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bold words in speech / dialogue - in english
italic words in speech / dialogues - in japanese
normal words in speech / dialogues - in korean
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"T-Hi!"
Oh, no. It's another house. We are going to be stuck here all day, Eunbyul thought as they arrived at the location. After disinfecting their hands, checking their temperatures and changing into sliders, everyone made their way towards the room, looking at the card, laptop and other things in the room.
"What is big TREASURE?" Hyunsuk announced as he read the card, and everyone immediately worked in the gears in their brains, trying to find a meaning.
"Maybe it's TREASURE in capital letters," Eunbyul and Yedam suggested at the same time, and they looked at each other, leaning over to exchange a high-five.
"Because big TREASURE might just refer to TREASURE in big letters, right?" She shared her hypothesis with the others and grinned when she saw a staff member subconsciously nod along.
As Hyunsuk unlocked the laptop, everyone gave a late greeting, making Eunbyul burst into a giggling fit. We can never get the greetings right. She shook her head to herself, raising her brows when a wheel of (mis)fortune was given to write their own penalties for their escape room.
As they wrote the penalties, Jihoon pulled Eunbyul to the side, holding her arm as she looked confused. "Okay, but if I get the chaperoning one, then I choose Byul!" He declared, grabbing everyone's attention.
"But there's nothing to chaperone, though?" The youngest tilted her head in confusion, looking at the older male.
"Huh?"
"I do my school online, so you don't have to take me anywhere."
Jihoon looked at the staff, pointing at the female. "But she counts as one of the kids, right? I can still chaperone her, right?" He was becoming desperate after hearing how early they had to wake up.
The staff shook their head, clarifying that it had to be Jeongwoo and Junghwan. Everyone got their turns on the wheel of penalties, and Eunbyul looked indifferent as she got her penalty; cleaning the studio.
"Well, it's not like its something I haven't done before."
***
Eunbyul stood first in the line, looking around as she tried to grasp whatever the boys were saying — especially with the insane speed they spoke in. After understanding how they were supposed to play the game, they handed Eunbyul the hula hoop.
"Challenge ... start!" She announced, impressing everyone with how fast she went through with a body roll despite her long limbs.
Eunbyul watched intently as everyone passed through the hula hoop, analysing whenever the boys got stuck and understanding what was wrong before explaining it to the others. After failing the second try, the boys sighed, already worn out with the activity as they kneeled on the floor to beg for another chance.
"Oppas," the youngest called out, her low voice grabbing everyone's attention. "I think we should stand in height order. Haru-kun gets stuck because Sahi-kun is shorter than him. Shall we try that way?" She advised, returning the encouraging smiles the boys gave her.
"Yep, let's try!"
With the new lineup, TREASURE could succeed the mission on the first (lmao, no) try. Everyone started jumping around and ran out of the room to the garden, yelling and playing before coming back inside for the next mission.
***
After entering the escape room in a line, Eunbyul quietly sat in the corner of the room behind Jaehyuk, watching him as he tried to solve the Rubix cube. She watched the others find coins and other items before coming across some Math question, which she avoided greatly.
T-MAP or not, there was no way I am doing Math questions.
But thankfully, because of Yoshi, everyone could figure out the password to the safe and get the key to unlock the door. Eunbyul held back her laugh as Jaehyuk realised the Rubix cube he was working hard on had nothing to do with the missions.
***
During the break, Eunbyul sat next to Asahi, leaning her head against his shoulder as she dozed off, completely drained with the work she had been doing. Nevertheless, whenever the staff and cameras looked her way, she mustered a bright smile and energetic aura, convincing everyone she was doing well.
"Are you tired, Starlight?" Asahi inquired, waving off Mashiho as he saw the older zooming on the two. He nodded over at the younger female, wordlessly expressing she shouldn't be filmed when she had her guard down.
Mashiho worriedly glanced at the girl, handing over the camera to the nearest member and walking towards the two. "Aw, what happened to my baby Hoshi?" He cupped her face, placing a small kiss on her forehead as she smiled sleepily.
"I'm just tired, and I want coffee," Eunbyul mumbled, lazily looking around, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes without smudging her makeup.
"Same."
***
The second teamwork game was red light, green light — a game everyone in TREASURE mastered. Eunbyul and the boys would always play this game whenever they went out; be it the parks or the Han River.
As they gave the signal, Eunbyul took giant leaps towards the bell, raising her foot when 'red light' was called out. She saw Jaehyuk lose his balance, and immediately reached for him, holding around his waist, saving his face, which was a few centimeters away from the ground — all while still staying in the game.
The others awed, admiring the younger's reflexes, speed and agility. Eunbyul looked at the staff, checking if she was still in the game. After getting the nod, she turned to Jaehyuk, giving him a small smile.
"Are you okay?"
"Thanks to you, I am. You saved this." He pointed at his face, giving his cute smile, which made Eunbyul mimic the same.
The game continued, quickly escalating as the boys kept losing one after the other. Act like Kim Junkyu was the gesture, and Eunbyul used her long legs to her advantage, running towards the bell before the 'red signal' was called.
She did Junkyu's signature pose — the one he did in that advertisement (and the one Jihoon always clowned him for) — landing her finger on the bell as she did the pose. Right after only three actions, Eunbyul won the teamwork mission for TREASURE, helping them go to the second escape room.
***
As soon as they entered the second room — which looked like a kitchen — Eunbyul realised it was going to be a memory game. Seeing the various items, and the little details, she immediately informed the others, having them retain as much as they could about the entire room.
"Oppas, I think it's a memory game. There are a lot of details in this room!" She announced, and the boys nodded, agreeing with her words.
"Wah, Byul. That's genius. You are right."
"As always, you save us from trouble, sunshine."
"Aigoo, our Star is so smart."
Since they crowded the kitchen, Eunbyul memorized the décor of the room — in case the staff changed something later. Junkyu joined her, hugging and slightly lifting her. Feeling tired, Eunbyul took the offer and did a little jump, wrapping her legs around his waist, leaning her head on his shoulder.
"Aw, my baby Byul. Are you tired?" Junkyu cooed, swaying side to side as he carried the younger. It was something he (oddly enough) enjoyed doing, and even though Eunbyul felt weirded out in the beginning, she realised it was just Junkyu's way of showing love and kinda came to love being carried by him.
Eunbyul was his baby in that moment, and no one could tell him otherwise.
"Just a bit. I can't wait to go home," she mumbled, peeking around as she saw the other members work hard in memorizing the items in the room. "We should help the members."
"We should." Junkyu nodded, agreeing with her.
"Then put me down."
"I'm afraid I can't do that."
***
"How many teamwork games are we going to have?" Eunbyul questioned, exhaling as they explained the game to the members. The staff raised their brows, wordlessly checking if she was feeling well, to which Eunbyul forced a wide smile and energetic eyes. "Just to save up on my energy, that's all."
Everyone started playing the game of not letting the ball hit the ground for thirty seconds, but none of them could get the hang of it. They lasted around twenty seconds, but not thirty. Despite the staff only telling they had three tries, TREASURE tried to succeed the mission for half an hour — except they failed every try.
Everyone gave up after one last try, taking the wheel of misfortune to decide a penalty. Jaehyuk and Eunbyul prayed for the school chaperoning penalty, since they wanted to see Junkyu and Jihoon wake up early and suffer — since they slept the most out of everyone.
Chaperoning the younger members to school, the arrow landed on the section, causing everyone to cheer loudly. Everyone except the penalty doers danced around, celebrating the first penalty they got as they cheered for the older two.
"Jihoon-ssi! Junkyu-ssi! Fighting!"
***
TREASURE entered the third room, and Eunbyul's gaze immediately darted towards cups on the table, wondering what it was. She was the first to inspect it, smiling as she realised it was food.
"I was expecting something more, but this is also okay," she commented, causing the staff to laugh at her words.
Everyone got a little cup, listening to the instructions said by the staff. The 'food' was a powdered mix of popular snacks the members usually had, and they had to figure out what ten snacks were in the mix.
Eunbyul casually dumped the whole mix in her mouth, savoring the taste as she thought of all the snacks she had eaten in her life to find a match. "Honey—" The younger spoke, but choked on the powder, letting a dust of snacks fly out as she hit her chest.
"Water, water!" Jeongwoo called out, and Haruto immediately jumped out of his seat, taking the bottle the staff offered and giving it to the younger.
He shook his head. "I swear, Peach, be more careful. You could choke and die, you know?" Haruto muttered, making sure the younger was okay before he sat back in his seat.
Eunbyul looked down, breathing slowly as she calmed herself, making the boys look at her worriedly. "Banana Kick, Honey Butter, Turtle chips, and Sun chips. That's what I tasted," she announced, and the boys burst into yells, scolding the female for worrying them.
"Argh! I thought something was wrong when you went silent!"
"But I was just thinking of the names of the snacks!"
***
"Oh, this one is going to be easy for Haru-kun!" Eunbyul exclaimed after finding out they had to guess if they were served sprite or cola. "He has only drunk soft drinks for the past two years."
"Yah! What are you saying?!" Haruto yelled, his eyes wide as he shook his head vigorously, wordlessly telling the staff it was false.
But of course, the staff were with them from their TREASURE BOX days, and knew each member inside and out.
The members successfully passed the soft drink guessing teamwork mission, finally getting to go home. "Shall we say goodbye?" Junkyu, being the most eager to leave, initiated, looking around at everyone.
"T-Bye!"
Until next time, TREASURE MAKERS!
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kinda rushing through so i can work on other scenarios and work along with the ongoing t-map episodes. i hope you guys don't mind :)