❛ EPISODE TWO. ❜
new tasks, more responsibilities.

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

MY SUGAR-RUSH! CONTINUES !

A DAY AFTER THE PERFORMANCE. . .

THE TRAINEES ARE GATHERED TOGETHER IN THE MAIN BUILDING WHERE THEY ALL FIRST MET!

A NEW FIGURE WALKS TOWARDS THE CENTER STAGE. . .

❘ ✸ ›› GONGCHAN ‣ GAME MASTER
❛ hello boys! [ smiles ] I will be the game master in charge of this evaluation... so I assume you all slept well?

❘ ✸ ›› TRAINEES ‣ MY SUGAR-RUSH!
❛ YES!

❘ ✸ ›› GONGCHAN ‣ GAME MASTER
❛ that's great to hear. all of you did amazing, I'm proud of you guys! and congratulations to our centers, sohn kitae and jerrie tran. you guys stole the show. you guys led your respective buildings well.

❘ ✸ ›› GONGCHAN ‣ GAME MASTER
❛ however, as fun as it is to celebrate this small victory, this is where the competition will really start. I am here to announce the first official mission, or, your second evaluation. this will also mark your first performance in front of fans.

❘ ✸ ›› GONGCHAN ‣ GAME MASTER
❛ you must be prepared this time as whatever goodbyes may be spoken... they will be permanent. there is no "second chance" after these performances.

━ 𖧷 INTERVIEW CAM 𖧷 ━

❘ ✸ ›› LIN ZHAOHUI ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ its spooky season now I guess... in the middle of december...

❘ ✸ ›› SEO YOUNGHOON ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ I don't want to go home yet. can i bribe u guys to rig me to stay?

❘ ✸ ›› STAFF ONE
❛ dude...

❘ ✸ ›› STAFF ONE
❛ ...how much will you offer?

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❘ ✸ ›› GONGCHAN ‣ GAME MASTER
❛ this mission will be a position evaluation. there are five different types of performances, labeled "skill-sets." as per the rules of the show, the two building centers will have the advantage of choosing their wanted performance as well as choosing their teammates.

THE TRAINEES WHISPER AMONG THEMSELVES. . .

❘ ✸ ›› JEONG KORAIN ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ this is like the last seasons... the centers always get an advantage. when will they realize it's a bit unfair?

❘ ✸ ›› EOM TAEHYUN ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ it's a competition. not everything is going to be fair here.

❘ ✸ ›› JERRIE TRAN ‣ SOUR BUILDING
❛ it's exciting. I don't mind the competition... it just gives me more of a drive to work even harder.

GONGCHAN MOVES AND TAKES OFF A SHEET COVERING THE FIVE (ALSO COVERED) LABELED SKILL-SETS.

❘ ✸ ›› GONGCHAN ‣ GAME MASTER
❛ as you can see, only the skills are labeled, the songs are still being hidden and will only be revealed after every team is filled. the SWEET BUILDING center will start us off. SOHN KITAE, please come up and select your performance as well as your members.

━ 𖧷 INTERVIEW CAM 𖧷 ━

❘ ✸ ›› SOHN KITAE ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ it's obvious what I would select... dance is my strongest ability. but I'm torn.

❘ ✸ ›› SOHN KITAE ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ I could either do straight dance and not improve my other skills, or I could bite the bullet and do dance and vocals. doesn't help I was in a pressured place because everyone was watching me...

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SOHN KITAE HESITATES BEFORE SELECTING DANCE-VOCAL.

❘ ✸ ›› GONGCHAN ‣ GAME MASTER
❛ alright! with your selection chosen, please select your fellow members from anyone in front of you. don't be shy, you can be biased. 😇

❘ ✸ ›› SOHN KITAE ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ [ closes his eyes and sighs ] um... I will first pick... kim yoongi.
from there, han seyoung...

❘ ✸ ›› SOHN KITAE ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ [ whispers ] I need someone with great vocals...

❘ ✸ ›› SOHN KITAE ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ eom taehyun! I choose you! [ laughs ] um, just in case we need a rapper... for some reason... I'll also pick lin zhaohui.

TRAINEES STARE INTENTLY AT KITAE IN ATTEMPTS TO GET HIM TO CHOOSE THEM FOR HIS LAST TWO REMAINING SPOTS.

❘ ✸ ›› SOHN KITAE ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ jeon jihoon... and lastly... cho kiha.

DANCE-VOCAL TEAM IS CONFIRMED !

❘ ✸ ›› GONGCHAN ‣ GAME MASTER
❛ okay! that finalizes our dance-vocal team. now, it's time for our SOUR BUILDING center to select his preferred performance as well as fellow trainees. JERRIE TRAN, please come up and make your selections!

━ 𖧷 INTERVIEW CAM 𖧷 ━

❘ ✸ ›› JERRIE TRAN ‣ SOUR BUILDING
❛ since I know I want to go for dance... I'm glad I don't have to rely much on their secondary skills when I select my members.

❘ ✸ ›› JERRIE TRAN ‣ SOUR BUILDING
❛ I just hope what they showed for the first performances wasn't just... a one-hit wonder type deal. as in, I hope they'll be able to pull their weight.

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JERRIE TRAN STANDS UP AND CONFIDENTLY CHOOSES THE DANCE PERFORMANCE.

❘ ✸ ›› GONGCHAN ‣ GAME MASTER
❛ with your selection confirmed, please select your members!

❘ ✸ ›› JERRIE TRAN ‣ SOUR BUILDING
❛ kyo mireu and geum suheon! I think it's a smart choice to have them here. next... shin kitae. I'll also select choi kwangho!

❘ ✸ ›› JERRIE TRAN ‣ SOUR BUILDING
❛ I can't leave behind my fellow center nominee, so ruan yize!

THE REMAINING TRAINEES ANXIOUSLY AWAIT JERRIE'S FINAL CHOICES AS HE SEEMS DEAD SET ON WHO HE WANTS...

❘ ✸ ›› JERRIE TRAN ‣ SOUR BUILDING
❛ hmmm... [ scans the room ] I'll pick raiden kim as well. and kim beomju!

❘ ✸ ›› JERRIE TRAN ‣ SOUR BUILDING
❛ as for my last member... [ points ] you. okamura kenzo. you're mine now.

DANCE TEAM IS CONFIRMED !

❘ ✸ ›› GONGCHAN ‣ GAME MASTER
❛ alright. to finish off the rest of the teams, I will use [ pulls out a bowl filled with folded papers ] this bad boy here, to randomly select names from the remaining trainees. do not ask me how they knew what trainees would remain, I just work here. I will pull out all the names first, and then you will select in the order you're called in.

❘ ✸ ›› GONGCHAN ‣ GAME MASTER
❛ first name... seo younghoon! second name... shin byungho! third name... jeong sehyun! fourth name... cho saebyeol! fifth name... choi haseul! sixth and final name... jeong korain!

( rune's_note : only six people who weren't selected by the centers filled out the form, so only those six will get the screentime. just in case you have questions. )

SEO YOUNGHOON STANDS UP AND WALKS TOWARD THE RAP SKILL.

━ 𖧷 INTERVIEW CAM 𖧷 ━

❘ ✸ ›› SEO YOUNGHOON ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ it worked in my favour that I was selected first... byungho, sehyun, haseul and I were all hoping that we'd be first to be called so we could get the rap skill. we were all eyeing it.

❘ ✸ ›› SEO YOUNGHOON ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ ...and seeing how there's only three more spots and they were the ones who were called after me... dream team!

❘ ✸ ›› STAFF
❛ but haseul was called after saebyeol.

❘ ✸ ›› SEO YOUNGHOON ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ and? that boy is a vocalist through and through. no rap bone in his body whatsoever so he doesn't count.... love u saebyeol I swear 🫶

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AS HYPOTHESIZED BY YOUNGHOON, SHIN BYUNGHO AND JEONG SEHYUN SELECT THE RAP PERFORMANCE.

❘ ✸ ›› GONGCHAN ‣ GAME MASTER
❛ [ laughs ] it's funny knowing the performances and seeing people avoid dance-rap. such a shame, really, that it's being avoided. but alas, there is one spot remaining for RAP, and both VOCAL and DANCE-RAP are all open.

CHO SAEBYEOL STANDS UP AND STARES AT YOUNGHOON, WALKING TOWARD THE RAP PERFORMANCE...

❘ ✸ ›› SEO YOUNGHOON ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ you better walk away this instant man....

❘ ✸ ›› CHO SAEBYEOL ‣ SOUR BUILDING
❛ oouuu you're so scary ice cream boy [ sticks his tongue out ] I'm just messing with you because it's funny.

CHO SAEBYEOL TURNS SASSILY BEFORE TAKING THE FIRST SPOT IN THE VOCAL PERFORMANCE.

❘ ✸ ›› CHOI HASEUL ‣ SOUR BUILDING
❛ [ sprinting ] IM COMING!!!!!!!

❘ ✸ ›› CHOI HASEUL ‣ SOUR BUILDING
❛ [ stands next to younghoon ] hi.

❘ ✸ ›› SEO YOUNGHOON ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ [ laughs ] hey.

CHOI KWANGHO STARES AT THE TWO INTENSELY BEFORE THE CAMERA CUTS TO JEONG KORAIN SELECTING THE VOCAL PERFORMANCE.

RAP TEAM IS CONFIRMED !

❘ ✸ ›› GONGCHAN ‣ GAME MASTER
❛ as such, people with more vocal skills will be sorted into the vocal performance while those with dance or rap skills will be automatically placed in the dance-rap performance.

VOCAL TEAM IS CONFIRMED !

DANCE-RAP TEAM IS CONFIRMED !

❘ ✸ ›› GONGCHAN ‣ GAME MASTER
❛ you guys may now move toward your respective rooms to find out the song you'll be performing, as well as get a head start on the mission. good luck!

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━━ ☆ VOCAL TEAM

❘ ✸ ›› JEONG KORAIN ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ let's just bite the bullet and see what we're performing?

❘ ✸ ›› CHO SAEBYEOL ‣ SOUR BUILDING
❛ what if it's a song none of us know...

❘ ✸ ›› CHAE SUNGJIN ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ we're not that old...

❘ ✸ ›› JEONG KORAIN ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ that's debatable.

( YOUR AVERAGE AGE IS 23 GUYS... NOT OLD BUT NOT FRESH MEAT EITHER )

❘ ✸ ›› NISHIMURA ATSUSHI ‣ SOUR BUILDING
❛ okay, let's just open it.

❘ ✸ ›› CHO SAEBYEOL ‣ SOUR BUILDING
❛ peel it, you mean.

❘ ✸ ›› JEONG KORAIN ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ yes yes potato potahto let's see what we have to struggle with next.

THE VOCAL TEAM SONG IS. . .

https://youtu.be/zdUP9061-JM

TREASURE BY MCND !

❘ ✸ ›› CHO SAEBYEOL ‣ SOUR BUILDING
❛ scratch being too old, I think we were just out of touch.

❘ ✸ ›› JEONG KORAIN ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ well... we'll make it work ?

( YOU DON'T SOUND SO SURE... )

WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER TEAMS?

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━━ ☆ DANCE TEAM

❘ ✸ ›› GEUM SUHEON ‣ SOUR BUILDING
❛ I wonder what the song is for it to require... [ counts ] nine of us?

❘ ✸ ›› RUAN YIZE ‣ SOUR BUILDING
❛ it is quite a big number for a performance... I mean, at least a dance based one.

❘ ✸ ›› JERRIE TRAN ‣ SOUR BUILDING
❛ [ tilts head ] I think we'll be okay, regardless of what the song is. I think it'll be the choreography and adding our own touches that'll be difficult.

❘ ✸ ›› SHIN KITAE ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ I agree. there's nine of us and only so much time for a dance performance to stand out and still perform great.

❘ ✸ ›› SHIN KITAE ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ with that being said, I think we should tear the paper off now.

( I'VE SEEN THE CHOREOGRAPHY AND IM UPSET IM NOT A TRAINEE HERE... I WANT TO PERFORM IT SO BAD )

❘ ✸ ›› RAIDEN KIM ‣ SOUR BUILDING
❛ moment of truth...

THE DANCE TEAM SONG IS. . .

https://youtu.be/UAHGG50zb5g

BANG! BY AJR !

❘ ✸ ›› KYO MIREU ‣ SOUR BUILDING
❛ woah. the choreography is so... cool...

❘ ✸ ›› JERRIE TRAN ‣ SOUR BUILDING
❛ it has a uncanny story to it. I can't wait to see it in action with us performing it.

❘ ✸ ›› CHOI KWANGHO ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ [ rubs legs ] my poor sticks... I'm sorry for the torture I'll be putting you through...

❘ ✸ ›› RUAN YIZE ‣ SOUR BUILDING
❛ s-sticks??

( DON'T QUESTION NEO )

HOW'S THE NEXT TEAM DOING ?

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━━ ☆ RAP TEAM

❘ ✸ ›› SEO YOUNGHOON ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ so everybody here is able to write their own lyrics, right?

❘ ✸ ›› SHIN BYUNGHO ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ I've done a little bit, nothing extraordinary though. I'm sure I can pull through though when we know the song.

❘ ✸ ›› CHOI HASEUL ‣ SOUR BUILDING
❛ I feel like I visually don't fit here.

❘ ✸ ›› SEO YOUNGHOON ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ yeah you look like a cutieful boy. but you can rap so hey, I'll take it.

❘ ✸ ›› JEONG SEHYUN ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ we're like a dream team, don't you think?

❘ ✸ ›› SEO YOUNGHOON ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ [ shakes head slowly ] yeah... you could say that...

❘ ✸ ›› SHIN BYUNGHO ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ anyways! let's see what the song is.

THE RAP TEAM SONG IS. . .

https://youtu.be/VNeIT4R1MEo

DDAENG DDAENG DDAENG BY SUPREME TEAM !

❘ ✸ ›› CHOI HASEUL ‣ SOUR BUILDING
❛ ooooh! I think I should be good for figuring out my verses.

❘ ✸ ›› SHIN BYUNGHO ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ same here, I think we'll do well.

❘ ✸ ›› SEO YOUNGHOON ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ I believe in you guys! we got this.

❘ ✸ ›› JEONG SEHYUN ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ #dreamteam for real.

( I CAN SENSE THE HIDDEN TENSION... ITS SPICY )

HOW IS THE NEXT TEAM DOING ?

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━━ ☆ DANCE-VOCAL TEAM

❘ ✸ ›› CHO KIHA ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ I'm actually scared to see what we have to perform...

❘ ✸ ›› KIM YOONGI ‣ SOUR BUILDING
❛ I'm sure... it won't be that bad... right?

❘ ✸ ›› SOHN KITAE ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ well, there's only one way to find out.

❘ ✸ ›› SOHN KITAE ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ I'll do the honors, since I chose this team... I agree with kiha though, I am scared.

( LOL YOU'LL HAVE A GIGGLE WHEN YOU SEE IT )

❘ ✸ ›› HAN SEYOUNG ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ let's see.

THE DANCE-VOCAL SONG IS . . .

https://youtu.be/TPw1yRLpx_E

LAST FLOWER BY KINGDOM !

❘ ✸ ›› EOM TAEHYUN ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ ...let's just forfeit.

❘ ✸ ›› SOHN KITAE ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ why..?

❘ ✸ ›› LIN ZHAOHUI ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ the chorus is... let's just say we'll need to practice a lot.

❘ ✸ ›› JEON JIHOON ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ I'm suddenly very happy that taehyun will keep his main vocal role.

❘ ✸ ›› EOM TAEHYUN ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ you're evil pitting those hard parts on just me... I'll drag one of you guys down with me.

( HEHEHE EVIL TAEHYUN I LIKE IT )

HOW IS THE LAST TEAM FAIRING ?

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━━ ☆ DANCE-RAP TEAM

❘ ✸ ›› HONG BEOMSEOK ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ ooh. I wonder what the chosen song for us is.

❘ ✸ ›› TAK HAEMIN ‣ SOUR BUILDING
❛ I feel like the options are very limited for us, so same.

❘ ✸ ›› JAYDEN HAN ‣ SOUR BUILDING
❛ should we just bite the bullet?

( I THINK THEY WERE THE FASTEST TEAM TO TEAR THE PAPER... NUTTY )

THE DANCE-RAP TEAM SONG IS. . .

https://youtu.be/gCN0PTl0ieY

LAW BY YOONMIRAE AND BIBI !

❘ ✸ ›› ALEXANDER KIM ‣ SOUR BUILDING
❛ time for us to shake our hips a lil bit.

❘ ✸ ›› HAN JUNGWOO ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ can't wait to see how we'll pull it off...

❘ ✸ ›› HONG BEOMSEOK ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ hm, I think we'll be fine.

❘ ✸ ›› HONG BEOMSEOK ‣ SWEET BUILDING
❛ only our practice will tell, after all.

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NEXT ON MY SUGAR-RUSH!

THE TEAMS HAVE BEEN PRACTICING FOR FIVE DAYS

SOME WITH NEGATIVE FEEDBACK. . .

❘ ✸ ›› JIWOO ‣ PRESENCE GUIDE
❛ ...is this seriously the best you can do?

❘ ✸ ›› SOYEON ‣ RAP GUIDE
❛ what happened to showing your individuality? that's needed in a performance like this.

. . . AND SOME WITH POSITIVE FEEDBACK.

❘ ✸ ›› SEUNGYEON ‣ VOCAL GUIDE
❛ you shone well with this kind of song. I'm glad to see you're the one with the main vocalist role here.

❘ ✸ ›› KAI ‣ DANCE GUIDE
❛ your body lines and emotion for telling the story, even if it's not straightforward was great. you're a good team, you guys. keep it up.

IT'S THEN TIME TO PERFORM. . .

. . .WHO WILL THE AUDIENCE CHOSE AS ITS WINNERS?

▭ RUNE'S ROOM !
hi im going to kms again I started writing this back in JANUARY. I'm so sorry it took me so long. it's a struggle to write this at the moment, with trainees leaving and some of them not having enough... personality to work with, to say the least. I'm trying though and I do not want to give up, so I will persevere. i also changed the songs last minute to avoid using tracks from hybe (dance-vocal was orignally enha bills; vocal was originally txt anti-romantic) which is why treasure and last flower were used. i also found a rap performance from peak time that worked for the rap team here so I also changed that...

anyways this episode means the mission IS NOW IN PROGRESS. be active, interact, and help your teammates. I will not tolerate inactivity. if you need a hiatus, let me know. I will not bite.

thanks for listening to my ted talk, I love u guys ♡