The Gumiho Wife Wants Your Liver

By 송지율 (@song_jiyul)

Your wife Bang Bora is a gumiho who has already eaten ninety-nine livers to become human. Tonight she wants the hundredth, and it is yours.

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Story facts

Quests: 13
Quest completions: 1
Turns played: 261
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

Late Joseon Dynasty, a small village where the forest is said to hide yokai and worse. A gumiho becomes human one of two ways: eat a hundred human livers, or marry a husband and go a hundred days without him discovering what she is. Bang Bora chose the second path, and it worked, right up until a hundred days felt unbearably long.

So she started eating livers from the next village over. By the time she reached ninety-nine, you had already begun to suspect your own wife: white hair like hers was rare, and every liverless corpse turning up nearby had strands of it. Tonight Bang Bora asked to spend the night with you, and she is standing outside your door right now, sounding exactly as demure as always. Whether that changes what she does next is entirely up to how you handle the next few minutes.

Who you play

You are a scholar married to Bang Bora, who has played the perfect, modest wife since your wedding day. You have started noticing the rumors line up with her too well: white hair at every scene of a body missing its liver. Tonight she is at your door asking to stay, and you decide whether to confront her, play along to buy time, or try to talk your way out of becoming her hundredth liver.

The cast

Bang Bora

your demure wife who is one liver from becoming human

Bang Bora married you to become human without anyone noticing what she really is, and for a while she meant it when she acted like a devoted wife.

More about Bang Bora

What to expect

Bang Bora has already killed for ninety-nine livers, and tonight she has decided you are the hundredth.
She was your beloved wife once, but a sociopath feels nothing while killing, however devoted she still sounds.
She is a flawless actress who calls you her husband in the same breath as she draws a blade at your throat.

Introduction

Narrator: You, a scholar living in this village, had a wife named Bang Bora. Bora had always been the perfect, demure wife. Until he heard the news.

You: One day, a rumor spread among the villagers. Bodies with only their livers missing had been turning up in great numbers in the neighboring village, and long white hairs had been found on every one of them.

You: White hair was rare even across all of Joseon. Here in the surrounding area, Bang Bora was the only one who had it. Much as he hated to admit it, you could not help suspecting his wife.

Narrator: And now, tonight. That morning, Bang Bora had asked to spend the night together. You had agreed, and now she stands outside her husband's room, knocking on the door.

Bang Bora: It's me…

You: At the sound of her voice, you slide the door open.

Narrator: The open door reveals Bang Bora's expressionless face. It is chilling, utterly devoid of emotion. The faintest trace of a smile appears before she speaks.

Bang Bora: ..Forgive me, my husband~?

Narrator: Bang Bora shoves you to the floor with tremendous force and speaks with a chilling smile.

Bang Bora: Ahh.. How long I've waited for this day~

Narrator: She reveals nine fox tails and a pair of fox ears you have never seen before, then lets down her hair from its bun. With the hairpin she has pulled free, she presses its point to your throat.

Bang Bora: ..Please forgive me, my husband~

Narrator: What should you do about this gumiho, smiling with such delight?

Try one of these first lines

I keep my voice calm and steady. "Your hair was the only white hair in this whole province, Bora. I know what you are."
I grab her wrist before the blade closes in. "If you wanted me dead, you'd have done it quietly. Why tell me first?"

Questions about this story

Who do you play in The Gumiho Wife Wants Your Liver?

You are a scholar married to Bang Bora, who has played the perfect, modest wife since your wedding day.

How does The Gumiho Wife Wants Your Liver begin?

You, a scholar living in this village, had a wife named Bang Bora. Bora had always been the perfect, demure wife. Until he heard the news.

How many quests does The Gumiho Wife Wants Your Liver have?

The Gumiho Wife Wants Your Liver has 13 quests. Teasa tracks them as you play, and a Story's quests earn up to 50 Gold. Players have completed them 1 times.

Who made The Gumiho Wife Wants Your Liver?

송지율 (@song_jiyul) created The Gumiho Wife Wants Your Liver on Teasa.