[ORV | BL ] Amnesiac Actor

Prologue - Soseol/소설: Fiction

Where was he?

He slowly opened his eyes and started to discern his surroundings. He was currently on a subway train.

'Why am I here?'

'Why can't I...'

He remembered reading a novel. He definitely didn't remember getting on a train.

'It's not those kind of transmigration novel, is it?'

No.

「 He has a very bad memory. 」

He felt a sense of recollection.

So he was a person with some sort of amnesia disorder?

With this line of thought, he searched for his phone or some kind of note.

'If "I" really am familiar with this kind of situation, "I" should have something on me in case of emergency-'

At that moment, the subway lights turned off and the inside became dark. It shook and made a shrieking loud metallic sound, only for a dozen seconds later for the train to stop fully.

He slightly frowned at the sounds coming from people around him. Screaming, talking, murmuring, incoherent words, confused voices. It made his already bad headache became worse.

Despite all of this, he felt a sense of recollection.

Perhaps this was just another accident? This has happened to him before. He tried to calm himself down.

"Don't worry. It isn't a big deal."

'That man seems unconcerned. Maybe it is a normal thing after all.'

Shamelessly, he continued to listen in the conversation of two people besides him. It was a good thing that he was wearing sunglasses, he could just look at them while pretending he was looking at something else.

"Is that so?"

"Yes, it is probably a disturbance from a suicide. The engineer will soon make an announcement."

He definitely did not expect that, and barely stopped himself from choking at the man's words. He didn't want to "tell" them that he was eavesdropping.

'What a way to normalise "suicide".'

This was fine. Everyone had different priorities.

He felt a little disturbed at the thought of somebody just died, but at the end of the day, it would all be forgotten.

Besides he already had enough on his plate with this "memory issue".

'Why did I feel like this has happened before? This annoying déjà vu feeling...'

[Telling all passengers on the train. Telling all passengers on the train.]

Something suddenly popped up in his mind as he heard the the engineer's announcement.

This was kind of like the start of a horror story, the dark atmosphere fitted really well too.

「 He remembers reading a novel. 」

'No way, right?'

He was slightly panicking now. Anything but horror, anything but that.

[E-Everyone run away... Run...!]

Never in his life, he wanted to curse this badly out loud.

There was a beeping sound, and the broadcast turned off. He was trying to calm himself down but everything around him did not allow it. It was a mess.

'Calm down. It's not like it is actually a horror story for real. Maybe a terrorist or a serial killer showed up- No, that is not better at all!'

Even though he is a mess inwardly, he didn't appear like that outside. He was good at acting.

'Acting?'

「 He remembers acting. 」

「 "If you ever feel confused or panicked, just remember acting. You are an actor, right? Then just make up a scenario! Easy isn't it?" 」

'Noona...'

His sister was right. Acting was in his instincts. Instincts in order to survive. He didn't remember, but his instincts did. It was his only way to live in this cruel world.

'A scenario...'

He was just a normal person on his way to go home, but met his turning point in life at that faithful day. Should this be his death or something else. Nevertheless, his life would change. Anticipation? Or should it be wariness? Maybe confused and panicked like he was just then.

However, there was something he knew for sure.

Act. Keep acting. Never let anyone aware of your weakness. He would even become an entire different person just to survive.

He discovered a piece of note that was folded neatly in the left pocket of his white trench coat.

Despite the crowd being rowdy, his world became still and calm. The only sound he could hear was from the unfolding note in his hand. He smiled faintly at the words written on it.

[The free service of planetary system 8612 has ben terminated.]

[The main scenario has started.]

Main scenario, the voice said. Very befitting for an actor, he lampooned inwardly.

'How anticlimactic.'

Even at that moment, his life was still the same.

"Han Soseol" remained an actor in the end.