THE SCREEN OPENS UP TO A BLANK WALL AND A RECOGNIZABLE
VOICE IS WHAT BRINGS
THE SCENE TO OPEN UP

KIAN HWANG [ 1 ☆ club ] ; can I suggest a collective group dropout?

the clubs practice room goes silent at
the sudden suggestion, well except for
their song trailing on in the background

ANN KIM [ 1 ☆ club ] ; kian, we've only been in this room for 2 hours and JUST started practicing

ANN KIM [ 1 ☆ club ] ; you can't give up that easily

JI YUJUN [ 1 ☆ club ] ; i mean... have you seen this dance?

JI YUJUN [ 1 ☆ club ] ; i'm predicting potential injury

JI YUJUN [ 1 ☆ club ] ; physically and mentally...

KIAN HWANG [ 1 ☆ club ] ; i was actually referring to the audio portion...

kian chimed back in but was ignored

ANN KIM [ 1 ☆ club ] ; if you weren't older than me then maybe i would've drop kicked you for that comment

ANN KIM [ 1 ☆ club ] ; stop being babies, you don't see kairo and seohyang trying to quit and they're in worse positions

the camera pans to the collective blinking
from the group's center and leader as
they look up from their lyric sheets

KIAN HWANG [ 1 ☆ club ] ; you aren't really proving my collective drop out as a bad idea...

ANN KIM [ 1 ☆ club ] ; [frowns] i can't believe you'd give up that fast...

it appears ann's own confidence is crumbling
by the second by the group negativity

BIN SEOHYANG [ 1 ☆ club ] ; [hesitantly gets up and approaches after a bit too long of a silence] come on let's all start learning the dance?

BIN SEOHYANG [ 1 ☆ club ] ; hoyeon's been working hard to remember it

true, hoyeon is currently glued to a tablet
while actively trying the moves. in fact,
he missed this entire preposition

MO HOYEON [ 1 ☆ club ] ; [stops mid-way through a move, opening and closing his mouth like he's changing his mind on whether or not to speak]

MO HOYEON [ 1 ☆ club ] ; kian, how would you do these moves? since you have more experience than me

hoyeon actively comes out of his bubble to seek kian, but he grows scared as he catches the whole group staring at him

MO HOYEON [ 1 ☆ club ] ; um... nevermind [turns away again]

KIAN HWANG [ 1 ☆ club ] ; no no hoyeon! i'll help it'll be easier together

kian makes grabby motions as he rushes
to help... this is a stark difference from
the original shy kian is it because of
same age friendship???

ANN KIM [ 1 ☆ club ] ; what was that? he just wanted to give up?

JI YUJUN [ 1 ☆ club ] ; [shrugs] mood swings probably

JI YUJUN [ 1 ☆ club ] ; do you think i should make this line very breathy or only like medium level? [points at it on a lyric sheet]

ANN KIM [ 1 ☆ club ] ; [in disbelief] huh? weren't you also quitting

JI YUJUN [ 1 ☆ club ] ; [cheeky grin] what can i say you convinced me~

ANN KIM [ 1 ☆ club ] ; oh that's it

it looks like ann is going to swing
but seohyang stops her in time
and sends her to sit by kairo

BIN SEOHYANG [ 1 ☆ club ] ; yujun, what's the line?

while seohyang helps yujun, let's follow ann

SEO KAIRO [ 1 ☆ club ] ; do you think the teacher would help me with all my lines if i asked?

ANN KIM [ 1 ☆ club ] ; you're not trying to drop out right? like there's no thoughts at all?

SEO KAIRO [ 1 ☆ club ] ; [chuckles] would i be trying to learn these lines if i was?

ANN KIM [ 1 ☆ club ] ; i mean... have you seen the other 2?

SEO KAIRO [ 1 ☆ club ] ; touché

SEO KAIRO [ 1 ☆ club ] ; but don't worry anni~ i'm not going anywhere~

SEO KAIRO [ 1 ☆ club ] ; well unless... but i won't get into that [smiles]

ANN KIM [ 1 ☆ club ] ; [smiles] almost made me okay with our group there kairo

ANN KIM [ 1 ☆ club ] ; but you JUST had to ruin it with the anni

SEO KAIRO [ 1 ☆ club ] ; [acts offended] aww but it's cute!

ANN KIM [ 1 ☆ club ] ; okay roro

SEO KAIRO [ 1 ☆ club ] ; aww, little anni thinks i dislike being cute, how cute~

ANN KIM [ 1 ☆ club ] ; [glares] i wish i never voted for you as center

SEO KAIRO [ 1 ☆ club ] ; [laughs]

well, the alarming comment seems
to have been resolved, let's take a look
at another one of their practices

KIAN HWANG [ 1 ☆ club ] ; you move this arm AND THEN this arm [physically moving the arm himself]

SEO KAIRO [ 1 ☆ club ] ; [a puppet just being controlled fr]

KIAN HWANG [ 1 ☆ club ] ; the whole movement is like this [demonstrates]

SEO KAIRO [ 1 ☆ club ] ; [silently performs the move, but does it with the same errors as before]

KIAN HWANG [ 1 ☆ club ] ; [silence]

KIAN HWANG [ 1 ☆ club ] ; let's run through it again together, slowly

SEO KAIRO [ 1 ☆ club ] ; [nods, focused]

the two end up running through
that move many many times, just like
all the others, until kairo gets it down
enough to run through it alone.

KIAN HWANG [ 1 ☆ club ] ; you got it! [holds hand up for a high five]

SEO KAIRO [ 1 ☆ club ] ; [grins and high fives him]

JI YUJUN [ 1 ☆ club ] ; woah! now that kairo can dance there's nothing in the way of everyone falling for him!

SEO KAIRO [ 1 ☆ club ] ; saying i can dance is pushing it, but thanks I guess!

BIN SEOHYANG [ 1 ☆ club ] ; yujun we're still running through the moves

BIN SEOHYANG [ 1 ☆ club ] ; you can flirt later

JI YUJUN [ 1 ☆ club ] ; i'm doing what now? [walks back over to the dance practice group being led by hoyeon]

BIN SEOHYANG [ 1 ☆ club ] ; oh no worries, i don't judge

JI YUJUN [ 1 ☆ club ] ; i'm just hyping him up though?

BIN SEOHYANG [ 1 ☆ club ] ; oh...

ANN KIM [ 1 ☆ club ] ; [cackling]

MO HOYEON [ 1 ☆ club ] ; yujun it's your turn to show the dance

JI YUJUN [ 1 ☆ club ] ; uh... hoyeon, have i ever told you how pretty you are when you fall?

SEO KAIRO [ 1 ☆ club ] ; is that how you actually flirt...?

MO HOYEON [ 1 ☆ club ] ; is it? [confused] sorry yujun i'm not romantically interested in you

MO HOYEON [ 1 ☆ club ] ; and i'd rather we complete this dance

BIN SEOHYANG [ 1 ☆ club ] ; why don't we split up the group more evenly for this?

KIAN HWANG [ 1 ☆ club ] ; oh? but i only teach 1 on 1

ANN KIM [ 1 ☆ club ] ; what are you on about???

after they diminished kian's claim,
the group split up more evenly, kian
and hoyeon leading the two groups
because they're the only dancers
in the group

The screen lingered on showing
their practice, but nothing else was
shown before moving on to
the final group, DIAMONDS

BUT WHY ARE THEY
ALL IN PRINCESS GOWNS?!

DO DAEWON [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; how did we let aurae force us to do this?

JEONG AURAE [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; what are you talking about? [points her wand at him] you willingly put the dress on

DO DAEWON [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; i just wanted to see if it looked good on me

DO DAEWON [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; but i've concluded that it doesn't

MIN SUHO [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; well, you came to the wrong conclusion

MIN SUHO [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; anything looks good on you because you're attractive

MIN SUHO [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; just like everyone else

MIN SUHO [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; but of course! no one looks as good as me right now

suho does a little twirl to
show off his yellow dress

JEONG AURAE [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; i love the confidence suho but let's face it, i look the best right now

MIN SUHO [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; nuh uh

BAEK SOORAM [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; you guys aren't going to fight about this right? [worried]

the camera zooms in on sooram

if we were to say who was most
attractive in this room it'd be her

or maybe the one with the arm muscles
is drawing your attention?

SHIN KYUHYUN [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; [coughs awkwardly] aurae, what are we doing in these again?

JEONG AURAE [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; [smiles] i'm glad you asked!

JEONG AURAE [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; i figured since we've been told we struggle with standing out

JEONG AURAE [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; we should try it with a little sparkle

JEONG AURAE [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; maybe perform some songs unrelated to practice before trying our own song?

SHIN KYUHYUN [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; but... was the tiara necessary...?

SHIN KYUHYUN [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; [quietly] it's digging into my scalp...

JANG GYEONG [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; [chimes in] of course it was necessary! it's so cute!

i feel she missed that last part

BAE JEONGHOON [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; but i didn't get one?

oh... everyone in the room has a
tiara on except for jeonghoon

JEONG AURAE [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; [blinks] i could've sworn i put one on your bed

BAE JEONGHOON [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; you went into our rooms?

DO DAEWON [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; how else would we have the dresses?

BAE JEONGHOON [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; i just assumed i was too tired to remember bringing it to my room

JEONG AURAE [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; anyway, kyuhyun, if you don't want to wear the tiara you can give it to jeonghoon

JEONG AURAE [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; it won't hurt my feelings don't worry!

kyuhyun nods and does exactly
that before the group begins
their princess dance party?

YET A TEAM'S PRACTICE CAN'T ONLY
CONSIST OF THEM HAVING FUN IN
DRESSES SO WHAT ELSE OCCURED
WHILE THEY WERE PRACTICING

DO DAEWON [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; this part is rather fast, so it's easy to mess up

DO DAEWON [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; but you should be able to get it with enough tries

DO DAEWON [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; it might be best if we do it as a whole group so you can get the timing down

JEONG AURAE [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; [shakes her hands] yeah that's probably best

JEONG AURAE [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; EVERYONE

JEONG AURAE [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; GROUP PRACTICE TIME

the group had been scattered about:
jeonghoon had been helping suho with
his vocals, kyuhyun had been helping
sooram in the same field, and gyeong
had been off practicing on her
own in the corner.

Yet they still all immediately
came together with no complaints

DO DAEWON [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; as a warning this process is going to be slow as we aren't all great dancers

BAE JEONGHOON [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; says the great dancer

BAE JEONGHOON [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; [his mouth thins] did that come out aggressively? i just thought it was funny

MIN SUHO [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; [whispers to jeonghoon] i don't think we were supposed to talk yet

DO DAEWON [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; and i just had this realization,

DO DAEWON [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; but because our dance has a heavy timing importance, we should finish working on it now so we can fine tune later

the group lands on an agreement
and daewon, with the help of gyeong,
begins to lead a whole group dance
practice that led into a late night,
or rather early morning practice

BAEK SOORAM [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; wait, where did aurae and kyuhyun go?

BAE JEONGHOON [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; [wide eyes] they managed to walk out of the room???

jeonghoon was currently supporting
himself with the wall

BAE JEONGHOON [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; well i guess i understand kyu's ability, but aurae?

BAE JEONGHOON [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; i saw her almost fall down like she just stopped spinning like 5 minutes ago

JANG GYEONG [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; [concerned] should we go look for them?

just before anyone was able to respond,
in came a sweaty aurae carrying
a bunch of cold waters

JEONG AURAE [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; anyone feeling thirsty?

JEONG AURAE [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; i know i am

aurae almost just lets the waters drop
on the ground before sliding down
against the wall and closing her eyes

BAEK SOORAM [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; where's kyuhyun?

JEONG AURAE [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; [opens eyes abruptly] we have a fallen soldier?!

JEONG AURAE [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; i never thought daewon would actually kill us

DO DAEWON [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; what an accusation, i didn't kill anyone

BAE JEONGHOON [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; [raises hand half way] you killed me a little

DO DAEWON [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; shush

during this moment of discussion,
the original man in question
appears with a bag

JEONG AURAE [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; yayyyy [tired] kyu is allllliiiiivvvveeee

SHIN KYUHYUN [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; [confused] did she get into something...?

BAEK SOORAM [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; where were you...?

SHIN KYUHYUN [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; i went to the convenience store...

SHIN KYUHYUN [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; [hesitant] i thought i told aurae

BAE JEONGHOON [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; well... it doesn't seem like she's here anymore...

BAE JEONGHOON [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; [curious] what did you get?

SHIN KYUHYUN [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; ice cream

like a dog those two words awoke
something in the boy that was
falling asleep in the corner

MIN SUHO [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; ICE CREAM?!

suho jumps up and rushes over to
kyuhyun, immediately looking into
the bag that he, out of fear, had opened

MIN SUHO [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; [grabs and pulls out ice cream] MINT CHOCO MY LOVER~ [kisses it]

SHIN KYUHYUN [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; um...

BAE JEONGHOON [ 1 ☆ diamond ] ; i feel like i'm intruding on something...

everyone in the group eventually got some
type of ice cream, with kyuhyun simply
taking the final one, to close out their
evening of practicing before they
trudged back to their actual beds

WHILE THIS WASN'T THEIR
LAST DAY OF PRACTICE, THE
FINAL EVALUATION FOR
ALL THE GROUPS WAS
APPROACHING QUICKLY

WILL THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO PROPERLY PREPARE
THEIR PERFORMANCE?

OR RATHER, WILL THEIR
PREPARATION HAVE BEEN
ENOUGH TO AT LEAST BEAT ANOTHER TWO GROUPS FOR
THE SPOT ON THE STAGE?

I GUESS WE'LL FIND OUT
AFTER THIS BREAK....!

PREVIEW OF THE NEXT PART

??? ; do you think we would've gotten pity points if i had a broken leg?

??? ; nothing in life is ever fair, this isn't an exception

??? ; what a fight... my submission was done with a greenscreen while theirs is done on a stage

??? ; i don't think any of us wouldn't say her name

MISUN [ the recruiter ] ; that concludes our performances today!

MISUN [ the recruiter ] ; are you ready to cast your vote?!

a/n - the next part is the last part
of the episode, but it'll probably be
quite long ngl. it's likely to be written
and posted within two weeks because
i have break coming up. just saying
this because it's the chapter with
the voting! this voting will be both
the 'onsite' voting and the 'before
elimination' voting.

LAST EXTRA EXP FOR THE EPISODE !

comment anything you are looking
forward to or not looking forward to

(my answer: seeing my cat & eating food :)
not: my finals next month ha ha ha)