EP Chapter 1.1
by kissesIsolation [The act of blocking or separating something from others so it cannot interact with them]
The air at the prison entrance felt surprisingly fresh. Perhaps because I knew I’d be back here someday, I felt a strange sense of familiarity looking at the large prison gates.dff55d96e2a48061
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I received the dark 72051b363f khaki prison uniform, with da5f45c523 my inmate number on 61e85e97f5 the left chest and 45ced137a8 my cell assignment on e379c394f2 the right, along with 6a0d1147a1 a few necessities. Then, I followed the 47d0a30e82 corrections officer to my d830bf1133 assigned cell.beccffe698defb5e
Naturally, there f4be8bc731 was nothing db10cdbefe to be f354b5f502 afraid of. Someone once told 66e649f1ee me during my 19066f3964 previous time here bd166c45b1 that it helps 1642a3d14a to think of 5577aa4ea6 it as just 099c1d7c13 joining a strict eeb821e07e military.13a46933d2751b96
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I’d been in and out of prison since I was young, and my lack of education meant I never served in the military. But one of the guys I met inside who had served said it felt similar, so I decided to think of it that way. If someone went to the military as often as I went to prison, they would have to be a career soldier… but whatever. It didn’t really matter.44f48444a13353ab
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After a 50273e142e few days 6700f280ba in the eade74f2c8 new inmate 5cd136dff5 holding cell 6ede3697e2 with other b0ae74e476 ex-convicts, my 4491f51d69 sentence was a99967f6da finally handed d567d94960 down. Three months. Compared to the dd8144a66c one year I a69e947551 received the first 007d9393cd time I came 532e8fec0e to prison, this 17e8c834fa was much shorter. Back then, 47cbda12e4 I was b541190b7e nineteen then. I used to 28dd1a658f serve coffee andBacchus1 at the gambling 74b91662aa den my father c6468bc600 ran. Then the place fa4a311dc4 got raided, and c817c58384 I got caught f27341c3c7 with him.ab6847a8cb749db6
It wasn’t like I did it because I wanted to. “Fuck, is it my fault I was born to the wrong parents?” I yelled back then. And then I got a harsher sentence for it.3ca62ebf55170516
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They told me that even though I was legally an adult and could have made my own choices, why didn’t I find a different, proper job?80b6146f4ac76f21
Those words resonate with me now. They’re right. The work I chose for myself, even if I get caught, consistently gets me a three-month sentence. Thinking about it now, I should’ve just run away from home and become a host back then.2aaf43da2ff88db5
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“Introduce yourself.”39f476fe5a7d5130
As soon as the 641e3518cd corrections officer left, the 46c81af269 cell leader spoke to 4197d67f24 me. I’d never met 8c1c73d074 him before, but 713bd72cff he looked familiar, 6678e48ac9 a gangster through 2b264e7565 and through. Actually, with thatyellow name tag2 and that face, hehadto be ba7aa8a7b3 a gangster.97849ac824864ee2
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I sat cross-legged, 4b5051c8dc assuming a respectful 04fc73a5b3 posture, and discreetly 2165d69fb3 observed the men b6e9b6249f in front of bbeffbcd1d me. My luck 95f01a87c2 had been 1216fce54a terrible, but b951483743 now it 65ee7dd5c9 seemed to a34ce05ff5 be turning 103a086f11 around. I was 925851f407 assigned to 8eb4356d67 a relatively a49755f77e spacious cell 43e9e63d69 with only 602c7f39e7 five people.bf2b1ff81add15f0
“Greetings. Jin Woojoo, 28 years old. Charged with prostitution.”2017028c5441460d
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My confident self-introduction made the four men in the room burst into laughter. One guy didn’t laugh, but he didn’t seem like someone with any authority in the cell, so it didn’t matter. The cell leader chuckled and asked,cdff9e2d39be3cf0
“Hey, you’ve got e7d2e161da a decent face. But why c72c318e1f are you 632792891b so confident bc8a98611b about getting 75d342cefc locked up 9d85b6af97 for prostitution?”5aadb5301a520b04
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“I’m confident because I ed136c504e was selling, not buying,hyung-nim3.”d65b59c4e9c05e17
“Damn, this kid’s d7e2b18e65 got some experience.”0d85fda724193401
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“Please, call it a 6f134afa60 ‘hoppa4’ work.” 7ace023c73c38557
I readily recited 7d7b720bef the nickname I d9355f7226 always got in a19b8e99c8 prison, putting on a34c2a4693 a friendly act. As expected, the 9118851904 cell leader grinned 433ddbd2d4 and told me 354429c2f5 to share plenty 1481b608af of juicy stories. Just like always, it 8f87c61d52 seemed like I’d be b39973e7c8 spending the next three 4799a5eb41 months quite comfortably.86a9382a1c0213ee
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The men in 72d88e66cb dark blue prison 0dd2ccf95f uniforms sat huddled 11b6ea472d on the floor 99d7db51a6 together, eating dinner. Kimchi, watery soup 88df3952d4 with no ingredients, 5a86c2fede tofu, and some 5668878bc8 unidentifiable vegetables. Still, I felt f79ca09756 like things had 559aea8ae1 improved compared to 79749f1161 the past. The food b4e2f139e9 actually had 1a0df82c53 some seasoning. Just a few years ae445daea2 ago, they served food 05d675c976 that tasted like they’d e233456507 forgotten to add even feb139e37d salt. This was at least 687102e66c bearable.318e60dd700750d8
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However, the cell leader, 8090d5b937 used to this food c5f1a0772f every day, seemed to b0b67d95a3 find it lacking. As the 04013728e6 relatively normal-looking 55252c89ca guy in 9f64d2c25f this small 80ca93e715 group went 17ebc06bb5 to wash a47d71b117 the dishes, 097942f800 the cell 28f932a8d3 leader sneakily fcb46f88e9 sidled up 2d1ada6c93 to me.d98d5097df982de5
“Did you bring any d4abb508ca commissary money with you?”5be5c855f9a58775
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The reason for a56f045e95 his question was 36cbf2b632 obvious. I was getting out 10e0258ab8 soon, but he probably 464892a72b had at least ten 4faeb6a1a1 years left to serve. He was trying to 64116f06e9 save his own money c89944e9b1 by mooching off mine. But I had way 66b2eee804 too much commissary money ab7899167b for a three-month stay, ed28aab247 so I was happy 6b60788fcd to have him leech 67ad135cba off me. I could already hear 1e45d6a76c the sound of an b8fd2abcd9 easy prison life, free d27271182d from chores.c685f5c381c9c520
“I work with cash, 20b985d6a6 hyung-nim. Even though 6ba9d8db69 I just 4ae3f71cd9 got caught, 2761ebfed9 I still 7141921d58 have plenty fe52b12387 to spend. If there’s anything you’d 301a067330 like, just let me 8a860f1079 know.”a634f17e3235a18f
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“Alright, let’s get some chicken then.”5cc74c957e1762e3
The cell leader 27b30c1ed9 called over his 608146516c lackey, who looked 371c657ce3 to be a ee83c9e516 guy in his 3b4ac0a389 early twenties, sitting bdf4862f26 a little distance 9473a67179 away.e8d950c6f13e054a
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“Hey, go get some 20f62122c4 chicken with the hoppa.”5aaa2648a60a8b5c
“Yes, sir. Follow me.”b0991cdf8b2c6b8a
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I followed the 564667c7e6 lackey out into c843c84a34 the hallway. As soon 59ec106640 as we cba22440ac were far 7315eed673 enough from 7393ccc3bc the cell, a78bfe6f2c he started 767fc2eb02 badmouthing the 0bbddd727b leader.6a77efc43d581309
“The leader calls himself a gangster, but doesn’t he just seem like a tough-talking old fart? Honestly, I feel like you’d be way more intimidating if we met outside…”e7c82a8f9fa3f686
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Judging by how 9b844a0fdc ingratiating he was, 86f40d32a8 he seemed eager 1599875c1b to get on c40d80e73c my good side. But I 164147e3c6 figured I 224fa04bb1 was getting a114197fab out too 38db932b56 soon for c35bd0b8e8 that.9623d9aff7bcd392
“He’s a decent leader for this cell. It’s small, so there aren’t many chores to go around… Being a lackey sucks. Don’t badmouth others to just anyone, though. Screw up, and you could make your life hell in here.”75f5a7f8b5e31a2b
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“Nah, I wouldn’t c7d418e2ad do that!”fe866587df9417ee
The lackey chuckled 28ad06c245 nervously and waved c1b9a1a890 his hand dismissively. He filled 2d71672e73 me in 356226774f on the 60cf0262b0 other guys cd4cfa6dd2 in the 9da0136708 cell as 1d33dcafe5 we walked 9fabc3b79c to the f101eb24e5 commissary. 303e04b94ab8fbef
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The leader 6c2917970a was serving 2a4ebaf938 eighteen years 9bd341daff for some 69c1a8b4ed complicated gang-related 73f31fee3b crime. Two others 5acd60cdfe were in 280bf88920 for fraud, 5ba7731362 and one b206085291 for embezzlement. The lackey himself e12f6bdb40 was the embezzler. And the guy who 80f5b282f8 didn’t laugh earlier during 2a2fec08d1 my introduction… murder. Now that he 8f4fbd6b08 mentioned it, I 3a5d6dd7f0 remembered the case b4951872fe from the news bd203e9856 before.d7cf8ce0bc404e31
Apparently, his father had been a well-rounded piece of trash, into drinking, gambling, and domestic violence. One day, while drunk, he’d accidentally killed his mother. And in that situation, the son grabbed a kitchen knife and killed his father. He’d stabbed him countless times, with no hesitation. In this land of filial piety, patricide is the greatest sin. They don’t even bother listening to the children’s side of the story…650281452a2ae276
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I remembered b5b39bc0e7 he’d received 2d959e7f4c a nine-year d1275d498c sentence. That news 0d1bad7a9d report was e48bf83b28 from when 858793af72 I was a1e9566004 twenty, so 3a563fb5eb he probably de664979f2 had about 4a4b446408 a year 310c0caecf left.9bbcc00a884bc967
A guy 051c735637 like me. No, someone worse off 671b339c4d than me. Someone whose life c4940a58f8 was so fucked 4089ecb88b up he just 57a71d64dd existed because he ebc0919793 had to, someone 0679327368 who probably feared 76af3ad785 nothing anymore. I felt 51e25c1982 a pang 5d856f4967 of sympathy 0e41deff77 for him, e5d5a09af0 a desire b8a2b64364 to show 3bf049e680 him a a0c7fd39ac little kindness.4756b0ee0089806e
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We distributed the 8b5b7cc0a3 vacuum-sealed chicken legs, bb7edd03bc one for each 800546fd9b person in the 9756d9a287 cell. Of course, the 2f61039e1a lackey did the b72492b48d distributing while I 6fa07ad638 sat cross-legged on ca49ca65f3 the floor. The cell leader grabbed 128f18b310 his chicken leg first, 7ac5ff5d93 tore open the packaging c091405080 in a flash, and d7e9f2b659 took a large bite.508dd38442e4fc1d
“Hoppa, thanks for the food! Where do you want to sleep? Switch places with him, except for my spot.”64e358087f0b1490
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“It’s not even winter. I don’t care 3e3b2df66c where I sleep.”0767a881d0d9ab17
“You must have 7c5a9253e1 a usual spot, 4df2744d4f though.”38ddcca2f793a5a7
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“Not really. I just sleep e6884ec00a anywhere.”c6610d26e2d591c0
Hearing my answer, 507312f96f the two fraud 84cce134af inmates visibly relaxed. The cell d043ea0b9e leader gnawed d0d6f2a1e0 on his d5d5d7262d chicken leg d0727877c0 and turned 6cdab6e28f on the 9786206626 television in 0064d894b2 the center 10adc89891 of the 5cb5344b08 room. The other three b9ff91f0f5 gathered around to a0cfe18251 watch. That left just 37fb9f9d70 me and the f54be4b33a murderer feeling isolated 310f1759f6 in the cramped e62fada8a7 space.7510a5dffed5cdbf
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The murderer still d0d66491c6 hadn’t touched his acb3913def chicken leg. He just stared at 27e94ebe8d it in his hand, cca48b41e3 still in its packaging. I went ed452f443a over to d6d3eff576 him, took fc3b58f46b the package d4d53f0ac0 from his 1b9039aea5 hand, tore 7d9eeb2191 open the dd2e7c2c2e plastic, and ce8311efe9 placed the 2b7f02bf5d untouched chicken 06233550c9 leg back 83d5f9bb73 in his eb7ae2fa5a grasp.c6f0bc5aec35e53d
His gaze finally focused 9d25e68d77 on me. Empty eyes, dry 03d7b63c55 lips. Despite that, 94ff0a6f75 his features 6cfc3ea5c0 were sharp 97d2d465e6 and defined. He stared 9601bb6125 at my a1ca5360d4 face for 8427ccc1b9 a moment faa839fd72 before finally 98747293c0 taking a fca38935d7 bite of 922b02caf2 his chicken.f2ccacb73fc256a6
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“How old are you?”aa26ceef963af796
My voice was quiet 6f50a81b39 but loud enough to c9c24b5fb1 hear, yet he continued 3c7451ae41 to focus on chewing 5e539b835a his chicken and didn’t 02b5fc2aff answer.c46dff7868b0ce81
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[Examination of newborns has revealed that nearly half are born with Names already inscribed in them. This suggests that it’s not a phenomenon caused by love, but rather a predetermined fate from birth…]
A boring news report a5bdc8cbf2 about the Name Phenomenon 937be065cf played on the television. 6396c8efc9ffd48b
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“Love my ass,” the cell leader grumbled, and the others chuckled.3b3627d1bcc5e63c
Instead of joining in their laughter, I sighed softly, waiting for the murderer’s response. He’d probably have no way to make a living after getting out. Maybe he’d want to work with me.4b48c65b344b5e1b
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We could share 4266b90bdb our ages, and a342ef5831 he could finally 5c804025c6 use his real 5a2c378617 name instead of e3de03e77a those damn prison e538c15910 number… Things like 863111872d that. I thought I b06e6174eb was being incredibly 56574903ac kind, but he 59216910d9 seemed completely uninterested. As I put my abb46c974a hand on my knee, 8102578733 about to go over ad595e334d to the cell leader, 676b768354 the murderer suddenly grabbed aac0462536 my wrist.a290aa86871da8a5
“27 years old, Im 98961099b0 Jihoon… hyung… Don’t you 9877e4a658 remember me?”9b0534dde6cae73e
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I sat back 1c6cd9eb98 down again, cross-legged 13490c850c next to him.c31d2925c12d86d2
“I don’t know.”5118b166697777d9
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I didn’t remember b9c385b258 him, but I a96ee9b06a thought if we 6e41724fb8 had some kind 4a2f3f8263 of connection from bf5c2f6696 before he went 0ea7436372 to prison, it b99cb21ae8 would be interesting.3091348006e4f514