A pure-blooded dog-sister with a punk rock style and an angelic smile had just become a leading figure among international bassists when she fell to her death on the very day she reached the top.
When she opened her eyes, she saw what looked like a South Korean elementary school textbook full of incantations.
Una, looking utterly bewildered: .? Where the hell am I?
Then she got the whole package: a sleepy, drowsy morning (not).
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"I've heard rock geniuses all die at twenty-seven."
Good news: She made it into the 27 Club, and after her death was hailed as the godmother of a new generation of bassists.
Bad news: They say there's no future in rock music in the new century.
Actually a stubborn dog-sister with a golden retriever vibe: What are you babbling about? I don't believe you.
She fumbled with a smartphone, tapped around, and ended up on...
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Una: My eyes!
Una: Call the old Eldritch Horror! Get me out of Korea, now!
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Just kidding. Running away isn't happening.
The seven-year-old girl huffed and puffed as she hauled a bass taller than herself, then kicked open the door to the high school's music club.
"Papi Kang Jeong, reporting for duty!"
Korea, huh? The rock desert, huh?
Your great-auntie's here to save you!
"Una Comes Back from the Dead"
On the day she came of age, Rolling Stone introduced her.
No one knew it was the truth.
Una is best at creating miracles.
Twenty years ago, she made the heartbeat of the bass pierce the world's eardrums.
Twenty years later, she can still take the rock of the old era and tear through the music scene.
Although there were a few little mishaps along the way...
For example: She was so direct that rumors linked her romantically to men and women alike. Why are young people so conservative these days?
And then there was the kid who kept saying he wanted to be her little brother, but had her old posters on his bedroom wall and collected her things like a stalker.
He called them "idol merch."
Dog-sister: Huh? People would really pay two thousand dollars for a battle-worn guitar pick?
"Kid, you don't get it."
Kwon Ji Yong said with conviction. "It's a work of art!"
Dog-sister: ...Sure, whatever.
She's all about spoiling her fans and humbly accepting their praise. jpg.
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About Una/Papi Kang Jeong:
With her smoky eye makeup and rebellious personality, she seems catlike, but she's really a dog in human form. The age gap also gives her a blend of younger-sister and older-sister vibes.
At her core, she's an idealist with curiosity and passion turned up to the max.
Wild dog-sister x fussy cat-brother
1. Her exes are already old men (Ji Yong is a hopeless romantic who wouldn't even eat the kind of love a zombie offered him).
There's an eighty percent chance this is a sweet romance.
2. At first, both of them feel superior because they're older, and see the other as a kid.
In the middle:
A mildly narcissistic personality disorder and erotomania. Ji Yong: What do I do? My noona loves me too much.
An utterly exhausted Papi: What's with young people these days?
In the end: Dog-sister is half the guiding type, but when she's tired of guiding, she blows everything up. Ji Yong is fully in his younger-man era, spoiled and coquettish, but he knows how to sweet-talk her until his wife is dizzy with affection.
One day, fans overhear Ji Yong call her noona...
[Ugh, that's so gross.]
[Dog-sister got sweet-talked into thinking she's broken free of the cage and can't live on her own.]
[When is that manipulative guy enlisting? Give Dog-sister's custody back for free.]
[My sister is the top dog of all top dogs...]
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"My destined one hasn't been born yet,"
the girl with golden hair said, draining her whiskey and clutching her chest as she played at being mysterious. "But I can feel our souls vibrating together at a low frequency."
Una, still in her teens, had no idea her joke would come true.
"GD, Kwon Ji Yong," the boy said with a smile.
"Papi Kang Jeong."
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An idea came to me and hit me so hard that I had to post it right away.
I'm not sure if I'll write it... I've never tried this kind of story, and if I do, it'll probably be after I've gotten about as far along with West Eight as I can.
Blurb set on 2025.12.16. No unauthorized copying.
Theme: May your passion never fade.
