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-.✦・。゚MGA season 5: episode 5
sunday 07/21, practice at royal entertainment
mentioned: @rkjaemin,@rksuwoong,@rkxsnh
TRIGGER WARNING: migraines (headache, nausea), medications
Ever since Ryujin woke up this morning she has felt unweel in an eerie kind of way, the feeling that something is wrong haunting her from the very moment she opened her eyes because it’s appearing to be a brand new sensation. She’s nervous, abnormally so really, when she makes her way to the Royal Entertainment, a route that is becoming familiar with time as result of the practice happening there. It’s early, but not too early. Ryujin follow the company’s schedule as good as she can while excluding the breakfast, especially today since her appetite vanished– that alone is strange, and anyone who knows her would recognise the change.
She is the first one to arrive out of both groups and a staff member is showing her the way, it’s the same way that she has walked many times already during the past few days but she know that she has to be escorted by someone. She met them with a tired smile, head bowing in that typical respect that she show to anyone who is more authorised than herself. As someone who rarely ever has a headache it’s unbearable even to walk like this, silence consumes the short trip from the entrance and up to the practice room but their footsteps are loud enough. She has no time to stay at home though, she has no time to rest. It will pass, is what she tell herself and that especially when she notice that SUWOONG arrive a little while after her.
Eyes twitch slightly by the sight of him, briefly and so quickly that nobody would notice. While they settle their things and prepare to practice she notice that something is different, still. The lights are so much brighter than they were the day before, the sounds are so much louder. It doesn’t take Ryujin long to realise that this is going to be an incredibly long and tiresome day, and she has only just arrived at 9AM. JAEMIN arrive not long after, with his textbooks. They are practicing the dance still, perfecting it the best that they can because although JAEMIN is a very strong, creative rapper has he expressed it isn’t the same when it comes to dancing. He isn’t a dancer, but that’s okay.
He is teamed with two dancers, after all– one way or another, they will all manage to learn the choreography. Luckily for him, the song that they chose doesn’t require much technique. If the famous P.O can pull off the stage then she is sure that JAEMIN can as well, they just need for him to practice, practice, practice. And Ryujin believes in him, she has huge faith in him. She’s worried for other reasons though, which she blame her unwellness for. Surely no one else has noticed how SUWOONG has treated her the past days, no one but herself because it is easier to notice when it happens to oneself. She doesn’t get it, what has she ever done to him?
SUWOONG is particularly picky with her, he always leave her to choose lastly and he flee the scene with her once breaks hit. Instead of getting to know her he’s seemingly everywhere but with his own group, every chance he get, and she slowly begin to feel worse and worse. They seem like small “innocent” things things but small “innocent” things add up rather quickly, and she honestly don’t feel welcome or liked in her very own group… and she simply do not know what she has done wrong, SUWOONG just seem to hate her for no apparent reason. She’s a hardworking girl who usually don’t take breaks but today, she has to.
She simply has to, or she will puke right there and then though that is a fact that she decided against telling her group about. It’s not like the elder male would understand anyway, Ryujin’s absolutely sure about that, because everything she does in his presence seems to be wrong. Closing up towards lunch time it’s becoming unbearable, overwhelming is an understatement and she honestly feel so awful that she want to sit down and cry. The waves come and go yet she can’t seem to find a pattern, suddenly there is a severe rush of nausea and then suddenly there is a immensely throbbing pain in her head. What is going on?
The only pattern she notice is that whenever a wave of sickness appear, her heart beat so fast and so forcibly against her chest that she wonder whether it will jump out of her very body. As she sit down for another break SUWOONG seems to have had enough of it and calls for a fifteen minute break himself. The lump in her throat grows bigger and bigger because she’s scared, it frightens her that she don’t know what is going on with neither SUWOONG nor herself. Ryujin uses the given break to call Jonhyun, her step-brother who happens to work within the branch of medicine, after excusing herself to the hallway just outside the practice room.
His message is quick and simple, Ryujin needs to find herself a place to rest and she know to listen to his advices. If there is anyone that she look up to, it is him. There is nothing that is as important as time at this very moment so she hurry the best she possibly can to find one of the nearby staff members, who agrees to show her the company’s infirmary where she is allowed some rest and some meds to relieve the symptoms. Ryujin isn’t sure what she is given but she takes it regardless, wanting to get better sooner rather than later so that she can return to the practice. Gosh, she forgot to tell JAEMIN where she was going.
Well, surely the staff member would let them know. Before she lay down to rest she put on an alarm to make sure that she won’t oversleep, and she pass out almost the moment she closes her eyes. Just before that, she manages to send off a few texts to her best friend.
text sent to @rkxsnh ( 혜주 ) —— (2)
✉ ▸ i feel so sick… i don’t know what’s goign on
✉ ▸ i’m at the infirmary, i don’t want to be sent home…
The alarm wakes her back up and although she feels better in the sense of why she came into the infirmary, Ryujin feels utterly rotten inside. If she could go back to sleep she would but she can’t, so instead she drag herself out of the comfortable hospital bed and sloppily head back– she hopes that this decaying feeling will pass with time, and she wonder just what on Earth she was given just an hour earlier. That were some strong meds, that is for sure. She squints most of the way back to the practice room where JAEMIN and SUWOONG practice with the other trio because the lights are so gosh darn bright today, but find the room near empty upon arrival.
Oh well, she will have to practice on her own then. Ryujin doesn’t think much of it, other than wondering where they might be, they surely will return shortly anywyay… she hopes, anyway. And they do precisely so, she has only danced for a few minutes when they return and she’s noticing a slight change in JAEMIN’s face that makes her curious. It’s not very obvious, but it was enough for her to notice as she has spent quite some time with the other already. They’re not close, far from it, but she admire the other and he intrigues her. But hey, they brought her a sandwich! When she think about it, she hasn’t eaten the whole day, appetite non-existent.
“My head is fine,” she responds shortly because she know that he SUWOONG only ask about her head out of courtesy. A smile appears though, due to the food. “But thanks. I appreciate it.”
They aren’t grouped for long before JAEMIN offer to fetch some drinks, and ask Ryujin if she would like to accompany him on the trip outside. Strange as it may be she gladly accepts that offer right away, fresh air sounded amazing when she still feel completely dead inside but she realised quickly that something was up, just like everything today. Sandwich in hand, she eats it on the way greedily, suddenly realising how hungry she really is. The questions that he bring her hurts more than she thought they would, and the fact that he seemingly believed for even a second that the rumors are true hurt even more. She can’t blame him however, he was never there to witness what actually happened with Amarante.
Ryujin explains to him the best she can, without revealing too much. It seriously baffles her how effective rumors are, whether they are true or false, and she suddenly understand what has been going on with SUWOONG, that he has been spreading lies about her all along. Her heart sink to the bottom of her stomach and once again, she want to cry while she don’t. Even if the tears are threatening to roll down rosy red cheeks she will not grant him that satisfaction, and she will not cry in front of JAEMIN. Drinks ordered, waited for and now in hand, they make their way back to the building where Ryujin has forgot for the moment that they are recording.
Other matters are more important right now and if the “GOLDEN TRIO” is supposed to have a chance to win they need to settle things, right away. So she approach the elder male, in midst of a face time which he end rather quickly upon their arrival. Ryujin doesn’t beat around the bush and ask why he is out and about telling false truths to people, and where the lies come from. Tears are evident in her eyes, but she still does not cry. He responds with a question of his own, whether she call his cousin a liar– she is confused, she doesn’t even know who this cousin is and how she is related to the matter. SUWOONG says that he doesn’t appreciate that she insult his cousin in front of him and she want to snort, the audacity.
“Yeah, please call her.” She agrees to the suggestion, once she realise who his cousin is. The call should be interesting enough as Jimin has stepped way over the line by spreading lies, and if she don’t spill the beans she will have to resort to old fashioned threats. Jimin may be older than her but in the end, she could have faced serious punishment for what she did and was honestly let go easier than everyone else. Heck, the other members of Amarante did nothing wrong. She luckily didn’t have to threaten with their old CEO as the other tells the truth. Ryujin couldn’t care less whether SUWOONG apologised after that, she was just glad it’s over.
“It’s okay,” is her way of forgiving the elder. “I’m just glad that we got this out of the way.”
-.✦・。゚MGA season 5: episode 4
post performance interview
mentioned: @rksihyeon,@rkxsnh,@rkhyeon
Q: AND HOW WAS IT LIKE WORKING WITH KIM SIA THIS WEEK?
The time spent with Sia had been nothing but a walk on rose petals, the two of them worked a whole lot better than she could ever have imagined. With her difficulties trusting in others she’s been pleasantly surprised and with time, should she pass to the next round, maybe Ryujin can say that she genuinely look forward to working with other people. “Sia unnie was amazing, she took good care of me throughout the time that we had together making sure that I rested well~ She’s not only a great vocalist but she’s also so caring and easy to work with, I was lucky to be paired with her this week.” She smiles, and heaves a breath. “But while I was lucky I hope that she won’t suffer from being paired with me, she has been by the top three two weeks in a row already so the pressure and expectations are high. I hope that our duo were satisfying.”
Q: WERE THERE ANY PERFORMANCES YOU DID OR DIDN’T LIKE?
“Ah… Was I the only one who saw HYEJOO’s transformation? The stare she get when she’s getting serious gives me the chills, it’s just too breathtaking. Not to mention the performance itself with HOHYEON, I wish that I could have been part of that myself.” Ryujin is biased, she definitely is because Olivia is her very best friend in the whole wide world; that doesn’t mean though, that she don’t meant what she say. Friendship aside, Ryujin believes that the other is underrated by far and that she deserve much more credit than she has received.
Q: IS THERE ANYONE YOU ARE CERTAIN WILL BE ELIMINATED TODAY?
The answer to this is fairly obvious to her but Ryujin decides against speaking up her mind. It was such a shame she thinks, that they made a mistake so big.
a charisma starter for@rkxsnh
it’s his first time taking a dance class, and it’s safe to say that it’s not going so well. so far, lucas has stepped on the feet of both people on either sides of him, tripped over his shoelaces twice, and has danced the wrong dance at the wrong time—how could he even mistaken the dance to gangnam style: an iconic, life changing song and dance that shook the entire world to its core when released. is he stupid?
no, he’s not stupid (actually he is, and he’ll be the first to admit it, but not in this situation); he’s just not a dancer. he’s done similar things before, but gymnastics and muay thai are very different from having to move to a beat while synchronized with a group of people he doesn’t even know. and quite frankly, in a room with so many competent people, it makes him look worse than he really is.
after his seventh misstep (yes, he is counting, because each instance is a massive hit to his ego), lucas finally caves and turns to the girl beside him for help. he doesn’t know her name despite the flashmob rehearsing for a couple of hours now. “hey, can you show me how to do that move?”
rkxsnh:
She stifles a chuckle at her friend’s adorable antics, shaking her head fondly as she glanced around the place. It was a little bit more packed now than earlier that afternoon. “Hmmm, I knew Seoul had a strong gaming base but I didn’t think it would be this mad.” Replying back casually as she allows her dainty friend to tag her along, “Oh yea– I’ve tried NBA game before but I kinda wanna know what the hype is all about with this.” She nods as they wait in line, “Did you wanna try anything else after that though?”
Really at this point, there was no stopping the laugh that erupted from her lips, “Oh god– you’re right.” Pulling Seoyeon closer to her and measuring their height difference, “maybe if we go to a theme park you’ll get in for free.” Teasingly nudging her friend, she was one of the youngest if not the youngest in their group of friends, it’s so easy and fun to rile them up, “Don’t worry, we can always say you’re with your older sister, eh?”
seoyeon grins at olivia’s response and then shrugs, “we can always just walk over to the next play area and see what game it has once we finish with fifa.” seoyeon enjoyed watching soccer, and even playing it, but she definitely wasn’t an expert. she had no idea what it would be like, but she was excited to try.
she scowls at the younger, playfully pushing her away, “yah,hyejoo, you better watch out – i’m small but i’m at the perfect level for kneecaps.” there’s a grin on her face as she says it, looping her arm with olivia’s, “although getting into a theme park for free doesn’t sound like a bad plan…” she shakes her head, “no. i have more pride than that… i think.” she smirks.
she pulls olivia to the play area and sits down at a computer. “ah, i’m actually feeling nervous. i forget sometimes that you actually play video games a lot and stream them.” she starts to set up for the game, “how’s that been by the way? you guys were streaming here, right?” she asks, fiddling around in the character customization. “i’ve always wanted to try that. i don’t think i could do it full time but… streaming sounds like a lot of fun. being able to just play video games and then have people’s feedback instantly. i feel like the best part of video games is when you get to experience it with others.”
seoyeon felt so excited when she had found out about game x. made it even better to have most of her friends going to it as well. she’d put gaming on the back burner lately, wanting to focus on music when she wasn’t doing schoolwork. but now she had a chance to let loose and just have fun. making music and rapping were her biggest passions, but sometimes it was nice to do something just because she enjoyed it, and not hold herself to such a high standard.
she walks in with liv and makes a dramatic noise, “wow~ it’s all so busy in here already.” she notices, looking at all the people standing in line to sign up for the competition. she grabs hyejoo’s hand and pulls her to the line forming, “i wanna sign up.” she beams, “you said you wanted to try fifa right? i don’t think i’ve ever played a sports game before so i think it’ll be fun.”
she looks up at hyejoo, noticing just how much taller the younger girl was. she huffs, “ya… i can’t stand next to you. i look like your little sister.” she pouts. being 5'1, seoyeon looked like everyone’s little sister, but that was beside the point – in her head at least.
— ☾.*(agame x starter for @rkxsnh)