▌ EPISODE FOUR: Take a Chance. 
❪ PART FOUR. ❫

As the live audience is done voting, Moka proceeds with announcing the next class.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ HANAZAWA MOKA ꜜ she/her（HOST） ― Time's up! We can now move on to the Deconstructed Club!

The students from Deconstructed Club get on the stage together, much more awkwardly than the two classes before them; the audience doesn't seem to notice, however, as they welcome them with enthusiastic clapping.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ HANAZAWA MOKA ꜜ she/her（HOST） ― We're already at our third class! We're sure moving quicker than expected, huh...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ HANAZAWA MOKA ꜜ she/her（HOST） ― What can the Class Representatives say about the mission?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ ??? ꜜ ???（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― Weeeeell...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ ??? 2 ꜜ ???（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― ... It was an experience, I guess.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ HANAZAWA MOKA ꜜ she/her（HOST） ― The way you two are staring at me is scary. Drop it.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ ??? ꜜ ???（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― I'm sorry.

... Man, how awkward.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ HANAZAWA MOKA ꜜ she/her（HOST） ― ... Alright, I think it's time to see your performances, then!

The public claps once again as the Deconstructed Club students prepare themselves for the next round of performances.

But before we see the final result, how about we check what happened during the week first?

▎ DAY ONE: First session. 
❪ 📍 Deconstructed Club's Training Room ❫

✹ ﹒ ﹒ MIAO QIUYE ꜜ he/any（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― ... Sorry for being late.

The Deconstructed Club students eventually start arriving.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ WANG MUCHEN ꜜ he/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― Where were you? How did it take nearly an hour to get here?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ DEJA NAM ꜜ she/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― Calm down a little, will you? I get being impatient to start, but the mission has just started.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ WANG MUCHEN ꜜ he/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― It has just started yet none of you can be punctual...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ WANG MUCHEN ꜜ he/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― It took you an hour, AN HOUR to reach a room within the same building. I don't think I am the one being unreasonable here.

Woah, they're fighting already?!

✹ ﹒ ﹒ DEJA NAM ꜜ she/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― Watch your tone, Wang.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ WANG MUCHEN ꜜ he/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― Or what?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ DEJA NAM ꜜ she/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― Or nothing. What, you expect me to get violent? I'm just saying you're being unreasonably rude. There's absolutely NO reason to be acting this way on the first day.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ KANG DOHEE ꜜ she/her（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― [slamming her fist on the wall] BOTH OF YOU SHUT UP.

The two turn their heads towards Dohee.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ KANG DOHEE ꜜ she/her（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― Let's read these prompts and choose which one we want to work on, shall we?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ WANG MUCHEN ꜜ he/him（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― [sighs] Alright...

╭── ⋅ ⋅ ── 𝄞 ── ⋅ ⋅ ──╮

❪ INTERVIEW ❫

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JEON NAKYOUNG ꜜ she/siri（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― ... I wonder where they got the presumptuousness to behave like that.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JEON NAKYOUNG ꜜ she/siri（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― There's no justification for being over an hour late. Rather than expostulating and proclaim her right to slack off, Deja should've just apologized...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JEON NAKYOUNG ꜜ she/siri（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― If this is how the others plan to go about the mission, fine. I'll be brutal.

As you should be, queen!

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✹ ﹒ ﹒ JEON NAKYOUNG ꜜ she/siri（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― Oh, these aren't bad.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ KANG DOHEE ꜜ she/her（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― Right?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JEON NAKYOUNG ꜜ she/siri（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― I wonder if there are any genre limitations... We could go for a darker route with the second prompt.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ WANG MUCHEN ꜜ he/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― I guess...? Do you have ideas already?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JEON NAKYOUNG ꜜ she/siri（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― Yes, indeed. I was thinking of something emulating the atmosphere of Buckshot Roulette, perhaps an illegal surgery performed in a grocery store...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ KANG DOHEE ꜜ she/her（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― [shaking in fear] H-huh?! My first thought was something more... More...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JEON NAKYOUNG ꜜ she/siri（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― More...?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ KANG DOHEE ꜜ she/her（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― On the funny side, you know! A grocery store robbery gone wrong, for example...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JEON NAKYOUNG ꜜ she/siri（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― Mhm...

Nakyoung doesn't seem too convinced by Dohee's idea — and vice versa.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ KANG DOHEE ꜜ she/her（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― Well, I had more ideas for the first prompt, though! I'm definitely choosing that one, so maybe I shouldn't speak...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ MIAO QIUYE ꜜ he/any（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― Yes, yes... Nakyoung's idea is interesting... Sign me up!

✹ ﹒ ﹒ WANG MUCHEN ꜜ he/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― Mhm. What about you guys?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ SEOK IJUN ꜜ he/him（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― ...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ HUR YIRURI ꜜ she/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― ...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ HAN SUNGYEON ꜜ they/it（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― ...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ WANG MUCHEN ꜜ he/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― ... Can you at least come read the prompts for yourselves, or even doing that much is too hard for you?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ YEW ꜜ he/him（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― I think... The second prompt works fine for me. It's close enough to some roles I've had already, so I can help.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ WANG MUCHEN ꜜ he/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― Fine by me.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ WANG MUCHEN ꜜ he/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― [sighs] You four, take your time to read the prompts again and make your choice.

The first day ends up being a disaster for Deconstructed Club, and the students eventually retreat in their rooms.

▎ DAY ONE: Free time.
❪ 📍 Wolf Dorm ❫

✹ ﹒ ﹒ HIURA ASHINA ꜜ she/her（DIVA HOUSE） ― Oh! Welcome back, Nakyoun-

Nakyoung slams the door behind her and shuts herself in the toilet.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ HIURA ASHINA ꜜ she/her（DIVA HOUSE） ― ... Did I do anything wrong?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ CHU MINJEONG ꜜ she/her（POP CITY） ― Oh, no! I think it's because her class is... Well...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ ADELAIDE BEAUCHÊNE ꜜ she/her（BUBBLEGUM BASE） ― You know what happened in the Deconstructed Club?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ CHU MINJEONG ꜜ she/her（POP CITY） ― I heard Muchen complaining on my way here, so it's safe to say things aren't going that well over there...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ ADELAIDE BEAUCHÊNE ꜜ she/her（BUBBLEGUM BASE） ― Ooh... That makes sense. He's had a hard time too...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ CHU MINJEONG ꜜ she/her（POP CITY） ― Hm?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ HIURA ASHINA ꜜ she/her（DIVA HOUSE） ― Ah, right! You two were in class together~

✹ ﹒ ﹒ ADELAIDE BEAUCHÊNE ꜜ she/her（BUBBLEGUM BASE） ― Yeah... He got mad a lot on my behalf and worked very hard, too.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ HIURA ASHINA ꜜ she/her（DIVA HOUSE） ― [sighs] I sure hope things will get better soon...

Nakyoung eventually gets out of the toilet, still visibly angry.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ CHU MINJEONG ꜜ she/her（POP CITY） ― [gesturing towards her bed] Hey, Naky! Come sit here~

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JEON NAKYOUNG ꜜ she/siri（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― ...

Nakyoung reluctantly complies, sitting on Minjeong's bed as requested.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ CHU MINJEONG ꜜ she/her（POP CITY） ― Sweetheart, you need to relax a bit. You nearly scared my Coco!

The camera zooms on Minjeong's Bichon Frisé, Coco, which had been resting on her legs up until that moment. 

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JEON NAKYOUNG ꜜ she/siri（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― I apologize, Coco dear... [sighs] I had a terrible day.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ CHU MINJEONG ꜜ she/her（POP CITY） ― Aw... Want a hug?

Nakyoung quietly nods, moving closer to Minjeong; the latter pulls her closer for a hug, the former's head resting on her chest as she gently caresses siris hair. Although Nakyoung doesn't cry, she seems very close to, and she pouts as she leans into the other's touch.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ CHU MINJEONG ꜜ she/her（POP CITY） ― There, there... Things will go better, I'm sure! And if they don't, I'll beat up whoever you want me to.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JEON NAKYOUNG ꜜ she/siri（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― [chuckles] Hopefully that won't be needed.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ CHU MINJEONG ꜜ she/her（POP CITY） ― Ha! I made you laugh~

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JEON NAKYOUNG ꜜ she/siri（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― ...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ CHU MINJEONG ꜜ she/her（POP CITY） ― Darling, you should smile more often... The room brightens up when you do~

✹ ﹒ ﹒ ADELAIDE BEAUCHÊNE ꜜ she/her（BUBBLEGUM BASE） ― [nods] Minjeong is right. Don't let this situation get to you, it's not worth the stress.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ HIURA ASHINA ꜜ she/her（DIVA HOUSE） ― Mhm! Den would know~

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JEON NAKYOUNG ꜜ she/siri（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― [sighs] I will try... I can't give my word yet.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ CHU MINJEONG ꜜ she/her（POP CITY） ― It's OK! The effort is what matters~

With her roommates' words in mind, Nakyoung can go to sleep feeling a bit more optimistic about the situation.

But will it be enough to survive the rest of the week?

▎ DAY TWO: Planning phase.
❪ 📍 Deconstructed Club's Training Room ❫

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JEON NAKYOUNG ꜜ she/siri（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― ...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ WANG MUCHEN ꜜ he/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― ...

... No, it doesn't seem like it.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ KANG DOHEE ꜜ she/her（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― Seriously? Late again?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JEON NAKYOUNG ꜜ she/siri（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― How long has it been now... 30 minutes?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ WANG MUCHEN ꜜ he/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― This time we have Qiuye, at least...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ MIAO QIUYE ꜜ he/any（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― ... Even I would feel guilty doing this kind of thing twice.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ KANG DOHEE ꜜ she/her（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― I'm going to slap someone if this goes on.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ ??? ꜜ ???（???） ― No you're not? This isn't you. Let's calm down a little!

✹ ﹒ ﹒ WANG MUCHEN ꜜ he/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― ...!

Someone the students know very well is leaning on the doorstep, causing them to panic as she enters the room.

Who could it be?

Seiyuu Academy's special headmaster...

Lishan!

✹ ﹒ ﹒ LISHAN ꜜ she/her（HEADMASTER） ― I know, I know... Things are getting difficult. But we don't resort to this kind of thing!

✹ ﹒ ﹒ WANG MUCHEN ꜜ he/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― Ah, we don't...? After Sports Day, I thought...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ LISHAN ꜜ she/her（HEADMASTER） ― ...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ WANG MUCHEN ꜜ he/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― ...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ LISHAN ꜜ she/her（HEADMASTER） ― ... We don't talk about that! Haha!

✹ ﹒ ﹒ WANG MUCHEN ꜜ he/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― ...

Lishan awkwardly laughs for a few seconds, and so does Muchen...

How sketchy... But I guess that's what being a former SIGMA Corp. artist does to someone...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ LISHAN ꜜ she/her（HEADMASTER） ― [with a hand on DOHEE's shoulder] I understand the frustration, and you guys are undoubtedly right...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ LISHAN ꜜ she/her（HEADMASTER） ― But violence isn't the answer!

✹ ﹒ ﹒ MIAO QIUYE ꜜ he/any（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― ... It's the question, and the answer is yes!

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JEON NAKYOUNG ꜜ she/siri（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― Cheese dude, no.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ MIAO QIUYE ꜜ he/any（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― No for what? I didn't say anything. It was Muchen.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ WANG MUCHEN ꜜ he/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― ... Are you kidding me.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ LISHAN ꜜ she/her（HEADMASTER） ― [clapping her hands] Anyways! I know it's hard, but the teachers are very understanding... Regardless of the outcome, they'll definitely see your hard work.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ WANG MUCHEN ꜜ he/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― Yeah... I guess...

Muchen is still unconvinced and demotivated, but he tries not to show it.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JEON NAKYOUNG ꜜ she/siri（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― [sighs] I guess there's nothing left for us but to try and do our best.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ LISHAN ꜜ she/her（HEADMASTER） ― That's the spirit! I'm sure you'll do great. As for the others...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ LISHAN ꜜ she/her（HEADMASTER） ― [whistles] Hao, I know you're there. Come here for a second!

✹ ﹒ ﹒ "HAO" ꜜ he/him（STAFF） ― [entering the Deconstructed Club training room] ... Not this again.

...?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ LISHAN ꜜ she/her（HEADMASTER） ― Ahem, as I was saying... The others can go- [points at HAO]

✹ ﹒ ﹒ "HAO" ꜜ he/him（STAFF） ― ... Fuck themselves.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ WANG MUCHEN ꜜ he/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― ...

Are you seriously having him cuss in your place.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ KANG DOHEE ꜜ she/her（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― ... Does this happen often?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JEON NAKYOUNG ꜜ she/siri（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― [shrugs] I knew she doesn't cuss, but... No, I didn't think it was to these extents.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ LISHAN ꜜ she/her（HEADMASTER） ― Just get back to work already! The effort will be worth it~ And hey, the drama might get you screentime, but do you want to sacrifice your mental health over it? Really?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ MIAO QIUYE ꜜ he/any（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― [nodding enthusiastically] She has a point.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JEON NAKYOUNG ꜜ she/siri（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― Cat boy, I might need to refresh your memory... You were just as part of the problem as everyone else.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ MIAO QIUYE ꜜ he/any（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― But I'm here today? And it won't happen again.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JEON NAKYOUNG ꜜ she/siri（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― If you say so...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ LISHAN ꜜ she/her（HEADMASTER） ― Actually... I have an idea.

Lishan smiles wide, turning towards Hao...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ "HAO" ꜜ he/him（STAFF） ― ... You wouldn't dare.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ LISHAN ꜜ she/her（HEADMASTER） ― [grinning] Shut up and call Hoon here.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ "HAO" ꜜ he/him（STAFF） ― ...

What does Lishan have in mind?

Still in Deconstructed Club's training room, Hao and Hoon are currently sitting in front of one another. Muchen grins as he holds a familiar tablet in his hands, right next to Nakyoung.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ "HAO" ꜜ he/him（STAFF） ― ... This is the most stupid idea ever. I don't even know how to write scripts!

✹ ﹒ ﹒ WANG MUCHEN ꜜ he/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― [shrugs] Orders from the headmaster. Why don't you write an introduction first?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JEON NAKYOUNG ꜜ she/siri（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― [chuckles] I can see why they find it amusing when they're the ones coercing others into doing what they don't want to do.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ WANG MUCHEN ꜜ he/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― Right? Move, Hao!

✹ ﹒ ﹒ "HAO" ꜜ he/him（STAFF） ― ...

We're finally getting an official full name reveal?!

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（NOT A STUDENT）
NIE WEIHAO !!

✹ ﹒ ﹒ BIRTH NAME ― Nie Weihao (聂玮豪).
✹ ﹒ ﹒ ETHNICITY ― Han Chinese.
✹ ﹒ ﹒ BIRTHDATE ― October 31st, 2001.
✹ ﹒ ﹒ BIRTHPLACE ― Nanping, Fujian, China.
✹ ﹒ ﹒ HEIGHT ― 184 cm.

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. ⁺ ꕊ He refuses to admit it, but Hao first learnt how to play table tennis purely to impress Hoon; although it didn't work in the way he hoped, he eventually grew fond of the sport anyway (and considering his aversion for any physical activity, that's quite unexpected).

. ⁺ ꕊ The other staff members consider him the most enigmatic of the bunch: for someone who talks a lot about himself, no one really knows anything personal about him... Except for Hoon, probably.

. ⁺ ꕊ Hao still keeps in contact with quite a few contestants from the first season, especially niveau seuil members Alice and Hannah, as well as Yueliang and Ruruka. He considers Alice in particular as his role model due to her infectious energy and how good she is at causing chaos.

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✹ ﹒ ﹒ WANG MUCHEN ꜜ he/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― There's something about you and Hoon...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JEON NAKYOUNG ꜜ she/siri（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― Perhaps they're a bit... Pink?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ WANG MUCHEN ꜜ he/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― Pink?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JEON NAKYOUNG ꜜ she/siri（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― [nodding] Homosexual.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ KANG DOHEE ꜜ she/her（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― [nodding vigorously] Very pink.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ "HAO" ꜜ he/him（STAFF） ― ...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ "HOON" ꜜ he/him（STAFF） ― Anyways, can we make this quick? I'm getting tired already... And we even need to help you out.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ KANG DOHEE ꜜ she/her（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― You're right, you're right. Here, Hoon! Write something as well.

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（ALSO NOT A STUDENT）
BAEK SEUNGHUN !!

✹ ﹒ ﹒ BIRTH NAME ― Baek Seunghun (백승훈).
✹ ﹒ ﹒ ETHNICITY ― Korean.
✹ ﹒ ﹒ BIRTHDATE ― February 29th, 2000.
✹ ﹒ ﹒ BIRTHPLACE ― Seoul, South Korea.
✹ ﹒ ﹒ HEIGHT ― 174 cm.

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. ⁺ ꕊ As the oldest brother and only male out of four siblings, Hoon is much more used to living around girls than boys and consequently gets along better with them. Even if they sometimes drive him crazy, he's grateful he's seen as a reliable presence in their life and wouldn't trade his sisters for anything in the world.

. ⁺ ꕊ His hands are always very cold. He used to consider it very inconvenient, especially considering it comes as a symptom for much bigger health issues, but ever since he found out Hao tends to heat up easily, he likes to use his hands to cool him off.

. ⁺ ꕊ Hoon would sum up his life with the proverb "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong", also known as Murphy's Law. While he tries to stay optimistic despite his horrible luck, it sure is difficult to be in a good mood as someone whose average day is almost always a near-death experience.

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✹ ﹒ ﹒ MIAO QIUYE ꜜ he/any（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― ... Yeah, alright, Muchen is right.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JEON NAKYOUNG ꜜ she/siri（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― You act as if we didn't know already...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ MIAO QIUYE ꜜ he/any（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― [confused] Oh, we did?

It's so clear who watched Seiyuu Academy 1 and who didn't...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ "HOON" ꜜ he/him（STAFF） ― Ahem.

The only Deconstructed Club students currently in the training room turn towards Hoon.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ "HOON" ꜜ he/him（STAFF） ― Are we done speculating about my love life? Thanks. Let's get back to these scripts already...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ KANG DOHEE ꜜ she/her（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― Hoon is right! These scripts won't write themselves... So let's get back to work!

✹ ﹒ ﹒ DECONSTRUCTED CLUB ― Yes!

With Hao and Hoon temporarily joining the class as a measure not to drive insane the few cooperative members, will the Deconstructed Club actually succeed in finishing the scripts in time?

▎ DAY FOUR: Interim check.
❪ 📍 Teachers' Room ❫

✹ ﹒ ﹒ UESAKA SUMIRE（TEACHER） ― ...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ HANAE NATSUKI（TEACHER） ― ...

Both teachers don't even know where to start...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ UESAKA SUMIRE（TEACHER） ― Do you know where they hid my gun, Hanae-san?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ HANAE NATSUKI（TEACHER） ― I wouldn't tell you even if I did know that!

✹ ﹒ ﹒ UESAKA SUMIRE（TEACHER） ― [pouting] Aw, man...

She regains her composure and turns towards each student for individual criticism.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ UESAKA SUMIRE（TEACHER） ― Ahem. Deja, I know your average material is... Mediocre at best, but what the hell was this? You definitely have the skills to do better than whatever this was.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ UESAKA SUMIRE（TEACHER） ― Same goes for everyone else! Barely any effort at all... Where do you think you are? I can understand being too lazy to write the script if the others can manage, but I draw the line at not doing anything at all...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ HANAE NATSUKI（TEACHER） ― I... [sighs] I just don't understand how we've reached this point. All the other classes worked just fine even with a few less cooperative elements, but you guys...

He lets out a long sigh, then looks at Nakyoung, before he goes on with his comment.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ HANAE NATSUKI（TEACHER） ― And I'm sorry to say this script is just unusable as it is right now... There's barely any content at all, how can you claim this is your final script?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JEON NAKYOUNG ꜜ she/siri（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― ...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ HANAE NATSUKI（TEACHER） ― Unfortunately, I'm going to have to ask you revise it, or you won't be able to match up to the other classes.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ HANAE NATSUKI（TEACHER） ― Shorten the stage directions, they are an unnecessary addition to the wordcount. Distribute the lines more evenly: Dr. Iyasubo barely says anything at all, while Benio has insanely long monologues... And please, make sure everyone has a role that fits them.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JEON NAKYOUNG ꜜ she/siri（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― Yes...

╭── ⋅ ⋅ ── 𝄞 ── ⋅ ⋅ ──╮

❪ INTERVIEW ❫

✹ ﹒ ﹒ KANG DOHEE ꜜ she/her（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― This interim check was... I don't even know where to start.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ KANG DOHEE ꜜ she/her（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― It looks like things could get better for once but no... It keeps getting worse. Not even us as the ones who actually put in some work were exempted from criticism.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ KANG DOHEE ꜜ she/her（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― I feel sorry for Nakyoung in particular... Imagine working on a script all alone, no one to support you in any way at all, and they tell you everything you've done up to this point is just no good at all. Isn't this insane?

╰── ⋅ ⋅ ── 𝄞 ── ⋅ ⋅ ──╯

And so, the students return to their training room...

▎ DAY FOUR: Post-interim check.
❪ 📍 Deconstructed Club's Training Room ❫

✹ ﹒ ﹒ WANG MUCHEN ꜜ he/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― Alright, I've had enough already.

Everyone turns towards Muchen.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ WANG MUCHEN ꜜ he/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― I could understand being indifferent during the first day, and we always left you all off the hook, but this is INSANE.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ HUR YIRURI ꜜ she/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― But-

✹ ﹒ ﹒ WANG MUCHEN ꜜ he/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― But what? Explain, Yiruri! You keep complaining about people taking chances away from you, but you never work hard enough to earn what you want.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ WANG MUCHEN ꜜ he/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― You arrived here and constantly blabbered [BLEEP] like "Jayden this" and "Jayden that". Have you ever thought maybe he was right? You can't even do anything at all!

✹ ﹒ ﹒ DEJA NAM ꜜ she/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― Hey, aren't you going overboard?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ WANG MUCHEN ꜜ he/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― You of all people should shut the [BLEEP] up.

Uh oh... Things are getting heated...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ DEJA NAM ꜜ she/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― Who do you think you are? You think you're all that now that you've been chosen as the Class Representative, but there's nothing that makes you superior over us aside from this role.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ WANG MUCHEN ꜜ he/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― And when did I ever claim that? Now you're just being stupid on purpose! You don't put in any work and expect us to take the blame as if it's nothing. Of course I'm going to get mad, both on my behalf and that of my other classmates!

✹ ﹒ ﹒ DEJA NAM ꜜ she/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― You do NOT know my personal circumstances to assume I'm doing this maliciously.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ WANG MUCHEN ꜜ he/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― And how would I know if you don't communicate!? If you're sick, just say it! If there's anything wrong, tell me! I'm not a [BLEEP] detective!

✹ ﹒ ﹒ "HOON" ꜜ he/him（STAFF） ― Hey, hey... Muchen, sit down for a second.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ "HOON" ꜜ he/him（STAFF） ― You're wasting energy on people who don't care at all... And you're making a fool of yourself on national TV, too.

Hoon takes control of the situation and helps Muchen calm down to the best of his ability.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ "HOON" ꜜ he/him（STAFF） ― As for you guys, there's no way you can justify yourselves now. You either agree passively to everything the others say or do, or you just don't show up to training at all. No wonder the teachers are just giving up on you at this point!

✹ ﹒ ﹒ HAN SUNGYEON ꜜ they/it（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― You're right... Sorry...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ "HOON" ꜜ he/him（STAFF） ― It's great you are humble enough to admit that, but I don't think I'm the one you should apologize to. 

✹ ﹒ ﹒ "HAO" ꜜ he/him（STAFF） ― And not only that! You guys had one job but you couldn't even do that? If you ever get selected for the final lineup, this won't fly. Why do you think it's acceptable now?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ "HAO" ꜜ he/him（STAFF） ― I'm here just to cause chaos and help behind the scenes, not to write a script and act in your place. Get back to what you have to do already!

✹ ﹒ ﹒ DECONSTRUCTED CLUB ― Yes...

How unconvincing...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ "HOON" ꜜ he/him（STAFF） ― And you, Muchen... Calm down a little. You do go overboard with your attacks at times, and they already don't listen to you when you're being nice...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ WANG MUCHEN ꜜ he/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― ...

I think that with the way he's been treated so far, he deserves to be a bitch actually.

What would I know, though!

✹ ﹒ ﹒ "HOON" ꜜ he/him（STAFF） ― How about you retire in your room, actually?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ WANG MUCHEN ꜜ he/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― But... The scripts...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JEON NAKYOUNG ꜜ she/siri（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― No, not in this condition. I will take care of the rest, so just... Go rest already, mh?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ WANG MUCHEN ꜜ he/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― ... Alright, if you say so. Thanks. You should, too.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JEON NAKYOUNG ꜜ she/siri（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― [chuckles] Can't make any promise. I wouldn't want my phenomenal idea to be ruined by the others' imprecise revision, now, would I?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ WANG MUCHEN ꜜ he/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― [nodding] Fair point.

╭── ⋅ ⋅ ── 𝄞 ── ⋅ ⋅ ──╮

❪ INTERVIEW ❫

✹ ﹒ ﹒ WANG MUCHEN ꜜ he/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― Ah... [sighs] Really, I hate having to complain this much... I sound like an entitled brat most of the time, but...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ WANG MUCHEN ꜜ he/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― I just want one day of peace. One. People who will do their part...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ WANG MUCHEN ꜜ he/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― Not to mention, it's the second time I have to deal with students being uncooperative, but of course I pass as the bad guy if I don't accept it passively!

✹ ﹒ ﹒ KIM JUNSEONG ꜜ he/him（BUBBLEGUM BASE） ― No, you don't.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ KIM JUNSEONG ꜜ he/him（BUBBLEGUM BASE） ― [with a hand on MUCHEN's shoulder] Both the teachers and the audience at home are seeing your efforts to complete the mission. I'm also very proud of you.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ WANG MUCHEN ꜜ he/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― ... Really?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ KIM JUNSEONG ꜜ he/him（BUBBLEGUM BASE） ― Mais oui, of course! See, you're being even better of a leader than I am.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ MIAO QIUYE ꜜ he/any（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― [nodding along] I might be stupid, but even I can clearly see that.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ WANG MUCHEN ꜜ he/they（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― [chuckles] Thank you guys.

╰── ⋅ ⋅ ── 𝄞 ── ⋅ ⋅ ──╯

And so, it is finally time for the final performances.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ HANAZAWA MOKA ꜜ she/her（HOST） ― Let's move on to the performances, then!

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▊▍ SET ONE （DECONSTRUCTED CLUB）.

SETTING ﹕ a wedding.
CHARACTER ﹕ a pathological liar.
OBJECT ﹕ cutlery.
LINE ﹕ "You don't have a pathetic, gay, unemployed brother anymore. Now you have a pathetic, gay brother with a JOB!"

▋ 📋﹒﹒﹒ CAST OF CHARACTERS

HIROKA ❪ 央佳; KANG DOHEE ❫, bride no. 1;
KEIKO ❪ 恵子; DEJA NAM ❫, bride no. 2;
EIJI ❪ 栄司; HAN SUNGYEON ❫, HIROKA's younger brother;
IKUO ❪ 育雄; WANG MUCHEN ❫, KEIKO's ex;
TETSUROU ❪ 鉄朗; SEOK IJUN ❫, HIROKA's friend.

▋ 📓﹒﹒﹒ SUMMARY

The rich and hard-working yet naïve HIROKA announces she's getting married to KEIKO, whom she has met and fallen in love with over the span of barely a week. What she doesn't know is that her fiancée is only after her money, as well as protection from the police: she is, in fact, a cunning criminal trying to evade arrest.

The marriage is met with silent opposition by various people involved in their lives: HIROKA's younger brother, EIJI, fears having to compete with her sister's partner over her wealth, meanwhile KEIKO's ex, IKUO, wants to take his revenge after being dumped by her, all of this despite paying for her bail and promising to reunite as soon as she'd be out of prison. Ironically enough, EIJI and IKUO also happen to be exes, and they're surprised to find themselves involved in each other's lives once again; nevertheless, the two put their past and different motives aside, and they team up to stop the wedding.

Among those opposed to the wedding, the only one guided by noble intentions is HIROKA's best friend, TETSUROU: he overhears KEIKO reveal her plan over the phone right on the wedding day, and so he decides to object and expose her before HIROKA can make the worst mistake of her life.

HIROKA looks amazing as she makes her grand entrance, and the wedding seems to proceed rather smoothly until the officiant asks for any objections: it is at this point that EIJI and IKUO stand up, the former begging his sister to rethink her impulsive choice, while the former exposes KEIKO's identity and his status as her ex. As TETSUROU rises and objects, revealing what he'd found out through the phone call, he also questions EIJI and IKUO's previous relationship and the latter, in an attempt to shift the attention from their shared past to EIJI, reveals he had objected purely to keep his sister's money to himself. EIJI, unable to defend himself, resorts to begging once again, claiming that he owes her his success in his career due to her investments.

In the general commotion, KEIKO tries to run away, but she's soon caught by the guards and promptly arrested once more.

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✹ ﹒ ﹒ AMARI HARUHIRO ꜜ he/him（POP CITY） ― ...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ LIU YIYUAN ꜜ he/him（POP CITY） ― This wasn't even bad... It was atrocious.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ CHEN YULIAN ꜜ she/they（POP CITY） ― And if it's Yiyuan to say this... Damn...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ LIU YIYUAN ꜜ he/him（POP CITY） ― What do you mean by this.

You know damn well what she means by that.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ ADELAIDE BEAUCHÊNE ꜜ she/her（BUBBLEGUM BASE） ― Well... Dohee and Muchen were good, at least? Not like I expected anything less...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ KIM JUNSEONG ꜜ he/him（BUBBLEGUM BASE） ― [nodding] Mhm! Dohee is a great actress, after all... And Muchen is very hard-working. I guess having a complex about being a nepo baby does have its pros, doesn't it?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ HANAZAWA MOKA ꜜ she/her（HOST） ― [slowly clapping] Wow... What a good performance... Yay...!

Damn, she HATED it... It's so obvious...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ HANAZAWA MOKA ꜜ she/her（HOST） ― It is time to proceed with the second prompt, though! I wonder how this one turned out...?

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▊▍ SET TWO （DECONSTRUCTED CLUB）.

SETTING ﹕ a grocery store.
CHARACTER ﹕ a Karen.
OBJECT ﹕ a rolling pin.
LINE ﹕ "Plastic surgery sure does wonders, huh!"

▋ 📋﹒﹒﹒ CAST OF CHARACTERS

OTOYA BENIO ❪ 音弥紅緒; HUR YIRURI, MIAO QIUYE ❫, Japanese tourist;
DR. IYASUBO ❪ 癒す棒; JEON NAKYOUNG ❫, plastic surgeon;
NURSE SANJI ❪ 惨事; YEW ❫, nurse assisting DR. IYASUBO.

▋ 📓﹒﹒﹒ SUMMARY

In a cold January morning, the insufferable OTOYA BENIO enters a run-down Asian grocery store in Russia, complaining about the cold. There she encounters NURSE SANJI, who tries to serve her to the best of his abilities but miserably fails: the rude customer first complains about him speaking in Russian, to which he switches to Japanese. She later complains about the state of the grocery store, barely functional and without groceries, and his attire.

In response to BENIO's complaints, he reveals he is actually a nurse and that the doctor working there is a plastic surgeon. Skeptical, the woman asks for a long set of surgical procedures for free, as a compensation for the poor service up to this moment, to which the nurse promptly replies by leading her to the waiting room. Not shutting her mouth not even for a second, BENIO eventually finds herself on the floor as DR. IYASUBO — who had just arrived — knocks her unconscious with a rolling pin to prepare her for the procedure.

BENIO wakes up in the early morning of the following day, right in the middle of the operating room, but she notices a few changes that were not included in her requests: her voice sounds different, and her hands are bandaged and noticeably different; what's more, the rest of her body — now covered in a Hello Kitty blanket — feels also different. As she gets up, she's horrified to find out she's now a 190 cm tall man, to which DR. IYASUBO and NURSE SANJI simply reply by admitting they performed an anthropometric correction which included tibia and femur lengthening.

"Plastic surgery sure does wonders, huh!" is what DR. IYASUBO asserts, proud of the final result.

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✹ ﹒ ﹒ CHA YUBIN ꜜ she/her（POP CITY） ― This... Was something.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ PARK SUWON ꜜ he/him（POP CITY） ― Watching this actually pissed me off.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ QIU YUNZHI ꜜ he/they（POP CITY） ― Ouch, that's brutal...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JAYDEN IM ꜜ he/him（POP CITY） ― But he's so right. What the [BLEEP] is wrong with them? Especially Yiruri. Lord.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ HA SOYUL ꜜ she/her（POP CITY） ― [sighs] And there we go, of course you mention her...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ KOBAYASHI MIREI ꜜ they/she（BUBBLEGUM BASE） ― I mean, isn't he right though? She's not even trying...

Considering Yew is also there, that's a new low...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ HANAZAWA MOKA ꜜ she/her（HOST） ― Alright... As we prepare the stage for the next class, I'd like to remind the audience you have the students' future on your hands!

✹ ﹒ ﹒ HANAZAWA MOKA ꜜ she/her（HOST） ― It is finally time for you to open Mnet Plus and vote for your Top 4 out of the Diva House students!

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JEON NAKYOUNG ꜜ she/siri（DECONSTRUCTED CLUB） ― Did you mean Deconstructed Club?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ HANAZAWA MOKA ꜜ she/her（HOST） ― ... Shut up.

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FEVEN'S CORNER !!!

WAR IS OVER. The Seiyuu Academy 2 server knows I was constantly crying while writing, but at last we're done!

This class was definitely the most difficult to write out and deal with. First of all, there were only three active appliers — out of which one has quit the competition, too — and one of them had the audacity to be a fucking asshole when confronted but I had to accommodate as I always do... Alright... I guess it did reflect in writing, though, didn't it?

Anyways! The next part is the last, and I'll make sure to make it as fun as I can. Hope you'll enjoy!