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KCON: Collision of Worlds

Glossary (for those new to K-Pop and League)
KCON – A Korean music and entertainment festival that originated in Los Angeles in 2012 that has become a hot ticket for American fans of K-Pop and Hallyu (Korean Wave) entertainment. Beginning in 2015, additional KCON events have been held in Abu Dhabi, Chiba, Paris, Jeju and Newark.

LCS – the League of Legends Championship Series, Riot Games' official professional League of Legends competition in North America and Europe and the premier event for the game on either continent.

Girls' Generation – A legendary K-Pop girl group that debuted in 2007 and is signed to SM Entertainment. Their hits include Gee, Genie, Oh!, Party and I Got A Boy. Their Korean name is So Nyuh Shi Dae (abbreviated to SNSD), of which Girls' Generation is a rough English translation. Among their many awards are wins at the Seoul Music Awards (the K-Pop equivalent of the Grammys) and a 2013 YouTube Music Award which they won competing against Western artists.

Cloud 9 – an American E-Sports team that Hai co-founded in 2013 as a League of Legends team. At the time of the story, they have already expanded into DotA 2, Hearthstone and Super Smash Bros.

Top laner – as the name suggests, this player is responsible for the top lane in League of Legends.  Champions that a top-laner might play are often tankier (more  resilient) ones but can also include fighters, mages and even marksmen.

Mid laner – as the name suggests, this player is responsible for the middle lane in League of Legends (and therefore the shortest path between the opposing teams' bases.) They tend to be especially strong mechanically. Also often called AP (Ability Power) Carry because the mid-laner is often tasked with being the team's primary magical damage dealer.

KCON 2014
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California, USA
August 9th

It was not long after Girls' Generation had performed at KCON as one of the headline acts, and Tiffany Hwang was anxiously searching around backstage for a wallet she had lost just before their performance, when she had gone to  buy water for some of the other members while on a pre-performance walk.

As she turned around a corner, she saw a pretty  and fair-skinned girl who looked familiar. She was wearing a skirt that went past her knees, plus dark blue Mary Janes with no socks, and had long blonde hair  with tips in a shade of blue slightly darker than her shirt, which bore a logo and the name "Cloud 9 HyperX". Close by her was an Asian boy with short black gelled hair and slightly tanned skin wearing tan khakis, black Nikes and the same shirt, and in his hands was the wallet she was  seeking. Both were anxiously looking around.

"Excuse me, is there anyone who lost a wallet?" He was asking, evidently worried about returning it to its owner. At that moment, the blonde girl  close to him turned her back.

Relieved and excited, Tiffany immediately rushed over to him.

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Whilst the rest of the team had been meeting IU, Teen Top and VIXX, I had found the wallet lying on the floor. I hadn't even looked at its contents thoroughly for any clues as to who the owner might be – the last thing I wanted was for the person to find me at that moment and think I was a thief. Aurora had offered to go with me to look for who it  belonged to – or give it to Lost & Found if it took too long. Neither of us was counting on me getting surprised – ganked, if you will – by a very attractive lady who was still wearing the black and white dress I'd just seen her wearing onstage.