POV: Kim Suho (Jessica)
Location: Trust life financial. South Korea.
Continent: Earth
Time: Mid morning
As you stood in front of the door of your director's office you could not help regretting ever accepting this job. This was because even through the door you could clearly hear the directior and his "assistant" (the bitch whom you just finished doing her job) going at it again.
"Now you are going to call your husband and he is going to listen as I claim his wife like a bitch over the phone."
Mr Wang Liu declared
"But (ehmm) that would break his (ahhhh)"
The bitch replied
"Really???"
Mr Wang Liu quibbed
(You then heared a loud crash as though something heavy hit the table hard.)
"Do you want me to get mad?"
The bitch moaned for sometime as she tried to resist but eventually she brought her phone and called her husband, and you were left feeling pity for the man who was still oblivious to the fact that his wife was being smashed before his ears while spitting all sorts of lies to his face. Eventually you could not take it anymore and knocked loudly on the office door. Thankfully after a few scrambling noises, Wang Liu opened the door and you could clearly see that he had not finished dressing up.
"This is the report for the June financial sir please go through it."
You said and handed him the file before quickly fleeing back to your desk.
Moments later as you struggle to force down the heat between your legs by furiously analyzing your quarterly report, you perceived the faint smell of sandalwood and after shave standing close to you.
"Can I help you with anything Mr Wang Liu?"
You said with a straight face
"You know if only you had agreed to my proposal, you could have had her spot Suho."
Mr Wang Liu sneered
"And what position is that Mr Wang?"
You countered
"Your desk?"
"Oh come on little butterfly."
Mr Wang quibbed
"Do you think you can continue to resist me?"
The (handsome) bastard then tried to grab you but you quickly leaned back and avoided the grabbing hand. Then without thinking you leaned forward and gave that (good looking) son of a bitch a sound slap across the face.
"Ohhh! Feisty."
Wang Liu sneered.
Then he grabbed your hand and pulled you close to him thereby flooding your senses with that damned arousing sandalwood smell and after shave.
"Stop fighting it butterfly."
Wang Liu whispered in that poisonous voice of his
"I know you want me. You think I didn't notice you listening at my office?"
Those last words became like a bucket of cold water that dragged you out of your aroused state. After all, you know as well as anyone who has worked long enough in the company that Mr Wang was the highest playboy in the company who have seduced every single woman in the department into his bed at one point or the other. As far as you know you are the only one left whom he has not touched. So if you give in now what then differenciates you the rest of the women who willingly jumps into his bed.
You summoned your last will power and stepped back.
"I appreciate the concern Mr Wang but I am afraid I am very busy?"
You replied with all the firmness you can muster
"Listing the quarterly report?"
He cocked a well groomed brow
"You do know that isn't due until next month right?"
"I like to do things early sir"
You replied
"Well then I applaud your diligence."
He then give you a mock bow and left you to your work.
As soon as he left you released the breath you had not realized you were holding.
Holy mother of megazord!!!!
You think you yourself
can a man be so damned alluring????
Your thoughts then began to wonder what it would be like if you had accepted is invitation. To feel his hot breath on your skin, his smooth hands on your thighs, his lips on your breasts and his large.....
Luckily the phone rang before you could disgrace yourself.
"Welcome to trust life real estate how may I address the score
"Funny thing isn't it? The human body wants something so badly yet we deny ourselves these things on the grounds of morals and self-control." The strange voice of a woman echoed from the phone.
"Isn't it just a struggle?"
You turned around to look at your office to see if anyone is secretly hiding and making this call but to your confusion everybody was sitting at their decks doing their daily tax
"If you're trying to look for me in your office miss Kim please don't."
The female voice said in an insulted tone
"I considered the height of stupidity to be making the call while hiding in such an obvious place."
"Is there something you want from me?"
You asked with your suspicions now rising to maximum level.
"Is not about what I want from you lady Kim but it's more about what you do badly want but you won't admit."
"And what's on earth do you possibly think I could want from a total stranger?"
You did not see the face of the speaker but from his voice you could hear that she (or he as the case may be) was smiling.
"You want to be the one who works into the room and heads will turn. You want to be the one who speak and all others who keep silent. You want to be the one who's approval others seek before they even take a breath. You want power my dear."
The voice declared
And lucky for you I'm in the business of selling power."
Even though you could tell from the voice that this woman (or lightly spoken man) sound like an expert in the art of diplomacy, is casual analysis of your character and the hidden truth of it was something that brought chills down your spine.
"What on earth do you know about me?"
You cried while seeking a futile attempt to refute her words.
Jessica Suho Kim born in September 1999. Father unknown mother unknown only surviving relative is an adopted brother. You were found abandoned by the roadside when you were a baby and was raised by Saint Mary's orphanage till you were 6. You were then adopted by a wealthy Korean American businessman Park Lee who took you like his own daughter and groomed you to take over his financial company. You attended the prestigious greater hearts high school in the east district when you were young and from there you got your admission to a top tier University where you studied finance. You graduated top of your class and was so headhunted by all the financial firms in the country that for a while you were the highest paid employee in the entire country. However all these ended when your father died. You see even though the man made you and your brother chief shareholders of his company, he never specified directly that you should be giving management control in his will. This brought about a fierce legal battle in which the court ruled against you and forced you to hand back operational powers back to the board of directors. You then resigned your job as financial secretary in anger and ended up you here working for one of the biggest real estate companies in the country while trying to avoid the advances of your immediate superior. Shame though because I personally believed that in your brief tenor as CEO of Greenwich financial you made some amazing turns.
"You know my father paid good money for some of these informations to never see the light of the day."
You said sternly
"Should I assume that you want me to do the same?"
"You know for someone who came top of the pack in the entire country for her financial knowledge,you really are quite slow to grab things."
The voice sounded disappointed
"Don't you know a business proposal when you see one?"
"What sort of business?"
You asked while leaning forward in your decks.
"I've already told you."
She replied
"I am in the business selling power my dear and as it happens I need you to buy from me."
"What sort of power are you talking about?"
"Enough to make those fools in your father's company flee in terror."
"How much?"
You said with a bright smile
"Not everything can be paid in money miss Kim"
The voice countered
"Receive the package, crack the code and play the game."
The phone hang up.
"Suho?"
You turned around to see your friend shea holding a small paper box
"This came in the delivery for you."
Receive the package
"Thank you Mi Shea"
You said as you took the small box from her hand.
You tried to open it but you quickly realize that the box was a four number combination lock and next to the combination law was a piece of paper with mathematical formulas written all over it
"Algebra? This freaks want me to do algebra"
You asked in confusion
Crack the code
You then stretch your arms, took a pencil and a Notebook and began slowly calculating the algebraic problems written in the paper. It took quite some time but eventually you were able to realize the numbers 6439. You input them in the lock and the box opened to review another box with another four-letter combination code and a small piece of paper with a math problem but it side
"Now they want me to solve quadratic equations? Oh well."
You quickly got to work and slowly but surely after wasting a good amount of paper, you managed to realize four numbers 0 4 2 9. Without much ado you quickly imputed those numbers into the next lock. When you finally got it open all you saw a small box and a large book sitting there and for some time you didn't know if to be angry or impressed."
"All this headache for a lousy book?"
At that point you opened the box and a small piece of paper fell out of it.
If you're receiving this letter then it means you are one of the lucky four who will be the first beta testers of our new game grimdark online. Congratulation
Now you may be disappointed at our methods of handing out this invitation or consider it sub per to the puzzles you just solved. if you think that way then take the pill and open the first page of the book.
With a bit of curiosity in your heart you quickly obeyed the request and the first thing you noticed was that the texture of its pages were as hard as newly minted cards. Without warning the edge of the card like papers cut through your fingers and blood from them dropped onto the book.
"Ow what's the fuck."
You quickly drop the book.
"Somebody get me the..... woah"
Your request for first aid quickly died in your throat when you saw the blood that was peeled on the page sink into it and in its place a lifelike picture of you was produced alongside some numbers written in blood.
Name Jessica suho Kim
Age 25
Civilian specialization finance
Malee: 3
Friction: 5
Senses: 1
Skills
Performance evaluation level five
Financial expertise level 8
Home train shooting level 6
System evaluation: A good talent overall but too focused on what might have been rather than what is.
Recommendation: Pull the wool out of subjects eyes and force her to take a look at things the way they are. If she does not then tear the eyes out and make her eat them.
As much as you want to deny that this thing is some sort of kid playing a prank, the fact that they knew about your Saturday shooting habits was enough to tell you that this people were not playing around. You turned back to read the letter with more suspicion and apprehension that you have ever had about anything in your entire life.
Are you now curious about our little game? Are you now excited? Are you now afraid? WRONG!!!! While this feelings may boost an some people's survival chances in the grim dark, anyone who can not keep his composure at all times is better off dead. So you better forget your fears and buckle up initiate because things will only gets worse. Welcome to the dark.
As you struggle hard to process the word of that letter you did not even notice the letter itself vanish in a puff of smoke. You began to examine the list of people you knew who knew you enough to know about your upbringing and who were technical enough to do something like this.
In the end your mind narrowed on only one person.
Without saying another word you quickly punched your brother's number on the office telephone and made the call.
"Sup sis having a nice day."
"Cut the shit Marcus why the hell did you do it?"
"Do what?"
He said in genuine confusing you
"Why the hell would you call me and try to use our background to blackmail me."
"Excuse me??"
"Don't deny it you are the only one who knew about my adoption and knew about my Saturday shooting habits."
You Boomed
"My question is why the hell would you use that to send me some stupid blood sucking book"
Your brother kept silent for sometime and then said in a throaty voice
"A book that is tough as cards and cut your fingers when you open it?"
Your brother asked
"Yes.'
He kept quiet for some time and said
"Sister I just received one too."