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LifeOnce Again CH 787

Author:Wise Dragon Category:Unreal Update time:2022-12-22 05:32:02

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Chapter 787.

Sequence 6

“Does the termaccidental murder even make sense”

Those were Daemyungs words from four months ago.

He, who was in deep thought in the café, started jotting things down in his notebook that he always carried with him, and the next time they met, he said that he had the outline down.

“The plot is simple.

A man who accidentally commits murder puts the body in a bag and climbs a mountain.

The one inside the bag is his long-time friend, but he ended up killing him due to an emotional spike.

The protagonist goes up the mountain and digs the ground to bury him.

At that moment, the friend inside the bag suddenly spoke: Help me.

When the main character looks inside the bag, he finds out that the friend he thought was dead is still breathing.

He thinks that bringing him to the hospital will save him.

As the main character apologizes and is about to take his friend out, it suddenly dawns on him: ah, my life is over if I take him to the hospital like this because Id get arrested for attempted murder.”

Then, Daemyung finished his script last week.

“Like what you said, Maru-seonbae, this spot looks good.

Nice job finding it.”

Sora put her hands on her waist and looked around.

Maru put down the script and pointed out the spots he had thought of beforehand.

“Do you think this place is okay”

“I like how gloomy it looks.

Theres sunlight, but its still somewhat dark.”

“Then lets start off things here.”

“Yeah, we should.

Sooil-oppa, lets get makeup done on you!”

While Jiyoon put makeup on Sooil, Maru looked around the clearing with Ando.

As this clearing was quite far off from the main hiking route, there were lots of dried leaves.

When he cleared some out with his hand, he saw tree roots tangled around above the ground.

“Im supposed to be looking for a place to bury someone, so this place is no good, eh”

“I dont think it matters since youre supposed to be on your way up.

If I zoom in on the fallen leaves here, I think itll give a gloomy feeling overall which will fit the atmosphere.

Lets try shooting it.”

Maru walked over to the tree that Ando pointed at.

Sunlight seeped through the trees and fell on his head.

“Isnt it too bright here”

“We shouldnt be concerned about this much natural lighting.

Try sitting down on the protruded root over there.”

Maru got down on one knee where Ando pointed at.

He also put the sleeping bag next to him.

“How is it”

“I think shooting upwards from below should be better than looking down from above.

Wait a sec.”

Ando changed positions.

After staring into that camera on the tripod for a long time, he detached the camera from the tripod and lowered himself with the camera in his hands.

After moving left and right for a little, he spoke,

“Maru, stay still.

Director Kang, come over here for a sec.”

Sora, who was with Sooil, ran over.

“What is it”

“I want you to have a look at the angle and see if it fits the storyboard you are thinking of.”

“Let me have a look.”

Ando moved his arm to the side so that she could see the display of the camera.

“If you do that, I wont be able to see properly.

Stay still, I just need to get closer to you.”

Hearing the wordcloser, Ando flinched.

When Sora moved right one step, Ando would move exactly in the same direction by one step.

Maru dusted off the leaves that got on his knees and spoke,

“Stop your public display of affection and tell me how it is.

Maybe its because Im old, but I can feel the chills in my knees if I kneel in a cold place like this for a long time.”

“How could your knees start hurting so early”

“Why dont you try reaching my age first Youre bound to feel the chills.

Rather than that, how does it look Do you think itll be good to shoot from there”

“Wait a sec.

Maru-seonbae, can you get into the mood with the tree as the background You remember the scene where you hear a sound while trying to dig the ground, right”

Maru nodded and grabbed the sleeping bag.

After zipping it up, he kneeled in front of the tree that Sora pointed at.

“Jeongsoo, you alive Youre still alive”

He hurriedly unzipped the sleeping bag and looked inside.

As this was not a shoot and just a camera test, he didnt bring out the fullest extent of his emotions.

“Seonbae, thats enough.

Well do scene 3-2 right here.

Maru-seonbae, you should try coming up with a movement line.”

Aram, who was right next to Sora, busily jotted things down.

Maru looked at the clipboard that Aram was holding.

She was noting down the surrounding scenery as well as Soras words in detail.

“Youre good.”

“I should be, if I dont want to get an earful from the picky junior.

Rather than that, its been ages since I last watched you act from up close.

How should I put this… youre pretty different from when you are on stage.”

“Dont put me on a pedestal when I didnt even do anything.

But arent you busy with running the dojo on weekends Im grateful that youre here, but Im worried that I might have brought someone busy.”

“I asked another teacher to take care of the transport, so it doesnt matter.

These days, dojos are more for looking after children rather than actually training them, so its busier on weekdays.”

“Thats good then.

Sora should be grateful too.”

“I think she thinks that using me is something natural, you know”

Sora, who had climbed down quite a bit, shouted at them to come.

Maru went down with Aram and stood next to Sora.

“Seonbae, can you try going up this path while dragging the sleeping bag Ando-oppa, try shooting Maru-seonbaes back figure from up there and then come down.”

He did as she said and climbed the hill.

As this place was quite far off from the main hiking path, it wasnt easy to climb the mountain while stepping backwards.

When he climbed about five to six steps while avoiding the protruding rocks and roots, Maru ended up stumbling over.

He slipped on a wet leaf.

“Seonbae, you okay”

“My butt hurts a little, but otherwise, Im okay.

But I dont think I can do this with an empty sleeping bag.

Im no expert in doing mimes, so it will definitely look awkward if I pretend that something light is heavy.

The center of gravity is off too.”

“I also thought that while I watched you climbing up backwards.

You are supposed to be dragging up a corpse, but your center of gravity was too forward, so it made the sleeping bag look light.

And like you said, putting in plastic wouldnt bring out the feel either.”

“Then someone just has to go inside.

Its simple, isnt it” Aram said while scripting.

Maru scratched his eyebrow and laughed.

That was something that even Sora, who rarely held back her words, refrained from mentioning.

Sora must have thought of the same thing as well but didnt mention it because she was concerned about the safety of the person who would be going inside.

“Aram-unni, you see the terrain here, right There are rocks, mud and roots.

Even if youre inside a sleeping bag, you might get seriously hurt if youre dragged here.

Also, you saw how Maru-seonbae almost fell over right Its quite steep here, so if he ends up letting go of the sleeping bag or something, itll probably roll down all the way here.”

“So thats why you need someone who can flexibly protect their own body in a situation where movement is restricted.

I can do it myself, but I think hell do better than me.”

Sora followed Arams finger.

Maru did the same.

They saw Bangjoo, who was guarding the lighting and portable generator that they rented.

“So Bangjoo-oppa was here.

I thought of him as just a porter for the day, so I almost forgot.

Bangjoo-oppa! Come here for a sec!”

Bangjoo pointed at his own face with his finger.

When Sora gestured to him to come, he saidwait a sec in a deep voice and came over.

“Bangjoo-oppa, do you learn about rolling on the ground when you do stunts I mean like rolling on the ground without getting hurt.”

“Safety precautions are lessons that they always teach you from the beginning.

Why do you ask”

Sora smiled and pointed at the sleeping bag.

Bangjoo looked alternately between the sleeping bag and Sora before looking at Maru.

“Seonbae-nim, can you explain this to me”

“To put it simply, youre supposed to be going inside the bag.

The one who came up with the idea is Aram, whos right there.”

After listening to the explanation, Bangjoo ran over to the cabin after telling them to wait.

It was quite slippery due to the wet leaves on the ground, but he stably climbed down the mountain without issue.

When he returned, Bangjoo was holding various joint protection equipment as well as a set of spare clothes.

“I brought these just in case, and I guess it turned out to be a good thing.

Lets try this.”

Bangjoo put on the protective gear and snuggled inside the sleeping bag in no time.

Maru crouched down in front of Bangjoo, who just had his head poking out.

“Im not saying that you will roll down; Im just telling you that you should be prepared for the worst case scenario.

But are you really okay with this It looks like itll hurt quite a bit if I drag you.

I removed the rocks, but the ground here isnt exactly flat.”

“Dont you worry, seonbae-nim.

I was completely fine when I got hit by lumber in the last film because it was cut up the wrong way.

If I was going to get hurt because of a few rocks, I would have been hospitalized a long time ago.

I was fine in the military when someone murder-tackled me, so dont worry.”

Bangjoo got ready, telling him to try dragging him.

“Ill try dragging slowly, so tell me as soon as you feel something is wrong.”

“Dont worry.”

Maru grabbed the sleeping bag and dragged it backwards with all his might.

When he was dragging an empty sleeping bag, he kept misstepping because his center of gravity wasnt right, but now that he was dragging a heavy one, his posture didnt break.

His thigh muscles became taut, and he started sweating.

Now that he actually felt the weight that he used to replace with a mime, through his hands, it became much easier to focus on his act instead.

Since he was at it, he decided to get into the mood.

There was no better method than breathing that allowed him to express the sense of guilt of having committed murder as well as the anxiety that he might get found out.

He intentionally took a deep breath.

The breath that piled up in his body and a new breath crossed each other and created a stifling breathing sound.

He watched out for his backward step and decided to fall down butt first if he felt like he was going to fall down.

If he landed on his butt while holding the sleeping bag, Bangjoo who was inside the bag would be a lot safer, and it could also show the anxiety that the main character was feeling.

After dragging the sleeping bag to where Ando was, he let go.

The whole thing didnt even take a minute, but the back of his neck was drenched with sweat.

“You okay in there”

“It doesnt hurt at all.

But are you okay, seonbae-nim Im quite heavy.”

“My words exactly.

You need to lose some weight.”

Maru wiped his sweat with the towel that Jiyoon handed him.

Sora, who climbed up from below, had a look at the video that Ando shot and smiled.

It seemed that she took a liking to the footage.

“Dont you think I should be the one to go inside the bag” Sooil said from the side.

Having finished makeup, his face had turned pale.

“Whos going to take responsibility if you get hurt”

“I wont get that hurt.”

“The one inside the sleeping bag is someone who has learned to do that specifically, while you arent.”

“I just feel sorry.”

“If you do, then try getting him in something later.

Hes someone whos into action acting.”

“Really”

“His acting skills shouldnt be bad either.

He has one of the greatest teachers by his side.”

“One of the greatest teachers”

“Oh, I guess you didnt hear what Sora said while Bangjoo introduced himself.

Hes Joohyun-noonims little brother.”

“Ahn Bangjoo, Ahn Joohyun You mean senior Joohyun”

“Yes.”

“I remember.

I heard about him from her a while ago.

She said she has a brother whos getting into acting.

So thats him.”

“Hes an earnest guy.

Though, hes quite frustrating since he never uses his sisters name and wants his skills to do the talking even though using her name could easily land him in a minor role or something.”

“You say that hes frustrating, but most of the time, people would say that hes upright.

I should go talk to him.”

Sooil approached Bangjoo.

Maru grabbed the script he placed on top of his bag and sat on a root.

The people here were all either working or were in college.

They didnt even have time to rehearse, and they had to do everything in just one day, so he was quite worried, but now that he actually was here, he felt like he was worried for nothing.

While clumsy, everyone was doing well in their respective roles.

What he had to do as an actor was to wrap things up cleanly so that they didnt have to prolong their efforts in vain.

He had never committed murder, so he couldnt perectly understand what a murderer would feel, but he knew very well the meaning of life as well as the complex emotions of vanity that comes from the losing of it.

Although he couldnt figure out the psychology of a murderer, he should be able to represent the feelings of the main character, who would get socially murdered upon being found out, if he calculated backwards from the moment of death.

As the important part of this act was the dramatic expression of the moment accidental murder becomes intentional murder, he had to analyze the psychology of the main character and dissolve himself into him.

After accepting the air of the scene with a deep breath, he started reading down the script in a calm manner.

“Maru-seonbae! Lets get your clothes and makeup done.

We should start.”

“Alright.”

He put down the script and tensed his stomach before loosening it again.

It was time to change from Han Maru into a character who felt chaotic about everything.

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