Hi!

One of my favorite arcs! Reread it and then some. He was probably disassociating/terrified while carrying the palanquin with the ‘Agent’ to the ritual site.

I think the paper boat being symbolic of his moral code of ‘returning the favor’ is pretty neat.

(Added parts of the process as well and I was torn on which version to make as the main picture. I wanted the one where it covers his eyes but it seemed too romantic/soft for that part of the novel.

The banners were inspired from the sample artwork by arkaingel on the notion archive!

His track record on the dark exploration records is crazy. I wish we get to read this version of Baek Saheon.

Anyway I think I had more fun writing this mock up employee record, here it is if you’d like to read:

DaydreamDOS v1.02

Licensed under DreamSolutions v8

boot sequence commencing…

[[SEQUENCE COMPLETE]]

Welcome, kwk_jkng

>employee file record: viper

Access File? [y/n]?

>y

‪user: kwk_jkng‬

‪Clearance Level: ‬█████‪ [[SUCESS]]‬

‪Access Date: ‬██/██/██ ██: ██

‪[[ACCESS GRANTED]]‬

‪Baekilmong Co., Ltd.‬

‪***EMPLOYEE FILE RECORD***‬

Baek Saehon, ‘Viper’

Alias: █████

Species: Human

Gender: Male

Bloodtype: A

Position: Section Chief

Recorded Cases: 106

Status: MIA

Notes:

From Jisam Village, ███-ri, Asan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, no living relatives recorded. (Location currently monitored by Supernatural Disaster Management Bureau, see field investigation report ███ for further details.)

Highly intelligent and able to adapt to Darkness with minimal information. Prioritizes his own survival above all else. High employee turnover under his leadership.

Notably was involved in cases: ███, ███, ███,…¹⁷ see list below.)

On track for promotion.

>status for retrieval

I was mostly thinking about the time after he lost his eye. He was probably all alone in the hospital, and had to take care of himself along with a newly acquired visual impairment.