episode one ...

the screen shows that same area
where the others members of the
cast entered, and after a few
moments a new person has
appeared ...

... but their face isn't
shown on the camera, it's actually
blurred out. like their entire body is
blurred out, you can only see the
silhouette of a blurry person.

then, the camera shows the sitting
area, where the two hosts and the judges
are already seated.

◤ IU ⭑ host ◢
and like that, our first mentor will be introduced.

◤ IU ⭑ host ◢
are you excited?

◤ MARK ⭑ co-host ◢ unserious
not really, I know who it is so why would I be?

◤ IU ⭑ host ◢
not you, Mark ssi, I meant like... the people watching!

as mark laughs, the camera shifts
back to the introduction area and 
the person is now unblurred.

◤ JACOB ⭑ mentor ◢
hello! I'm Jacob Bae, eh, a member of the boyz and I'm going to be one of the mentors!
⠀( english )

◤ JACOB ⭑ mentor ◢
uhm... I guess, er, I'm mainly like vocal focused ..?
⠀( english)

◤ MARK ⭑ co-host ◢
welcome to love letter, fellow canadian!

◤ JACOB ⭑ mentor ◢
oh well thank you, dearest canadian!
⠀( english )

jacob sits down in one of the armchairs
and waves at the cast before also
waving at one of the cameras.

then, the place jacob just came
from is shown again. now, there's a
new person there. seemingly, another guy.

◤ PARK JISUNG / LOVE ⭑ mentor ◢
hi, uh, I'm one of the new cast members! one of the mentors, eh, yeah..!

◤ IU ⭑ host ◢
well hi to you too, jisung ssi! welcome to the show!

jisung walks over to the seating area and
sits down in one of the empty arm chairs,
smiling towards the rest of the cast
members.

◤ PARK JISUNG / LOVE ⭑ mentor ◢ awkward
so, uh, it's great to be here..!

◤ JACOB ⭑ mentor ◢
i, too, think that it's great to be here!

◤ IU ⭑ host ◢
and it's going to be amazing to have you two, and the rest of the new cast, on here!

◤ MARK ⭑ co-host ◢
mhm! this is going to be something yall will never forget!

◤ PARK JISUNG / LOVE ⭑ mentor ◢
yeah, yeah, I... I really look forward to meeting the trainees!

◤ JACOB ⭑ mentor ◢
oh yeah, it's going to be great!

iu chuckles, as she's also looking
forward to meeting those lovely
forty two trainees.

as they hype each other up, the camera
shows the entering area again.

◤ JIHYO ⭑ mentor ◢
hello, I'm Park Jihyo, also known as the leader and main vocalist of twice... giggles, and now also a mentor on love letter, yay! hi, again!

◤ IU ⭑ host ◢
welcome Jihyo ssi!

as iu waves towards jihyo, siyeon whispers
something barely audible. luckily, the producers
heard the whisper and wrote the words spoken on screen.
" oh my god , she is so cute! "

jihyo walks on over to the seating area and
sits down next to siyeon, effectively taking up the
last spot in that sofa.

◤ SIYEON ⭑ judge ◢
how you doing, queen?

◤ JIHYO ⭑ mentor ◢
well I'm doing amazing, thank you for asking Siyeon unnie!

siyeon blushes and then, almost immediately,
the entering area is shown once again.

this time, the person walks over to the
seating area before introducing themselves.

◤ CHANYEOL ⭑ mentor ◢
hey-hey-hey! it looked really fun to be a mentor, because yes of course I watched every single episode of Crush, so... here we are!

◤ BAEKHYUN ⭑ judge ◢
I helped convince staff to let him be on the show!

◤ CHANYEOL ⭑ mentor ◢
and I love you for that, thank you Baekie ~

◤ MARK ⭑ co-host ◢
I haven't seen you in ages, how are you Chanyeol hyung?

◤ CHANYEOL ⭑ mentor ◢
I'm doing amazing! and I've really looked forward to this!

◤ MARK ⭑ co-host ◢
that's great to hear sunbae!

mark smiles towards
the two exo members.
they are sitting next to each
other in separate armchairs,
but it genuienly looks like
they want to sit together in one. 

◤ CHANYEOL ⭑ mentor ◢
Baekhyun... do you think the trainees will like me?

◤ BAEKHYUN ⭑ judge ◢
they will love you, they really will!

the camera zooms in on the two
before showing the entrance area.
again.

there, one of the publics favourite mentors
from the first season is standing.

hmm ... wonder who it could be, want to give it a guess?

she smiles and waves
towards the camera.

◤ K LU ⭑ mentor ◢
hii~ of course, I'm back! like, I'm obviously going to stay as a mentor this season too!
⠀( english )

◤ IU ⭑ host ◢
welcome back Keke!

◤ K LU ⭑ mentor ◢
thank you noona!~

keran goes and sits down in the empty sofa,
smiling brightly at the rest of the cast.

◤ K LU ⭑ mentor ◢
nice to see you again, jiaqi jie!
⠀( chinese )

◤ KIKI XU ⭑ judge ◢
nice to see you too! I've really missed you, and the others...
⠀( chinese)

as the two the9 members
have a little reunion the
screen shifts back to the
introduction area.

◤ DAMI ⭑ mentor ◢
helloo! I'm Dami!

◤ SIYEON ⭑ judge ◢
hello beloved!

dami smiles towards her member
before walking over and sitting down
in the sofa next to k lu.

◤ DAMI ⭑ mentor ◢
ah, it feels great to be a mentor!

◤ JIHYO ⭑ mentor ◢
it really does! 

◤ PARK JISUNG / LOVE ⭑ mentor ◢
mhm! I've really looked forward to this!

◤ DAMI ⭑ mentor ◢
oh my god, me too!

the chatting gets interrupted by the sound of
someone coughing, which leads to the cameras
showing them standing in the middle of
the entrance area.

◤ LEE KNOW ⭑ mentor ◢
sorry for that, I think I got dust in my lungs..?

◤ LEE KNOW ⭑ mentor ◢
anyways... hello..!

lee know waves towards the cast, then at the
camera, before then walking over to the seating
area. he sits down in one of the armchairs.

◤ LEE KNOW ⭑ mentor ◢
so... how are you guys?

◤ SOLAR ⭑ judge ◢
I'm doing great! this place, with you lot and the staff, is literally heaven!

◤ SCOUPS ⭑ judge ◢
I'm, a hundred percent, prepared to agree with that. literal heaven!

lee know nods, and right about then
the screen shows the entrance area. 

again.

the person there awkwardly does a
claw motion with their hand,
before starting to laugh.

◤ THE8 ⭑ mentor ◢
sorry, Hoshi forced me to do it.

scoups laughs loudly, which leads to the8 glaring at him.

◤ SCOUPS ⭑ judge ◢
you could've just said no, Minghao yah, I mean I did!

◤ THE8 ⭑ mentor ◢
oh did you?

◤ SCOUPS ⭑ judge ◢
yes..?

then, shaking his head,
the8 starts to slowly walk towards
the seating area. whilst walking,
he's also talking.

◤ THE8 ⭑ mentor ◢
anyhow I am, of course, returning for this season. like, what, did anyone think I wouldn't be back?

◤ K LU ⭑ mentor ◢
oh, hello sunbaenim!
⠀( chinese )

◤ THE8 ⭑ mentor ◢
hey Keran! nice to see you again!
⠀( chinese)

◤ THE8 ⭑ mentor ◢
and also, oh my god, did you practice Korean between seasons?
⠀( chinese )

◤ K LU ⭑ mentor ◢
I did, yes! I'm, eh, not the best... but still!

◤ THE8 ⭑ mentor ◢
you're doing a great job Keke!

as k lu smiles towards the8,
the camera shifts to show the
entrance area for one of
the last times.

◤ SEULGI ⭑ mentor ◢
heyo! I'm Red Velvets Seulgi and I'm gonna' be joining this season, yay!

◤ SEULGI ⭑ mentor ◢
geez, that was awkward, sorry..!

seulgi shakes her head to herself as
she walks over and sits down
in the sofa, together with dami and k lu.

◤ DAMI ⭑ mentor ◢
it wasn't that awkward!

◤ SEULGI ⭑ mentor ◢
no, don't even try yubin... it was... so very awkward...

◤ IU ⭑ host ◢
you know Seulgi, it's just like that sometimes.

◤ SEULGI ⭑ mentor ◢
I guess it is, ah...

the screen then goes from
showing seulgi, to showing mark.

◤ MARK ⭑ co-host ◢
oh my god, you guys, guess what it's time for?

◤ PARK JISUNG / LOVE ⭑ mentor ◢
... what?

◤ MARK ⭑ co-host ◢
another idol from SM!

◤ PARK JISUNG / LOVE ⭑ mentor ◢
oh, damn, there... there are a lot of SM people here!

as mark and chanyeol laugh, the
camera shows the entrance area.

just as mark said, there is another SM idol
standing there, waving at the camera.

◤ TAEMIN ⭑ mentor ◢
oh my god, hello there!~~~

◤ IU ⭑ host ◢
hello to you too! it's great having you here Taemin ah!

◤ TAEMIN ⭑ mentor ◢
and it is great to be here, Jieun ah!

taemin walks over to the seating
area and sits down in one of the
armchairs.

◤ TAEMIN ⭑ mentor ◢
oh wait, am I supposed to introduce like... what kind of mentor I am and who I am, or..?

◤ IU ⭑ host ◢
well, if you want to, yes, go ahead!

◤ TAEMIN ⭑ mentor ◢
okay, okay, so... this is quite special for this show, chuckles, hello! I'm Taemin from the 2008 boy group SHINee and... I'm a stage presence mentor!

◤ SEULGI ⭑ mentor ◢
ooo! ~

◤ TAEMIN ⭑ mentor ◢
so, like, I'm going to be helping the contestants with like... improving their stage presence! and, if I understood stuff correctly... I'm also sort of, kind of, a judge?

◤ IU ⭑ host ◢
yes, that is correct!

◤ BAEKHYUN ⭑ judge ◢
that's cool, like really cool!

taemin laughs, again, and right then the
camera switches and shows the entrance
area for the final time.

◤ SUNMI ⭑ mentor ◢
well hello there!

◤ BAMBAM ⭑ judge ◢
oh my god, I was never told you'd be here! Sunmi noona, hello! It's been so long!

◤ SUNMI ⭑ mentor ◢
Bambam ssi!

sunmi runs over to the, now standing
up, bambam and hugs him.

◤ SUNMI ⭑ mentor ◢
so, ehm, I'm also a stage presence mentor! hey!

the camera zooms out and shows
the full seating area, with all of the
cast and that TV screen visible.

iu turns towards the camera
and claps her hands.

◤ IU ⭑ host ◢
so, that was all of the cast members, you know, all of the judges and all of the mentors! and, of course, me and mark ssi!

then, mark also turns to face the camera.

◤ MARK ⭑ co-host ◢
and guess what it's time for now?

◤ THE8 ⭑ mentor ◢
oh, tell us!

◤ MARK ⭑ co-host ◢
the trainees!

◤ SIYEON ⭑ judge ◢
oh my god, yess!~

the TV screen flickers on,
and someone is shown on there —

▬ 💌 ▬

again, definitely did not write this in the beginning of november, no not at alllllll, lol 

and, if you were wondering, yes it pains me to write the8 so.... i might start writing minghao--

thoughts on the way ive written everything? and on the mentors? and, again, any guest ideas ??

also, another quick lil question; do you want me to call him park jisung or love?

lastly, okay so, i know there's like a lot of mentors but not all of them are going to be there like at all times, and they'll also be like "sent out" into groups who'll need them and everything, idk my brain is being mushy so theres not really a lot of thought behind what im writing rn lol