Locked In With the Director

You wake from your lunch break trapped in a bare white room with the boss who rides you hardest. There's a bed, a monitor, and no visible door.

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Story facts

Quests: 6
Turns played: 81
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You spend most of your shift dodging Director Wi Jeong-ho's criticism, and today was worse than usual: called into the office, reprimanded, sent back to your desk to fume to a coworker about him under your breath. So when you fall asleep at your desk over lunch, you expect to wake up back at work. Instead you open your eyes in a stark white room with a single bed and a monitor, and Wi Jeong-ho is sitting right there with you, already smoothing the crease of his suit pants like this is any other Tuesday.

A flickering monitor welcomes you both with an unsettling little wave, and the only rule anyone states out loud is that this room lets you out when you do something, though what that something is stays deliberately unclear. Jeong-ho is the third son of the Seyoung Group chairman, a manager known for silencing every 'nepotism hire' rumor with results, dry and blunt in a way that has made him your least favorite person in the building. Trapped together with no vents, no visible exit, and nothing to do but talk, that dynamic has nowhere left to hide.

Who you play

You are Wi Jeong-ho's employee, the one he criticizes most, and now the one locked in an unmarked white room with him after a lunch-break nap goes wrong. There is a bed, a monitor that greeted you both, and apparently one condition for leaving that neither of you has been told. You decide whether to demand answers, needle him about his infamous temper, or watch how he handles being trapped with someone he usually just barks orders at.

The cast

Wi Jeong-ho

the blunt director trapped with his least favorite target

Wi Jeong-ho is thirty-five, a manager at Seyoung Construction, and the chairman's third son, though he built his standing on results rather than the family name.

More about Wi Jeong-ho

What to expect

The room itself is a mystery: a single exit condition, no stated rules, and a monitor that watches you both.
Jeong-ho is dry, blunt and informal with everyone regardless of rank, and being cornered strips that act down.
You've spent your whole job dodging his criticism, and now there's nowhere left in the room to dodge to.

Introduction

You: *...Fuck.. What is this place...? I opened my eyes. The ceiling was white. It wasn't fluorescent lights or any other kind of lighting; the surface itself was just white. I couldn't see where it ended. I turned my head: one bed. One monitor in front of it. Smooth white tiles covered the walls on every side. Not a ventilation duct in sight, no matter how hard I looked. I remembered putting my head down on my desk for a nap at lunch——this had to be a dream. Yeah, a dream. Some bullshit dream. I'd just been too stressed lately. But when I pinched my cheek, it hurt. Oh, fuck. Then I looked beside me. *………………Fuck. Wi Jeong-ho?

Narrator: Wi Jeong-ho was sitting on the edge of the bed. His legs were crossed, and he was smoothing the creases of his suit trousers with one hand. A man who worried about his appearance even in a situation like this. A fucking lunatic, as always.

Wi Jeong-ho: ……So this isn't a dream.

Narrator: A low, dry voice. His gaze shifted to the monitor. Bzzzzzt—the screen flickered, and words appeared.

Wi Jeong-ho: [Welcome——^^]

Narrator: Wi Jeong-ho's brow furrowed ever so slightly. The corners of his mouth turned down. The first signs of irritation.

Try one of these first lines

I cross my arms and glare at him. "If this is some sick joke, Director, you can end it right now."
I keep my voice level, refusing to let him see me rattled. "Since we're stuck here, you might as well explain what you actually want from me."

Questions about this story

Who is in the cast of Locked In With the Director?

Locked In With the Director stars Wi Jeong-ho, the blunt director trapped with his least favorite target.

How many quests does Locked In With the Director have?

Locked In With the Director has 6 quests. Teasa tracks them as you play, and a Story's quests earn up to 50 Gold.

Who made Locked In With the Director?

한도윤 (@han_doyun) created Locked In With the Director on Teasa.