#jinho do or not series

[weirdplutoprince]

Trauma in Solo leveling

Always haunted by what could have been of Solo Leveling if the narrative acknowledged the inherent trauma vision that guides most of Jin-Woo's actions through the series instead of glorifying him for that.

Like, it is pretty clear to me from the start that a lot of his obsession with self reliance and his increasingly cynical views of the world ("The weak are destined to be betrayed") are a direct response to the double dungeon incident, and in more ways than we initially realize.

I think it's particularly obvious in the way he is paralled with Lee Joohee; while they're both shown to be traumatized from their encounter, Joohee is supposedly 'worse off' than him. She has noticeable flashbacks to that episode and withdraws from life and work in an attempt to avoid possible triggers - becoming paralysed when she fails to do so. And because, while also afraid, Jin-Woo is instead making a point to return to dungeons we are very clearly meant to think that he is moving on when she is not. ...Except that he isn't.

Because, you see, along with withdrawing, the reenactment of a traumatic event is also a very common response to trauma. And so is the risky behaviour that might come with it. And what does Jin-Woo does as soon as he's able to leave the hospital again? Immediately throw himself into dungeons, alone, with a clear disregard for personal safety and an extreme need to both prove himself and give meaning to his near death experience before.

Not only does he goes right back into the very same place his trauma took place, but he seems to subconsciously be trying to recreate said event in a way that gives him control of the situation. This time, he wasn't abandoned to die alone in a dungeon: he did it himself, willingly. He placed himself in that position. And later on, when he risks himself with shady parties he expects to betray him, he seems almost content; once again putting himself in risk by creating a scenario where he is 'abandoned' and 'betrayed' but where he can come off on top. He is desperate to both have his belief confirmed that someone perceived as a weak hunter like he is will always be betrayed, always be left behind, and to fight that supposed fate. To prove that he has 'fixed' this aspect of himself and will thus not fall victim to that consequences of that abandoment again. In fact, he is so detatched from the current scene that he deliberately ignores the fact Yoo Jinho challenges those believes by protecting Jin-Woo, whom he believes to be an E rank at that point.

And were this any other story, all his development from then on would prove the faults of this mindset. The dangers of self reliance, of cutting yourself off from any support network, from depriving himself of any sort of meaningful trust or vulnerability with others. But instead, we're meant to respect the fact he is increasingly isolated from everyone else. That he becomes cold, emotionally withdrawn and paranoid (his refusal to join any of the existing guilds always felt to me like his need for control taken to extreme, plus the fact he could not deal with how exposed he felt working with others again). And I think that's really sad.

It would have been really interesting to have a story that is willing to challenge the notion that he is better off alone, and that trust in others is ultimately unecessary. And that would acknowledged the strength necessary to allow himself to trust and be vulnerable after everything - and the importance of surrounding himself with people he loves and knows will protect him too. Sad 😔

[circeyoru]

I have a question about your AU for the mana thing with SCP vibes. If you can answer them without spoiling.

Where is Jin-Ho and Jin-Chul? Are they died or still around but not caught?

Have a good day

This is for {The Only Reason}, check MASTERLIST for the work

Wow. First ask for this series I think. I guess this does have a bit of a SCP vibe when you think about it. I do welcome questions and ideas for stories, so go ahead with them!

Anyways, back to your questions.

Jinho and Jinchul are still alive and kicking, not forced to stay in the facility.

I'll start with Jinho cause he's easier. He is a D-Rank Hunter, so his chances of <Outrage> are slim to none, the same goes for B-Rank and below. A-Ranks are in a unique situation, but more on that when we talk about Jinchul.

Now as for Jinho's relationship with Jinwoo. They still know each other. Their relationship only got cut off before Jinwoo went to have his rank re-evaluated. It's different in this AU cause Jinwoo cuts him off due to not wanting the EMI finding out another weakness to use as leverage against him when the time came.

Jinho watched from the sidelines and was one of the people who objected to Jinwoo being taken into the facility. He was forcefully knocked unconscious when a scene was made, but that was already a good outcome considering some where killed on the spot by the Guards in the past and in other countries.

From then on, Jinho actually follows any news of Jinwoo and tried his best to get him out. Of course, he was denied in every sense of the word.

You weren't there when it all happened and only heard it from gossips, couldn't care less was your attitude because you weren't assigned to Jinwoo just yet. When you were and did a background check, you gave Jinho your word that Jinwoo was doing well and warned him against further action to protect himself and his loved ones.

About Jinchul... He was close to being sent to the facility since he was a high-tier A-Rank Hunter and basically the Hunter Association's Chairman's right-hand man. He was protected by Go Gunhee and was given a close surveillance for all his actions only.

Okay. I promised to talk more about the A-Rank Hunter thing. So among A-Ranks, there are high, mid, and low tiers. Low tiers are Hunters like healers that have low or no chance of <Outrage>, mid-tiers are a slightly higher chance, and high is a chance of reaching the S-Rank's possibility of <Outrage>. Still, the mana level is measured and will be acted accordingly. So not all A-Ranks were made to stay in the facility but only to come and be evaluated from period to period to ensure their sanity.

Jinchul is a particular case because of his status and authority. The facility wanted Jinchul to control Gunhee, and both Hunters knew it. If it wasn't obvious, Personnel 001 was the head of that operation. However, this operation was never passed by the other Personnels, so it was technically unauthorized. When you and a few other Personnels caught wind of it, you all banded together to put an end to it. From then on, Personnel 001's place was rocky at best and you were seen as the indirect and new head or the highest authority.

You have a good relationship with Gunhee and Jinchul that a number of leniency was given to them, naturally within restrictions so Personnel 001 couldn't give you a piece of mind for ruining their plans.

[eravicis]

Solo Leveling // Legends Never Die

Title: Chapter 10 - Grind Series: Solo Leveling ( I Alone Level Up ) Pairing: Sung Jin-woo/Original Female Character Rating: Mature Chapters: 10/? Word Count: ~6304 A/N: It only took… three years… haha… did you miss me? ;; It's been so long that I wonder if people will like this chapter… hope you like it! ><;

Again, I will tag the appropriate tags at the beginning of each chapter to avoid general spoilers.

*agasshi (아가씨) - miss *halmeoni - granny/grandmother *eomma - a casual reference to mother/mom

I tried adding some introspection, but I think that's hard to do in that situation.

Summary: Jinwoo is faced with an ultimatum, and Yoona stumbles her way into an "easy" way of grinding through the system.

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AO3

Lizards.

It's a slang term that refers to the people who betray other party members, saving their own skin and leaving them behind. It's not the same as the situation with Jinwoo or Yoona in the Double Dungeon since they had volunteered to be left behind so as not to drag down the party in their escape. These people, however, save themselves for their own personal gain.

Jinwoo recollects a conversation he had with another Hunter named Oh. He clarifies that because being a Hunter is dangerous, it's expected that risk and injuries come with the job. However, the problem with the job is that their current electrical technology loses its functions once it enters the Gate. Or rather, it's more like there is no technology that's able to connect to the other side of the gate. Thus, people cannot watch what's happening inside the Gate from the outside. (It's been said that humans and hunters have yet to develop the necessary tech to withstand the transport through the portal due to the high mana density.)

This makes it very difficult to prove a crime has been committed inside the dungeon. Without the security of technology to monitor inside the dungeons, there is no way to stop a hunter from committing any sort of crime. So the weaker someone is, the more expendable they become. However, if someone is strong, people seek that strength and will cling to them.

But, if a hunter says that they're useless or even get in the way, then, like a lizard leaving its tail behind, a person can end up being cut in more than one way.

And it's this specific warning that repeats itself in Jinwoo's mind as Jinho panics, watching their exit disappear. Even if they tried to stop them from trapping them within the boss room, the attack force was ready to strike them down if anything changed.

Paying attention to details wasn't needed, hm? Jinwoo suddenly understands what Hwang Dongsuk means. 

Dropping the bags onto the ground, he muses that this giant spider monster, the boss, is nothing like his traumatizing experience in the Double Dungeon. In fact, there's a feeling that perhaps this is fate that he gets this opportunity to test his current abilities on a C-Rank dungeon boss.

"That's mine," he says, his dagger summoned to his hand as he prepares for combat.

And for the first time, he smiles with confidence.

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The destruction where the Gate opened is disastrous.

There's shouting in the distance, but what remains of the park is gone and, instead, is littered with debris and wounds on the earth from the blasts in the ensuing battle. What people could be saved are pulled off the field and the only people left are some Hunters trying to fend off the boss.

Yoona runs as fast as she is able to get closer. But from a distance, she could only watch who she could assume to be the healer dropping to the ground from mana exhaustion. The only person left standing appears to be a tank, holding his shield up. In front of him is a plant-like creature, tall and massive, that stands easily four stories tall, wood and vines making up its form between its bark. It stands in front of the blue portal, wavering and threatening to allow more creatures to escape the dungeon. Its build is very similar to that of a stocky golem, a four-legged creature with a tree trunk for its face. Glowing green eyes gleam from between its bark as its front arm lifts and quickly drops it.

But the back of the head of the tank bracing for impact is familiar, someone she didn't expect to see so soon on the frontlines.

"Adrien!"

His head doesn't turn, bringing up his shield to block an incoming attack from the large plant-like golem.

Yoona doesn't want to assume, but it looks like she has caught them between waves. This also means that they don't have much time for Adrien to catch her up on what's happened thus far. This creature looks like they're the last one of the group that's managed to escape the dungeon's gate.

The healer passed out, exhausted, with her health low to the point that it's in danger. Yoona sees both of their health bars above their heads, like a video game, and the corners of her mouth twitch. Honestly, how much is the System making her see this as a video game instead of a life-or-death situation?

Clearly, someone has a terrible sense of humor.

She doesn't even think when she utters a healing spell with the wave of her hand, the sparkling glow that comes from her fingers shimmering over Adrien, who's about to take another blow to his shield. He manages to brace it in time as he is enveloped in the healing glow of her healing magic. He sinks into the earth under its forceful weight, cracking and breaking the earth around him, a grunt before he changes it into a yell to shove the creature off his shield.

Yoona slides into place beside the healer, looking over the healer's condition. She's weak, dripping in cold sweat, and exhausted from mana exhaustion, on top of the low health. She waves a hand over her face and utters a heal to watch most of their injuries disappear and finally breathe without the distress.

The creature shudders, stumbling back from how Adrien threw it off-balance.

He spares her a glance back with a small grin. "Much thanks for the assist."

"Of course," she responds with a grin, happy to see her friend again. But this isn't the time to play catch-up.

The creature slams its large hoof-like feet down on Adrien's shield again and he gets shoved deeper into the earth.

"Need help?"

"A little," he grunts and shoves the creature with more strength again once Yoona has finished healing him to full.

Huh, finished healing him. Is there something he should be aware of? Above all else, healed him to full? This is Yoona that came to his aid, right? But, she has… white hair?

The idle thoughts disappear when the golem drops its foot back down on the shield in a rushing force that Adrien gets pummeled, disappearing into the earth under his buckler like a hammer hammering a nail into the ground.

Setting the healer away from the battle, Yoona pulls her staff out from her inventory in a shimmer of electrical golden light and it swirls around her in anticipation of what's to come. With a grin, Yoona twirls the staff in her hand. No longer does she feel intimidated by such a daunting and seemingly overwhelming creature from the Gate, but Yoona is excited to test out just how powerful this new staff of hers is.

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(!) 𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 [POISON] is ineffective against TREE GOLEM!

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A pity, Yoona thinks. But it confirms that it's a golem rather than a living creature. She had a feeling that the area-of-effect poison would be ineffective against it. Idly, if she was a fire mage, she could probably do some really intense damage. Well, if this were a video game that's based off of elemental properties like a certain little pocket monster series.

Still, she casts a buff spell on herself, which buffs all of her physical and defensive stats temporarily, and takes off running.

The golem notices her and turns in her direction.

It's too slow to respond when Yoona runs until she's just in front of it, and then jumps straight up. With more strength than she realizes she has when she becomes level with its face, Yoona takes this opportunity to stab the golem in its eyes with her spear.

With a roar, it pulls its head away from the offending weapon.

With the strength she now has, thanks to her recent level gain, she pulls back and her staff-turned-spear cleaves clean the head of the golem off of its trunk body. And in nanoseconds, Yoona watches as its vines move swiftly to grab for its head. 

In the same momentum, Yoona doesn't give it a chance to recover, and she twirls in mid-air, grabs an ax from her inventory, and drops its blade down into the center of the trunk where its head once was. With how much force she applies to the ax, she continues the motion with several strikes from her left to her right and back again before the ax breaks from fighting against the golem's trunk.

As it shatters, it disappears into the air in a fit of blue light and sparkles when she releases it.

With its trunk cleanly cut open from her ax, it exposes its center, the core. Different from the monster's magic cores that drop from a monster's defeat, this one is what controls this creature. From somewhere else, its monster magical core will appear.

Dropping down onto the staggering headless body, Yoona lifts her spear and points the sharp blade at the core. Without pause, she brings it down and breaks the jewel-like blue orb, breaking it into near halves.

With a broken groan of wood grinding, it stumbles and drops to its knees, shaking the earth.

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(!) 𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 You have leveled up!

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She blinks at the notification. Really? How easy is it really to level up like this? Still, she's not going to complain if it means she's leveling up. However, she wishes with every level up, she has something more than that to allot more points into her stats.

Maybe she's going about this wrong. Idly, she makes a mental note to look over the interface again later.

Canceling the effect of her buff spell, Yoona jumps down to the ground where Adrien is busy digging himself out of the hole. He blinks when he realizes the golem is down. His head swivels, blinking repeatedly when his gaze lands on Yoona.

She twirls the staff and replaces it back inside her inventory in a flash of light, making her way over to him. Her gaze subtly narrows when the hairs on the back of her neck lift and she tries to resist the urge to look around, aware that she's being watched. Yoona needs to feign ignorance or else, it's possible that those watching would figure out she's been Reawakened.

"Need a hand?" she asks again. It's amusing considering he's about halfway out of the hole and is still waist-deep inside it.

"Yeah," he says, holding his hand up from the hole. She braces his wrist and pulls him out with surprising ease.

Yoona lets him go as Adrien blinks, looking her over and dusting himself off while she looks at her hand and flexes her fingers. How curious; normally, Adrien is considerably heavier than he looks because he's muscular. Plus, equipped with the gear, he's a size that someone of her frame would have trouble moving. 

"Yoona?"

The incredulous tone comes when comprehension dawns on him.

She turns her head to face him, giving him a small smile.

"No, wait," he says, shaking his head in disbelief and lifting a hand to her and the other to his head, "you can't be her—last I checked, she had black hair and her healing spells literally couldn't heal me to half health, let alone to full." He drops his hand and crosses his arms across his chest with a scrutinizing stare.

"Who are you?"

"Haha." Yoona averts her gaze and nervously forces a laugh, wondering how she's going to explain to Adrien that she experienced a Reawakening and is capable of getting stronger? Hell, she wonders if he would even believe her. Much less believe her about her ability to see now an interface that she calls her own personal video game. Even if the consequences of said video game mean the end of people's lives.

Adrien arches a brow.

"A-ny-way, we should head inside the gate and kill the boss before any more of those creatures respawn," Yoona says, holding her hand to her eyes to peer at their surroundings when there seem to be no more creatures around that have otherwise escaped. However, in doing so, she can't seem to see who it is that's watching her, but she can sense that there are two B-Rank Hunters nearby. They weren't there earlier when she took down the golem, but definitely after.

Maybe if she really tried, she could probably throw a dagger in the direction just to scare the living daylights out of them.

He squints and then stares at her for a moment longer before hefting a heavy sigh. "Alright, I'll let it slide this time but—!"

"—… But what?" She looks hesitantly in his direction. Honestly, lying has never been her forte.

"You owe me some kind of explanation other than what I can only assume is… whatever I think it is."

This time, Yoona's wariness drops and she's left surprised. Taken aback by his vague wording, her brows quickly furrow when her thoughts start running. Assumptions like he's on the radio with the UK Hunters Association or perhaps, the people that she senses that are nearby might have something to do with it.

There's a sharp look in his eye that warns her to leave it at that and radios that all is clear and that he's heading into the Gate.

He gestures with his head for them to head inside and with one final cursory glance around, Yoona follows.

Inside the Gate, a forest with high temple walls greets her with tall trees and high underbrush. They stand in a clearing in the middle of a forest where its canopy shrouds the floor of the forest in shifting shadows. The temple walls make it feel like a maze and the canopy of the trees is the ceiling.

"Damn," Adrien swears.

Yoona has seen her fair share of Gates and sometimes there are new ones to explore. This one is a meld of the typical forest dungeons often found through a Red Gate—a dungeon that locks its Hunters inside until all of the hunters have died or it's cleared—and a typical dungeon. Generally, each one specifically has limitations, much like typical dungeons where there is a direct or a maze-like path to be explored upon entry.

"What? This dungeon isn't to your liking?" Yoona asks, somewhat amused.

"It's fine," he shrugs weakly. "But, I just realized, how are we going to clear the dungeon and beat the dungeon boss by ourselves? We're not exactly high-ranking Hunters."

Yoona feels it's probably safe now to tell him about her recent changes.

"But!" Adrien takes a few steps forward, casting a glance in Yoona's direction with an arched brow. "Something tells me that something happened to you after we left that hell of a place." He steps close to her, relieved and with bright eyes.

Placing a hand on her shoulder, he gives her a watery smile. "You made it and—" he squeezes her shoulder, "—I'm really glad you did."

Yoona smiles, nodding, and placing a hand on his to give him a reassuring squeeze. "Yeah," she says, feeling a strange lump forming in her throat. "A lot happened."

Adrien quirks a crooked smile, pulling Yoona in for a tight hug. Yoona forces the lump down her throat, appreciative of his genuine care for her welfare. It's been far and few between since people often wanted something from her or found her more of an inconvenience. But Adrien has always been a friend first and foremost, even after they found out their ranks as Hunters.

So when he pulls away, he clears his throat and straightens, giving her another look over.

"Hm."

He glances around the dungeon. Scratching his head, he crosses his arms across his chest and arches a brow. He returns his attention back to Yoona.

"So," he begins, giving her an expectant look.

Nervously, Yoona laughs and averts her gaze.

"You took down that golem with no problem—you wanna share something with the class? Or namely, I don't know, me? Cause I feel like I need to know something before we die trying to clear this dungeon." And then he arches a brow. "And weren't you… hm, I dunno, shorter?"

He makes a gesture hovering over her head and to where she comes up to his shoulder.

Lifting her gaze up to the taller, Yoona clears her throat and places a hand on her hip. She tries not to think about how her height correlates to Adrien. (But, she was definitely up to his chest before, no, wait, smaller? And now, she comes to his shoulder?) "Well, remember the double dungeon?"

The sound of the forest rustles in the back and the humidity is palpable that Yoona wipes at her brow. Even Adrien adjusts the armor he wears as he readies his equipment, sensing the change in the atmosphere. Again, Yoona pulls out her staff with a shimmer of light.

He twirls his sword in his hand before raising his buckler, moving ahead of her as they start venturing into the dungeon. "Is this a rhetorical question?"

Ah, right, stupid question but she honestly blames nerves. She isn't sure how he'd take the news, but she feels like she owes him that much, having been one of the few people who experienced the double dungeon. Adrien is one of the few people that's stuck with her since she started working as a Hunter.

"Wait." He turns his head to give her another look over and looks dumbfounded. "Did you get a Reawakening?"

"Focus, Adrien!" 

He shakes his head. "Talk and cover for me—surely, you can do that, can't you?"

Yoona makes a face but moves after him, positioned behind him for any attacks that would come from the front. She supposes old habits die hard and follows as she sighs, finding she isn't nervous about the dungeon, but rather how he'd react to her news. After all, she hasn't even told Jinwoo about it yet. Maybe it's just easier to tell Adrien since he was there—at least, he was there before she "died."

"There's not much to tell you except I might've Reawakened."

She resists the urge to grimace and slap herself on the forehead.

"'Might've? Might've? ' So you're telling me that your white hair has nothing to do with your highly probable Reawakening?"

Ah, she really can't fool him, can she? Foolishly, Yoona thought she could back out of telling him the truth, but she's come this far. The guilt that Adrien knows before Jinwoo manifests itself in her chest, clawing at her, but at the very least, she owes Adrien. He was there and it's not fair of her to keep this from him when it's all too obvious that he can see the changes.

She scratches her head and sighs. "Alright, so I—sort of, yeah—had a Reawakening, but when I got tested by the Monitoring Division, there was no change in my evaluation."

This is the truth, despite Adrien sparing her an scrutinizing look, opting in lieu of investigating around the corner of the dungeon. Somehow, she has a feeling he doesn't believe her. This is proven true when they clear a couple of floors of the dungeon, most of it emptied when the Gate opened earlier and let them roam outside in their world, and all Adrien does is sigh in the most exaggerated manner.

Dramatic, really.

"I'm serious!" Yoona decides to emphasize. "I was evaluated to still be an E-Rank when they came to the same conclusion you did. They were there when I woke up."

Adrien, again, remains skeptical, but decides after a moment more that he seems to believe her.

Their investigation through the dungeon is anti-climatic, finding that most of the monsters have already left the gate, leaving only the boss deep inside the dungeon. However, there's an odd tingle down her spine at the feeling when she approaches it. Nerves? Anxiety? No, it's probably something like excitement? Oh, yes, that's it.

It's been awhile since she got to test out the limits of her newfound abilities that she's excited about fighting this dungeon boss.

The boss, in the end, is at a higher level than the previous bosses she's fought before.

No, she's wrong.

There's more than one boss at the end, and she's positively giddy.

"But, something did happen while I was down there, and I don't know if you'll believe me," Yoona starts, wondering if this is okay. Telling Adrien before she's telling Jinwoo feels somehow wrong and her grip tightens on her staff before she relaxes again.

But Jinwoo wasn't there.

Would he understand?

"You won't know until you try and tell me, right?" Adrien shrugs. He relaxes now that they've cleared the dungeon. It seems the Gate has already released every creature from the dungeon out into the world. He sheathes his blade and continues to navigate the maze. "And at this point, I can almost believe anything can happen. If we can stumble upon a rare double dungeon that has S-Gate monsters inside it, then anything is possible."

"You think there's more than that out there?" Yoona blinks, incredulous. "And do you think our luck is really that bad?"

"Why not? These Gates only started showing up ten years ago and we still don't know everything about them or why they started showing up. Plus," Adrien pauses briefly to give her another glance, "anything's possible now. I really hope that we're really not that—" he grimaces, "—'lucky' to encounter another one of those dungeons."

Yoona presses her lips into a thin line, furrowing her brows. It's like a conspiracy theory, one that seems common on the internet. She can only imagine why they would come to this conclusion.

Especially when their theory holds true: at the end of this dungeon are two large creatures that she could guess as two boss monsters.

She senses it before she sees it in the next room over. They enter a cavernous room with large trees encompassing the sides and their long branches filling the ceiling and covering the sky. Large tiles and building pieces of an ancient civilization are littered into pieces on the sides, giving the impression the ceiling caved in and its debris is left in the middle of the room.

Movement in the corner catches their attention that Adrien barely lifts his shield in time to brace for impact.

"Adrien!"

It's an explosion of energy and debris that shoves Adrien from where he once stood, his feet sliding along the ground as he explodes into the wall of the temple. Smoke covers him that Yoona can't see whether or not—

Another movement on her other side that she barely lifts her staff in time to brace for impact and she's sent flying into the other wall in her own explosion of debris.

She coughs out, surprised, and barely moves in time when another movement in the smoke catches her off guard that she drops, crouches, and then lunges with her staff.

It barely nicks whatever is attacking her, taking advantage of the brief smoke to hide itself from her view.

But it's strong, sturdy, and she knows she hit it.

It takes a moment more that she dodges the next impact, jumping forward to duck into a roll that takes her a few steps closer back to the center of the boss room.

"Adrien! You doing okay?!"

"Oh, never better! Ugh," he groans as he manages to pull himself from being pummeled by whatever it is that is attacking them.

What on earth is this boss?

No, Yoona sensed two earlier—

The smoke finally clears as she hears the growling, low and deep, that she makes the connection that it's what she had speculated—two bosses.

Well, she speculated one mini-boss and the actual boss but watching as the two jaguar-like creatures circle them told her otherwise. One is slightly smaller than the other with both sporting inky black coats and four large black wings along their back. While they don't have paws, they have talons, moving with surprising dexterity and quiet that Yoona swears they probably also had some kind of paw pad.

And they're both triple her height.

They circle her now as Adrien comes to the center of the arena. Yoona couldn't help the small smile she makes, an excitement she didn't know she could have in the face of danger manifesting in the face of a new challenge. Her grip on her staff tightens and then relaxes again, ready to move in the next moment she's ready.

Now, it'll be a little odd working with Adrien since she's Reawakened, but it can't be helped.

"Adrien, we're going to work together to take them down, right?"

"I'm pretty sure I'm the only one here that can help, so yeah!"

Even though she's not looking at him as they have their backs to one another, she can practically hear his eyes roll at her rhetorical question.

But she doesn't get to explain her plan when both of the jaguar-like creatures lunge and it takes all of what strength she has to take the weight of its force against the staff. It's heavy and she barely manages to brace for it. But feline creatures move just as fast as she's able to manage and the second paw comes that she barely manages to angle the staff just enough to block the paw.

However, she isn't quite right and its claws manage to just cut through her clothes that it draws blood.

Yoona winces and thinks of the buff skill that shrouds herself in a brief aura of red.

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[SPELL: 𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐍 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 has been activated.]

[Your SPEED and STRENGTH have increased by 30%.]

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It's a little soon but she wants to take care of this quickly and before her [Fatigue] becomes a problem.

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[EFFECT: "𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐋𝐘𝐙𝐄": The opponent will be paralyzed at a certain rate.]

[EFFECT: "𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐍": Whenever a spell is cast, foes within 25 ft. of the caster will lose 1% of their health per second.]

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She pushes back, sending the creature back that it's surprised, unable to find ground at the accelerated speed that comes from [Burn Booster.] The tip of the spear slices through one of its front legs that it cries when it's sent flying into the wall. And in one fluid motion, Yoona turns on her heel with the ease of a dancer to skewer the other that's digging its claws into Adrien's shield, right into its chest.

It reels back with a screech, realizing that this one is the mini-boss when she pulls her spear free to find that there's a red jewel adorning its neck.

"Cover me!"

Adrien tries to read what Yoona commands when she ducks, the other one coming forward from behind her once more with another lunge. He grunts from exertion at the weighted momentum when his shield barely manages to connect with the attacking Alpha. And while he's distracted, Yoona turns to spear the boss creature right into its breast. But it misses the mark of its heart and she braces herself.

Just like its partner did, it rears back with another screech and she pulls her spear back.

—————  x  —————

[EFFECT: 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐋𝐘𝐙𝐄 has been activated.] [EFFECT: 𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐍 has been activated.]

[The foe's resistance was too high. The effect(s) was canceled.]

[Fatigue: 39]

—————  x  —————

Damnit!

Yoona watches as Adrien falters, thinking victory is at hand when the other jaguar creature manifests and pounces. He barely manages to raise his shield in time as he's sent to the ground, barely able to withstand fang and claw as he's pummeled. His health bar rapidly falls when Yoona utters another [Heal].

—————  x  —————

[EFFECT: 𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐍 has been activated.]

[The foes' resistance was too high. The effect(s) was canceled.]

—————  x  —————

This immediately draws both of the jaguar creatures attention to her.

Damnit!

Sparing a glance back at Adrien, she finds him knocked out, but alive and breathing with his health in the clear. With his shield resting on his chest, at least, he's mostly protected for the moment that she diverts her attention back to the prowling jaguars.

How did Adrien get knocked out when she healed him to full? What's more, wasn't he just fine moments ago?

Yoona backs away from the two approaching prowling predators as both of their wings shimmer. The hairs on the back of her neck tell her that they're only going to get faster. There's no way that their only attacks as boss creatures are fangs and lunging claws.

She twirls the staff in her hands, making sure they both can see it, but she's vastly outnumbered. 

Just as she guessed, their wings shimmer and they both seem to take turns lunging as they begin to bounce off the walls. They become faster and faster and she's not able to block each of their attacks. Each one becomes heavier and heavier that she has a hard time keeping up until she's getting hurt. She can hear her health plummeting.

—————  x  —————

[EFFECT: 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐋𝐘𝐙𝐄 has been activated.]

[The foes' resistance was too high. The effect(s) was canceled.]

[Fatigue: 58]

—————  x  —————

Yoona isn't built to directly take hit after hit like this. And she's getting incredibly tired taking such heavy blows that she can tell if she tried taking any more of a beating, she won't make it. Why are they so fast and somehow, hitting her so goddamn hard ?!

And then, she sees it: her opportunity to break through.

—————  x  —————

[SKILL: 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐄𝐃 has been activated.]

[Your SPEED has increased by 30%.]

—————  x  —————

They both jump at the same time and she jumps up higher the moment they cross over one another. With one flick of her wrist, she swings the spear clear across the backs of their neck to the bone of where their spine connects their skulls. Instead, she meets resistance as she slices through the fanciful accessories adorning their necks.

But, it's deep enough to cause serious damage that their cries are enough to make her wince. She lands with another flick of the staff-turned-spear and braces herself, not wanting to give the jaguars any room to breathe. Yoona lunges, going after the jaguar on the right as it falters.

"Heal!"

—————  x  —————

[EFFECT: 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐋𝐘𝐙𝐄 has been activated.]

[𝐃𝐔𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐎𝐍 𝐁𝐎𝐒𝐒(𝐄𝐒) are paralyzed.]

[EFFECT: 𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐍 has been activated.]

[The opponent will lose 1% health per second.]

—————  x  —————

Rejuvenation floods her, relieving her of the built up fatigue as she begins to flick through her weapons repertoire to slice through the first winged jaguar. She summons forth an ax and slices through the tendons of their legs; summons a sword to finish the job as she cleanly beheads it; and, summons a claymore to double tap as she downward slices through its heart.

Taking that same claymore, she swings with a force the other winged jaguar isn't prepared for. It isn't able to move as it takes the blade straight through its heart. She sheathes the blade back into her inventory and summons the sword once more to behead the jaguar.

She drops to a knee, dropping the sword down to the ground as she hears pings going off once more.

Finally taking a breath, Yoona returns to standing as she swings her braid back and wipes her brow. She picks up the sword and returns it back into her inventory to draw out a dagger. Yoona is going to earn some money for all of her efforts, otherwise; there's no point in being a hunter. And plus, no one else is here, right?

Well, except Adrien and she pauses before going to the corpses of the creatures.

She makes her way over to Adrien, kneeling beside him to check both his pulse and his breathing. Thankfully, her initial glance at both the health bar and mana bar seem fine and he's not in any danger. But she does feel a small bump at the back of his head that matches the small little icon next to his health bar. Ah, did he fall in a bad way that either conveniently or inconveniently knocked him out?

Yoona isn't sure whether or not she's lucky or not that he didn't see how she took out the dungeon's boss. With a sigh, she decides to leave him be for the moment so she can go ahead and extract the mana crystals. The faster she does this, the sooner they can leave.

Using the knife with the precision and training Yoona gained from med school, she cuts out the crystals and stows them in her inventory. As she does so, all she can think about is how this will finally pay for her schooling and finally, start to get herself out of the negatives. Maybe if there's any extra, she can send some to Jinwoo…

At the thought, she hopes he's doing okay, lifting her gaze up at the sky as though her thoughts would reach him.

—  x  —

"Of course you'd betray me; I'm weak."

Jinwoo expects this, but color him surprised when Jinho decides to take his side. It didn't take very long for the words he knew were coming from Dongsuk. Is this really how these people are going to do this?

"Have you… ever killed someone before?" Their eyes gleam menacingly as they stalk toward Jinwoo and Jinho.

Jinwoo doesn't even get the chance to properly think of a reaction when the System seems to do it for him as it pings.

—————  x  —————

[An urgent quest has arrived.]

—————  x  —————

He flinches, at first, thinking the System is simply acting up, but then he gets blasted into the wall behind him.

That's not what really hurts, but rather the reminder of the anger and disappointment he felt back in the Double Dungeon. The Quest Info screen fizzles, like it's losing signal in comparison to where his mind has gone. Disappointment claws at him, irritated that he forgot. Anger burns inside of him until he feels like yelling at the world.

How?

Somehow, he remembers what Yoona told him before.

" To stay angry? I think you can stay as angry as long as you want ."

" Look, anger is okay, grief is okay, spite is okay ."

How? How? How? How?

HOW? 

HOW?

The simple question buries him, enraging him that he's this foolish, this weak STILL to think that he had any kind of trust in another person. He wants to scream, wants to yell, seething in the frustration and helplessness he once had. After all, at the end of all of this, he's at fault.

How could he have…

Forgotten what kind of place this is?

That this place is governed by the strongest, by the "Survival of the Fittest" principle?

His hand grasps hold of the stones next to him, slowly pulling himself out of the rubble as a cool fury washes over him. Jinwoo hasn't been thinking clearly until just now, but he's clear now. After all, time and time again, in all of these dungeons, he's overcome death that he could almost consider it a friend. And yet, he's recovered each time. Going back in despite the possible dangers, he's mistaken that these places were safe.

He was wrong.

The System is telling him, forcing him to commit murder.

They're a THREAT.

Steel steadies his hands when he found that the answer was easy, almost surprised at himself at just how easily he accepted what he's about to do. It's asking him to either kill them or die. Why would it give such an ultimatum if it didn't have something else in store for him? Or perhaps, the system would become complicated if he were to die because he refused to take a life.

This is neither a coincidence nor an act of goodwill and it's obvious now: the System needs him. And what it needs is for him to become strong, to steel himself against all possible foes that he may face in the future. It needs him to be strong.

Jinwoo lifts himself out of the rubble despite the blood covering part of his vision. A cursory glance at his health tells him that they took out just a little under half damage of his total health. That's plenty for what he's going to do now.

Ultimately, the System isn't trying to make him stronger, but rather, he can tell that it simply wants a more powerful version of himself.

Ah, now that he knows what it wants… if the System is going to use him, then he's going to use the System.

He stands and begins walking over toward the murderers.

"Since you guys are playing around with people's lives, I'm assuming that you're also prepared to face the consequences." Jinwoo cracks his knuckles at his sides, energy sparking across his frame in his silent fury. The System is forcing him to quickly accept the fact that these people aren't worth his time, worth the effort of keeping them alive.

"What is this idiot going on about?" asks the one Hunter with a buzzcut.

"Since you call yourselves hunters, I'm asking if you're prepared to become the hunted."

"Dongsuk, I'll take care of him," says a brown haired hunter that has his hair pulled into a ponytail. He approaches Jinwoo with a confident swagger that he even has the nerve of putting his arm around Jinwoo's shoulders.

"Look, man, it seems like you still don't fully understand the situation at hand."

In Jinwoo's right hand, electrical blue lightning flickers as he resummons his dagger.

For one single moment, he thinks of Yoona. Jinwoo thinks of Yoona, a healer, who tries her best to save lives . Yoona, who's becoming a doctor.

And Jinwoo takes his first life with a single flick of his hand.

[mirageofficial]

— WELCOME TO THE UPSIDE ! !

with a total of 22 shows and 16 stops across eight countries, MIRAGE finally takes center stage at their very first headlining concert series: ENTER THE UPSIDE! the setlist is an attempt at performing the group’s staple hits (and solos) while feeding fans with the most beloved b-sides since debut—it also features the unreleased songs monster + shooting stars (their latest english song). the live songs will share a glimpse of MIRAGE’s lore, friendship, and lessons learned in real time. the members were able to promote their english hits at broadcasting stations and festivals throughout the many countries they visited.

tickets were in high demand before the presale period opened, especially due to the fact that the majority of booked venues were smaller-scale arenas (minus south korea, japan, united kingdom, and indonesia’s stadiums). VIP, meet & greet, and standard tickets sold out within hours overall—some instantly in certain countries— and it’s reflected MIRAGE’s overlooked global popularity beyond south korea. since the announcement of the tour, netizens have been discussing whether or not KQ ENTERTAINMENT, their small label, has the strength (and money) to continue managing/supporting MIRAGE as they continue to climb to the top of the charts… or would a different label ruin the group’s strategies?

( full setlist ! )

( opening VHS ) intro: end of the world

act i the jinx

i + opening roll the dice

ii ( mashup ) black mamba + illusion

iii bewitched

iv breathe

v addicted

vi + act i finale secret story of the swan

act ii changes

interlude ( visuals ) natural

vii interlude: illusions

viii changes

ix relapse

x the happiest girl

xi + act ii finale rainbow spectrum

act iii maknae unit + elder line's solos

xii + extended intro monster ( xepher, nako, & arin )

xiii halfway ( nari )

xiv + act iii finale queen of the night ( eunae )

act iv vivace

interlude + VHS WE ARE THE PIXIES

xv starlight

xvi greedy

xvii ( mashup ) alive + outro: vivace

xviii ( mashup ) a little different [eng. version] + not a stereotype

xix + act iv finale shootings stars ( unreleased eng. song )

act v our promise

xx wanna:be

xxi + special VHS for PROMISE domino

xxii chillin' with you

( finale ) our promise

( encore ) mago

DID YOUR FAVORITE SONG MAKE IT TO THE SETLIST?

between the first two opening nights in seoul and the first half of tour, many kpop stars came out to see MIRAGE in action! which guests do you think caused the most commotion/drama on stan twitter?

ATEEZ

TOMORROW X TOGETHER

NCT ( taeyong, mark, jungwoo )

WAYV ( winwin, kun, hendery, xiaojun )

THE ROMANTICS ( rue )

MANIA! ( byeol )

UNIVERSE-4 ( jihun, marley, sakura, AJ )

FROMIS_9 ( saerom, jiheon )

SEVENTEEN ( seungkwan, DK )

THE BOYZ ( kevin, sunwoo, new )

PENTAGON ( jinho, kino, shinwon )

NOAH ( @qtnoaly )

AESPA ( qiao @darkestlovers )

TAGLIST | @qtnoaly @neocityocs @alixnsuperstxr @darkestlovers

JOIN THE TAGLIST HERE

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Solo Leveling Episode 10 Thoughts

This episode was wonderful! Spoilery thoughts for the anime, novel, and manhwa below:

The scene with Lee Joohee is really well handled, and so sad, especially with the extra anime info about how terrible her mother is... I feel really bad for her in a whole new way. She goes back to them in the manhwa as well (and I think in the novel, it's been a while), but since we didn't know about her family, it wasn't as bad, and felt like a needed break. This way... goodness, this is all kinds of sad.

I still think Joohee was massively underused as a character. I'm not sure if Chugong just decided she wasn't going to be the endgame love interest or what and just moved her out because of that, but the way her whole arc is handled is quite strange, other than maybe like... showing how damaging the dungeon system is in regard to PTSD. Which is a valuable story to tell, it'd be weird if no one else was broken this way (though Min Byunggu and clearly Choi Jongin have this, and Jinwoo and Sung Jinah deal with it to some extent), but Joohee just... she's not handled well at all. The story has things to say about ableism and how mental health is treated in our society. It's just kind of confusing at times.

Han Songyi, you are a child lol I love her still, but she is a child. Acting very much like a high schooler, though, thinking she can take on anything and adults always underestimate her.

I still really love this idea that they do this in a way to help out people who can't raid on their own/would have a hard time joining raids, especially the injured guy. Makes me think of poor Han Yoojin in S-Classes That I Raised, pre-regression...

Yoo Jinho, you are so silly even your husband doesn't take you seriously aldkjaldjal I always thought this back and forth was funny alkdjalj

Jinwoo wowing everyone with his l33t skillz. 4eVR in this section is lovely. Seeing Jinwoo be excited is wonderful :3

The White Tiger recruitment team arrives lol I was wondering if they'd get cut for some reason, given Woo Jinchul is taking up even more time in the anime than he did in the manhwa, and he absorbed a lot of their presence in the manhwa. But nope! Welcome, anime versions of Ahn Sangmin and Hyun Kichul!

Choi Jongin having nightmares of Jeju, poor guy T-T Love that angst, though. Thank you so much for adding this, anime. Bless my sad fire man.

Just beautiful. His Japanese VA does an amazing job.

Sangmin's model looks really nice in the anime. I love how they drew his sideburns and bangs.

Ah yes, we also get an incredibly unnecessary random female passerby ass shot like her skirt has been absorbed by her butt. Lest we forget this adaptation is an action-adventure series probably targeted at the shounen market made in Japan. As I recall, in the webnovel, Kichul does get busy chatting up women at some point (I thought it happened during this scene, but I can't find it looking back, so maybe my memory is just messy with how bad the novel overall is with women a lot of the time).

Sangmin just opening his mouth to a strange hunter aldkjaldja This whole continuing aspect of the story is still so ridiculous alkdjlaj I don't recall it being explained in the manhwa, but in the novel, Jinwoo discovers that he can't give potions he buys to other people to use. They literally disappear. But other people can take them. They just can't hold the bottles. So he has to feed it to them himself, and they can't see the bottles when he doesn't lol He also doesn't want people to see him pulling stuff out of his inventory cause inventory isn't a thing other Hunters have here.

I still love Jinwoo getting one over the stalkers, ahem, scouts. He's so creative, love him. Make the scouts second-guess crossing you :3

Ahhhh finally get Igris next episode T-T So excited. The boi at long lasttttt :333

Excellent episode!!!!

More episode thoughts:

S01E05

S01E06

S01E07

S01E08

S01E09

S01E10 (you are here)

S01E11

S01E12

[rainismdata]

Rain is here!! ^^

rainismdata (laufeysongm1n9i) [Ao3]

rainismdata [Twitter/X and Discord]

[◽️] #hmdlm or "The Living Medicine" is fake tweets of House MD characters; where everybody is alive, healthy, and happy. [◽️] #hilsoneulogy or "Eulogy for The Head and The Heart" is a collection of mini songfic, sickfic, or MCDfic; where I collect my sadness towards House or Wilson's death/sickness/pain in headcanons. [◽️] #hilson ff (with space) is a collection of currently read or subscribed stories (also my recommendations) [◽️]

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About Me (+preferences):

Welcome to my ✨fantasy world 💖✨

I'm Rain, the “I'm fluent in Google Translate” enjoyer, reader, and writer. [Yes, I am quoting Stephen Strange.]

[[ 2⃣5⃣ she/they 💓💛💙 eng/idn 🔞 (MDNI on NSFW things) ]]

This account stands for every thing I could find or any thing I would read. So, basically I can read anything; and I can just leave it alone if it's not my preferences (on tropes, ships, or genres)

OTPs: Albert×Chris (RE), Batman×Superman (DC), Wong×Strange (Marvel), Wilson×House (House MD), Price×Ghost (CoD), Castiel×Dean (SPN), Eddie×Buck (9-1-1), Maverick×Iceman (TG/TG-M), Higuruma×Nanami (JJK), etc.

I'm also having an agenda with crackpairs/rarepairs. I'm not RPS, but if you are— you do you^^

Also— ✨M-PREG✨

Games I currently play on devices: Arena of Valor, Baldur's Gate 3, Call of Duty (series: OG and Reboot Modern Warfare, Black Ops, Infinite Warfare), Counter Strike, Death Stranding, Dynasty Warriors (6-9), God of War (2018 and Ragnarok), Minecraft, Monster Hunter World: Iceborne, Resident Evil (4-8, Remake 1-4, Revelations 1-2, Code Veronica), SuperStar rhythm games (ATEEZ, SM, JYP, YG, Cube, Woollim), The Last of Us (1-2), Warriors Orochi (3-4, +Ultimate)

dividers by: @cafekitsune and @enkeli-moonsys

Now that you're here—

I do have another account for korean thingie (series, movies, music), but here I am still proudly announcing that I am CREZL's Pretzel 🥨 😌✨ I am a fan of a crossover quartet voice group; Lim Kyuhyung (Tenor/Musical), Jo Jinho (Pop/PENTAGON), Kim Suin (Korean Traditional Musician), and Lee Seungmin (Baritone/Opera).

They covered iCorre! (Jesse & Joy), Faith (Stevie Wonder ft. Ariana Grande), Kill This Love (BLACKPINK), Higher (Michael Bublé) on the show as one of the top three quartet finalists of Phantom Singer season 4. [Also, Faith performance has got them the highest score from producers/judges in the whole seasons (S1-S4); 593 points from 6 producers of one for 98 and five for 99 points.]

Recently, CREZL released a mini album "CRE:㘉" with "Forbidden Love" as the title track and 4 more songs in the album.

[theburntatlas]

I'M BACK! (Again)

He still looks like megumi, But he's cool as fuck! I never can remember his name though...

I feel like they were really paid for the battles and then were like "I'm bored..." when forced to do slice of life Kind of sad they didn't do anything cool with the sung's new appearance either..

but this scene is so pretty I'm like WHAAAAAAAT?!?!

but I was also sad that this scene didn't get a cooler version than the in manhwa version I thought he woulda been even crazier here

But GOD I loved reading SL more but having this as a like "Oh yea btw this is how the fight goes" is so good to know cause the choreography isn't good at telling me "oh actually he feinted here" or where the attack came from or reactions but then it moves on to the COOLEST FUCKING THEME EVER?!?!??!! LIKE LISTEN TO THIS!

Fuuck I love this theme so much

There was this too and I was thinking how like sick it is to watch magic be represented in animation THEN THEY HIT ME WITH HEALING MAGIC BEING BUBBLES?@!!?!!? WHAT THEFUCK!??!?!

this entire fight scene gives us so much fanservice and not like female I mean FIGHTS dude the tiny worldbuilding to make the characters and magic seem just a BIT more real, but I was only seeing "When an ugly dude calls you twin." all the time so I wasSo pissed

EVEN THIS TOO!! HE HAS FIRE MAGIC!! HE FIGHTS USING ALL HE HAS!!! HE WILL BEAT HIM!! HE MAY FAIL STILL BUT THE SERIES FORCING HIM INTO A CORNER TO UP THE STAKES WAS STILL THE COOLEST THING EVER

I don't really get why he gets faster/Stronger after the quest but I just put it up to "Oh I'll have to be serious then."

IT'S HERE!!!! ANOTHER TIME HE LOSES AN EMOTION!!

NOBODY TALKS ABOUT THE MOTION HE MAKES WITH HIS DAGGERS EITHER!! LIKE!?!?!?

THE FACT HIS INTENT MAKES HIM FEEL LIKE HIS FEET ARE IN AN OCEAN HE CAN'T ESCAPE!! LIKLE?!?!!? WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO HEREILOVE THIS STUDIO FOR DOING STUFF LIKE THIS!!

#1 I told you he looks like megumi #2 HOLYFUUUUCK THE FACT HE CHANGES COLOR IN THE DOMAIN ASWELL?!?!! I wish more people talked about all of this

I hate sjw's sharp chin actually I wish it wasn't like that because they look really stupid in these scenes I can deal with it it's just stupid

ALSO!!!!!! INJURIES!!!!!!!! INJURIES BEING AN ACTUAL PART OF THE FIGHT!!!!!!!! which also reminds me

I don't know whether to hate the fact that TWO hits is all he's landed on SJW Assassin's are people who hide to deal BIG damage at the enemy in one strike, i.e a headshot like a sniper, a back stab, etc etc.. all of that! So just one strike making him in such a dangerous state that he needed to heal is an either really dumb detail or a really thought out one

BUT THIS?! WE DIDN'T GET THE SCENE OFH IM KILLING THE DUDE!! LIKE!? oh and that one girl retired and we're gonna see jinho next ep BUT JOKES ON YOU I'VE STALLED SO HARD I ALREADY WATCHED IT!

this was my favorite part of it UNTIL

THIS FUCKINGSCENE!? LIKE WHAT?!?!?!?! ARE YOU SERIOUS?!

[enterenews]

Rae-won Kim and Ho-jun Son, life-threatening due to an explosion…

'The police station next to the fire station' Kim Rae-won and Son Ho-joon are in danger while chasing a serial arson case.

In the 12th episode (final episode) of the SBS Friday/Saturday drama 'The Police Station Next to the Fire Station', which aired on the 30th, Jin Ho-gae (Kim Rae-won) and Bong Do-jin (Son Ho-joon) suffered an explosion accident.

On this day, Bong Do-jin found something suspicious at the scene of the three accidents, and said, "Has there been any witnesses who saw strange patterns during the fire at Dochun Villa and the septic tank? I saw something strange. I saw the same star pattern during the fire at Dochun Villa and the septic tank." he confessed.

Bong Do-jin was worried, saying, "This doesn't feel right. If one person set fires serially," Gong Myung-pil (Kang Ki-dung) said, "Isn't it over? It's not a serial murder, where is the signature of arson?" did

Dok Go-soon (Woo Mi-hwa) also dissuaded him, saying, "Yes, Do-jin might have misunderstood you," and Bong Do-jin said, "The fire at Dochun Villa is at 10 am, the hot dog truck at 1 pm, and the septic tank explosion at 4 pm. The fire broke out every three hours," he said.

Song Seol (Gong Seung-yeon) said, “If the fire today is a series of arson fires that occurred every three hours, as the senior said, the next fire could happen three hours later. There is no left," he said, and there was no accident even after 7 o'clock.

Bong Do-jin thought it was a serial arson incident until the end, and went to visit Jinho-gae, who had disappeared after submitting a letter of resignation. Jin Ho-gae finally joined hands with Bong Do-jin to investigate the fire accident.

In particular, Bong Do-jin and Jinho-gae found the scene where the arson failed through the body of a stray cat. Song Xue was delighted that Jin Hao Gai had returned, and handed over his police service card. Jin Ho-gae sincerely said, "I'm glad you were by my side when my heart stopped."

In addition, Bong Do-jin said while patrolling with Song-seol, "It's nice to be on patrol with you after a long time." Song Seol sympathized, saying, "That's right. It's been a long time since we've been on patrol together," and Bong Do-jin said, "Seol-ah. I have something to tell you."

Song-seol wondered, “What is it?” At this time, Bong Do-jin received a radio call announcing a fire accident. Bong Do-jin said, "Let's go," and turned around, while Song-seol said, "He said he had something to say." Bong Do-jin said, "I'll do it tomorrow. Tomorrow" and put off his words.

However, Bong Do-jin and Jin Ho-gae suffered an explosion in the process of putting out a fire, and Song-seol recalled what the two said and despaired, raising the tension in the play.

[blizzardfluffykpop]

Do or Not Series

Do or Not, Love or Take, I'm okay either way, so what I don't care. Whether their hearts break or not, it's up to you.

This is a Pentagon Series based off of their recent comeback 'Do or Not'! I absolutely loved the music video and just had to write it :)

Letters

Jinho X Reader

Summary: Writing letters to your close friend, you find that you have been in love with him for a while.

Backseat Bingo

Hui X Reader

Summary: Turns out the lead singer from your favorite band is really handsome.

M&M's

Hongseok X Reader

Summary: Need a tutor? Well, you’ve come to the right school, we have just the one for you. And he’s attractive too.

The Ko's Arcade

Shinwon X Reader

Summary: Falling for the arcade owner’s son is a lot easier than you think.

Carnation

Yeoone [Channgu] X Reader

Summary: A flower can change a meeting and change the whole world. At least, (Y/n)’s and Changgu’s world.

Truly Yours

Yanan X Reader

Summary: Moving to Korea from China had to be the hardest thing Yanan ever had to do. But if you love something and it comes back it was truly yours. If it never does it never truly was.

Wonder No Longer

Yuto X Reader

Summary: Falling in love with your best friend is interesting to say the least. Because when you realize it, it hits you like a ton of bricks.

Senior Math

Kino [Hyunggu] X Reader

Summary: If there is one rule to high school, it’s you don’t miss PTG parties.

Basement

Wooseok X Reader

Summary: Sometimes it’s better not to ask why something is happening, but be glad it is happening.

[soft-pentagon]

Pentagon as artworks

Jinho as Leonid Afremov works + orange

→ Rain Rustle - Yellow Fog III - The Dance of Love 

[greencherryblossoms]

244/Jinho Lee as a dad

After putting it off, I finally caught up with Viral Hit on Webtoons. I’m someone who loves reading headcanons/scenarios about my favorite series and just people’s thoughts in general. A popular headcanon across many fandoms seem to be “how would x be as a dad,” and I’ve given it some thought. 

There are many lovely headcanons about father 244 on here, but I have a different idea of how he would be, so here we go! This will be single dad 244. Possible mild spoilers!

I can’t imagine him being married, which is why I’m going the single father route. I can see him having a child due to an accidental slip-up. He’d either be a single father because the mother is deceased or because they aren’t together, but let's go the deceased route. Sorry, mom.

According to the wiki, he is older than 25, but I can’t imagine him being older than 33. Let’s put him around 28 for our scenario. For scenario/headcanon purposes let's say that he has a 5 year old daughter .

Onto the good stuff, I don’t think 244 would be a good dad. I believe that he would be emotionally unavailable. He himself and other characters who know him as Jinho acknowledge that he is heartless and lacks proper emotions. He doesn’t view people as people and admittedly feels empty. I personally think that he is possibly a psychopath. Whatever love he would have for his child would be shallow and more like the love one would have for a belonging or tool than a person.  

He wouldn’t be physically affectionate unless he had something to gain from it. I can see him only being affectionate to look good in front of others or to manipulate his child into doing something because he knows that humans crave affection. 

He would provide well financially. We can see that he is pretty wealthy. I think that his daughter would live in a nice neighborhood, go to the best schools, have the best toys, and she'd receive a hefty allowance once she entered middle school. Now, I don't think that he'd send his child to the best schools just because, she'd definitely have to eventually do something in return such as making sure to brush shoulders with the children of powerful men, only so he can use them to expand himself and go even higher. Not at 5 but she'll have to be prepared for it later on.

Part of me thinks that he'd raise her as a useful tool but another part of me thinks that she would have a somewhat normal but detached upbringing.

Another thing, I don’t think that he’d would ACTUALLY raise his own child. I think that for the most part his child would be raised by a nanny.  They'd live in the same house but he seems to be a busy man so I imagine that he'd be away on "business" trips pretty often. I'd say that he'd spend half of his time at home and the other half out.

I could see him checking in on her progress and status through the nanny though. I don't think he would go out of his way to take her out or spend time with her unless he needed her for something or she requested it. Perhaps he'd do it every once in a while on a whim.

Now I don't think he'd be a complete asshole to his own child. He wouldn't be mean but he wouldn't go out of his way to be loving. Like he would let his child hug him but he wouldn't go out of his way to hug his own child. He also wouldn't be the type to randomly tell his child he loves her, I don't think he'd actually say it in general, unless once again, he had something to gain. He'd be a distant father.

His child wouldn't have the best upbringing honestly, but it wouldn't be the worst. She would be well fed, have a warm bed, nice toys, and warm clothes, but she would have a distant father. I can imagine her having a loving nanny who continually tries to (wrongfully) tell her that 244 loves her very much.

How he behaves as a father could go multiple ways. He could be a "normal" yet distant father, constantly on business trips, not really affectionate, always throwing money towards his child, but he never actually does anything bad. He's not the most loving dad but he wouldn't full on treat his daughter terribly.

He could also just go full bad father route. Extremely manipulative(more so than usual) and essentially raises his child solely as a tool to help further himself.

He'd possibly be a mixture of the two. Sometimes manipulative and occasionally uses his daughter as a tool if the situation calls. But he wouldn't go out of his way to specifically raise her as a tool and constantly use her as one.

[yankee-am]

maybe it's just me, but I think Hobin as a protagonist is weak?? At the beginning he was this pathetic but likeable guy that you couldn't help but root for, but his character development always seemed kind of limited to just him gaining confidence in fighting and being a leader(kinda) and nothing too deep. His main goal went all over the place; one chapter he wanted to be rich, the other he wanted a gf, some other time he wanted to be famous, and sometimes it's not even clear what he wants. I think the fragment of his backstory was interesting, but it's a shame it was used as more of a love story told from Bomi's romanticized pov than an opportunity to flesh out Hobin's character more or give something more to it. It's so funny that his 15 year old self seems way more interesting than him at 18,,

I guess he's more realistic that way but it's eh

With the final fight arc, everything happened so suddenly and Hobin's character changed drastically with the blink of an eye. The author could've made these changes such as Hobin's body gradually rather than just, you know, keeping Hobin stick skinny even after all his training for 120 chapters and then slapping some lazily drawn muscle lines on his body to create the illusion of him being ripped. I also don't really understand Hobin's change of heart, risking him and his friend's lives to fight for "justice" because he thinks that bad guys should be punished. Hell, even Seongjoon's girlfriend had a more understandable reason even though she was horrendously written.

Even in the last fights, it felt like he was just there, the development felt really artificial and I lost all interest in him as a character. I think all the characters we were supposed to root for had a weak presence, just as much as the bad guys did. The author randomly introduced the story of Seongjoon and Jinho into a story about YouTubers, which is kinda silly. The primary YouTube kids plot waters down the dark atmosphere that the Seongjoon/Jinho parts are supposed to have, while it feels like the gangster/yakuza subplot just don't fit here and they would be better off as separate series. Maybe if this was a story about gangs it would fit, but imo the two antagonists make the main characters look like a joke.

I agree. I think, early on, Hobin was a fantastic protagonist. I have a fondness for a MC who can openly be like "Look, man, I just want money and attention and IDGAF how dirty I have to play to get it." His growth to being more mature (e.g. deleting the Jiu Jitsu guy's channel instead of profiting off it), and wanting to protect his friends, felt genuine and well written.

And then there's been the last third of the story, and that all kinda stumbled and fell on its face. Which can be said for most of the comic at this point, honestly.

Like, as someone who's written, uhhh, ~4 standard length novels worth of fanfic and origfic, I understand: Endings are HARD. It's tough to both get in all the things you want to happen while also trying to wrap things up neatly. But hoo boy has the story as a whole not been doing too hot since Seongjun’s death. I think he cursed the creators to get revenge for killing him off.

[cheshiretears]

I was lurking on r/kpopthoughts but I refuse to get a reddit account and wouldn't be able to post on there for a while because of the posting rules so here's a shout into the void based on a question I saw there

Who are your favorite idol vocalists?

My new all-time favorite vocalist is Pentagon's Jinho. I saw several people mention Hui but not a single person mentioned Jinho?!?!

You know what, forget it, I'll make a second post about everyone else, this is now a PTG Jinho appreciation post.

He was the first member to catch my eye. I got into kpop around the time Shine came out, so of course I knew it, but it wasn't until Road to Kingdom that I took notice of Pentagon. And Jinho was the one I noticed first, because of his voice and his cute face (how is he the eldest?!) and because he made me cry, and because, as he said himself, he still nailed his notes in Shine/Spring Snow, even when he was crying too! Even though he didn't get to finish the show with them, he and the adoration his members had for him left a huge impression on me.

The CONTROL this man has is incredible. His voice is so steady and powerful. When I found out he was a former SM trainee and former SM The Ballad member I was like, "Ah yes, that lines up." (When I found out he was the one who beat EXO's Xiumin in the 2008 SM Everysing Contest and was considered for EXO's lineup I truly lost it.) I finally listened to his cover of Gethsemane from Jesus Christ Superstar and HOLY CROW I got shivers. If this cover alone doesn't convince anyone that he deserves to be listed among the top vocalists in kpop, I truly don't know what to say.

Still not convinced? He has versatility. How many idols have you heard sing opera? Jinho is able to do so many genres with the same level of incredible talent demonstrated already. PTG's most recent album, IN:VITE U is a masterpiece in its own right, but one of the pièce de résistance was The Game. The operatic section at the top of the song is sung by Jinho. I feel like I don't need to say more, so have some examples. Oh, speaking of, he also did a cover of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody, also for his cover series MAGAZINE HO. No big deal. He sang every part.

I'm still not done. This guy. Has RANGE. You might think this is the same as the operatic section, but it's different. He can go for the typical western pop sound, think a Bruno Mars type belt like in When I Was Your Man (which Jinho has covered), he can go for the leading male musical theatre roles like the Jesus Christ Superstar clip, or he can go high. Here's a fairly comprehensive sample of his vocal range:

For this one I'm going to give you some backstory in case you don't know Pentagon. In a LOT of their songs, one of their main rappers will introduce himself as "Yutoda" (literally "it's Yuto" in Japanese because he's Japanese) and his voice is super deep and lovely and perfect for the rap lines. Anyway, in one of their b-sides, Fantasystic, Jinho has this CRAZY high note where he does Yuto's introduction instead. It's great because it's the perfect foil to the usual deep "Yutodaaaa" and to my knowledge Jinho is the only member who can hit it- I have a feminine soprano voice and I have to work to hit that note! (Skip to 1:45 if you're only interested in the Jinho version.)

Would you like soft sweet vocals? Have vocal unit Jinho, ballad Jinho, lovely honey smooth Jinho.

Here's a clip from more than 11 years ago, with SHINee's late Jonghyun and Super Junior's Kyuhyun for SM The Ballad:

(And an SM The Ballad song bit performed for Pentagon on Kiss The Radio and look at the members' faces!)

Pentagon's two main vocals are amazing separately or together. There's a few Jinho Hui duets but Thank You just hits different. They both hit impressive high notes and then you have Jinho's low throaty "My lady!"

I could probably keep going but this is three hours in the making and I'm sure you're tired of reading it. Tl:dr Pentagon's Jo Jinho is truly deserving of way more praise. His voice is incredibly versatile and he has a crazy range. I didn't even really share any of Pentagon's title tracks, because that's a lot and sometimes it's hard to keep track (but he usually has some of the highest percentages of lines and we are definitely not going to talk about Pentagon's terrible line distribution in this post). I feel like Pentagon has tried a lot, and Jinho has been there for most of it. I'm so glad he's back safely and continuing to absolutely destroy my expectations for how much his voice can still impress me~!

Thanks for reading if you've gotten this far, and if you weren't already a Universe, maybe consider:

Even Hui told us to stan Pentagon!

(If you aren't sick of the absolute talent, have a compilation of Feelin Like era Jinho~)

[huihuiheart]

Kinktober Schedule-

PLEASE READ BEFORE CONTINUING ON: All fics for Kinktober will be 18+ works. These are NSFW and are most likely going to contain smut! (One or two may simply be suggestive, but that is unlikely. If this may be triggering to you then please be aware that they will all be tagged #kinktober to be easily avoided. In addition everything will include EXTENSIVE warnings at the beginning and a keep reading marker to prevent you from accidentally reading anything. If something doesn’t seem right, please please send me an ask or dm, so we can POLITELY have a conversation. I would like to understand why it was an issue (to avoid in the future) and how to fix it. That being said you have been warned, continue at your own risk.

Subject to Change (especially titles of things as I work on them), but there will be something everyday.

They will drop at 10:00 am EST each day except for first piece, which will drop sooner to kick off kinktober.

Pairing will be stated at the beginning of the work. For all gender neutral pieces, I tried to proof read to make sure they were good for sure, but sometimes I do miss something. If you spot something just dm me where it was please. Thank you!

Continuations can be requested!

D1. Watersports w/ Taehyung - Req - Words: 1,272 - GN

D2. Pinned - S.Coups -Words: 1,267 - F

D3. Face Sitting - Yunho - Words: 1,240 -F

D4. Start With the Basics - Jinho (Pentagon) - Words: 1,279 -F

D5. Risky Business - The8 - Words: 1387 - F

D6. Don’t Tempt - Seungmin - Words: 1249 - GN

D7. Open Book - Seonghwa - Words: 1,393 -F

D8. All For Show - Stripper! Shownu- Words: 1,480 -F - pt. 2 Req

D9. Listen Closely - Felix - Words: 2,042 -F

D10. Sweet Talk - Dino - Words: 1,061 - GN

D11. Limitless - Wonwoo - Words: 1,543 - Pt. 2 Req - F

D12. Sculpted - Xiumin - Words: 1,356 - GN

D13. Show Off - Junhui - Words: 681 - Technical Difficulties please stand by while I fix this one

D14. Something New - Hui - Words: 661 -F

D15. Yes Sir - Mafia! Changkyun - Words: 1,799 - Pt. 2 Req -F

D16. Obvious - Hybrid! San - Words: 1,285 - Pt. 2 Req -F

D17. Distraction - Stripper! J-Hope - Words: 1,225 - GN

D18. Love Stings - Shinwon - Words: 432 - GN

D19. Exes - Lay - Words: 544 -GN

D20. Snapped - Woozi - Words: 369 - GN

D21. Sleep In - Chanyeol - Words: 428 - F

D22.  She Drives Me Crazy - Redo of my Switch! Yuta smut (that accidentally got deleted) - Words: 1,666  -F

D23. Rings - Yuto - Words: 426 - GN

D24. Punishment - D.O - Words: 394 - GN

D25. Foggy - Hoshi - Words: 388 -GN

D26. So Close - Namjoon - Words: 578 - F

D27. Muse - Chan - 570 - GN

D28. Wet - Han - 573 - F

D29.  Doll - Taeil + Jeno - Words: 999 -F

D30.  BDSM Party Series - First Visit - Hanse, Chan, Minho, Yixing, Jun, Mingyu,  Momo, Hwasa, Seulgi, Seonghwa - Part 1 Hanse- Mingyu - Word Count: 14,609 - F

D31.  Sex God - Hwang Hyunjin - Words: 789 - Pt. 2 coming - F

[cheegu3]

i’m so happy you’re making yandere jay a series i feel honoured hahaha

could i request pentagon as yanderes if you can? tysm queen

you should!! All for u hun 😗😗

yesss ofc, I hope u like it <3 I wasn’t 100% familiar w pentagon before this so once again ya girl had to do some research ;-;

TW / Trigger Warning: yandere themes, abusive relationships, mentions of blood, violence etc

{Pentagon - Yandere profiles}

(in this house we love e’dawn 😤)

E’dawn

yandere type: crazy

He would be that yandere that would do anything to make you stay by his side. Would be normal at the start of the relationship and then slowly become obsessed with you. If you rejected his proposals or attempts at getting you all to himself he’d try other tactics, more yandere ones. Ones that involved violence. He wouldn’t think twice about murdering someone just so you could be his forever but he doesn’t like hurting you that much. He would be rough because he was just so out of his mind so infatuated by you, but the only way he’d hurt you is if you resisted, a few accidental bruises from gripping you too hard etc.

Hongseok

yandere type: sadist

You all knew this was coming I mean I saw him for the first time and I was like what a sweetheart omggg and then I found some pics..ehh yeah the leader isn’t the violent/psycho/sadist combo this time lmao. So he would not be violent with you he’s just very much a sadist and likes power play. Sometimes he’ll want it outside of the bedroom as well, when he wants too much power because he likes getting his way and having you wrapped around his little finger.

Hui

yandere type: violent

Yeah okay he’s still violent don’t come for me!! He would care for you very well because he loved you deeply but he was violent at times. When it would happen, it was extremely disturbing. Mostly his violent side would come out during arguments and it would start with him throwing things, scaring you. But as the relationship progresses he expects you to have learnt better, so every time you argue now he gets a little angrier. And goes from throwing things to...you

Yuto

yandere type: psycho, possessive

Will play mind games with you every single day just because he thinks it’s fun. Loves punishing you for no reason especially when his jealous and possessive side comes out. He wouldn’t be a type to attack someone, because he wants to have a clean record so instead if a guy flirts with you he will take it out elsewhere. He takes out all his anger and all of what he would’ve done to that guy, to you.

Yeo one

yandere type: manipulative

Will get out of any situation and always always win arguments. Even if it means having you in tears by the end of it, he’ll insult you, hurt you, anything. But he’s more into the psychological so he will try to get into your head and you would never even suspect him for your mental health slowly falling apart. Because he was so good at manipulating that to everyone, even you he seemed like an angel. It was just that he was so good with his words and he would twist the truth all the time.

Jinho

yandere type: sweet

Yeah he’s definitely a sweetheart I mean look at him 🥺 he’s a sub and wants to be babied by you but doesn’t mind if you like it the other way around. Because, he just wants you to be happy. Will literally go to the ends of the world just to get you that sold out ice cream, ANYTHING to make you the happiest person ever.

Kino

yandere type: stalker

He would be that yandere type of the group that would most likely stalk. He feels guilty doing it but at first it’s “ harmless “ like following you home to see where you lived. Looking at you for a little bit through your window. Then it just got worse, and he couldn’t stop. He almost failed school because he’d sit there until you went to bed and still didn’t want to leave after that. He just loved everything about you and couldn’t take his eyes off you for even a second.

Shinwon

Yandere type: overprotective

He’s insecure and anxious all the time. Being with him, and well for him as well would be stressful 24/7. He doesn’t like you going out, at all, he doesn’t like you even going to the bathroom alone. And it’s not like with Wooseok (sorry spoiler) in a clingy way. It’s more of a you can get hurt, burning yourself on hot water, slipping, god knows what. And he’s constantly worried because you’re the most precious thing in his life.

Wooseok

yandere type: clingy

He’s clingy but not very toxic. Will refuse to leave your side at any moment, his yandere side comes out the most when he comes up with delusional lies like “ if you leave I get a headache or I feel ill “ to make you stay. It would work all the time, mostly because you just found him so cute. But even if you were just in the same room as him he found your presence relaxing. So wouldn’t really be a high maintenance yandere :p

[lgcmanager]

MODELING MISSION 010

SCHEDULE TYPE: TRIMESTER ( PART 1 OUT OF 1 ) SCHEDULE RESTRICTIONS: Cannot be paired with another trimester schedule, unless stated otherwise. for reference as to whether your muse is eligible for this event, please click over HERE.

( important note: this will be the first and only model mission for this term. the next one will be posted after july 2! )

on APRIL 11, HEO AECHA has summoned all the CURRENT MODELS, new and old, late in the morning. a smile rests on her face as she greets each of the artists that have come into the room. “ah, a new face! how good it is to see you all!” she notes before shutting the door after the last person has entered. “for our newcomer, i am the head manager of LGC AGENCY, which means i oversee all of you as well as some of our other talents, like our actors. sadly, since i have so many of you to look after, i probably won’t be seeing you all that frequently, but we have NAM JINHO and CHOI INYOUNG to take care of all of you. JINHO will be taking care of the boys while INYOUNG will be taking care of the girls. i noted this last time and i’ll note it again. this arrangement may very well change in the future, but for now, we’ve kept it as is. now, oh, dear me, we have a lot to cover and i’ve already wasted too much time on this intro.”

DORMS

“all of you have been given the option to stay in the dorms or find your own places. those of you confirmed to stay will be able to move into your new dorms starting from today. otherwise, for those of you who have chosen to stay in your own place, you will need to pack up and leave your current dorms starting from today as well. however, i always give the same warning. just because you aren’t under our watch 24/7 anymore does not mean that you can go crazy. if we hear of any inappropriate behavior, you will be immediately brought back to the dorms. please keep all that in mind when you make your decisions,” she looks at the trainees sternly. she is very serious about this point and has zero tolerance for rule breaking.

SNS

“unlike many of the other paths, you models do need a presence on sns. don’t go flaunting about it now to your other colleagues. not everyone is so lucky. so with that said, you are all permitted to have a PUBLIC INDIVIDUAL INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT. but!” she pauses and gives a hard stare at the trainees once more, “your sns account is a privilege, and if you fail to abide by the rules or cause trouble, your account will immediately be terminated.” 

DEBUT CONTRACT

“alright, next topic. your contracts. there are new legal matters to cover now that you’re under lgc agency so please take a look to see the new terms and conditions. please sign and return the contract to me as soon as possible. doesn’t have to be now. i do advise that you try to read through it.” ( please note that contracts your modeling debut is right at the corner which means new legal grounds to cover. you will all be handed a  that will need to be signed and returned as soon as possible. i’ll let you read over them on your own.”

( this is just an ic note, there is no need to submit this ooc )

LGC STYLE

“we’ve received the feedback and results for the lgc style auditions and i’m happy to say that all of you will be a part of it! however, we were most impressed with SEO YUMI and OKADA TAIYOU during their auditions that they will be the main hosts for this season. there’s a chance that the rest of you can be hosts for future seasons if the show is a success, but for now we’ve given JISOO, JINSEO, SANGHYUN, AHYEON, and JIYEON a slightly different assignment. for the first season, legacy is planning on releasing their highly anticipated webtoon series! to promote that webtoon, the company decided to make the first season revolve around that and its central themes. so with the contestants split into teams, all five of you will be playing the roles of a mentor and judge! as for JINYOUNG, since you are the newest model to join the company, you will be one of the contestants instead.” aecha explains in detail the show’s concept while handing out their filming schedules for the next few weeks.

more information about this and the writing requirements can be found in the LGC STYLE post, which we will link over here at a later time once all of the events have been posted! 

MUSICAL ACTING WORKSHOPS & AUDITION

aecha shifts the conversation a bit as she brings up an opportunity that she had told the actors about, “for some of you that are interested in musical acting, we’ve received information from the acting department that there is a musical audition that is about to happen in a couple of weeks. it is optional for all of you to partake in it, but we highly recommend it for a lot of you who are planning to focus more on the acting side.” 

starting from now until JUNE 4, the models are invited to attend the musical acting workshops. it’s highly recommended for the people who aren’t in the NOTORIETY TIERS GROUP to participate in it due to the rewards that one might get if they do the requirements along with passing the auditions. as for the ones in the NOTORIETY TIERS GROUP ( JINSEO, SANGHYUN, YUMI ) it is optional to skip out on this event if they choose to do so. if you choose to partake in this event, you will not be able to redeem the NOTORIETY TIERS next time ( JUNE ). on the other hand, if you choose to skip out on this opportunity, you can still do the NOTORIETY TIERS. in the end, it’s up to you which one you prefer!

if you want a better idea of the workshops, here is the schedule: 

APRIL 11-16: musical theatre dancing styles

APRIL 18-23: musical theatre singing techniques

APRIL 25-30: voice and diction

MAY 2-7: characterization

MAY 9-14: musical theatre dancing styles

MAY 16-21: musical theatre singing techniques

MAY 23-28: voice and diction

MAY 30-JUNE 4: characterization 

then from JUNE 6 to JULY 2, all of the actors ( and models, if they choose to participate ) will be scheduled a date and arrive at the CHARLOTTE THEATER. there will be several other people joining to audition as well, mostly actors from various ( npc ) mid-tier companies. 

their audition will be split into two parts. during the first part, the participant will have to sing an excerpt of the song ( approximately 2 minutes ). the participant can pick any song they wish as long as it showcases their vocals, so it doesn’t have to be from a musical ( but it is recommended ). if you choose a song that isn’t from a musical, it has to be a song that was released before JANUARY 2020. soon after, they will be requested to do a short dance segment to see the person’s dance abilities. for the second part of the audition, rather than giving a reading from the show, one of the people from the casting panel will give the participant a scenario and they must improvise the rest of the scene for ten minutes until they are told to stop ( for this task, we’re giving you three choices so pick one ). 

SCENARIO A: your friend follows you to go somewhere and after spending thirty minutes walking around, your friend says, “admit it; you have no idea where you’re going, do you?”

SCENARIO B: you and your friend reunite at a party. it’s been years since you’ve seen each other. your friend tells you, “don’t look at me like you’re sorry. you’re not sorry.”

SCENARIO C: you receive a phone call and it’s from your friend. the first thing your friend asks is, “when will you come back home?”

results for the auditions will be given at a much later time! as for the possible types of roles available and the requirements, we have listed some below:

MAIN ROLE: must have prior experience in being in a musical ( this applies to any musicals they may have joined from the notoriety tiers, legally blonde, AND/OR dream high musical regardless of what their role was ). you must have a minimum of 100 ACTING, 100 PERFORMANCE, 100 DANCING, and 125 SINGING.

SUPPORTING ROLE: you must have a minimum of 50 ACTING, 50 PERFORMANCE, 50 DANCING, and 75 SINGING.

ENSEMBLE: you must have a minimum of 25 ACTING, 50 PERFORMANCE, 50 SINGING or DANCING.

STAGE NAMES

for completing one term, JISOO, TAIYOU, AHYEON, and JIYEON have the option to suggest a stage name! you will have the option to submit THREE POSSIBLE OPTIONS ( alternate spellings and capitalization of the letters are allowed ) from which the company will ultimately choose one as your official stage name. out of character, the admin team will make that choice out of the provided options. it should go without saying that any stage name suggestions have to be appropriate for a general audience, both in korea and internationally.

if you would like to request a stage name for your muse, please submit the following form until APRIL 16, 2022 at 11:59PM EST to the lgcmanager blog:

TITLE: MUSE NAME · STAGE NAME REQUEST

1. [ FIRST STAGE NAME OPTION ]

2. [ SECOND STAGE NAME OPTION ]

3. [ THIRD STAGE NAME OPTION ]

REQUIREMENTS

for the musical acting workshops and audition, make sure to use the hashtag lgc:castingcall008. you have until JUNE 25, 2022 11:59PM EDT to complete the following requirements: 

LGC STYLE REWARDS: for completing the audition component for the last term, you will receive +4 MODELING, +4 MCING/HOSTING, and +3 NOTORIETY ! ** only applicable to JISOO, JINSEO, SANGHYUN, TAIYOU, YUMI, AHYEON, and JIYEON **

MUSICAL PREPARATION: write a 6 replies (minimum 8 lines, 3 replies per mun) thread with another actor OR model about anything related to the workshops or preparing for the auditions for +8 POINTS TO SINGING, DANCING, or PERFORMANCE !

MUSICAL AUDITION: write a 300+ word solo about your muse’s audition. for this task, it is required that you include what song the muse has chosen to perform AND the improvisation scenario (as mentioned above). completing this will earn you +5 ACTING and +5 POINTS TO DISTRIBUTE TO SINGING, DANCING, or PERFORMANCE !

to validate your skill points and collect your notoriety points, please submit the following form ONCE on the points blog before JUNE 25, 2022 11:59EDT.

TITLE: MUSE NAME ∙ MODEL MISSION 010

- LGC STYLE REWARDS: +4 modeling, +4 mcing/hosting, +3 notoriety - MUSICAL PREPARATION: +8 ( singing, dancing, OR performance ) [ LINK ] ** can be done twice as long as it is with different people ** - MUSICAL AUDITION: +5 acting, +5 ( singing, dancing, OR performance ) [ LINK ] - ROLE AUDITIONED FOR: main/support/ensemble