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Post by Doctor Nanjo M.D. on Sept 6, 2023 19:30:17 GMT
[Chapter 1 - Requested by Dae]
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Post by NIKI on Sept 6, 2023 21:01:28 GMT
Dae is running around the manor with two sodas in hand. He finally pokes his head into the reading nook, where I've decided you are sorry.
"Yu! Hey! I'm not sure if we're allowed to have drinks in here, but would you like..." He stares at the drink in his hand. "...an unbranded orange soda?"
"I figured we should get to know each other if we're gonna share a room, right? So what's up!" Dae proceeds to sit down next to Yutaro, offering him the drink.
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Post by Joker on Sept 6, 2023 22:26:23 GMT
Yu sets down a book he was looking at when he hears Dae's voice. "Thank you." He says, giving the other boy a small but nervous smile, as he accepts the drink from him.
"I don't have a problem with getting to know each other." He replies. "But wouldn't you rather learn more about someone else? I'm afraid I'm not very interesting..."
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Post by NIKI on Sept 7, 2023 0:00:03 GMT
"Wow you're, like, REALLY hard on yourself, Yu. We're roomies! And we're gonna be here for about 3 months at least! I think we could get along just fine, don't worry. Plus everyone else is either super loud or has... other things going on." Dae takes a sip of his own unbranded drink.
"So, how about we start with the reason we signed up? Why are you here right now, Yu?!" He asks enthusiastically.
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Post by Joker on Sept 7, 2023 0:47:08 GMT
"I, uh, get that a lot." Yu clears his throat awkwardly and then takes a sip of his soda. "Sorry."
"I didn't sign myself up. To be honest I had never even heard of Garry Gallaway or any of his TV shows before." He admitted. "But a girl I know filled out an application on my behalf, and she didn't tell me until after it was accepted. I couldn't really say no after all the trouble she went through. What about you? Are you here to promote your band?"
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Post by NIKI on Sept 7, 2023 1:21:19 GMT
"WHAAAAAT?? A 'girl you know'? Please tell me that you're friends at least??? That's crazy, hahaha!"
"Yeah, I guess I didn't really sign myself up either, but yes, I was chosen to come here to promote us because I'm 4*SHORE's awesome 'leader'!" Dae sparkles and does an awesome leader pose.
"I don't have much time to really watch TV these days... I had heard good things about Garry's shows in passing, though. So I thought it would be a cool idea when it was brought up, heh."
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Post by Joker on Sept 7, 2023 3:05:47 GMT
“I wouldn’t exactly say she’s a friend. More like a little sister, I think?” Yu says, answering a question with a question. “It’s kind of complicated.”
He chuckles at Dae’s pose. “I guess it is pretty cool, even if it’s a bit overwhelming for me. Is it safe to assume you’re use to the spotlight?”
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Post by NIKI on Sept 7, 2023 3:58:29 GMT
"I see... you must be close, then! Grew up together? Oh, wait, we're being recorded I understand if you don't wanna answer personal stuff, hehe."
Dae takes another sip of his soda.
"I guess I am? We've only been a group for a year and a bit, but I used to go to a performance art school before I got scouted, so I had a bit of experience before the real thing. Except my parents enrolled me for more... classical stuff. I can play the harp pretty good!"
"OH! I wanted to ask, what's up with the little bleached streak on your hair? It looks cool by the way, maybe I'll copy you... haha!" Dae asks taking a strand of his own very pink hair.
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Post by Joker on Sept 7, 2023 22:22:35 GMT
"The harp, huh?" Yu seems a bit surprised. "That's probably one of the last instrument I would've guessed. What kind of music does your band normally play?" He takes another sip of his soda as well.
"O-Oh, you really like it?" He asks, a bit embarrassed. "Thank you. I don't usually get compliments on it. It was Midori's idea. Um, she's the girl I mentioned before." He quickly adds on, once he realizes Dae wouldn't know who she is. "She wants to be a stylist when she grows up and wanted to use me as a practice dummy, I guess. She's also the one who pierced my ears too. She said if I was going to act like a delinquent I might as well look like one too."
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Post by NIKI on Sept 8, 2023 0:58:21 GMT
"Glad you asked!" Dae rolls up a magazine to use as a pretend microphone. "4*SHORE's sound combines elements from modern Y2K pop music and funky, beachy vibes which communicate the feelings of friendship and love one experiences in a party or reunion with friends and close ones! Stay tuned for our next album: LOVE*4*SHORE!" He bows and makes no further comment on the music.
"Midori! What a pretty name, she sounds like she's a very talented girl... um, but you? A delinquent? You said you were into martial arts, right? But that's a bit..." Dae smiles and shrugs. "I don't know, you just don't SEEM like a delinquent. Explain!"
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Post by Joker on Sept 8, 2023 2:28:50 GMT
Yu smiles and politely applauds Dae's sales pitch. "Um, if you haven't guessed by now but I'm not too well versed in pop culture. But I'll definitely make sure to check out your band sometime! It sounds interesting!"
"I skip school a lot and I've been in a fight. That's all it took to get labeled as a delinquent." He sheepishly rubs the back of his neck. "I wasn't the one who started the fight, but once the rumors spread no one wanted to listen to the truth. It's not all bad I guess, though. It's how I got to meet Midori."
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Post by NIKI on Sept 8, 2023 3:58:01 GMT
"Ahh... Yeah, that'll do it. That sucks, dude... but yeah, at least you got a Midori and cool makeover out of it, right! ...It's really rough dealing with rumours about things like that... u-um, I can only imagine!" Dae says in a very non suspicious manner.
"Anyway, for someone who skips school it's certainly a choice to come here in a school uniform, huh? Hehehe." Dae annoyingly nudges Yu with his elbow.
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Post by Joker on Sept 8, 2023 22:20:20 GMT
"It doesn't bother me too much, I'm used to it by now." Yu continues. "I wouldn't change how things went even if I could."
He seems a bit uncomfortable at the mention of his clothing. "Y-Yeah, I guess it is pretty silly, huh?" He says, forcing an awkward chuckle. "Um... Being famous, do you have to deal with any dumb rumors about you or anything?" He asks, trying to change the topic.
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Post by NIKI on Sept 9, 2023 0:00:28 GMT
"Well, that's good to hear! Lookin' on the bright side!"
"Oh there's rumors, definitely." Dae answers, also chuckling awkwardly.
"I'm not... sure I can talk about anything specifically, since we are on live television and all that and my manager would probably fly out all the way here to kill me on camera, but there's some wild stuff out there... Like some of it is so absurd you can't help but laugh!" He laughs and takes another sip out of his soda.
"Ugh, I feel kinda gross drinking this thing, what's it even made of...?" the pop star begins meticulously looking at the ingredient list on the can.
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Post by Joker on Sept 9, 2023 19:30:16 GMT
"Makes sense!" Yu said. "I don't want to get in you in trouble or anything, so we can drop it there."
"Now that you mention it, something does taste off about it..." He looks at his own drink, examining the ingredients as well.
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Post by NIKI on Sept 9, 2023 20:20:51 GMT
"It looks like normal soda ingredients, so what- Oh, I see! It expired years ago... haha..." Dae casually puts the drink on the floor.
"Sorry for giving you an expired soda... I don't really drink soda that often so, um, I didn't know... it could go bad in the first place!" Dae bashfully scratches the back of his head.
"So much for the luxury living conditions, huh? Hahaha!"
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Post by Joker on Sept 9, 2023 23:18:42 GMT
"I didn't know that either..." Yu sets his own soda down as well. "Hopefully it won't make us sick or anything."
He laughs at Dae's joke. "I'm surprised no one noticed that when they were stocking the fridge."
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Post by NIKI on Sept 10, 2023 0:19:48 GMT
"Kind of disgusting honestly... blehh" Dae sticks his tongue out. "Well enough of that, let's just forget about it..."
"Let's continue the interview, mr. Yutaro! Enough about school and its various rumors, too! What do you like to do on your free time? Favorite color? Favorite food? What book were you reading before I got here?!" He asks enthusiastically.
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Post by Joker on Sept 10, 2023 1:48:55 GMT
"When I'm not practicing martial arts, I like to help my mom at her bakery." Yu replies. He seems a little overwhelmed by the barrage of questions, but tries his best to keep up.
"My favorite color is blue, and my favorite food is takoyaki. And it was just a dumb joke book, but none of the jokes were very good..."
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Post by NIKI on Sept 10, 2023 2:12:57 GMT
"Wow! My favorite color's pink, so that means we both have favorite-colored hair! What a coincidence... though I guess mine is a bit more bleached, haha. Still, that's really cool! Don't you think?"
"WAIT. Your mom's a baker? YOU KNOW HOW TO BAKE STUFF?! That's great news!!!" Dae's eyes are basically sparkling as he grabs Yutaro by the shoulders and shakes him back and forth for a bit.
"I love sweet things, specially baked goods...! Ahh, but it's a shame since I'm not really supposed to eat those often... I wouldn't say no to a little cookie or two from you, though. Heh." He pats Yutaro's shoulders a couple times and lets go of him.
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Post by Joker on Sept 10, 2023 4:48:38 GMT
"Yeah, that is pretty cool." Yu manages a smile before he's shaken by the other boy.
"I'm not as good as she is, but if there's anything you want I can try to make it for you. Just let me know!"
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Post by NIKI on Sept 10, 2023 10:20:13 GMT
"YES! That would be great!"
"...!" Dae gasps and stands from his seat abruptly, the greatest idea ever having just popped into his head. "YU.... the greatest idea EVER just popped into my head." He says, pointing at the quieter boy.
"We should make stuff together. Like, on our free time, which we will probably have across 100 days, you could teach me how to bake cute little treats! Like macarons and puff pastries! Those are some of the easier ones, right...? I don't know, I just know they're cute and I like them!"
"You can ask me for anything you want in return! Within the realm of possibility of course, haha! So what do you say?!"
(*puts on glasses and raises finger* the joke here is that macarons and puff pastries are some of the hardest things to make right as a beginner)
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Post by Joker on Sept 10, 2023 18:28:35 GMT
"I-I don't know if I'm really qualified to teach, but if you want to learn then I'm willing to give it a try!" Yu sheepishly says. "They can't be that hard to make, right?"
"As for what I'd want in return...?" He continues speaking, but stops himself short. He thinks for a moment, considering his words. "Um... I want to keep talking with you more in the future. I-If that's okay with you! It'd be nice to talk to someone close to my age. I've really enjoyed our conversation so far, Dae!"
He avoids eye contact with Dae as he asks his request, a bit embarrassed about it.
(I don't know shit about baking so thank you for the explanation, friend)
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Post by NIKI on Sept 11, 2023 0:47:37 GMT
"Alright! DEAL!!" Dae takes Yutaro's hand and shakes it vigorously with both of his hands, sealing the deal.
"I'll gladly keep talking to you, didn't even have to ask!!" He gives him the finger guns and a wink. "I was just gonna keep annoying you until you paid attention to me anyway, so this is much better, hahahaha!" Dae forcefully pats him on the shoulder a couple times more before sitting back down.
"Either way... even if we don't make anything edible, I think it will be fun."
"..."
"So, like, what do you think about everyone so far? First impressions..." Dae asks, unable to contain his snake-like behaviour.
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Post by Joker on Sept 11, 2023 1:25:56 GMT
"I think it'll be fun too!" Yu says, awkwardly returning the finger guns and the wink and probably looks like a total dork doing it.
"Everyone else, huh?" He mulls the question over. "Mostly everyone seems nice, besides Rebecca and Ava... And there's definitely some uh, interesting, people here too. Like Hisoka and Anastasio. But I don't think anyone here is necessarily a bad person. At least I hope no one is..."
"What do you think of everyone else?"
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Post by NIKI on Sept 11, 2023 22:05:08 GMT
"Hehe, I guess I agree for the most part. Ava and Becky... I kinda feel like they're playing up their actual personalities, but oh well, we're on T.V. And I don't know how you feel about this, but isn't it a bit alarming how Hisoka has such a big amount of dangerous objects...? How did he get those in here??? At least it seems like he only uses them on his weird puppets..."
"Oh, and JACKSON DIAMOND, HAHAHAH!! I can't believe I ran into him here! My company hired him as my personal counselor... what a coincidence, right? He's easy to mess with since he's so clueless... Not that I'd ever actually do anything mean to him."
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Post by Joker on Sept 11, 2023 23:59:14 GMT
"Hisoka definitely seems like a wild card. We should keep an eye on him, both for our safety and his own." Yu replies.
"So you've met Jackson before then? What was he like before this? Or is he pretty much the same?"
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Post by NIKI on Sept 12, 2023 3:53:29 GMT
"Yeah, I was struggling a bit during my trainee days, so my manager told me he was hired as someone to give me advice and stuff... but from what I heard from him just now it was all free? So I don't know... his advice wasn't that great, honestly so I wouldn't be surprised."
"I'd say he's pretty much the same... as energetic as ever. Oh my god, one time, I trick- ahem, I convinced him to try some super spicy noodles me and the guys love and he CRIED. It was horrible... we had to buy him some icecream for his honest effort."
"Hey, how are you with spicy foods? Can you handle them well?"
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Post by Joker on Sept 12, 2023 23:40:29 GMT
"So he's always been like this? He seems like a nice guy, but a bit of a handful..." Yu tries to imagine the scene Dae describes.
"I'm okay with them, I think. I prefer sweeter foods, but spicy stuff every once in a while is nice! By the sound of things, I'm guessing you really like spicy food?"
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Post by NIKI on Sept 13, 2023 21:53:49 GMT
"Hmmm, well I like sweets more than anything, but I guess spicy is a close second since I can handle it pretty well! Oh, hmmm... How does a spicy noodle challenge sound? Seems like we can buy some from the store, hehehe... Maybe we can get Jackson to try them again!" Dae smiles in a devilish way.
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