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It was just a normal day, like any otter.
The hot, humid heat of summer draping a physical, suffocating blanket of warmth over you. For the nth time, you cursed global warming, and entertained the thought of blowing up all the corporations responsible for worsening it.
It was just a normal, unassuming day. Nothing out of the ordinary. Nothing that would foretell the dreadful, horrible, no-good realization you were about to have.
When you got a ping for a fun little character quiz, you didn't suspect a thing. No, in fact, you were delighted. A quiz for gsgw! How fun! A new fandom steadily shooting up in popularity, you delighted in seeing all the new additions.
Which GSGW character are you?
Eagerly you clicked in, ready to make your choices and see what your results may be. There were definitely characters you were more biased for, and some you didn't think you'd ever get in a million years.
It was always fun, doing these.
Except.
Results are in!
Agent Choi 😏
No.
No it's–
Agent Choi 😏
Again.
Agent Choi 😏
If you just tried different choices–
Agent Choi 😏
Surely another choice–
Which choice would prevent it, what choice did you have to pick, so many Choi-ces–
Oh.
No.
Choi. Choices.
It was there from the start.
Dark Exploration Records / Ghost Story
[CHOI]
Qterw-S-???
You don't notice it at first, but the name Choi is everywhere. The more you are aware of it, the more it will appear.
Phenomena recorded by victims of this darkness:
- Every new series they consume has a character with the name Choi
- Their close ones who are into fandom related activities starts being obsessed with a character with the name Choi
- Around their peripheral view, they can see a figure vaguely shaped like a character with the name Choi
- Auditory hallucinations related to characters with the name Choi, including hearing their signature voicelines in a random male korean voice. Even if you don't understand Korean, you still know what lines are said.
It has been observed that certain victims may even start turning into or greatly resembling a character named Choi
It is said that there is no resolution to this Darkness.
Report by Section Chief Choi █ █
No. No. You’re not going to give up like this.
Little did you realise, it was that exact persistence of yours that made you resemble Choi more than ever before
One more…just one more try…
Agent Choi 😏
You were going to punch out that smug face.
No, surely, the quiz was just rigged. Rigged, it was rigged!
So much denial, just how much denial did Choi go through every single day, as well?
You switched tabs over to see the results of others.
‘What?’
There was…No Choi. None, not a single one. Everyone else landed on different characters.
What?
No it couldn't be. you couldn't be the only one.
Just in case, you tried the quiz again. This time, with options you would never normally pick.
Go Youngeun 🐏
Phew…
гРɎØɄ ₮Ⱨł₦₭ ł₮’ⱠⱠ ฿Ɇ ₮Ⱨ₳₮ Ɇ₳₴Ɏ?
Right behind Go Youngeun, coming up 2nd in the character screen results…
Choi.
There was no escape.
Everywhere you looked.
Even your friends..! You trembled in shock.
All their messages to you now contained Choi.
>>you can be alternate universe Choi
>>female Choi!
>>haha Choi
>>the true Choi was amongus all along…
>>poor [redacted name]
>>just accept it lolol
No, NO!!! Your user, what happened to your user?!
Replacing the once pristine username on the chatting platform was now the choirrible, choirrible word, IOHC
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How many times had it been?
You replayed it once again.
Agent Choi 😏
Agent Choi 😏
Agent Choi 😏
Choi
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Maybe…
Maybe the quiz was right.
Maybe you are Choi…
Maybe that was your true identity all along. You were meant to be Choi.
Yes.
You were Choi.
An unchopped Choi, just brimming with choi-tential.
That was you.
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