Epilogue

We The Living Few

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Epilogue.

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“Will they know?” Baekhyun says as he stands in front of the mirror. He buttons up his shirt, white and crisp. “Do you think they will?”

“We won’t know if we don’t try,” I tell him and he smiles at our reflection.

“And if they do find out?”

“Then we run,” I say. “We run so fast they won’t be able to catch us.”

“You know I have always wanted to do that,” he says as he turns. He flips the switch of the kettle and it almost immediately begins to boil. “I wanted to get out of VITA with you and run until we can’t anymore — or at least I can’t anymore.”

“We can still do that,” I tell him and he opens up two packets of tea at once, placing each bag in little cups. “We can run like through the field, then into the woods.”

“You’re right.” He smiles and as the kettle flicks off, he picks it up and pours the boiling hot water into the cups about a third of a quarter through. He places the tea on a table then sits on one of the chairs. Beside the cups of tea is a clipboard, a familiar one we’ve both seen before. Baekhyun picks it up and we chuckle. “Can we take him with us?”

“We don’t leave men behind,” I tell him and just in time, the door creaks open.

We smile as Minseok enters the room, warm in a sweatshirt and jeans. “Hi,” he says and we greet him.

“Hello. Have a seat.”

“How are you?” he asks us.

“We’re okay,” I tell him and he smiles. “A little too excited,” Baekhyun continues.

“I am scared,” Minseok says. “For you and for me.”

“We’re doing the right thing,” I tell them. “You just have to trust me.”

“I don’t know Kyungsoo.”

“VITA is not the answer and we all know that. This is hell not only for the people who believed in it but for the people who went through it. Let’s not let another person suffer through this hell.”

“How do we plan on doing it?” Minseok asks and Baekhyun begins scribbling notes. Donor appears anxious upon entering. A little on the edge.

“We have to hit VITA where it hurts. We have to pull out the roots before it crawls deeper into the core. We have to take out Kim Junmyeon.”

 
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Lakanamihan #1
I just read the foreword and now I'm looking forward to reading this. I'm definitely intrigued!
BlackWhiskers #2
Chapter 11: The ending seems a bit vague. Why do they want to take it down? It seems that it helps people, and there hasn’t been a reason for them to make it seem as if Junmyeon’s a bad person. The fact they’re two people in one body is a side affect, and it can be worked on if they just told him, or it can work as a bonus?
So many questions
BlackWhiskers #3
Chapter 10: So the two are now sharing Baekhyun’s body? Hmm, it seems like a pretty good result, although it’s also a singular thing? I mean, tney’re the only one who are like that considering none of the VITA patients have delivered anything of such notions?

It’s pretty interesting!

I’m a bit astonished with how close they actually seem. I didn’t think Kyungsoo would cry? He seemed like a stoic character and he barely knew Baekhyun. It seems like more of their scenes together and solidifying their relationship for the reader would put us into clearer perspective
BlackWhiskers #4
Chapter 9: I thought it was a dream???? Wtfff. Did Baekhyun really try to kill him self?
Damn, that’s a plottwist
BlackWhiskers #5
Chapter 8: This makes me sad :(
The fact Kyungsoo describes Baekhyun as ‘very clumsy’ gives him actual dimension for the first time. I think the better way to connect with characters it to give them a personality. Sometimes the characters say things and I don’t feel anything because I don’t really know them, y’know?
BlackWhiskers #6
Chapter 7: I wonder if VITA is an economic cooperation, and perhaps it is because it’s so big and has so many branches that it has to be a capitalist institution. I’m interested to know how their money process works!
This whole donation of live actually does work like a donation process, huh? The bodies or the DNA needs to match first? Is that why Baekhyun had a lot of time staying without the hope of good news?
I wonder if Kyungsoo stays or leaves.
BlackWhiskers #7
Chapter 6: Hmmm
BlackWhiskers #8
Chapter 5: The characters all seem a bit neutral? Almost passive? I hope Baekhyun has some sort of in-depthn characterization so I know what kind of a person he is.
It appears that the receptionist isn’t really on her first day? I feel like things are staged to test his mentality? Lmao, am I reading too much into it?
The bods seem like a nightmare. I’m not a BIG claustrophobic but I don’t like enclosed places at all. But if forced, I think I can calm myself down? Idk man I never tread such dangerous area.
Is it actual science, though, this REST? I gotta google it sometimes to see its efficiency.
I thought doners and donee may have different time periods in staying in the institution considering the latter is on a waiting stance or something? Like in actual donation programs for organ transferring? But by Kyungsoo’s question, it seems they too, have a time limit of six months?
BlackWhiskers #9
Chapter 4: This chapter makes me feel sad. Kyungsoo’s answer, even though are stiff and have no emotional package, still manages to stir something in me.
Didn’t expect Minseok to be a survivor himself — but I did think he’d definitely be liscened in Psychology.
I feel that the conecpt of taking lives of people unwilling to live is morbid? If they’re sick enough to not want to live it means they’re not exactly in command of their own choices, and so it’d be sort of abuse to abide to their wish of death; and i can’t imagine a healthy person wanting to die unless sacrificing a life for someone else?
BlackWhiskers #10
Chapter 3: The sense of monotony continues. I feel that eveeything feels stale, dry, and robotic. If you intended for this to be in this way, you’re brilliant. If not, I’d recommend some flavoring— even if it was unrealistic. Perhaps Minseok acting like a clown? Hehehe. It’s give the story spice. But I figure it’s my own perspective. I like diverse characters.
I’m very anticipant of Kyungsoo’s live as it changes or progresses in the institution, and I wonder what Baekhyun’s role play in all of this.
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