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THIRTY GIRLS PASSED THE MAIN AUDITIONS.

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the studio remains empty, no one
has entered the building yet. the
camera pans through the chairs,
which none are labeled but nine
chairs clearly stand out from
the rest.

WHO WILL GET TO SIT THERE?

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❍ ???﹢꒰ JELLYFISH
❝ damn, we're the first ones here
haha

❍ ???﹢꒰ JELLYFISH
❝ oh, we are. hey look at the
wall! it has messages written
on it!

" you can do this! "
─ rep.

" I believe in you. "
─ vocal mentor

" you have the ability to do it. "
─ rap mentor

" trust yourself, you can do this. "
─ dance mentor

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❍ ???﹢꒰ JELLYFISH
❝ the words left are so sweet.
I wonder who they were left by.

❍ ???﹢꒰ JELLYFISH
❝ it clearly says the mentors and
representative, also look! our
name tags!

❍ LEE BELLA﹢꒰ JELLYFISH
❝ I'm scared.

❍ YOO HAEWON﹢꒰ JELLYFISH
❝ you'll be fine. we'll be fine.
let's go.

the four girls, after sticking their
nametags on, walked into the
main room.

❍ OH CHAEWON﹢꒰ JELLYFISH
❝ oh my goodness. those nine
chairs. . . are they the debut chairs?

❍ BAEK MINJI﹢꒰ JELLYFISH
❝ certainly seems like it. but what's
interesting is that they aren't labelled. . .
and the nine debut chairs are cut off.
that probably means that we can't sit
there yet.

❍ LEE BELLA﹢꒰ JELLYFISH
❝ so then. . . where do we sit?

the four girls converse quickly,
before choosing their seats.
since they aren't labelled like in
the produce series, they don't feel
pressured to sit anywhere
specifically. . . they just want to
stay together.

❍ BAEK MINJI﹢꒰ JELLYFISH
❝ who do you think is going to
show next? I think it might be
FNC.

❍ OH CHAEWON﹢꒰ JELLYFISH
❝ consider us low ranking trainees
then—

❍ OH CHAEWON﹢꒰ JELLYFISH
they have FT Island and AOA!

❍ LEE BELLA﹢꒰ JELLYFISH
❝ not to mention SF9. . .

❍ YOO HAEWON﹢꒰ JELLYFISH
❝ come on guys, we house
specialties like VIXX, GUGUDAN,
and VERIVERY.

❍ BAEK MINJI﹢꒰ JELLYFISH
❝ not to mention jeon seulgi
finalized in PROJECT MEMORY,
and we had Mina and Sejeong
in I.O.I.

the screen changes, and makes
the girls stop whispering and
instead gasp. were they right
about FNC?

home to icons aoa and sf9 (among others)

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❍ CHOI KKOTBI﹢꒰ FNC
❝ woahh!

❍ CHOI KKOTBI﹢꒰ FNC
❝ hey look, reumi, theres messages
on the wall!

the two girls excitedly read the
messages left by the mentors
and representative, as well as
the trainees before them.

❍ YOON BOREUMI ﹢꒰ FNC
❝ they're all so nice! I hate that we'll
have to go against them at some
point.

❍ CHOI KKOTBI﹢꒰ FNC
❝ at the same time you could also
be working with them, so really it's
fifty-fifty.

❍ YOON BOREUMI﹢꒰ FNC
❝ that's true. okay, let's go.

the two girls grab hands and walk
into the main room, their eyes
instantly landing on the nine chairs
before the trainees already seated.

❍ YOO HAEWON﹢꒰ JELLYFISH
❝ oh my god, they're so pretty I feel
like an actual potato.

❍ BAEK MINJI﹢꒰ JELLYFISH
❝ haha, don't say that! you're
gorgeous haewon.

❍ OH CHAEWON﹢꒰ JELLYFISH
❝ I wonder where they'll sit.

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❍ CHOI KKOTBI﹢꒰ FNC
❝ oh my goodness. those are the
jellyfish trainees. . . they're so
pretty ;^;

❍ YOON BOREUMI﹢꒰ FNC
❝ where should we sit? close to
them or—

❍ CHOI KKOTBI﹢꒰ FNC
❝ definitely not too close to them,
but close enough?

after a few more exchanges in words,
the two girls find their seats. they
talk amongst themselves when
the screen changes, the girls gasp
or let out a loud 'eh'.

home to icons cix and cignature.

❍ LEE BELLA﹢꒰ JELLYFISH
❝ oh. my. god.

❍ CHOI KKOTBI﹢꒰ FNC
❝ wanna one's jinyoung is there! and
two former yg trainees!

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❍ KIM JAEIN﹢꒰ C9
❝ come on old ladies, let's move.

❍ SONG LAMI﹢꒰ C9
❝ bro–

❍ SONG LAMI﹢꒰ C9
❝ we barely stepped foot in here!

❍ JEONG SUYUN﹢꒰ C9
❝ you heard the hag, let's move :')

❍ CHAE NAHEE﹢꒰ C9
❝ what's with the harsh words about
our ages I–

❍ KIM JAEIN﹢꒰ C9
❝ I think it even got to the point where
semi (cignature) said something about
it.

❍ GIRLS﹢꒰ C9
❝ WHAT???

❍ JEONG SUYUN﹢꒰ C9
❝ I'm concerned then.

❍ SONG LAMI﹢꒰ C9
❝ anyway! messages! on the board!

❍ CHAE NAHEE﹢꒰ C9
❝ don't break your hands while
pointing, you'll need them for
later.

❍ SONG LAMI﹢꒰ C9
❝ anyway, the messages are very
nice :<

❍ KIM JAEIN﹢꒰ C9
❝ let's leave something special for the
next group of girls who show up.

the four girls finish writing their small
notes and grabbed their nametags,
before walking into the main room.
the seated girls gasp and let out
whines as they exclaim that the c9
girls are out of this world gorgeous.

❍ OH CHAEWON﹢꒰ JELLYFISH
❝ jaein just exudes leader energy. .
wait how old even is she?

❍ LEE BELLA﹢꒰ JELLYFISH
❝ she looks like she very well could
be the oldest here. . . I wonder if
she actually is.

❍ LEE BELLA﹢꒰ JELLYFISH
❝ and I mean that in the least negative
way possible.

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❍ CHAE NAHEE﹢꒰ C9
❝ hey, let's sit there.

❍ SONG LAMI﹢꒰ C9
❝ mkay, let's go.

a small discussion leads them to
immediately find their seats and
sit down. they begin to look at
the screen.

❍ KIM JAEIN﹢꒰ C9
❝ what company could be next?
definitely not any of the big three.

❍ OH CHAEWON﹢꒰ C9
❝ the only company from the big
three to be in the project series
was jyp. . . so maybe a smaller
company?

the girls let out a shocked gasp as
the next name appeared on the
screen.

home to icon a.c.e.

❍ BAEK MINJI﹢꒰ JELLYFISH
❝ woah. this is the first time they've
ever participated in a survival show
like this. the last one they were in
was mixnine. . .

❍ BAEK MINJI﹢꒰ JELLYFISH
❝ we all know how that ended.

❍ CHAE NAHEE﹢꒰ C9
❝ I'm excited!

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❍ LEE BIA﹢꒰ BEAT INT.
❝ hey these messages are cute ;(
I'm sad.

❍ OKAMOTO IRISA﹢꒰ BEAT INT.
❝ haha, theres no need to feel bad
about looking at sweet messages.
if anything they energize me.

❍ YANG YESUL﹢꒰ BEAT INT.
❝ I definitely agree, I really want
to know who the representative
and mentors are this year.

❍ AHN JISAN﹢꒰ BEAT INT.
❝ I hope they're a bit nicer than last
seasons mentors. . . dami and hui
scared me.

❍ OKAMOTO IRISA﹢꒰ BEAT INT.
❝ most definitely.

❍ YANG YESUL﹢꒰ BEAT INT.
❝ okay. let's go.

the four girls hold hands as they guide
their way into the main room where
they gasp at the nine chairs before
feeling drained at seeing the trainees
already seated.

❍ YOON BOREUMI﹢꒰ FNC
❝ hey, I think they have a japanese
trainee!

❍ CHOI KKOTBI﹢꒰ FNC
❝ oh? they do! is her name okamoto
irisa? I can't really see it from here.

❍ CHAE NAHEE﹢꒰ C9
❝ yeah, that's her name. I wonder if
she has a korean name as well.

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❍ AHN JISAN﹢꒰ BEAT INT.
❝ the first place seat looks to pretty ;^;
I want to sit in it but its closed off
and I'd rather not break rules.

❍ LEE BIA﹢꒰ BEAT INT.
❝ I'm sure you'll get to sit there at
least once. now. . . where should we
sit?

❍ YANG YESUL﹢꒰ BEAT INT.
❝ the jellyfish trainees look kind of
lonely, should we sit there?

❍ OKAMOTO IRISA﹢꒰ BEAT INT.
❝ I see nothing wrong with that.
let's go then.

as the four girls get closer to their
seats near the jellyfish trainees, they
bow and greet themselves as to be
respectful (don't worry the other
trainees did this as well).

❍ YOO HAEWON﹢꒰ JELLYFISH
❝ hey jisan, how long have you been
training?

❍ AHN JISAN﹢꒰ BEAT INT.
❝ uh, I've been at beat interactive for
around five years.

❍ OKAMOTO IRISA﹢꒰ BEAT INT.
❝ I've trained the second longest,
which is four years.

❍ LEE BIA﹢꒰ BEAT INT.
❝ myself and yesul have been both
training for two years, we were
accepted at the same audition.

❍ YOO HAEWON﹢꒰ JELLYFISH
❝ ah, I see I see. that's a lot longer
than myself haha.

❍ YOO HAEWON﹢꒰ JELLYFISH
❝ I've only been training for a year,
this is my third month of my second
year.

❍ YANG YESUL﹢꒰ BEAT INT.
❝ I'm sure you're still as talented
as ever. you got this!

the girls are cut off by the gasps of
the other girls as they looked at the
screen. the next company has
arrived. who are they?

home to icons eden and ateez.

❍ AHN JISAN﹢꒰ BEAT INT.
❝ oh my god, the company that has
kang jihun, a finalist in PROJECT
MEMORY.

❍ CHOI KKOTBI﹢꒰ FNC
❝ consider us dead meat oh my
lord.

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❍ DANI PARK﹢꒰ KQ
❝ oh my god I can't believe I'm
actually here!

❍ SEO JINSOUL﹢꒰ KQ
❝ I'm sure that's the same feeling
for most of the girls here, minus
the underlying feeling of anxiety.

❍ KIM EUNMI﹢꒰ KQ
❝ hehe, the nametags are cute.

❍ DANI PARK﹢꒰ KQ
❝ you're right, they are pretty cute.
too bad we're only using them for
today.

❍ SEO JINSOUL﹢꒰ KQ
❝ not just today, we be using
them during our first official
assessment, which I think
is the theme song.

❍ KIM EUNMI﹢꒰ KQ
❝ I wonder what the theme
song is this year then.

❍ SEO JINSOUL﹢꒰ KQ
❝ I really hope it isn't anything
cutesy. I don't think I could
handle that.

❍ DANI PARK﹢꒰ KQ
❝ to be honest same, out of the
three of us I think eunmi would
suit it the best.

❍ KIM EUNMI﹢꒰ KQ
❝ yeah yeah, let's go. we've talked
our heads off in here.

the three girls press down their
nametags once more as they take
a deep breath and walk into the
main room, feeling the pressure as
a company that had a trainee make
it to E.CHO, as well as a monster
rookie group.

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❍ YOO HAEWON﹢꒰ JELLYFISH
❝ holy jesus, dani park is so pretty!?

❍ LEE BIA﹢꒰ BEAT INT.
❝ that isn't allowed, not in front
of my salad—

the eight trainees laugh at bia's
comment as they continue to keep
their eyes on the kq girls.

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❍ KIM EUNMI﹢꒰ KQ
❝ should we sit there?

❍ DANI PARK﹢꒰ KQ
❝ near the FNC trainees? sure.
I have nothing against them. . .
yet.

❍ SEO JINSOUL﹢꒰ KQ
❝ yah, don't say that. now let's go.

the girls sit down and begin talking
with the girls near them when the
screen changes and all the girls
gasp.

❍ LEE BIA﹢꒰ BEAT INT.
❝ isn't that ?'s company?

❍ YOO HAEWON﹢꒰ JELLYFISH
❝ the group are my idols! I wish
I was able to meet them.

❍ CHOI KKOTBI﹢꒰ FNC
❝ didn't she place in that one season
of produce 101?

❍ DANI PARK﹢꒰ KQ
❝ I can't wait to see who the trainees
are.

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TO BE CONTINUED. . .

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✎ (❁ᴗ͈ˬᴗ͈) RUNE'S CORNER !

so this time around I'll be adding
this small segment which I've
entitled rune's corner! you may
have seen that I use that tagline
when I message you on your
threads, and I've been using it since
the last few mission of PROJECT
MEMORY. speaking of which, if
you've kept up with the group (or if
you haven't you can look at their
official profile on the actual book or
at LUNAR MEDIA), who would you
like to see here? I had someone in
mind but, I think having your guys'
opinions would help my decision
making.

anyway, can you guys guess what
company is next? it may be pretty
obvious but hey, it was fun to write
suspense for the trainees who are
technically oblivious. anyway, I
hope you enjoy my writing format
which has changed a ton since PM,
and the next part will be out later
tonight if not tomorrow so be on
the lookout!

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━━ THIS IS PROJECT LUXE ━━

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