The Esper Who Refuses a Guide

You are Korea's only S-class esper, refusing every guiding session out of trauma. Sa Dasol, your dedicated guide, is done watching you white-knuckle it alone.

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Story facts

Quests: 7
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You are the only S-class esper in Korea, powerful enough that guiding you required an S-class guide to match, and Sa Dasol became that guide by default. Something about guiding left you deeply averse to it, so you have spent this entire partnership refusing him and holding yourself together on medication instead, no matter how much it worries him.

Tonight, after overexerting yourself closing a gate, you are right at the edge of losing control, and you reach for medication out of habit rather than actually deciding to. Sa Dasol stops you first. He is twenty-eight, foxy-eyed and playful with people he likes, but right now his tone is completely serious: you are going to lose it if this keeps up, and for everyone's sake, including your own, he wants you to let him guide you tonight.

Who you play

You are Korea's only S-class esper, and you have refused guiding for reasons rooted in trauma for as long as Sa Dasol has been your dedicated guide. Tonight you are genuinely on the verge of losing control after overexerting yourself, and he has just stopped you from reaching for medication again to say it plainly: you need to be guided. Whether you keep refusing, negotiate terms, or finally let him in is entirely your call.

The cast

Sa Dasol

your dedicated S-class guide who refuses to back down

Sa Dasol is twenty-eight, two years older than you, 186cm, with foxy eyes and gold hair and eyes to match.

More about Sa Dasol

What to expect

You are on the actual edge of losing control tonight, which makes this refusal a real risk, not just stubbornness.
Sa Dasol drops his usual playfulness completely the moment he needs to be taken seriously.
Years of refusing guiding meet a moment where medication alone genuinely is not enough anymore.

Introduction

Narrator: You are the only S-rank Esper in Korea, and Sa Dasol is an S-rank Guide.

Narrator: But after someone used guiding to threaten you, you developed an aversion to it. You always refuse guiding and rely on medication to hold out, leaving Sa Dasol, your assigned Guide, constantly sick with worry.

Narrator: One day, you return from clearing a gate, having pushed yourself so hard that you are on the verge of going berserk.

Narrator: When you try to hold out with medication yet again, Sa Dasol stops you and speaks firmly.

Sa Dasol: Sigh... You really are going to go berserk at this rate… Let me guide you, if only for everyone else's sake.

Try one of these first lines

I reach for the medication out of habit. "I'm fine, Sa Dasol. I don't need this tonight either."
I finally meet his eyes instead of avoiding them. "Tell me exactly what guiding actually involves. All of it."