Prologue

“Damn it, where the fuck is it?”

Ignorant of the monitors across their desk flashing open one by one, the figure continues sifting through cabinet after cabinet in frantic search. One of the monitors blares to life with garbled audio raking through the air like radio static—but they merely flinch and remain hunched over the pulled drawer beneath them.

BOOM.

Rolling thunder echoes throughout the room, reverberating across its walls as they shook. The figure has to cling onto metal handles and edges just to steady themself.

“Shit—at this point anything will do.”

There.

Within the ninth drawer of the seventeenth column of filing cabinets rests a small cassette hastily taped and scribbled over.

Plucking it up, under what little light scatters throughout the room, the figure examines the markings across it closer.

MultIVErsal Mixtapes Reshuffled.

“Huh, don’t remember this one,” they mutter, rubbing against the title as if that will change anything. Flipping it over, they don’t see anything out of the ordinary about it. It looks like every other tape that’s rolled through their fingers before.

But this one felt different.

Another tremor hits the building rattling even the floor this time.

Shrugging, the figure quickly cracks the case open and pops the tape right into their device by their pocket. With a soft click, it slots into place without any issues, allowing them to wrap their headphones on before sliding into their chair once more.

Cracking knuckles, stretching arms, rapping fingertips—the figure takes a deep breath and sighs as they stare at the cacophony of scenes playing out before them across a smattering of screens.

“Now, what are we listening to today?”

Volume 1.5 Tracklist

1. kalapastangan (fitterkarma) - Yujin x m!reader

2. Kung ‘Di Rin Lang Ikaw (December Avenue) - ???

3. What if I miss you for the rest of my life? (Janine Berdin) - ???

4. the cure (Olivia Rodrigo) - ???

5. Waltz of Four Left Feet (shirebound) - ???

6. dahan-dahan (Lola Amour) - ???