SEJEONG POV
Today the director said we would be filming in a village near Yeosu, Jeollanam-do. I remember as a young kid being with my omma and together we would go hiking during school break, It still looked the same, only some shops have changed since I've been here. Lee Seung Gi added that he filmed around here in the past for dramas. Yoo Jae Suk said Running Man was filmed here a couple of times during the summers. Jong-Min said he had an uncle that used to live in the town ocassionally when he wanted to take him and his friends to go fishing. Sehun, Ahn Jae-wook, and Min Young hadn't been here and was willing to enjoy this experience. Sehun and I sat in the back of the car as Lee Seung Gi and Min Young sat in front, I looked down and noticed Sehun's hand was casually resting on my knee, I don't think he noticed, but lately he's gotten better with skinship. It made me smile to see how far we've come since our first time meeting on season 1, now here we are again in season 2. I will hope for more opportunities for us to be able to work together, in my heart I feel it's a long shot, but a girl can dream.
SEHUN POV
It was really peaceful drive to the country side, besides Lee Seung Gi talking about his military days and Min Young trying to assist Lee Seung Gi with directions, when he wouldn't listen to her they started arguing like a married couple. That's when I realized Sejeong had been really quiet for the rest of the drive. Sejeong was resting her head on the side of the seatbelt strap while drawing on the window, I lightly squeezed her knee to get her attention, she turned and look at me. I offered her a jelly from the bag I had in my pocket, Kai had borrowed my jacket and had left the bag in there unopened. Normally I'm not a candy person, Sejeong happens to like jellies. She took one and said thank you, she said she slept fine, but lately Sejeong had been working really hard on her music for her solo. Sehun moved over slightly to let Sejeong rest her head on his shoulder. I asked hyung how much further until we be there, he replied in 5 minutes, but Min Young held up her hands they counted 10 minutes. I nodded and glanced out the window as the clouds and fields past by.
SEJEONG POV
Sejeong was awoken by the sound of a door closing, she rubbed her eyes to wake up. Sehun turned to me and asked "Ready?" "Sure thing." I reply. I got out of the car Yoo Jae Suk is holding a white ceramic jar. "Why are you holding a urn?" asks Lee Seung Gi "Someone left it on my doorstep this morning," explaines Jae Suk and he was told to meet at Guiyi village "strange name for a village." Sejeong thought. Jae Suk explains more about a lady named Ji-yeon who wants justice for her friends death, hye-won, the village needed the truth to come forth. We didn't even know if we were going to be paid. Sejeong found it strange he recieved the urn of the friend, mostly urns were given to family members and kept close to their loved ones. Some people chose to put it in cemeteries, my grandma and grandpa's ashes were spread out along the mountain they used to live and our family would visit them every year to celebrate their life. Lee Seung Gi said the village gave off a spooky vibe, just as he said this, he noticed a woman in white, she looked like she was in mourning while praying. The further we walked in the village the more older women we saw in white, Yoo Jae Suk tried asking them a question, but they ignored him and gave him a strange look.
SEHUN POV
The women wearing white while pushing a pram had a dead stare in her eyes. "Oh goodness this is scary." Sehun said aloud. Min Young agreed replying she's getting the chills being here. "Me too." Sehun agreed. Sehun glanced down at Sejeong, she didn't appear scared, just cold. We later came upon 2 women seperating soybeans from the plants, Sejeong asked the women if they by any chance knew Ji-yeon or a hye-won, but neither women responded. "Could they not hear or were we not aloud to speak to them?" He pondered. Jong Min called out to a woman ahead who was running, she glanced behind her and saw Jong Min and ran faster. Sejeong and Jong Min began their chase without thinking. Min Young and I followed our two teammates with the others behind us. "Why was she running, and why are we running after her? We don't know if this is a trap." I sighed we kept running, the girl lost us as Yoo Jae Suk freaked out and started to swear, Sejeong also stops in her tracks looking down with wide eyes. I try to peer ahead to see why they had stopped their chase. A young girl was laying against a tree, but her face and hands looked like she had been freeze burned. "Oh my gosh." I said behind Lee Seung Gi. Sejeong takes a step closer near the corpse. "Yah, Sejeong!" Min Young called to her. "Sejeong please be careful." I say to her under my breath. Lee Seung Gi follows her like a good older brother to her to make sure she didn't get hurt and to take a better look at the crime scene. "Why did the client ask us to come here." Sejeong questioned. Sehun stepped in front of Sejeong as the women we saw earlier in the village come towards us.
SEJEONG POV
Sehun gives me an annoyed look as I walk closer to closer to the corpse. "She's not going to turn into a zombie, Sehun." I say, but then silence myself as women we noticed earlier come down the alleyway. Yoo Jae Suk tries to tell the women we found the young lady like this, however there is still no reaction from any of the women. Sejeong hears small bells ringing and a shaman appears around the corner. "This lady looks scary." I think as I watch carefully. The shaman rings her bells again and the women begin praying. "The gods of heaven and earth are enraged. They have set out to save this young soul, so please forgive this young soul for the sins she has committed throughout her life. May her soul not be taken by the ungodly ghosts so that her soul may return from where she came." The shaman calls out and then tells the village women to take the girl to the crematory for the body to be burned. Yoo Jae Suk interrupts and asks if she knows why this urn was sent to him at his office. The shaman cackles like a witch in response. All the guys are nervous about this shaman, while Min Young and I stare in disbelief at her and watch as shaman turns away cackling and ringing her bells as she leaves. "There's something weird about this village." states Yoo Jae Suk. Sehun keeps close while I notice he's shivering. "Are you scared Sehun-nim?" Sejeong turns to glance at him. He replies looking at me "I got chills outside."
SEHUN POV
I know I'm supposed to act like I'm not afraid, but I don't like paranormal things. Yoo Jae Suk suggests we split up to find clues in the village. Jong Min and Jae Suk go to check out the shaman's place. Min Young and Lee Seung Gi go take the south of he village and Sejeong and I check the north. Jong Min suggests not taking the urn near the shaman because of the way she reacted to the urn. Jong Min suggests I take the urn. Lee Seung Gi says to Jae Suk, "You're not thinking of leaving to go home are you?" I grinned because honestly I would, now that I know about the village. "Try not to get kidnapped again." Sejeong teases Jae Suk. Jae Suk has nothing to rebuttal "Don't worry I'll keep an eye on him." Says Jong-Min "You're even less trustworthy." Replies Lee Seung Gi. Min Young gives Sejeong a pat and says be careful and stick close to Sehun. "She'll be fine." I promise. "I'm not worried about her, I say this for your protection Sehun." Noona Min Young says with a smile. Before I can object, Noona Min Young continues "Let's hurry Mr Lee, before it gets any colder." "Okay okay." Lee Seung Gi says and follows Min Young. Sejeong suggest going down this alleyway and then walk up. I nod and follow close to her. As we continue walking many women are wearing white, they still refuse to respond to any of Sejeong's questions, not even acknowledge a Hello. "Maybe they can't talk," I say, but stop as Sejeong and I hear a woman crying coming towards us, well not for us just focused on the urn. Sejeong and I look at each other and then I hand over the urn to the wailing ajumma as she cries out, "my child, her body is gone!" "So much for my theory." I think "Are you hye-wons mother?" Sejeong asks, but the women continues to cry. Sejeong tries to comfort her as best she can, and she doesn't give up. Sejeong asks again, "Can you tell us what happened?" The ajumma looks around to see of anyone is looking and then ushers us to follow her. Sejeong and I are unsure, we glance at each other as we follow the woman.
SEJEONG POV
The woman leads us to what I assume is her house. A small dog is there outside, it looks friendly, my thoughts are interrupted when the woman explains to is she is deaf and tells me to write down what I need to ask. Sehun tells me to ask her about how her daughter died. I nod and show her the note. The ajumma says she doesn't know how she died, her heart would ache less if she knew. She thanks us for bringing her daughter back to her. Sejeong smiles kindly to her, however the ajumma warns us we need to be careful, as the villagers are sensitive to strangers. "Oh this is seriously scary." Says Sehun and Sejeong continues to write, "why are all the villagers dressed in white?" The ajumma replies, it's been that way for a long time. Sejeong's next note makes the mother's eyes widen, "what kind of person is the shaman?" It seemed the mother didn't want to talk about the shaman. Sejeong doesn't believe her, but doesn't push the subject. The ajumma says she will try and protect us, I glance at Sehun unsure, but he looks just as puzzled as I am. The woman leaves the house to go bury the child she has lost and she asks us to stay here and wait. I'm going over the facts we so far know as Sehun sits beside me on the porch. "This is scary." Sehun admits. Sejeong is still suspicious and asks Sehun to look around the house with her. "Let's do that," says Sehun. I spot a strange book and calender. "Oh" Sejeong says. "Huh what did you find?" Asks Sehun as I point out the name of Hye-won's name as the day she disappeared. There are other girls name's on the calender as well indicating when they were last seen along with a note "could it be the curse of the shaman?" I read aloud. Sehun points out today is the 18th and So-Hyun name is marked. "It's the burned girl we saw earlier." Sehun says. Sejeong covers her mouth in horror as she believes he's right.
SEHUN POV
Sejeong steps out to get her notepad and pen she left on the porch, I hear voices outside and look to see Lee Seung Gi and Noona Min Young approach. Sejeong begins to let them know the news we found. Sehun shows the strange calender and the girls names. Sejeong continues to look around and finds more calendar pages going back to 2015, where more names are listed and crossed out. Min Young comments all the people crossed out on the calendar are women, I agree and add we haven't seen a male in the village. The four of us continue to look for clues in the house. Sejeong and Min Young find incense sticks with the girls name's like the ones on the calendar along with strange white grainy substance under the desk. "Did she put the curse on the girls or did the shaman ask her to do it?" Sejeong asks "what kind of place is this?" Asks Lee Seung Gi. Sejeong then finds a picture with 5 girls and 3 of them are numbered which ones died. Sejeong believes one of the girls looks like the shaman, pointing to the one on the far left. Lee Seung Gi suggested we search in Hye-won's room now I agree and help Sejeong and noona to stand up. I find her journal and begin reading, "I'm not the type to invade a girl's privacy, however we needed to help solve the these girl's deaths." I find what looks like a picture of her and a boyfriend. I show the others the letters inside the journal so Lee Seung Gi can read them aloud. The letter claimed a girl at the well said a man named Mr Park and the shaman fell in love. Lee Seung Gi thinks the man in the picture was Mr Park, on the back of the picture a message was written. "The village suffered because of this man." Lee Seung Gi tried to convince Sejeong maybe the man had an affair and the shaman is angry. I interrupt and show Sejeong the letter to a lee Jeong-ah, why did the name seem familiar. Min Young gasps "Stephanie!" Sejeong gets excited too as she realised hye-won helped lee jeong-ah(Stephanie) to leave the village.
SEJEONG POV
As I continue searching Hye-won's room, Sehun whispers for my name and tells me to come quickly. The ajumma returned to the house, she looked nervous after seeing more people at her house, but didn't say a word as she goes to retrieve us a beverages. The mother expains to us the peach tea drink will help keep bad spirits away. Lee Seung Gi spots the white grain substance in the drink, "what is the white salt stuff?" He asks, but then remembers she's deaf. He shows the ajumma, she continues to say its to keep the spirits from harming us. Unnie didn't buy it and spit it out after putting the drink to her lips. Min Young continued to write in the notepad and ask the ajumma questions, unnie must know the ajumma was hiding something like I suspected. The ajumma believes the other children are alive somewhere and asks us to bring those scared girl back to her. I glance at Sehun to see if he believed her, he rolled his eyes at me as if to say. "Here we go again." As we leave the ajumma's house we wish her well; Min Young gets a text from Ahn Jae-wook and he's now arrived at the village. Lee Seung Gi asks what direction he's at, Min Young gets his location and follows it. I'm so cold and tired I begin to lean on Min Young, but Sehun must have noticed and nudges me, "Yah Sejeong, you're younger than all of us stay awake." Lee Seung Gi teases, I pout and follow Unnie to find Jae-Wook. Lee Seung Gi and Min Young are ahead of us and wave to Jae-Wook. "You really didn't need to come and lessen our shares," Sejeong says to Jae-Wook. "huh?" Jae-Wook asks confused. Min Young is smiling, "she doesn't want to divide the money." Min Young explains.
SEHUN POV
I follow closely to Sejeong, Lee Seung Gi moves me over a bit as I realise we are in their camera shot. I guide Sejeong back towards me and stop her with my hand so she doesn't trip.
Ahn Jae-wook tells us his taxi driver said this village was a scary place. Jae Suk and Jong-Min join us as Jae-wook explains more the taxi driver said about the village. Apparently the young girls in this village die, and the problem in this village is the older villagers lie instead of telling the truth. "HUH?" we all ask confused."Did you meet the villagers?" Jae-Wook asks. "Yes," everyone says. "Then they all lied." Jae-Wook continues and then adds "...unless they are young girls, they tell the truth." "This village is weird" wait..."So everything they said is the opposite." That means the only one that's alive from the 5 girls is Stephanie? Yoo Jae suk added the shaman is Stephanie's Omma, There's also a photo ofthe young girls that have died and one man on a shrine wall they found in the shaman's place. Mr Park. Sejeong and I nod in confirmation."His full name is Park Yi-do." Jae Suk finishes."Park Yi-do!?" exclaims Jae-wook. "Why why," asks Lee Seung Gi. "The taxi driver's name is Park Yi-do!" Says Jae-wook. When he says this I feel ice down my back, "Did the taxi driver look like this?" Sejeong asks holding up a picture of the man. Jae-Wook eyes get wide, he looks as if someone walked over his grave where as Jae Suk exclaims in horror, "we found his urn at the shaman's place." Jae Suk says loudly. I remind everyone okay they all lied, so it's the opposite. Jae-Wook found his voice again, "I remember his name seemed odd, but the scary part was, as I got out of the cab I turned around and the cab had disappeared without a trace." Sejeong can't contain herself and screams. Yoo Jae Suk grabs this chest because he wasn't expecting the scream. "Yah you scared me Sejeong." Lee Seung Gi says "Why did you scream?" Ask Jae Suk trying to laugh off his near heart attack. Sejeong can't help but laugh in embarrassment while Sehun turns around in circles making sure no one heard her, but also to check for a taxi ghost."Are you sure his name was Yi-do?" Min Young asks. Jae-Wook assures her he is definitely sure. Jae Suk tells Jae-Wook to just go home and Sejeong can't help but agree. That means a ghost drove me here and Jae Suk got a call from a ghost. We should leave says Jong Min I nod in agreement with my fellow coward for once. Sejeong then mentions, "the villagers said all the young girls died, but if the driver said all the villagers lie, then it's possible the young girls could be alive We must save them if we can." Sehun adds, "they must be hidden somewhere." "Oh shoot, why did I have to open my mouth?" I realise because Min Young and Jae-Wook agree to look for the girls.
[I wanted to thank my fellow readers for being so paitent and supportive, while I'm recovering. I made this chapter longer for the viewers. I will update again when I can enjoy ?]