Case #01: The Elevator Zone Has No Throne

Taming of the 22nd Floor Screwball

2 minutes and 34 seconds to 10pm and counting. Serial TV-binger Taehyung teetered on impatient toes; the Game of Thrones season finale aired tonight. His building’s elevator yawned to a creaking stop at the ground floor. “Took your sweet time, didn’t you?” he spoke aloud. 

A woman popped into the tight space along with him. She smiled. He smiled back. Polite mannerisms practiced for coincidental meetings between neighbors. She pressed his floor’s button first. 

Along with 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 — had he entered the twilight zone? Du-du-du-du, du-du-du-du. 1 minute and 55 seconds to 10pm and counting. What would the Starks do without him? 

He’d surely be entering spoiler territory if he started even a word past the 1 minute and 41 second opening. This couldn’t be happening. Joffrey, Cersei, Ilyn Payne, Meryn Trant, Rorge, Polliver, The Mountain, Button-crazy Elevator Lady. It was while he was planning her gruesome demise that the doors opened on the 4th floor.

And her exact words were, “Why so serious? Let’s see a smile on that face.” 

Suffice it to say Taehyung missed the first 15 minutes of Game of Thrones. He begrudgingly re-watched The Dark Knight, avoiding his twitter feed as he bid his time until the 11:30pm rerun. His agent of chaos had a name: Anna. Their first encounter was only a brief introduction to an addictive kind of anarchy. 

Du-du-du-du, du-du-du-du.

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Jasinda98 #1
Pleasantly confused
Vip83bb #2
Chapter 9: Lol I loved the Supernatural chap.
Exocution #3
Chapter 2: OmF, What is this abouuutt, hhuhuhuhuuu.. :c I don't understand none of these damn references! UMF, I'm an idiot, ya'll..
chibijaejae #4
OMFG will I ever be able to understand this story without knowing all the references? LOL I apologize in advance for my pathetic existence. OTL
Sharissa #5
Chapter 4: Its si damn rare to find someone as weird as Anna for Taehyung as originally Taehyung is the weird one ( usually) in a good way of course
niangniang #6
omg wow when i read through the mentioned references that would be made into this story, i admit i began t o grow curious about what taehyung would be like but when i saw bbc sherlock there you had me xD im totally looking forward to this! /grins at the sherlock poster in my room/
InfiniteWisdom #7
Chapter 9: Oooooooooooohhhh. This whole story is in refence to Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew." :0 I'd never heard of it until I googled the name Katherina :0 Mind blown. I guess I'm just that ignorant. Anyhow, that was sweet. And cute. I like what this story was. Definitely earned its "slice of life" tag in my opinion. That last line loses me a bit, I'm not quite sure what Anna is insinuating by calling someone else Katherina. Maybe that by her influence Tae has now become the screwball/shrew? In any case, congrats on another completed story. And a fun little one at that.
InfiniteWisdom #8
Chapter 8: Well I certainly got the plethora of references at the end, which makes me happy (didn't know the ladies you named near the beginning, though). Daredevil season 2 was worth the watch for sure. So Tae's realizing how much he's becoming like gurl. That's kinda awesome in a friendship way. Can't believe there's only one chap left after this.
InfiniteWisdom #9
Chapter 7: Oh dude, Star Wars chap the sequel. Also interesting twist near the end there. All Anna and Tae needed was the power of friendship to become closer. I appreciate how calm and understanding Anna seemed. Although I guess when you think about it she always acts like she's calm and collected. Even when she starts talking nonsense, she can make people question whether it's she (Anna) that's crazy, or everyone else that's crazy and she's the sane one. Could be the confident attitude she projects. Oooor maybe what I'm saying doesn't make sense. I could be crazy :0
InfiniteWisdom #10
Chapter 6: My my, Supernatural convention chapter with references abound. Today I learned about Metatron, whose lore I'd never really looked into. I imagine he's also involved in the show somehow and that's why he's mentioned here, but I wouldn't know of such things. And yet this still inspired me to learn a lil about angel lore, so that's cool.
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