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! ep. 01 pt. 04 ─── ʚĭɞ

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Yoomi knew what song she was going to do as soon as the producer in charge of her appearance on the show let her know she had to prepare a performance for some point along the way.

Well, it wasn't instant. The producer was still telling her what exactly needed to be done whilst her brain was whirring away and slotting together the parts.

Of course, the first idea was the genre of music. It couldn't be cutesy or lighthearted, it needed to be powerful and reinforce her position as a dangerous opponent to them. With that in mind, she sort of had an idea of what artists to use.

It had to be someone well known. And it couldn't be a group - if she was in a unit like some of the other boys that would be a good idea, but alone or wouldn't be so smart. So, she turned to soloists. Famous ones, either who left groups or were still in groups and debuted once again or otherwise.

And who were some of the most powerful and well known soloists out of all of K-Pop? Taemin, Hyuna and Sunmi.

All of them were in or formerly in famous groups, and all of them had solo music. Incredible solo music, which held the younger population of Korea captive for a while.

She could easily use her lower register to use one of Taemin's songs. Move was quite frankly iconic, as was Want and Famous. Out of that she easily narrowed it down to Move.

Hyuna's more popular songs were a little more lively and bright, which didn't fit with the image she wanted to portray. Which left her with Sunmi for the girls, which wasn't too much of a problem considering just how iconic she was.

After careful consideration, Yoomi had it narrowed down to Gashina and Move. Two songs from 2017 that were iconic and had been performed together at award shows.

And as the producer stopped talking, Yoomi had figured out what she wanted. Gashina was the perfect song - what was more influential than her performing a song by a powerful woman?

She stood in front of them, in the centre of the moving stage. "Hello." She bowed, her voice echoing all around the room. "My name is Yuji, or Seo Yoomi. I am 18 years old and a former figure skater." Her eyes landed on Sunghoon for just a moment as the others clapped, despite their initial surprise of her being there.

The beginning of the song, those few notes, were instantly recognised by the audience of boys, and Yoomi let the song fill her, the assumed starting position broken as the beat kicked in, and as did her perfomance.

She had memorised the lyrics long ago, making that the easiest bit. But seeing as the actually choreography relied a lot on backup dancers, after informing the producer of what song she would be performing she also made sure to say that she would be choreograph it herself, of course making sure to incorporate in the original choreography in as well.

And so, Yoomi performed. The dancing came easily, the lyrics were as natural to her as breathing (she had been obsessed with the song since it's release) and no matter how cocky it was of her, she knew she had been stable and looked good in the entire process.

This was only proved by the expressions that faced her as the music stop and she could breath again, a hand pulling hair out of her eyes as she brushed it out of her face, chest falling and raising rapidly.

"We will now begin the vote." The system voice echoed, not wasting any time before the competetion truly began. Yoomi stood up straight, hands held in front of her, crossed over her stomach.

She could've smirked - she would have, if she wasn't so out of breath. By going first, it was a guarenteed entrance into I-Land. Sure, they could all collectively decide not to vote, but she truly knew better.

By going first, it meant they had no standard to vote against, and by going first, Yoomi had set that standard. From then on, they would have to vote according to what they had seen from her. And that was exactly how she wanted it to be. "If Seo Yoomi deserves to enter I-Land, please raise your hand."

And led by one of the participants, hands shot up one by one. Just like Yoomi had predicted.

A counter appeared beneath their seats, and as it went from three to one, the voice spoke again. "Voting closed. Participant Seo Yoomi may enter I-Land." Her eyes had been darting from boy to boy, and with immense satisfaction she bowed, just slightly.

Every single one of them had raised their hands.

❛ AUTHORS NOTE ━━ keep in mind, yoomi has one goal; to get into i-land and get the money that she was promised. she is closed off and takes a while to warm up to people, if ever. she just wants to do well, and isnt the type of person to be distracted or care about what others feel or do.