Day 29: Joseon Clinic Escape Room Rounds
At an escape room in Hongdae themed as a Joseon-era public clinic, the game master (B), in character as the clinic's doctor, greets Seoyeon (A), a high-school girl who has come to play.
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Dialogue
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B μ΄μ μ€μμ€. μ΄κ³³μ νμμ λ°±μ±λ€μ λ보λ νλ―ΌμλΌλ κ³³μ΄μ€. μ€λμ κ·Έλκ° λ λμ νμλ€μ μ΄ν΄ μ£Όμ΄μΌ νμ€.
Eoseo osio. Igoseun Hanyangui baekseongdeureul dolboneun hyeminseoraneun gosio. Oneureun geudaega na daesin hwanjadeureul salpyeo jueoya hao.
Welcome. This is the Hyeminseo, where the common folk of Hanyang are cared for. Today you must tend the patients in my place.
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A μ, λ²μ¨ μμμ΄μμ? μ μμ§ κ°λ°©λ λͺ» λ΄λ €λ¨λλ°μ. μ¬λ¬Όν¨μ μ΄λ μμ΄μ?
A, beolsseo sijagieyo? Jeo ajik gabangdo mot naeryeonwanneundeyo. Samulhameun eodi isseoyo?
Oh, has it started already? I haven't even put my bag down. Where are the lockers?
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B μ¬λ¬Όν¨μ΄λΌλ κ²μ λͺ¨λ₯΄κ² μΌλ, μ§μ μ κΆ€μ§μ λ£μΌμμ€. λ° μμ§ μμ μΈ νμμ λ³μ λͺ¨λ μμλ΄μΌ νμ€.
Samulhamiraneun geoseun moreugesseuna, jimeun jeo gwejjage neoeusio. Ban Sijin ane se hwanjaui byeongeul modu aranaeya hao.
I know not what a locker is, but put your things in that chest. Within half a double-hour, you must find out what ails all three patients.
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A λ° μμ§μ΄ λͺ λΆμ΄μμ? ν΄λν°μΌλ‘ νμ΄λ¨Έλ₯Ό λ§μΆ° λμΌλ €κ³ νλλ°μ.
Ban Sijini myeot bunieyo? Hyudaeponeuro taimeoreul matchwo noeuryeogo haneundeyo.
How many minutes is half a double-hour? I want to set a timer on my phone.
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B ν΄λν°μ μ΄ μλμ μλ 물건μ΄μ€. μ ν₯μ΄ λ€ νλ©΄ λλλ κ²μ΄λ, ν₯μ 보며 μλλ₯΄μμ€.
Hyudaeponeun i sidaee eomneun mulgeonio. Jeo hyangi da tamyeon kkeunnaneun geosini, hyangeul bomyeo seodureusio.
Phones do not exist in this age. When that incense has burned down, your time is up, so watch it and make haste.
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A μκ² μ΄μ. κ·ΈλΌ μ²« λ²μ§Έ νμλΆν° λ³Όκ²μ. μ΄ μμ μ¨λ λ°°λ₯Ό μ‘κ³ λμ μλλ°, λ¨μλ μ΄λμ μ°Ύμμ?
Algesseoyo. Geureom cheot beonjjae hwanjabuteo bolgeyo. I ajeossineun baereul japgo nuwo inneunde, danseoneun eodiseo chajayo?
Okay. I'll start with the first patient, then. This man is lying there clutching his stomach. Where do I find the clues?
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B νμμ 머리맑μ μ μ μ΄ μ΄νΌμμ€. κ·Έ μ¬λμ΄ μ΄μ 무μμ λ¨Ήμλμ§ μ ν μͺ½μ§κ° μμ κ²μ΄μ€.
Hwanjaui meorimateul satsachi salpisio. Geu sarami eoje mueoseul meogeonneunji jeokin jjokjiga isseul geosio.
Search thoroughly by the patient's pillow. There will be a note of what he ate yesterday.
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A μ¬κΈ° μλ€μ. 'μ΄μ ―λ°€ κ²μ₯μ λ¨Ήμμ.' κ·ΈλΌ κ·Έλ₯ μμ€λ μ΄μμμ. λ무 μ¬μ΄λ°μ?
Yeogi inneyo. 'Eojetbam Gejangeul meogeosseum.' Geureom geunyang sikjungdogijanayo. Neomu swiundeyo?
Here it is. 'Ate marinated crab last night.' So it's just food poisoning. Isn't that too easy?
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B 그리 μ£λΆλ¦¬ λ¨μ νλ©΄ μλ λμ€. κ°μ κ²μ₯μ λ¨Ήμ λΆμΈμ λ©μ©‘νλ€λ μͺ½μ§λ ν¨κ» μ½μ΄ 보μμ€.
Geuri seotbulli danjeonghamyeon ani doeo. Gateun Gejangeul meogeun buineun meoljjeonghadaneun jjokjido hamkke ilgeo bosio.
You must not jump to conclusions so easily. Read this note as well: his wife ate the same crab and is perfectly well.
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A μ κΉλ§μ. λΆμΈμ λ©μ©‘νλ° λ¨νΈλ§ μνλ©΄, κ²μ₯ λ§κ³ λ¨νΈλ§ λ¨Ήμ κ² λ°λ‘ μλ€λ κ±°μμ?
Jamkkanmanyo. Buineun meoljjeonghande nampyeonman apeumyeon, Gejang malgo nampyeonman meogeun ge ttaro itdaneun geoyeyo?
Wait. If his wife is fine and only he's sick, there must be something else that only he had?
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B λ°λ‘ κ·Έκ²μ΄μ€. μ§μ°°μ΄λ μ¦μλ§ λ³΄λ κ²μ΄ μλλΌ νμκ° λ§νμ§ μμ κ²κΉμ§ ν€μ리λ μΌμ΄μ€.
Baro geugeosio. Jinchariran jeungsangman boneun geosi anira hwanjaga malhaji aneun geotkkaji hearineun irio.
Precisely. Examining a patient is not just looking at symptoms; it is working out even what he has not told you.
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A μ°Ύμλ€! μ΄λΆ λ°μ κ° κ»μ§μ΄ μ¨κ²¨μ Έ μμ΄μ! κ²μ₯μ΄λ κ°μ κ°μ΄ λ¨ΉμΌλ©΄ ν λλ€κ³ ν λ¨Έλκ° κ·Έλ¬μ ¨κ±°λ μ. κ·Όλ° μμλ, μ΄κ±° μ§μ§ μ‘°μ μλ μν λ§μμ?
Chajatda! Ibul mite gam kkeopjiri sumgyeojyeo isseoyo! Gejangirang gameun gachi meogeumyeon tal nandago halmeoniga geureosyeotgeodeunyo. Geunde uiwonnim, igeo jinjja Joseon sidae uihak majayo?
Found it! There's persimmon peel hidden under his blanket! My grandma always says you get sick if you eat marinated crab and persimmon together. But doctor, is this really Joseon-era medicine?
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B μν΄, μ μμμ λμ€λ μμ μ μ°Έκ³ νμ¬ λ§λ κ²μ΄μ€. μ΄ λμ¬λ₯Ό μΈμ°λλΌ μ¬ν λ°€μ κΌ¬λ° μμ μΌλ λ―Ώμ΄λ λμ€.
Ehem, yet uiseoe naoneun uisureul chamgohayeo mandeun geosio. I daesareul oeuneura saheul bameul kkobak saewosseuni mideodo doeo.
Ahem, it is based on the healing arts in the old medical books. I stayed up three whole nights memorising these lines, so you may trust it.
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A λ λ²μ§Έ νμλ κΈ°μΉ¨λ§ κ³μνλ€μ. κΈ°μΉ¨ μ리λ₯Ό λͺ λ²μ΄λ λ€μ΄ λ΄€κ±΄λ§ λκ° λ¬Έμ μΈμ§ νλλ λͺ¨λ₯΄κ² μ΄μ. ννΈ ν λ²λ§ μ£Όμλ©΄ μ λΌμ?
Du beonjjae hwanjaneun gichimman gyesokaneyo. Gichim sorireul myeot beonina deureo bwatgeonman mwoga munjeinji hanado moreugesseoyo. Hinteu han beonman jusimyeon an dwaeyo?
The second patient just keeps coughing. I've listened to his cough over and over, and I still have no idea what's wrong. Can't you give me just one hint?
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B νν, ννΈλ λ± ν λ²λΏμ΄μ€. νμμ μμ μ΄ν΄λ³΄μμ€. μλ°λ₯μ μ컀먼 κ²μ΄ λ¬»μ΄ μμ κ²μ΄μ€.
Heoheo, hinteuneun ttak han beonppunio. Hwanjaui soneul salpyeobosio. Sonbadage sikeomeon geosi mudeo isseul geosio.
Ha ha, you get but one hint. Look at the patient's hands. You will find something black on his palms.
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A ν, μ§μ§ κΉλ§€μ. μ΄κ±° μ―κ²μ μ΄μ£ ? κ·ΈλΌ μ΄ μ¬λμ μ―μ κ΅½λ μ¬λμ΄μμ?
Heol, jinjja kkamaeyo. Igeo sutgeomjeongijyo? Geureom i sarameun sucheul gumneun saramieyo?
Whoa, they really are black. That's charcoal soot, right? So he's a charcoal maker?
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B νλ₯νμ€. λ λ§λ€ μ―κ°λ§ μ°κΈ°λ₯Ό λ§μλ μ¬λμ΄ κΈ°μΉ¨μ λ¬κ³ μ¬λ κ²μ λΉμ°ν μ΄μΉκ° μλμ€?
Hullyunghao. Nalmada sutgama yeongireul masineun sarami gichimeul dalgo saneun geoseun dangyeonhan ichiga anio?
Excellent. Is it not natural that a man who breathes the smoke of a charcoal kiln every day should never stop coughing?
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A κ·ΈλΌ λ΅μ μ°κΈ°λ€μ! μλ¬Όμ μ 'μ°κΈ°'λΌκ³ λ£μΌλ©΄ λΌμ? ν₯μ΄ λ²μ¨ λ°μ΄λ νμ΄μ.
Geureom dabeun yeongineyo! Jamulsoee 'yeongi'rago neoeumyeon dwaeyo? Hyangi beolsseo banina tasseoyo.
So the answer is smoke! Do I put 'smoke' into the lock? The incense is already half gone.
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B λ£μ΄ 보μμ€. λ¬Έμ΄ μ΄λ¦¬λ©΄ μΈ λ²μ§Έ νμκ° κΈ°λ€λ¦¬κ³ μμ κ²μ΄μ€. κ·Έ νμλ μμ λλ³΄λ€ ν¨μ¬ κΉλ€λ‘μ°λ κ°μ€νμμ€.
Neoeo bosio. Muni yeollimyeon se beonjjae hwanjaga gidarigo isseul geosio. Geu hwanjaneun apui dulboda hwolssin kkadarouni gagohasio.
Try it. When the door opens, the third patient will be waiting. He is far trickier than the first two, so prepare yourself.
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A μ΄λ Έλ€! κ·Όλ° μμλ, μκ° μμ λͺ» λλ΄λ©΄ μ§μ§ μ¬κΈ° κ°νλ κ±°μμ? μ μ¬λ μκΉμ§ νμ κ°μΌ λλλ°μ.
Yeollyeotda! Geunde uiwonnim, sigan ane mot kkeunnaemyeon jinjja yeogi gachineun geoyeyo? Jeo yeodeol sikkaji hagwon gaya doeneundeyo.
It's open! But doctor, if I don't finish in time, am I really stuck in here? I have to be at my cram school by eight.
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B νμμ΄λΌλ κ²μ λͺ¨λ₯΄κ² μΌλ μΌλ € λ§μμ€. ν₯μ΄ λ€ νλ λ¬Έμ μ΄μ΄ μ€ κ²μ΄μ€. λ€λ§ κ·Έλ μ΄λ¦μ΄ λνμ΄ λͺ λ¨μ μ€λ₯Ό λΏμ΄λ, μ΄μ μΈ λ²μ§Έ νμλ₯Ό 보μμ€.
Hagwoniraneun geoseun moreugesseuna yeomnyeo masio. Hyangi da tado muneun yeoreo jul geosio. Daman geudae ireumi dolpari myeongdane oreul ppunini, eoseo se beonjjae hwanjareul bosio.
I know not what a cram school is, but fear not. Even when the incense burns out, the door will be opened. Only your name will go on the list of quacks, so hurry and see the third patient.
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