EPISODE 01 PART 01
❛ the mystery of these two doors ❜
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[ trainees from banana culture enters the main studio only to see... ]
??? : Welcome, please take a seat.
??? : Why do you sound like a waiter or something?
CHEN XIAOHUI [ B. CULTURE ] : [ flinches ] Oh my god, who?
??? : It looks like you didn't know someone else was in here.
WANG YUHAN [ B. CULTURE ] : Oh dang, there goes my mood of running around.
??? : Do you... um, [ in english ] speak?
LI SHAOQING [ B. CULTURE ] : [ tries not to laugh and speaks in fluent english ] Well of course I do.
WANG YUHAN [ B. CULTURE ] : Jie, she meant "speak" as in are you capable of speaking in korean, take context clues.
LI SHAOQING [ B. CULTURE ] : Oh. Well... Yue, help? Tell them I misunderstood.
LIU YUE [ B. CULTURE ] : Okay. [ switches to korean ] Hi there, we're trainees from Banana Culture in China! I'm sorry my jie misunderstood you. Most of us can speak in korean, so you can freely speak in your language, it's no problem at all.
MOON TAESUN [ B. CULTURE ] : [ in korean ] You're from what company?
THIRTY MINUTES EARLIER . . .
[ a big group of girls peeked in to the empty studio filled with nothing but chairs, a stage, and a table probably meant for the mentors ]
??? : [ peeks at the door ] Oh, unnie. Finish picking a sticker quickly, we're the first ones here!
??? : Ha, look at the screen, our company's logo!
HOME TO A BOY GROUP OF DUAL CHARMS, ASTRO !
CHA YEWON [ FANTAGIO ] : But I'm sad nobody's here yet. I want them to be shocked when they see us because Fantagio is known for having actors.
JOO EUNHWI [ FANTAGIO ] : Don't worry, we're not here to brag anyway. They could just see what's up with us once they see us perform.
JUNG AHYOUNG [ FANTAGIO ] : I heard Key sunbaenim was the project representative. Where is he?!
HAN HOOBYUL [ FANTAGIO ] : Calm down. We probably have to wait for an hour or two before he shows up.
JUNG AHYOUNG [ FANTAGIO ] : That long?!
JOO EUNHWI [ FANTAGIO ] : Well, the other trainees should be here first before the big shots show up. And most trainees will probably take forever in choosing what sticker they want to on for their selves.
CHA YEWON [ FANTAGIO ] : Wouldn't blame them, we took a long time as well.
JOO HAE AE [ FANTAGIO ] : The stickers were so pretty to look at, just like me!
LIM NARI [ FANTAGIO ] : Oh... yeah, sure. [ awkwardly laughs ]
JOO HAE AE [ FANTAGIO ] : You haven't been saying anything since the beginning but now you're laughing at me?
LIM NARI [ FANTAGIO ] : I'm a man of few words.
JOO HAE AE [ FANTAGIO ] : But you're a woman though.
JOO EUNHWI [ FANTAGIO ] : [ quietly hits her forehead ] Okay, you know what. Let's just go in instead of poking our heads out of the door like this. We look like stalkers.
[ fantagio trainees entered the studio sat down on some chairs near the stage ]
LIM NARI [ FANTAGIO ] : Girls, girls. Let's say hi to the camera. There's a camera here.
FANTAGIO TRAINEES : Hi, we're shining trainees from Fantagio! Nice to meet you! [ waves and creates hearts ]
JOO HAE AE [ FANTAGIO ] : Wait, do you hear that?
HAN HOOBYUL [ FANTAGIO ] : What is it?
CHA YEWON [ FANTAGIO ] : It seems like there are girls talking about stickers from the other side of [ points to the left ] that door!
JOO EUNHWI [ FANTAGIO ] : But we entered from the right...? When I came in, I thought that was a staff room or something.
JUNG AHYOUNG [ FANTAGIO ] : Did we perhaps enter from the wrong door?
LIM NARI [ FANTAGIO ] : Should we go and check?
JOO EUNHWI [ FANTAGIO ] : Oh, oh, wait! They're speaking in mandarin. Maybe they're chinese trainees.
JUNG AHYOUNG [ FANTAGIO ] : We have other nationalities?
JOO HAE AE [ FANTAGIO ] : You probably skipped everything else on the invitation when you read "Shinee's Key", didn't you.
HAN HOOBYUL [ FANTAGIO ] : [ stands up ] Let's just stay put and greet them with a surprise and a smile when they come in!
NOW IN PRESENT TIME !
LI XIAO YU [ B. CULTURE ] : [ in korean ] I see, so that's how it is. Well, nice to meet all of you, I hope we would be good friends.
JIANG YINGYUE [ B. CULTURE ] : [ in mandarin, to herself ] I have no idea what they're talking about all.
WANG YUHAN [ B. CULTURE ] : Wait, we listened to their whole story of hearing us from the other side of the door. We should take our seats now.
LI SHAOQING [ B. CULTURE ] : Ah, good point! I didn't even realize.
[ the banana culture trainees took their seats beside the fantagio trainees waiting for the screen to change and for girls from other companies to enter ]
JOO HAE AE [ FANTAGIO ] : Oh, oh! The logo is changing.
LIM NARI [ FANTAGIO ] : I wonder if there would be more chinese or korean trainees this time...
CHA YEWON [ FANTAGIO ] : Either way, it would be exiting to meet them!
JUNG AHYOUNG [ FANTAGIO ] : Oh look, just as you were talking about it, the logo changed!
HAN HOOBYUL [ FANTAGIO ] : FNC? That's a company that produces bands, right?
JOO EUNHWI [ FANTAGIO ] : Are they really sending trainees to become idols? I expect them to be great at playing instruments too.
JOO HAE AE [ FANTAGIO ] :Some of them must have top notch vocals. I mean, Yoo Hweesung was from there.
LIM NARI [ FANTAGIO ] : Produce 101 Season 2 didn't know what it lost not until he was no longer there.
FNC ENTERTAINMENT, ONE OF THE WELL KNOWN COMPANIES IN SOUTH KOREA THAT PRODUCES BANDS. FT ISLAND, CNBLUE AND N.FLYING !
THE "FOREIGN SWAGGERS" ARE HERE !
[ the sticker picking section is filled with nothing but their english phrases ]
HUANG KYURIM [ FNC ] : [ to the camera ] Heyy, what's up, Project Verose!
CHA YEOREUM [ FNC ] : [ to the camera ] Let's get this bread rollin'. It's show time, ladies and gentlemen.
KIM JIYEON [ FNC ] : What's crackin'?
CHA YEOREUM [ FNC ] : That is what you say? Seriously, how old are you?
KIM JIYEON [ FNC ] : Wait, wait... shh.... [ puts a finger on her lips ]
CHA YEOREUM [ FNC ] : [ whispers ] What's going on?
KIM JIYEON [ FNC ] : Nothing, I just wanted to scare you [ laughs ].
CHOI HEEYOUNG [ FNC ] : [ talks to them in korean ] Um, unnie?
KIM AREUN [ FNC ] : Which unnie are you talking to, our dear maknae?
CHOI HEEYOUNG [ FNC ] : Uh, anybody is fine. You do realize that I don't speak english, do you?
KIM JIYEON [ FNC ] : ... well you speak japanese! Yep, you still fit in with the foreign swagger squad.
CHOI HEEYOUNG [ FNC ] : [ groans lightly ] That wasn't my point, you know.
[ they changed their medium of language to korean and continued discussing ]
KIM JIYEON [ FNC ] : Why are you all picking C? I got to go ahead and pick A because... "eyes on the prize", you know.
CHA YEOREUM [ FNC ] : You're pretty determined, aren't you?
KIM JIYEON [ FNC ] : Well, I think I'm fabulous so I make it work. [ smiles with a pose ]
[ she was about to do a twirl but then she suddenly slips ]
CHOI HEEYOUNG [ FNC ] : Oh my gosh!
CHOI HEEYOUNG [ FNC ] : The stickers! You pushed the table making them all fall!
KIM JIYEON [ FNC ] : Are you more worried about that than me?
CHOI HEEYOUNG [ FNC ] : Oh... ha! You tripped.
CHA YEOREUM [ FNC ] : [ sighs ] I expected nothing less from you, the sadist queen.
KIM AREUN [ FNC ] : If you get injured now I'm not sure how are we going to do a performance with four members-- [ helps her up ]
KIM JIYEON [ FNC ] : Relax, I just slipped. No bone broken, no muscle torn. It's not the end of the world for me.
HUANG KYURIM [ FNC ] : Let's just go inside already. And Heeyoung-ah, stop laughing.
AS THEY WENT INSIDE THE STUDIO FROM THE RIGHT DOOR . . .
CHA YEOREUM [ FNC ] : I see a fair amount of chinese and korean people already.
KIM JIYEON [ FNC ] : These chairs don't seem to be numbered, I don't think they're anything special.
CHA YEOREUM [ FNC ] : Do you want to sit in the middle? That way we can talk to both girls of different nationalities.
KIM AREUN [ FNC ] : Does any of you know how to speak at least basic mandarin though?
FNC TRAINEES : [ stares blankly at one another ]
KIM AREUN [ FNC ] : So much for "foreign swaggers". [ sighs ] Don't worry, I can get through some greetings.
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LI XIAO YU [ B. CULTURE ] : I have a magic trick. [ clears throat and adjusts seat ]
LIU YUE [ B. CULTURE ] : What is it?
LI XIAO YU [ B. CULTURE ] : [ to the television screen above the stage ] You're changing in three... two... one.
LIU YUE [ B. CULTURE ] : Oh, is this a joke...?
TO BE CONTINUED . . .
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some notes :
lolol i'm not a funny person, but i hope these chapters are good enough and interest you- omgg. and some people don't like it, but i want to know your opinion about honorifics romanized. it just feels 'appropriate' for me if trainees use it in addressing one another, but i'm not sure if you will be comfortable reading it that way.