August 3rd, 2026
GM Oh Byung-woo appears at the 21st-floor desk at 2 p.m. and quietly reassigns her as '21st-floor lead' on the system — her name prints in red on the rotation board directly above where Myung-hee's name used to be, a small public ceremony of replacement that the lobby staff clock over their shoulders.
What happened
GM Oh Byung-woo appears at the 21st-floor desk at 2 p.m. and quietly reassigns her as '21st-floor lead' on the system — her name prints in red on the rotation board directly above where Myung-hee's name used to be, a small public ceremony of replacement that the lobby staff clock over their shoulders. The status flip terrifies her because it means the building has decided Myung-hee is not returning. At 3:15 p.m. Yoon Se-ra is walked off the floor by an HR escort after a closed-door meeting; her sealed-envelope walk last week was the trust Seo-yeon carried, and watching Se-ra led to the service elevator feels like the staff web tightening into a noose. A guest complains about Suite 2104; Seo-yeon goes up and finds the word STOP scratched into the bathroom mirror with a keycard, dried blood crusted in the bowl of the 'O.' Decision: she photographs the mirror, saves it to a private '21F' album on her phone, and does not mention Se-ra to anyone.