EPISODE 30
Long green grass waving in the sun...
Yeon-joo climbs the hill, almost to the top, tired.
She stops, puffs and looks up.
| - | (shouts) Ren-Bo! ... Finally, I would like you to carry me. |
FLAP! FLIP! FLAP! Flying about twenty meters above...
| - | (looking over the top of the hill) It's no longer necessary, it's just on the other side, Ajumma! |
Ren-Bo comes down and lands next to Yeon-Joo.
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| - | (sighs) How can I be an Ajumma for you? Soo-Bong calls me Noona! |
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| - | Oh?! Would you rather I call you halmeoni?! (halmeoni = grandmother) |
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| - | (outraged) What?! |
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| - | PfwAh ah ah! I'm starting you off right now, Unnie! |
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| - | (cynical, imitates Ren-Bo) ... PfwAh ah ah. |
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| - | ?! (doesn't get the joke) |
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| - | (resumes walking) I'm exhausted, you summoned us too far. |
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| - | Yah! I can only teleport to a place I know. And I've been offering you to fly there for half an hour! |
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| - | (gasp) Fffhh... Next time, you'll go alone first. THEN, when you get there, you summon me. |
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| - | (mumbles) I wonder if I've become your slave to take anyone anywhere... |
Yeon-Joo reaches the top of the hill and sees beyond.
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| - | It feels so strange to see this here... |
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| - | Especially with nothing around, lost in the middle of nowhere. |
In front of them, a vast field, no one, no construction except...
... a building similar to the Mungsey hospital, with on the front: "Sungwon Hospital".
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| ~ | Wow!! |
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| - | (enthusiastic smile) Like in spy movies?! |
Yeon-Joo presides over the table, facing Ren-Bo, Kang Chul, Soo-Bong. Yoon-Hee beside.
They listen with a smile to her imitation of the famous series "Mission: Impossible".
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| - | Your mission, should you choose to accept it, will be to restore Yoon-Hee's identity in this world. As always, should you or any of the members of the Impossible Manhwa Force be caught or killed, the Author will disavow any knowledge of your actions. Out-of-context drawings will self-destruct upon publication. |
On the tablet, Soo-Bong draws Sungwon Hospital in the middle of a field.
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| ~ | Our expert coordinator and set designer, Soo-Bong! |
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| ~ | The hospital has to be in the same place as in the real world. |
The hospital, Ren-Bo and Yeon-Joo are displayed on the tablet.
| - | Hyung Kang should give the signal soon. (looks at his watch) |
He walks among the doctors, patients, visitors.
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| ~ | Our technology and communication expert, Kang Chul! |
On a wall, the hospital logo "Hangook Seongjin", from "W".
Checking not to be seen, he discreetly opens a door: "Maintenance only".
He takes out a badge and slides it into the electronic lock. Zzzt! The door opens.
He found what he was looking for and closes the cabinet.
On the door of the cabinet, the hospital logo "Hangook Seongjin", from "W".
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| ~ | He goes through "W" to infiltrate the real hospital! |
FZZT! Colorful interference, Kang Chul disappears.
On the door of the cupboard, the logo of the hospital "Mungsey".
He opens it. Inside, cables and connection systems.
He takes out from his bag some clamps, cables and a monitor.
Ren-Bo and Yeon-Joo are walking in the multi-story high hall.
No one here! Their voices echo.
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| - | (excessively wise) ~~All I'm saying, Unnie, is that you'd better not make an example of your mother. ~~That's probably where your regular bad mood comes from. |
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| - | One, I'm always in a good mood, except when I have to endure your nonsense. Two, how can you say such nonsense, you don't know my mother! |
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| - | (nods reprovingly) I know her well enough, for two hours! |
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| - | WHAT?!! |
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| - | She called earlier, but you were all busy. (proud) So I did you a favor and took the call. |
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| - | (pale) This... This isn't true?! |
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| - | (flaps her hand) Oh, no need to thank me. |
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| - | But... But... What were you talking about? |
Yeon-Joo rushes to the baby carriage, where Chul-Moo lets out a chuckle.
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| ~ | She was worried sick because your son disappeared, while she was washing dishes! |
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| - | Omo!!! |
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| - | (reproachfully) As for your family, I think you're a bit careless... |
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| - | It had slipped my mind... |
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| - | Fortunately, I've fixed everything. Well, just about... |
Two hours ago...
Yeon-Joo performs surgery on Mi-Ra, assisted by Do-Yoon.
In the sofa, Yoon-Hee and Wang Shin take care of Chul-Moo.
Soo-Bong enters the bathroom. Kang Chul is not here.
Ren-Bo is eating a candy bar. She looks at a pile of manhwas on the floor.
Put on a shelf, Yeon-Joo's bag and inside... BRZZ! Her smartphone vibrates.
(?!) Ren-Bo opens the bag, takes the smartphone (several missed calls) and picks up.
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| - | Yep? |
| ~ | ...... Who are you? |
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| : | (annoyed) "Hello" and "Please", is that optional for her?! |
Ren-Bo comes out of the house...
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| - | (insistently) HELLO!!! I'm Ren-Bo, Soo-Bong's girlfriend. |
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| - | Soo-Bong's girlfriend?! |
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| - | (obvious) Yeeees... The girl he drew in my manhwa, Butterfly Girl! |
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| - | What?! |
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| - | And who am I honoring? (insistently) PLEASE?! |
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| - | I'm Yeon-Joo's mother. Put her on, quickly! |
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| - | (like an operator) ~~I'm sorryyy, Yeon-Joo is in the middle of surgery and is not available. Can I take a message? |
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| - | Huh?! Has she gone back to the hospital? |
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| - | No, she's using the folding operating table I offered her. All this to save an evil witch who almost killed everyone! |
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| - | Huh?! What the...?! Put my daughter on the phone immediately, it's an emergency! |
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| - | (sighs) Pfff, I just told you it's impossible. (loses patience) What's your problem? |
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| - | (worried) Her son is missing!! While I was doing the dishes! |
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| - | (so derisive) Ooooh, is that just it?! Yeon-Joo stopped by your house to pick up the baby. |
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| - | (??!) ... What... When?! |
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| - | You didn't see it, because Time was stopped in the real world. But no worries, it started again. The proof, we can talk on the phone! |
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| - | What kind of nonsense is this?! |
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| - | I am however explaining things correctly. It's not my fault that you are slow to understand. |
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| - | I want to know what happened to my grandson!!! |
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| - | Don't worry, Wang Shin is taking care of him. And he is a very serious person! |
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| - | Wang Shin?! |
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| - | (fast, musical) The hero of the manhwa "Queen Of Darkness". Well, I say hero, but he is not the main character. |
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| - | !!! |
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| - | (fast, musical) And his wife Princess Yoon-Hee is also the nanny. Nothing to scare Chul-Moo. She's not a faceless zombie anymore. And as for her death with her brain open, that's settled too. Now she's fine. You can see there's nothing to worry about! |
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| - | (angry) That's enough!!! What are you doing with Yeon-joo's smartphone, you crazy girl?! |
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| - | (fed up) Oulalaaa... I think my tolerance level is gonna be exceeded. I have a limited phone subscription for unpleasant people. (orange wings) |
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| - | (outraged) Am I dreaming?!! Get off the phone!! |
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| - | Ajumma Yeon-Joo will call you back later... (mocking) ... If she can still tolerate you! |
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| - | (shouts, furious) Put Chul on the phone, or anyone else!! Right now!!! |
Ren-Bo scratches the phone's microphone with a fingernail. Yellow wings.
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| - | Krrr... I'm sorry... Krrr... I can't hear you... Krrr... I'm going through a tunnel... Krrr... This will cut... Krrr. |
She cuts the call, then turns off the smartphone.
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| - | (vindictive smile) And toc!! |
Yeon-Joo bends down, bowing her legs, not able to bear her weight anymore.
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| - | (groaning) Wah aaah ah! You finish me... You don't know anything else but how to make disasters?! |
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| - | ("another drama for nothing") Right away, the big words! |
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| (gets up, dejected) |
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| - | She only has to take this as a life lesson! To learn to be kind! |
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| - | It's crazy how much you want to be kind, after that... My mother will kill me!! |
Yeon-Joo looks at Ren-Bo but... she's not here anymore!
FLIP-FLAP! Ren-Bo didn't listen, and flies 6 meters higher, in the big hall.
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| - | Hi hi! It's cool these big halls that spread out over several floors! |
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| - | Ren-Bo, it's this way! (points to a door) (offended, annoyed) And we go to the basement!!! |
Without waiting for Ren-Bo, Yeon-Joo pushes open a double door and enters.
Ren-Bo comes down quickly, hovering.
She manages to get through just before the door panels close.
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| - | Zooplaaa!!! (happy with her expert flying maneuver) |
Ren-Bo took too much speed, without visibility--
BOMPF!! She hits Yeon-Joo, while entering.
Both women fall and slide down 10 feet.
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| - | (hurt, screams) Aaaah! Ouch!!! |
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| - | (not hurt) Oops, sorry! ... Are you okay, Unnie? |
They get up. Yeon-Joo bent over in pain.
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| - | (moans) Raaah, I may have some broken bones! |
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| - | (raises finger) Fortunately, we're in the right place for this kind of problem. |
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| - | A hospital without doctors or nurses? Ren-Bo, you're a never-ending stream of stupidities! |
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| - | (fed up) Pfff! If you had waited for me, this wouldn't have happened! |
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| - | (walking with a limp) Let's hurry, we'll be late. |
A dark and deserted morgue, dozens of death trays.
Ren-Bo and Yeon-Joo enter.
Yeon-Joo clicks a switch, but the lights do not turn on.
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| - | We can't see anything. |
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| - | I have an idea!! (in a vacuum) Fairy Spark? Can you give us some light? |
PLUFF! Bright puff! Fairy Spark appears.
The fairy is surrounded by a luminous halo lighting up the room.
| - | Hello, here I am! |
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| - | Thank you, my beloved fairy. |
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| - | (feigning admiration) Gosh! |
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| - | What? |
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| - | (snide) That was your smart move of the year?! |
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| - | Unnie, I wonder if in addition to your chronic bad temper, you might also be holding a grudge! |
FZ! A paper appears in Ren-Bo's hand.
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| - | Oh! |
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| - | (sees the paper) Kang Chul called Soo-Bong. That's the signal. |
Ren-Bo reads the paper:
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| ~ | Go, now! - PSB. |
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| - | Hopefully we'll arrive at the right place. |
FLUFF! Bright puff! Fairy Spark disappears.
SHAF! They disappear, bright flash...
FSHA! Light flash, they appear.
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| ~ | Our infiltration and escape expert, Ren-Bo! |
They are in an identical room, lit up. Nobody here.
Various details show human activity. Planning, desks, instruments.
Yeon-Joo puts on her smartphone's earpiece and calls Kang Chul.
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| - | (earpiece) Honey! We're here! |
Several cables in the cabinet are connected to the monitor Kang Chul is watching:
The screen is cut into four, the view of cameras observing the hospital's basement.
One of the images shows the morgue. No one in the other images.
| - | (earpiece) No one around. |
Ren-Bo, facing the camera, thumbs her nose and smiles.
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| - | (earpiece) It's okay, I'll stay on the line. |
Yeon-Joo slips her lit smartphone into her pocket.
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| ~ | Our data and organization expert, Yeon-Joo! |
She sits down at the office computer and logs in with Kang Suk-Bum's account.
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| ~ | I erase all traces that the corpse was Yoon-Hee's. I enter false information about someone unknown instead. |
She plugs a USB key into the computer.
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| ~ | Including in the backups, thanks to Kang Chul's hacking program. |
She does a search to find Yoon-Hee's file.
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| - | Ren-Bo, search the lockers to save time. |
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| - | What?!! Unnie, it's too horrible! |
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| - | (fed up) Aaaah... Then ask Fairy Spark. |
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| - | Oh yeah? And I just open and close the lockers? |
PLUFF! Puff of light! Fairy Spark appears.
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| - | Yuck! Looking at corpses?! |
On the monitor, two nurses push a corpse's stretcher down a corridor.
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| - | (earpiece) Sweetheart, people will be coming in soon. |
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| - | (looks at a corpse in a locker) Not that one either. |
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| - | Ren-Bo close the locker and teleport us, quick!!! |
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| - | Ooookay. (closes locker) |
Yeon-Joo puts the computer into standby mode and goes next to Ren-Bo.
SHAF! They disappear, flash of light...
FSHA! Flash of light, they appear in the darkness.
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| - | ...... Ren-Bo? |
No answer, in the dark...
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| - | Omo!! Ren-Bo! Where is Fairy Spark?! |
Door opens, stretcher enters.
(!!) Fairy Spark flies and hides behind an operating table.
The nurses push the stretcher towards the table.
Fairy Spark, ... !!, scared, alone...
Yeon-Joo illuminates Ren-Bo with her smartphone.
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| (stares hatefully into space, red wings) |
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| - | (?!) Ren-Bo!! |
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| - | I'm gonna kill her. |
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| - | ?!! ... (gradually understands... the effect of separation) |
| - | Die, you scum! (throws a brick, accelerated by a wingbeat) |
Kang Chul, !!!, sees Fairy Spark in the morgue, on the monitor.
He calls on his smartphone. Soo-Bong picks up.
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| - | Yes, Hyung? |
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| - | Fairy Spark and Ren-Bo are in two different worlds!!! |
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| - | !!! |
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| - | We have to get Ren-Bo back!!! |
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| - | No, there are people in the morgue! |
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| - | (?!!) But... what do I do?!! Hyung?!! |
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| (thinking at high speed) |
In darkness, dimly lit by the light of Yeon-Joo's smartphone.
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| - | (hateful) This is my manhwa. And I'm the heroine. |
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| - | (!!) ... Ren-Bo... Please... look at me. |
FZ! A message appears in Yeon-Joo's hand.
She reads it: "I'll bring Ren-Bo back, just wait. - PSB"
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| - | (?!!) ... (anguish, looks at Ren-Bo) |
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| - | (cold anger) I'm the one and only Queen. ... Butterfly Queen in the Dark. |
Black streaks cover her scarlet wings.
A nurse goes behind the operating table.
Fairy Spark, !!, flies under the table to hide.
The second nurse, seated at the desk, turns on the computer.
He sees Yeon-Joo's USB stick, ...??!
Kang Chul runs to an alarm signal. He presses the button!
Drrriiiiiinnng... The fire alarm sounds in the corridor.
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| - | (on smartphone) Now, Soo-Bong!! |
... Drrriiiiiinnng... The alarm echoes throughout the hospital.
¤ In the hall, people hear the alarm, head for the exit.
¤ At the security station, one agent picks up his phone, the others run out.
¤ In the morgue, the nurses stop what they're doing and head for the exit.
Soo-Bong finishes drawing a luminous white flower with spines.
A giant, flying, luminous white flower appears and lights up the room.
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| - | (mad with rage) AArrraah!!!! (grabs the luminous petals and rips them off) |
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| - | !!! |
ZRRT!! Ren-Bo flashes, transparent for a brief moment, outlined in black.
ZRRT!!! Fairy Spark flashes, transparent for a brief moment, outlined in black.
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| - | !!! (frightened) |
Kang Chul, !!!, sees Fairy Spark flashing in the morgue, on the monitor.
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| - | (to smartphone) That doesn't work!!! |
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| - | !!! ... (distressed, sees translucent Ren-Bo on tablet) |
Ren-Bo dissolves from "image" to "real", translucent, outlined with black lines!!
She continues to destroy the giant flower with rage.
Yeon-Joo, !!!, understands that it has failed...
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| - | I want that witch dead!!! |
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| - | (!!!) ... (perhaps a solution) ... It's okay Ren-Bo!!! |
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| - | ... ?! (looks at Yeon-Joo, eyes wild) |
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| - | (takes Ren-Bo by the shoulders) She's in the real world, let's go there and kill her! |
SHAF! They disappear, flash of light...
On Kang Chul's monitor, observing the morgue:
FSHA! Flash of light, they appear.
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| - | (on smartphone) They're back!! |
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| - | Pwheee.... (long sigh of relief) |
Slowly, we see the morgue and...
... Ren-Bo silently weeping as she looks down... A feeling of guilt.
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| - | (on smartphone, facing computer) Everything's fine, she's recovering and I'm done. |
On the computer screen, a map of the lockers. Close-up on number 247.
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| - | Ren-Bo ! |
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| - | ... ?! (snapping out of her sad reverie) |
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| - | Locker 247. |
Ren-Bo goes to open the locker. Inside, a large body under a sheet, that of Yoon-Hee.
Yeon-Joo disconnects from the computer, removes the USB key and joins Ren-Bo.
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| - | We're off. Don't forget to take the corpse with you. |
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| - | (puts hand on Yoon-Hee) Ugh! |
SHAF! They disappear, flash of light...
FSHA! Flash of light, they appear in the dark.
Sploff!! Without a stretcher, Yoon-Hee's corpse falls to the floor.
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| - | What an awful sound! |
PLUFF! Cloud of light, Spark Fairy appears and lights up the room.
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| - | (avoids looking at the corpse) Should we say something for the burial ceremony? |
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| - | (smiles nervously) AaAah... I don't think that's necessary. |
On the floor, Yoon-Hee's corpse, skull open, brain exposed.
On Yoon-Hee's tablet: Ren-Bo, Yeon-Joo and the corpse.
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| ~ | Finally, our expert in... in exhumation, Yoon-Hee! |
Yoon-Hee clicks the "eraser" mode, and with her stylus...
... she moves back and forth over the corpse, erasing it little by little.
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| ~ | Then we'll do a similar operation at the police station. And Yoon-hee will pretend she was on a trip or whatever. |
Yeon-Joo watches Yoon-Hee's corpse being erased, in layers.
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| - | This is the weirdest funeral I've ever been to... |
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| - | We went to a lot of trouble for nothing, Unnie. |
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| - | What do you mean?! |
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| - | If this gets published, everyone will know about our scheme. |
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| - | No, it's too absurd to be published... Let's hope so. |
Yeon-Joo is sitting at the computer. Ren-Bo, Soo-Bong and Yoon-Hee are next to her.
She clicks and opens the chapter "2" of "Butterfly Queen in the Dark", official publication.
She scrolls quickly through the pages, stopping on a few pictures.
| - | Oh?! Would you rather I call you halmeoni?! |
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| - | Unfortunately I'm in it, but I'm not much recognizable. |
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| - | I wonder if the mad dog will recognize you. |
¤ Ren-Bo flew through a door.
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| - | Zooplaaa!!! (happy with her expert maneuver) |
BOMPF!!! She hits Yeon-Joo, as she enters.
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| - | The story doesn't make sense. |
¤ Ren-Bo and Yeon-Joo in the morgue.
| - | We can't see anything. |
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| - | I have an idea!! (in the vacuum) Fairy Spark? Could you light us up ? |
PLUFF! Bright puff! Fairy Spark appears.
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| - | Good thing Ren-Bo's antics make up for it. |
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| - | (?) What antics?! |
¤ Ren-Bo and Yeon-Joo in the morgue.
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| - | (?!!) ... (anguish, looks at Ren-Bo) |
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| - | (cold anger) I'm the one and only Queen. ... Butterfly Queen in the Dark. |
"TO BE CONTINUED."
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| - | Nothing that happened at the real morgue. |
| - | Operation successful, Unnie!! |
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| - | (sings the end of "Mission: Impossible") ~~TA-DAAAAA. |
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| - | PfwHi Hi!!! Do you know how to do antics, Unnie? |
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| - | There was even the suspense moment when it could fail. |
Kang Chul is thinking while looking at the two tablets, when--
BRZZ! His smartphone rings, Hyung Seo, he picks up.
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| - | Hyung? |
| ~ | President Kang, things are looking bad. |
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| - | !! |
Kang Chul notices that Wang Shin is here. He goes out and...
The private clinic is luxurious, surrounded by lavish gardens.
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| - | Did she arrive at this private clinic? |
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| - | Yes. |
Moon Mi-Ra is unconscious, on a rolling bed in front of the reception desk.
The nurse shows an identity card to the chief doctor. Moon Mi-Ra's.
| - | Moon Mi-Ra? The possible heir of the Moon Company? |
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| - | (to the receptionist) Give her the highest price. |
The receptionist consults her computer.
| - | The Equinox VIP suite is available. |
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| - | Perfect. Notify the Moon Company. Also notify the authorities, she may have been assaulted. |
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| - | Yes, Doctor. |
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| - | That went as planned. |
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| - | Then it gets complicated. |
Prosecutor Go and a policeman come to the reception.
| - | Moon Mi-Ra. |
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| - | (sees his badge and the policeman) Equinox Suite, 7th floor. To the right as you exit the elevator then to the back left. |
Prosecutor Go and the policeman go to the elevator.
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| - | Her escape is over, we are going to nail her. |
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| - | This Prosecutor was determined to charge her, though.... |
The policeman is uncomfortable, seeing the strange attitude of the prosecutor.
His eyes are wide open, absent-minded, walking like a robot.
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| - | Same as the ones the Queen of Darkness hypnotizes in the manhwa. |
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| - | So, sure, she still has supernatural powers. But is she still an evil villain or just Mi-Ra? |
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| - | I don't know, but she can deal with her legal problems now. You've lost the leverage to make a deal with her. |
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| - | Don't tell anyone, not even Yeon-Joo. |
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| - | It sounds very dangerous. What do you intend to do, President Kang? |
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| - | Hyung, have you ever seen me give up? |
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| - | (!!) ... Another thing, her surgery has been cancelled. |
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| - | A supernatural healing power. I must see her before she is fully recovered. |
The private clinic is away from downtown Seoul, surrounded by beautiful gardens.
The clock reads 18:30.
Kang Chul and Yeon-Joo are at the reception desk.
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| - | Sorry, this patient is not accepting any visits or messages. |
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| - | This is really important. |
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| - | Then ask her security department on the 7th floor. I can't do anything more. |
Yeon-Joo and Kang Chul are in the elevator going to the 7th floor.
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| - | I'd rather go alone. It puts you in danger. |
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| - | I'll stay out of sight. I'll try to glean some information. |
A reception desk with nurses.
Opposite, an area with luxurious sofas.
Walking towards the sofas, Kang Chul and Yeon-Joo see a corridor on the left...
... leading to the VIP room, filled with bodyguards in black suits.
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| - | The entire Moon Company security force is here. |
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| - | (smiling mischievously) That's not going to stop me. (winks) |
Kang Chul goes alone to the corridor opposite the VIP room.
Further on, there is a sign for the toilet.
Kang Chul quickly checks that he is alone, then...
... He looks at himself in the mirror above the sinks.
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| - | To us, Moon Mi-Ra. |
In the mirror, FZZT! Colorful interference, Kang Chul disappears.
Mi-Ra is sitting in a sophisticated rotating bed.
She has no bandages, no head injury.
Her hand resting on her leg emits a bright smoke.
A dozen shadow killers stand guard, scattered around.
KZZT! Colorful interference, Kang Chul appears at the back of the room.
He locates Mi-Ra and the killers, and notices that he will soon be spotted.
He spreads the sides of his jacket to show that he is not hiding anything.
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| - | (loudly) I am not armed! |
| - | !!! (surprised, sees Kang Chul!) |
Immediately, Zink, Zink, Zink... The shadow killers draw their swords.
They rush towards Kang Chul, but two steps away from reaching him--
FZZT! Colorful interference, he disappears!
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| (looks at the room, anxious) |
The killers are confused, looking around, a few seconds.
KZZT! Colorful interference, Kang Chul appears near Mi-Ra's bed.
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| - | You understand why I don't need a gun? |
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| - | !! (startled) |
The shadow killers run towards Kang Chul.
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| - | I came to talk, not to threaten you. |
Mi-Ra takes a deep breath and raises her hand. The killers stop.
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| - | (giving herself confidence) Who did you come to talk to, Kang Chul? |
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| - | ... ? |
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| - | Moon Mi-Ra? |
SWROMPH! A turbulence of shadow, Mi-Ra becomes Cha Yu-Sun.
| - | Cha Yu-Sun ? |
SWROMPH! A turbulence of shadow, Cha Yu-Sun becomes the Queen of Darkness.
| - | Or the Queen of Darkness? |
Kang Chul cannot hide a slight fear...
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| - | (gives himself confidence) Let's make it simple. Only you, Moon Mi-Ra. |
SWROMPH! A turbulence of shadow, the Queen of Darkness becomes Mi-Ra.
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| - | Moon Mi-Ra? We are one now. Better than the ones before. |
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| - | (doubt) ... Are you still the one who wanted to kill us all? |
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| - | (painful to remember) ... No. |
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| - | The other two are evil, so how do you-- |
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| - | Why did you come? To make fun of me? For the defeat I suffered at your home? |
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| - | (understands that she will not say more about her) ... No. I just want us to get along. |
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| - | Get along? After all this? |
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| - | There's no need for our conflict, Yoon-Hee is alive. |
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| - | (disdainfully) Of course she's alive... (tells...) |
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| - | Fire !!! |
An illusion appears next to the Queen of Darkness, Child Mi-Ra.
| - | Not her!!! |
PFWOM... The Queen of Darkness disappears in a puff of shadow and--
WOMPF... She reappears so fast it seems she never left.
With unimaginable speed, the shadow arm hits a pit... with no one in it.
WOMPF... Summons Yoon-Hee, who appear in a puff of shadow and--
PFWOM... The Queen of Darkness disappears in a puff of shadow.
Yoon-Hee trembling, eyes closed...
She doesn't notice that around her, a smoke of shadow dissipates.
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| - | ... !! (flabbergasted) |
|
| - | Otherwise, she couldn't come back to the real world, because of the fusion. |
|
| - | Why didn't you do that for all of us? |
|
| - | (hesitating) If I could have... I mean... It's because... (sternly) Kang Chul, what do you want?! |
|
| - | ... To offer you a deal. |
|
| - | Tcham! Finally, we are gonna have this courteous discussion? |
|
| - | (relieved) We just got off on the wrong foot... |
|
| - | I will only act in my own interests. If you want to make a deal, it will have to be win-win. |
|
| - | I need information about your strange ally. In return, I can fix your legal issues. |
|
| - | Fix my legal issues? I think I have that already in hand. |
|
| - | ... (embarrassed, it's true) |
|
| - | You have nothing to offer... |
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| - | This strange being, with whom you made a pact... ... Don't you think he could be a threat to you? |
|
| - | ... (frowns, worried) Tsss... Are you worried about me? |
|
| - | My intuition sounds the red alert... |
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| (looks away, scared, "Kang Chul has superhuman intuition") |
|
| - | My method of solving your legal issues is better. And how would you prevent Yoon-Hee from testifying? |
|
| - | ... And anything else I want to know? |
|
| - | That's fair. |
They keep quiet and look at each other with respect...
Kang Chul sees sincerity in her, and a great calm.
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| ~ | I didn't know how, but she wasn't that unstable crazy person anymore. The main danger from her was just her charm. |
He notices that without make-up, natural, she is just as beautiful.
Mi-Ra admires his beauty and elegance, falls under his charm.
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| ~ | Too bad we didn't start like this. Only, it was impossible before I became whole. |
She feels his presence as reassuring, would like to trust him.
|
| - | Do you really think this will end our conflict? |
|
| - | ... We can try? |
|
| - | Then it must be sealed. (breathes heavily) ... Come close to me. (pats the edge of the bed) |
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| (looks, suspicious of a trap) |
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| - | You have nothing to fear. |
Kang Chul sits on the edge of the bed, close to her.
Gently, she puts her hand on his.
|
| - | ... ? |
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| - | I have one condition, non-negotiable. |
|
| - | ... What? |
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| - | A kiss. |
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| - | ... ?!! (unexpected!) |
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| - | Not an actor's kiss, like there are in your drama. |
|
| - | ... !! (shocked) |
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| - | A tender and sincere kiss. Like the one you would give to the one you love. |
She waits, observes him, detects the reactions of his hand...
Kang Chul feels that she will not accept any discussion.
Standing up, Yeon-Joo is too anxious to sit still.
She looks out the window, and checks her smartphone regularly.
Kang Chul is overwhelmed by contradictions, it is an unacceptable request...
... even more so because she doesn't care if he is married.
However, the only way to reach an agreement, but also...
... without admitting it, he would like it?
He looks at her beautiful black eyes, showing no malice.
An impression of sadness and loneliness. No desire, strange...
... A request for a kiss that seems to have no reason.
Kang Chul convinces himself, reassures himself, frowns...
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| : | A short moment to overcome, awkward but of no consequence. |
In silence, he slowly approaches his face to hers.
Until the last moment, Mi-Ra looks at his eyes, his mouth, his eyes.
Then slowly, tenderly, they kiss, eyes closed.
Kang Chul does not cheat, it is a real kiss, deep.
And Mi-Ra offers her best in sensuality.
Quickly--
Their faces show an unexpected and unknown feeling.
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| (opens eyes briefly, surprised) |
On his face, a pleasure too intense, painful to bear because he refuses it.
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| (opens eyes briefly, afraid) |
On her face, the feeling of a much too intimate and real sharing.
Mi-Ra becomes frightened, pulls back to end the kiss, but--
Kang Chul stops fighting the feeling, it's now too late, useless.
He runs his hand through her hair, and stops her from backing away!
(!!) Mi-Ra doesn't resist and surrenders to the feeling, totally...
... What amplifies madly what they feel.
She caresses the neck of Kang Chul, and tightly holds his hand on the bed.
They have lost control of themselves. Possessed by a greater force.
A kiss whose effect is beyond the physical sensation...
... a mysterious velvety flavor unknown to both of them.
They separate, looking at each other deeply, united by the same impression...
... confused, unable to understand, petrified, lost.
|
| ~ | We had both made an awful discovery... |
|
| ~ | ... A forbidden discovery because it was full of truth. |
Kang Chul turns around. An irrational annoyance.
The bad is done, and shouldn't have been so good.
Mi-Ra looks down, worried.
A cold anger, the resentment of having made a mistake.
Kang Chul notices moisture in the corner of his eye and wipes discreetly.
Mi-Ra notices a start of tear in her eye and wipes it away.
They bury uncertainty and truth with regret, realism and rejection.
Kang Chul takes a deep breath, forgets and turns away.
|
| - | Now let's talk. |
Ting! Notification from Kang Chul on Yeon-Joo's smartphone, she reads:
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| ~ | She accepts the deal. No one is hurt. |
|
| - | (relief) Phew... |
Yeon-Joo puts away her smartphone and sits down.
More visitors arrive. The clock reads "18:45".
Yeon-Joo looks at the clock "19:50", impatient.
Other visitors leave. The nurses at the front desk are smiling.
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| : | They are in a good mood here. It certainly pays off. Nice professors, no mad dogs.... |
She gets up, looks at...
The corridor of the VIP room: motionless security guards.
The corridor of the toilets: doctors passing by. No Kang Chul.
The corridor of the elevators: two men discussing.
Visible, an old professor next to his open door "Professor Ahn - Cardiology".
He puts a comforting hand on the shoulder of the other man, turned away.
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| - | ... ?!? (strange intuition) |
She approaches to see better...
The two men shake hands to say goodbye.
The unknown man turns around and goes to Yeon-Joo, two meters away.
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| - | ohOho!!! (surprise, recognizes him...) |
| - | AaAaha!!! (surprised) |
|
| - | (hand on heart) Professor Park?! |
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| - | (hand on heart) Yeon-Joo? Are you crazy? You want to give me a heart attack? |
|
| - | Aaah, my heart will give out first! |
|
| - | What the hell are you doing here! |
|
| - | I... I was visiting a patient... and... and you?! |
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| - | Ah, that's none of your business! (leaves her rudely) |
|
| - | (thinking quickly) ... Don't tell me that you... |
|
| - | ... (stops, bends his head, worried) |
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| - | You came to see Author Moon?! |
|
| - | !! (shouts) Author Moon is here?!!! |
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| (stupid goof! "it was obvious he wasn't here for that") |
|
| - | (excited) Unbelievable! Where is she? Why? |
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| (mouth closed, lips contracted) |
Professor Park sighs angrily, seeing that she doesn't want to answer.
He walks quickly to the reception desk. Yeon-Joo follows him, trotting along.
|
| - | So... so... why were you here? |
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| - | (flaps his hand, as if chasing a fly) A visit to my former thesis director. |
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| - | To... To share our ideas on medical matters. |
At the reception desk...
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| - | (as an order) Moon Mi-Ra, which room?! |
| - | Sorry sir, no visitors allowed. |
|
| - | (rude) That's not what I'm asking you!!! Where is she?!! Answer!!! |
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| - | (outraged) Alright, it's this way! (points to the VIP corridor) |
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| (looks at the line of bodyguards in the hallway) |
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| - | (vengeful smile) Security will not let you through! |
Professor Park leaves the office and scans all the exits.
|
| - | Professor? |
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| - | (sees something) Ah!! |
Professor Park goes to the toilet corridor, Yeon-Joo follows him.
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| - | Professor, what are you planning? |
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| - | (snarling hand wave at her) Rhrrrr! |
Professor Park opens a door, and enters.
Professor Park starts to close the door, but--
Yeon-Joo slips inside, and closes the door.
The laundry room is small, and they are stuck together.
|
| - | Come on! Don't you realize how embarrassing this is? |
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| (disgusted) |
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| (looks at the clothes on the shelves) |
|
| - | Professor, you can't do that! |
Professor Park rummages through the white coats one by one, checking the size.
|
| - | A chance like this is unhoped for. |
He pulls out a gown and unfolds it with a snap.
|
| - | You don't realize what risks you are taking!! |
Professor Park puts on the gown, then takes out his surgeon's badge, and attaches it.
|
| - | It doesn't take much for a klutz like you! |
Professor Park comes out of the laundry room, followed by Yeon-Joo.
|
| - | If you hinder me, I'll kill you! |
|
| - | (pleading) Professor... Professor... |
Yeon-Joo stops, as Professor Park walks resolutely towards the security guards.
The first two guards signal him to stop.
Professor Park shows the badge on his gown, hiding the Mungsey Hospital logo with a finger.
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| - | I've come to check the patient's condition! |
Against all odds, the guard lets Professor Park pass!
The other guards give way to him, the control being already done.
He joins the entrance door of the VIP room.
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| (stunned, catastrophized) |
|
| ~ | Sweetheart? |
Yeon-Joo turns around, Kang Chul comes from the toilet corridor.
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| - | (reaches a trembling finger towards the VIP room) Professor... Professor Park... |
KLAM! Professor Park enters and closes the room door of... the Queen of Darkness!
Professor Park trots to Mi-Ra's bed like a child in wonder.
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| - | (big smile, open arms) Author Moooooon! |
The shadow killers are hardly visible, hidden in the shadows.
Professor Park stands a few feet in front of the bed.
He did not see behind him...
... two shadow killers silently draw their swords.
They cross their swords near Professor Park's neck. Ready to behead him!
|
| - | Who are you? |
|
| - | I am Professor Park Min-Soo, Surgeon. But I came to see you today as a fan! |
|
| - | ... A fan? I would have a surgeon among my fans? |
|
| - | It's true that it seems strange. I became a fan of manhwa a few years ago. |
|
| - | ... ? |
|
| - | It started with "W". |
|
| - | (clenches teeth, angrily) "W", that drunken rag?! |
The shadow killers misunderstand her behavior and it's the silly incident--
DZang!! They uncross their two swords to decapitate Professor Park!!!
Kang Chul, holding Yeon-Joo by the wrist, walks quickly away from the clinic.
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| - | (forced to walk fast and follow him) Honey, it's not safe, Professor Park might-- |
|
| - | Never mind, he can manage! |
|
| - | (worried) He's so stupid that anything could happen! |
|
| - | That's what happens when you do anything. |
|
| - | She is able to freak out at the slightest annoyance. And the mad dog is able to make Buddha freak out! |
|
| - | I don't think she will hurt him. And going back would only make it worse. |
|
| - | (panicked) What if you're wrong?! What if something unexpected happens? |
|
| - | I kept my end of the bargain, I told her what she wanted. Except for one thing she'll find out, which could have ruined the deal... |
|
| - | (clenches teeth, angrily) "W", that drunken rag?!!! |
DZang!!! The two sabers of the shadow killers uncross.
A lock of hair flutters in the air, the only thing left of Professor Park's head...
... who miraculously bent down to apologize before the fatal moment.
|
| - | Sorry, sorry! I too am horrified by this manhwa today. |
|
| - | !!! (notices the blunder of her killers). |
She widens her eyes and makes a face, the killers back off.
|
| - | Huh?! (intrigued by the metallic noise) |
Professor Park turns around and sees the two killers, swords in hand.
|
| - | (naïve, doesn't see anything dangerous) Gosh! You dress your bodyguards like manhwa characters? |
|
| - | (suspicious, points) But their swords... are they real? |
|
| - | Of course not. |
|
| - | (turns to her) Ah ah!! Of course, I'm so stupid to ask that... |
|
| - | Uh, but why dress them like that? |
|
| - | (searches while talking) Erm... it's all... a question of... uh... inspiration... ... I need to... immerse myself in my world! |
|
| - | (PAF! claps hands, excited) But yessss. That! This is pure genius!! |
|
| - | A true artist will stop at nothing to develop her talent! (both hands towards her) I always knew you were of that calibre! |
|
| - | (chuckles) Moah-arf... ("this weird guy is funny") |
|
| - | (hands forward, shows his flippers) Oh!! But perhaps I'm disturbing you with this excess of flattery? |
|
| - | Not at all, I have no sense of modesty. |
|
| - | (laughing!) Ah ah ah! |
|
| - | Moah ah ah! |
|
| - | I am happy to have a surgeon among my readers. It proves that only the elite are able to appreciate my work. |
|
| - | Oooh, now I feel flattered. |
|
| - | Sorry, do you have a sense of modesty? |
|
| - | (serious) Neither. |
|
| - | Ah ah ah ah ah!!! |
|
| - | Ah ah ah ah ah!!! |
|
| - | Aaah, Professor Park, meeting you makes me feel so good. I haven't laughed like this for so long... |
|
| - | That long? |
|
| - | Since I was 9 years old... |
|
| - | ...... ("how to take that?") |
|
| - | Oh... It is true that the life of an artist is not easy. Succeeding is so difficult, most end up unemployed. |
|
| - | And your universe is not particularly conducive to laughter. |
|
| - | One could see it that way... |
|
| - | By the way, I hate to tell you this, but... ... Why did your manhwa become comical? |
|
| - | Did you enjoy it? |
|
| - | To be honest... NO. I was hoping to slip you a note about it on the way here. |
|
| - | You are absolutely right!! It is a calamity!! |
|
| - | (hand to heart) oOoh... oOoh... (infinite relief...) |
|
| - | You can rely on my eternal support. ... But then... what happened? |
|
| - | (points to the room) As you can see, I'm sick. My incompetent assistant took the opportunity to do anything. |
|
| - | I knew it!!! It's all Kim Yoon-Hee's fault!! She made us suffer that abominable Princess Dong. |
|
| - | I tried to kill her, but it didn't work. |
|
| - | You mean Princess Dong? |
|
| - | No. |
|
| - | (confused) You are saying that... (??) It wouldn't be about-- |
|
| - | Neither. |
|
| - | (?!!) But then... who? |
|
| - | (serious) Both. |
|
| - | (serious) ...... (then understands that it can only be a joke) |
|
| - | AH AH AH AH AH !!!! ("the funniest jokes are told seriously") |
|
| - | AH AH AH AH AH!! (laughs with tears) |
|
| - | (wipes away a tear) Anyway, I fired my assistant. Princess Dong will no longer be a part of the story. |
|
| - | And Wang Shin? |
|
| - | Not anymore. |
|
| - | What a pity... but if that's the price to pay... |
|
| - | Anyway, he was not one of my characters. It was my former assistant Park Soo-Bong who created it. |
|
| - | Park Soo-Bong? ... That name sounds familiar. (trying to remember) .... (finds a clue) ... Wait... |
|
| - | Was it this cartoonist who then produced this sentimental marshmallow? ... "Butterfly Girl"? |
|
| - | It is precisely this unpleasant person. |
|
| - | (shouts) The mad dog!!! |
Tud! Tud! Tud! Professor Park beats his chest several times, on the verge of tears.
|
| - | What a tragedy... I had become faithful to a character imagined by this cannibal! |
|
| - | It's a pity that you didn't make the connection before... |
|
| - | But in that case... ... Why did you make this absurd crossover with "Butterfly Girl" ? |
|
| - | ... ?? |
|
| - | Was it also a trick of your assistant? |
|
| - | Excuse me?! a crosso-- What? |
|
| - | A crossover!! "Butterfly Queen in the Dark". |
|
| - | Bu-bu... Queen?! What are you talking about?!!! |
|
| - | This! |
Professor Park takes out his smartphone and shows her an episode.
|
| - | ... !!! (eyes widen more and more) |
He slides a few pages and stops on this image:
|
| (increasingly upset, remembers the previous hour...) |
|
| - | Don't you remember how you got back? |
Zang!! A sword blade in front of her neck, held by Do-Yoon on the right.
|
| - | (tries to remember without success) I vaguely remember being threatened, but not before. |
In her sexy evening gown. As mortally wounded as Cha Yu-Sun.
|
| - | !X!X!X!! (epileptic seizure) |
|
| - | Being hurt again caused me a shock. |
|
| - | (enraged) Kang Chul... |
On the wall, a poster of Kang Chul.
Publisher Park is worried and taps nervously on the table.
He looks on his computer screen, this image:
¤ The cover created by Yeon-Joo, with the title "Butterfly Queen in the Dark".
¤ With a subtitle: "Butterfly Girl and Queen of Darkness unified".
He passes his hand on his face, to mop the sweat.
| - | (yells towards the next office) So, did you manage to reach her?! |
| ~ | (yells from the next office) She just sent me a text saying she was going to call. |
|
| - | (PAF! Taps on the desk) How dare she keep me waiting under such circumstances?! |
The assistant comes to the office entrance, without entering.
|
| - | Shall I erase the episode? |
|
| - | I want to talk to Yeon-Joo first and review the sales. |
|
| - | Sales? But that's crazy! What do the sales matter?! |
|
| - | Nothing is crazy, as long as it sells!! |
Dring! Dring! The assistant's phone rings in the next office, she rushes over.
|
| - | Finally!! ... (shouts) Is that her? |
|
| ~ | (shouts from her office) No, it's Publisher Kwon, what do I do? |
|
| - | (sighs) Pffff... (thinking) ... (shouts) Give it to me! |
DRING! DRING! The call is transferred, Publisher Park picks up the phone.
| - | (shouts) You bastard! Are you trying to steal my authors? |
|
| - | (grimaces and pulls his ear away) Calm down Kwon, I'm not responsible for this. |
|
| - | You're kidding me? |
|
| - | I didn't authorize anything, I'm waiting for an explanation from the authors. |
|
| - | I don't care, I'll take you to court. |
|
| - | Oh!! Your author is also involved in this!! We can recognize her style a mile away. |
|
| - | An imitation!! Stop bullshitting! |
|
| - | Oh yes?! Are you really sure? What does she say about it? |
|
| - | ... (breathing heavily) |
|
| - | Yeah, I bet you couldn't reach her. Neither have my own authors. |
|
| - | Still, this crossover is illegal. |
|
| - | Only if "Queen of Darkness" is a registered trademark of yours. Otherwise it depends on the author. So moderate your words! |
|
| - | Besides, the Queen of Darkness didn't appear in the episode. So your threats don't scare me. |
|
| - | Shadow killers on the cover, and you tell me such crap?! |
|
| - | Dumbass!!! You post that on your website too!!! |
|
| - | You bastard, you fucking bastard, I don't know how you did it. (screams) But you're not gonna fuck your way out of this mess!!! |
Clop! Publisher Kwon abruptly cuts off communication.
Publisher Park is panting with uncertainty and nervousness...
On the computer, he opens the administration page.
A list of the two episodes of "Butterfly Queen in the Dark".
He ticks the two boxes and puts the pointer over the "delete" button.
But he does not click immediately, hesitates...
Kang Chul's car moves forward in the traffic, Yeon-Joo as a passenger.
|
| ~ | Honey, I have to call him! Now! |
|
| - | (nervous) He might delete the episode any second!! And if the episode denies deletion... |
|
| - | (nervous) But what to tell him?! (tragically amused) Sorry, we used this to restart Time?! |
|
| - | (plaintive eyes) I have no idea!! |
|
| - | (angry with himself) I should have told Mi-Ra about this instead of hiding it. |
|
| - | I call him... and improvise? |
|
| - | No, we have to... maybe... ... Let's take things in reverse, based on necessity. |
|
| - | (panicked) If you want, but hurryyyy!!!!! |
|
| - | Mi-Ra should guess that the Crossover must continue to be published. That now her manhwa is tied to this paranormal phenomenon. |
|
| - | YES!! That!! |
|
| - | ??! |
|
| - | She won't want her manhwa to end!! |
Yeon-Joo calls Publisher Park on her smartphone. Not even a ringtone, he picks up--
|
| ~ | (yells) Oh Yeon-Joo!!! Are you sick?! What the hell is this mess?! |
Yeon-Joo fearfully lowers her head while gritting her teeth.
|
| ~ | ... |
|
| - | What?! Author Moon agrees?! |
|
| ~ | ... |
|
| - | Yes, but when will it be signed?! |
|
| ~ | ... |
|
| - | A partnership with Publisher Kwon?! But he doesn't know anything about it!!! |
|
| ~ | ... |
|
| - | Let her hurry up and contact him then!!! It's unacceptable to let a case like this drag on! |
|
| ~ | ... |
|
| - | (calm down) Hospitalized? I didn't know that. |
|
| ~ | ... |
|
| - | Okay, and keep me posted every hour!!! |
Publisher Park hangs up the phone, his face in a cold sweat.
|
| - | I've never seen such a mess. I hope the sales keep up... ... With such a crazy idea, it will need a script made of steel. |
Yeon-Joo clutches her smartphone, her face bereft.
|
| - | I've never told so much bullshit in one go. This house of cards of lies may collapse any minute... |
Kang Chul smiles. With one hand, he scratches Yeon-Joo's hair, to lighten the mood.
|
| - | You deserve to have your own manhwa. "The queen of the bullshit". |
|
| - | (smiles) Tsss... |
|
| - | (teasing) A talent that you keep improving. |
|
| - | Yah! So why doesn't it work on you? |
BRZZ! Kang Chul's smartphone rings, he looks at the screen.
|
| - | ("ouch") ... Mi-Ra. (puts on his earpiece) |
|
| - | ... ("do your best") |
|
| - | (picks up) Hello? |
|
| - | Hi Oppa, didn't you forget to explain something to me? |
|
| - | Before that, I remember I couldn't get out of the manhwa. |
WOMPF... A puff of shadow falls around her...
... with no effect, she doesn't teleport.
|
| - | Why is that? |
|
| - | (better to hide it) ... I don't know. |
|
| - | How did you get out? |
|
| - | Ren-Bo summoned us in "Butterfly Girl"... ... but it wasn't immediate. |
|
| - | (contracted eyebrows, "I screwed up") I just found out too. |
|
| - | (sarcastic) Oooh, a sudden discovery? ... So petty from the great Kang Chul. |
|
| - | Without that, none of us could have come back to the real world. |
|
| - | What is the relation with frankness? Your compulsive liar wife is a disastrous influence on you. |
|
| - | ... (eyebrows further contracted, "I screwed up again") |
|
| - | Every time I start to like you, you strive to disappoint me. |
|
| - | Mi-Ra, do you realize that manhwa must be published? This kind of manhwa can only end by itself. |
|
| - | And since you know that I know it, you allow yourself to corner me. |
|
| - | Trust me, that wasn't my intention. |
|
| - | From now on, I'll do things my way. |
|
| - | You intend to use your powers in the real world?! |
|
| - | Don't worry, it will be clean. |
|
| - | What are you up to? |
|
| - | I'm gonna destroy you, your relatives and your shitty wife. In every aspect of your life. |
|
| - | The next time you see me, you'll be a bum as drunk as your creator, and I'll throw a dime at you. |
|
| - | ("at this point, as well to joke") I also accept luncheon vouchers. |
|
| - | (shouts) BASTARD !!!!! |
Clop! Mi-Ra cuts the communication. Kang Chul takes off his earpiece.
|
| - | So? |
|
| - | (amused) It went better than I worried... |
Mi-Ra is sitting on the bed, agitated.
|
| - | (screams) RAAAAH!!! Kang Chul, I hate you!!! |
She throws her smartphone and Crack! It cracks a medical information panel.
|
| - | (screams) I haaaate you!!! |
She gasps as she stares into space, shifting from anger to dismay.
She brings a hesitant finger to her lower lip...
... caresses her lip... Contradiction, suffering from a too sweet memory.
She stops the caress and clenches her fist, contracts her eyes, trembling...
... hoping that it will banish this memory.
She looks around randomly, disturbed, looking for an inner way out.
She runs her hand through her hair, feels trapped and lets out a heavy sigh...
... looks down... lost, defeated by a feeling she refuses to identify.