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Life of Trainees

Just as a heads up, I'm gonna use a slightly different colour for when each character isn't speaking Korean

@TheDookieNut

hmm I should figure out what to use for that too.... probably italicize or something

Life of Trainees

@KatKook O.O no sweat!

Life of Trainees

@murdoc I mean, you'd best hurry up, but yeah, always open :D

Life of Trainees

@KimHanuel@Lovely Complex@TheDookieNut@KatKook@Lady Ostara@Hey Im Jordan@Fabricant451

OKAY. now, before you get to posting, i'll explain a teensy bit more. first, just put in your opening posts--no need to go on to performances just yet. once you guys have situated yourselves, i'll post again and get the ball rolling.

i'm thinking, once we start solo performances, i'll call somebody's character up, and once they're done, they call up another character up, and so on... does that sound okay?

I'M SO EXCITED AHHH

Life of Trainees

Evaluation Day

"All trainees, proceed to the basement. Please take your seats around the stage and wait to be called."

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Those words, the bane of anxious trainees and the delight of confident ones, ring throughout the AS Entertainment main floor, causing the hopeful students to stop their work and listen. Whether in the middle of stretching, talking, or practicing, the trainees drop what they're doing and begin their march of death down the company stairs and into the Judgement Room, commonly called the basement. Managers and staff members monitor the trainees as they enter, nervous chatter interspersed with vocal warm-ups silenced at the sight of the mock-up stage placed against the back wall. Even the bravest of them can attest to the feeling of cold fear that washes over them when they see the stage, for the knowledge of their fate--and the remembrance of last year's evaluation, for an unlucky few--is terrifying indeed.

For Yuzuru, this stage is a challenge. And, having seen it every month for the last three years, not a particularly difficult one. The routine, at this point known by heart, is simple: sit down and wait for your name to be called.

Most trainees who await evaluation day each month, have prepared their skills beforehand (unless you joined yesterday), and Yuzuru in particular has a good idea of what he wants to show on stage. After showcasing his dancing talents quite extensively for the past three years, he needs to prove himself worthy of debut by giving them something new. Thus, his idea: a self-choreographed, mixed martial arts routine interspersed with a vocal (in Korean, no less) performance of Infinite's "Bad."

To Yuzuru, the Korean language is still not as familiar and beautiful as his mother tongue, but five years in South Korea is more than enough time to coax the vowels and words of Korea into his vocabulary. He hasn't gotten rid of his slight accent yet; this is mostly due to his ongoing use of Japanese to speak to his family on Fridays, and his love for Japanese music, traditional or otherwise. And while he knows that foreigners, even ones from close by, like the Chinese and Japanese, can be singled out for being "different," he can never fully leave behind his culture. A part of him would never accept that and besides, his mother would be gravely disappointed.

So, while his tongue is busy going over the lyrics of "Bad," Yuzuru's heart is firmly Japanese. He's at AS Entertainment for a reason, after all--they promised an opportunity for anyone who could work hard enough to achieve them.

The crackle and screech of the faulty audio system draws Yuzuru out of his thoughts and back into the dirty yellow walls of AS Entertainment's basement, where the General Manager stands on the makeshift stage, characteristic frown on his face and mic in hand. If the rickety, years-old metal chairs don't alert you to the real nature of AS Entertaiment's financial status, then maybe the coffee stains on Manager Taeyung's well-worn yellow sweater will, along with the dark bags under his eyes.

"Alright, listen up, 'cause I'm only gonna say this once. If you've been here for years, you know the drill. But, since we have a new recruit--" At this point, Manager Taeyung consults the papers in his hands; "--Song Daehyun. Right. Okay. Today's schedule is as follows: First, solo performances. You've prepared ahead of time, I would hope. We'll call your name, you get up here, do your part, get down. Next, the girls, under dance instructor Ms. Lee, will have their dance performance of Very Very Very, and the guys have a performance of..." Manager Taeyung rubs his eyes, squinting at the paper in his hands. Somebody hands him a pair of glasses. "...Shinee's Lucifer. Good luck." He then steps off the stage and collapses into a nearby chair.

Yuzuru sucks in a breath, squaring his shoulders. He's been practicing so long, he no longer gets any stage fright, but the sudden pre-concert nerves? Regretfully, still very present. At times like these, he focuses on his mother's words before he left for Korea: "Make us proud." Don't come home until you're famous, she teased, but Yuzuru knows there will always be an empty place at the dinner table just for him. His step-sisters, too--

"Kang Hanseul! Please come up on stage!"

--But right now, Yuzuru will wait his turn. The opportunity will come itself soon enough. For now, he--and every other trainee--just needs to wait.

@KimHanuel@Lovely Complex@TheDookieNut@KatKook@Lady Ostara@Hey Im Jordan@Fabricant451

Life of Trainees

@Hey Im Jordan YES SHE'S HERE AND SHE'S PERFECT AND WE'RE ABOUT TO ROCK AND ROLL

ladies and gents get ready for IC posting.... more details once I get it posted! <3

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@KatKook yEAH ITS JAE

accepted <333 love him

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@Lady Ostara same.... I should do something productive

Life of Trainees

AS Entertainment Staff

General Manager Taeyung

𝙶𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝙺𝚒𝚖 𝚃𝚊𝚎𝚢𝚞𝚗𝚐

Kim Myungjun | #ffd346

Name: Kim Taeyung

Age: Let's not be asking these questions, now.

Years spent at AS Entertainment: 17 years; he entered the company at 17 and has been a manager for 6.

Nationality: Korean

Place of Birth: Ilsan, South Korea

Area(s) of Expertise: Management. Teaching trainees the life skills they'll need to survive in the harsh world of K-pop. Not a vocal trainer.

Background:

Before AS Entertainment re-invented themselves and re-opened their doors to include trainees from all over the globe, their only contribution to the K-pop industry was a boy group by the name of Violet Day. A quartet composed of lead vocal Taeyung, leader and main rapper Jin, lead rapper Wonhyun, and lead dancer Kim T, they maintained a level of mediocrity throughout their entire career and met an unsurprising end of disbandment after two years of promotional silence. Regarded by the public as potential never fully realized due to the third-rate managers and low budget AS Entertainment had at the time, not to mention their own half-hearted attempts, their disbandment was met with little fanfare. They never even had a fandom name.

While Kim T, Jin, and Wonhyun all left the company soon after the news broke in hopes of pursuing other career options, Taeyung stayed. Maybe it was due to a lack of options, or a shred of hope; in any case, he was offered a management job after a year of sitting in the basement with no news and no future. Perhaps against his better judgement, he accepted. He currently works as AS Entertainment's general manager, teaching trainees how not to fail like he did; his bandmates have found similar lines of work elsewhere as dance instructors and the like.

Personality:

Jaded with his life, but unwilling to let AS Entertainment make the same mistakes that led to Violet Day's disbandment, Taeyung works tirelessly to bring up trainees that can withstand the pressure of standing on stage. Don't be fooled by his easygoing appearance and selfless goals, however; Taeyung is a businessman at heart and if you can't make it here, then what's the point of keeping you around? Taeyung knows the netizens won't write off a slip or voice crack, so neither will he. Uncompromising and efficient, he's the first to tell you to leave if you can't keep up and the first to notify you of your contract's termination in the case of a scandal. When a group is debuted, he'll probably be your main manager, so you'd best stay on his good side!

Taeyung is a man of many hats; everything from lawsuits to photography has a place in his wide and varied job description, and he pulls it all off... somehow. This mixture of stressed out, exhausted, and short-tempered paints Taeyung as the villain to many trainees; if you can catch him off-duty, he's much less serious and would love to chat--unless it's about work. Deep down, he cares a lot for the trainees he manages, just in more of a "tough love" way than a "kind and understanding" way. But if something does happen to one of his kids, you can bet he'd be the first to grill the CEO about it.

Other: He still keeps in touch with his former bandmates, but wasn't close with them then and certainly isn't now. Don't ask him about his vocals. Do ask him about his variety skills.

Manager Kyumin

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Name:
Mio Kyumin
Nickname:
KyuKyu, The Twin Terrors' Handler, Seven
Age:
31
Gender:
Male
Sexuality:
Straight
Relationship Status:
Single
Hometown:
Long Beach, California
Nationality:
Korean
Area(s) of Expertise: Modeling, Languages, Finding Talent, The Twins
Years with AS Entertainment: 15 years
16-20; He was a part of the Model Team
20-26; Talent Agent
26-31; Manager of the Kang Twins

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Biography:
Mio Kyumin was born in Long Beach, California, on 10 February, 1987. He has one younger sister, Jihyo. Both parents are doctors, and because of their career choices and great track record, they were offered leadership positions at Seoul's largest hospital.

Kyumin was scouted by a talent agent from AS Entertainment when he was sixteen as he was waiting for friends in front of his high school. The agent recommended him to audition for the company's Modeling Casting System. He auditioned without his parent's approval; his parents were notified only after he passed the auditions. Although his parents allowed him to sign a contract with AS Entertainment, they did not give him any help because they wanted him to take responsibility for his actions. He later moved into dormitories with fellow trainees and was trained in areas of singing, acting, and dancing. He was featured in a few music videos, usually as the cute boy that a girl has a crush on whilst he was being trained as a Model.

It was when he was twenty that he decide that he didn't want to be a model and that he really enjoyed working for AS Entertainment. So, he decided to try out for one of the other departments of AS after talking about it with his own Manager. He was introduced to team of the Talent Agents, and from that day forward he began to recruit new talents for AS. While he did enjoy recruiting new talents, he always felt like he could do more. It wasn't till he was twenty-six that he found what now calls his "true calling," and it came in the appearance of The Kang Twins. He had discovered them performing in a little music shop in Seoul one day and had heard rumors about these amazing twins who could play anything and that everyone loved to hear them sing. It was little hard to get the twins to their first Audition, with Hee Young not really being interested, but because of Jae Sun's excitement and a few days of persuasion, he finally got them in to audition with AS Entertainment. Usually, after the new talents get accepted into AS, he doesn't really see or interact with them. But with The Twins it was different. They always purposefully went out of their way to look for him.

After the third manager gave up on dealing with The Twins, he was told by upper management that since they have such high opinions of him and tend to listen to whatever he says, they were promoting him to be their Manager. It did take some time for all three of them to fully adjust to him suddenly becoming their manager, but it was easily one of the greatest things to happen to him. Since then, him and the twins have been living and working together. He finds to be like 2 adorably annoying siblings and they think of him as their brother instead of their manager.

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Manager Jeongyeon

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"You shouldn’t just do whatever you want!"

Jung Wheein | #E725A9

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Name:
Hwang Jeongyeon (황정연)

Aliases:
Manager Unnie, Manger Jeongyeon, Manager Hwang, JJ, Chef, Scary lady with the short hair and heels, Old lady & Old lady manager (By Hyunjin)

Age:
29

Gender:
Female

Sexuality:
???

Birthday:
April 17, 1988

Nationality:
Korean

Place of Birth:
Jeollabuk-do, South Korea

Years spent in AS Entertainment:
11

She started as a vocalist and debuted in a group which disbanded after a few months.

Area(s) of Expertise:
⟡ Main Vocalist - A vocalist years ago, but she's still good at it.
⟡ Main Dancer - Renowned for her dancing, she still dances amazingly.
⟡ Managing Ahn Hyunjin and Kim Jiwon - "Ah yes, the trouble makers, good thing I know how to handle them; though they are my children if you hurt them I will kill you."
⟡ Eating - Taking care of the two takes a lot of practice.
⟡ Sometimes spoils Ahn Hyunjin and Kim Jiwon.

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Appearance:

Jeongyeon fits the role of girl crush when it comes to her appearance, it may be because of her vibes that always switch from time to time. During her training days, she had lost some weight, just enough to make her fit and athletic, and by doing so her lifestyle had became healthy and much more active. She is most likely going to rock the hairstyles that she decides to go with, it can range from long to short, but as of late it is blonde and short, and hell she's rocking it like no tomorrow. People would distinguish her with her long but thin eyes, obvious dimple when she smiles and her general overall vibe. Jeongyeon is quite short, definitely shorter than her 'children' standing at 162 cm ( 5ft 3¾in) and weighing exactly 95 lbs.

In terms of fashion, Jeongyeon does like making her outfit her 'mood' for that day along with matching sunglasses, hat, or choker depending on what goes with the outfit. Though it is just your usual Korean fashion, and nothing less. For some odd reason, Jeongyeon likes having something on her head, may it be a hat, a hood, or even just a pair of sunglasses, it's not the most obvious thing but it's definitely a 'Jeongyeon' thing to do.

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Personality:

"What the hell do you think you're doing!?" Jeongyeon, ah yes, a person who gets heated when things do not go accordingly but is also someone who gets really soft around people she cares about. Strangely enough, Jeongyeon is really clingy, especially to her 'children' (even though she scolds them both a lot) but she's actually really nice when people get to know her. Jeongyeon, even back in her trainee and idol days decided to stay humble and only accept things when they are given to her and when it is supposed to be received, she doesn't like being given a lot more than she deserves.

Jeongyeon is a special type of people person, she loves people and loves meeting them but she doesn't fully make friends with them easily, she just likes being around people. As aforementioned Jeongyeon gets really heated pretty easily because people don't listen to her or when things don't go according to plan. She's not really good at penting up her anger and sometimes gets physical but she means the best and doesn't want to really give herself a bad image.

And who could forget her captivating laugh that always brings attention.

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"Turn your ego down."

History:

Born in Jeollabuk-do, South Korea, and being an only child in an upper class family in South Korea, gave her access to a lot of good stuff growing up. She wasn't a problematic child, hell she was actually really nice and someone who excelled in the school's conduct even with her temper. As Jeongyeon was growing up, at around the age of 6, Jeongyeon's uncle had come back from England for over 8 years of living there and has been teaching her English while her parents were off doing other stuff. And because of her uncle, she was introduced to a lot of English songs growing up as well which she loved singing.

In school, Jeongyeon was always striving for the top, always reaching top 10 in the whole batch of the school, and during that she had been practicing singing which was best her talent. Some would even say that maths is her best talent, but she would always disagree and say it is singing. Though, even with that Jeongyeon always shows her best when the spotlight is shown on her, it could either be her laugh or maybe just her love of smiling, or it could even be just from her dancing.

Jeongyeon graduated from high school as a trainee, since she had auditioned in sophomore year and was inducted in AS entertainment as a trainee by then. Her friends and family were proud of her but that meant that her scholarship wasn't kept as well since she had to focus on being a trainee. Her audition tape was a whole performance of SNSD's Into The New World, weeks after it was released, it showed her capabilities of dance and vocal which amazed the people at AS entertainment.

Jeongyeon debuted in a group 8 years ago, had one song called "Release" and disbanded months after. She had just decided to be an employee of AS Entertainment since then, since she didn't want to go through the trouble of trying to get into another group. And since she didn't like all the training she had as a trainee, she had decided to be a manager so that she'll at least lighten the load to those she will manage.

Extra:
⟡ Likes watching mokbang shows (eating shows).
⟡ Likes to draw.
⟡ She has a cat named Ggomo/Kkomo who has appeared in many of her photo and video diaries.
⟡ Is the cook for Ahn Hyunjin and Kim Jiwon sometimes.

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"Careful! The world is unfair, so let me yell at it!"

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Siai

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Siai is an American actress, blogger, music icon and former reality television personality. She was born and raised in Oahu, the youngest daughter of Korean parents. A lot of people were surprised to see her and her siblings go in such different directions as her older sister is main pianist for the American Orchestra. Her twin older brothers both went into their own perspective fields, one in private security and the other became a doctor. Many people had assumed that all four of them would work in their parents' restaurant for the rest of their lives like other local children whose parents owned a restaurant or family business.

Siai's break came when she was working for her parent's restaurant. She had just arrived on a film set to deliver food to a director and it was just by chance she fit the description of the actress who was to sick to perform that day. After acting out one little scene, she was bombarded with requests to come work for many different companies. Instead of signing with one of the larger entertainment companies. she had decided to self manage herself. It was a interesting decision to have made on her part but it worked out well in the end for she went from have small roles on TV shows to be one of the main characters to have large roles in movies. She ended up making such a large name for herself that she was on the cover of KoreAm mutiple times for her success.

Since she graduated from college a few years ago, Siai has put acting on the back burner mostly only taking small roles or commercials. Lately she has been really been known for work with the Hawaiian Orchestra, and working on interconnecting the many different Hawaiian entertainment companies under one name, Kama'aina Pride. She is considered to be one of the most successful Islanders who gives back to the Hawaiian Island. Other finding causes to donate in her state of birth, She is know to donate money to organizations and companies that she believes in. Right now her interest in AS Entertainment caused her to go into her most latest finical endeavor, working as a Unofficial employee of AS Entertainment, where she not only helps to teach the trainees the skills they need. But also running The ASE youtube channel and recording all the trainees as part of predebut promotion, and running the trainees' blog channel called "What's up, Ace?"

She always find it fun and interesting to work with the trainees as she records their blog story for the day, or assisting staff to set a prank on certain trainees. Or filming their reaction in being put into difficult situations, her favorite part is recording the interactions between the Aces and staff.

Skyline Academy (Academy of Heroes)

Eyes trained on the figures of her fellow mystery-solvers, Yunnie takes a cautious step out of the stairway and into the courtyard, ready to follow the group back into the building (and hopefully take part in the discussion of suspicious men). Taking a look at her classmates, she notes the Hispanic girl who seems to be taking control of the situation, another who very suddenly pushes a (large!) ball of fire towards Yunnie, letting it float above her head. Yunnie, being the semi-skittish girl she is, flinches, then turns around to see another person standing above her on the stairwell.

"So," she says, "I'm guessing that you saw what I saw. And what they all saw. Whatever the hell that was."

"Y-yeah," Yunnie says, nervously, mostly because there's a ball of fire that is behaving in a increasingly nerve-wracking way, but also because if this was a real spy mission, she's be dead. Her sneaking-around skills, fostered in the no-magic-allowed house of her mother and father, have taken a bit of a beating. (Maybe they're even better at sneaking around then her. She should ask for tips.)

"I, um, was watching from the window," Yunnie supplies, not quite sure who she's speaking to or even why. When it comes to actually speaking to people, she tends to freeze up. Or mess up. "Then decided to come down--I'm Yeojung, by the way. But you can call me Yunnie!" (Oops. That's a little loud.)

After finishing her part of the investigation, Yunnie takes a step back from the conversation. The night is rapidly cooling, and in the dark courtyard, she has a thought occur to her--maybe wearing all pink and glitter wasn't such a good idea. If somebody shined a light on her, she'd be done. It's a shame; she was so excited to meet new people that she forgot about the problems that come with wearing shiny things late at night. Is it too much? It's too much.

Sighing, Yunnie performs another costume change, applying a one-size-fits-all camouflage to her skirt, jacket, and boots. (The earrings, though. The earrings stay.) She hates to make things so unpretty, but it's for the sake of the mystery. Who cares if she's feeling a little drained now; we all must make sacrifices for humanity's sake. And Yunnie just wants to fit in.

"Can't do anything about the glitter," she says apologetically, brushing some off her (such an ugly gray, ew) leather jacket. "But, about what we saw--it's too weird to not be important, you know?"

@Raptra@PokimKyOshi@Ken