January 3, 2021

Seoulia, Geumsa

The portal closes, the bright light fading off of it and very slowly Kim Hoseok, August Suga and Sunshine all pull their arms away from their eyes. It worked! The two artists were gone! Kim turns to August Suga, the dragon-man king of Busantia, and Sunshine, his monkey-man sidekick.

"Well, I guess they--" Kim Hoseok begins to proclaim, before there is a deafening roar followed by an ominous cracking sound.

The air around them suddenly cracks apart like a shattering glass mirror. August Suga screams and grabs Sunshine in a tight embracing hug. Kim Hoseok spins around, gawking at the scene. He bravely taps the cracked air with his pineapple-tipped staff.

"Interesting."

Then the air begins to dissolve into a black hole, which sucks them in, screaming. They fly through a dark black vortex, before landing with a thud on the hard, cold ground.

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January 3, 2021

Rauma, Finland

Kim Hoseok plants a smooth landing on his feet, catching and anchoring himself with the staff, while August Suga lands on top of Sunshine, who cries out in stunned pain as he smashes his wings under him.

The king of Seoulia gradually stands up. "This isn't good..." He spins around almost knocking a pedestrian off his bike with his staff.

"Watch it!" the guy snaps at him and continues on, shaking his fist at the king.

Kim Hoseok eyes him, oddly and whirls around, finding them having been deposited right at the corner of the pawn shop and the recording studio.

August Suga gets off of Sunshine, apologizing and even lends a hand to help his friend up. They both shake their wings off -- August Suga's spread out wide behind him. The dragon-king attempts to shapeshift to his reptilian form, but he finds himself unable to. He then tries to force his wings to go away, but finds himself unable to do this either.

"Kim!!" August Suga's nervous, shaky voice calls out. "We're NOT in Seoulia anymore!"

"Whoa, dude, nice wings!" someone calls out, passing by August Suga and Sunshine on a bike. He's got bright blue-dyed hair that is slightly curled.

"We're not in Geumsa anymore. We're in Finland," the king reports.