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[𝘚𝘜𝘕𝘎𝘏𝘖𝘖𝘕 𝘗𝘈𝘙𝘒] WITNESS 01.

Dry, sarcastic, and occasionally insufferable—those are probably the most accurate words anyone’s used to describe Sunghoon Park. He’s pretentious, yes, but not without reason. Born into a prestigious family and currently reigning as Head of the Academic Decathlon Team, Sunghoon’s the kind of person who looks perfect on paper.

In real life? He’s harder to read. A little sharp, a little jaded—like someone who learned early on that being guarded is safer than being generous. People have tried to take advantage of him, and it shows in the way he holds himself: carefully, deliberately, always a step ahead.

He goes to some exclusive academy buried deep in the city, the kind of place with Latin mottos and legacy admissions. But you and Jake met him the summer you all turned twelve, at Camp Evergreen. It took one long, sunburned summer to chip away at his walls—and when they finally cracked, the three of you just...stuck. Since then, it’s been the same rhythm: meetups throughout the week, inside jokes, unspoken loyalty. You’re not sure when it stopped feeling temporary—but now, it’s just the way things are.

[𝘑𝘈𝘒𝘌 𝘚𝘐𝘔] WITNESS 02

Jake Sim is—and likely always will be—an enigma. Student council president, captain of the rugby team—he’s the guy people either want to be or be with. From a young age, he had a knack for charming just about anyone. And now that he’s older? That charm usually works its magic on women more than anything else.

He’s got it all: brains, charisma, and to top it off—he’s ridiculously good-looking. Despite being involved in nearly everything, Jake’s no open book. He rarely speaks without a purpose, every word measured and intentional. To outsiders who caught him in passing, Jake was quiet—reserved and gentle in speech unless the circumstances demanded more of him, and if so—he would flip his demeanor like a light switch. When he grew taller than you once you’d turned fifteen, the girls started noticing him more, which eventually tumbled into a series of short-term relationships and escapades because Jake believed in “giving everyone a chance.”

If it weren’t for the fact that you were next-door neighbors, your paths might never have crossed. Too different, too distant—your worlds never meant to overlap.

[𝘕𝘐𝘒𝘐 𝘕𝘐𝘚𝘏𝘐𝘔𝘜𝘙𝘈] WITNESS 03

Originally from Okayama, Japan, Niki immigrated at the age of nine after his father landed a major business deal overseas. From a young age, Niki’s curiosity was intense—often to a fault. By his early teens, it had become clear to his parents that his inquisitive nature could easily lead him into trouble. Hoping to curb this, they sent him to Camp Evergreen, believing that a remote setting, far from the distractions of the city, might offer fewer opportunities for his curiosity to get the better of him.

Little did they know, he has murder on his mind and won’t stop until he solves the mystery stealing his time at the lake.

[𝘊𝘈𝘔𝘗 𝘌𝘝𝘌𝘙𝘎𝘙𝘌𝘌𝘕] [WHERE THE END BEGINS.]

Tucked in a remote part of a town three hours away from the city, Camp Evergreen is a place frozen in time. The days roll languidly in the water, drifting through the lake on old wooden boats—the camp itself still has the same facilities it did in the 80’s: the singular pleasure you have available in the summer is the old soda machine a twenty minute walk down to the town market and the few bottles of pop and lemonade they may have stashed in the back. Despite being a camp—it’s typically reserved for kids who need a place to be supervised and tossed to when their parents needed a break. Sunghoon’s parents thought it’d be a valuable experience for him to live like a “normal kid” much to his trepidation, but that slowly changed the moment he found himself getting dragged into yours and Jake’s rambunctious side quests. Jake’s parents weren’t home much, and he practically lived with your family all year. On the summers your parents wanted to go visit your grandmother abroad, they would send you both here so as to not separate you—fearing what sort of rebellion would result from that.

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