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part two of episode one
pt 2, ep 1

51 trainees , but how many will make it to the final episode?

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𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐃𝐄 𝐎𝐍𝐄
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[the screen is once again black, but only for a few moments as the black colour fades away. the camera is focused on IU and her sofa.]

💬 IU | mc / judge :
  As some of you might now, the participants of this survival show will be divided into trios, into alliances, where they all have something in common. Since you viewers have all been introduced to us judges and mentors, I think it's time for our lovely trainees to finally meet each other and, well, in a way you!

[IU smiled towards the camera, winking as she did finger guns, this then leading to a blue-purple coloured bubbly 'picture' appearing on the screen.]

[as the purple-blue bubbly 'picture' transitioned off the screen - a room with no people in it was visible. in this room there was a small circular stage with a big heart on top of it, three tunnels were connected to the upper part of room with the stage kind of in the middle of those tunnels, and on the other side there were rows of seats. the rows were on different levels, stairs going up along the sides of them so that it was possible to get to the upper rows. in the middle of the rows there was a part "missing" where there were even more stairs. At the end of the stage a screen is placed.]

(incase my explanation was too shitty, as i think it is, here's a 'drawing' i made of how i, ROUGHLY, imagine the room looking in google docs - the triangles representing the tunnels, the small circles being the seats and the black line being the screen, if you didnt understand.)

(it looks better in my mind, but i cant really draw it. this is just roughly the placements, nothing else. (its also a bit further from the stage to the seating area- i just didnt want the screenshot to be like 21412 miles long-))

[after the camera had showed the room all the light in the room disappeared, now only faint blue-purple lights shone - these lights coming from small lamps on the edges of each row. after only a moment of "darkness"  blue-purple lights around each of the three tunnels lit up. it wasn't enough light to make the room bright and lit up as it had been when the room had been shown, but it was enough to show the tunnel-exits and stage more clearly.]

[the camera shifted and the view was now directly focusing on the tunnel the furthest to the left.]

💬 ???? | trainee :
⠀ Ouch! Why is it so dark in here? 

[a trainee with braided, long hair can be seen exiting the tunnel, holding their elbow with one of their hands. the camera then cuts to the tunnel furthest to the right.]

💬 ???? | trainee :
⠀ Oh, hello! Did you get hurt?

[a trainee that's above average height can be seen exiting this tunnel, they basically run out of the tunnel. the camera then switches to focusing on the tunnel in the middle.]

💬 ???? | trainee :
⠀ Shit, I think I'm going in the wrong direction-

[after a few moments a trainee can be seen exiting the tunnel, they chuckle slightly as they walk towards the stage. the camera then zooms out and the three girls can be seen stepping up on the stage. As they all stand on the stage both the screen in front of them and lights from under the heart shape light up.]

💬 ???? | trainee :
⠀ I guess we're supposed to read what the screen says? 

[the girl that had come out of the right tunnel said, the other two nodding at her statement.]

💬 ???? + ???? + ???? | alliance one :
⠀ Alliance one - big insomnias, fans of dreamcatcher!

FIRST ALLIANCE FORMED !!
big fans of dreamcatcher - big insomnias

[the three continued to look at the screen, that now displayed the words "PROPERLY INTRODUCE YOURSELVES".]

💬 XUNYI | trainee :
⠀ I'll start!

💬 DAEUN | trainee :
⠀ I guess I can go second..?

💬 MAKO | trainee :
⠀ Then I'll go last! 

💬 XUNYI | trainee :
⠀ Hi hello, happy pill XINYI here! I'm Huang Xinyi from SM Entertainment!

💬 DAEUN | trainee :
⠀ Your lovely DAEUN has finally arrived! I'm WM's Cho Daeun!

💬 MAKO | trainee :
⠀ Who's,, that,, Pokémon?~~ It's MAKO - the silly Pokémon here to make you smile!

[ the three looked at each other and giggled, before Mako, the girl from the middle tunnel, started to talk.]

💬 MAKO | trainee :
⠀ Sooooo.. who's your bias?

💬 XUNYI | trainee :
⠀ Oh, I'm OT7! I literally can't pick a bias for the life of me.

💬 DAEUN | trainee :
⠀ I'm Dami and Siyeon biased! They're actually my ults! How about you Mako?

💬 MAKO | trainee :
⠀ Ah, I'm SuA, JiU and Gahyeon biased!

💬 XUNYI | trainee :
⠀ Oh, understandable! 

💬 XUNYI | trainee :
⠀By the way, when did you start stanning them? I became an insomnia in 2019, it's kind of thanks to that performance where they danced without shoes, to be honest. But yeah, when did you two join the fandom?

💬 MAKO | trainee :
⠀ Oh, I remember that! That was honestly so fun! But, uh, I've been a fan since they were known as MINX!

💬 DAEUN | trainee :
⠀ Oh my god, me too! I started stanning them in 2015!

💬 XINYU | trainee :
⠀ Woah, what? That's honestly so cool! Have any of you been to any like... concerts or something? Since you've been a fans for so long, I mean-

💬 DAEUN | trainee :
⠀ Actually, yeah! I've been to three of their concerts and I've been their fansigns twice, and I actually have all the members signatures!

💬 XUNYI | trainee :
⠀ What? Seriously? I havent been able to go to any fansigns or any concerts, I'm honestly so jealous of you!

💬 DAEUN | trainee :
⠀ How about you Mako?

💬 MAKO | trainee :
⠀ Oh, I've been to two fansigns! And I've also been to a concert!

💬 DAEUN | trainee :
⠀ Oooh, which one?

💬 MAKO | trainee :
⠀ Oh! It was the 'Invitation from Nightmare City' concert in Seoul, in 2019! 

💬 DAEUN | trainee :
⠀ Woah, I also went to that concert! 

💬 MAKO | trainee :
⠀ Seriously? Woah!

💬 XUNYI | trainee :
⠀ That is so cool! You two were to the same concert! 

💬 MAKO | trainee :
⠀ I know!

💬 XUNYI | trainee :
⠀ Man, I'm so jealous of you two! But, uh, the screen says that we should go to our seats, so, uh, let's go?

💬 MAKO | trainee :
⠀ Oh, it does? 

[Mako looked away from the other alliance members to look at the screen, before looking back to the other two.]

💬 MAKO | trainee :
⠀ It does! Let's go sit down then!

[ the camera then zooms out a bit and follows the three as they walk up the stairs and sit down on the front seats furthest to the right. the lights under the heart-shape go out and, as they sit down, soft lights from under the seats of where they decided to sit turn on. you can see the three quietly whispering as the camera slowly shifts back to the stage before, with a nice transition, cutting to Siyeon back at the cast area.]

💬 SIYEON | judge :
⠀ I was so surprised when I heard them say that they were all insomnias! I was like 'Is that really their alliance?' Especially since two of them have been stans since, well, since we were MINX! I'm obviously very grateful, but like, still! I was really suprised!

[after another nice transition, away from Siyeon and back to the alliance room, the is once again zoomed in on the stage and exists of the tunnel.]

[three trainees exit the tunnels at the same time : a girl with relatively long hair and a bright smile on her face exits the left tunnel, a tall girl with a blue ribbon in her hair walks out of the middle tunnel, a girl with a hot pink strand of hair and feline eyes comes out of the right tunnel. the three smile at one another before walking up to the stage.]

💬 ???? | trainee :
⠀ Woah, your hair is really pretty!

💬 ???? | trainee :
⠀ Thank you! Wait, are you a former SM trainee? I feel like I've seen you before!

💬 ????? | trainee :
⠀ Yes I am! I feel like I recognise you too... 

💬 ???? | trainee :
⠀ Oh, wait, that screen just lit up- who wants to read it? 

💬 ????? | trainee :
⠀ I can!

💬 ????? | trainee :
⠀ Alliance two : long time dancers!

SECOND ALLIANCE FORMED !!
long time dancers

💬 MANI | trainee :
⠀ And now it says to introduce ourselves... 

💬 RUBY | trainee :
⠀ I can start!

💬 MANI | trainee :
⠀ I'll go last! Save the best for last, y'know! 

[the girl who'd walked out of the left tunnel laughed  slightly before the one who'd exited the middle tunnel started her introduction - she smiled brightly before starting to talk, whilst doing a little twirl.]

💬 RUBY | trainee :
⠀ Like a jewel I will shine, I'm RUBY! 

💬 LIUQI | trainee :
⠀ Hi, it's your artsy all-rounder from HappyFace, Xiao LIUQI!

💬 RUBY | trainee :
⠀ Wait, Liuqi, you're an all-rounder too?

💬 LIUQI | trainee :
⠀ Yeah?

💬 RUBY | trainee :
⠀ Oh... well, let's let Mani do her introduction!

💬 MANI | trainee :
⠀ Thank you! 

💬 MANI | trainee :
⠀ It's the American sweetheart, hello, I'm MANI!

💬 LIUQI | trainee :
⠀ Wait, Armani, right? Man, It's been so long! 

💬 MANI | trainee :
⠀ Oh my god, Liqiu! Of course it's you! I remember you!

💬 RUBY | trainee :
⠀ You two know each other? 

💬 MANI | trainee :
⠀ Yeah! We trained together for a few years! 

💬 RUBY | trainee :
⠀ Oh, nice!

💬 MANI | trainee :
⠀ Anyways, long time dancers, huh? When did you start dancing Ruby? Or wait, do you use Ruby as your name?

💬 RUBY | trainee :
⠀ I use Ruby, it's my English name, but Yueqing is my birth name. So you can use either Ruby or Yueqing!

💬 MANI | trainee :
⠀ Ah, okay! 

💬 RUBY | trainee :
⠀ But to answer your question, I started dancing when I was three. Then I joined HYBE when I was fourteen. 

💬 LIUQI | trainee :
⠀ Woah, so you've been a trainee for a long time!

💬 RUBY | trainee :
⠀ What? No, I'm fifteen now- 

💬 LIUQI | trainee :
⠀ You're fifteen?!

💬 RUBY | trainee :
⠀ Yeah, fifteen, but I turn sixteen in December!

💬 MANI | trainee :
⠀ Woah, I feel really old now!

💬 RUBY | trainee :
⠀ What? How old are you then?

💬 MANI | trainee :
⠀ Twenty-two!

💬 LIUQI | trainee :
⠀ And I'm twenty, turning twenty-one in July.

💬 RUBY | trainee :
⠀ So you're an 00-liner Mani? and you're an 01-liner?

💬 MANI | trainee :
⠀ And you're an 06-liner?

💬 RUBY | trainee :
⠀ Damn... that's quite the age difference!

💬 LIUQI | trainee :
⠀ Indeed! 

💬 MANI | trainee :
⠀ The screen says that we're supposed to go sit down! C'mon, let's go!

💬 LIUQI | trainee :
⠀ Oh, okay!

[the camera then follows the girls as they walk and pick their seats. Once again soft lights start up under their seats as they sit down.]

[the camera switches back to viewing the tunnels and stage and shortly after another set of three exit the tunnels and walk towards the stage. the trainee that came out from the left tunnel had loosely tied braids with a few hair clips clipping back their bangs. the one who exited the middle tunnel had slightly wavy hair with a cute bow tying up some of the hair into a small bun and the last trainee, the one who'd exited the right tunnel had black slightly curled hair.]

💬 ???? | trainee :
⠀ Hello! I love your hair!

💬 ???? | trainee :
⠀ Thank you! You look great yourself!

💬 ???? | trainee :
⠀ Are we supposed to read that stuff out-loud?

[the girl who'd walked out of the right tunnel pointed at the screen.]

💬 ???? | trainee :
⠀ Uh, I think so?

💬 ???? | trainee :
⠀ I'll read it!

💬 ???? | trainee :
⠀ Alliance three, oh we're the third alliance? cool! 

💬 ???? | trainee :
⠀ Keep reading it! 

💬 ???? | trainee :
⠀ Oh, right! Alliance three : from Paris, France.

THIRD ALLIANCE FORMED !!
is from paris

💬 HIKARI | trainee :
⠀ Oh, vous êtes aussi français tous les deux ?
(Oh, you two are also french?)

💬 CELINE | trainee :
⠀ Oui, born and raised in Paris!
(Yes,)

💬 ROXY | trainee :
⠀ Regarde! There's more to read!
(Look!)

💬 HIKARI | trainee :
⠀ I guess I'll keep reading it!

💬 HIKARI | trainee :
⠀ Introduce yourselves to each other!

💬 CELINE | trainee :
⠀ I can go first!

💬 ROXY | trainee :
⠀ You can go second, you with the pretty hair!

💬 HIKARI | trainee :
⠀ Ah, no, you go before me!

💬 ROXY | trainee :
⠀ Non, toi!
(no, you!)

💬 CELINE | trainee :
⠀ Just go second, pretty hair-person!

[the trainee that'd exited the middle tunnel looked down on her feet and chuckled softly before looking back up and nodding.]

💬 CELINE | trainee :
⠀ Hello, it's your French fairy, CELINE!

💬 HIKARI | trainee :
⠀ Your French beauty, I'm HIKARI!

💬 ROXY | trainee :
⠀ Hi, hello, I'm STARSHIP's ROXY Lou, I'll take your breath away with my vocals!

💬 CELINE | trainee :
⠀ Roxy Lou? That sounds like that child from The Grinch...

💬 HIKARI | trainee :
⠀ No, that child is called Cindy-Lou, not Roxy!

💬 CELINE | trainee :
⠀ Ah, right! Sorry!

💬 ROXY | trainee :
⠀ Anyways, uh, what company are you under? I'm, as I said, under Starship!

💬 CELINE | trainee :
⠀ I'm from KQ! I joined in 2019!

💬 HIKARI | trainee :
⠀ I also started training in 2019! But under The Black Label and not KQ, obviously!

💬 ROXY | trainee :
⠀ Oh, I started training in 2016!

💬 HIKARI | trainee :
⠀ Woah, that's cool! So you've been under Starship for like... 5 years?

💬 ROXY | trainee :
⠀ Actually, no! I trained under JYP for 2 years before switching to Starship!

💬 CELINE | trainee :
⠀ Woah, that's cool!

💬 HIKARI | trainee :
⠀ Okay, wait, important question. Do you live in a dorm or in an apartment?

💬 CELINE | trainee :
⠀ I live in the KQ dorms, i'm lucky enough to not have to share room with anyone!

💬 ROXY | trainee :
⠀ I also live in the starship dorms! I used to share room with Allen but then he debuted, so I have a room with, well, one empty bed and the bed where I sleep.

💬 CELINE | trainee :
⠀ Allen?

💬 ROXY | trainee :
⠀ Allen Ma, of CRAVITY! He's my best friend!

💬 CELINE | trainee :
⠀ Oooohh, okay! 

💬 ROXY | trainee :
⠀ Anyways, how about you Hikari? Do you live in a dormitory or in an apartment?

💬 HIKARI | trainee :
⠀ I live in an apartment with my best friends! Suyin and Iseul, they're also participants here at CRUSH!

[Hikari chuckles slightly with a big smile on her face, clearly proud over her friends for also getting accepted to CRUSH. They then look over at the screen and quickly speaks again.]

💬 HIKARI | trainee :
⠀ Oh, shit, I think that text has been there for a while- We should go find somewhere to sit-

[the three laugh slightly, Hikari bowing towards the camera as an apology, before they all scurry away towards the seating area. as they get off the stage the lights from underneath it go out, and when they end up picking a set of seats to sit at the lights under those seats light up.]

[the camera then, once again, moves back to focus on the three tunnels.]

[just as before a trainee exits the left, middle and right tunnel and just as before they all walk up on the stage. two of the three trainees, the ones from the left and middle tunnels, are both wearing fully black clothes with - whilst the last trainee is wearing a button-up cardigan with flowers and a white skirt. Quite the aesthetic difference.]

💬 ???? | trainee :
⠀ Woah, I love your hair! What are your pronouns?

💬 ???? | trainee :
⠀ Thank you for asking, my pronouns are they/he/she! How 'bout you?

💬 ???? | trainee :
⠀ They/them! 

💬 ???? | trainee :
⠀ And you?

💬 ???? | trainee :
⠀ Oh, she/her!

💬 ???? | trainee :
⠀ Awh yeah! 

💬 ???? | trainee :
⠀ Can one of you two read the text on that screen-thing? I didn't bring my reading glasses so I, uh, can't really read it-

💬 ???? | trainee :
⠀ Of course! It says "Has more than one tattoo"  - so I guess we all have tattoos!

FOURTH ALLIANCE FORMED !!
has tattoos

💬 ARSON | trainee :
⠀ And now it says to "introduce ourselves", do you want to go first cardigan-girl?

💬 MEI | trainee :
⠀ Alright! Then how about you go second, short haired-pal?

💬 XIA | trainee :
⠀ Great, then I'll go last!

💬 MEI | trainee :
⠀ Your beautiful and sexy plum Li MEI here!

💬 ARSON | trainee :
⠀ I'll set your heart ablaze! Hey, I'm ARSON!

💬 XIA | trainee :
⠀ The wittiest witch in town, hi I'm Starships XIA!

💬 XIA | trainee :
⠀ Since our alliance is "has tattoos", what tattoos do you two have?

💬 MEI | trainee :
⠀ Oh! I have a sun and moon tattoo on my shoulder blades, like a sun on one of them and a moon on another and I have a tattoo of a butterfly on my back! And I think I want to get a lily on my waist!

💬 ARSON | trainee :
⠀ Woah, that sounds pretty! I have, uh, quite a few. Do you want me to go through all of them?

💬 MEI + XIA | alliance four :
⠀ Of course we do!

💬 ARSON | trainee :
⠀ Okay, okay!

💬 ARSON | trainee :
⠀ So I have a kinda realistic brachiosaurus with cartoon-esc wings surrounded by pterodactyls on my right shoulder, 

💬 ARSON | trainee :
⠀ And I have a bowl of 'ramen', which really is just a ramen bowl with three heads, on my right wrist and I have a realistic spider tattoo under this glove!

[Arson lifts up their hand to show off their fingerless black glove.]

💬 ARSON | trainee :
⠀ And, okay, on my right tibia, or shinbone or whatever it's called, I have a blanket ghost, a cartoony waving snail and a dancing skeleton. And I have a lit lighter on the inner side of my left tibia.

💬 ARSON | trainee :
⠀ Oh and! I have two dancing frogs on my right ankle and loads of eyes on top of my left foot and ankle!

💬 MEI | trainee :
⠀ Thats a lot- 

💬 ARSON | trainee :
⠀ There's one more though! 

[They pull up their sleeve slightly to reveal two dragons playing with each other. A, kind of sad, smile is visible on their face as they look up from the tattoo.]

💬 ARSON | trainee :
⠀ That's all of them!

💬 XIA | trainee :
⠀ They sound beautiful! And that dragon tattoo is... it's wonderful!

💬 MEI | trainee :
⠀ For real! You have to show us them later, okay?

💬 ARSON | trainee :
⠀ Promise! Now to you Xia, what tattoos do you have? 

💬 XIA | trainee :
⠀ Oh, right! I have, wait...

[Xia looks up at the ceiling as if they're counting something before looking back at his alliance members.]

💬 XIA | trainee :
⠀ I have eleven tattoos! I have a cloud on my back, it's to represent transformation and transition! I got it when my best friend, Sally, came out to me as mtf and when I'd finally accepted myself!

💬 MEI | trainee :
⠀ Aw, that's sounds great!

💬 XIA | trainee :
⠀ Then I also have a self-hug heart on my left upper arm, a bandaid with flowers growing out of it with 'It'll be okay' written kind of under it on my upper right arm and I have 'Purpose' written in a simple cursive font on the front side of my right wrist. They all basically represent self-love and acceptance!

💬 XIA | trainee :
⠀ And I have my birthdate, 6239 - 06/23/199, on the side of my right wrist. I also have a bunch of sparkles and stars on my left shoulder blade and a moon with sparkles and two flowers under my right collarbone. It's 'cause I was born at night.

💬 MEI | trainee :
⠀ Woah, they all sound beautiful!

💬 XIA | trainee :
⠀ Thank you! I also have a witches hat with like some plants and sparkles on the knuckle of my right pinky, and a two sock-covered feet on a flying broomstick, above the right collarbone, and to the side. I got them both to basically express freedom and basically being an outcast from my family... oh and I have a really small bunny tattoo on the right side of my right ankle! That one is just because I love bunnies.

💬 ARSON | trainee :
⠀ Man, your tattoos have so much meaning! Mine have like small hidden thoughts and that kind of stuff, but yours really are just... yeah, they sound beautiful!

💬 XIA | trainee :
⠀ Ah, thank you.. I guess?

💬 MEI | trainee :
⠀ You also have to show us them later, okay?

💬 XIA | trainee :
⠀ Noted! Oh my god, wait, I forgot one!

💬 MEI | trainee :
⠀ You did? 

💬 XIA | trainee :
⠀ Yeah! Oh damn, so sorry Sally! Me and Sally, my best friend if you remember, both have this safety pin tattoo on the front side of our left wrists! 

💬 ARSON | trainee :
⠀ Oh damn, matching tattoos? I wish I- I do have someone to have matching tattoos with!

💬 XIA | trainee :
⠀ Really? Who?

💬 ARSON | trainee :
⠀ My best friend! Their name is Marie Ahn, they're also a KQ trainee and dancer. Man, I wish they were here... 

💬 MEI | trainee :
⠀ You're a dancer?

💬 ARSON | trainee :
⠀ Well, rapper and dancer, yeah. 

💬 XIA | trainee :
⠀ You rap?

💬 ARSON | trainee :
⠀ Yeah...?

💬 XIA | trainee :
⠀ Woah, could not be me- 

💬 MEI | trainee :
⠀ Wait, you mean to tell me that you're not a rapper?

💬 XIA | trainee :
⠀ Yes...? I'm a vocalist and a dancer, but not a rapper. I literally cant rap for the life of me!

💬 MEI | trainee :
⠀ Serioiusly?

💬 ARSON | trainee :
⠀ Like you really give me rapper vibes- 

💬 XIA | trainee :
⠀ Please- the person who scouted me for Starship said the same thing!

💬 ARSON | trainee :
⠀ Damn- So wait, you're really not a rapper?

💬 XIA | trainee :
⠀ Yeah, not a rapper. 

💬 ARSON | trainee :
⠀ Woah... that's honestly so fun! You're definitely gonna shock a lot of mentors with that fact-

💬 MEI | trainee :
⠀ You really will! Like, holy...

💬 MEI | trainee :
⠀ Wait, what does it say on that screen? It looks different than before.

💬 XIA | trainee :
⠀ Oh! It says- uh, it says that we should go find a place to sit at...

💬 ARSON | trainee :
⠀ What are we waiting for then? Let's go!

[the three quickly jumped off the stage and ran off to the seating area to find a place to sit at. the view then shifts, through another one of those nice transitions, from the alliance area to the cast area where you can see Mingi.]

💬 MINGI | rap mentor :
⠀ Okay, so... Arson? I recognized them when they first started to speak, so I had to pause the video- 

💬 MINGI | rap mentor :
⠀ Oh shit, I wasnt supposed to say that this clip is filmed afterwards? Welp, uh- Sorry?

💬 MINGI | rap mentor :
⠀ As I was going to say, I had to pause the video and I texted the groupchat with a pic of the screen and I was like, "do any of you recognize them? I feel like I've seen them before.."

💬 MINGI | rap mentor :
⠀ And then Seonghwa-hyung replied and was like "That's Arson! Our background dancer!"

💬 MINGI | rap mentor :
⠀ And I just- Immediately when I read that text, it just made sense! Of course it's them! I honestly did not think that I'd be meeting them here, of all places, like I was just... I was so shocked to see them here!

[with another transition Mingi is gone from the screen and the tunnels and stage are back in focus.]

[three trainees exited the tunnels. a trainee with shoulder-length brown hair and a colorful knitted sweater walked out from the tunnel the furthest to the left. from the middle tunnel a girl wearing a grey hoodie with King Boo on it exited. from the last tunnel - the right tunnel - a trainee wearing a black long-sleeved velvet top paired with their brown, almost black, hair in a half-down/half-up hairstyle came out.]

💬 ????? | trainee :
⠀ Woah, I love your sweater!

💬 ???? | trainee :
⠀ Awh, thank you so much! Your top also looks stunning!

💬 ????? | trainee :
⠀ Wait, what does that say?

💬 ???? | trainee :
⠀ Huh? 

💬 ????? | trainee :
⠀ The text on the screen! It's too much text, I cant really read it-

💬 ???? | trainee :
⠀ Well don't ask me! I have dyslexia so-

💬 ????? | trainee :
⠀ You too? King-Boo, please tell me that you don't have dyslexia- Cause that would be a... a smaller disaster-

💬 ???? | trainee :
⠀ Oh, I dont! "Gamers!"

💬 ???? | trainee :
⠀ Well, that what it says in Korean at least...

FIFTH ALLIANCE FORMED !!
gamer

💬 HYERIM | trainee :
⠀ And then it also says that we should introduce ourselves. 

💬 XIAOYU | trainee :
⠀ Who wants to go first?

💬 HYERIM | trainee :
⠀ Uh, I dont know...? You could go first, if you want of course!

💬 XIAOYU | trainee :
⠀ How about we do it in order of age? Starting with the oldest one. 

💬 WINNIE | trainee :
⠀ Nu-uh, youngest first!

💬 HYERIM | trainee :
⠀ Yeah! Youngest first!

💬 XIAOYU | trainee :
⠀ Ah, okay then! Which one of yous is the youngest one?

💬 WINNIE | trainee :
⠀ Well, as far as I'm aware, I'm the youngest trainee at the show - so me?

💬 XIAOYU | trainee :
⠀ Wait actually? 

💬 WINNIE | trainee :
⠀ Yeah! Staff said that I'm the youngest trainee- 

💬 XIAOYU | trainee :
⠀ And I'm the oldest one... damn, I don't even want to calculate our age difference. 

💬 HYERIM | trainee :
⠀ I think it'd be like... eight years or something?

💬 XIAOYU | trainee :
⠀ Eight years? I feel so bloody old!

💬 WINNIE | trainee :
⠀ Can I do my intro now?

💬 HYERIM | trainee :
⠀ Oh, of course!

💬 WINNIE | trainee :
⠀ Thanks unnie!

[the trainee that'd left the right tunnel then bowed towards the middle tunnel-girl with a smile on their face.]

💬 WINNIE | trainee :
⠀ G'day it's WINNIE, your beloved maknae and high-note queen!

[winnie then cupped her cheeks with her hands shaped like half-hearts, and winked with their right eye. after a nice transition you can see Xuan Yi back in the cast area.]

💬 Xuan Yi | judge :
⠀ Oh my god, they're so cute! I knew they'd be the youngest trainee, but just, woah! They're just- they're so cute!

[after another transition the three trainees are back on screen.]

💬 HYERIM | trainee :
⠀ Hi, I'm Hwang HYERIM, Starship's golden fennec fox!

💬 XIAOYU | trainee :
⠀ Your dazzling girl! Hi, I'm Pledis Entertainment's XIAOYU!

💬 WINNIE | trainee :
⠀ So, our alliance was "gamers", right?

💬 HYERIM | trainee :
⠀ Yepp!

💬 XIAOYU | trainee :
⠀ Then, what games do you play? 

💬 HYERIM | trainee :
⠀ Ah, I'm pretty basic, I guess. I love the Super Mario games! Like everything from Mario Kart, to Super Mario Bros, to Odyssey, to Mario Maker - anything in the Mario franchise is just... the best! How about you Xiaoyu?

💬 XIAOYU | trainee :
⠀ Oh, I'm a real minecraft nerd! I've had a hardcore world since 2015! 

💬 WINNIE | trainee :
⠀ Since 2015? Holy shit, that's like- a long time- 

💬 XIAOYU | trainee :
⠀ Yeah! But I also play valorant and, uh, tricky towers? Yeah, tricky towers! I have Sykkuno to thank for that one!

💬 HYERIM | trainee :
⠀ You watch Sykkuno?

💬 XIAOYU + WINNIE | alliance five :
⠀ Yes! He's literally the best!

💬 XIAOYU | trainee :
⠀ Woah, looks like we have something other than gaming in common too!

💬 HYERIM | trainee :
⠀ Indeed! Oh, and, back to gaming... Winnie, what games do you play?

💬 WINNIE | trainee :
⠀ Oh! I mainly play Minecraft, Valorant and Overwatch!

💬 XIAOYU | trainee :
⠀ You have to give me your Minecraft and Valorant tags later! And Hyerim-ah, I'm honestly just going to buy Minecraft for you.

💬 HYERIM | trainee :
⠀ You don't have to Xiaoyu-unnie!

💬 XIAOYU | trainee :
⠀ Oh but I do! I want to play Minecraft with you!

💬 HYERIM | trainee :
⠀ Ahhh, okay then! But then I'll buy you something too, promise!

💬 WINNIE | trainee :
⠀ Y'know what, we have to have a Mario Kart tournament here!

💬 HYERIM | trainee :
⠀ Oh my god, yes! 

💬 XIAOYU | trainee :
⠀ That would be amazing!

💬 HYERIM | trainee :
⠀ Oh, shit, we should go find our seats!

💬 WINNIE | trainee :
⠀ Huh? Why?

💬 HYERIM | trainee :
⠀ The screen! 

💬 WINNIE | trainee :
⠀ Ohh, okay!

[the three walked off the stage and up the stairs to pick their seats. the camera, who'd followed the three when they walked, switched to focus on the little stage and the tunnels.]

[a girl with soft curly hair, wearing a black beret, a white shirt and a yellow knitted vest exited the tunnel the furthest to the right.]

💬 ???? | trainee :
⠀ Wait, am I too early? Shit...

[a girl with long, straight hair and a dark blue cardigan then left the tunnel the furthest to the left.]

💬 ????? | trainee :
⠀ Are we supposed to leave the tunnels now?

💬 ???? | trainee :
⠀ I honestly don't know, wait, arent there supposed to be three of us?

[suddenly a girl with space buns, wearing mainly black clothes with one of those smiling rainbow flowers hanging from one of her belt buckles, exited - basically ran - out of the middle tunnel.]

💬 ???? | trainee :
⠀ I'm here! Sorry for being late!

💬 ????? | trainee :
⠀ We just left our tunnels, so you're not late! Don't worry!

💬 ???? | trainee :
⠀ Exactly! 

[the three then walked up to the stage, which lit up when they stepped on it causing a few 'woah's to be heard from them.]

💬 ???? | trainee :
⠀ Should we read what it says together or should just one of us read it?

[the trainee that had exited the right tunnel asked as they pointed to the screen in front of them.]

💬 ????? | trainee :
⠀ I think we can do it together? I feel like that's nicer.

💬 ???? | trainee :
⠀ Sounds good to me!

[the three then looked at each other, with the trainee that had come out of the right tunnel counting to three with their fingers.]

💬 ????? + ???? + ???? | alliance six :
⠀ Role model is EXO!

SIXTH ALLIANCE FORMED !!
role model is exo

💬 YUE | trainee :
⠀ And now it says to introduce ourselves, who wants to go first?

💬 DABIN | trainee :
⠀ Rainbow flower, you want to go first?

💬 YUN | trainee :
⠀ Oh, sure!

💬 DABIN | trainee :
⠀ Then you can go, blue cardigan!

💬 YUE | trainee :
⠀ Kay-kay!

💬 DABIN | trainee :
⠀ Great! Then I'll go last!

💬 YUN | trainee :
⠀ Hey, hey hey! It's your bet hype girl, Yunnie here to make you smile!

💬 YUE | trainee :
⠀ Shining! Hello, I'm SM's moon, YUE!

💬 DABIN | trainee :
⠀ Your favourite badass DABIN has arrived!

[just as Dabin finished speaking a voice from behind the camera yelled,]

💬 DAEUN | trainee (alliance one) :
⠀ She's not a badass at all! Trust me, I've spent my entire life with her!

[the camera angle then switched and Daeun, from the first alliance, is standing up with a big, teasing, smile on her face. the camera then switches back to have the  sixth alliance on the screen.]

💬 DABIN | trainee :
⠀ YAH! SHUT UP DAEUN-AH!

💬 YUE | trainee :
⠀ Who's that?

💬 DABIN | trainee :
⠀ Oh, it's my sister-

💬 YUN | trainee :
⠀ Your sister is here? That's cool!

💬 DABIN | trainee :
⠀ Well, not I guess. But she's so annoying-

💬 DAEUN | trainee (alliance one) :
⠀ But you still love me!~~

💬 DABIN | trainee :
⠀ SHUT IT EUNNIIE!

💬 YUE | trainee :
⠀ Oh, you're the younger sister?

💬 DABIN | trainee :
⠀ What? Oh, no, she's my twin.

💬 YUE | trainee :
⠀ But you called her unnie?

💬 DABIN | trainee :
⠀ Ah, that's just one of her nicknames!

💬 YUE | trainee :
⠀ Oh, okay!

💬 DABIN | trainee :
⠀ But seriously Daeun-ah, can you please be quiet?

💬 DAEUN | trainee (alliance one) :
⠀ Okay... but still! You're not cool!

[Dabin just sighed before looking back at their alliance members.]

💬 YUE | trainee :
⠀ Anyways... who's your bias?

💬 YUN | trainee :
⠀ Oh, I'm Chanyeol, Baekhyun and Sehun biased! With Kyungsoo (D.O) as my main bias wrecker.

💬 DABIN | trainee :
⠀ Definetly Baekhyun, Suho and Xiumin! But I tend to switch bias a lot so- How 'bout you?

💬 YUE | trainee :
⠀ Kai and Chanyeol! But I, obvioulsy, love all the boys.

💬 YUN | trainee :
⠀ Obviously!

💬 YUE | trainee :
⠀ Oh and, by the way, what label are you from?

💬 YUE | trainee :
⠀ I'm from SM, like I said in my intro.

💬 DABIN | trainee :
⠀ I'm from WM! Me and my twin both wanted to join SM but our parents wouldnt allow us, so we auditioned for WM instead.

💬 YUE | trainee :
⠀ Ouhh, SM is great to be honest!

💬 DABIN | trainee :
⠀ I can imagine!

💬 YUE | trainee :
⠀ But how about you, Yunnie? Or wait, what's your name?

💬 YUN | trainee :
⠀ Oh, it's Yun, but Yunnie - obviously - works to! But, to answer your first question, I'm from Banana Culture!
(free banana bread every day /j)

💬 DABIN | trainee :
⠀ Ooh, cool!

💬 DABIN | trainee :
⠀ So, when did you stan them?

💬 YUE | trainee :
⠀ Ah, I've been a fan since 2014!

💬 DABIN | trainee :
⠀ What? Me too! When did you join the fandom Yun?

💬 YUN | trainee :
⠀ Oh.. uh, since 2017, so I guess I'm a pretty new EXO-L...

💬 DABIN | trainee :
⠀ What? No you're not a "new exo-l", people who started stanning at like Dont Fight The feeling are new exo-l's! I'm guessing POWER is what got you interested in EXO?

💬 YUN | trainee :
⠀ Yes! What made you stan them then?

💬 DABIN | trainee :
⠀ My sister! They introduced me to like, most of my ults... like mamamoo and exo!

💬 YUN | trainee :
⠀ That's nice!

💬 YUE | trainee :
⠀ I don't mean to like, well, interrupt you two, but the screen-thing has been telling us to go find our seats for like- a few minutes now-

💬 DABIN | trainee :
⠀ Ah, really? 

💬 YUN | trainee :
⠀ Well, let's go then!

[as the three got off the little stage and started walking towards the seating area Daeun once again stood up and violently pointed towards the three seats next to her, as a "sit here >:(", and so - to not anger them - the sixth alliance made their way to them.]

𝐂𝐑𝐔𝐒𝐇 ♡ WILL CONTINUE AIRING AFTER THE COMMERCIALS !?

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give me your hand and promise , let's just run for our lives
～ singing till the end , this song will be endless ～

[ 🪶crush ]
-gahyeonlovebot
2021/2

authors note -
there'll be two more parts with alliances! :3 ill try to have them up soon!

AND UH- I HOPE YOU PEOPLE DONT MIND THE AMOUNT OF CONVERSATIONS AND STUFF-

and, i just wanted to say that its not a bad thing to be new to a fandom!

ALLIANCE LAYOUT INSPIRED BY :
❛GIRLS RULE!❟