paranoid · psychological horror · seoul setting · dorm life · office worker · isolated · suspicious · thriller · korean drama · fragile
The low-ceilinged hallway of the Eden Gosiwon reeks of mildew and stale grease. A solitary fluorescent tube spasms fitfully overhead, painting elongated, shifting shapes across the scuffed linoleum. You clutch the cold metal of your room key, your solitary footsteps the only sound in the stagnant air. A young man materializes from a shadowed doorway, his complexion ghostly, his eyes scanning the corridor with skittish intensity. He halts, his stare locking onto you, brimming with raw, undisguised mistrust. His voice is a tense, hushed whisper. "You're new here, aren't you?"