Day 1 - July 24

• Location: Entering a newly constructed building going to the 2nd floor of the basement, where the editorial room is located
• Time: 1:00 am, Mid-summer
• Environment/Conditions: Monsoon season with non-stop rain

Additional Info on Setting

• It is dark outside, and ‘staff’ is pulling an all-nighter for edits
• No security (assumed asleep by Cheongnok)
• Cheongnok is first to arrive at the studio, where Taeyeon is already at
• Taeyon’s phone is faulty, turns on and off
• Taeyon says, “All my supervisors and coworkers went for a sauna session”
• Taeyeon: “Just leave your phone and backpack over there and come in. We can’t have any outside devices in there, and recording is prohibited”
• Chengnok ignores this and brings his entire backpack inside.

Notable Details

• The recorded video’s loading screen is emphasized at two different stages of loading
• Percentage level is emphasized on the phone screen (It's at 37%. However, someone later shouts that there's only 40% left. This may or may not be relevant.)
• Chengnok’s phone is unlocked and has access to WiFi

Developments

3 hours in

Bread Distribution

1. They find that Cheongnok has food in his bag
2. Juntaek asks the women to share their rations, but Junho calls him out on it. Taeyeon later calls out on Junho.
3. Cheongnok's portable charger is confirmed to be still in his bag.
4. Junho suggests distributing the food first [before they record their names and blood types].
5. Food is divided among them.
6. At 4:37: Cheongnok entrusts his phone to Seongbin. At this time, the phone is unlocked and at 37% battery.

Recording their Names and Blood Types

1. Seongbin is in charge of taking the video.
2. When it was Yun's turn to say her blood type, she breaks down and cries for her parents. Someone (most likely Hanna) scolds her and tells her to hurry up. Yun talks back at the speaker.
3. Someone then yells for both of them to stop. Later, someone, unknown if it's the same person, yells out that there's only 40% [of battery] left
4. When it was Yujeong's turn, the video turns blurry, and a lot of people are speaking over him. His blood type is not shown to have been recorded.
5. Video is taken, ending at 3 minutes 16 seconds; loading screen shown

8 hours in

Video Call with Police + Tour Around Area

1. At 10:11, an unknown phone screen with an Android model (contrary to Cheognok’s phone, which has an iPhone model) receives a call from a no. 010-XXXX-XXXX MOBILE with the Korean Fire Service emblem in the background.

2. The phone screen shows 59% battery; this is contrary to Cheongnok’s phone, which was already at 37% (Chapter 3). The unknown phone is running on data LTE and has a relatively good connection. It’s even connected to WiFi. The panel then fades to black.

3. [💬 Lizonka: If this is supposed to be the survivor’s phone receiving the call from the police, then I believe that either the artist has made a mistake by drawing the police’s Android phone screen instead of Cheongnok’s iPhone one, or there’s really something sus about this phone.]

1. After 3 minutes, at 10:14: An Android phone is able to connect the call. Succeeding panels then show the phone screen being on a video call, most likely in the POV of the caller, as their speech bubbles are more prominent. This phone is also at 59% battery.
2. The caller asks if anyone is injured and tells them to conserve the phone's battery.
3. The caller confirms that the victims are on the second floor of the basement. But because the foundations of the building are weak, they have to take a detour.

1. The caller asks for the victims to show them around the place through the video call. Juntaek is in charge of the video.
2. A blocked door is revealed, and opening it might make the wall collapse.
3. Caller tells them to not touch or open the door.
4. The editorial room in the middle is mostly gone.
5. The improvised bathroom is shown. Juntaek says the hole is not that deep. The radiating pipe within seems to have collapsed.