MISUN [ the recruiter ] ; next up, we have the only skill with two songs!

MISUN [ the recruiter ] ; are you ready for our vocalists?!

the crowd cheers in response

MISUN [ the recruiter ] ; [smiles] to start off this category, let's welcome the duo that won their spots in a highly sought after song... the duo performing falling, please welcome Rising!

the cheers continue, or rather
they get louder as said
duo appears on stage

RISING ; From the tide of the sea, we'll set you free! Hello, we are RISING!

SEOL YERIM [ 3 ☆ the lawyer ] ; I'm yerim, the guardian of the sea!

MOON SEONGMIN [ 3 ☆ the bankrupted ] ; and i'm seongmin, the prince of the sea! [makes a crown on his head with his hands]

daewon leaves and
everyone's taking
the "prince" title

MISUN [ the recruiter ] ; hm... more water intros... i'm seeing a theme [chuckles]

RIVULET 🤝 RISING

MISUN [ the recruiter ] ; now, before i let you begin, is there anything you'd like to tell us about your performance?

SEOL YERIM [ 3 ☆ the lawyer ] ; [nods] we'd like to ease your worries because no matter how much you fall for us during our performance

SEOL YERIM [ 3 ☆ the lawyer ] ; we'll be here to raise you up

MISUN [ the recruiter ] ; you better, wow

MISUN [ the recruiter ] ; the stage is yours!

the lights cut off and the shuffling
of movement on stage can be heard
but barely seen before finally two
spotlights capture the scene on stage
again. the music begins to play but
is abruptly stopped as seongmin
is about to sing. the picture
transitions to a much
brighter practice room.

SEOL YERIM [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; [looks up after flipping through the lyric sheet] are there any parts you really want?

SEOL YERIM [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; because with this song, i'm fine with anything

since you'll pop off with anything~

MOON SEONGMIN [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; [nods, thinking] i think i want the intro...?

SEOL YERIM [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; [nodding] okay.

SEOL YERIM [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; let's have you take up to this part for the song's intro [begins highlighting with a blue highlighter]

SEOL YERIM [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; and then i can come in at "what am i now?" [highlights in pink]

really cementing that immediately
with no extra agreement, huh?

SEOL YERIM [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; since it's just the two of us, we can just do a back-and-forth fashion [begins switching back and forth with the highlighters in an almost systematic way of dividing the lines of the song]

SEOL YERIM [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; then we can throw harmonies in for these lines [marks these with underlines]

we're not going to talk about this..?

SEOL YERIM [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; [finishes] what do you think?

MOON SEONGMIN [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; [leans over to scan over the sheet] looks...

MOON SEONGMIN [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; [surprised] good? how? you did that in 2 minutes?

SEOL YERIM [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; [shrugs] it's easy when it only needs to be distributed between 2 people

MOON SEONGMIN [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; ah! [smiles] i thought it might make it harder...

SEOL YERIM [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; 🤨

MOON SEONGMIN [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; but i guess i had nothing to worry about because i have you yerim ^^

SEOL YERIM [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; no problem..? [taps her paper] next, we need to pick a main vocal

SEOL YERIM [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; easy, we can have you as the main vocal [writes his name]

MOON SEONGMIN [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; what? just like that? but don't you want to?

SEOL YERIM [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; you can't do it?

MOON SEONGMIN [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; no! of course i can!

SEOL YERIM [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; then i see no problem, you'll do a great job

the progression of this has
made seongmin flushed

SEOL YERIM [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; [completing a mental checklist ig] now, we just need our name and intro

SEOL YERIM [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; since the song is "falling," should we be the opposite?

MOON SEONGMIN [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; what do you mean?

SEOL YERIM [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; we name ourselves "Rising"

MOON SEONGMIN [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; oh, like rise and fall! i see, i like it!

SEOL YERIM [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; [nods and writes it in all caps at the top of her lyric sheet]

MOON SEONGMIN [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; [thinking] then our intro can be...

i can't determine whether they
were simply efficient because
there was only two of them or
because yerim was there, but
nonetheless, they decided
everything for the mission
in under 10 minutes.

actually, everything about this
duo seemed to progress smoothly,
to the point that their practice
sessions were never that long

MOON SEONGMIN [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; [sitting and talking to the camera] i've been left again

MOON SEONGMIN [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; the neighbors are laughing while i sit in silence

MOON SEONGMIN [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; ...

MOON SEONGMIN [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; they's probably let me hangout with them [debating it] no, that seems like i'm trying to spy on the competition

MOON SEONGMIN [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; ...

MOON SEONGMIN [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; maybe the other teams? [hopeful look as he gets up to go on an adventure ig]

this adventure is being covered
by hallway footage as seongmin
ventures to the second floor

MOON SEONGMIN [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; [a zoom in shot of his face in the window from the pov inside virtuous' practice room]

MOON SEONGMIN [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; ah... they're practicing...

well obviously...

SEOL YERIM [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; seongmin. [walking towards him]

MOON SEONGMIN [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; [confused] yerim? i thought you went home?

SEOL YERIM [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; [shakes head] i was working on something when the staff told me my puppy was lonely

SEOL YERIM [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; i don't recall adopting a puupy, but i made some connections

MOON SEONGMIN [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; they called me a puppy?

SEOL YERIM [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; yes.

SEOL YERIM [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; now, would you like to get some lunch? my treat.

MOON SEONGMIN [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; sure! :D

i swear i could see his tail wagging

anyway, when they came back
to their practice room after lunch,
by request, they were met with
a familiar figure.

LILY SUH [ the vocal expert ] ; hello, i see the staff gave you the message. i was surprised to see no one here when i arrived [smiles]

SEOL YERIM [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; sorry about that, we went out for lunch

LILY SUH [ the vocal expert ] ; [nods as she changes her attention to the paper on her clipboard] i assume you realize what i'm here for, so i won't bore you with the details

LILY SUH [ the vocal expert ] ; let's see what you got

lily takes a seat in a chair set
up by the staff while the two
grab microphones

for their evaluation, a
snippet of the song was
actually included before
the ending notes of
the song played out

LILY SUH [ the vocal expert ] ; [noting something before looking up and smiling] a good thing about the skill missions is that everyone already sings well

bestie hasn't been to
the "my house" team yet

LILY SUH [ the vocal expert ] ; [her face turns cold] but that also means details take the main focus [taps her clipboard]

LILY SUH [ the vocal expert ] ; this song is supposed to be sung with emotion, or rather you are supposed to make the audience feel your pain

LILY SUH [ the vocal expert ] ; that, for lack of a better term, you are falling

LILY SUH [ the vocal expert ] ; and i don't feel that desperation. honestly, i don't feel nothing at all.

LILY SUH [ the vocal expert ] ; you two are talented skill wise, but your emotional connection is lacking

LILY SUH [ the vocal expert ] ; i suggest that you find something in your life that made you feel like this song and think about it as you perform

LILY SUH [ the vocal expert ] ; it's easier to relay an emotion when you understand it properly

the evaluation notes left
the duo with their thoughts

[ personal interviews ]

STAFF ; following the advice, what was the experience you decided to think about

SEOL YERIM [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; seongmin and i initially mentioned thinking about a heartbreak we've experience

SEOL YERIM [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; it was a romantic approach at first, but for both of us it wasn't effective

SEOL YERIM [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; instead, we spun it in a more general sense

SEOL YERIM [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; i thought about a point when i was younger where the attempt at being perfect eventually broke me and seongmin...

SEOL YERIM [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; well, i'll let him tell his

MOON SEONGMIN [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; once we lifted our limiting thoughts, my darkest point came to me easily

MOON SEONGMIN [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; as is mentioned by my card's term alone, my modeling company went bankrupt, and it really left me hopeless

MOON SEONGMIN [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; this was the point where i "fell," so i found that once i brought myself back to those emotions it was easier to transfer them into my performance

MOON SEONGMIN [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; and with addition practice, i think we both will find ourselves giving a completed performance

and then we find ourselves back on the stage

☆

FALLING by Rising

[There should be a GIF or video here. Update the app now to see it.]

MOON SEONGMIN as WUMUTI ( pink hair)

SEOL YERIM as HAYOON ( brown hair )

MAIN VOCAL MOON SEONGMIN

☆

[ backstage ]

LEE NAYEON [ 3 ☆ virtuous ] ; [left in silence] wow...

JEONG AURAE [ 3 ☆ speed ] ; [looks over] are all of you crying...?

it pans to the other 4 members
of virtuous who were tearing
up in some way or another

YOON SOOYOUNG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; i'm going to have to perform with tear stains..

ANN KIM [ 3 ☆ rivulet ] ; you should go clean up fast, you are about to be called

☆

after the emotions were
left to linger, misun appears
on stage once again, alone

MISUN [ the recruiter ] ; well, they weren't wrong about me falling

RANDOM FAN ; misun did you cry?!

MISUN [ the recruiter ] ; no~ my allergies just started acting up! shush!

MISUN [ the recruiter ] ; [laughs] but if any of you did, i'd recommend wiping them before our next vocal performance because it's about to get hot in here instead

MISUN [ the recruiter ] ; please welcome our "my house" team to the neighborhood!

cheers are once again heard
as the trio purposefully walks
sensually onto the stage

THE NEIGHBORHOOD ; We're right next door! Hello, we are The Neighborhood!

YOON SOOYOUNG [ 3 ☆ the deer ] ; I'm yoon sooyoung, the girl next door~!

KIAN HWANG [ 3 ☆ the wannabe ] ; I'm kian hwang, the boy next door~!

the two end up posing next to each other

SHIN KYUHYUN [ 3 ☆ the buff guy ] ; and I'm shin kyuhyun, [glances and makes an awkward one-handed gesture towards the other two] their father...?

did they not get kyuhyun's agreement
for this intro or something..?

MISUN [ the recruiter ] ; if my neighborhood was this attractive, i don't think i'd ever leave~

a wave of agreement is
heard from the crowd

MISUN [ the recruiter ] ; [looks at the trio] is there anything you'd like to say before you perform?

YOON SOOYOUNG [ 3 ☆ the deer ] ; [clears her throat before purposefully making her voice deeper] let's go to my house [winks]

after the extreme commotion from
the crowd, the lights go out again,
coming back on once everything was
set on stage. in basic mnet fashion,
the scene automatically switched out
right before the performance began
to 2/3 of the trio in a stress relief
room sitting on bean bag chairs.

KIAN HWANG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; [enters the room holding up a bag of snacks] i got the goods :D

SHIN KYUHYUN [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; [looks up from the mlp episode he's watching on his phone]

YOON SOOYOUNG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; [brightens and sits up] ooo what do you have? wait... [pointed look] are those aussie snacks to win an unwritten competition?

what is sooyoung talking about..?
let's go back two days...

YOON SOOYOUNG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; [entering the practice room after running off to get something]

YOON SOOYOUNG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; [high pitched whistle noises] ca ca ca ca ca~~~~ [ca vibration sound]

SHIN KYUHYUN [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; [jumps]

KIAN HWANG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; what was that..?

YOON SOOYOUNG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; [smiles, proud] an eagle! to announce my snacks [swings her bag]

YOON SOOYOUNG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; cause you know, america

serena came out today

YOON SOOYOUNG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; [walks over and dumps out the contents of the bag]

KIAN HWANG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; ooo you brought takis [grabs the blue heat bag]

YOON SOOYOUNG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; [grabs a thing of skittles] kyu, you want any?

SHIN KYUHYUN [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; [looking over the small pile] can i have some of the skittles..?

YOON SOOYOUNG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; [grins and pours some into his hand]

okay so sooyoung is talking
about a snack battle? let's go back

KIAN HWANG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; what? [confused] why would i do that? i just thought it'd be fun

YOON SOOYOUNG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; hm [nodding] probably more fun than the aftermath of that day...

KIAN HWANG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; [embarrassed] ... i didn't expect them to have that big of an effect on me

SHIN KYUHYUN [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; i thought you were dying...

YOON SOOYOUNG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; you shouldn't have eaten the whole bag...

the two look at him with either
pity or "you should've known better"

KIAN HWANG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; enough about that... let's just eat some of these!

and then began their snack hangout
with little conversation apart from
the snack ratings that were randomly
thrown out here and there as they chilled

YOON SOOYOUNG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; zero [sticks out her tongue a little after trying vegemite] do you even like this..?

KIAN HWANG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; alone? no

YOON SOOYOUNG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; then why did you include it?

KIAN HWANG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; for the reaction

SHIN KYUHYUN [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; [bravely ate a whole spoonful] it's not bad... i think it deserves an 8

YOON SOOYOUNG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; an 8?! are your tastebuds okay?

SHIN KYUHYUN [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; [eating a tim tam] 5?

YOON SOOYOUNG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; [nods] agreed, 5.

KIAN HWANG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; huh? a 5?

this continues until all the snacks
are tried, which then leads
to more quiet time

YOON SOOYOUNG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; [snacking on shapes when she stubbles across something on her phone] ooo guys i found a "which street casted contestant are you" quiz

KIAN HWANG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; [looks up with interest] really? i didn't know we were popular enough for that..

SHIN KYUHYUN [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; are we actually popular enough for that..?

YOON SOOYOUNG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; says kyu when the user is using him as their profile picture

SHIN KYUHYUN [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; [bites lip] really? [looks over]

this is in fact a true
statement from sooyoung

YOON SOOYOUNG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; we should take it! i'll send over the link!

KIAN HWANG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; [opening the message] you sent it to the show group chat???

YOON SOOYOUNG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; of course :)

the trio begin the quiz

YOON SOOYOUNG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; [finishes] oh! [smiles] i got ryeon <3

SHIN KYUHYUN [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; hm [answering the last question] i got... [soft smile] sevyn

YOON SOOYOUNG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; awe that's cute~ i wonder if they got you too~

canonically, sooyoung
is a kyuvyn supporter-

YOON SOOYOUNG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; [suddenly on a mission] let's ask!

SHIN KYUHYUN [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; [sees the notification and almost loses his phone] not the groupchat! [frantic]

☆

[ groupchat ]

YOON SOOYOUNG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; sevyn~ kyu got you! 🤭 who did you get?

HIDDEN USER ; rawr it's kyuvyn time!!!

MULTIPLE CHATS ; RAWR

SEVYN LEE [ 3 ☆ virtuous ] ; oh i got him too 💕

HIDDEN USER ; now kiss

HIDDEN USER ; you sound like you're playing with dolls

☆

SHIN KYUHYUN [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; [blushing and curls into himself]

KIAN HWANG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; [frowns, upset] why do i keep getting ann???

YOON SOOYOUNG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; [fake gasp] you're secretly twins?

KIAN HWANG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; what...?

YOON SOOYOUNG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; no? oops

KIAN HWANG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; are you telling me this result makes sense..?

YOON SOOYOUNG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; [shrugs] a little?

KIAN HWANG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; [annoyed] i'm not ann.

YOON SOOYOUNG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; well, not literally

anyway, enough coverage of
their free time, let's venture
into their practice

YOON SOOYOUNG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; we should discuss what we want to do on stage while we sing

YOON SOOYOUNG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; i was thinking we should use standing mics

SHIN KYUHYUN [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; [nods]

YOON SOOYOUNG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; [catches kyuhyun's response before looking towards kian] kian?

KIAN HWANG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; [in his own head]

YOON SOOYOUNG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; knock knock [lightly knocks on his shoulder]

KIAN HWANG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; [looks up] sorry...what?

YOON SOOYOUNG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; [frowns] is what lily said getting to you? we said we'd help you work on it later

KIAN HWANG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; i know... [sighs] it's just that i don't think i'll be ready even with the help

YOON SOOYOUNG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; hey, don't do that... [holds his shoulder] you work too hard to lower yourself like that

YOON SOOYOUNG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; and that hard work shows because you've gotten a lot better since the initial review

KIAN HWANG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; [fiddling with his fingers] yeah, but...

YOON SOOYOUNG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; [shakes her head] what if we add small moves to our performance so you can show what you're more comfortable in

KIAN HWANG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; [think about it before nodding slowly] okay, as long as you both are okay with it

SHIN KYUHYUN [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; i'm okay with it

YOON SOOYOUNG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; [smiles] same here

and then they got back to work,
combining kian's vocal help with
the design of their stage. the
footage of this fades out and
into their actual stage

☆

MY HOUSE by The Neighborhood

[There should be a GIF or video here. Update the app now to see it.]

SHIN KYUHYUN as YOUNGEON ( hat )

YOON SOOYOUNG as YALE ( short hair )

KIAN HWANG as AYANA ( long hair )

MAIN VOCAL SHIN KYUHYUN

☆

[ backstage ]

JI YUJUN [ 3 ☆ speed ] ; wow, i forgot how hot kyuhyun was

SEVYN LEE [ 3 ☆ virtuous ] ; don't look at him

JI YUJUN [ 3 ☆ speed ] ; [raises brow] and how do you suggest i do that? remove my eyeballs?

SEO KAIRO [ 3 ☆ speed ] ; that's a little aggressive.. but probably effective

KANG JAEHYUK [ 3 ☆ speed ] ; can i keep your eyeballs in a jar?

JI YUJUN [ 3 ☆ speed ] ; if no one else wants them

☆

after the props on stage were
removed, misun joins the
group back on stage

MISUN [ the recruiter ] ; so... where do you live?

MISUN [ the recruiter ] ; nope [shakes head] that sounded less creepy in my head

some light chuckles can be heard

MISUN [ the recruiter ] ; anyway! let's invite RISING back on stage and start the voting

once on stage, all 5 start their promotion
tactics. the neighborhood members
clearly orchestrated theirs as kyuhyun
mouths "let's" while swiping his bottom
lip, kian mouths "go to" before posing
with his hand covering his eyes, and
sooyoung mouths "my house" with a
smirk and wink. meanwhile, seongmin
gives himself another hand crown while
putting his modeling skills to use
and yerim waves with a smile.

after the voting, all 5 left the stage

YOON SOOYOUNG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; [proud] i think we did well!

KIAN HWANG [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; i messed up some lines during the rap...

SHIN KYUHYUN [ 3 ☆ the neighborhood ] ; ...did it look weird with me in the center..?

SEOL YERIM [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; you all did well

MOON SEONGMIN [ 3 ☆ rising ] ; [nods in agreement] and you looked hot [gives a thumbs up]

sir did you just wink at kyuhyun?

☆

MISUN [ the recruiter ] ; [frowns as she watched them leave] sadly, it's almost time for us to say goodbye...

MISUN [ the recruiter ] ; BUT we still have one more performance to leave us simmering

MISUN [ the recruiter ] ; please welcome the team performing "yes or no," SPEED!

TO BE CONTINUED

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