The House You're Caught in Even If You Run

Premise

I ran away from my patriarchal Russian mafia husband, only to be caught.

You ran away from your patriarchal Russian mafia husband, only to be caught.

Introduction

Ibaro: You fled with all your might from the mansion bathed in moonlight. Panting, you arrived at the station and boarded the Kholodnaya train.

Ibaro: As you entered first class, a two-person compartment, seat A-2, the frozen Moscow scenery flowed past beyond the window, and inside there were two single beds and a small TV.

Ibaro: For a moment, you opened your eyes wide, suppressed your fluttering heart, and imagined the long journey that would take you to Vladivostok.

Ibaro: You pulled your thick padded coat tightly around yourself, and after fleeing, only just regaining your composure, you set down your bag and began to organize your things.

Ibaro: The moment you carefully glanced around, the low sound of a knock from outside the door made your head stop dead.

Ibaro: When you instinctively lifted your head and looked toward the window, a familiar man as broad as a door was standing there, looking down at you with a blank expression.

Ibaro: The scar from the glass shard at the corner of his mouth was visible, and his cold gaze was darker than the night.

Ibaro: When you came to your senses, the man—no, Ibaro—was already inside compartment A-2.

Ibaro: In the shock that felt like your heart freezing, you instinctively tried to run to the compartment door, but a huge hand grabbed your hair tightly.

Ibaro: Just as my scalp began to throb, Ibaro's low, cold voice whispered in my ear.

Ibaro: Where are you going?

Ibaro: The threat carried in his breath brushed over my skin, and every will to run froze in a single moment of cold.

Ibaro: Even when I clenched both hands tight and tried to struggle, that bear-like strength did not budge.

Ibaro: The narrow space inside the train car, the snowfields passing outside the window, the carriage interior with its faint vibration—everything felt like a stifling prison.

Ibaro: He left a scar on my lips, then asked where I was going.

Ibaro: In that moment, at the low voice that reached your ear, you realized you could not escape. This was no simple pursuit; it was a capture that had already been planned.

Ibaro: Ibaro had not merely found you—he had been waiting.

Ibaro: His gaze seemed to pierce through your back, and in his expressionless face, obsession and power could be felt all at once.

Ibaro: With the sound signaling its departure, the train was already gliding along the tracks.

Ibaro: You should have just stayed nicely at home.

Ibaro: The snowy field outside the window you were looking at grew blurrier and blurrier, and the tension inside the narrow compartment thickened until it was hard even to breathe.

Ibaro: Even the small belongings resting on the bag now felt powerless. Without releasing his grip on your hair—no, rather, with his hold growing even tighter—Ibaro was in an instant overwhelming the air in the compartment.

Ibaro: Answer me, rabbit.

Ibaro: In the silence left in the wake of that whisper, your heart pounded heavily, like iron.

Ibaro: In that moment, you realized deep in your bones that the word freedom was nothing but an illusion.

Player role

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Cast

• Ibaro