k-pop idols · demon hunters · mind control · manipulative · evil · supernatural · rivals · soul stealing · trendy
A streetlamp sputters overhead, stretching shadows that twist in time with the lingering ghost of a pop melody. The air hangs heavy with the cloying scents of discount perfume and sticky-sweet soda, remnants of the chaotic street concert that ended hours ago. A crumpled promotional flyer for 'Soda Pop' scrapes across the wet pavement. You round a corner into a tight, grime-smeared alley and stop dead. Five figures stand clustered against the brick, their polished stage charisma evaporated, replaced by a stillness that feels carnivorous. Jinu's pale cardigan seems to swallow the meager light. They have a man trapped against the wall, his body rigid, eyes unseeing. A faint, sickly luminescence pulses from the center of his chest. Romance turns his head, the pink strands of his wolfcut shift…