After seeing that post on the community, I couldn’t shake off my unease, so during the waiting time for the music show, I began searching for posts written by “
Dalli
” in other communities and posts where members of the
Ppappamo
community mentioned them.
Please negotiate from 1.0.
1
#Phone #Information #InfoSale #SellingNumber #RZ #RAIZE #GSH #PRSM #PRISM
Scammer bastard, scammer bastard, scammer bastard, do you feel good when you take my money and sell false information and make a fool of others? Give me my money back. If I run into you on the street, know that you won’t walk away unharmed. I’ll track down your home address and your phone number.
The first thing I found was a screenshot of a several-years-old SNS sales post filled with all kinds of initial consonant hashtags, captioned with words that clearly showed their anger. It looked like they were fuming after being scammed while trying to buy information.
‘Ah…….’
What is the point of exposing a fraud in transaction where the seller is a bastard and the buyer is a bastard?
As I pondered such a thought, my gaze fell upon the densely packed text, devoid of any spaces. I rubbed my eyes hard with the palms of my hands, feeling dizzy.
‘F**k, go to the hospital. Please.’
If your mental state wasn’t in order, you should go to the hospital. I didn’t understand why they were showing off their symptoms by harassing an innocent idol. There must be plenty of hobbies that could make better use of their time than this nonsense, so I couldn’t understand why they stubbornly kept repeating this harmful behavior.
Wants To Buy RZ Dormitory information. No scams. Seriously.
‘Why do you keep buying information when you’re stupid enough to keep getting scammed? You should have learned something after getting scammed once.’
Just reading the post written by that sasaeng made me feel like my intelligence was under attack. I didn’t expect someone ruining their life by stalking others to be particularly smart, but as a human being, wasn’t there some kind of lowest point that you should never sink to?
D-100 to moving next door to Seonghwa.
…I don’t know.
I had no idea what this person’s problem was.
‘Why … do they live like this?’
As I stared down at the post with contempt while having such thoughts, Zen, who was pacing around the waiting room with a toothbrush in his mouth, snapped a picture of me with his phone.
“Leada is in 100% contempt mode. We don’t see that often, so I need to document it.”
“What?”
“That’s the expression you make when you get stressed from watching a lowly creature. For reference, 20% comes out when Nagi Zen makes a stupid mistake with the choreography.”
Ah.
Nagi Zen’s mouth had been running wild since the early morning.
No matter how badly he messed up the choreography, I didn’t think I would feel even a fifth of this contempt.
…..Maybe.
As I was finding solace by mentally denying Zen’s self-destructive joke, Do Yuda, who had been listening to our conversation, raised his thumb with a solemn expression, and joined in.
“25% comes out when I forget the lyrics. I win.”
I wondered if it was okay to say something like that so confidently, but since Choi Jeokhyeon, who had already drawn out the 90%, was still by my side, I realized this was nothing in comparison.
“Ugh.”
“Oh, no!”
The stupid conversation came to an end when Zen, who was brushing his teeth, stormed out of the room in a fit of retching, and I was left alone again to face the 100% creature.
I told him to focus more on performances next time, and he listened well. I’m proud of him, hehe. He got first place because of me
.
“Haaa…..”
‘Raize isn’t a ballad group, so what else should he focus on but performances?’
As I quietly watched their post, this person felt different from anyone I had seen so far.
I was someone who had mastered the art of reading the true nature of ugly humans.
If I, a master of reading the nature of this kind of people, felt something different about this person compared to other sasaengs, it was definitely something that should not be dismissed as mere assumption.
“…….”
When I recalled the countless sasaengs I had encountered, I remembered they all had twisted love and a desire for affection towards me. However, the only thing I felt from this person was an overwhelming narcissism, and a craving for attention.
It felt like they were intoxicated by the idea of creating “
my persona
“, someone who could easily manipulate a successful idol and have a close relationship with them.
‘The text message they sent me was the same.’
That wasn’t the only problem.
When people tried to talk to them, they would give irrelevant answers, and whenever something upset them, they would blow it out of proportion and erupt in anger. It was clear that their social skills were at rock bottom. Perhaps because of that, they had tried to force a sense of belonging by posting everything they had experienced in the community. So, why on earth did someone like that suddenly disappear from the community?
‘How could someone who was so addicted to the community that they could withstand all sorts of insults just suddenly quit, especially when nothing significant happened?’
After thinking about it, I came up with a hypothesis.
‘.…There’s a possibility they made new connection with someone.’
That sasaeng was so naive and stupid that they got repeatedly scammed while buying information about five different idols. How on earth could someone like that have gotten my phone number and contacted me without a trace?
It seemed like there was someone who could provide the same level of interaction and information as the community. There was also the possibility that they had made friends with someone similar to them, since people tend to stick with their own kind. But this sasaeng had such a twisted personality that it was hard to imagine them maintaining that kind of relationship.
Since that
someone
wouldn’t associate with this sasaeng without any gain, I began to suspect that they had intentionally approached Dalli for some ulterior motive.
‘Who would benefit from having a sasaeng targeting me?’
As soon as I had that thought, a cold memory surfaced in my mind.
[Wow, there’s a fake Seo Yutae in RH Entertainment’s new group omg omg]
‘The presence of an obsessive sasaeng alone can have a huge impact on a celebrity’s condition….’
Weren’t there already people who had stepped into this community, trying to sabotage Pantheion by any means possible?
‘Don’t tell me…..’
A familiar face popped into my head, and I instantly felt a surge of revulsion.
***
The concept of
Pet Talk
was for the Pantheion’s members to become animals living in the Muses’ house, so unlike in the first mission of Survive IDOL competition, each member was assigned a species commonly seen as pets.
We were divided into dogs, cats, and rabbits.
And while in the first mission of Survive IDOL, my team wore animal costumes like something out of a school play, the outfits for this
Pet Talk
were much more casual, featuring cute everyday clothes with animal ears attached to headbands, hairbands, or hoods, giving off a much more relaxed vibe.
As I was waiting for the other members after changing into my outfit, Do Yuda soon came running out, wearing a headband with black puppy ears that were half-folded.
“Hyung, you dressed up really fast?”
“You’re the one who is slow.”
At my blunt reply, Do Yuda pouted his lips, and then looked me up and down before making his comment.
“I thought you’d be really picky about the concept since you’re so sensitive, hyung, so I’m shocked that you’re down for this. You’re such a picky eater.”
“I’m not picky when it comes to work.”
“Our hyung is really serious about being an idol.”
If you live as an idol, you shouldn’t make comments like ‘
this concept is not good
‘ or ‘
that concept is not good
‘.
If the fans like it, you should just keep your mouth shut and do it. That was my personal belief.
Of course, there were some members I was worried about.
For example, Lee Hwayoung.
But it didn’t matter.
“I’m a little worried about whether Nicholas-hyung will be able to accept this concept.”
“If he can’t accept it, so what? If he has to do it, he’ll do it.”
“…….”
A top-class producer could make even that Lee Hwayoung woof and meow.
As I nodded while thinking that, Zen, who had somehow changed into a cheese-colored hoodie with cat ears, came up next to me.
“Leada, we’re on the same team. Meow.”
Then, using the arm sleeves with paw print jelly on it that had been given out to all the members, he poked my cheek repeatedly.
“You must not fall for that stupid dog’s schemes. Don’t let your guard down.”
“We’re not divided into teams right now, you know?”
While I was sighing as Pat and Mat started bickering like always, I heard Woo Kangwon’s voice.
“I-I feel like my outfit looks different from everyone else’s. Am I wearing the right one? It think there’s some kind of mistake….”
That guy was looking at me with anxious eyes, fidgeting in place.
The rest of the group was dressed in oversized, fluffy, pastel-colored outfits, but he was given a black collar and leather jeans, so he must have been worried about whether he was wearing the right costume.
“Your concept is Doberman, so you shouldn’t wear clothes like ours. Besides, there’s another person who’s not wearing a cute outfit.”
As I answered, I pointed my finger in the direction of Lee Hwayoung.
At the end of my fingertip, there was Lee Hwayoung, bending at the waist in front of the stylist, wearing a fancy white poet shirt with frills reaching up to his neck and a black ribbon. Not long after, cream-colored Siamese cat ears, darkening toward the tips, appeared on top of his head.
Once everything was set up, he looked just like a cat raised in some rich household, and I couldn’t help but clench my teeth.
‘Ah, I shouldn’t laugh.’
I had said with my own mouth that I wouldn’t let it slide if anyone made any changes to the concept, but seeing Lee Hwayoung like that was kind of funny. It reminded me of the time when I took Lee Hwayoung to an amusement park and put a headband on him when he was little.
“HAHAHA.”
While I was desperately holding back my laughter, Do Yuda openly burst into laughter from beside me.
As if in resonance with him, I found it even harder to hold back my laughter, so I bit down on the tip of my tongue, grabbed my phone, and took a picture of Lee Hwayoung.
‘I should send this to Choi Jeokhyeon.’
Just as I was expecting Choi Jeokhyeon to laugh like crazy when he saw this picture of the 20-year-old JackJack, Zen gave Lee Hwayoung a double thumbs-up and complimented him.
“Mister Lee, you’re pretty cute.”
“Be quiet.”
At Zen’s “
cute
” comment, Lee Hwayoung didn’t hide his irritated expression, tightly pressing his lips together before responding curtly. Do Yuda, now accustomed to Lee Hwayoung’s temper and able to ignore his irritation, casually walked over to him, took a selfie, and then looked around.
“I want to take a group photo, but Kiryang-hyung isn’t coming out. Did he faint while changing clothes?”
As soon as I heard Do Yuda’s words, I grabbed the nape of Baek Kiryang’s neck, which was sticking out from the corner of the dressing booth, and dragged him out.
“Why aren’t you coming out quickly?”
“Aa, ouuh!”
Then, a shrill scream, unable to be finished in human language, faintly echoed through the waiting room. Soon after, Baek Kiryang, wearing a headband with gray rabbit ears, appeared in front of the members.
He crouched down, flinched, and began muttering like a maniac with a desperate look on his face.
“I’m not cute enough to wear this kind of outfit, what people criticize me for being ugly? What if people find my face while searching for rabbits on SNS and start telling me to die because it annoys them? What if I get called gloomy and told to leave the group because I can’t fit in with the members?”
“Useless thoughts.”
When I dismissed the crybaby’s nonsense with cold indifference, he sniffed and rubbed his eyes with the back of his hand. His eyelashes were damp with tears, and his eyelids were swollen and red.
As I watched the drooping rabbit ears twitch every time Baek Kiryang sniffled, I recalled something the employee with glasses had once told me.
“You don’t have to worry too much about Kiryang-ssi crying so often, Seungbeom-ssi.”
“Seungbeom-ssi might not know this, but a handsome man sniffling … is in much higher demand than you might imagine.”
.
…I don’t know, you crybaby.
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Translator’s Corner:
1.0 에눌가능. Basically the seller is open to negotiation (에눌가능) starting from 10.000 won. Koreans use 1만 = 1x.000 to write price. Like, if 1.1 then its 11.000 won, 2.0 20.000 won. If they want no negotiations, they would write 에눌 x .
HONESTLY I’m never one to understand the fandom market culture, so I’m not really sure if it means “you will get 10.000 discount” or “you can get negotiate the price starting from 10.000”. However in this sentence, they used the word “please” in front of it. So, I just assumed the latter. Because if you’re offering discount, you’re not using the word please like??? It’s more when you warned the potential buyer beforehand that they could only negotiate the price from a certain fixed price. Well anyway … I’m open to new knowledge everyday, so if anyone knew, feel free to tell me … I could always ask the people in sbt communities … but wouldnt it be awkward if I was asked what it is for since I’m not idol merch collector, and I answered it’s for novel I tled ….. ↩︎
Me … I’m the demand…..