Idol (leader and main dancer of J.B.N.).
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Post by Woo Seojin on Jul 23, 2020 18:37:33 GMT -8
[This thread is backdated to a weekday in late May.]
Seojin had been surprised when she'd gotten a message that she needed to come up to the CEO's office for a meeting. She'd been even more surprised when that was followed up with a message indicating that it was to welcome a new trainee. At this point, with a name and debut day set for the group, she'd not expected any changes to the line up, but she figured that the CEO probably knew what he was doing, and a last minute addition had turned out pretty well for Yuseong, so it couldn't go that badly for J.B.N.
Seojin would just have to do her best to make sure that the new girl was able to settle in with the other trainees quickly enough.
She paused out in the waiting room for a minute, gathering her thoughts. She'd have a little bit of time to show the other girl around and get her settled in before any of the others got back. Hayun, Jane, and Anya were all at school, and Shieon had needed to go somewhere. Seojin couldn't remember off the top of her head if it was a family thing or an appointment of some sort, but she'd said that she'd be gone until around the time the others got back from school.
She knocked on the door and went in as soon as the CEO called her in, bowing as soon as she got into the office and saying formally, "Hello, I came as soon as I got the message."
She then glanced around, to see if the new girl was there yet.
Elena Moon
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Dreams Ent Trainee.
Bisexual.
Single.
04/13/2005.
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Post by Elena Moon on Jul 23, 2020 18:52:36 GMT -8
Elena had already been in the CEO's office, pacing out of nervousness. She couldn't believe she was actually going to be in a band, and she was already obsessed with their debut song. She was a little worried that coming in so late wouldn't be taken so well.
The CEO had told her that she'd be a J.B.N. member almost four months ago now, but because of passport and visa issues, she hadn't been able to come over until now. Still, they'd scheduled video sessions with the choreographer and even sent one to her for about a week to make sure she'd be ready.
She was surprised when the CEO had told her that the other members didn't know she was in the group. No wonder she was never able to contact them. She'd tried to reach out via social media but had never gotten a response, now she knew why, they just thought she was an overly friendly fan.
She wondered if they didn't know she was part of the group, how they'd react to having to adjust their choreography. She had been taught the six person version. She'd also been given lines in the song, but listening to the demo she'd practiced to, the song was recorded without her. She hoped she wasn't going the cause the group a headache.
She continued pacing, pausing only when the door opened. She smiled in delight. "Seojin-unnie!" she squealed and rushed over, hugging the other girl. She gave her dos besos, placing her right cheek against Seojin's and making a kissing sound, then repeated the process with her left cheek. There was no actual kissing involved, more like air kisses.
"It's so nice to meet you!" She stopped hugging the other girl and instead moved to her side and looped her arm in hers, "My name is Elena Moon and I'm so excited to join J.B.N.!"
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Idol (leader and main dancer of J.B.N.).
Lesbian.
Single, very closeted.
04/04/2002.
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Post by Woo Seojin on Jul 23, 2020 19:06:55 GMT -8
Seojin's eyes found the pretty girl, between her and Hayun in height, probably a little younger than her, really nice smile. She was starting to smile and offer a greeting when suddenly she had an armful of cute girl excitedly babbling about joining the group and giving her a hug and cheek air kiss things. Seojin squeaked, though she also instinctively gave the girl a hug, and if her balance had been any worse than it was, she probably would have literally been bowled over by the entire movement.
It took Seojin a second longer than it probably should have to figure out letting go and stepping away, but she took a few deep breaths once she had, sure that her cheeks were heating up and hoping that the CEO didn't think that she was behaving poorly as the leader in this situation.
Seojin re-calibrated her thoughts for a moment, taking a few more deep breaths. She bowed to Elena politely, glad that she'd focused enough in time to catch the other girl's name. She was pretty sure that she was still blushing. She said politely but with a smile and a friendly tone, "Nice to meet you Elena, I'm Woo Seojin, and welcome to Dreams Ent and J.B.N."
She looked at the CEO then, and he said, "I'm done with paperwork and everything. Show her around, get her familiar with the studios. This is why there were two versions of the choreography that you learned, and there are some lines that are going to need to get rerecorded, but we weren't sure if the stuff with VISAs was going to work out in time, so we needed to have a finished product ready to go. Fortunately, it did, and there's enough time to get Elena fully worked in to the song and choreo, and just in time for the MV shooting."
Seojin nodded, just in time was right, they were filming that weekend. Seojin really hoped that Elena knew her parts already and would just be adjusting to doing them with the group as a whole.
She bowed to the CEO again, and turned back towards Elena, saying, "Are you ready to see where everything is?"
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Post by Elena Moon on Jul 23, 2020 19:21:31 GMT -8
Elena couldn't help just beaming at Seojin. She leaned in, her face only a couple inches from Seojin's, "Unnie, why are you so pretty in person?" She leaned back shaking her head in amazement.
She paused and held her tongue while the CEO finished explaining things and she bowed with Seojin. "Yes please! I want to see everything!"
She linked her arm with Seojin's and practically skipped along. "I know you're probably worried that I won't be able to keep up but I promise I've already learned all the choreography and I love to dance so I'm really good with timing. So I should be able to fit right in and not cause too much trouble," she barely took a breath.
"I haven't really spent any time in the recording studio so that's going to be a little bit of learning process for me, just on the logistics side of things, but I've been listening to the recorded version and I've bene practicing so I think I can match up to everyone's voices pretty well. Or at least I hope I can." She paused for a second, a shy smile creeping up onto her face.
"I'm talking too much, right? Was that all in Korean? Did I swap into Spanish, I'm so sorry if I did," she covered her mouth with her other hand, maintaining her other arm's link with Seojin's.
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Idol (leader and main dancer of J.B.N.).
Lesbian.
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Post by Woo Seojin on Jul 23, 2020 19:36:41 GMT -8
Seojin's hands came up to cover her face, trying to hide the blush that resurged as Elena leaned in close and complimented her. Seojin was absolutely not used to being called pretty. She knew she wasn't a visual by Kpop standards. Slightly flustered, she blurted out, "You're also very pretty."
She was slightly overwhelmed by the linked arms, and just everything, but they also gave her a way to steer Elena out of the room and towards where the training rooms were while she talked. The girl talked, a lot. She smiled tentatively, hoping that Elena wouldn't think that she was too quiet or rude or something for being overwhelmed.
When there was finally a lull in Elena's talking, she said, "Don't worry, you were all in Korean. I also speak English if that is better for you at times. What languages do you speak? Felix is going to be really happy to have another Spanish speaker."
She paused, gathering her thoughts from the embodiment of distraction that was Elena hanging off her, and said, "We'll go to the dorm first, and then down to the dance studio so that I can see where you are with the dance, and then we can spend some time getting you used to a studio set up. Have you sung with a microphone before?"
She was curious what role the CEO had her for. The lines in the song had been sort of unbalanced towards Seojin and Hayun getting more than really their fair share of lines, so she suspected that the girl was a good vocalist. Maybe she'd take away the high part of Seojin's lines that she was struggling with live and make it so that Hayun didn't have what seemed like endless high notes through the middle. That would be good. She asked, "Has the CEO told you your position yet? I'm sure that I can figure it out from the parts he had you learn, but I'm curious what to expect."
She hesitated again and said, "You being here was a surprise to us, but how much do you know about the members? Like you obviously knew who I was, but beyond that?"
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Post by Elena Moon on Jul 23, 2020 19:55:17 GMT -8
Elena grinned at the compliment and took Seojin's hand and kissed it a few times before linking arms again, "Unnie is too sweet!"
She let herself be steered around, "I speak Spanish, English, French and some Portuguese... Also Korean," she added, knocking on her head lightly as a joke.
She changed the knock to a salute, "yes ma'am! My body is yours! Mold me as you wish!" she squeezed Seojin's arm, just so happy to finally be here.
"I think I'm helping Hayun-nnie with the main vocal part and I like to dance so maybe lead dancer, I honestly am not too sure." Elena crinkled her nose, happy she got to use her clever "Hayun-nnie" in conversation so quickly.
She let go of Seojin's arm and grabbed both her hands in her own, standing in front of her, "I really didn't know that you guys didn't know about me, I just thought you were busy and couldn't respond to me." She stepped forward and pressed their hands underneath her chin. "I'm @moonmoon! I comment and message on every one of your videos. I guess knowing now that you didn't know who I was makes me seem a little crazy and stalker-ish."
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Idol (leader and main dancer of J.B.N.).
Lesbian.
Single, very closeted.
04/04/2002.
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Post by Woo Seojin on Jul 23, 2020 20:12:39 GMT -8
Seojin stared at her hand for a while, seriously contemplating if someone could just pass out from blushing too much. Elena was not like anyone she'd ever interacted with. It was a lot. Not a bad lot necessarily, but Seojin was extremely confused.
Seojin focused on the information that she had more control over than whatever was going on and the rush of blood to her cheeks. She said, "Felix, he's one of the main dancers among the boys, he's from Argentina, and your Korean is stronger than his, so he'll probably be grateful to have you around. Meri, the newest of the boys, I'm not sure he's been in anything posted publicly yet, though he and Tai might have posted a cover or a selca together or something, he speaks French. Anya, and Jane, and Tai, and I all speak English well. Hayun can manage in English. So if you're struggling with things in Korean, there will be people who you can talk with. We train with the boys kind of often, it's a small company."
She chuckled at Hayun-nnie, and said, "I suspect that Hayun will be entertained by that."
She had to think about their social media presence a little bit and said, "I mean, you're partially right. I don't think that I've actually looked at my public social media account in weeks. Not since the last time I did a live, and that was only for like twenty minutes after the live. It's mostly the managers who deal with the public social media presence. Now that you're here, we'll all exchange personal contact information, though honestly we'll mostly see each other at the dorms. I'm not sure why the CEO didn't tell us, though I'd wondered about the two different versions of the choreography. The managers probably knew who you were, but they probably didn't want to give your existence away, especially not if the CEO wasn't sure if you'd be joining before or after debut."
She said, "I'm glad though, it sounds like you're probably going to rescue me from my high parts in the vocals, and make it so that Hayun doesn't run out of air by the end of the song with all the high ad libs. I thought that they were a bit much too. It makes more sense if they were meant for two vocals."
She was relived when they made it to the dorm. She led Elena inside and said, "It's not much, but we've got a kitchen and a living room and a bedroom and a restroom in here so that we don't have to shower at the training rooms, though there are restrooms with more showers there too. The room's in here, I don't know if your stuff has arrived yet? But there's one bed free, it's the top bunk closest to the windows, though if that doesn't work for you, we might be able to move some of us around. Anya's got the bottom bunk and I've got the top bunk on the door side bunk beds. Hayun's got the bottom bunk and Shieon-unnie has the top bunk in the middle. And you're going to be sharing with Jane, who's got the bottom bunk by the windows."
She glanced at Elena, trying to figure out if she needed to see more here for now. And said, "As soon as you want, we can head for the dance studios, and I can help make sure that you've got the choreo down."
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Post by Elena Moon on Jul 23, 2020 20:30:25 GMT -8
Elena squeaked, "Tengo un hermano!" she was excited to meet Felix eventually. "Unnie, your face is red, are you okay?" she reached out and placed her hands on Seojin's cheeks. "Ai, it's just a blush, you look so pretty when you blush!"
She removed her hands and grinned playfully, "I should apologize. I've been told by my father that I'm very un-Korean. In Spain we're very touchy feely, so I apologize if I'm constantly all over you. If you really hate it, please just remind me, and be super patient," she reached out and squeezed Seojin's hands again, "because I will one hundred percent forget."
She followed her leader into the room, "top bunk and windows, I couldn't have asked for a better spot," she climbed up to look at the bed, "my suitcase!" she wrestled it down. "Mi abuelo y abuela live in Apgujeong... sorry I mean grandparents, so I've got stuff there too. I figured I'd move in slowly."
She rolled the suitcase to the foot of the bed, "can I leave this here for now? If so, I'm ready to go dance!"
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Idol (leader and main dancer of J.B.N.).
Lesbian.
Single, very closeted.
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Post by Woo Seojin on Jul 23, 2020 20:47:29 GMT -8
Seojin did her best to control her breathing and the blush. She blurted out, "I don't mind it's OK, you just, I'm not used to it, but I don't mind. And I'm not that pretty, I'm not a visual."
She felt like she was babbling. She took a few deep breaths, glad to have a little bit more context. She said, "I'm glad you like the one remaining bunk. And it's good that you have family nearby. I'm sure that will make things easier."
She took another few deep breaths and said, "Let's go dance then!"
Dance was something that she felt in control doing. This had not been an in control day from the point that Elena had launched herself at her, and Seojin was trying to get her face and speaking to cooperate with her. She started leading the way to the dance studio, down a flight of stairs and a short hallway from the dorm.
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Post by Elena Moon on Jul 23, 2020 21:01:11 GMT -8
"Psssh, not a visual, mentira..." Elena said, calling her a liar. "Unnie is very pretty, even when you're not wearing makeup. That's the true test of beauty."
Elena followed Seojin out of the dorm, reaching out and taking her hand as they went, lacing their fingers together and hopping along after her. She was very excited to finally go see the dance studio. She'd finally get to be in the actual Dreams Entertainment dance studio, she felt like she was going to vibrate right out of her skin.
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Idol (leader and main dancer of J.B.N.).
Lesbian.
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Post by Woo Seojin on Jul 23, 2020 21:13:33 GMT -8
Seojin was pretty sure that she'd just been called a liar. She looked down and shook her head, voice a little bit shakier than she would have liked when she said, "I'm glad you think so."
She was glad when they got to the dance studio, though a tiny bit reluctant to let go of Elena's hand, but also very ready to let go and not have to think about the fact that she was enjoying this. She was being horrifically obvious, and Elena was going to figure it out, and it might be a problem. She had no idea how Elena would react. She had just barely met the other girl.
She said, somewhat needlessly since she knew that Elena had seen it on video, "This is the main dance studio, there are other smaller ones for solo practice, but we've got this one for now. Yuseong has schedules today, so we won't be in anyone's way."
She wandered over to the music set up, and said, "Let's warm up and then you can show me what you've got for our choreo."
She started the mix that they generally used for warm ups, starting to do dynamic stretches to get herself ready to dance, and watching to see what Elena did. This was safer territory. Dance was something that she understood.
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Post by Elena Moon on Jul 23, 2020 21:21:47 GMT -8
Elena jumped up and down a few times, excited as the music started. She began doing some flexibility stretches, making sure to ease into them so she could get a smoother, full range of motion. She tried to go down into the splits but her pants stopped her, "okay, didn't plan that right."
She stood up straight and muttered in Spanish a little and did some very odd looking stretches that had nothing to do with stretching her body and everything to do with making her pants more flexible. Afterwards she was able to execute the splits. "Gracias, Dios" she said under her breath.
"Bailamos! Let's dance!" she said when the mix ended, her voice cracking because of her squeal.
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Idol (leader and main dancer of J.B.N.).
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Post by Woo Seojin on Jul 23, 2020 21:31:44 GMT -8
Seojin giggled as Elena struggled with her pants, comfortably and smoothly dropping into splits of her own and stretching in each direction. She was still blushing a little, but it wasn't as bad somehow now that they were getting ready to dance and Elena looked silly. Seojin said, "Rookie mistake. I should have suggested that you change."
She thought back to why she didn't and said sheepishly, "I was, um, distracted."
She could smack herself, obvious, stop being obvious.
She stood from her floor stretches when the music ended and went to cue up the dance track. She said, "I'll put it on with the delay so that I can get in position and dance with you. I know the six person version."
She hit play and hurried to take her place before the music started. She liked their choreography. She and Tai had both helped with it, though it had been mainly done by their dance teacher and choreographer. She hoped that she'd be able to be more involved in the next ones. She mostly focused on watching Elena in the mirror though, to gauge how well she knew the dance and could dance.
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Post by Elena Moon on Jul 23, 2020 21:38:48 GMT -8
Elena stuck her tongue out at Seojin, "I made it into the splits, didn't I?" she laughed.
She nodded assent to Seojin's plan and got into her position. Right before the music actually started and their dancing began Elena said, "because you're a lesbian, right?" She easily moved through the choreography she'd learned, making sure to keep up the different facial expressions she'd been coached to do as well as the actual choreography.
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Idol (leader and main dancer of J.B.N.).
Lesbian.
Single, very closeted.
04/04/2002.
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Post by Woo Seojin on Jul 23, 2020 21:45:59 GMT -8
Seojin proceeded to do something that she'd not done in over a decade while dancing. She tripped over her own feet and fell, managing to roll and not hurt herself or even hit the ground particularly hard. She sat on the ground and watched Elena do the dance in the mirror. Not quite sure what to say, or do, or anything. She whispered in English, "Fuck." Because swearing seemed like about the only thing she could do at this point.
Elena hadn't seemed mad, but she knew, and Seojin really hoped that she would listen to her. She said in a small voice, "Please don't tell anyone."
She wasn't sure she was ready for whatever was going to happen in all this next. Seojin knew that she'd been thrown for a loop to be too obvious. But she wasn't used to cute girls flinging themselves into her arms. She'd been off balance literally from the moment they met.
She could feel tears starting to well up in her eyes, and she scrubbed at them furiously with her sleeve, trying to keep from actually crying.
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