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[benayoung]

* ❁┆ team building

there's some tension on her team for the finale. she feels like that's an understatement, too. for one, ren hates two members of the team. he's managed to keep it together, but nayoung knows him and knows he's barely holding it together. siwoo and jay also seem to be good friends whose powers combined may lead to disaster if not handled properly. she's pretty sure luciel and siwoo still have some sort of beef, too. all in all, it's a mess, and it shows in their performance. it's a total lack of synergy, and nayoung has little patience for it all. so she does what she usually does: tries to solve the problem as soon as possible.

nayoung knows it won't be easy, and doesn't expect her idea to fix everything. she just hopes it helps. she knows there's a possibility that it'll backfire, but nayoung is also aware that sometimes confrontation is necessary to work through any negative feelings toward one another. if this activity ends up starting a fight, it's probably a fight that needs to happen to clear the air and let the group as a whole move on and focus more effectively.

naturally, not everyone was happy about the exercise, but they ended up relenting and agreeing to participate. she had them draw pieces of paper numbered 1-7 to determine the order they sit in in the circle.

fate would have it be that some of the team members with the biggest problems with each other are seated together. luciel is seated on her left, and siwoo next to him, followed by inho. next is jay, then ren, and seira rounds out their circle, seated on nayoung's right.

"okay, let's go left in the circle. say something nice about the person to your left, and share something you're proud of yourself for related to next gen," she reminds everyone. "i'll start."

"i'm proud that i was able to help two teams take first place this season," she says, and she hopes it doesn't sound like she's bragging, or taking all the credit for it. "and of the team members, of course," she adds for good measure.

next, she has to say something nice about luciel - or jihyun, as she should probably call him. "i like that jihyun is good at handling criticism and applying it quickly, even if it's hard to hear." she's talking about her calling him forgettable. he certainly took what she said to heart, and earned praise from the judges last episode.

"okay, your turn," she smiles at him, and it might actually be uncharacteristically warm.

THE MOST AMBITIOUS CROSSOVER IN CINEMATIC HISTORY with @lucielxbe @besiwoo @inhobe @bejaeyoung @renxbe @beseira

[edsrosetattoo]

This is the best idea in the history of film.

[soracities]

"Absolutely no one comes to save us but us."

Ismatu Gwendolyn, "you've been traumatized into hating reading (and it makes you easier to oppress)", from Threadings, on Substack [ID'd]

[the-occasional-mishap]

I was going to embroider a rose or something in the corner of this handkerchief, but then I realized I could do a wizard, so obviously I did a wizard.

[oysters-aint-for-me]

i read the cutest reddit thread today where this 19 yo boy was “babysitting” his 15 yo little sister while his parents were away on vacation and she got this horrific period and needed to be taken to the ER.

and this sweet 19 yo boy was doing all he could to take care of her, giving her meds and water and then packing stuff up to go to the hospital once reddit was like “yeah if she’s soaking two tampons in an hour you should go” - but being only a little older than a child himself, he didn’t know what to pack, so he brought like three things, and one of them was SUNSCREEN.

lmao everyone on reddit was like “you’re a really good brother but sunscreen?? for the hospital??” lmao they are roasting him. also op’s sister changed his name in her phone to “spf” and their dad calls him “bananaboat” now. this guy is never living this down

(also his sister is ok and it turns out their family has some kind of genetic blood disorder)

[spookberry]

Its past their bedtime

[hoshizoralone]

fitness girlies

[itsliyahhbih]

Fat nuggets’ thread 🩷🖤

[ahotknife]

i will never stop being 6 years old and lonely. i will never stop being 11 years old and lonely. i will never stop being 19 years old and lonely. i will never stop

[troythecatfish]

[benayoung]

* ❁┆new high scare

nayoung is taking the biggest risk of her life right now.

not really. well – maybe.

nayoung has, thus far, kept the "gamer" part of her identity a relative secret aside from with friends she has met through gaming somehow. it doesn't match her image.

it used to be a bigger deal, back when she spent every minute of the day pretending to be someone she wasn't and was lazer-focused on being the picture perfect ideal idol. she still isn't too keen on being seen as geeky to the general public, but if she's caught today in this arcade with yuji, it won't be the end of the world.

arcades are innocent enough, especially when the local arcade is running a "halloween night." any average person might be interested in that, right? it's just fun. nobody has to know how high her rank is in overwatch and valorant and league, or how hard she worked to get there, or how many hours she has in the games. they also don't have to know that when she's not training, these days she pretty much just goes home and sleeps or games.

so maybe today is some kind of bridge between her typical habits and having a social life again. yuji wanted to drag her out to do something fun – probably some kind of bonding experience, or something – and nayoung is aware she should probably be friendlier with the other girls at sr media. or friendlier with other people in general.

she begrudgingly agreed to go out with yuji if yuji paid, because nayoung has genuinely wanted to see what halloween night at the arcade is all about, but going alone would be humiliating.

nayoung likes this arcade because it isn't an obnoxious money-guzzling shitshow like some others are. there aren't any prizes. you just pay one fee, and get to play whatever games you want for however long you want. it's simple, and there are more genuine games, opposed to just...50 variations of smacking a button trying to hit the jackpot on some stupid lit up wheel.

the downside is that yuji is probably going to learn how much nayoung likes video games through this, or at the very least that she's good at them. it's not that big of a deal, though. probably.

she looks around. she's pretty sure the highlight of the night is just the silly halloween-themed decorations all over the place. they do have some big screens set up in the back where people are playing some classic horror games, though. nayoung thinks she recognizes silent hill. typical.

"have you been here before?" nayoung asks, deciding to make conversation with yuji. nayoung has come a few times. all of the former professional gamers she's somehow friends with like this place best, too. "you paid, so...you can decide what we play first, if you want."

❁┆@beyuji

[faranae]

I love Reddit sometimes.

[teathattast]

Wake up babe new fish dropped

[willofasherah]

seeing everyone just mindlessly sign up for threads despite all the clear warning signs feels like I’m living in Sailor Moon or a magical girl anime episode where the Monster of the Day just set up shop over night and their product is literally draining your lifeforce for the Dark Kingdom but people keep going there

[bi-hop]

we are literally so back, picky eater fans of dungeon meshi