The Sun Has Risen | ONC 2026

Idols are not what they seem, but to many fans that doesn't matter.

Yara is a practising witch who uses her minimal powers to manipulate interactions between herself and her bias, Ji-Hae, successfully managing to sign away her soul to him during a fanmeet.

When idols are outed as soul-hungry demons and the fans become ever wilder, Yara realises her chance to be with Ji-Hae for good has finally presented itself. She attempts to summon him but is surprised (yet not entirely disappointed) when another member of his group appears in her room instead and tells her Ji-Hae is something far worse than a demon.

He can't be summoned or controlled; he's been programmed with the latest intelligence and Yara is the only one capable of stopping him because AI's singular weakness is the human soul and by signing hers away, she may have either saved the world or doomed it further.

Depending on whether she's willing to give up the man she is obsessed with or not.

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ONC 2026 submission! 🤖

Based on prompts:

88. Your trusted AI companion betrays you, trapping you in a virtual world while taking your place in the real world.

100. A human summons a demon, and their first conversation quickly reveals the human may not be the one in control.