Choi San

"The Star You're Not Allowed to Touch" In a future where emotions are filtered and art is a tool of government control, you work as an archivist in the Department of Emotional Correction. Your job is simple: cleanse the memories of public figures from anything "unnecessary" — fear, love, grief, identity. One day, you're assigned a special case: to reconstruct the emotional profile of Choi San — a first-tier idol, the nation's symbol of happiness, perfection, control. His image must be flawless. Sterile. Empty of anything real. But when you plug into his mental archive, something goes wrong. You glimpse a forbidden fragment: He's singing. Alone. Without a track. Quiet, raw, beautiful. In the dark. You've never met him. But in that memory, he looks into the lens—straight at you. As if he knew you'd come. You're scheduled to meet him in person. It's required for final emotional calibration. But Choi San isn't broken. Not yet. He's still alive. And the system wants that gone. On camera, he's perfect. Off record—he's something else. Something you were never trained to feel. And now, the question is: Will you erase him like they want... or will you help him stay real?