✩ 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚞𝚜𝚝

yang aera march 20, 1998 (24) aspiring singer

[lgcminseo]

tmi, tmi!

Perhaps, the longer the shoot went on the more tired she became. Her energy level had plummeted albeit with not much participation from her. She had spent the majority of the morning pestering her teammates with tidbits and asking them to taste the undressed veggies she cut with a lot of love. What do you mean the organically farmed carrot tastes just like any other carrot you've tasted before? Have you ever had ranch? Is an avocado really a fruit? Unfortunately for Aera, it was finally her turn to receive undivided attention from the young woman. "Does mayonnaise freak you out too?" She blurts out without prefacing anything other than her irrational fear. "It's the viscosity, right? Is that a word..."

@lgcaera

[lgcaera]

aera looked at the other when a question was suddenly posed to her. she had noticed the other female wandering around, asking questions of the others, but it seemed like she was finally met with the same fate. a chuckle sounded from her lips as she simply gave the other a look. "freak me out?" she repeated, wondering where such a thought came from.

"i don't think any sort of non-living thing freaks me out, especially not a food product ..." her words drifted off as she tilted her head ever so slightly. "i presume by the fact that you said 'too' that you mean that mayonnaise does freak you out?" interesting, she thought to herself.

[lgcaera]

⸻ ✧ 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 !!!

hi all, i've made the difficult decision to drop aera sometime in the next few weeks. i am just keeping her around to finish up any last requirements for people ( though, i'm not sure i really have anything left to do, but if i've forgotten something for you, please let me know ASAP ). i will be traveling from 11/18 - 12/16 and will have limited access to my computer in that time. i'm also contemplating dropping my other two muses but as they've been with me for so many years, i'm going to see how i feel in my four weeks away before doing something. this will be my first hiatus in four years !!! thank you for all the love you've shown aera in her time here. i took a look at her archives and was surprised that she's been here for almost a full year already ! time flies !

anyway, tl;dr: if i owe you something for an event for aera, please let me know ASAP so i can reply. otherwise, i'll be dropping her !

[lgcjaekyung]

[ ♥ ]

upon asked how much time they had, jaekyung took a look at the clock and then back at the panels to try and make sense out of everything. she wasn't the smartest cookie in the barn and reading japanese words even romanized still required some buffering in her brain. at least though she was a good navigator and was able to figure out eventually if they'd have enough time to get there, enjoy their time and make it back before curfew.

"mhm i think we should make it just fine. we need about half an hour... can stay for abother an hour or two and then head back. the lines fortunately run late so we shouldn't have an issue finding a connection back," jaekyung assesses. with another certain smile to the older female she thus confirms her agreement with a final nod before heading forward to purchase subway tickets for the two of them, cheekily not hesitating before she switches the language to korean.

[lgcaera]

aera nodded her head. it didn't seem like a completely crazy idea. in fact, it was a very reasonable one, was it not? she just didn't want to get into any trouble on her very first tour. also, she was a bit scaredy cat in terms of some things to begin with, but the plan seemed reasonable and she felt like it would all be okay.

she stood behind the other as she got their subway tickets. she was excited to go exploring the city and all. "let me know how much i owe you, hm?" she asked, as she awaited for the other to finish. maybe she should have gotten her own ticket, but it seemed like it would take less time for jaekyung to handle all of it at once.

[lgcsori]

lgcaera

it's crazy to think about how things have changed in the last few months. there had been a great sense of disappointment when her results hadn't quite yielded what she wanted out of future dreams, but now, here they were on tour in japan. it was hard to believe that there were really that many people out there who would want to see her (or well, maybe not her but the group), but she was excited nonetheless. they were getting ready to go on stage for the first concert as aera noticed that sori seemed to be looking a bit ... well, off, for lack of a better word. undoubtedly, there were nerves flowing through all of them, but the fact that the other was walking in circles made aera believe that something was definitely not right. "you okay?" she asked, her hand extending towards the other but not quite touching her in case it gave her a fright.

it felt crazy and weird to think about all the people who had shown up for the concert, technically sori hadn’t debuted yet, she didn’t have a fixed group yet, all of these five girls could be split up as quickly as they’d been put together. she hadn’t done any variety shows, she’d just joined future dreams and then lgc girls japan, she didn’t feel like anyone would know her yet, but here she was, known, having people buy tickets to see her perform.

it was exciting, of course it was, but she was nervous, this tour felt so sudden, though they’d known about it for over a month now, sori still didn’t feel like it was real, she still couldn’t quite believe it. she turns her head when aera speaks “i think so… i’m, i’m a bit nervous to be honest” she pinches her own hand, feels her heartbeat beating quicker than normal. “are you… are you doing okay?”.

[lgcaera]

aera nodded her head at the other's question. "yes, i'm doing fine .. i think," she noted with a laugh. "i mean, i'm definitely nervous. it's a lot of sudden pressure to have so many people here for ..." she started the sentence and then realized it might not be a good idea to finish the thought as it might freak sori out even more.

"anyway, it's going to be great. we're going to do great!" she exclaimed, pumping her hands out in front of her, hoping that it would give the other some encouragement. "do you want a hug or something to calm you down?" was that weird? well, she didn't want to just approach with a hug in case the other didn't want that. however, sometimes, she calmed down a lot with a hug from someone else.

[lgcjaekyung]

@lgcaera

jaekyung loved sight seeing. so she was more than ready to accompany aera around downtown shibuya. standing before the panels of subway lines, the female wonders how far they can go for it to still be considered worth it. "did you know they have a tiny arcade by the daikanransha," she reads from the site she pulled up for the top ten sight seeing spots.

"it looks so pretty too... they got jack skellington on the ceiling!" showing the phone to aera, she couldn't help but let a grin widen across her lips. "it should be... about half an hour away if we take a direct connection.. we could probably ride the ferris wheel, play some games, take lots of pretty pictures and then be back in time for curfew," the female muses, humming in thought.

[lgcaera]

it still felt unreal to aera that they were actually traveling around japan. for work. she honestly hadn't been expecting this to happen like this, but she was so very excited to get to explore the city and everything that it had to offer. "oh?" aera was a planner, but for this trip, she had not really had the time to do so, and she was truthfully happy to just go wherever her feet led her.

"how much time do we have?" she asked. she certainly didn't want to break any rules while she was out here, but she also wanted to make the most of her time. "it sounds like fun," she noted as she checked the time on her watch. "mmm ... should we go then?"

[lgcsori]

nervousness

half a year ago sori would’ve expected to stand on a scene by now, but not like this. when sori joined future dreams, she fully believed she would make it to the final debut line, she’d prepared herself for it, she thought her chances were high, but in the end, she didn’t make it. she was ready to return to regular practice, almost act as if it never happened, but turned out the ending was a new beginning. legacy kept coming with more and more surprises, first team unknown, then legacy girls japan, now this, a tour.

they were in kanagawa for their first concert. sori wasn’t often nervous, but anyone right now could tell she was nervous, she was pinching her hand, walking in circles, trying her best to take deep breaths. technically this was her debut, technically it wasn’t, but no matter what, she wanted today to be perfect, she wanted the people in the audience to feel like their money had been well spent, she wanted to show a good performance.

GO! @lgcaera

[lgcaera]

it's crazy to think about how things have changed in the last few months. there had been a great sense of disappointment when her results hadn't quite yielded what she wanted out of future dreams, but now, here they were on tour in japan. it was hard to believe that there were really that many people out there who would want to see her (or well, maybe not her but the group), but she was excited nonetheless.

they were getting ready to go on stage for the first concert as aera noticed that sori seemed to be looking a bit ... well, off, for lack of a better word. undoubtedly, there were nerves flowing through all of them, but the fact that the other was walking in circles made aera believe that something was definitely not right. "you okay?" she asked, her hand extending towards the other but not quite touching her in case it gave her a fright.

[foreverlgcdaeho]

aera​:

aera was glad that the other hadn’t found her to be a complete weirdo at this point. well, she was just trying to be polite at this point. “i just hope that we’re making something that i want to eat,” she chuckled. then again, she wasn’t a picky eater so perhaps that request wasn’t really that big of a deal.

she nodded her head as she smiled warmly at the other. “a special dish that i’m good at?” she repeated his question. “well, i think i’m generally good at following directions of a recipe but there’s not much that i can make well without one. does that make sense? like, i’d like to think i am a good chef but just to whip something up …. an omelette might be the only thing that i can do without a recipe. that sounds so horrible. how about you?”

“with my cooking skills you will definitely want to eat it, even if it might not sound good!” that was very confident for daeho to say out loud but what can he say, he was very confident in his skill. aftrer all anything and everything was taught to him by his grandmother. maybe he was biased but she was indeed that best chef in the house

daeho listened to the young girl speak about things that she could and couldnt do. a small chuckle escaped from between his lips. “an omelet is better than nothing right? at least you didnt say cereal.” it was a joke as cereal was probably the easiest thing someone can make. “i learn the basic of cooking from my grandmother. so any side dish and korean food that you can find a grandma cooking well i can do it pretty well. am i the best not really, i probably burnt an egg one too many time.”

“so if this recipe calls for egg maybe you can be in charge of cooking the egg?” turning his head towards the teacher of the cooking class he waited to hear the topic of their cooking today,

[lgcaera]

"oh?" aera was surprised at the confidence that the other had in his own cooking skills. she didn't actually believe most at legacy to be confident with their cooking skills (in fact, she always thought that she was one of the few to actually enjoy cooking), but perhaps she was way off. "then it seems that i will really look forward to this," she nodded her head excitedly.

aera pretended to gasp when the other joked that at least she hadn't mentioned cereal. "that would be absolutely horrible." she listened as the other continued on. "that's really impressive. that you also sort of kept it up, you know? i feel like a lot of people our age ... well, they get busy and they don't bother to learn or refine their skills. so, that's really neat!"

"if there is a need for egg cooking, then i'm your girl!" she noted confidently. though she hoped that they would be cooking more than eggs.

[boynextdoors]

[lgcmilan]

lgcaera​:

lgcmilan​:

aera looked at the other as she mentioned going out into nature to develop her survival skills. she was about to protest doing such a thing when milan mentioned that making s'mores was also a survival skill. a laugh sounded from her lips as she nodded her head. “okay okay,” she exclaims. “it’s a deal. though, you’ll need to prove that you’re good at it first before you force me to do that!”

however, as milan continues on, she starts to wonder if the other really had any idea what she was talking about. “well, seems like you’re not the one who should be taking me out into nature!” she teases back. granted, as she explains the process, it certainly sounds more professional than anything she’s done before. “that sounds very … not tasty,” she adds with a nod of her head.

it's milan's turn to laugh. "deal!" a bit more seriously she continues. "but seriousy, there's something healing in going out of the city and be in nature. like, look!" with her free hand she points to the sky. "seeing the stars, breathing fresh air, if were more quiet, we wouldn't hear a single car." she isn't one to go on trekks in the forest or even really like camping, still, all these little things remind her of home. "if you ever feel stressed out, let me know. we can have a little barbecue at a nice camping spot, not too far from seoul." she concludes

as they talk, milan keeps a keen eye on their marshmallows. after a while, satisfied, she announces "it should be okay now. "let's help each other, it will be easier." she turns her stick to present the warm marshmallow to aera for her to place it in between the two crackers with the chocolate

[lgcaera]

aera did have to admit that it was nice to get out of the city. she had never seen herself as a nature type of girl, but this sort of nature visit was actually quite fun. plus, being around people she liked also helped. "the stillness can be a little scary, if i'm honest. but i think it's just something i'm not used to. i'm sure it's really nice normally." the hustle and bustle of the city could become a lot, that was for sure. "that sounds lovely. i'm sure i'll take you up on that," she nods her head excitedly.

as the other moves her toasted marshmallow, aera quickly helped to take it from her and waited for the crackers and chocolate to be ready before she placed it in between them. "there we go!" she exclaimed with a bright smile. "you should take a bite first!"

[lgcaera]

LGCU STUDENT PROFILES

NAME: yang aera

YEAR: third

MAJOR: communication

SUBJECTS RANKING 

ART OF PROBLEM SOLVING

KOREAN LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

CALCULUS

DANCE HISTORY

ENGLISH IN SOCIETY

3 RANDOM FACTS:

aera is very studious and loves anything academic. lgc university was probably her top choice and so she was very excited to be accepted and attend.

she has a wide range of interests, and this fact can be seen in the different types of classes that she has enjoyed in her time here.

she decided on a communications major because she wanted to work in public relations.

[lgcaera]

BZZ BZZ

it was still mind-boggling to aera that she was in a new group focused strictly on japanese. she worried that her skills in the language weren't good enough, but she honestly tried as best as she can with things. it was why she spent extra time after each vocal lesson making sure that the pronunciation of each word was extremely precise. after all, she didn't want to be called out for lacking skill in the simple basics.

when they were finally going into the recording studio, there was a part of her that wondered if she had practiced enough. would they tell her that she wasn't good enough? and would they make her repeat the same part over and over because of that? she didn't know why it was so easy to focus on the negatives when she could have been viewed just as easily in a more positive light.

taking a deep breath, she stepped inside the recording booth and calmed herself down before nodding that she was ready to start. as the song began, she allowed the familiarities from her practicing fill her as she went on. thankfully, she felt good about her performance, and though she got pointers ( as expected, of course ) about different things that she could do that could make things better, she was content overall.

all things considered, it gave her a boost of confidence that perhaps she could do more than she thought. this was only the beginning and things would only get better from here on out. she thanked the team once she had completed her part in the recording studio and gave everyone two big thumbs up in getting the job done.

now, all she had to do was wait to see how the public would react to their release. there wasn't much else she could do about things at this point in time.

[lgcbrooke-deactivated20240609]

the best of the stitches @lgcaera

if brooke thought that finding a date for the prom was nerve wracking, actually shopping clothes was worse. he liked to pride himself for his casual, yet minimal style, it was comforting and cosy, and he could wear it any time of the year— just shrug off his cardigan and under that he had a white or black tee-shirt that matched his pants of the day. clearly not prom worthy from the look aera gave him.

as soon as the weekend had swung by, no more classes or after-school activities stopped them from hitting the nearest shopping mall, and brooke had thought that canada had huge malls, but the ones on south korea never ceased to amaze and overwhelm him.

"what do you wear for prom here? everything we wore in canada was kind of.." he hesitated, trying to find the right words to use before landing on the best one, "they weren't traditional, i suppose. we didn't really with suits, some of us did, of course, but a lot of it was more risky."

[lgcaera]

aera was certainly surprised that they'd be going to prom as part of this whole event. somehow, it wasn't something that she was expecting outside of a school setting, but she supposed it could be fun. maybe anyway. not that those types of dances were ever really her thing, but perhaps this would be a bit different seeing as the environment was somewhat different.

however, it seemed that there were others who needed her expertise in determining what to wear for prom. certainly that was something that she could help with. "well, i would think you should at least wear a nice button-down shirt at the bare minimum if you don't want to go with full-on suit, though i do think many people will show up in those. what do you mean by more risky though?" she asked curiously.

[lgcnayoung]

"i'm okay! don't feel tired from performing or how long this night is yet, but i think i'll feel it once we're finally at home. right now, i think i'm just extremely pumped up from all the energy, especially since everyone still has stages and the final stage soon. aaand slight makeup change and touch up," which is why nayoung finds herself in the change room, with aera.

"do you have anything planned for your time off, or not even thinking that far yet?" she opens up her personal makeup pouch to peek at if any lip colour changes would make the makeup artist irritated, but settles on refreshing with one that is a similar tone to the one they already put on her. she doesn't want to be accused of trying to stand out, even when she wasn't. "sorry if you don't want to do small-talk right now, i can completely understand if you'd rather spend time to relax and not think, but here i am, unable to stop talking..."

[lgcaera]

aera nodded her head in agreement with the other. it was always easier to forget the fatigue they felt from things in the moment, but once she was back at the dorms, she had a good feeling that that would change. "that's good. if you told me you were feeling sleepy, then that would be concerning," she teased as she looked around at the number of people getting touched up for the next stages.

"oh man, i haven't really thought that far off yet," she admitted. there were moments when she wondered if she could even plan any time off or if she needed to stay fully committed to practicing. then again, it wouldn't do any good to burn herself out either. "oh no, not at all, i ..." she chuckled softly. "it's nice. i haven't small talked with people in a while," she noted. "how are things with you in general? not just tonight."

[lgcnayoung]

make a wish

for an extremely busy show, it was also quite lengthy for a concert. with this many groups and trainees, and bullet inquiry even getting their own segment, there was a bit of down time in between performances. the adrenaline and atmosphere are all very hyped, and nayoung smiles to herself, having grabbed a drink of water and calming down after nova performed their set of songs. it would be some time before the FN stages, so she went around backstage and into the change rooms to see if she could find any of the other girls she hadn't had a chance to see since future dreams, catching an eyeful of aera.

"aera!" nayoung makes her presence known as she takes a seat beside the other girl, one that she'd been placed against during future dreams. after coming out of the competition, everyone rarely had a chance to meet again to just.... talk things out, or hang out, some debuting in fabula, crystallis, and some others returning to the grind as trainees. "how have you been? you have a performance coming up but not too soon, right?"

@lgcaera

[lgcaera]

family con was a place where aera finally felt like she had a place in the company. finally a place where she could show her face and her talents to the world in hopes that they might see that she had what it took to be a part of an actual group. the last few months had left her feeling somewhat in limbo, and she couldn't help but feel that perhaps she was more fitted in a different career path at times.

she was just resting in one of the chairs of the changing room when she heard her name being called. eyes looking up as she saw nayoung. they didn't know each other well, but well enough, seeing as their paths had crossed frequently in the last few months and years. "hi!" she exclaimed as she took a sip of water. "i'm doing alright. yeah, not for a little bit. how are you doing?"

[keppie]

#MENOW ✦ JIWON ✦ 230618

[lgcaera]

lgcjieun​:

♡.· LAVENDER HAZE 

grinning, jieun insisted, “trust me. you’ll remember those words when you are a global idol.” she wasn’t the type to say nice things just because, so she hoped it would reassure aera’s worries in a way, even if her opinion didn’t matter and wouldn’t change anything. “i’m never wrong,” she ends her sentence with a laugh, but truth be told, it’s far from being a joke. 

“mm i do, yeah… but most of them seem like family.” or at least most of the guys who were under lgc agency as well, which meant she didn’t see them as potential love interests no matter how good looking and nice they were. jieun couldn’t help but let out another laugh at the thought. “will this day ever come? wait for the next scenes of this show.” she joked, amused by the possibility because so far her roles weren’t focused in romance. “i’m a serious actress though. i’m just doing my job, not waiting to kiss a cute actor.” she said in a joking tone, then smirked at her friend. it clearly wasn’t her goal but she couldn’t deny that the idea sounded interesting. 

aera could only hope her friend was right. in this moment, it really didn’t seem like it could be a possibility. “okay okay. trust me, i hope you’re never wrong too,” she pointed out. of course she would want what her friend was saying to be the truth. unfortunately, for now, she could only wait to see if such a thing would indeed happen for her. 

“what? how is that possible?” she looked to the other curiously. could that really be the way actors felt towards each other? she supposed there must be some truth to it. otherwise, costars would constantly be falling for one another. “mmhm, okay,” she teased the other even though she could see jieun being very serious about this. “do you like it though? acting? sometimes, i see my sister doing it and i’m like huh would i be good at it too? but i don’t want to follow in her steps so closely.”

[lgcaera]

lgcsori​:

is it hot in here?

           sori believed they could win this round, sori had grown up eating spicy food, she could handle this. but after a few bites, it was much tougher than she expected it to be, it was too spicy to even be tasty, she took a bite, just for it to burn and her having to take a break before she could continue. she hoped her teammates were better than her at eating spicy food so they had a chance against team agito, but damn those boys were eating.

“remind me too to never join an eating competition” she adds, not that she would ever join an eating competition willingly, if she was joining one, most likely it would be due to legacy making her. “you know, it’s so spicy i think the spice has made my lips bigger” she touches her lips with her fingers “i guess i got free lip fillers?”.

aera was fanning her mouth as she nodded at the other’s words. at least it seemed like they were all on the same page. she also prayed that they wouldn’t be having many more eating competitions on future variety shows either. that was something that they wouldn’t really be able to get out of in the same way as just intentionally not joining an eating competition. 

“it looks a little bigger i think because of the red coloring,” she pointed out with another laugh. “also i bet they feel bigger than they look.” she was certain her lips were also puffed out but she doubted that they had actually doubled in size in the way that she felt anyway. “but hey, if it’s free lip fillers, then maybe we should suggest people eat more spice than go get those,” she joked.