Not being quite able to let go of Secret Love Affair yet, I wrote my own quirky kind of send-up. The Alice in Wonderland images occurred to me early on, when Seon-jae went down the stairs and peeked through the black backstage curtain in the first episode. Other things began clicking in place until I came up with this.
Chapter 1 - Down the Rabbit Hole
(Secret Love Affair - Alice in Wonderland Parody)
(Secret Love Affair - Alice in Wonderland Parody)
Seon-jae was beginning to get very
tired of sitting by his brother @docster6 on the bank and having
nothing to do. Twice he had peeped into the book his brother was
reading but it was a math book with no pictures or conversations in
it. “And what is the use of a book,” thought Seon-jae,” without
pictures or conversations?” He was dreamily thinking about going
to pick up the March Hair from work when a terrible thought struck
him. Surely the broken necklace she had been wearing around was not a
ploy for him to get her another one? As he suddenly sat up, revolted,
he saw a white @luvhollanlop rabbit run close by him, take a bow tie
out of its waistcoat pocket, look at it, and pop down a large rabbit
hole under the hedge. In another moment, down went Seon-jae after it,
never considering how he was to get out again.
The rabbit-hole went down for quite a
ways before leveling off into a long hall lined with doors and
posters of famous musicians: @dualnon conducting an orchestra,
@cicilia with a baton, @seungshini playing the piano. A soft tinkling
sound led him down a side passage until he came upon a low black
curtain. Peering around it he beheld a beautiful, sleek, glossy –
concert grand piano. How he longed to get out of that dark hall and
touch it. But a fox with a white scarf around its neck was watching a
gryphon and a mock @turtle1 play a duet. Seon-jae waited until they
left, and then, filled with piano lust, he stepped out from behind
the curtain.
Chapter 2 – The Pool of Tears
(Secret Love Affair - Alice in Wonderland Parody)
(Secret Love Affair - Alice in Wonderland Parody)
It wasn't easy to condense the duet
down to be played by one person, especially since the gryphon had
been hitting the low notes with its tail. Seon-jae tried it, but fled
when he heard guards coming. “I don't see anything,” said the Five of
Hearts, running into @diamond888.
“Look again,” ordered @katchie820,
“Kang the Lizard is sure he heard someone playing.” Seon-jae
ducked into a stall in the men's room. Unfortunately he dropped his
phone and was reaching for it under the door when he came face to
face with a lizard wearing a bow tie.
“Did you deliver this?” it asked,
pointing to its tie.
“No, but I saw a...”
“Did you play the concert grand?”
accusingly.
“Ah...”
As Five and Eight came into the room,
the lizard pushed Seon-jae back into the stall. The fox followed the
guards in, as did a @sogazelle and a @Llamaesque. Five began slamming
the stall doors open. The duchess stalked in, yelling, “Why is it
so slack like this?”
The fox bowed her head, “it's my
fault. The guards thought it was one of the performers.”
The duchess continued her rant until
the guards fell back to let the @queennafre walk in. “Let's
discuss the problem later,” said the @queennafre, grabbing the
duchess by the hair and shoving her head into a toilet. Water spilled
into the room, knocking the guards off their feet as the mock
@turtle1 and a dodo swept by. Seon-jae thought he saw the March Hair
forcing someone's head into another toilet, but he couldn't be sure.
He and the lizard tried to sneak out in the confusion, but were
pulled into the current.
“It's salt!” Seon-jae sputtered.
“Of course it is,” returned the
mock @turtle1, splashing nearby. “This is all the tears you're going to cry in
Episode 14!”
“What!?!”
“You know, after the pretending
party. @comickiwi arranged it with the White Queen.”
“Wrong book,” muttered Seo-jae as
he headed for shore.
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There you are. Secret Love Affair mashed up with Alice in Wonderland and our dear friends at Soompi. Stay tuned for the next installment.