˗ˏˋ SOMNAMBULIST [crossover] ᶠⁱᶜ 'ˎ˗

A Kingless World (1)

Kim Dokja could come up with two conclusions.

1. This crazy woman is the first apostle.

2. That same apostle has somehow taken over his workplace.

For some reason, he wasn't really surprised. Too many bizarre things had already happened, it'd be odd to fuss over someone committing office domination.

Still, he couldn't help but wonder how it came to this. It shouldn't be easy to tame a large group of people, let alone rule over them while they tremble in fear.

Of course, unless you're a really bad person who likes power abuse. The apocalypse seemed to have many of those.

"INTRUDER!"

'Huh?'

The man snapped out of his thoughts when he heard a sudden loud yell, turning to see someone already pointing at him.

'Me?'

"GET HIM!" Another person yelled.

Kim Dokja's eyes widened. "WAIT-!"

It was too late. People had already swarmed and tackled him to the floor, and he was engulfed with a strange scent before gradually passing out.

As he lost consciousness, he could hear the distant sound of evil laughter from that vile, vile plagiarist.

"Tie him up."

Oh, for God's sake--

Dokja's vision went black.

When he fluttered his eyes open, he was in a cage. He had to squint from the brightness, his slightly blurry vision slowly focusing to reveal the short-haired woman standing outside the bars with folded arms and an almost Cheshire grin.

For some reason, he felt some sort of deja vu.

"Finally awake, huh?" Han Sooyoung said with a bit of mockery, causing Dokja to roll his eyes.

"You knocked me out for no reason."

"Is it for no reason if you've made me your slave once by forcing me to write a whole book without sleeping?!" Sooyoung argued back, looking visibly annoyed.

Kim Dokja shrugged without any ounce of guilt. "You intruded on my station with the intention of destroying. It was a fair payback."

"Ugh-!" She couldn't even retort to that.

"Anyways, shouldn't you be telling me how you ended up... ruling the place I used to work in?" Dokja asked as he took a look around him.

It was the rooftop of Mino Soft. Although it's only been a little while since he was here, it felt nostalgic. The place where he used to spend time at during break alone because inside the building felt suffocating, had turned into a place where many of these cages were present. Some of them were empty, while some were filled with people lying down or groaning or crying or shouting...

Han Sooyoung's grin returned. "No reason for me to tell you that."

"Figures." Yeah, that was expected. The woman was petty.

Despite that, he asked again. He thought that she would at least answer this question. "Who are these people?"

"Assholes, annoying people, air polluters, waste of space," Sooyoung answered simply.

She couldn't tell him that a certain white masked man had told her she was free to lock up annoying people worse than trash.

"Am I considered as one?"

She smirked. "You are."

Then there was an audible click from the cage's door, causing him to perk slightly before it opened.