art piece;

"Did...Did you ever find her?" you whimper, tears brimming in your eyes. You couldn't believe a six-year-old had to go through that. Numbly, Hoseok nods. "That's another story for another time," Jungkook sighs.

"Shall we go get Jin?" Jimin questions, changing the subject. "Jin." Jungkook echoes, a small smile creeping up his face. You laughed, "Do you know him?" Jungkook nods, lips stretching back to flash his bunny smile at you, "The seven of us know each other." Seven.

"Let's get him," Hoseok stood up, walking out of the room. "He doesn't like talking about it. Since then, he hated darkness. Shockingly, he revealed this to you," Jimin forced a smile, grabbing your hand as the three of you made your way out.

"Who's Jin?" you question, looking at Jimin. "He's WWH," Jungkook answers, laughing out loud. His melodic laugh was like music to your ears. "What's that?" you frown, eyeing Jungkook's back. He was in front of both of you, walking towards Hoseok, who was by the lift.

Jimin groans. "It's a term that he uses on himself. World wide handsome." the grumbling male explains. You grinned. He sounds like someone you'd click with. "I'm not liking that look you have on your face, baboon." Jimin clucked.

"Baboon?!" you shriek, snatching your hand out of his. The three males burst out laughing at your blow-up. "You're a small chimpanzee. You're not even the size of my palm." you snapped, glaring at the chuckling male. Jimin frowns, humphing at your comment.

"By the way, where are we?" you look around. The area you were in was narrow, just like level seven. The room was black, and the lift doors were contrasting to the colour.

"It's a secret room. Found it when I was trying to escape." Hoseok explains, folding his arms as he waited for the lift. You remembered walking into one of the doors that were on level eight. Then, the whole room spun. A ringing sound buzzed in your head as a light shone through another secret door. Hoseok was busy chanting a few words. As you began to get giddy, a whole new other room appeared. The one where the four of you were in previously.

"Does that mean the level Jin is in has a secret pathway too?" you mumbled, realising that you didn't even know what level you were heading for. "You're smart. Yeah, that's how I met Jin." Hoseok answered, smiling at the memory.

"But why do you think Mister would let us go? He's planning something, I don't know what, but it's something bad." Jungkook sighs, ruffling his hair. Turning around, you scrutinised the room, looking out for cameras. None.

"Of course it's something bad. When does he ever do something good?" Jimin snickered, nose flaring as he spoke. There must be something going on between Jimin and Mister. "Hold up, who's this Mister dude that you're talking about? He sounds like a total snob." curiosity bubbled within you. This Mister guy sounds sinister.

The three of them chortled. "He's the lowest up. He guards everything, like a leader." Jungkook reveals. Ah, like a king. "Can someone tell me more about this? I'm not an expert in this field." you huff, a shade of red rising to your cheeks as you spoke. It felt uncomfortable like you were an intruder in their talks. You seemed to know absolutely nothing.

"Well, let me continue. The highest level - level one - is for ghosts who've vandalised. If I remember correctly, level three is for those who've broken into houses. Level five is for those who took advantage of their position to do non-human deeds. Level fifteen is for those who've raped. That's what I can remember," Jimin recalls.

"For those who've never sinned, they'll go to heaven. Some ghosts are pure evil and have no intention to change. However, some ghosts committed crimes for reasons. However, whatever the reason was for, it is still a crime. Once Mister has decided that they've stayed here for too long, they'll reincarnate." Jungkook continues.

"During the Hungry Ghost Festival, we'd be able to go out freely. However, dangerous ghosts would be kept under supervision by counter ladies. Demons who aren't under supervision may choose to escape. However, sunlight would cause their existence to vanish, therefore that ghost would never reincarnate. He ceases to exist. That's why you have haunted houses, you know? Ghosts like to live in dark areas, and nicer ghosts would never try to cause harm. However, evil ghosts would like to play pranks on you," Hoseok finished off.

"So ghosts do live among us," you muttered under your breath. "Porcupine, you're talking to spirits, yet you still don't believe it?" Jimin groans in exasperation.

"Hey! It's not as if you weren't scared of ghosts when you lived!" you fired back. "In my time, there was no such thing as ghosts! No one ever talked about them," Jimin squints at you.

"Wow," you snickered sardonically, "I would love to live in your time."

That shut him up. His pearly whites sunk on his plump lip, eyes darting everywhere except you. The same mysterious blue colour flashes in his eyes. Before any of you could speak, the lift doors opened.

And inside the lift, contained numerous three-headed dogs and demons in all kinds of colour - black, purple, green. They were like blots of paint squeezed together. It was like a 3D art piece hanging in the lift.

They were back.

Hong Guk was back.

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i'll be back with another update! yesterday was so hectic lmao. i had been working non-stop for nine hours. but i managed to write two chapters! i've decided to try and squeeze as many chapters as i can. by the way, if any of y'all are confused, level eighteen the lowest level.

if you remember, hell is below. level one would be the highest level as it is the closest to the ground. level eighteen would then be the lowest, which is the farthest away from earth, you know what i mean?