Hemlock was something of a myth.
Not the plant, of course. That was real.
The person, however, was a different story.
The person known as Hemlock was like a modern day bogeyman.
She, he, they, it, no one knew.
Nobody knew when Hemlock came to be in this town.
Nobody knew when the stories had started.
Nobody knew if they should believe the people who claimed to have seen Hemlock - they tended to lose their minds shortly after the supposed meeting.
Anyone who went looking for Hemlock tended not to come back.
They could, of course, simply have gotten lost - the forest where Hemlock was rumoured to live was dangerous.
Hemlock was like a twisted version of a private detective.
People who wanted to catch their partner cheating, or find that deadbeat dad who eluded them, well, they went to Hemlock.
More often, it was dirty business. Find that old partner who cheated them, or the guy who humiliated them in school.
Sometimes those people ended up dead.
Sometimes maimed.
Rarely were they left with no mark of Hemlock's attention.
The only thing the town agreed on was that Hemlock should be left alone.
Hoseok really should have listened to them.
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Hemlock - Jung Hoseok
Misterio / Suspenso"Are you good or bad?" ~ "Why do they call you Hemlock?" "Call it a nickname." "Can I trust you?" "What do you think? You know, there's more than one type of Hemlock. 50/50 chance." "I don't have another choice." ~ Hemlock Tsuga Si...
