✧。wait, what?

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HYUNJIN [ #13 / NEON] ; who did you pick? did you pick me?

BYULYI [ #02 / NEON ] ; [shh finger + grin] that's a secret

HYUNJIN [ #13 / NEON] ; [leans towards mikael] who did you pick?

MIKAEL [ #15 / NEON ] ; huh? i picked-

HAEIN [ MC ] ; WELCOME BACK GUYS!

HAEIN [ MC ] ; stop spoiling the fun and hyunjin stop asking everyone

HAEIN [ MC ] ; but now shall I satisfy all your curiosity?

TRAINEES ; yes please!

HAEIN [ MC ] ; ok then let's jump right in and look at roman's choices

what song did he choose?

quickly, the screen played
a short clip of the song

NARUU [ #06 / LIGHTS ] ; [mutters] oh no

MINHYUK [ #08 / LIGHTS ] ; naruu what's the matter?

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VOTING ROOM

STAFF ; who do you not want to perform with?

NARUU [ #06 / LIGHTS ] ; uh...roman?

NARUU [ #06 / LIGHTS ] ; he fits the concept so well and he's first place, so he's bound to automatically get the most attention

NARUU [ #06 / LIGHTS ] ; is he not?

NARUU [ #06 / LIGHTS ] ; I think I'd end up overshadowed...

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BYULYI [ #02 / NEON ] ; ROMAN thanks so much for choosing monster!

ROMAN [ #03 / NEON ] ; what???

BYULYI [ #02 / NEON ] ; for my appearance, i'm not gonna dive into that thought-

HAEIN [ MC ] ; now that we see his song choice, let's hear who he chose to perform with...

a video of him in the voting room appeared

ROMAN [ #03 / NEON ] ; we're watching it like this?

ROMAN [ #03 / NEON ] ; i'm suddenly embarrassed

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VOTING ROOM

STAFF ; who do you want to perform with?

ROMAN [ #03 / NEON ] ; hyeon.

ROMAN [ #03 / NEON ] ; I find him attractive and I think it's only fitting that he performs monster

ROMAN [ #03 / NEON ] ; we also work well together

ROMAN [ #03 / NEON ] ; also he actually backed up my aegyo-

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HYUNJIN [ #13 / NEON] ; guys...i thought we were joking about the roman and hyeon thing?

DANIEL [ #09 / LIGHTS ] ; well, I think they're about to hit an iceberg because why is hyeon giving such an apologetic face?

HAEIN [ MC ] ; you know what's funny?

HAEIN [ MC ] ; we left an important piece of information out when explaining the grouping...

HAEIN [ MC ] ; i assume you think that hyeon and roman are now both on team monster?

HAEIN [ MC ] ; well, that is in-fact NOT THE CASE

HAEIN [ MC ] ; rather only hyeon is

HYEON [ #12 / LIGHTS ] ; wait, what?

HAEIN [ MC ] ; only the trainee you chose to perform with gets to be in the group

HAEIN [ MC ] ; of course, unless another trainee puts you into the song

MYUNGJOON [ #04 / LIGHTS ] ; so you might not get to perform with the person you want to?

MYUNGJOON [ #04 / LIGHTS ] ; or the song you wanted?

MYUNGJOON [ #04 / LIGHTS ] ; that sucks

DANIEL [ #09 / LIGHTS ] ; yeah, but this is a survival show, what did we expect? free will?

TAKUMI [ #14 / LIGHTS] ; who said we didn't have free will? 🤨

TAKUMI [ #14 / LIGHTS] ; your song choice still relies on me

DANIEL [ #09 / LIGHTS ] ; did you choose me?

TAKUMI [ #14 / LIGHTS] ; no, but that's not the point

DANIEL [ #09 / LIGHTS ] ; NOT THE POINT??? i swear-

MINHYUK [ #08 / LIGHTS ] ; wait- what happens if no one wants to perform with us?

HAEIN [ MC ] ; well, the producers already have that issue planned for entertainment, no worries

HAEIN [ MC ] ; now back to the sorting!

HAEIN [ MC ] ; let's see what hyeon chose...

the same mv clip appears on the screen

MONSTER

HAEIN [ MC ] ; oh?

HAEIN [ MC ] ; do we have an immediate reciprocation?

HARU [ #16 / LIGHTS ] ; what? is this heart signal commentary or something???

HAEIN [ MC ] ; well, let's see who hyeon picked

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VOTING ROOM

HYEON [ #12 / LIGHTS ] ; hm... we can choose anyone right?

HYEON [ #12 / LIGHTS ] ; like it's not just restricted to our group, right?

STAFF ; right.

HYEON [ #12 / LIGHTS ] ; okay then i choose korain! [smiles]

HYEON [ #12 / LIGHTS ] ; since i've wanted to team up with him since the auditions, but we've missed each other so far

HYEON [ #12 / LIGHTS ] ; i think he fits the song well too

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KORAIN [ #10 / NEON] ; i didn't expect you to choose me, but i look forward to it then

i see, then will this monster train continue?

what song did korain actually want?

HAEIN [ MC ] ; you didn't get your song of choice, but let's see who you sent instead?

suddenly, the room was filled
with obvious mixed emotions

where trainees were either happy,
disappointed, worried, or just
downright confused as to why the
trainee next to them was going
through an internal debate

JACKIE [ #05 / NEON ] ; are you okay?

MIKAEL [ #15 / NEON ] ; [jumps] yeah, why?

before we see who korain picked,
lets learn why there are so
many mixed emotions

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VOTING ROOM

(the gif changes)

QINGYU [ #11 / NEON ] ; is it bad to say that i'm scared of him?

QINGYU [ #11 / NEON ] ; i think he's great and talented and all

QINGYU [ #11 / NEON ] ; but i don't think i've ever looked him in the eye

TAKUMI [ #14 / LIGHTS] ; we haven't spent much time together, but he's cool, so i think it'd be fun to work with him

DANIEL [ #09 / LIGHTS ] ; some might say we're on bad terms... but i simply think that's just one's perspective

DANIEL [ #09 / LIGHTS ] ; shine needs more than one rapper, so i think it'd be fine to perform together

MIKAEL [ #15 / NEON ] ; there are two things i want to avoid: korain and shock

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turns out, korain was the
most and least wanted trainee

having become the pick of
3 trainees while also wanting
to be avoided by 4 trainees

so which trainees ended up
facing disappointment? which
ones were relieved for now?

KORAIN [ #10 / NEON] ; i pick naruu because he's a hard worker and we get along well

the boy who gives the most polite reveal
reactions suddenly had his jaw to the floor

once he regained his composure,
naruu gave a quick word of thanks

NARUU [ #06 / LIGHTS ] ; we don't get to work together, but thank you for picking me

continuing along, the monster clip
appeared on screen once again

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NARUU [ #06 / LIGHTS ] ; i want to work with jackie because i think our vocals combined would be a powerhouse

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not surprising, but the monster
clip appeared on screen

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VOTING ROOM

JACKIE [ #05 / NEON ] ; i've never actually tried the concept before and i just love the song's vibe

jackie faces the same luck as hyeon

JACKIE [ #05 / NEON ] ; i want to perform with takumi because he just looks like a monster

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TAKUMI [ #14 / LIGHTS] ; JACKIE! WHAT IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN???

JACKIE [ #05 / NEON ] ; you're an attractive monster, you know, like a succubus or something

TAKUMI [ #14 / LIGHTS] ; i- i don't think that's a compliment?

HAEIN [ MC ] ; i'm going to cut you guys off.

HAEIN [ MC ] ; takumi, you also chose korain to work with and lucky for you, that's still the case

HAEIN [ MC ] ; however, we'll need you to pick a name from this bowl to start off the flow again

quickly, takumi fishes into a bowl
that suddenly appeared by his side

TAKUMI [ #14 / LIGHTS] ; ah! ryuhwan is next!

his song of choice appears on screen

HAEIN [ MC ] ; wow [smiles] we finally have someone who chose shine!

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VOTING ROOM

RYUHWAN [ #07 / NEON ] ; i've done a lot of mature concepts already, so i want to show that i am versatile

STAFF ; who do you want to perform with?

RYUHWAN [ #07 / NEON ] ; i'd have to say byulyi because he's an allrounder

RYUHWAN [ #07 / NEON ] ; or at least that's what i'd call him, yet point blank, he seems to be "rap inclined"

RYUHWAN [ #07 / NEON ] ; and that's something shine will need in general

RYUHWAN [ #07 / NEON ] ; especially since i'm not strong in that area

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then the screen revealed
byulyi's song choice: shock

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VOTING ROOM

BYULYI [ #02 / NEON ] ; i want to replicate the days of JaCKs by performing with my hyung, haru

BYULYI [ #02 / NEON ] ; while also being able to show off my charisma better with a smaller group

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meanwhile, another trainee has
gotten their lowest song choice

what did haru actually want?

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VOTING ROOM

HARU [ #16 / LIGHTS ] ; i want to perform shine!

HARU [ #16 / LIGHTS ] ; i think it fits my strong suits and that i'd be able to perform it properly

STAFF ; who'd you like to perform it with?

HARU [ #16 / LIGHTS ] ; [grabs a picture off the table] this trainee!

HARU [ #16 / LIGHTS ] ; i think his name is minhyuk? um sorry if that's wrong?

HARU [ #16 / LIGHTS ] ; i just met him, but i think it'd be fun to work with someone new!

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the next two trainees chose shock,
but who actually ended up there?

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VOTING ROOM

MINHYUK [ #08 / LIGHTS ] ; i choose myungjoon! i want the rap part in shock but i think he'd be best for the rap-vocal part

MYUNGJOON [ #04 / LIGHTS ] ; i want to perform shock because i think it fits my voice and i like the song!

MYUNGJOON [ #04 / LIGHTS ] ; on the point of a challenge, or at least a way to improve, i want to perform with roman!

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how did these trainees
feel about this outcome?

MINHYUK [ #08 / LIGHTS ] ; hyung? i'm hurt!

MINHYUK [ #08 / LIGHTS ] ; we stayed up playing mafia last night and you were unsure of my name???

HARU [ #16 / LIGHTS ] ; sorry! i started calling you double agent and spy very early on-

MINHYUK [ #08 / LIGHTS ] ; at least you gave me a song with a rap part hmph~

HARU [ #16 / LIGHTS ] ; lucky you~ i got my least wanted song...

BYULYI [ #02 / NEON ] ; not you saying that like you won't just pop off on the song anyway

HARU [ #16 / LIGHTS ] ; ok, but byulie, imagine me in shine [v chin sign]

BYULYI [ #02 / NEON ] ; i'm going to turn back around now, bye!

MYUNGJOON [ #04 / LIGHTS ] ; minhyuk, thank you for choosing me [grins]

so the trainees are okay the outcome right?

then why does it feel like roman
is trying his best not to care?

ah yes, naruu pt 2

HAEIN [ MC ] ; as expected, shock team filled up first!

[ the incoming information/announcement
is brought to you by the editing team ]

MEET TEAM DWTBH

( extremely unofficial name lol)

where 3/4 members wanted shock the least!

and 2/4 members ended up with someone they didn't want to meet

and 2 reveluvs that were robbed of their monster performance

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HAEIN [ MC ] ; and now, we also need a new person to go off of

HAEIN [ MC ] ; roman please choose a name

ROMAN [ #03 / NEON ] ; mikael

HAEIN [ MC ] ; ok lets see what mikael chose!

monster appears once again

a name is suddenly voiced over the
speaker with no extra words or video

MIKAEL [ #15 / NEON ] ; daniel.

DANIEL [ #09 / LIGHTS ] ; why'd that scare me?

HAEIN [ MC ] ; [flips notes] it seems no one new was chosen after mikael

HAEIN [ MC ] ; but we do have some interesting avoiding answers...

HAEIN [ MC ] ; shall we take a look?

immediately a clip of
ryuhwan appears on screen

JACKIE [ #05 / NEON ] ; what? who did you avoid that they're being dramatic?

PAST RYUHWAN [ #07 / NEON ] ; please don't say you're sorry, it makes me seem pathetic

why is a phrase from last episode being shown?

RYUHWAN [ #07 / NEON ] ; qingyu fits shine's concept more than me, so it's only right that i avoid him

RYUHWAN [ #07 / NEON ] ; he's also in 2nd place...

STAFF ; are you scared?

RYUHWAN [ #07 / NEON ] ; that question came out of nowhere

RYUHWAN [ #07 / NEON ] ; not really, i don't think it'd be difficult to beat him [pauses]

the clip suddenly cuts

HAEIN [ MC ] ; i see... i guess this is why the producers put you together in shine

HAEIN [ MC ] ; congrats?

HAEIN [ MC ] ; anyway! speaking on avoidance, mikael has been put in monster following his choice of korain

HAEIN [ MC ] ; which that means, jinu and hyunjin are automatically in shine!

[ the editing team is back ]

MEET TEAM UNWANTED

where 4/6 trainees actually wanted the song

but said 4 trainees only ended up there by no one choosing them to perform with

although, lucky for them that only one member received an avoidance from a fellow teammate

MEET TEAM HALF LUCK

where 3/6 got their first pick and only 1/6 got their last pick

where 5/6 get to perform with their partner of choice

and 4/6 with the person they wanted to avoid <3

also ft. the never-ending saga of daniel never rapping

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HAEIN [ MC ] ; this is all the information regarding the mission that you'll receive from me

HAEIN [ MC ] ; but i'd like to mention the dorm situation

HAEIN [ MC ] ; team shine will be taking the YELLOW and GREY rooms in the LIGHTS section

HAEIN [ MC ] ; team monster will be taking the PURPLE and BLUE rooms in the NEON section

HAEIN [ MC ] ; lastly, team shock will be taking the GREEN and secret RED room in the NEON section

HAEIN [ MC ] ; other than that, i wish you all good luck on your practice and intermediate checks!

HAEIN [ MC ] ; since i will not see you until you give your final performances.

UNTIL NEXT TIME NEON LIGHTS <3

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information & a/n !

1st, i just wanted to say that if you
are upset that your trainee didn't get
the song you chose (due to the plot twist),
please don't take it too seriously! also,
don't think that i prioritized certain
trainees over others or that i made
the plot twist to form groups the
way i wanted then to be.

because that simply isn't the case.
whether you know that from your
own form submissions or me saying
that i've had this plot twist (or the
general idea) for a year at least. i don't
think this is an issue, but i just wanted
to make things clear in case it was.

2nd, i don't plan on publishing the
actual mission chapter yet because i
want most of you to learn of the groups
here first. although, i don't want to
wait too long.

comment here if you've
finished reading the chapter <3

other details of the mission
will be on the mission chapter!

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