❛ EPISODE ONE. ❜
on this day, it begins.

( WORDS HERE SIGNIFY "JAEHYUN" AND HIS COMMENTARY AS AN EDITOR/CAMERA MAN )

MY SUGAR-RUSH! OFFICIALLY BEGINS !

the camera opens to one of the
hosts sitting inside a room that
remains hidden to the trainees.

EACH STAGE WILL ALTERNATE BETWEEN GAME MASTERS.

❘ ✸ ›› LEE GIKWANG ‣ GAME MASTER
❛ [ looks at the camera ] this is new to me as well but only because I am alone in a room that no one else knows except for maybe... gosh I don't even know.

❘ ✸ ›› LEE GIKWANG ‣ GAME MASTER
❛ I will go insane if no one else shows up soon. not even the trainees are here yet!

THE SOUND OF A DOOR CLICKING IS HEARD!

❘ ✸ ›› ??? ‣ ??? GUIDE
❛ oh? so I'm not the first person here. hello, sunbaenim! [ the person bows ]

WHO IS IT?

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THE OFFICIAL "PRESENCE" GUIDE IS THE FIRST TO ARRIVE AFTER THE HOST. . . KARD'S JIWOO!

❘ ✸ ›› LEE GIKWANG ‣ GAME MASTER
❛ you're a life-saver.

❘ ✸ ›› JIWOO ‣ PRESENCE GUIDE
❛ [ blinks ] what?

❘ ✸ ›› LEE GIKWANG ‣ GAME MASTER
❛ I was about to lose my mind being in here by myself. you came in at the perfect time, jiwoo.

❘ ✸ ›› JIWOO ‣ PRESENCE GUIDE
❛ . . . you've only been in here for like, five minutes. I'm no health expert but if being alone for that short amount of time affects you that much... you good?

❘ ✸ ›› LEE GIKWANG ‣ GAME MASTER
❛ I'm just peachy! thank you for asking. [ smiles ]

AS JIWOO TAKES HER SEAT, THE DOOR OPENS AGAIN!

❘ ✸ ›› ??? ‣ ??? GUIDE
❛ woah...! this is so cool.

the guide that walked in bows once she
sees the host and other guide already
seated.

❘ ✸ ›› ??? ‣ ??? GUIDE
❛ hello! I'm [ redacted ]! I'm so excited to work with you all.

WHO IS IT?

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THE OFFICIAL "VOCAL" GUIDE IS THE SECOND TO ARRIVE. . . KARA'S SEUNGYEON!

❘ ✸ ›› LEE GIKWANG ‣ GAME MASTER
❛ oh my goodness, so I'm not the only senior group member here. I feel so validated.

❘ ✸ ›› SEUNGYEON ‣ VOCAL GUIDE
❛ I feel like I know what you meant but why does that also sound so...

❘ ✸ ›› JIWOO ‣ PRESENCE GUIDE
❛ degrading? yeah it seems to be his "thing" at the moment.

❘ ✸ ›› LEE GIKWANG ‣ GAME MASTER
❛ HEY!? I'm just trying to make it interesting. [ clarifies ] the episode. I'm trying to make the episode interesting.

❘ ✸ ›› SEUNGYEON ‣ VOCAL GUIDE
❛ [ slowly nods her head ] okay. you go with that.

THE CLICKING SOUND OF THE DOOR IS HEARD AGAIN. . . AND TWO FIGURES WALK IN?

❘ ✸ ›› ??? ‣ ??? GUIDE
❛ I am a queencard-

❘ ✸ ›› ??? ‣ ??? GUIDE
❛ -you wanna be the queencard?

SINGING THE LYRICS TO (G)I-DLE'S "QUEENCARD". . . WHO ARE THE GUIDES?

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❘ ✸ ›› ??? ‣ ??? GUIDE
❛ hello! that was my idea and also my song.

OF THE TWO FIGURES, THE "RAP" GUIDE ARRIVES. . . (G)I-DLE'S SOYEON!

❘ ✸ ›› ??? ‣ ??? GUIDE
❛ I couldn't say no to a song so. camp. it was amazing.

BEING AFTER SOYEON, THE "DANCE" GUIDE ARRIVES. . . EXO'S KAI!

❘ ✸ ›› SOYEON ‣ RAP GUIDE
❛ so wait... the trainees don't know about this room?

❘ ✸ ›› LEE GIKWANG ‣ GAME MASTER
❛ you are correct! the trainees don't know about most of the things in this building, but while they'll find out about the living situations, they won't know about this room here.

❘ ✸ ›› KAI ‣ DANCE GUIDE
❛ so. why are we here then?

❘ ✸ ›› SEUNGYEON ‣ VOCAL GUIDE
❛ I'd assume it's so we overlook the trainees but... I don't think we'll be the ones to evaluate them. at least, for the entrance performances.

❘ ✸ ›› JIWOO ‣ PRESENCE GUIDE
❛ that's cool. so we basically just sit back and watch chaos ensue as the trainees themselves figure out the placements of one another?

❘ ✸ ›› LEE GIKWANG ‣ GAME MASTER
❛ that's the goal, yes. whether or not it works is up for debate.

( I'LL PRETEND I DIDN'T HEAR THAT, GIKWANG. )

suddenly the main screen in front
of the table changes, showing the
outside forest path. the tops of four
heads are seen.

❘ ✸ ›› SOYEON ‣ RAP GUIDE
❛ oh! they're starting to show up. [ looks at her papers ] are the profiles in order of arrival?

❘ ✸ ›› KAI ‣ DANCE GUIDE
❛ it appears so. now let's watch them.

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FOUR TRAINEES MAKE THEIR WAY DOWN THE WINDING PATH. . .

❘ ✸ ›› ??? ‣ #???
❛ do you think if I jump I'll fly the rest of the way down?

❘ ✸ ›› ??? ‣ #???
❛ are you nuts?? that's a death wish waiting to happen.

❘ ✸ ›› ??? ‣ #???
❛ ...you won't know until you try.

❘ ✸ ›› ??? ‣ #???
❛ NO-

as the boys get closer to the building,
they notice the large door that leads
inside.

❘ ✸ ›› CHOI KWANGHO ‣ #006
❛ I'm sorry we have to open that? with what arms?

❘ ✸ ›› CHAE SUNGJIN ‣ #010
❛ [ lifts up his arm ] these ones?

❘ ✸ ›› CHOI KWANGHO ‣ #006
❛ sungjin, with all due respect, we four are all twigs.

❘ ✸ ›› HONG BEOMSEOK ‣ #015
❛ HELLO??

❘ ✸ ›› NISHIMURA ATSUSHI ‣ #019
❛ yeah. how did the producers expect us to open this door? we aren't that strong.

( AT THIS RATE I THINK THE THREE OF THEM ARE MESSING WITH BEOMSEOK ON PURPOSE. . . )

❘ ✸ ›› HONG BEOMSEOK ‣ #015
❛ guys I'm literally right here look at my-

❘ ✸ ›› CHOI KWANGHO ‣ #006
❛ shh. let us twigs embrace the fact we are feathers and are fragile.

❘ ✸ ›› HONG BEOMSEOK ‣ #015
❛ remind me again how I got paired with you?

❘ ✸ ›› NISHIMURA ATSUSHI ‣ #019
❛ we all selected the same "secret code" when we submitted our application. who would've guessed it'd be used for... this.

( CAN YOU GUYS PLEASE OPEN THE DOOR I'M BORED. )

❘ ✸ ›› HONG BEOMSEOK ‣ #015
❛ [ pushes door and it opens ]

❘ ✸ ›› CHOI KWANGHO ‣ #006
❛ my saviour! [ turns around and prepares to fake a faint ]

❘ ✸ ›› HONG BEOMSEOK ‣ #015
❛ I will not catch you. I hope you fall.

❘ ✸ ›› CHAE SUNGJIN ‣ #010
❛ why the severe hostility?

( WHY THE [ REDACTED ] AREN'T YOU MOVING?? )

❘ ✸ ›› NISHIMURA ATSUSHI ‣ #019
❛ he got called a twig.

after about fifteen minutes of the four
of them standing around the open door
talking, they finally stepped into the
building and began walking to the main
room.

THE SEATS WERE PLACED IN A SEMI-SQUARE. . . BUT THEY ARE UNABLE TO REACH THEM?

❘ ✸ ›› CHAE SUNGJIN ‣ #010
❛ um. I'm not hallucinating right? there's no floor there. [ points to the dark pit in front of them ]

❘ ✸ ›› CHOI KWANGHO ‣ #006
❛ should I try my flying theory now??

❘ ✸ ›› HONG BEOMSEOK ‣ #015
❛ NO. let's just wait and see.

AND WAITING WORKED, AS SUDDENLY TILES BEGAN TO MOVE FORWARD IN A ZIGZAG PATTERN TO CREATE A WALKWAY TO THE SEATS!

❘ ✸ ›› NISHIMURA ATSUSHI ‣ #019
❛ woah.

❘ ✸ ›› CHOI KWANGHO ‣ #006
❛ they said #budget.

BEOMSEOK AND SUNGJIN HOLD BACK LAUGHS AS THEY ALL MOVE ACROSS THE PLATFORMS AND TAKE A SEAT.

━━━━ GUIDE CENTER.

❘ ✸ ›› JIWOO ‣ PRESENCE GUIDE
❛ choi kwangho and hong beomseok... they both have interesting names. they're rather old fashioned for kids their age.

❘ ✸ ›› LEE GIKWANG ‣ GAME MASTER
❛ KWANGHO WAS AT SNU LAW?

❘ ✸ ›› LEE GIKWANG ‣ GAME MASTER
❛ I'm sorry but how is the kid we just saw act like that... studying to be a lawyer?

❘ ✸ ›› KAI ‣ DANCE GUIDE
❛ I feel like he'd be a bad influence on his oh so vulnerable clients.

❘ ✸ ›› SEUNGYEON ‣ VOCAL GUIDE
❛ as much of an oddball as he is. I think he's one to keep your eye on. I feel like he'd go far in terms of variety content. he'd be loved by many.

❘ ✸ ›› SOYEON ‣ RAP GUIDE
❛ oh, interesting. it says here that atsushi used to be at yg+? but it's also written in brackets that he was supposed to be at yg.

❘ ✸ ›› JIWOO ‣ PRESENCE GUIDE
❛ isn't yg+ for models and actors? but he's a trained vocalist... why would the higher-ups do that to him?

❘ ✸ ›› LEE GIKWANG ‣ GAME MASTER
❛ and that my friends is what we call, power abuse.

( YOU'RE SO SMART GIKWANG, DO YOU WANT A GOLD STAR? )

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BACK OUTSIDE, THREE MORE BOYS MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE BUILDING!

❘ ✸ ›› ??? ‣ #???
❛ why is walking a thing? it's so excessive.

❘ ✸ ›› ??? ‣ #???
❛ !?

❘ ✸ ›› ??? ‣ #???
❛ how can a literal everyday action be excessive?

❘ ✸ ›› ??? ‣ #???
❛ [ mumbles ] I don't know, ask my legs.

the three boys stare intensely at the
large door before one of them bravely
takes a step forward.

❘ ✸ ›› CHO SAEBYEOL ‣ #017
❛ okay nevermind I'm not opening it.

❘ ✸ ›› JEONG KORAIN ‣ #011
❛ so you're the coward of the team?

❘ ✸ ›› CHO SAEBYEOL ‣ #017
❛ WHAT? NO!

❘ ✸ ›› RUAN YIZE ‣ #021
❛ okay, then open the door.

❘ ✸ ›› CHO SAEBYEOL ‣ #017
❛ ...but it's scary.

YIZE WALKS BEHIND SAEBYEOL AND BEGINS TO PUSH HIM CLOSER TO THE DOOR.

❘ ✸ ›› CHO SAEBYEOL ‣ #017
❛ STOP IT-

❘ ✸ ›› JEONG KORAIN ‣ #011
❛ open it! open it! open it!

❘ ✸ ›› RUAN YIZE ‣ #021
❛ byeol, all you have to do is just push on it.

( STOP BYEOL IS SUCH A CUTE NICKNAME. )

❘ ✸ ›› RUAN YIZE ‣ #021
❛ do you want me to hold your hand?

❘ ✸ ›› CHO SAEBYEOL ‣ #017
❛ NO. I can do this myself. [ blinks and freezes ]

❘ ✸ ›› CHO SAEBYEOL ‣ #017
❛ okay I lied. please hold my hand.

( NEW FEAR UNLOCKED. . . LARGE DOORS??? SAEBYEOL ITS A [ REDACTED ] DOOR. )

as the door opened after yize and saebyeol's
successful hand-holding collaboration, the
trio walk inside and enter the seating room.
there, they see the team that entered before
them. the four of them stand up and bow
awkwardly from afar.

THE PLATFORM AUTOMATICALLY MOVES ONCE AGAIN AND THE TRIO MAKE THEIR WAY TO THE SEATS.

❘ ✸ ›› CHAE SUNGJIN ‣ #010
❛ are things always this awkward when you meet new people?

❘ ✸ ›› CHOI KWANGHO ‣ #006
❛ ...you gave us the silent treatment for three hours before we started filming.

❘ ✸ ›› CHAE SUNGJIN ‣ #010
❛ in my defense-

❘ ✸ ›› JEONG KORAIN ‣ #011
❛ how do you defend giving people the silent treatment...?

❘ ✸ ›› RUAN YIZE ‣ #021
❛ did they like. curse you or something??? [ scoots further away from the quartet ]

❘ ✸ ›› HONG BEOMSEOK ‣ #015
❛ if anybody knew anything about curses its him. [ points to kwangho ]

❘ ✸ ›› NISHIMURA ATSUSHI ‣ #019
❛ [ covers his mouth in shock ]

❘ ✸ ›› CHO SAEBYEOL ‣ #017
❛ did you just-

❘ ✸ ›› CHOI KWANGHO ‣ #006
❛ my saviour just insulted me. #top10animebetrayals.

━━━━ GUIDE CENTER.

❘ ✸ ›› JIWOO ‣ PRESENCE GUIDE
❛ gikwang sunbae, I take back what I said about you being weird.

❘ ✸ ›› LEE GIKWANG ‣ GAME MASTER
❛ you said I was weird???

❘ ✸ ›› JIWOO ‣ PRESENCE GUIDE
❛ oh. in that case ignore everything I said. I think these boys... are a different breed.

❘ ✸ ›› SOYEON ‣ RAP GUIDE
❛ [ chokes on her drink ] you can't just say that!

❘ ✸ ›› SEUNGYEON ‣ VOCAL GUIDE
❛ ...can I ask what that means?

❘ ✸ ›› KAI ‣ DANCE GUIDE
❛ oh to be naive.

( JUST SAY SHE'S OLD, KAI. YOU DON'T HAVE TO HIDE IT. )

❘ ✸ ›› JIWOO ‣ PRESENCE GUIDE
❛ it basically just means, well, they're different. whether it's in a good way or bad way... it's up for a) interpretation and b) how the rest of the show progresses.

❘ ✸ ›› SEUNGYEON ‣ VOCAL GUIDE
❛ ahh... I see.

❘ ✸ ›› SEUNGYEON ‣ VOCAL GUIDE
❛ ooh! based on the profiles I'm quite excited to see how saebyeol will perform. he gave himself quite the high vocal ranking.

❘ ✸ ›› SOYEON ‣ RAP GUIDE
❛ the only rappers so far are beomju and beomseok... give me the rappers please.

❘ ✸ ›› LEE GIKWANG ‣ GAME MASTER
❛ I have a wrapper. [ pulls out a candy wrapper from his jacket ]

❘ ✸ ›› JIWOO ‣ PRESENCE GUIDE
❛ ...how long has that been in there?

❘ ✸ ›› LEE GIKWANG ‣ GAME MASTER
❛ [ shrugs shoulders ]

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ONCE AGAIN, BACK OUTSIDE, FOUR MORE TRAINEES BEGIN THEIR WALK!

❘ ✸ ›› ??? ‣ #???
❛ it feels like I'm hiking and I hate it. me and anything physically straining is my worst enemy.

❘ ✸ ›› ??? ‣ #???
❛ ...dancing said hello?

❘ ✸ ›› ??? ‣ #???
❛ ok listen. hiking, you see, is ten times different from dancing. hiking is like, a vertical incline. that's horrific. dancing is just making your body jiggle here n there.

❘ ✸ ›› ??? ‣ #???
❛ make your body WHAT?

( I HATE THAT I LIKE HIM. )

naturally, the four boys all push on the door
and begin walking in, only then do they stop
to talk.

❘ ✸ ›› SHIN KITAE ‣ #025
❛ im serious. what did you say your body does?

❘ ✸ ›› EOM TAEHYUN ‣ #007
❛ jiggle. you can do a lil shimmy here and a lil shimmy there. boom, your body, [ does jazz hands ] jiggles.

❘ ✸ ›› KIM BEOMJU ‣ #018
❛ I am ashamed to be associated with you at this very given moment.

❘ ✸ ›› EOM TAEHYUN ‣ #007
❛ [ offended ] okay boomju, I apologize for being correct.

❘ ✸ ›› KIM BEOMJU ‣ #018
❛ it's BEOMju.

❘ ✸ ›› KANG DOHYUN ‣ #014
❛ it's okay, he called me daehyun the first time we met. he has yet to call me by the correct name.

❘ ✸ ›› SHIN KITAE ‣ #025
❛ and he called me kitten. although, I wouldn't really be upset over it... but we are not at that stage yet.

❘ ✸ ›› KIM BEOMJU ‣ #018
❛ [ furrows his eyebrows ] you'd agree to someone calling you "kitten" if they were close enough?

❘ ✸ ›› SHIN KITAE ‣ #025
❛ it's not like it's derogatory. it's just a cute pet- [ it dawns on him ] oh...

❘ ✸ ›› EOM TAEHYUN ‣ #007
❛ kitten, boomju, daehyun! let's goo!

taehyun had already started walking as the three
others stayed behind to talk about taehyun's
rather... questionable memory when it comes to
names.

THE SECOND SET OF FOUR TRAINEES STAND AT THE "STAGE" AND WATCH IN AWE AS THE PLATFORMS MOVE INTO PLACE.

❘ ✸ ›› KANG DOHYUN ‣ #014
❛ THIS IS SO COOL.

on the other side, the first quartet and the
trio of boys stand up and bow, to which
the second quartet do the same.

❘ ✸ ›› KIM BEOMJU ‣ #018
❛ be warned. if you tell him, [ points to taehyun ] your name, he WILL mess it up. we haven't figured it out yet if he does it on purpose or if he genuinely is really bad at remembering names.

❘ ✸ ›› CHOI KWANGHO ‣ #006
❛ he can't possibly get my other name wrong can he? it's choi neo.

❘ ✸ ›› CHO SAEBYEOL ‣ #017
❛ NEO GOT MY BACK-

❘ ✸ ›› JEONG KORAIN ‣ #011
❛ CULTURE THINGS, TECH TECH ON MY MIND-

❘ ✸ ›› EOM TAEHYUN ‣ #007
❛ !? is he an nct member??

❘ ✸ ›› CHOI KWANGHO ‣ #006
❛ well, no-

❘ ✸ ›› EOM TAEHYUN ‣ #007
❛ NEVIN TELL ME YOUR SECRETS.

( I'M DOING MY BEST TO NOT COMBUST RIGHT NOW HES SO. )

❘ ✸ ›› HONG BEOMSEOK ‣ #015
❛ aannnd he messed up even the most simple name you have.

❘ ✸ ›› CHAE SUNGJIN ‣ #010
❛ I wonder whose name he will remember. I have the sinking feeling it won't be any of us.

❘ ✸ ›› EOM TAEHYUN ‣ #007
❛ jaehyun. the cute camera man. he's funny and cute I like him.

❘ ✸ ›› KIM BEOMJU ‣ #018
❛ [ looks around ] but there's no... camera men here?

❘ ✸ ›› KANG DOHYUN ‣ #014
❛ guys I think he's hallucinating. can we have a medic? [ stands up and walks toward taehyun ]

❘ ✸ ›› EOM TAEHYUN ‣ #007
❛ IM FINE!!! [ runs away ]

❘ ✸ ›› NISHIMURA ATSUSHI ‣ #019
❛ ...yeah someone hold him down.

━━━━ GUIDE CENTER.

❘ ✸ ›› KAI ‣ DANCE GUIDE
❛ there's a camera man named jaehyun?

❘ ✸ ›› LEE GIKWANG ‣ GAME MASTER
❛ I've heard around that he's a trainee that applied for the show but didn't make it through.

❘ ✸ ›› JIWOO ‣ PRESENCE GUIDE
❛ and they kept him... why?

❘ ✸ ›› LEE GIKWANG ‣ GAME MASTER
❛ because he was pretty. and apparently he's hit it off with the contestants... that know of his existence at least.

❘ ✸ ›› SOYEON ‣ RAP GUIDE
❛ it would be funny if he did a reveal at the end of the show. [ imitates ] "hi guys! I'm the camera man y'all have been simping for!"

❘ ✸ ›› SEUNGYEON ‣ VOCAL GUIDE
❛ I'm so sorry but what does "simping" mean?

❘ ✸ ›› JIWOO ‣ PRESENCE GUIDE
❛ it basically means you find someone hot and you make it known.

❘ ✸ ›› KAI ‣ DANCE GUIDE
❛ I thought it meant when a guy is desperate for female attention.

❘ ✸ ›› SEUNGYEON ‣ VOCAL GUIDE
❛ so... gikwang?

❘ ✸ ›› LEE GIKWANG ‣ GAME MASTER
❛ [ eating a snack ] WHAT DID I DO??

❘ ✸ ›› JIWOO ‣ PRESENCE GUIDE
❛ [ smiles cheekily ]

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ON THE NEXT MY SUGAR-RUSH! EPISODE. . .

❘ ✸ ›› ??? ‣ #???
❛ [ trips ] OW!

❘ ✸ ›› ??? ‣ #???
❛ [ holding back laughter ] are you... okay?

❘ ✸ ›› ??? ‣ #???
❛ NO?? IM BLEEDING!

❘ ✸ ›› ??? ‣ #???
❛ WHAT?!

WHO ARE THE NEXT TRAINEES TO ARRIVE?

▭ RUNE'S ROOM !
I had so much fun writing this episode. it was probably the most fun I've had writing a survival show chapter since I've started. I want to believe its because of the format I've decided to write it in as well as the format of the show itself.

I hope you understand if your trainee (mentioned here) didn't receive much screentime, it's mostly due to working around the other trainees' personalities. I'm trying to write them based on how I've seen them interact in the discord rp and on their 'personality' I received via your trainee form. some trainees are harder to work with than others!

I'm also trying to use more gifs of the trainees' fcs! in the past (project memory+luxe) I didn't use this method as I focused primarily on my writing abilities but I changed it during in silver lining and it was the best choice I ever made, so I'll be doing my best to keep it here as well! I have the teams for each episode planned, and episode one will be described in the rune's room during EPISODE ONE, PART TWO. I will also provide information on the discord.