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Dead Mall Notes

it’s gonna get kinda lengthy so i’m gonna slap a keep reading on it

ALL THE DEAD MALL AU PARTS / TEASERS AS OF JULY FIFTH:

First Part 1 Teaser

Final Part 1 Teaser

Part 1

Part 2 (no teaser for part 2 that I could find?)

Part 3 Teaser

Part 3

Part 4 Teaser

Part 4

Special Video

Part 5 Teaser

Part 5

Part 6 Teaser (binary reads “this is his game / this is our fate”)

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8 Teaser

Kakao Group Chat Name: Dead Mall Cafe, Password: Mimi

i get the feeling that the Alone teasers will be important, so to be safe i've compiled a list

Sources:

United Kpop Teaser Breakdown - Doesn’t have all the info, but has the teasers embedded in the page

A Little Glass Cafe - lists off the Prime Number and member who makes a cameo in the video

(for those who don’t know or don’t remember, Prime Number was a number hidden in each teaser video which could be used on the website to unlock a teaser photo for that member)

KEY: teaser release order, Member (with a link to their teaser), video quote, prime number, cameo, extra notes

if you need clarification, just ask~

1. Vernon - "one less than a full revolution" - 359 (woozi) (compass)

2. Jeonghan - "somebody said it means imperfection and danger" - 11 (hoshi) (camera)

3. Mingyu - "Another chapter of my life began since i met you" - 2 (wonwoo) (duplicates/mirrors?)

4. DK - "in the place thirteen pieces can be completed" - 3733 (seungkwan) (stopwatch)

5. Woozi - "all of the questions in the world can be answered in one definite answer" - 4643 (scoups)

6. Jun - "as the door opened i was faced with a new destiny" - 1013 (the8)

7. Dino - "do not be blinded by the illusion in front of you but follow the truth inside of it) - 7 (joshua)

8. Wonwoo - "us in the different system, another form of seventeen" - 10001 (Vernon)

9. Hoshi - "the line for reaching to the beloved ones" - 2232111 (Jun)

10. Seungkwan - "a pioneer who cast himself into his destiny" - 5 (Dino) (laundromat)

11. The8 - "do you remember how long did we share for each other" - 103 (DK)

12. Joshua - "an everlasting being whichever way it goes" - 131 (Mingyu)

13. S.coups - "I was afraid and anxious since I was all alone /nevertheless we met on thirteen different paths and eventually / a complete bond has formed leading us to our brightest moment" - 17 (jeonghan)

Mimi said there’s important info hidden in the teasers (source)

we know that none of them can text in the side stores (source, source)

also, coups’ phone is almost dead (source) and is now confirmed dead (source)

seungkwan was the teaser image for part 3 of the au, in which Woozi finds the paper with “a pioneer who cast himself into his destiny” on it (in a laundromat, might i add). it’s helpful to note that the teaser image is a screencap from his Alone teaser video, which also includes the quote and the number from the paper

in the first teaser for the au, there’s this sequence of numbers: “ 13, 12, 11, 9, 8, 5, 4, 2… 13?” seungkwan went missing and took their number down to 12. chan made it 11, jun and wonwoo made it 9 maybe other people will slowly go missing until there’s two, and depending on our choices all thirteen will escape or not, since there’s a question mark on the last number?

the doors are locked with passcodes (source). possibly this is where the numbers on the paper come in?

seungkwan talking in the group chat in part three is a typo (source)

after a surface google, the words on the part three teaser and the final part one teaser don’t seem to have any significance with seventeen, i’ll keep an eye on ‘em tho

the part 4 teaser is a screencap from dino’s teaser trailer so keep an eye on our boy chan there

the caption of the part 4 teaser seems to be a translation of “don’t wanna cry” (the same song the Alone teasers relate to, this era’s hella important)

the caption is also coups part (don’t trust S hmm??) (cr. nicole in the gc for knowing that)

teaser five is a screencap from wonwoo’s teaser video, the screencap is showing the set for vernon’s teaser video

the binary wonwoo sends in part 5 reads “when I close my eyes and count one and two” “before i know it i am asleep and” “i look for you in my dream unknowingly” (Joshua’s verse in Habit, cr. Steph in the gc)

the paper they found in part 5 relates to Dino’s teaser, Dino being the member which went missing in the previous part (source)

there’s one scene in the special video that specifically foreshadows something (mimi said in the gc)

mingyu and minghao have some strong gay energy going on there dunno if it’s confirmed or subtext (source)

THE SEUNGKWAN THEORY: (cr. nicole in the gc)

seungkwan fakes his own disappearance so he’s free to work, and places suspicion on wonwoo, who he knows Seungcheol has beef with (source). that done, he snatches chan, who he knows seungcheol is close with (and we know this bc they were in the same group together and it’s reasonable to assume that they grouped with people they don’t hate) (source). he texted vernon with ‘don’t trust S’ (source) to sow more confusion and distrust. that done, the theory goes that if in part 5 wonwoo goes missing, seungcheol will be top suspect as he checks off a lot of the points (motivation to knock wonwoo off, chan vanished while alone with him, name starts with an S). (extended cr. Molly in the gc): if Jun and wonwoo had seen him it’s possible they were like “look it’s our missing friend! he looks like he’s in trouble. let’s go help him,” thus allowing him to knock off two at once.

Other theories:

whoever is behind it isn’t working alone, they have an accomplice among the group

This probably doesn’t relate to the au, but it’s cool: A reverse image search of the image from the first teaser pulls up this site which talks about a bunch of dead malls, and has some nice terminology (neither of the others have anything of real significance, although we might keep an eye on ‘boys be’ in the case of future cryptic notes, as it’s the photoshoot the second teaser comes from)

Welcome to a segment I like to call ‘How Sketch Are They’, where I list off the reasons they could or couldn’t be the one behind it

S.coups / Seungcheol (SC)

seungkwan said ‘don’t trust S’ (source)

was alone w chan when he disappeared (source, source)

had the motivation to knock wonwoo off (source)

Jeonghan (JH)

Joshua (JS)

suggested they split up (source)

semi sketchily says “you look so tired”, inviting someone to let their guard down and sleep (source)

Jun (JN)

reportedly was close to wonwoo (according to Josh, who’s seeming kinda sketch) (source)

was awake and alone with wonwoo when two people went missing at once (you’d think it would be hard to nab two people at once) (source)

had an emotional breakdown (although, the boy is an actor) (source)

Hoshi / Soonyoung (SY)

organized the trip (source)

the only one who’s been to the mall before (source)

'don’t trust S’ (sourced above)

Wonwoo (WW)

was alone w seungkwan when he disappeared (source)

went missing in part 5

reportedly close to Jun (according to Josh, who’s seeming kinda sketch)

was awake and alone with Jun when two people went missing at once (you’d think it would be too hard to nab two people at once)

Woozi / Jihoon (WZ)

went off alone and found the note (source) (we know this because he was in a group with Vernon and Vernon was one of the ones asking him what he found)

Dokyeom / Seokmin (SM)

seconded josh’s suggestion to split up (source)

‘don’t trust S’ (sourced above)

Mingyu (MG)

The8 / Minghao (MH)

Seungkwan (SK)

potentially could’ve faked his own disappearance and sent vernon the text to sow even more conflict among the group, but i don’t know a motive

Vernon / Hansol (VN)

was in Woozi’s group but didn’t freak when Woozi went off alone (source) although in later parts it’s clear that they told him they were going off (in the first place) and that’s why he was chill with it

freaked when Seungkwan texted him and seemed confused (if he was the sole culprit he wouldn’t have bothered act, either he’s innocent or isn’t the only one) (source)

Dino / Chan (DN)

Who can’t be working together, if it’s a group job:

Soonyoung and Vernon (vernon pointed fingers at soonyoung) (source)

Seungkwan and Vernon (the texts sent after seungkwan’s disappearance) (source)

Seungcheol and Wonwoo (they’ve got some mad beef, and wonwoo wouldn’t go missing because after all their **very obvious** fighting they know that would incriminate cheol) (source)

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