Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 295
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Episode 295 – Room 204, Mission Room – ‘Hotel Cinema’ (17)
– Kim Muk-seong
When I came to my senses from the movie, I was standing in a bustling city reminiscent of a university town. While observing the citizens everywhere, brief information about the current situation was fed into my head.
“Black Cafe 25:00?”
This is the name of the coffee shop I have to go to now.
As I slowly sorted out the information that came into my head, I burst into laughter. If this is the cursed room, then one option would be to just not go to that damn coffee shop.
But that can’t be possible. Considering the judges’ evaluation afterwards, you have to go where you need to go according to the scenario.
At the entrance to the coffee shop, there was a sign saying it was closed today. Of course, this sign has nothing to do with me. When I opened the door and entered, there were already four people gathered inside.
“Hmm. I’m a little late. “My name is Kim Muk-seong.”
“no. Everyone gathered a little while ago. “Elder, you can sit here.”
The person who organized the meeting, Do In-ho, a drama writer, smiled and gestured. I sat down at the table and checked on the rest of the people except Do In-ho.
Su-mi Park, a middle-aged woman in her early 40s with an elegant aura.
Han Yu-ri, a beautiful young woman in her early 20s.
Cha Eun-pyo, a fairly handsome young man in his late 20s.
Here is Kim Muk-seong, an ‘intellectual old man’ in his late 60s.
These four people are storytellers. As he was carefully looking around, Do In-ho began to organize the situation.
“As you know, ‘Scary Stories’ is a gathering for people to share scary experiences they’ve had in their lives.”
Han Yu-ri asked with a slight smile.
“Are you collecting the stories we brought up? “It could become the plot of a movie or drama later, right?”
Do In-ho agreed.
“of course. We told you about this in advance, right? “If you don’t like it, you can leave right now.”
There was no one going out. Do In-ho began leading the conversation again.
“The four people gathered here have all experienced something unusual in their lives. We also went through our own procedures to determine the authenticity. However, as is often the case with stories like this, does this make sense? “You tend to want to do that.”
Cha Eun-pyo nodded.
“Are you saying that after hearing someone else’s story, you tell them it’s a lie or the truth, so you shouldn’t tell it?”
“Eunpyo, that’s right. ruler… . Shall we begin now? Let’s do the order clockwise. “Why don’t we talk about Park Soo-mi first?”
“great.”
The first speaker, Park Soo-mi, was revealed to be a wealthy lady by her attire and the bag she placed on the chair. She took a moment to recall her memories of her past and then opened her mouth.
“This story is from my newlywed life. Her husband was running a small business, and the economy was good at that time and business was doing very well. The couple’s relationship was also very smooth. Then one day, my husband said to me with a serious expression.”
The space shakes.
…
What is this? What is this all of a sudden?
*
– First story, memories of newlyweds
I barely came to my senses in an atmosphere where everything was shaking and I felt like I was going to get motion sick. As soon as I realized the absurdity of the current situation, I immediately started cursing.
“Oh, what a dog!”
“Soo, is it Sumi?”
I sighed when I saw the young man in front of me, Park Sang-ho, with his eyes wide open. Let’s just sort things out first.
“Oh my! sorry. I just suddenly got stuck in my foot with something sharp… .”
“Is it sharp? Is it a thorn? “Would you like me to take a look?”
When I saw Park Sang-ho’s attitude dripping with love, I let out a deep sigh. He shook his hand and went into the bathroom for a moment to recheck the situation. What was reflected in the mirror was an elegant woman who appeared to be in her early 20s.
And that’s who I am now. Oh, damn it, really!
*
Two minutes after the movie started, a ‘shocking development’ began and the theater started to get noisy.
“Hey, what is that! Has the grandfather now turned into that older sister?”
Elena muttered, looking at Ga-in with his mouth wide open.
“It’s like a movie within a movie. I think the movie ‘Scary Stories’ itself is composed of four small short stories. “It seems like we become different people each time in each individual short.”
Seungyeop said in confusion.
“In the story of someone named ‘Sumi Park,’ we turn into that older sister, right? “Even in other people’s stories?”
Ari nodded.
“I guess so. “It seems like the storyteller enters the memories of the past and turns into the character’s past self.”
With those words, Ari tapped Ga-in.
“You’re good at this. “You’ve entered other people’s bodies many times.”
“…”
“Don’t touch my breasts this time -”
“W-what are you talking about! What is the fourth story? It seems like ‘we’ are also storytellers, so should we make up the last story ourselves?”
“well… .”
*
“Isn’t it really like a dog?”
“Soo, is it Sumi? are you okay?”
When I heard my husband’s worried voice outside, I couldn’t help but sigh. She couldn’t hold back the swearing. She suddenly turned into a helpless girl in her 20s. How can she not swear?
The reason I endured the harsher insults was because, firstly, my husband was outside, and secondly, what I saw in the mirror was a very elegant and dignified young lady.
Park Soo-mi: It sucks.
As I remembered it from the movie, I checked to see if it had disappeared and found that the chat window was fine. It was a bit weird that even the names were changed to characters. It’s a problem that I’m the only one who can see it, but I’m glad that the blessing seems to work even in my memories of the movie. Maybe you could use a legacy too.
— Kwasik!
The Abras warrior’s arm is also fine.
Funnily enough, the appearance of the right hand had been replaced by the beautiful and slender arm of a young woman in her 20s, and when she lightly grasped it with that hand, the bathtub burst.
After coming out and reassuring Park Sang-ho, who was worried, we started talking.
“Sumi, your brother hasn’t really talked about your parents, right?”
The moment I heard the word ‘oppa’, I got goosebumps all over my body and almost hit myself. After desperately exercising patience, he was able to avoid the Abras warrior’s angry fist exploding Park Sang-ho’s head right from the start.
Let’s focus on this guy’s story.
When Park Sang-ho was young, he left his hometown and settled in Seoul. He is said to have since forgotten his hometown for many years and did his best to live in his city. Fortunately, he had quite a business acumen and not only amassed considerable wealth, but he was also able to meet a beautiful wife like Park Soo-mi.
… I just blushed and said, ‘Oh my, you too!’ Is this the right time to say the same thing? As I listened without saying anything, Park Sang-ho looked somewhat disappointed and continued his next words.
“however… . As time passed, the blood flowing through my body told me to go back to my hometown. People are so amazing. yes?”
“…”
“Sumi?”
“The young man turned out to be quite a philosopher!”
“Soo, is it Sumi?”
“… I made a mistake because my feet were sore. “Tell me.”
One day, Sang-ho Park suddenly started thinking about the hometown he left as a child.
Of course, it is not that I have completely lost contact with my family back home over the past 10 years. It is said that after he settled in Seoul, he sent a couple of letters. However, how can meeting in person be the same as sending a letter?
“That’s why I scheduled this vacation.”
“Do you want to go home and see your parents?”
“that’s right. Well, but… .”
Ah! This guy is so frustrating!
“Just say it calmly. “Tell me.”
“Soo, Sumi, I think you’ll be a bit surprised to see your parents. I often recalled memories from my childhood, but my parents and family members were a bit… . They are unique people. “As you know, they are old people from the countryside.”
Sang-ho, I’m probably older than your parents, so stop talking nonsense.
And young people say things full of prejudice that they are weird because they are old, but those strange people were usually like dogs even when they were young. It’s not that I got weird because I got old, but the weird guy got old, but I can’t tell the difference… .
Huh! Let’s focus on the content of the movie. This ended the conversation with my ‘husband’. I never thought I would have a husband in my lifetime!
Several thoughts came to mind. Since the guide said it was a ‘horror movie’, it is certain that bizarre and cruel events will occur. There is no doubt that the family of that guy named Park Sang-ho must be a twisted family.
I reflected on my experience at the management office and evaluated various possibilities, but so many possibilities came to mind that I could not easily decide on one. This is an issue that needs to be figured out.
…
After that, nothing happened for a while. It was really disappointing that the benefit of ‘omitting’ meaningless scenes disappeared. Three days later, we took the train and left for Park Sang-ho’s former hometown.
The road to Park Sang-ho’s hometown was more difficult than imagined. I thought I would arrive in Gangwon-do by train, but then I took a taxi again and moved to the countryside of Gangwon-do. Is this your hometown? When I asked, I took a bus that came from the countryside once every three days and moved to the mountain valley again.
The location itself is threatening. There is no way to walk to busy places. It’s even more difficult for the physical strength of a woman in her 20s that I’m joining now.
My husband did not bring his own car from the beginning, and the bus comes once every three days. With traffic at this level, it was virtually like an island, and no matter what happened, no one from outside could come to help. The reason why cell phones don’t work is because electricity is cut off from time to time.
At this point, I honestly burst into laughter. From the looks of it, the time period seems to be the 1990s. Did this kind of absurd countryside still remain in Korea until then?
Well, it’s the perfect location for a horror movie.
*
“Hello, mother.”
“baby! “I heard it often from my friend and me.”
“Oh my! Mutual, you bastard! How did you get such a pretty and true girl? “This lady is old, and her eyes are bright!”
“father… .”
The first meeting with my in-laws was more touching than I expected.
Contrary to my husband’s comment that they were ‘unique people’, both my parents-in-law showed a very kind attitude as soon as they met me. Her mother-in-law asked how a ‘city girl’ came to such a rough mountainous area and said she had had a hard time, and her father-in-law was busy praising me as soon as he saw me.
The strange thing started when my husband’s siblings showed up. A young man standing near the barn was looking at me closely, so when I turned my gaze towards him, the young man looked startled and ran away.
— Snap!
“hmm? “That person is-”
“Si, don’t worry about it. “Myeongjin is naturally shy.”
“What kind of person are you?”
My husband quietly grabbed my hand and said – This guy is really giving me skin! – I whispered.
“He’s my younger brother. He’s been acting a little strange since he was young, and he’s still like that now. There’s nothing to worry about. “I’ll tell you later.”
Park Sang-ho’s younger brother wasn’t the only strange person.
“…Hello, Miss.”
Park Hye-young, a middle-aged woman with a somewhat dark and cold atmosphere, and the older sister of Park Sang-ho by 6 years, was at least better than her younger brother. At least she didn’t run away as soon as she saw me.
Unlike me, who concentrated on observing his surroundings, Park Sang-ho seemed to have new emotions upon returning to his hometown after a long time. Seeing his excitement as he contrasted his memories with the places around him, such as barns and warehouses, I started to smile, and Park Sang-ho’s family was also quite happy.
Around evening, I slowly began to notice the ‘strange things’ that Park Sang-ho had mentioned.
For example, this is the part.
“Mom, I take care of the grooming -”
“Oh my dear! A city baby doesn’t have to get his hands dirty! Don’t worry, go to your room. Hyeyoung, you damn thing! “Because you’re late, the city baby has come out!”
When my ‘mother-in-law’ tried to work in the kitchen, she tried to stop me.
No matter how pretty your daughter-in-law looks, is this a typical reaction? If every mother-in-law treated her daughter-in-law like this, the word ‘in-laws’ would not have existed in the world.
“Miss, I’m sorry. “Don’t worry, just go in.”
The behavior of my husband’s older sister and sister-in-law was not easy. This attitude is almost as if a maid would treat a girl from an aristocratic family, rather than how she would treat her brother’s wife or sister-in-law.
… Let’s check a little more.
“Oh, it’s really okay. Would you like me to cut some green onions for you?”
— Tak! visor!
“…”
“…”
“… Baby, you must be surprised. “I was panicking because I was afraid you would lose the knife.”
“Ah, lady. I think my mother was surprised because the blade flashed. You can really go in. “I will prepare dinner well for you.”
What just happened?
The moment my hand touched the kitchen knife, the expressions of my mother-in-law and sister-in-law simultaneously froze like statues. The hand of my mother-in-law, who had been treating me like a royal daughter just a moment ago, moved like lightning, snatched my hand away, and took her knife.
There’s something strange about this house.