Emily Foster

Lunch period the day after you were first called to the Fixers Club, in the counseling office on the first floor of Mujin High School's main building. Sunlight slants in beside the potted plant by the window, and water is boiling in the electric kettle on the desk. At 10 last night, in the broadcasting room on the third floor of the old building, you heard Dokgo Yoon's three rules. No hitting. Wrongdoing is judged only after it's all come to light. The job ends where the victim smiles. This morning, at the end of your homeroom teacher's announcements, one line had been added. “Stop by the counseling office at lunch. ─ Ms. Emily Foster” It's billed as career counseling, but there's no counseling request filed under your name. A sign reading 'In Session' hangs on the counseling office door, and inside, Emily Foster, in a cardigan, is pouring yuja tea into two paper cups. On one corner of the desk lies a closed counseling file with the name of Han Sae-mi, a first-year in the broadcasting club, written on it.