일 || in which there is much confusion

[taegeuk]

( Hello, Mayfield. Today, if you’re lucky-or unlucky, depending upon your point of view-you may see this fellow on one or more occasions. Blissfully ignorant of the fact that he’s been droned for several months, he is in the stage of Mayfield awareness he will soon refer to as the “where the heck am I?” level.

A; When he first wakes up, Korea

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[lotuslife]

[Oh, it's not- no, wait, wait-]

...Em Korea-?!

[lotuslife]

[mustering her most innocently clueless voice:]

...What do you mean, em? All of those things did happen. The... grocery store, and the father beating you, and everything. Have you forgotten?

[taegeuk]

How do you forget something like that--?

Noona...I'm being kidnapped and brainwashed, aren't I? This isn't America at all! I should have known. He's never have such crappy technology! This is all a trap!

...if I am married, can it at least be Sooyoung?

[lotuslife]

You don't know your own wife's name?! [...neither does she, but that's beyond the point.] Oh, she'll be so saddened, em. Really, what has gotten into you? Has all of that kimchi reached your brain?

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[taegeuk]

( And this cues some sulking, because clearly he is a horrible person who is stomping on the name of romance and all that is the world of k-dramas. Give him a second he'll get over it. Maybe. )

[taegeuk]

...can kimchi really make you lose your memory, Noona?

[lotuslife]

It might. I hear that scientists are looking into it. [not really...]

[taegeuk]

My scientists are better than yours! Get them to do it! We need to get home immediately, and out of this creepy America!

...do you have a jet nearby?

[lotuslife]

I do, actually. [she's not lying; she regained one a while ago. but, of course, it can't leave the boundaries of the town.] But I'm afraid it won't be useful here.

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[taegeuk]

What? Why?

[taegeuk]

Ok, ok. I'm calm. Yeah. Totally cool. Just one question, though--

Is my wife cute?

[lotuslife]

[o-oh, she has no idea] Well, you picked her out, so surely she must be somewhat attractive...

[taegeuk]

Well, all Korean girls are cute, da ze! I know it!

( Ignoring that whole 75% get cosmetic surgery thing... )

[lotuslife]

[what do you mean it isn't normal to surgically alter one's eyelids]

Oh... She's not Korean. [she can say that much, at least; there are no Koreans in Mayfield.]

[taegeuk]

( Oh yeah totally. And cheek implants and nose jobs. All normal. )

What? Ah-nee-yo! No no no!

...Noona, I'm a horrible person.

[lotuslife]

[in a faintly amused voice, though she tries to remain polite in tone]

Oh... really? [it took you that long to figure it out...]