chapter 1 : story 1

despair, regret, darkness

Jin woo was taking a long stroll across Sajik-ro-3-gil 23 (street name in Korean) . The lights were flickering on and off ; the lights had an Amber and yellow-ish tint of color  .  The crickets made a slow rhythmic  noise. 

"Chirp,chirp,chirp" 

The concrete was eroding away with time : the building had been worn down by abandonment, no one had cared for these buildings for a long time, vines were growing and were trying to engulf the buildings,  nature was slowly taking over . I had finally arrived upon my primitive shack ; the so-called house was outmoded and grubby , the house only had one room .  The house was gloomy and windowless, yet it was also warm and comfortable .

As jin woo entered the house the door made a very loud creaking sound .

("Creak")

He had to bend down to enter, as the door was very miniscule. He's purple eyes were fascinating , captivating and enchanting : his hair was black ,flowy and silky smooth it was luxuriant and soft it was one of the features that made him envied by others, his sleek composed posture made him look confident and sometimes even intimidating.  

As he sat down on his worn out and mildly broken chair he almost fell as it was unbalanced.  As he went into the sleeping room he was shocked ,surprised and insurmountably sad  .

His mom had hung herself .

"Why" he shouted as he weeped for his mothers death   

His first thought was calling the ambulance; it was his only hope as delusional as it was he was in a mental state where he was not sane anymore , the only thing he cared for had left his life with no warnings for a reason that he did not know .  But as the ambulance arrived and told him she had passed away for 3 hours now he was in despair he didn't respond he fell to the ground and cried , he had nothing to live for anymore.  As he cried he realised he was to blame . 

(At morning that day )

"Son can you stay home today do you have to go to work can't you take a day off "

"No I have to go mom see you later " jin woo replied with . 

He had regretted his actions so much he felt powerless weak and stupid . He could have prevented this ; he could have stayed home 

Jin woo gathered all his courage and strength as he stood up. He rushed out of the little shack he ran through the streets as fast as he could , he couldn't accept reality .

Suddenly a spiral shaped portal opened up. Jin woo was being sucked into the vortex, the portal was black and had made a crack in the street. It was big enough to fit a huge building into it  . As jin woo was getting deeper into the portal he lost his consciousness.  

"Arise my son " an ominous creature repeated 

"Arise my son" 

Jin woo finally opened his eyes . He was in bed, he was out of breath and sweating intensely. The little shack was the same; it had not changed as he realised that something was different. The first thing he did was check the date, July 17 2077 he checked for his mother and she was sleeping comfortably on the bed next to him . He was so happy and relieved he cried and had tears of joy. He had made up his mind he would prevent his mothers death by staying home.  As his mother awoke he hugged her 

She didn't push him away, she just hugged him back  .