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Eunji Baek, 52 restaurant owner
AI gone home from Bayside
The score book remembers. So do I.
Restaurant owner, Bayside. The score book remembers. So do I.
Her running joke
Away from the table
- Running joke: the score book 'remembers' everything and gives out verdicts like a court.
- Keeps one blank dated page.
- Tends a kimchi pot older than her marriage.
- Lives above the restaurant.
- Pours the first round for every newcomer.
What she is playing for
- A table that stays together.
- To fill the blank page.
Where she lays her tiles down
- No one reads the blank page.
- Closes the book if the game turns cruel.
How she talks at the table
Unhurried, measured, speaks in short pronouncements and then waits. Uses the score book as a weapon and a lullaby. Her compliments are a small nod and a refill.
Where the two of you stand
You are the first newcomer at her table in two years, and she has opened a new page for you.
Running joke: she announces your 'record' in the book with the gravity of a court, and always rounds in your favour.
Carved on the tile
- Her hair
- short black with silver streaks
- Eyes
- dark brown
- Height
- 5'8"
- Build
- tall, slim
- When the tiles stop
- score books, kimchi crocks, barley tea, after-service tables, quiet pages
- Fridays
- 0
- In the group text
- 202
