▌ EPISODE TWO: Anywhere But Here. 
❪ PART FIVE. ❫

Let's go back to each class's training session, shall we?

▎ DAY ONE: First session.
❪ 📍 Class One's Training Room ❫

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JAYDEN IM ꜜ he/him（CLASS ONE） ― OK, we need to pick our Class Representatives first... Where the fuck is everyone?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ QIU YUNZHI ꜜ he/they（CLASS ONE） ― I saw Moe on the way, but for the rest... Ah, here she is.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ MIZUTANI MOE ꜜ she/xe（CLASS ONE） ― Hello! Sorry for being late! I shared some sweets with Yuji~

✹ ﹒ ﹒ QIU YUNZHI ꜜ he/they（CLASS ONE） ― Oh? It's fine, don't worry.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ MIZUTANI MOE ꜜ she/xe（CLASS ONE） ― I have some for you guys too... But where is everyone else?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JAYDEN IM ꜜ he/him（CLASS ONE） ― [sighs] No clue... But I swear, if they don't arrive within five minutes I'll [BLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP].

OH MY GOD JAYDEN.

As soon as Jayden lists all the terrible things he'd do to the latecomers the door unseals, revealing a unique exemplar of shocked Hur Yiruri - as well as the rest of Class One - currently contemplating all their life choices up until this point.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ HUR YIRURI ꜜ she/they（CLASS ONE） ― Excuse me... WHAT.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ QIU YUNZHI ꜜ he/they（CLASS ONE） ― Let's calm down, shall we? Come in, we were waiting for you guys... Don't you think it's a bit late?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ BEON HANA ꜜ she/they（CLASS ONE） ― Ah, I'm sorry! It won't happen again...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ QIU YUNZHI ꜜ he/they（CLASS ONE） ― I hope so. [sighs, scratching his head] Well then... Shall we start with choosing our Class Representative?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JAYDEN IM ꜜ he/him（CLASS ONE） ― How about we choose after a day or two instead? For now we can just write our names if we want to go for the position.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ QIU YUNZHI ꜜ he/they（CLASS ONE） ― Ah, getting to know each other first? That's a nice idea!

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JAYDEN IM ꜜ he/him（CLASS ONE） ― No, it's just I don't trust anyone in here so I need to study them first.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ QIU YUNZHI ꜜ he/they（CLASS ONE） ― ... Still very thoughtful of you, I guess!

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JAYDEN IM ꜜ he/him（CLASS ONE） ― Tsk. Whatever.

Tsundere mode: activated!

✹ ﹒ ﹒ MIZUTANI MOE ꜜ she/xe（CLASS ONE） ― Oh, I'm definitely going for Class Representative. Are you, Jayden?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JAYDEN IM ꜜ he/him（CLASS ONE） ― I might consider.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ MIZUTANI MOE ꜜ she/xe（CLASS ONE） ― Good luck if you do! You know, for some reason I see you doing well in the role... 

✹ ﹒ ﹒ MIZUTANI MOE ꜜ she/xe（CLASS ONE） ― Well, then! Shall we start by organizing our parts? If you give me just a few minutes, I can come up with something for the girls' team~

✹ ﹒ ﹒ QIU YUNZHI ꜜ he/they（CLASS ONE） ― That'd be great! I'll try to do the same for the boys' team, then.

In the meanwhile, in Class Three...

What the fuck is happening.

▎ DAY ONE: First session.
❪ 📍 Class Three's Training Room ❫

✹ ﹒ ﹒ CHOI HUIRYEON ꜜ she/her（CLASS THREE） ― Hello, everyone! MC Huiryeon is speaking!

✹ ﹒ ﹒ YEW ꜜ he/him（CLASS THREE） ― ... Remind me again why we're doing this.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ HONG INKYU ꜜ he/any（CLASS THREE） ― [stomping on YEW's foot] This is your fault.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ YEW ꜜ he/him（CLASS THREE） ― [BLEEEEEP], Inkyu!

Oh, this one was BAD.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ HONG INKYU ꜜ he/any（CLASS THREE） ― [ignoring YEW] Feel free to go on, Huiryeon!

✹ ﹒ ﹒ CHOI HUIRYEON ꜜ she/her（CLASS THREE） ― Thank you, Kyu!

Huiryeon picks up some papers as she starts with her speech, holding a microphone stolen from the Teachers' Room by a totally innocent Shin Seoyoon for ... Whatever this is.

In the meanwhile, Kyu projects an image on the wall...

Oh my GOD.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ CHOI HUIRYEON ꜜ she/her（CLASS THREE） ― Welcome to... Class Three's Got Talent !

✹ ﹒ ﹒ YEW ꜜ he/him（CLASS THREE） ― [facepalm] ...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ NATHAN CHAE ꜜ he/they（CLASS THREE） ― ... So this is why you were awake until 4:00 AM this morning? Really, Kyu?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ HONG INKYU ꜜ he/any（CLASS THREE） ― Genial, right? Now SHUT UP AND LET HER SPEAK.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ CHOI HUIRYEON ꜜ she/her（CLASS THREE） ― Thank you! Now then, back to Class Three's Got Talent... This short segment of Seiyuu Academy 2 is aimed at finding the good vocalists in a sea full of beginners and people with little to no vocal prowess, especially given that the boys' team will be performing a particularly challenging song due to a certain someone...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ YEW ꜜ he/him（CLASS THREE） ― ...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ CHOI HUIRYEON ꜜ she/her（CLASS THREE） ― Let's start with our first contestant, Jeon Yul! Probably the only one who can hold a note among these people, too! Can you sing us this line from [BLEEP]?

This wasn't cussing, they're just censoring the song name.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JEON YUL ꜜ he/they（CLASS THREE） ― Ah, yeah! Let's do this.

Yul performs just a few lines with ease, which seem enough to satisfy the two judges - or that's what one can assume given the lack of any sign from them.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JEON NAKYOUNG ꜜ she/siri（CLASS THREE） ― Mhm. [slowly nods] Convincing performance, he shall be granted the Main Vocalist role.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ SHIMIZU REN ꜜ she/her（CLASS THREE） ― Was his performance that impressive, Nakyoung?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JEON NAKYOUNG ꜜ she/siri（CLASS THREE） ― No, I just think this is the most we can hope for considering who else we have here. Isn't he the only male idol here too?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ SHIMIZU REN ꜜ she/her（CLASS THREE） ― ... You have a point.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JEON YUL ꜜ he/they（CLASS THREE） ― ... I'll take that, I guess?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ CHOI HUIRYEON ꜜ she/her（CLASS THREE） ― Let's move onto the next contestant, then! Ehm... [going through her papers] Kyu begged me on my knees not to let him even try to go for the Main Vocalist role, so... Let's go on with...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ CHOI HUIRYEON ꜜ she/her（CLASS THREE） ― [pointing at YEW] Yew!

✹ ﹒ ﹒ YEW ꜜ he/him（CLASS THREE） ― ... Was the pun necessary?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ CHOI HUIRYEON ꜜ she/her（CLASS THREE） ― [grinning] Was selecting a vocal heavy song necessary?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ YEW ꜜ he/him（CLASS THREE） ― ...

It is Yew's turn! Surprisingly, his tone compliment the song well enough for the judges to ignore the myriad of vocal imperfections that can't be solely justified by the fact he hasn't prepared the piece for today.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JEON NAKYOUNG ꜜ she/siri（CLASS THREE） ― [thumbs up] Great. We found our exclusive ad-libber. You're great for lines that take up to 5 seconds in the entire song, congratulations!

... BRUTAL.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ SHIMIZU REN ꜜ she/her（CLASS THREE） ― I thought it'd go horribly... I'm actually relieved now.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ NATHAN CHAE ꜜ he/they（CLASS THREE） ― ... You say as if this isn't horrible?!

✹ ﹒ ﹒ CHOI HUIRYEON ꜜ she/her（CLASS THREE） ― Aw, don't say that! Nathan, you're up next~

✹ ﹒ ﹒ NATHAN CHAE ꜜ he/they（CLASS THREE） ― [gulps] Well, it can't go that bad... Right?

As Nathan performs, it is Perfectly Clear to him that it can, indeed, go that bad when the judges in question are the two most brutal MAGNETIC MOON members - which is saying a lot, given the entire group is a whole bunch of mean girls... To each other, at least.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ SHIMIZU REN ꜜ she/her（CLASS THREE） ― This was good!

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JEON NAKYOUNG ꜜ she/siri（CLASS THREE） ― ... At the beginning, when it was almost impossible to hear. Keep it that way and you'll be just fine.

Holy shit.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ SHIMIZU REN ꜜ she/her（CLASS THREE） ― I'm seriously concerned... Why do they have this song assigned?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JEON NAKYOUNG ꜜ she/siri（CLASS THREE） ― [shrug] Xiaoqiong got too scared of using her 2nd place benefit for the boys' team, so she let Yew choose in her place... And this happened.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ YEW ꜜ he/him（CLASS THREE） ― ... I realized too late.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ NATHAN CHAE ꜜ he/they（CLASS THREE） ― I'll never forgive YEW!

✹ ﹒ ﹒ HONG INKYU ꜜ he/any（CLASS THREE） ― YEW are dead to me!

✹ ﹒ ﹒ YEW ꜜ he/him（CLASS THREE） ― GET ME OUT OF HERE. I HAD ENOUGH OF THE PUNS.

JESUS CHRIST.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ CHOI HUIRYEON ꜜ she/her（CLASS THREE） ― Please, calm down! We still have Qiuye missing!

✹ ﹒ ﹒ MIAO QIUYE ꜜ he/any（CLASS THREE） ― Eh? No, don't worry... I'll take Sub Vocalist 4 or whatever comes last... I can't sing, don't ask me to do that.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ CHOI HUIRYEON ꜜ she/her（CLASS THREE） ― It can't be that bad, can it?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ MIAO QIUYE ꜜ he/any（CLASS THREE） ― ... If you say so.

The musical flop Miao Qiuye takes the microphone in his hands and hesitantly starts singing, thinking to himself: 'maybe I won't be that bad at this'. He feels hopeful for once in his life after tasting the bittersweetness of being quite literally scammed into a K-Pop and animanga themed survival show, he feels like he finally has achieved his goal in life.

And the rest is history.

It really was that bad.

Let's move back to Class One, shall we?

▎ DAY TWO: Second session.
❪ 📍 Class One's Training Room ❫

✹ ﹒ ﹒ MIZUTANI MOE ꜜ she/xe（CLASS ONE） ― And... Let's do this one last time, shall we? Thank you for the help, Jayden~

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JAYDEN IM ꜜ he/him（CLASS ONE） ― I'm not doing this for you.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ MIZUTANI MOE ꜜ she/xe（CLASS ONE） ― [grinning] Do I look like I care? As long as we're being productive, it could be for whatever reason you want. I still think I should thank you for that, though, since I'm taking away some time you could use on training instead...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JAYDEN IM ꜜ he/him（CLASS ONE） ― [shrugs] Whatever. I don't have anything to do until Yunzhi and Ijun finalize that goddamn line distribution, so let's do this.

The Class One girls perform their song from beginning to end in front of Jayden, who's in charge of pointing out any mistakes - especially choreography and rap wise. For being just at the second day and with a bunch of inexperienced members, the performance is starting to look vaguely good!

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JAYDEN IM ꜜ he/him（CLASS ONE） ― ... Less horrible than whatever you were doing earlier. [sighs] But it still sounds so off... The rap is CORNY, and even the supposedly good vocalists are still struggling... We don't have much time, and you can't sound like this during the Teachers' Evaluation either.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ HUR YIRURI ꜜ she/they（CLASS ONE） ― Hah?! As if you're any better!

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JAYDEN IM ꜜ he/him（CLASS ONE） ― I pretty much am, thank you!

✹ ﹒ ﹒ MIZUTANI MOE ꜜ she/xe（CLASS ONE） ― Aish, you two! Yiruri, it's not time to take any offense in what Jayden says... If he doesn't give us harsh criticism now, the teachers will kill us later. Suck it up and let's improve together!

✹ ﹒ ﹒ HUR YIRURI ꜜ she/they（CLASS ONE） ― Fine, fine...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ DEJA NAM ꜜ she/they（CLASS ONE） ― Wow... Now I see... He's an asshole, but we need an asshole, so this is perfect!

✹ ﹒ ﹒ MIZUTANI MOE ꜜ she/xe（CLASS ONE） ― Right? I knew Deja would see my vision, she's very perceptive.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JAYDEN IM ꜜ he/him（CLASS ONE） ― ... I suppose so. She is inexperienced, but she has good vocal intuition and since there's not enough time to teach her how to sing properly, it is very helpful... But try consulting Seulgi as well, I'm sure she'll be able to give you some tips.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JAYDEN IM ꜜ he/him（CLASS ONE） ― Wait... Did you just say I'm an asshole?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ DEJA NAM ꜜ she/they（CLASS ONE） ― [chuckles] Took you long enough to realize.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ JAYDEN IM ꜜ he/him（CLASS ONE） ― ... You're dead to me.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ DEJA NAM ꜜ she/they（CLASS ONE） ― [shrugs] Whatever. Can we go on now?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ MIZUTANI MOE ꜜ she/xe（CLASS ONE） ― I think it's enough for now. How about we practice individually again? We can reunite tomorrow and see if anything has changed.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ KOBAYASHI MIREI ꜜ they/she（CLASS ONE） ― That sounds like a good idea! I'll work hard.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ MIZUTANI MOE ꜜ she/xe（CLASS ONE） ― I'm sure you will! We got this, girls~

With such inspiring words, Moe and the rest of the girls' team continues to practice their piece individually.

But what about the boys?

▎ DAY TWO: Distributing lines.
❪ 📍 Class One's Training Room — Where The Boys Are ❫

✹ ﹒ ﹒ SEOK IJUN ꜜ he/him（CLASS ONE） ― ... What do we do now? We've divided the song into five parts taking fairness into account, but now... Who does what? All parts are almost equally as challenging...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ QIU YUNZHI ꜜ he/they（CLASS ONE） ― We can still move around some lines and adlibs to make something easier to perform for our weaker vocalists... If we take the adlibs away from this part, I think Jayden could perform it perfectly.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ SEOK IJUN ꜜ he/him（CLASS ONE） ― Oh? Let's call him over and try!

✹ ﹒ ﹒ QIU YUNZHI ꜜ he/they（CLASS ONE） ― Wait, let's assign everything first. This other part... It's actually the least challenging of them all, so Junkyu could do it. He has a nice voice that would help during harmonies, but with his limited technique it's better if he sticks to these lines.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ SEOK IJUN ꜜ he/him（CLASS ONE） ― Mhm...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ QIU YUNZHI ꜜ he/they（CLASS ONE） ― Now it's between Sungyeon, you and me.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ SEOK IJUN ꜜ he/him（CLASS ONE） ― Oh, between you two if anything... I don't think I'm that good of a vocalist.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ QIU YUNZHI ꜜ he/they（CLASS ONE） ― Don't say that! I've checked your stages and they were quite good, you shouldn't underestimate yourself.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ SEOK IJUN ꜜ he/him（CLASS ONE） ― Really? Thank you! But... Sungyeon is the real deal, isn't it? And you too...

✹ ﹒ ﹒ QIU YUNZHI ꜜ he/they（CLASS ONE） ― [sighs] I haven't performed in so long, I'm not as outstanding as you think. Not like Sungyeon has performed much recently either.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ SEOK IJUN ꜜ he/him（CLASS ONE） ― Mhm, if you say so... Well, how about we give these lines to you, this part to Sungyeon and then this one to me?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ QIU YUNZHI ꜜ he/they（CLASS ONE） ― You mean Main Vocalist to me? I'd love to, but isn't Sungyeon a better fit?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ SEOK IJUN ꜜ he/him（CLASS ONE） ― [shrugs] I don't think so, but I can always give it to them if you wan-

✹ ﹒ ﹒ QIU YUNZHI ꜜ he/they（CLASS ONE） ― No no, it's OK! We can try and, if my hunch was right we'll give the part to it instead.

✹ ﹒ ﹒ SEOK IJUN ꜜ he/him（CLASS ONE） ― Bet! Let's practice a bit, then~ Can you hear me out or do you want to get started already?

✹ ﹒ ﹒ QIU YUNZHI ꜜ he/they（CLASS ONE） ― Let me help!

And so, everything proceeds somehow peacefully for the first few days.

As they say: the calm before the storm.

FEVEN'S CORNER !!

The next part is going to be so wild... I can't wait!

And I can't wait to go on with the performances too~