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~~sorry jae who is reading this and horribly scandalized~~

and then something unlocks and Yu Junghyeok is getting a flood of interest, amusement, frustration, fun, pain, annoyance, affection, calculation -- just a whole host of emotions share, even as he realizes he is being shoved under water and absolutely cannot win this fight it's still kind of exciting and exhilarating and if he's using the pool's abilities he doesn't need to be able to talk

-You should know along with healing these pools have some other extra effects

Booker reaches a hand up to grab at Yu Junghyeok's throat]

[well at first there was only confusion, surprise and profound annoyance as he fell into the pool]

[but then he gets slammed in the psyche with a flood of unsettling and unclean and wrong and his own emotions rapidly shift into alarm, concern, an even deeper confusion, disgust, horror.

no coherent thoughts are coming out of his head, just a panicked string of the closest approximation to what the hell what the hell what the hell what the hell that goes on and on.]

[then the DOPPELGANGER FROM HELL GRABS HIS THROAT. and all thoughts get drowned by SIRENS AND ALARM BELLS]

[pulls out his sword and chops off Booker Storm's hand in a panic as he stumbles out of the pool with the same exact energy as a cat who just slipped into a tub!!!!!!]

[as soon as yu junghyeok is out of the tub he is free from the emotionshare as well which is probably a huge relief.

honestly his hand being chopped off doesn't hurt that much, Junghyeok keeps a sharp blade, and his stories continue to leak from him, swirling into the water. If Junghyeok bothers to try to read them he'll notice they aren't all stories he recognizes. Someone named Squid is mentioned, getting written up for getting into too many fights. Someone named Reid Solo waits quietly for a door to open. Someone named Booker Storm drinks coffee until 4am while following a rabbit hole on the internet...

Booker comes out of the water with a big heave of breath, coughing, and watches his hand float away from him before his tail reaches up and snag it]

...Ow.

Edited Date: 2025-08-10 12:09 am (UTC)

[.5 second interlude as his eyes skim over all of those stories]

[but then Booker emerges again and he instinctively takes a step back, holding his sword out in front of himself in a combat stance]

—WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?!

[looks at him and just

]

[starts laughing.

not at all threatened and really, sincerely amused]

[drenched and puffed up like a furious (wet) cat and EVEN MORE APPALLED BY THAT SIGHT AND REACTION]

[turns around and books it!!!!!!!]

[wow

where are you even booking it to, yu junghyeok

after a moment of staring at the space he was in, booker pulls up a screen to Watch]

[TO THE NEAREST ELEVATOR, just frantically pressing every button on the wall in a row to call them all at the same time]

[oh honey

booker is going to be stuck in the pools for a bit waiting for his hand to reattach so he'll just watch to see where junghyeok ends up for a bit]

[after a few seconds, one of the elevator dings and he steps inside it as soon as the doors open]

[she's carrying a heavy-looking bunch of printed paper and has to peek from the side to see him]

Mr. Dokjaebi, hello.

Edited Date: 2025-08-10 12:51 am (UTC)

[FURTHER STARTLED BY TINY GIRL WHO JUST CALLED HIM SOMETHING THAT SOUNDS LIKE A SLUR]

[presses the button to go up. up? down? wherever the subway is, prolly]

Are you okay?

[GIRL WHY ARE YOU TAKING HIM THERE, WE COULD LOSE HIM IN THERE]

[well, he's soaked and dripping water everywhere, with his sword out, minus eyepatch, and also palette swapped so....... you tell us, Catherine WORLDMAKER]

Who are you?

Edited Date: 2025-08-10 01:08 am (UTC)

[I mean she's not going to judge. Mr. Dokjaebi has special rights

but that question changes things thx]

...I'm Catherine. I'll explain how we know each other in a bit, but first, can I ask for a favor?