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When he got dropped into this world, Kim Soleum realized he was fucked up.
Yes, he was an avid reader of horror stories, and went very deep into that rabbit hole, but one think is reading. and the other one is living it.
At first Kim Soleum was freaking out, his heart was pounding in his chest, trying to pack his bags and run away. Good news, his heart couldn't escape this scenario, bad news, neither he could.
This company is hell. Why is everything a trigger for a ghost story?! Can i resign already?? Okay no, i need to continue working, i need to go home.
Trying to survive while being a secret coward was not an easy task, so he decided that the most effective method to complete them without dying and with the least amount of risk possible, was to speed run every Darkness.
He was wayyy to worried about surviving, and trying not to crash out in the "employee orientation" of daydream inc, that he didn't realize a crucial thing.
Why couldn't he smell the pheromones of his co-workers?
He could only sense his own.
Kim soleum was an omega. Something that everyone liked to remind him on his past work. Being an omega was a pain in the ass, just the title of "omega" dragged down his career. He worked like a dog, day and night, but he never got a single promotion.
His ex co-workers realized that and started stealing his work and branding it as theirs, mostly alphas. All the promotions went to the alphas because they where the "natural leaders" and could do better than him, hell, even the beta's got promoted. In his world, being an omega ment being pretty and submissive to their alphas.
Even knowing all of that, he still wanted to go home.
He didn't like being different, he thought they could smell his at least, but it seems like they are like the betas in his universe, don't produce and don't smell pheromones.
Since nobody could smell him, Kim soleum, started getting used to letting his pheromones roam freely around him, he could smell his fear and anxiety, his scent that was normalie a sweet ripe grape scent with touches of cinnamon and a wisp of chocolate. When he gets anxious he starts smelling vinegary, and when he starts his heat cycle, his scent becomes more intense, more seductive.
Looking back at the past, he now thinks that his past universe and workplace what's that bad. Yes he hated every second of it. But at least he wasn't in risk of dying every single day.
Ignoring the fact the he could die in any second, working in daydream inc. wasn't bad, the D-squad —the one he got assigned after passing the employee orientation exam—was actually a pretty cool team, with nice and friendly people, at first they seemed weird, even cold, they thought matter of factly that he was going to die early on.
His first mission with the D-squad was going into a quiz show, themed darkness. He wasn't very estatic about going there, into the Tuesday quiz show.
He touched the the picture that was a normal quiz show photo… but drained of warmth, slightly distorted.
Inside the quiz show Kim soleum could see the bright lights of the studio, where dazzling his eyes, it took him quite some time to get used to the bright lights of the studio and the podium he was on. In the middle of the studio with a bright light over them, it was the supposed "host" of the show.
An incredibly tall man was standing there, with a vintage tv on their head instead of a human head.
He was wearing a high-quality suit, long white blouse, that accentuated his chest muscles, a matching kaki shirt and pants—oh god he looked hot with that tight pants, marking his round and perky butt...what what am i even saying?!—, a red tie and black leather gloves, his fingers where longer than usual and slimmer, in a way that made his hands incredibly beautiful.
A smile face emoji was being displayed in the tv, he looked so charismatic, a truly remarkable host.
that's when he smelled something.
A scent Sweet like warm caramel, with traces of patchouli and a wisp of bergamot.
Sweet, dengerouse, inviting and addictive.
The scent of an alpha.
Who even decided to put second genders in horror stories?! Who is even going to smell it? Everyone is just like a beta.
The host scent was dominant, truly like an alpha.
When he got out of his trance he realized that
This was the host that incinerated people who answered wrong with just a snap of his fingers
He didn't just realize that, he also remembered something crucial.
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Dark Exploration Records / Ghost Story
[Chorus of the Sacrificial Lambs] 1
: A ghost story featured in
: Daydream Inc. identification code -
Qterw-A-104.
: A-Class Darkness.
The catalyst of the reclassification disaster that led to countless casualties.
Official record of survivors: None.
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Over the course of 99th explorations, the team got out with out suffering any casualties, but something changed by the 100th
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[oh good evening viewers! The joy of Tuesdays and the heat of Tuesday]
[welcome to the Tuesday quiz show!]
The live broadcast has begun
Kim soleum, was scared, he was wishing and praying with all his might to whoever may answer his prayers. Everything but the 100th session please please please please please.
[this is the session number 99th!] [Our participants for today are.......]
[Mr Badger. Ms Falcon and Mr Roe dear!]
[A round of applause to our outstanding contestants please!]
The invisible crowd,
started cheering and clapping for the new participants
Kim soleum dropped the breath he didn't know he was holding
He was so happy to be the 99th and not the 100th even tho, to be the 100th there was supper low chance, so you had to have an incredible amount of bad luck to end there.
The host started the quiz, everyone got the answers right, but Kim soleum was exceptionally outstanding at the last question, making him the mvp of that session.
He was about to leave with the grand prize he won when something happened, a broadcast error. More company employees appeared in the podium.
[oh no]
An employee with a zebra mask that was standing next to Kim soleum, he seemed to regain his sences
With a snap in the hosts fingers, the flames ignited.
The employee with the zebra mask was consumed in a salient blaze, his mouth open, as if he was trying to say something before he perished
All that remained where ashes.
A faceless staff rushed to the host and frantically whispered something on his ear
[..! Ah, I see]
The host turned to look at him
[it's hard for me to say this but..]
The emotion on the tv changed from a smiling face to a sad emoticon
[Our show was..just canceled]
[To be precise, the Tuesday quiz show was canceled, that segment is going to be replaced]
And that's how the whole D-squad—with the absence of its leader— became the brand new participants of the new segment, The Tuesday choir.