He opened his subtitling software. The left pane showed the video preview, still black. The right pane was a blank canvas waiting for his words.
He was a freelance subtitle translator, the invisible bridge between foreign cinema and local horror fans. To the outside world, it was a tedious job of timing lines and matching cultural idioms. To Ji-hoon, it was a ritual. He loved the dark. He loved the silence of the early morning. And most of all, he loved being scared first, alone in his room. subtitle GONJIAM.Haunted.Asylum.2017.1080p.FHDR...
He pressed play again. The scene continued. The streamers were getting scared now. The tension was building. Ji-hoon reached for his mug, taking a sip of cold, bitter coffee. Then, the audio cut out. He opened his subtitling software