A view on a chic hotel.

A beautiful man is shirtless in bed. He admires further...
... Mi-Ra, putting on her shoes, all dressed, y gothic style.
He knows his limited role, but this divine beauty is fatal to him.

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Mi-Ra, you're just going to leave, like that?

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You're a guy, you should be ok with that, Mh?

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!! ... (dejected) We only talked about superficial things...

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... ? ("sentimental bull?")

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("how to tell her") For me, you have a special place.

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(cynical) He's cute. (goes to the exit)

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(smitten) We're on the same page, so maybe--

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I'll call you someday... maybe. (opens door)

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... (cold shower)

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(without turning around) Well, Ciao! (goes out and closes the door)

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Wouldn't he become sticky?

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(shakes head, leaves) Too bad, he was a good shot.

The man sadly looks at the pillow next to him.
He picks up a long black hair of Mi-Ra lying on it.
He makes it rest in his hand, idolizes it like a relic.

~

She has a gift for bewitchment.

Slowly, a view of the workshop, until...
Yoon-Hee slumped in her seat, pensive, instead of working.

:

It took me a long time to understand...

~

... But understanding doesn't change anything.

Sitting on the sofa, Mi-Ra scans a gallery of ancient art on her smartphone.
Behind her, Yoon-Hee comes from the bathroom and goes to her guest room.
Her hair still wet, she is dressed in a coquettish but unfashionable outfit.

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(sniffs) ... What's that stink?

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... ? (her perfume, but too slow to understand)

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(raises her head) Yoon-Hee, do you have a date with a guy?

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... ?! ("she guessed?!")

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(turns around, sees Yoon-Hee) ... Hell!!!

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... ?!!!

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(stands up, looks her up and down, disgusted) My poor girl, don't you have any self-respect?

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... (hurt, more and more)

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A guy is supposed to put his into a clean , not into a pile of .

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... !!!! (like a death blow)

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How long until your date?

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... (can't speak, too hurt)

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(takes Yoon-Hee by the elbow, drags her to the guest room) Hurry!

Mi-Ra, genuinely concerned, rummages through the outfits in Yoon-Hee's closet.

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(stammers) ... But... Unnie... You--

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(shocked) There are only shower curtains here!!

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... !! (hurt, but grateful for the attention)

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(shakes her by the shoulders) We can't leave you like this. Shake it off!

On a laptop, Mi-Ra scrolls urgently a large-size store "XXLGangnam".

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(chooses y clothes, shoes, bag) May as well show off your curves, there are still some meatheads enjoying it.

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... !! (rough! but feels Mi-Ra make the right choices)

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That should be ok. (pays in a flash, exorbitant price, takes her smartphone)

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(embarrassed by the provocative clothes) ? ... Unnie, isn't this a little too--

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(has already started a call) Express option, 15 minutes. (looks at laptop) Order 535552 from XXLGangnam.

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... (grateful for so much dedication)

Mi-Ra takes out a black necklace from a drawer, a simple band with a jewel in front.

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(wraps the necklace around Yoon-Hee's fat neck) (vicious) No guy in the world can resist this.

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... ! ("she won't let me refuse", feels like falling into a twisted fairy tale)

Mi-Ra makes up Yoon-Hee with an aggressive lipstick.

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Did you admit that you like him?

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Uh... a little.

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Silly.

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(!?) But... with all that... (shows lipstick and necklace) ... and the rest... ... He'll see that I've prepared for him... ?!

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You pretend that you have another appointment later. And certainly not with whom and why!

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... !! ("wow! why don't I ever think of that sort of thing?")

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You play it a little cold, until he drags himself to your feet.

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... !!? ("ahoo! so calculating, could I?")

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(takes Yoon-Hee by the shoulders, smiles warmly) Be my fat princess!

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... (smiles, wants Mi-Ra to be proud of her success)

KLAM, Sound of front door, Mi-Ra gets up from the sofa and goes to see.
Yoon-Hee comes in, in her y, tight-fitting outfit, very classy but a bit vulgar.

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... (poker face)

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(worried) ... What's up?

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(big smile, shouts) It worked, Unnie!!!

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(relieved) Mwah! You almost killed me! (comes to hug her) ... It wasn't a given.

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Hi hi hi, just like you said! A little distant and he was devouring me with his eyes.

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(stops hugging, looks her up and down) Look at that!! (proud of her) The biggest ing fat seductress in Gangnam!

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(so proud) I could see him struggling to make the first move, too shy.

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You have a boyfriend now!

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Uh... no.

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(confused) ...?!

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(dignified) I quickly saw that he wasn't a serious guy.

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(!!! "so stupid") ... What do we care?!

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... ?!

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(shrugs, so obvious) Just have fun, then throw him in the trash!

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(!) ....... ("not my way...")

~

She wants you to need her...

~

... As much as she needs you.

Yoon-Hee is watching a silly reality show on the home theater.
She giggles stupidly, sometimes claps her hands, at every lame gag.
Mi-Ra approaches like a ghost, looking at the floor, under a bathrobe.
She sits on the sofa next to Yoon-Hee, and snuggles up to her.

~

A fat, cozy girl is comforting, as well as comfortable.

Mi-Ra cries silently, looking down at the floor with a blank stare.

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MooohUh Uh Uh Uh!!! (big gag on TV, big laughing fit)

Mi-Ra gets up abruptly, furious, snatches the remote control from Yoon-Hee's hands.
She turns off the TV, then SKASH!, throws it so hard that it bursts, the batteries ejected.
She quickly leaves to the entrance of the apartment.

~

RAAaaAAH!!! (scream!)

VLAM!!!, Door slammed.

Mi-Ra is shivering with cold, barefoot, just a bathrobe.
Yoon-Hee approaches, wrapped in a big coat, hat, scarf.

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...... Unnie....... (looks at her sadly)

Mi-Ra's mortified gaze is fixed on the children's attractions, slides, swing.
She is not aware of Yoon-Hee, or anything else.
Yoon-Hee sits on the bench next to her and...
As a glimmer of hope, little by little, Mi-Ra clings to her.
Yoon-Hee embraces Mi-Ra, who cries, more and more strongly, alive again.

Yoon-hee's thoughtful gaze gradually turns into awe...
... seeing the clock on the wall.

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(shouts) Ohmm... !!! (sits up in her seat)

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Focus, my fatty, focus! (grabs keyboard)

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(fast, typing) First, save Wang Shin. Easy! On the edge of a cliff. He jumps. Did he survive? Suspense. Twist and turn, he plunged into a river.

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NOOOOO!!! (throws keyboard, stands up).

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This is the cliché I saw in 50 Saeguk! (Saeguk = Historical TV Drama)

From then on, she wanders around, gesticulating, living her ideas to the fullest.

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... It would take to save him... The new heroine! Of course! The perfect excuse to introduce her!!!

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A BADASS girl! Tomboy style. Then they join forces to fight the Queen of Darkness. Of course!

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She comes galloping up on horseback and reaches out to--

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(face palm, tense) ... her horse, where would it go? Into the void? And that damn shadow arm, too fast for a horse!

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Fffff... and that... w-A w-BADASS w-GIRL. Lame!!! No, it needs a real princess, very feminine.

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... uh... but... uuuh... if she's a real princess... ... not a fighter... how...

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(has the big idea) ... oh... Oh... OH... OOOOHH!!!

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The princess - arrives - unseen - and in time...

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(screams) Because she comes from the skyyyyy!!!

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At the last moment, she grabs Wang Shin...

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(delirious smile) Because she's on a hang glider!!!

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Plus, she throws a smoke grenade, just to piss off the world!

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Hi hi. hi.. hi.... hi..... hi...... (crazy laugh, decreasing)

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Huuuuuuuu... Were there hang gliders back then?

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Maybe, like in that funny movie? A retro-futuristic machine created by Leonardo da Vinci.

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(snaps fingers) This is the era when Korea discovered Western inventions. And it's very much in the spirit of manhwa, "science versus witchcraft".

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(sigh of relief) Aaahhffff.....

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(doubt) A princess with a smoke bomb? (thinks) Mmmh, I should take this off.

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... or else... Or Else... OR ELSE? ... Yeeeeees !!!!

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She's got all that, because she's passionate about science! A spoiled child! Her father the King pays for all the new discoveries!

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Heeeey, that sounds like "Joseon Gunman", but I don't give a damn. Wang Shin looks like he's already out of that drama.

Yoon-Hee takes a few steps while calming down...

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Mh, mh. I got the gist. But let's go further...

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Never appear in front of me again.

-

Wang Shin has been rejected by Lady Cha, there is room for a new romance. As battle companions, they develop feelings over time.

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And when they are on the hang glider, they share an intense glance. Very important the first eye contact, like in all dramas!

Yoon-Hee sits down in front of her tablet, takes the stylus...

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The princess... She has to be even more beautiful than Cha Yu-Sun!

She draws...

Mi-Ra walks looking at the ground, uncomfortable.
She stops in front of a sauna, feels better by looking at the sign.
About to enter, she sees further on the avenue...
... A crowd, projectors, cameras, a film crew.

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(scornful) No way to take a step in Seoul without running into this kind of .

Yoon-Hee looks at 3 sketches on the tablet. Smiling, thin, pretty princesses.

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(long sigh) Tsssss..... ("so banal and boring")

When she looks up, her eyes catch a small mirror hanging from her lamp.
(It's used to draw hands, or objects transposed to two dimensions by the reflection.)
She looks at herself in the mirror, bewildered, a little sad.

:

Of course, now we see movies with chubby girls. Comedies, the guy is whatever, or marries the girl when she gets thin.

:

But a real action hero never falls in love with a fat girl. No one dared to do that.

-

(weird idea) Wait... "Queen of Darkness" is against the grain... ?!

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(realizes, dumbfounded) It's even the basic premise! With a villain as the main character, instead of a heroine.

Yoon-Hee, hesitant... then determined, clicks for a blank page and draws...

A sinister atmosphere, steam slicks, dirty tiles.
Nobody but the saleswoman, an old woman with a parchment-like face.
She sells towels, swimsuits, sweatsuits, water bottles, eggs, etc.

-

We feel a bit dirty, Miss Moon?

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... This ... and that. (shows a towel and a sweatsuit in the showcase)

-

Why buy here? You have all this at home, just a few steps from here.

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... My assistant ... sometimes she is so ... heavy.

-

She works hard while you are here. Are you really the Seonsaingnim?

-

... Yes... No... it's just that... maybe... She was traumatized by a former employer?

-

Oh Sung-Moo was a drunken wreck, but I hear he was maniacal about deadlines.

-

(fetches the goods from the showcase) Or maybe she just respects your publisher? Mr. Kwon?

-

m'Ah, that old shnock would sniff my when I fart. So what does it matter to be a few days late?

-

It makes the readers even more hooked.

-

(puts the goods on the counter) Is this manhwa really the most important thing in your life?

-

It's funny how you always destroy what you love the most.

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... !? ("how dare she?!")

Now we see... streaks of clotted blood on the tiles of the room.

-

A dream job, the world spinning to your liking, and you're always looking like hell. Are you never ashamed?

-

... !!!! (offended)

Moon Mi-Ra angrily grabs the goods on the counter and takes two steps to leave.
We see now... pieces of organs and guts on the floor.

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You leave without paying? ..... Nothing is free in life, Miss Moon.

-

Pay yourself with that... (takes a gun out of her bag) (POW!!, shoots the saleswoman) ... Old .

The store is clean. Chic and warm atmosphere. Several regulars.

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(smiling) Here we go. (puts towel and sweatsuit on the counter)

(didn't hear, smiles unhealthily, blank stare)

-

!! (frightened by Mi-Ra's expression) ... Madam?

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(comes out of her daydream) ... Yes?

Mi-Ra in the dampness and dimness of an individual cabin.
She dips a wooden ladle in a barrel of water with flower petals floating on it.
With a ritual gesture, she pours the water on the burning stones. FRSHhhh, Jet of steam.
She tightens her stomach, feeling nauseous. Her sad eyes shine, seemingly smoking.

On the wall, a poster of Cha Yu-Sun bathing in a natural hot spring.
Her hands surround her belly where a red light radiates, in the steam.
The bright and evil eyes of Cha Yu-Sun seem to stare with disapproval at...

... Yoon-Hee, looking at outrageous sketches on her tablet.
Excessively fat princesses (really!), except one, just chubby.

-

... mmmh... (walks her finger over the sketches)

-

(points to the less fat one) That one.

-

Cute, feminine. The audience might like it.

-

The others were a bit excessive. Hu hu hu!

Yoon-Hee reaches for the menu but stops, seeing above the sketches "page 1/2".

-

......... (something is bothering her)

-

(stubbornly) Oh no! No half measures, I don't want to embellish.

-

Ok for a pretty princess, but with stunning shapes!

She clicks to display the second page.
Satisfied, she contemplates her ultimate sketch, a smile to her ears.
A princess dressed in bright colors, funny and dynamic, as fat as Yoon-Hee!

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Hi hi! You are a real princess full of joy!

She closes her eyes, approaches her lips to the drawing on the tablet...
SMACK, give the princess a kiss!

-

The perfect heroine.

Yoon-Hee's smile gradually disappears... replaced by worry.
She stands up, takes a few steps and looks at the ground, annoyed...

-

Gna gna gna... "he loves her for her inner beauty". I can't take this crap anymore.

-

Would Wang Shin really find her pretty?

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....... (no answer)

-

(vindictive) Why do I bother?! I decide what he likes and what he doesn't! (returns to her seat)

Yoon-Hee sits down, but immediately gets up, as if stung by a nail--

-

AH! !!! No. (walks around)

-

This is gonna sound forced... This has to work realistically. (walks to Cha Yu-Sun's poster)

-

(walks her finger along the outline of Cha Yu-Sun's face) Lady Cha has a round face, so he's definitely a guy who likes round girls.

In the poster, Cha Yu-Sun looks more angry.

-

Dong Hee can cook well, and all men like a good meal.

-

Besides, Wang Shin is from the countryside, so he should like big rumps! (PAF!! slaps her buttocks)

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Hi hi! That's realistic!!! (goes to sit down in front of her tablet)

A big tablet stands on the floor, next to shelves full of manhwa.
On the wall, rare original artwork, signed posters from manhwa.
Another shelf, collectibles, figurines, goodies, stylus under glass bell.

Young-Sik enters, drops his bag on the table, and opens it.
He takes out some manhwas and arranges them in the library.

-

(sighs) That er's gonna commandeer me all night again...

He selects other manhwas and puts them in his bag.

Yoon-Hee draws quickly on the tablet.
Two empty cake packages on the table, a third open.

:

Faster!! I have to be inspired by the best one...

C#1. (day).

~

... at least when she is like this...

Yoon-Hee is working on her tablet. In front of her, Mi-Ra too. Silence.

C#2. (night).

Tired, Yoon-Hee turns off her tablet... goes to see Mi-Ra, absorbed in her work.

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Seonsaingnim, I'm done, is that--

Mi-Ra doesn't react. Yoon-Hee looks at what she is drawing...
Various zoom shots of a huge mural. Amazing quality.

C#3. (day).

Yoon-Hee enters, ... !!! Mi-Ra did not move, obsessed with her work.

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Seonsaingnim, do you want help? I have nothing to--

Useless, Mi-Ra is unable to hear... She is in a trance!

C#4. (night).

Yoon-Hee sets a bowl of ramen and a soda next to Mi-Ra, pale.

-

Seonsaingnim, you can't go two days without eating and drinking!

C#5. (day).

Yoon-Hee, worried... looks at Mi-Ra, cadaverous but mesmerized with frightening vitality.
The bowl of ramen has not been touched, nor the soda.

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(!!!) ... (shouts) Seonsaingnim!! Seonsaingnim!!!

No reaction. No loss of concentration, speed or quality of execution.
Yoon-Hee reaches out to snatch her stylus... but doesn't dare.

C#6. (night).

Yoon-Hee, worried to death, looks at... Mi-Ra, as if mummified.
Ritually, she draws a last line with a majestic gesture, sketches a smile, then--
She collapses!! Yoon-Hee picks her up in her arms before she falls.

-

Unnie... (moved, seeing Mi-Ra's peaceful face)

On the tablet, zoomed out, the fresco is finished. (Ep14 ending one)

-

(puts the straw of the soda in Mi-Ra's mouth) ... Drink a bit now.

-

(eyes half closed) ... (slurrup..., takes a sip)

~

... But with this on top... SLUrrrrRR...

....RRrrrrP, Yoon-Hee greedily drinks a soda with a straw, without taking her eyes off the tablet.
Then she takes a cake from the package. With the other hand, she continues to draw!

A plate of cakes, and two coffees on the table where are sitting...
... Yeon-Joo and the female student from her class (Ep01).

-

I think it's a pity, Unnie. A difficult degree like that, and not doing anything with it...

-

(upset) ... With my baby coming, I... I had to stop.

-

It's been a year, you could have him babysat?!

-

(painfully) I prefer... (as a lie) to take care of him. Or just... (lost) It wasn't my true destiny.

-

(!!) Something as rare as being a surgeon? And saving lives?

-

... ! (hurt, about to cry)

-

No disrespect, but drawing manhwas in comparison...

-

... (sobbing)

-

Oh... Excuse me, Unnie... ... I am truly sorry, if I have hurt you.

(flaps her hand in front of her face like a fan, takes a breath.)

-

It's not about that, don't worry. Originally, I was planning to become a cartoonist.

-

... ?

-

When my parents got divorced, my mother pushed me to become a doctor. And then my father wasn't around to... to...

-

Boo hoo hoo... (crying fit)

-

Oooh, Unnie... (takes out a handkerchief, and hands it to Yeon-Joo)

-

(uses the handkerchief) Sorry for making a spectacle of myself...

-

... Tragic news from my family.

-

(nods with empathy) ... Yes, I noticed you weren't doing well today.

-

I'm going home. I don't feel like going to class.

-

On the contrary, Unnie!!! It will take your mind off it.

-

... ("maybe")

-

I'm sure it will! Today's class is very important!

-

(sniffs) You're right, the earth must not stop turning.

~

We can classify the ideas into 3 levels.

Total silence. Students transfixed by today's lecture.
Yeon-Joo listens attentively, forgetting her problems.

-

Level 1, forced ideas.

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These ideas come from the brain mechanics, from reason. Typical of a brainstorming... or of a forced passage written without conviction.

-

The rendering is banal and often plagiarized.

Some students exchange a word or two. Embarrassed, or disappointed about themselves.

-

Level 2, spontaneous ideas.

-

These ideas come from deep psychology, emotions, intuitive connections. Reminiscences reformulated... timeless archetypes...

-

Impossible to have them on order! I just wish you luck in getting them.

Many students panic in silence.

-

(clears throat) Screenwriting needs a lot of rework. But for the story, it's all about the preliminary ideas phase.

-

Either you're already great or you'll never be. (pauses, smiles)

A majority of students become depressed, or sigh.
But Yeon-Joo is still focused.

-

Finally, level 3... The pure ideas!

-

This is the real inspiration. Something totally new. These ideas carry a meaning that the author is not even aware of.

-

A story is worth telling, if it contains at least one pure idea.

Song Jae-Jung is silent, and drinks a glass of water.
A graveyard silence reigns in the room, faces of people thinking about suicide.
A girl sobs at the back. Some leave, abandoning their notes on the desks.
Yeon-Joo raises her hand. Jae-Jung invites her to speak.

-

Seonsaingnim, where do pure ideas come from?

......

-

From beyond.

The shooting of "W" takes place here. The traffic is blocked.
Kang Chul leaves the set. Cap, sunglasses, unrecognizable.
Once away from the group of curious people, he removes his camouflage.
He walks towards his car, parked a hundred meters further.
Looking serious, worried, Kang Chul remembers...

C#1. Sung-Moo's bedroom (morning).

-

(shouts, angry) Are you a mother, Yeon-Joo?!

-

... (gasps quickly, desperate)

C#2. Penthouse, Film set (day).

-

(looks at Han Hyo-Joo lying on the bed) She's really beautiful.

-

CUT! It's perfect! (technicians remove microphones and white screens)

-

Crap.

{FLASHBACK INSERT, W Ep08 - Penthouse (day)}

-

(looks at Yeon-Joo lying on the bed) Is she beautiful? How beautiful?

-

(can't believe it) ... For once he acts well! ... I understand better why the rest of the time he--

-

She's right, why do you--

-

Director Jung, that was the only decent scene. But you made me shoot it again with that lousy line.

-

... Whaaat? You want the hero to fall in love with a fat ugly girl?!

-

(dry) Kang Chul was unable to know if a woman is pretty. If you didn't understand why, change your job.

-

... !!

C#3. Sung-Moo's bedroom (morning).

-

I'll be alone all day while you "work".

-

Then why don't you want our son to come back?!

{FLASHBACK INSERT, Yeon-Joo, Ep11 - Sung-Moo's room + Gil Soo-Sun's apartment (night).}

-

Is Chul-Moo okay?

-

He is as quiet as a picture. (looking at the baby in the cradle)

-

I need you to babysit him for a few days.

-

... (has her reasons, too hard to say, guilt)

C#4. Avenue, Film set (day).

Concerned, Kang Chul walks in front of Han Hyo-Joo, sitting on a folding seat.

-

Kang Chul, darling, would you get me an ice tea?

-

(annoyed) Hyo-Joo, do I look like a waiter?!

-

Mmmh... Yes?

-

Yah! Instead of flirting, come see the script.

C#5. Sung-Moo's bedroom (morning).

-

You spent the whole night on it, without sleeping...

{FLASHBACK INSERT - Sung-Moo's bedroom (night).}

Yeon-Joo thinks anxiously, while Kang Chul sleeps.

-

... and you're no more advanced than I am.

-

(reproach) So you stop? You don't try anymore?

-

This end can't be changed by anyone from this world.

C#6. Avenue, Film set (day).

-

An action scene. No lines. (mocking) It's in your line, Kang Chul?!

-

... (killer gaze)

-

You're in the car with Oh Yeon-Joo, the faceless killer appears on the road. Skidding, you draw your gun and shoot first.

-

!!!! ("what is this crap!")

C#7. Sung-Moo's bedroom (morning).

-

You're taking this so lightly...

{FLASHBACK INSERT, Yeon-Joo, Ep11 - Sung-Moo's living room (end of day).}

-

I regret so much drawing this scenario so cruel to her.

-

... ! (understands, sudden regret)

-

... as if it didn't concern you.

-

I've already thought about the issue in all angles.

C#8. Avenue, Film set (day).

-

Oooh, I feel like you're really gonna bust my balls today. But gooo ahead, unpack your bag of bull...

-

What the hell is Yeon-Joo doing in the world of "W"?!

-

(obvious, opens his hands) Why not?!

{FLASHBACK INSERT, W Ep08 - Penthouse (day) - Yeon-Joo disappears in front of Kang Chul.}

-

She cuts herself. She bleeds. Kang Chul is MOVED. She goes back to earth. (annoyed) How complicated is that concept to understand?!

C#9. Sung-Moo's bedroom (morning).

-

(dismissive, sad) The real Kang Chul would have found out by now.

-

!!!! (hard to take!) ... (grits his teeth) I never said I was giving up.

C#10. Avenue, Film set (day).

-

It's impossible to do that. Otherwise, Kang Chul is not here when she gets attacked.

-

So he wasn't moved?! (like "answer yes to say something stupid")

{FLASHBACK INSERT, W Ep02 - Clothing store (day) - Yeon-Joo slaps Kang Chul.}

-

Was he emotional when she slapped him? His emotions come and go, depending on the usefulness in the scenario.

-

What a ty scenario!

-

... !! (surprised by Kang Chul's aggressiveness today)

C#11. Sung-Moo's bedroom (morning).

-

... I'll do my best today, but you...

{FLASHBACK INSERT, Yeon-Joo, Ep11 - Sung-Moo's living room (end of day).}

-

Noona, even though we couldn't foresee that she would become alive... We owe her a debt.

(overwhelmed by remorse, lowers her head)

-

... That's not what you'll worry about for the next hours.

-

So I just blow off everyone and leave my problems to them, that's it?

C#12. Avenue, Film set (day).

-

Otherwise the hero, what is he for?

{FLASHBACK INSERT, W Ep08 - Penthouse (day) - Kang Chul paces around, thinking.}

-

Just good at agonizing in his kitchen?

-

At least it's realistic.

-

Oh my bollocks, talking about realism for a story like this. Do you ever think about what the audience wants?

-

(fed up) I understand your logic... To serve any kind of stupidity as long as the hero is always in the right place at the right time.

{FLASHBACK INSERT, W Ep13 - Warehouse (night) - Killer shoots Yeon-Joo.}

-

(sarcastically) I guess the hero will also prevent Yeon-Joo's assassination?

-

There you go, you finally understand how it works! For once, we're moving in the right direction...

C#13. Sung-Moo's bedroom (morning).

-

(sobbing) This ridiculous actor's job...

-

As ridiculous as drawing manhwas when you have a degree in surgery.

-

!!! (hard to take) ... (resentful) Except that you are not good at it...

-

(sighs) ... (knows she's right)

C#14. FLASHBACK - Avenue, Film set (day).

-

(looks around, crew, actors) Holy , where is Kang Chul?!

-

Ah ah! In "W"?

C#15. Sung-Moo's bedroom (morning).

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(dismissive) Finally something Kang Chul doesn't know to do.

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I keep my commitments. I'll start a company next.

C#16. Avenue, Film set (day).

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No, because the faceless killer followed Kang Chul into the real world.

{FLASHBACK INSERT, W Ep08 - Prison (day) - Killer jumps into the interdimensional portal.}

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This doesn't make any ing sense!!! He cheats by using manhwa, appears or disappears at will.

{FLASHBACK INSERT, W Ep08 - Sung-Moo's living room (day) - Killer teleports here.}

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Do you ever think for two seconds? How the hell would he do that in the real world?

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But that's why he's terrific! Damn it! That means the manhwa phenomenon subverts reality!!!

C#17. Sung-Moo's bedroom (morning).

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I can't believe we're having this kind of argument... (nods no) ... Even less that it happens so often.

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(eyes sore with sorrow) You thought everything would be easy?

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... (doesn't know what to do anymore)

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Welcome to the real world, Kang Chul.

C#18. Avenue, Film set (day).

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This is the kind of rubbish that screenwriter Song Jae-Jong corrected. I have her annotations on the old script. Want to read them?

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... ?!!

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Look... (holds up the screenplay, and runs his finger over the sentences)

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"Delirium tremens from Oh Sung-Moo", "Absurd", "Incomprehensible to the audience", "Fire this first".

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(sickened, laughs through clenched teeth) You're both equally incompetent...

C#19. Sung-Moo's bedroom (morning).

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All this nonsense must stop.

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I'll go get Chul-Moo from your mother. And you take care of our son!

{FLASHBACK INSERT, Yeon-Joo, Ep11 - In Kang Chul's car (evening).}

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We have to make a decision, painful for our family life.

~

But it's necessary, until everything is resolved.

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NO!!!

C#20. Avenue, Film set (day).

The crew is appalled, seeing for the first time... Kang Chul's real anger and determination.

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(angry, shouts) Okay, I do . But you do , the writer does , this drama is a pile of !

No one here would be foolhardy enough to have a confrontation with him, except--

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(yelling) And it's our ing job to produce this !!!!

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(taps finger on Kang Chul's chest) So you get off your pedestal!!! The petty whims, I already have my dose with the chick!!! (thumb towards Hyo-Joo)

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... ?!! (offended, "why do I get involved?")

C#21. Sung-Moo's bedroom (morning).

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(shouts, angry) Are you a mother, Yeon-Joo?!

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... (gasps quickly, desperate)

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WHY?!

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(screams) BECAUSE IT'S NOT OVER!!!!!

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(can't excuse this) We'll talk about it tonight. (walks away)

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Boo hoo hoo. (crying fit)

Class is over. The surviving students leave depressed.
As Song Jae-Jung puts on her coat, Yeon-Joo comes to her.

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Seonsaingnim, do you have some time for me?

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... ?

An office with a big bay window, on the 3rd and last floor.
Yeon-Joo sitting opposite Song Jae-Jong, welcoming but not very patient.

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It's about pure ideas.

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Yes, I noticed that you were intrigued by it. Why didn't you ask your other questions in class?

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... !

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You would have shared them with the other students. I don't give private lessons.

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Wait! I... I couldn't. It involves my personal life...

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(??) ... (hand sign, "go ahead")

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Does the pure idea really come from nowhere?

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From outside ourselves, invoked by our selfless desire.

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Isn't it absurd? Or impossible?

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Yes, it is. But it is so. Are you disappointed?

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No, on the contrary!!

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... ?!

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And so these ideas carry a hidden, unforeseen meaning?

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A coherent sense, but unexpected. Let's say... unimaginable.

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So, in the context of an ongoing story... ... a pure idea could cause a new... seemingly impossible event.

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Get to the point, please!

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I am professional in writing and drawing manhwa.

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... (nods respectfully)

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The one I write seems to be blocked forever. All the logic of the story proves that it can't continue.

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(chuckles) That's a little crazy. But you make me curious.

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The heroine died mummified, and the hero holds her in his arms forever.

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Look. (takes out her smartphone, and shows the final scene of "Butterfly Girl")

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... ?! (looks)

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It says "END", and nothing can change that to "TO BE CONTINUED".

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(?!) ... Make an errata, create a sequel?!

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Let's imagine it's impossible.

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Take the example of "W", as if it were real. The ending must be cancelled in the manhwa, consistently.

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A mummified dead heroine is hard to bring back...

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What if the manhwa contains a pure idea? The meaning of which has not yet been revealed?

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You could have put a dose of magic in it? It's handy for resurrecting people.

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No, it's a fantasy world, but without magic.

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(dismayed, amused) Aigoo... ... I haven't had such an absurd conversation for a long time.

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... (serious)

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(laughs) Oh oh oh!!!

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... (devastated)

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... ? (sees Yeon-Joo, stops smiling)

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... (shaking, trying hard not to cry)

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... !! ("ununderstandable, but more serious than it seems")

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I don't know your manhwa, but let's say it contains a pure idea.

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This will definitely cause an unexpected or impossible twist.

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... (hope)

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If you can't unlock this situation, someone else can.

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(turns her head, to herself) ... Who?

Mi-Ra looks from right to left, disgusted, tense.

:

If I could make them all disappear...

She is at the sauna exit, at the hour of the offices closure.
Lots of people, happy to leave, joking with each other.
She is dressed in a y, gothic style in black, fishnets revealing her skin.

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(a passerby) Hey, it's Halloween before its time.

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Halloween? (turns to the unknown man)

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(nastily) You know what you're talking about...?

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What? (stops and looks her up and down)

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... You son of a .

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(tilts his head to see her ) You're not friendly to potential customers.

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(eyes going crazy) You think I'm a ?!

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Hey! What's the point of dressing like that, otherwise?

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(coldly enraged) You're gonna die here and now, you bastard.

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Start by calming down, .

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AAARRRAH!!! (hits him with her bag, like a slingshot)

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Ouch! ing .

Mi-Ra strikes again, but he dodges and moves quickly towards her.

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I'll calm you down you . (raising his hand to slap)

The man's slap starts but--
SNAP!... is suddenly grabbed by a powerful hand! Behind him.

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Even when she is unpleasant, we don't hit a woman.

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!!!

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!!! (can't see who intervened, hidden by the other man)

Slowly, the unknown savior forces the passerby to lower his hand, revealing himself.

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(angrily) I don't need a--

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... !!! (Mi-Ra sees his face gradually appear...)

... Kang Chul!!!

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... !!! (also sees Mi-Ra, surprised by her beauty!!)

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... ?! ("unbelievable, such a handsome guy exists?")

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... (frowns... seeing her teasing style)

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Let go of my arm!

Kang Chul distractedly releases him, while he continues to look at Mi-Ra, puzzled.

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I don't have time to waste on nonsense. (leaves)

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... (stunned, can't take her eyes off Kang Chul and his elegance)

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... ("such a beautiful woman, very classy, but... that touch of vulgarity?!")

Yeon-Joo sad and pensive, facing the end image of "Butterfly Girl" on the tablet.
Doon-Dinn-Dong, ringing of the gate. (!!) Yeon-Joo, invested with a light joy.

An elegant and muscular man is waiting in front of the gate.
Yeon-Joo runs to open the portal.

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(smiles in spite of sadness) Do-Yoon!

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Oh Yeon-Joo.

(Kang Chul wears a cap to be discreet during these scenes).

C#1. Avenue in Seoul, In a cab (evening).

Cab stopped. Seo Do-Yoon looks curiously at the traffic jam and the cars honking.

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(on smartphone) I'm afraid I'm one hour late, Oh Yeon-Joo.

C#2. Gangnam, Bar exit (day).

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(walking towards the exit) What main character? The manhwa is over.

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No more chapters, travel and invocations are free. (wink)

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!! ... I'm still struggling with this logic...

C#3. Gangnam, Bar Toilet (day).

The cabin is deserted when...
KZZT!, colorful interference. Kang Chul and Do-Yoon materialize, cramped in the cabin.

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It would be so much easier if I could do it.

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Sorry Hyung... (smiles) Reserved for the main character. (opens the door latch)

C#4. "W", Dressing room (day).

Do-Yoon shows Kang Chul... ID card, money, smartphone.

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What I used on my previous visits.

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Perfect.

FZZT!, colorful interference, they disappear.

C#5. "W", In front of a clothing store (day).

Kang Chul is waiting impatiently.
VRRKK!, A convertible sports car brakes nearby. On board, Do-Yoon!

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President Kang!

C#6. Gangnam Avenue, Film set (day).

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(looks around, the crew, the actors) Holy , where is Kang Chul?!

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Ah ah! In "W"?

C#7. "W", In front of a clothing store (day).

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(to the smartphone) Hyung! I need you. ... and I have some bad news.

C#8. Gangnam, Bar Toilet (day).

Kang Chul closes the cabin latch. FZZT!, colored interference, he disappears.

C#9. Film set + Sung-Moo's living room (day).

Kang Chul leaves the set and heads to a bar, talking on the smartphone.

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... A compromise, Yeon-Joo.

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... (apprehensive)

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Three days without our son, and not one more. Meanwhile, I don't want you to be alone.

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(!!) But who do you want to--

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Do-Yoon!! I don't know if he can help us... ... but he is the only one who can share your pain.

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...... Let's do so.

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See you later, sweetheart.

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... (feels better)

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Being Kang Chul's wife... You don't have an easy job, Oh Yeon-Joo.

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... I'm not always... easy either.

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(to smartphone) You're fired.

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..... (upset)

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I've been his friend for 10 years, he never compromises with the truth...

Kang Chul grabs a coat and leaves.

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President Kang, where are you going at this time?

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(orders) Send them a request for immediate visit.

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... and he makes his decisions unilaterally, without explanation. You are the only one he listens to or notifies... sometimes.

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... (feels understood)

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(confident) About Soo-Bong, he won't give up and neither will you... (sad) Because... Soo-Bong wouldn't have given up either.

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... ?!

Soo-Bong is lying on a combat mat, sweating.

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Just two minutes, Hyung, then we'll continue.

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(looking at the clock) It's been one hour since we were supposed to end.

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You want to go too fast, tomorrow you'll be sore.

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It doesn't matter, Hyung, soreness doesn't stop from moving.

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Kang Chul told me that you weren't brave. But of all the beginners I've trained, you're the first one to put in so much effort.

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... (not listening, concentrating on recovery)

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(smiles) Now that I think about it, Kang Chul was less diligent...

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... (sad, lost look)

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(grieved) Spending time with you will also help me to overcome this.

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... Please... This training...

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... ?

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Tell that to my husband.

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... (smiles) Sure, I will.

Yoon-Hee grabs a cake from the box and Crunch Crunch, eats it.
She evaluates a drawing of Princess Dong. Discontent.

:

Something is missing...

Yoon-Hee draws a character on her tablet, while Mi-Ra looks at her.

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(annoyed) Look what you're doing! You're drawing lines and filling in colors. Like a children's coloring book!

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(confused) But... Seonsaingnim... Isn't that what drawing is all about?

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Hasn't that old wreck Oh Sung-Moo taught you anything?

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!!

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(angrily) It's flat, ridiculous, it makes me sick!

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A drawing is not defined by its lines or its colors. It's defined by its shadows!

Mi-Ra takes an American comic book on a shelf.

Dracula, by Gene Colan.

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This artist was a master of the shadows. (opens a page and shows it to Yoon-Hee)

Two figures, faces engulfed by blackened areas.

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You see? In the darkness, everything blends and strengthens with beauty.

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... (looks carefully)

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Shape is only what emerges from the darkness.

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(amazed, to herself) So obvious... how have I never seen it?

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Thank you Seonsaingnim. You are wonder-- (looks at Mi-Ra) !!!!!

(mad maniacal stare, holds up a big cutter)

~

My heart had stopped beating.

{FLASHBACK INSERT, Ep14 - Mi-Ra's entrance (day).}

ZRACH!!! Mi-Ra strikes the sword into the door, right where Soo-Bong was.

~

I thought she would slash me with the cutter, the same way.

KRATSH! Mi-Ra smashes the cutter on the comic book. Screaming and crying--
Slash-Strish-Zratsh! She slashes it frantically, mad as hell.

Yoon-Hee is blackening Princess Dong's shapes.

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Wow! With this relief, she looks even fatter than me!

Yeon-Joo, Kang Chul and Do-Yoon, next to the tablet, stuck on the end image of "Butterfly Girl".

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Someone else can fix this. It can't be otherwise.

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I don't know your manhwa, but let's say it contains a pure idea.

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This will definitely cause an unexpected or impossible twist.

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If yourself can't unlock this situation, someone else can.

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Song Jae-Jung is unaware of the problem. She buys a good conscience by giving false hopes.

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... !! (hurt, but determined to overcome)

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I know how she works. I have no confidence in--

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(elbows Kang Chul, looks at him sternly)

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... (agrees with that, but won't stop about the rest)

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Jang Soo-Bin! She is the original writer.

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Soo-Bin is even less able to provide a solution.

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... (don't want to get emotional, "let's go to the depths of the issue")

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When I tried to draw on the tablet, nothing printed.

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Only you and Soo-Bong could. The manhwa considers you its true authors.

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But even the true author can't do anything now. The manhwa must be unlocked by an important character first.

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However the characters are now in stasis. When the faceless killer unlocked W, he was in the real world.

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But in W, he was not affected by stasis! An important character may be in this case!

The conversation continues through the radio receiver.

~

Fairy Spark or Park Sin-Moo both have a reason to want the sequel.

~

Mmmh... (thoughtful)

Young-Sik and Sang-Deuk have the faces of the last survivors of a nuclear attack.

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Boss... Boss... This is completely beyond us.

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Crazier than anything we could have imagined...

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It's so huge, Boss. It gives me goosebumps.

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Holy God, for once you're right, this is beyond us.

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In W, it was a stasis caused by the main character's awakening. But here, we have an ending stasis, a different concept.

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But it remains possible, we don't know what happens in this case.

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In my case, I was frozen in a river. But I didn't want a sequel. So maybe...

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What is this character doing in this case? Walking around in a frozen setting?

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No idea. And this character has to have awakened before the end.

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Does it make sense for a universe to remain frozen endlessly...

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That's why there has to be a solution. The manhwa must necessarily come to the real end, with "FINAL CHAPTER".

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No certainty. It took two months for W to get unstuck. Without the faceless killer, W would have got a true ending without "FINAL CHAPTER".

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We can just have faith in that.

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Only it's out of our hands. I just have faith that we'll find a solution, but I don't see one right now.

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Since the tablet is blocked, I'll draw the sequel on another one.

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It will be a simulacrum, a parallel story. None of the characters will be alive, and Soo-Bong just a few in ink.

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I know it well.

~

But publisher Park is asking me for episodes, I have to honor our contract.

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An encrypted language...

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They master it so naturally!

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And they use that... even at home...?!

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Real paranoids!

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... Cold calculators... leaving nothing to chance... ... systematically eliminating all risks...

Soo-Bong boxes against a wooden board while laughing.

~

But it confirms that this weird guy out all night long is their accomplice.

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Park Soo-Bong, former assistant of Oh Sung-Moo... How convenient...

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So there were three of them in this murder case?!

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... Yes... Poor Oh Sung-Moo really didn't have a chance.

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(disgusted) Ugh! All of them like vultures, picking apart his corpse.

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However, this Soo-Bong had problems. That's why they brought in a replacement, Do-Yoon...

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(frightened) Boss, they're running a sprawling gang!!!

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... They need him urgently to plan another job...

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Even if we don't understand anything, it looks like.

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hhhh... They're not gonna be easy to catch, even with that radio transmitter...

Disappointed, they sink back into their chairs, sighing.

Satisfied, Yoon-Hee sags back in her chair, huffing and puffing.

:

I did it. The first episode I start.

Four empty cake packages on the table.

:

But I have to finish it too...

On the tablet, Wang Shin's smiling face, a bandage around his forehead, hillside setting.

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(looks at Wang Shin) ... Hey! I draw him better than Soo-Bong now!

She takes the computer keyboard.

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Okay, now that they've landed safely, a sentimental story starter.

Yoon-Hee types on the keyboard.

~

Excited, he looks at her lustfully.

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... No, that's too saucy. (deletes, types something else)

~

Troubled, he feels his heart beat faster as he looks at her.

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... No. How could he have feelings already? (deletes)

-

Besides, he probably still thinks about Lady Cha. He'll need a lot of consoling, hi hi!

On the poster on the wall, Cha Yu-Sun looks enraged.

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But he'll get over that in the end! A character as depressing as her creator...

On another poster, behind Yoon-Hee, a terrifying figure of shadow and dust...
... the Queen of Darkness seems to stoop over Yoon-Hee, her eyes seething with hatred.

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So... (typing)

~

Grateful, he looks at her with benevolence and a touch of admiration.

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It's best to walk on eggshells... To write a veeery gradual, gentle love story.

-

... Like a slowburn drama where the kiss doesn't happen until the last episode.

Happy, she looks at Wang Shin's drawing on the tablet.

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Hi hi! He's so cute!

Yoon-Hee closes her eyes, puts her lips to the drawing on the tablet...
... starts a big kiss on Wang Shin's picture...
The cold and hard touch of the tablet becomes warm and tender...

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... ???

(confused, opens her eyes... then widens them)

Yoon-Hee is kissing a very handsome man, who also has wide eyes.
He is dressed in Joseon era adventurer's clothes, with a bandage around his forehead.
The kiss seems to have no end, so much Yoon-Hee and Wang Shin are surprised.