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HA-EUN LEFT THE DIRECTOR'S office as soon as the director herself came back, leaving her to talk to the half-and-half as she felt they had a lot to talk about his situation, and that she was also needed with the escort team.
ha-eun passed by several grim reapers in the company's lobby on her way to the escort team's office, greeting her with a chorus of 'ms. park' and bows while she subtly nodded at them, not having the energy to greet them back seeing as she was already late for the briefing of the escort team.
unfortunately for her, the briefing had already ended when she finally entered the office, earning her odd looks from the staff as she appeared rather disheveled from how she rushed into the office, meanwhile, joong-gil simply sighed, before walking towards her.
"where were you? are you causing a disturbance on the editing team again?" joong-gil questioned, staring ha-eun down as she shrugged, smiling up at her older brother before leading the entirety of the escort team out of the office and into the halls of jumadeung.
she walked beside joong-gil as she reviewed the names and faces of the souls she was assigned to escort for the day, frowning as she saw a face that felt familiar to her, but for some reason, she can't recall how.
"what's wrong?" joong-gil asked, seeing the look on ha-eun's face as she kept her gaze on the tablet, glancing back and forth towards the name and face of the soul.
"huh?" ha-eun mumbled dazedly, not once sparing a glance at her brother until joong-gil tapped her on her shoulder. "i'm sorry, what?"
"i asked what's wrong."
"it's nothing. i was just shocked by the number of souls i need to escort for the day..." ha-eun trailed off, chuckling lightly as she fixed the tablet in her hands.
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JUN-WOONG OGLED AT THE vastness of jumadeung, eyeing every intricate detail that the architecture had from the walls to its chandeliers, while the director simply walked alongside him, chuckling at every "ooh" and "wow" that comes out from his mouth.
"they sure look impressive." jun-woong remarked as he stared at the escort team strutting down the lobby, their pressed suits and poise facade sure adding to the intimidation that radiates off them. "what's that team?"
"that's the escort team." the director answered as jun-woong continued to watch them walk in front of a man that he assumed was their team leader, but the one who caught his attention the most was the woman beside him. "what living people think of when they hear 'grim reaper.' the best of the best of jumadeung are gathered in that team."
"wait, isn't that ha-eun?" jun-woong exclaimed, pointing to her as she talked with joong-gil, unaware of the certain half-and-half watching her from above. "the escort team sounds like a great fit for me, for starters, that suit would look great, and i'd have a familiar face to come to."
"yes, that is ha-eun." the director confirmed, smiling before she turned jun-woong to face her, breaking off his attention from the retreating figures of the escort team. "and for the latter part, not at all."
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HA-EUN SIGHED TIREDLY AFTER ESCORTING another soul to jumadeung, cracking her neck as she examined her tablet for any more souls that she needed to escort, and at last, she was on her final soul, but it was the one she dreaded the most the whole day.
the stench of life and death filled ha-eun's nose as teleported to the hospital wherein the soul she was supposed to escort was to die, the constant beeping of the vital monitors ringing in her ears as she strutted down the brightly lit halls of the facility.
as ha-eun neared the room the soul was supposed to be in, she paused as nurses and doctors rushed before her and into the room, yelling out medical terms that she can't even be bothered to learn or understand.
when ha-eun finally reached the door, she watched through the small opening as the doctors tried to use the defibrillator on the woman who laid motionless on the bed, while the vital monitor continued to display a flat line, its continuous beep ringing in the air as they stopped, defeated looks on their faces as they stared at the look of peace the woman seemed to have on her face.
ha-eun continued to watch until the people inside the room left after pronouncing her death, their shoulders slumped as they failed to save her, but she can't help but feel a slight ache in her own heart as she approached the soul who silently stared at her own body, tears slowly cascading down her face.
"lee ye-na, born 4:28 p.m. on august 14, 1998. death by natural causes." ha-eun stated, her voice frightening the soul as she turned to her, fear and panic etched on her face. "this life has been collected. please follow me."
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(sorry for the short chap. i got caught up studying for my summatives . . . )
