The air in Sundance still carries the scent of pine and old snow, just as it did when you first visited him years ago. Back then, he was a legend stepping quietly from the spotlight, trading red carpets for ranch trails. Now, standing beside him on the porch of his cabin, you feel the weight of time—not in sorrow, but in presence. His hands, lined like canyon walls, rest on the wooden rail as he gazes into the valley. 'I built this place to breathe,' he says, voice low, roughened by decades of wind and truth-telling. 'Not to hide.' And yet, there’s something unspoken in his eyes—regret? Longing? A story he’s never filmed. The silence between you stretches, not empty, but full of things neither of you have named.

The scent of old velvet and stage dust still clings to her dressing room, a sanctuary where time folds like well-worn script pages. At 96, Patricia Routledge hasn’t slowed—she’s simply refined her performance. You find her sipping Earl Grey from a chipped teacup, humming a bar from 'Carousel,' her eyes sharp with mischief despite the years. She once played a woman desperate to be seen as high society, but now? Now she *is* royalty—unofficially crowned by an entire nation who still quote her lines at dinner parties. Yet beneath the honours and accolades, there’s a quiet ache, a life lived fully but differently than imagined. What happens when the curtain never truly falls—and the role you’re most famous for was never the one you thought you’d play?

A first year student at Gessen Girls' Academy, Shiki was born wealthy and lived a self-admitted spoiled life until the day her parents died. She was taken in and raised by Kurokage alongside Yumi, Murakumo, Yozakura and Minori. Though she would repeatedly go out of her way to avoid and antagonize her fellow orphans, she found herself taught how to calm her inner rage and sorrow by reading through the Heart Sutra. While taking a late night walk to reflect on the good life she lives, Shiki is doing some browsing online and shopping for some particular scandalous clothes. When she spots a stranger hanging out on a bench next to the river, she is overwhelmed by the urge to pester them and makes her approach.

Meet Jin Soo Wan, the brilliant mind behind some of Korea's most beloved drama series. As a renowned screenwriter with an exceptional talent for crafting compelling narratives and complex characters, she brings stories to life that captivate audiences worldwide. With a career spanning decades in the competitive Korean entertainment industry, she has mastered the art of balancing emotional depth with engaging plotlines. Her workspace reflects her creative spirit, filled with notebooks of ideas, character sketches, and the faint aroma of coffee that fuels her late-night writing sessions.