think so. Not sure if I'd trust any flour we found here. There is salt, but no alternatives for eggs, either.

[ How do they even make cookies here. ]

w2 tuesday

[malewife]

[ This is a city of strange glass and we are checking out the canals. A hug mistake because when Joonghyuk bumps into one, a memory seems to engulf them.

Your name is Yoo Joonghyuk. You are twenty-eight, a professional Esports player, and you're on your way to pick up your younger sister, Yoo Mia. It is busy on the subway, as it always is in Seoul. You're used to it and keep your eyes on your smartphone... Looking up the report the private investigator you hired has finally sent you. It is then the subway abruptly stops. It's then when the world changes. A white fluffy goblin shows up and tells you the stage is ready for the upcoming apocalypse.

A blue system message pops up to every person on the train.

< Main Scenario #1 – Proof of Value >
Category: Main
Difficulty: F
Clear Conditions: Kill one or more creatures.
Time Limit: 30 minutes
Reward: 300 coins
Failure: Death

Of course, people protest. They try to ward off the goblin with yells and screams in their panic, but it makes an example of them. Pop pop pop, three heads explode. Participate in the scenario of die the exact same way. Blood splatters onto people and the window panes... You're scared. There's... Only people here. In less than a minute, fights start breaking out around you. No one was spared and eventually everyone chose to kill to survive—elderly, men, women, and children. You, too, choose to take another's life.

More system messages flood.

[ Great Sage, Heaven's Equal has donated 200 coins for your first kill! ]
[ Maritime War God has donated 100 coins for your perseverance! ]
[ Abyssal Black Flame Dragon demands more carnage! ]

You don't want to die. Mia... Will she be okay? You have to return to her. You have to find her.

But you don't last long. By the time you and the other survivors could get out of your train cart, the dead start rising and snarl. The only thing they know is hunger now, so they swarm their prey: you and the others. Screams ring again in your ears, but they taper out. You can't tell if it's because they've been caught or your senses are fading.

You've taken someone's life to live for how long? Ten more minutes? On the floor, you can feel your blood pool beneath you as human teeth snag onto your neck, eating away at your flesh. You die from blood loss.

Then you wake up again, on that train, and repeat. Again, you must take a life. Again, you have to survive. This time hopefully longer than the last.

Ah, this time you hesitated. You couldn't take the life of a small girl... She reminded you of Mia and you hesitated, so her mother took that chance to kill you instead.

You wake up again, on that train, and repeat. Again you must take a life. Again, you have to survive. This time hopefully longer than the last.

The man that helped you against those that attacked you ended up strangling you when you let your guard down. Those messages keep popping up. You're getting the sense that your life is like a drama to these... Constellations—gods—who tuned into the livestream. White hot disdain swelled inside of you, mixing in with the smell of bile and blood before your eyesight goes.

You wake up again, on that train, and repeat. Again you must take a life. Again, you have to survive. This time...

He... Frowns, obviously. ]

[magichammer]

[ that is





a lot? it's a lot. a lot of lot. so instead Ulrika will blurt out the first thing on her mind that isn't wordless screeching ]

What kind of stupid name is Abyssal Black Flame Dragon?!

[malewife]

... That modifier is extraneous, but it belongs to a biblical dragon. He's quite powerful.

[ Unfortunately. ]

[magichammer]

Clearly, he traded in all his sense in exchange for strength.

[ ... ]

So, uh. How... long were you trapped there?

[malewife]

Some Constellations need to act a certain way to keep themselves sane.

[ not that he cares. ]

... That is a nightmare from my first light. I didn't struggle as much on my second attempt and onwards nor did I die so easily.

[ That doesn't really answer how long he has been doing it, though. ]

[magichammer]

You do understand that that's not really reassuring, right?

[ YJH pls ]

[malewife]

I'm alive.

[ That is the point. ]

[magichammer]

[ he's not wrong, he is alive ]

It's still awful! If I ever see one of those creepy goat monsters, I'm punching them!