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𝐦𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐣𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐨. ㅤㅤ ៶ ㅤㅤ 𝟎𝟖𝟎𝟖𝟗𝟗. 𝑓𝑖𝑣𝑒'𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠. ㅤㅤ ⋆ ㅤㅤ #𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒆𝒕𝒉.

[lunetides]

hi this is ju (they/them, kst) ! very excited to here for the soft opening ☺ introducing you MOON JUNSEO (he/him, 27, hiraeth's burnt out hardworking leader, vocalist, rapper, dancer). please do leave a ♡ and i'll approach you for plotting! (dc given upon req!)

.　　　　☾　　profile / personal discography / wanted / pinterest.

summary of abt him: former self made guitarist in his local band back in jeju island and was scouted on a family trip to lotte world when he was 15. fifth place in thenext (went viral for the famous gyuvin "i actually prepared my sentence"), not only does he have academic burnout but he's a general burnout! but he's still constantly trying his best to the better version of himself for everyone, especially his members. known music show mc for music bank.

i still have his wanted on wip but generally some dynamics i'd love to write for him would be as follow:

fellow members interaction (from their time in thenext or present) - let's work on dynamics 🤲 fun things to work on: The Government Ship whether they actually get along with each other naturally or is assigned by the company, the member who the fanbase assumes junseo hates on, the supporting pillar (someone junseo could rely on)

fellow company colleagues interaction (bonus: if one of his senior company colleague becomes one of his safe place whom helped him alot during trainee period and even after; kinda like an older sibling vibe to junseo especially since he has to be the older sibling role for hiraeth members)

funnily if ever there's a fan or someone who enjoys the music he made with his hometown band (think of lucy-vibes music)

friendship with any female idol from non adagio label that was formed from the origins of this during junseo hosting of aaa2024. (connection: close friend)

a '99liner close friend group! 3-4 people (maybe more) where their friendship is mostly just them being silly and doing 'ordinary' people things together.

given how junseo writes songs about getting one's heartbroken & running away from love (anti-romantic), getting a text back (ghosting) and even once about being lovestruck (moonstruck). it would be fun to see an interaction out on your muse being pinned as someone they thought he liked. (though there's room for development if they actually do have a thing or, had a thing)

more tba !!

[lunetides]

★⠀⠀mix & match⠀⠀╱⠀⠀ with @roselovess ★⠀⠀present time, unnamed building.

interviews and content shooting aren't normally too hard for junseo especially when he is the leader of the group so naturally he has his hand in memorizing and providing answers based on script or even by impromptus. today's content in particular comes with unfamiliarity since he would not be working with his members or anyone from the same label as he is, but rather with a member of origin and someone of different companies.

junseo himself isn't entirely unfamiliar with origin, having once interviewed them a couple of times during their seventh mini album comeback period back in 2020 when he was still a music show host so at least he was able to tell apart the members' faces and names. his partner for the day is someone that goes by the stage name of 'rose', which junseo thinks is cool ( and since he's always wanted a stage name himself but find that it didn't fit too well for him ). there were a couple of other things he knows of the man, mostly from searching up lynkprofile and other related contents while he was on his way to the recording venue.

upon his arrival and a quick last minute make up check. he takes a sit on the small round table while his eyes scans at the familiar props he has seen before in hiraeth's content but others that remained unfamiliar. when the senior idol makes an appearance, he greets the other man in friendly yet formal terms.

"i look forward to working with you today, rose sunbaenim"

[lunetides]

★⠀⠀wear & tear⠀⠀╱⠀⠀ with @smokedmirrors ★⠀⠀present time, adagio ent building

there are plenty of things that haunt junseo in his lifetime. one: his first failing grade in middle school where he studies the wrong module and he couldn't answer the mathematic exams, causing him to get an average grade for the first time in his life. two: when he got sick once and it resulted him in getting a bad grade on his monthly evaluation and he was nagged at for not taking care of his health and throat. and in his most familiar and recent haunting, the words of senior idol, han hyukjae from axis in their debut program, giving him a stern remark. ( his brain shuts off the part about improving and the advice the older idol gives him since he always had the tendency to carry the worst possible memories or attachment to heart than the better. )

ever since then, he's rather avoidant of the older man except the times where hiraeth and axis would have schedules together and where it is easy to mask his expression ( or rather, fear ) of the other man behind his idol persona.

this time however, he's stuck in a situation where it makes him hard to escape through the grasp of the other man and one where he can't really excuse himself easily, or so that he doesn't appear all too rude in front of the senior while in the sight of many other adagio staffs. instead, he plays it cool and chants a mantra in his head to not fuck things up and puts on a near-awkward smile if anyone squint hard through his facade.

"hi sunbaenim," he speaks first. "what brings you to the office today?" he starts a casual conversation of pretense as they're stuck in the elevator together.

[mychaerie]

꒰ ୨୧ ꒱ ┈ although she tried to keep things as neutral as possible, chaeri couldn't help but be a little curious. everything about the situation was out of the blue and she couldn't guess what junseo would do next so all she could do is watch him consider what to say, looking at him a little expectant. he had called out to her first after all so surely he had something he wanted?

"...?"

but the longer she waits, the more drawn out the silence becomes - and at this point, chaeri is more confused than ever. when she hears junseo say to forget it, she tilts her head, unsure of what just happened, then straightens up and slightly opens her mouth as if to say something before quickly closing it upon hearing his apology. "oh, no, it's--" she cuts herself off as she hears his manager calling for him, returning to a polite smile afterwards and nods her head. "don't worry about it, have a good performance," she smiles a bit more despite how unsettled she feels about how this first conversation had gone - if you could even call it that.

still, they were both busy so chaeri pushed the interaction out of her thoughts to focus on i:ris' upcoming performance instead and soon forgot it even happened until much later, when they had finished on stage and were heading back to grab their belongings. while bowing to the other artists and staff she passes by along the way, she spots junseo and their earlier meeting flooded into her mind instantly, causing her to slow down.

should she be the one to bother him this time?

logically, chaeri understood that she should just let him be; there was no good reason for her to get involved if he truly wanted her to forget it like he said so. but her thoughts circled back to wondering if he genuinely wanted advice or maybe someone to just talk to, and that was something she could understand having been in that position many times. when you're a leader, you very rarely have someone else to rely on within your own group when you're supposed to be the one looking after them so it seemed natural to go looking for help outside - and who better than another leader?

with a sigh, chaeri knows her mind is already made up so she tells her manager that she needs to go to the washroom and that she'll meet them back at the waiting room. once she sees them off, she heads over to junseo only after making sure no one is paying attention to her, then stands close enough to him so he could hear her but far enough to keep a believable distance. "sorry to bother," she begins with as she glances down at her phone to look like she's using it. "did you... want to continue where we left off before? you can say no, of course, and we can pretend this never happened too."

[lunetides]

for most part, junseo is glad that whenever he gets on stage, his mind automatically shuts off most thoughts as he channel onto his idol persona and that he's practiced so hard that any choreography becomes a reflection of muscle memory. once he gets off stage however, his switches back to regular o' moon junseo with thoughts sometimes too loud that he wonders if anyone else hears them besides him.

he's somewhat glad he still had makeup on; 'least it hides away the stress that eats part of his soul away and his reason of having nights where he stays awake almost pointlessly. he does however flinch briefly when he hears the unfamiliar voice that did not belong to his members or the manager and only when he turns around did he realise that it had been chaeri whom had approached him. he's thankful, of course since he had been debating whether or not if he should be approaching the former though another part of him felt apologetic that he has yet to concern someone else into his business.

"ah," he looks around cautiously just to get a read of the room and situation before he elaborates. "if that's okay with you-" he mumbles softly as he digs into his cuticles from the slow building anxiety. "i guess long story short version, i know i'm supposed to be strong as the leader of the group and all, but sometimes i find it hard.. not just being strong, but in communicating with my members. it feels like they're constantly hiding away from me even after all these while. i'm thinking if it's because i might not have earned their trust enough..." the male idols elaborates as clearly as he could while his eyes searches for a sort of expression from chaeri. or that they think i'm not fit to be a leader, is what he also thinks but he doesn't verbalize on.

[inmidsummer]

"you won't have to wait all that long," natsumi tells him, but junseo probably already knows that serene is bound to turn up within the second week of june. preparations have kept them busy enough that she hadn't been sure she'd be able to make it to their little gathering, either, but stubbornness had prevailed: if she can't take an evening to re-center herself, then promotions are bound to go bad quickly. and so board game night had been squeezed in-between practice and sleep, as though her schedule could allow it through sheer force of will. six years out of the trainee dorms and onto the stage and natsumi should be used to the speed of which everything in her life needs to move now, but adaptation is still out of her reach.

they get interrupted for a moment when the newcomer settles in and the group lobs good-natured greetings at them. the table rearranges like a shifting tide, drinks shuffled to the side to make space. natsumi picks up her cards and orders them by value, and it's only another minute later that her attention returns to junseo.

"how are you liking it?," she tries. they're making the sort of small talk that gets frustrating quickly, because she can't find the point to hook into and lead them off-track, away from conversation about the weather and traffic and the egg sandwich everyone eats at inkigayo. "i've never done any hosting." natsumi really hasn't done much of anything, aside from the work with serene and the shooting for adidas a few months prior. "is it exciting, doing schedules on your own?"

[lunetides]

at the hinting of serene's comeback, junseo could really only nod and smile knowing their comeback teaser that has been put up in the weeks before had already been a buzz and the talk of the town. that aside, perhaps being a music show mc has also earned him some 'insider' information on the comeback lineups that's bound to happen. it's still amazing however that the senior idol had managed to squeeze in a leisure time to join in on the session despite how busy it could be during comeback season since he is someone of the same industry as well.

once the deck is scattered out equally, he arranges them in his preferred format based on values depending on the game; though other times he would color code them if the values are nonexistent to the board.

if anything, junseo appreciates the small talks the older idol is initiating, in all consideration of the lacking of mutual interest aside from their shared interest in their game session, he isn't sure particularly if there were anything else they could really connect ( but that doesn't mean he isn't willing to learn. ) "it's fun," he gives a brief answer at first, eyes tracking into the cards and movement being played by others. "but it does get a little lonely since i'm usually with a few other members most of my life." which wasn't a lie ― there might be cracks that goes unseen in his dynamics with the members, some he was close with, others he seem a tad bit more distant but he overalls care for them. it's just harder to show it, not because he is emotionally unavailable, but rather, everyone seemed so secretive in what they do and sometimes it feels like he's stuck on a roadblock.

he snaps out of thoughts and plays a card. thankfully they decided to start off a simpler game that didn't need too much thinking or strategy for the matter. "you should try someday. i feel like you could have a knack for it," he commends. natsumi had more than charisma to carry the way she looks and talk, and he's sure that she would be a fun host when and if given a base script. if junseo could be a host, he thinks, then anyone else could do it better than him.

[lunetides]

heeeey, just thought i'd put up some plot calls/prompts here so lmk if anyone wanna pick up anything!

updated as of: 18 jul, 6.11pm kst.

lynkcon related

one: mix & match (any kh ent or dsn ent artists!

as direct as it is, just an interaction with junseo with someone he's probably never properly interact before? thought about formatting it similarly like nct awsaz-esque direction (though without 2 members of each group 'controlling' them with in-ears). or the equivalent of wearing electronic cat ear-feeling detector and both muses complimenting each other

q3 schedules related

one: LA scandal arc

thought it'd be fun maybe if junseo got himself into a dating scandal rumors for crossing path with another idol during kcon la '26? and his first dating scandal at that in his entire idol life so far. and i guess the arc following it becomes the group's break so it makes an interesting complication to follow up with? we can discuss possibility one whether there were any romantic possibilities or just one of those baseless rumors! or the fun take: tamon-inspired where i was thinking of letting junseo have a flip-side image (except junseo is already at his self depreciating arc)

two: extended break arc

not sure how i intended for this to work, as of now i don't have any 'best friend' role for junseo yet (hmu if you think our muses could somehow work a nice friendship out!) but i think it'd be nice for said muses to just have a normal ish life? a casual thread where maybe they dress casually (but in disguise or just the regular hat-mask combo) and just being able to do non idol things. alternatively, they don't have to be close but rather just two people who coincidentally meet one another and decide to just ball it and take amusement rides together

three: hiraeth-locked

a loose discussion-dynamic thread on talks of their future. whether our hiraeth muses would be honest in the routes they would like to take (possibilities of wanting to go solo, leaving the group, the reworks and what not). nothing would be memorialized yet but it'd be interesting to see if there were any cracks in the group that is unseen on surface level.

events aside, if we haven't got to plot yet and you think our muses could mash then i'd be down to work on a dynamic out!

[lywonder]

soobin ⟡ take my half

[prodbywoo]

a night’s rest ( with @lunetides )

wooju can’t sleep. it’s hard to sleep during nights like these when his eyes shift uncomfortably under his lids whenever he attempts to close them. he’s stirring in bed despite the fact that hiraeth have a schedule the next day and he know this is going to kill him — that his inability to sleep is a bad idea.

it’s an idea he falls victim to nonetheless. what should’ve been ten minutes of stirring turns into thirty and then an hour, and then two. “shit,” he sighs, giving up. he’ll probably never fall asleep at this rate.

he finally decides to get off of his bed, and grabs his bottle of medication. enough hours have passed anyway, and wooju simply thought he’d be asleep by now. he tiptoes to the kitchen, careful not to wake anyone up in this dead of night.

he grabs a glass of water, fills it up, and then takes his medication. his brows furrow, his mind a whirlwind of thoughts that keep him awake. he wishes it would quiet down, even if just for a moment, so that he can finally remember what peace is like.

it doesn’t though, hasn’t for years.

when he’s done, he takes the cup and walks towards the living room, sitting there in silence as he fiddles with the bottle in his hand.

wooju would like a distraction, a good distraction, whatever it may be. typically he’d bother his hyungs, tease his members a little regardless of what they’re doing. but it’s crazy late into the night, and wooju doesn’t want to wake them from their sleep ( what a good maknae! ). “ah,” he sighs, “i’m so tired.”

[lunetides]

insomnia is not for the weak but junseo is no stranger to it. ( years of being a burnt out academic pilled in his youth and the heavy shoulders that bears the burden of the middle child and the leader of hiraeth is an unfortunate (?) scout's badge he wears with honor. ) nevertheless, sometimes when he runs on just an hour or two of sleep, it's enough to keep him going for the next twenty-four hours cycle. a maniac, some would call him.

he does not bother trying to go back to sleep especially when junseo knows it doesn't come easy on him and not when he's rather sensitive with sound; enough to hear the skittish movements in the kitchen just as he ascends out of his room and was about to head out for a morning walk to not only clear his head but to also get a fresh breath of air that would help him be.. more awake, ironically.

walking over to the living room, he finds the youngest member of their group by himself. "hey." he calls out softly, as to not jumpscare the latter but verbal enough to make his presence known to wooju. the older member walks over to where he is seated, taking up the space next to him with a faint smile.

"can't sleep?"

[inmidsummer]

there's a spot natsumi gravitates towards every time they meet at eunmi's. the chair isn't the most comfortable of the mismatched set, the fabric seat cover fraying a little after years of use. every time she needs to use the bathroom, natsumi has to ask at least three people to make space, either getting up to let her through or shifting so close towards the table that the edge digs into their ribs. but it's there that natsumi has the best view of the room, and the empty seat to her left means that she's always the one to set up the game, a job which she enjoys immensely only insofar as that she hates watching her friends dithering over it even more.

the board is unfolded, pushed into the middle of the table. natsumi hands out figurines to each player, noting colour preferences and cutting through the usual bickering with untroubled ease. everyone gets their assigned chips. it's while she's shuffling cards that the doorbell rings once again and the conversation between her and eunmi stalls out. silence rings in her periphery for only a few moments, though; across the table, natsumi catches junseo's gaze and inclines her head in greeting.

"junseo, hi! didn't notice you coming in." she cuts the deck, gives half the stack over to junseo in a silent bid for him to start handing them out to his side of the table. "i'm keeping busy, but that's how i like it."

there's more she could say, but they're not really that close - friends more so in proximity than personality, without the intimate knowledge needed to follow up on previous conversational threads. natsumi leans back in her chair. "and you? i've heard work is gearing up again."

[lunetides]

there's a pace that easily falls into their line of conversation ― it is comfortable, inviting but a wall still holds up high in between them. junseo barely knows much about natsumi if he has to admit it. aside from loose information like her age, where she is from and of course, her occupation; one that he shares working in the same field as, he's as clueless about anything else. there are other information he may indirectly know of, mostly for the fact that they can be scour through the internet just as any curious person would by searching up lynkcon profile and whatever past trivias were up on the internet. if there was anything he could really point out in uniqueness of his knowledge of the older woman, it might really just be her playstyle in games, the character and color she picks and that she always prefers to set the game up for their group of friend.

he takes half the deck and silently hands out the split share needed to run the game like the few other times he's deal with. the younger idol is thankful mostly that the responsibility of setting up and shuffling is not within his hands. he has not quite learn how to properly shuffle a deck without the cards popping out of it.

"it's quite.. a last minute decision." he response to the remark of his attendance and settles down back on his seat once he has all the cards dealt out. "well it's picking up here and there, the usuals for us. i've also been recently appointed as music bank host recently back in march. perhaps we might even cross path there when serene has a comeback coming up?"

[mychaerie]

꒰ ୨୧ ꒱ ┈ year end shows were always hectic, with far too many groups all crammed into one place - especially for the newer groups who had even less space accommodated to them. the set list for these shows were always tightly packed as well so groups would be crossing paths with each other all the time backstage while they moved from the stage to their waiting room and everywhere in between. although it's been a few years since they've debuted, the sheer commotion and energy of events like this was something chaeri hadn't fully gotten used to yet, even more so as someone who liked quieter moments.

still, as i:ris' leader, she had to act like she had everything together and that she was a presence her members could rely on in the midst of all the hustle and bustle. by now, head counts were inevitable, even if there were only six of them in the group; with how many people there were, it was easy to lose track of someone and chaeri wasn't the type to force the members to stay in the waiting room the entire time or anything. right now though, they should all be here as they're waiting for their turn on stage, so chaeri can't help but do another review to make sure everyone's present and nothing is out of place, even going as far as to go over the stage directions and set up one more time then double checking all their sound packs and mics are secure too.

she's so in the zone of ensuring they have every step prepared for a successful stage that she almost misses a question that she only realizes a moment later was directed at her. with a confused look on her face, chaeri turns around to where she heard the voice coming from and is surprised - not only to see who asked the question, but why. it was quite out of the blue and there were many other groups and staff milling around who could overhear anything yet he decided to speak up now? so suddenly?

"oh, um--?" she starts first before pausing, tilting her head as she considers her words. chaeri had no idea what to say but even if she wasn't caught off guard like this and had more time to think things over, she's not sure she would have a better answer anyways. "it helps that my members are kind and listen well," she finally settles on saying, not wanting to go into detail with someone she's not close with but also because there wasn't much to say really. truthfully, it's not that difficult being i:ris' leader when it comes to managing her members since they don't really cause trouble in a way where she needs to step in. as for the other issues that come with leadership, well...

"being a leader isn't always a walk in the park but keeping them in line is one of the easier parts." chaeri does her best to answer without saying too much since junseo is technically a sunbae to her and the last thing she wants is a rumor that she's not respecting her seniors or brushing them off with disinterest.

she is really confused right now though, that's for sure, so she feels a little hesitant about the entire situation and continuing it but seeing as she's not in a position to cut it off, she presses her lips together in some kind of neutral, faint smile. "do you..." she pauses again, wondering if she should really ask what comes to mind; it's not her business to poke into another group's affairs nor does she have a specific desire to know but if he's asking her, an idol who debuted after him, a question like this then he must have some kind of worry? "...it might not be my place to ask but... do you have some kind of concern?"

[lunetides]

perhaps junseo should have think it through really before speaking up ― while he normally do as so given not only that holds the leadership role of the group but for the fact that it really isn't all too common to air out any sort of worries out in the public, what more to a completely unrelated person, it might have been that junseo had bottled up so much and he did not know whom he could really turn to. ( or for the fact that seeing other groups be so aligned with their leader had given him a sort of envy or wistfulness. they're not too much, he reasons and convinces himself entirely. he loves the other members dearly and puts them first where he can. it's always him who is the underlying issue. why was he picked as the leader in the first place. )

he finds himself snapping out before he spirals for the worst especially when the female idol before him had so earnestly offer a sort of piece of thoughts to him. the leader of hiraeth need not embarrass himself further in front of a complete stranger. not more than he's already done so. "i.." he draws out a response and lets it drag and now he starts wondering if he's just being selfish for taking up someone else's time. he glances around, as if he had been all too mindful in that very moment. for most, he's thankful no one seem to particularly pay attention to two opposite gender idols conversing, given that they probably work on an nda and nothing's worth sharing out to the public for any sort of discourse, or for the fact that the two leaders of the group are of the same age and had assumed that they were just really good friends when in reality, this had been junseo's very first conversation with chaeri.

"forget i say anythingー" he mumbles, and as just as he starts thinking of the prayers he learned from his father and sunday classes he attends in his earlier youth back in jeju; he prayed deeply that the ground would open up and swallow him whole. "i'm sorry to have taken up your time" junseo strings out an apology and is saved by the bell that comes in the form of their equivalent manager calling them to get ready.

perhaps after this, he will try again. that is if chaeri doesn't find him to be weird.

[hedreaming]

iseul already knew that he'd be interacting a lot today, something that was usual during schedules. especially with challenges becoming a new thing, he'd have to be going out there to do any dance challenges offered to him. at least, that's what his manager had told him. but, he needed some time, to get into that extroverted mindset. the mindset that he only held in professional settings, otherwise, he'd rather just find himself in a corner, especially with a book. those times were always the best to him, to be perfectly honest.

yet, he finds himself in the corner of the dressing room, a book in his lap. he knows he should get up and roam the hallways of music bank until it was time for origin to get on stage. yet, he couldn't help himself but to sit in his solace for now. even if it wasn't much, considering you could hear the group next door to them. not that he was complaining, he was in a public place, after all.

it takes iseul some time, but after reading at least two chapters of the book in his lap, he puts it away. he dusts himself off in a sense, his fingers running over fabric, just to make sure to get out any possible wrinkles on his stage outfit. he knows the stylists won't be too happy if there's even a fraction of a wrinkle, and not wanting to get on bad sides, he made sure he was presentable.

he's just about to go out of the dressing room door to do what he's meant to be doing, and that's when he hears a knock on the door. he puts his extrovert mask on, shaking off any of the introvert feelings. he's become rather good at it now, four years since debuting. nonetheless, he opens up the door, and he feels relief when he sees junseo standing there. at least it's someone that iseul has met before.

"hi," iseul greets, giving a bow. his smile grows a bit, nodding his head. he takes his phone out, before he's opening it up to contact information. he hands his phone over, "here, put your number in," he says. "i'll send a message from my contact," he added, nodding his head.

[lunetides]

for starters, junseo has heard of plenty good things about iseul. it isn't too surprisingly really when the man is the co-leader of the group so there's a certain way in which iseul carries himself with an air of reliability but also assurance. if junseo himself had debuted in origin, he know full well that it would be easy to leave his trust in the hands of iseul.

despite the idol imagery the senior celebrity have crafted, he has heard of the many good things through words of mouth from other staffs that he had the honored to work with and would bring up the etiquette of the origin member. in junseo's books, it would be something good for him to be able to make a friend with someone like iseul if he so chooses to accept his clumsy invitation of a friendship.

he takes the phone in hand, dialing in his contact number with a sort of relieving feeling that he doesn't physically utter but mentally relinquishes in. once done, he hands the phone back and boldly suggests. "perhaps one day, if you're not too busy from schedules or when promotion is over, we could have a nice meal together?"

[lunetides]

ACTIVITY TWO: MY LYNKLIST

get a glimpse into hiraeth's junseo selection of music for lynkcon! and in case you missed it, don't forget to check his profile out here!

★ moon ╱ ‎band oyster

"if there is one song that i'd be able to fall asleep to, it would be band oyster's moon which is funny since there's one part of the lyric that goes 'i can't sleep when the moon rises, it's only when the sun rises.' i enjoyed how perfect crafted the instrumentals as our fans, haven, know that i enjoy band music a lot."

★ run with me‎‎‎‎‎‎ ╱ ‎sunwoojunga

"this is a song that i hold dearly to my heart. i remember how comforting this song is the first time i've listened to it. i would like to recommend this song to those who may felt a heavy discomfort in their heart especially to our haven, and hope they know that just like this song, even if we walk together slowly, i'll be by their side holding their hand."

★ not mine ╱ day6

"if there is one song that's as close to my ideal song, it would be day6's not mine. i haven't experimented a song that's drum-heavy yet so this song becomes rather, an inspiration of mine to pick up the drums recently. i'm rather obsessed with the arrangement of this song and the instrumental choices used."

★ snooze ╱ lucy

"i think the violin is simply a beautiful instrument and this song encapsulates on it. there's also a feeling of liberation and being able to reminiscence my childhood which is the theme of the song. this song reminds me of the band i used to play back in jeju with my group of friends and when i miss them, i listen to this song."

★ maze in a mirror ╱ hiraeth

"is it too shameless of me to put this song as one of my recommendation? haven may have listened to it but since there would be other people who could possibly be checking this playlist out, i wanted to show off one of the earliest song i've ever wrote. it wasn't included until our second mini album but the song existed at the time of when thenext was happening and i had a lot of anxiety about whether or not i would be able to debut at that time. with all the thoughts i had, i channeled it into writing this and am glad that it's mostly met with positive reaction when it was officially released out."

★ nightmare ╱ trixie

"another song that i have to include since this is the very first girl group song that i have been honored to join alongside the group of songwriters. the chorus was also inspired slightly from the nightmare i had at the time where if i remember well, it had a one where i was in the nightmare alone without the other members. i translate that over in context of 'close your eyes, make a wish. wake up from this bad dream, i think of us who shined the brightest. it'll all be okay soon'."

★ atlantis princess ╱ boa

"haven might recognize this song as my audition introductory song, but this is also one of the earliest kpop song i've listened to with my younger sister back in jeju."

★ butterfly ╱ axis

"butterfly may be a b-side but it is one of my favorite song from axis. when i was a trainee, i used to practice to this song a lot vocally so it's become a sort of sentimental song to me that reminds me of predebut junseo."

★ consolation ╱ kwon jinah

"there was a period of time that i really liked watching k-drama and this ost was from 'be melodramatic'. it's nice seeing the perspective of people in their 30s pursuing different goals and aspects in life but be able to come back home to and still be there for each other. i think it reminds me a lot of the hiraeth members and it makes me wonder how we would be in our 30s, 40s or even 50s when we're all about older. i wonder if we would still be pursuing passion as a group or if eventually we would all be doing separate things but still be there for each other."

★ bunny ╱ baek yerin

"i was actually recommended to this song by our fans so i thought maybe this would be the time to do a reversal dedication to them? i've been called a bunny by the fans before and since i was also born in the year of the rabbit following the chinese zodiac. just like the lyrics of this song, 'i'd be your bunny, i'd be your morning'."

[guppysiren]

( 💌 ) DREAMS LIKE FIRE / ft. @lunetides 📍lynk exhibition pop-up event

despite the rigorous training kh entertainment graciously granted him, the opportunities that they extended to hyeongyu and the trust they had on him culminating in his debut, hyeongyu had always been a fan of another company's group on the down-low. whatever, sue him — but who could say no to the spotless beauty that is hiraeth's discography?

admittedly, hyeongyu had been following the group (or in this case, the members) ever since the survival show that formed hiraeth. he had been hooked on thenext, finding himself rooting for certain contestants including moon junseo, who he found incredibly relatable as his journey in the show unfolded before his very eyes. a hardworking participant who's always adamant on doing his best — how could that not tug on hyeongyu's fragile heartstrings? when it was announced that junseo would take on the role of a leader, he believed that was the best decision; it's never about who placed first, but about who can handle the burden that comes with leadership.

now that he's an idol himself, he's a lot more aware of the responsibilities that comes with being under the limelight. the expectations that not only the fans have, but also the company that threw them onto the stage. hyeongyu can only imagine how heavy it must feel on junseo's shoulders as the designated individual that the other members of his group look up to, especially after a difficult reality tv show rooted in elimination.

he doesn't quite keep his admiration for other idol groups a secret — one that must not be exposed no matter the cost. hyeongyu feels no sense of embarrassment when he stuffs a few postcards of hiraeth members into his bag when he departs for the lynk pop-up event. this is the moment he could seize his chances!

the world may be on his side, unrolling an invisible carpet before his feet. he's quick to spot junseo by hiraeth's display. what a lucky day!

"hi!" hyeongyu greets enthusiastically, sparks in his eyes as he looks at his senior. "junseo-sunbaenim, i'm so glad i caught you!" he expresses his excitement with a wide smile, hands clasped together as if he's trying to contain his unbridled elation — he was never one to temper down his own emotions, at least not when it comes to this. "i'm a big fan! i've watched you, and the others of course, all throughout thenext. i always looked up to you. and honestly? you truly deserved that leader title."

he starts shuffling through his bag, peeking into its contents trying to find the one with junseo's face. "you were so cool — ah, hold on, i'm looking for a postcard right now... sorry, am i keeping you from something?" he pauses only to blink at the older boy, failing to realize that he hadn't quite introduced himself.

[lunetides]

there was only one objective in moon junseo's mind today if the world is kind to him: get to the lynk exhibition pop up, film what he needs to for the promotional aspect and then get home. that is if the world is kind to him. instead, he runs rather late to the said exhibition so he isn't with any of the other members, which is completely fine ― junseo should not be relying on them too much as they would on him. he's done solo schedules before but still, it would be nice to have a companion or two especially when he would like to see them making commentaries about the memory wall.

as he breeze down the exhibition aisle, making notes of how there were a couple of signature on the wall from those who had visited, he takes the marker given by the staff and signs his own autograph on it as well at the designated spot. the signature comes off as big as he could sign, earning him a laugh at his own antics and it's also signed on top where his height had an advantage for.

once he's done, he continues strolling down the exhibition until he finds himself by the ones displaying hiraeth and takes his time appreciating it. as he almost finds himself sinking into it, an unfamiliar voice greeting him snaps his attention to the caller, coming to face a face he isn't personally familiar with but have seen on screen every now and then.

it's clear that the man is filled with excitement, or that he had rather have a very excitable personality which contrast heavily to junseo's more calming demeanor. the mentions of hiraeth's old predebut content almost brings a burn to his ears but it ignites with warmth under a completely different reason of being told that he's someone the idol look up to. there's a tiny bit of swell in his heart; his heartstrings pulled even but he does not verbalize it and lets the reaction of his body 'fail' him.

"thank you―" is what junseo finally mutters after taking some time to process all that has been said before shaking his head in response. "not at all, i'm free." which isn't a lie considering junseo had only plans to get home once he was done for today. "and it's uh- hyeongyu was it? your name." he tries recalling after having pass by the aisle that had wonder's display but also having seen the idol on his social media over some viral tweets. deep down, he prays a little that he got the idol's name right and that he wasn't about to suffer any embarrassment.

[lunetides]

★⠀⠀do you think we're a good match ⠀⠀╱⠀⠀ with @hedreaming ★⠀⠀2020, music bank backstage.

it takes a lot from moon junseo to step out of his shell as he puts on his professionally crafted extrovert shell for the showbiz life, one that includes his weekly hosting of a music show that's slotted for every friday of the week. he's appreciative of course, chances like this are hard to come by especially when his group had other members that seem more outgoing than he is; more approachable and what not. even then, junseo works twice as hard ― tenfolds even to keep this spot.

the staff tells him it would be nice if he could network and mingle with other idols, aside from publicity and connections, the genuine staff members would advice him that it would be generally nice for him to expand his social circle. so he tries.

idols get younger and younger the more the year advances and even in his own group, the only other member that had been his age was none other than minsu.

if there was anyone that junseo would like to approach though, it would be origin's iseul. he's read that the senior idol is the co-leader of the group and that they're of the same age as well, so surely there would be some things they could relate to one way or another wouldn't it?

it's silly, he finds himself thinking. the raven haired hiraeth member have not been feeling this nervous in a while but he muster up the courage to approach origin's waiting room, greeting them as casually as he could come across until he turns to iseul. "sunbae-nim," he starts. "do you think it's okay for us to exchange contact numbers?"

[lunetides]

★⠀⠀play it cool⠀⠀╱⠀⠀ with @mcrveliing ★⠀⠀present time, lynk exhibition

it's funny, junseo thinks. if he was a regular person, the odds of encountering multiple idols in a day would eat up his luck for the entire year but seeing another idol especially when he is one himself is just another regular day for him. the odds of interacting with two wonder members however is odd especially for a non working day for him (or should he consider this as work since they had to record some promotional content) but nevertheless, given his introvert personality despite having been a music show host prior, he never steps out of his personal bubble to interact with non group members, and more so idol groups from other company.

junseo does however bumps into hyo while he goes through reading the articles on the exhibition board and before he progressed on further down the line. "i'm sorry-" he starts, eyes scanning to check on the other idol. "i hope you didn't get hurt."

[lunetides]

ACTIVITY ONE: ARTIST PROFILE REGISTRATION

stage name : junseo birth name : moon junseo english name: david moon nicknames : jun, leader hyung, dimple prince birthday : august 8, 1999 birthplace : jeju island, south korea zodiac sign : leo chinese zodiac sign : rabbit height : 186 cm ( 6’1’’ ) weight : 73 kq ( 161 lbs ) blood type : o mbti type : isfp representative emoji : 👼🏻 instagram : ＠moonundseo fandom name : dalbitz (stylized as '달빛') that translates to moonlight ― the moon that lights up whenever junseo is around.

junseo's facts :

ー family: dad, mom, an older brother and a younger sister. ー his brother is 6 years older than him and his sister is 2 years younger than him. (fansign 190118) ー he has two family pet: a korean jindo named goguma and a maltese named gamja. (fansign 190118) ー he passed the high school graduation equivalency examination and is currently studying kpop and business administration in anyang university. ー he was a trainee for 3 years before debuting. ー his representative emoji is a 'baby angel' emoji as he's known to be a patient leader. ーhobbies: songwriting, reading, playing the guitar. ー junseo can play both lead guitar and bass. ー junseo has dimples. ー junseo's nicknames from k-media are: "angel host" "bunny angel visual" "angel from fourth world dimension" ー before debuting, junseo was in a local hometown band back in jeju called 'persimmon's pride' and the other three members are his childhood friends. ー junseo has written some songs for persimmon's pride before but did not disclaim which songs (fansign 150218) ーjunseo has lyric credits on hiraeth's discography. he's written 'maze in a mirror', 'ghosting', 'anti-romantic', 'moonstruck', 'hundred broken hearts' and 'paranormal'. he also has his name credited for lyric writing in trixie's nightmare and trixie's blue rose. ー junseo has choreography credits for '0x1 = lovesong', 'LO$ER=LO♡ER', 'sugar rush ride' and 'chasing the feeling' ー when asked what inspired 'maze in a mirror', he mentions that it's from his bottled up feelings during thenext about the feelings of uneasiness and anxieties from not being able to debut. (fansign 210118) ー junseo mentions he once finished an entire sudoku book in two weeks during the dream cahpter: eternity promotion. (fansign 120319) ー he was an mc on music bank (from march 2020 to march 2021) ー junseo still has every fan letters he's collected and keeps them neatly on his shelf. (fansign 090319) ー junseo was a main mc for aaa2024.

thenext

motto : "i'll show you my passion and be the light that shines towards a flowery path!" hobbies : playing guitar, songwriting, playing sudoku puzzles training period : 2 years nickname : jun, junnie targeted final rank : within top 10 languages i can speak : korean, english, basic mandarin my own specialty that no one else has : solving rubik's cube while singing my habit that i only know : spacing out body parts i'm confident in : dimples favorite song : sunwoojunga's run with me role model : axis thinks he ranks 1st in : being able to solve rubik's cube and sudoku puzzles the fastest what i want to show off on thenext : development as an artist final rank : #5 ーdebut lineup

ー he performed boa's atlantis princess at the first evaluation ー junseo was street casted by apex entertainment when he was visiting lotte world and said he had to rank number one in nationwide exam for his parents to approve of him being a trainee. (episode one)

artist page psd credit.

[lunetides]

★⠀⠀trials & errors ⠀⠀╱⠀⠀ with @mychaerie ★⠀⠀circa late 2021, unnamed year end show.

if anyone had to ask what moon junseo's first impression of han chaeri is, he would admit with his whole heart that he finds the leader of i:ris to be rather... intimidating. and before anyone tries laughing at him because simply how could such sweetheart come off scary when and in fact, not to mention as well, that junseo easily towers over her by height itself which should normally come off menacing if ever. anyone in the industry as well would agree wholeheartedly that chaeri would do no harm physically, sure, but verbally..? junseo could think of scenarios where her words could hurt.

he swears he had no beef against her for whatsoever reason for the way he thinks of her as a threat. not by competition, but under one past circumstances had led the leader of hiraeth coming across the other leader counterpart in her stern moments. it's scary, he thinks. but also respectable with how easily the other members of her group fall in line with her words. perhaps it had been her aura; an unmovable amount of charisma despite junseo knowing that i:ris had debuted the same year hiraeth did. though if they were to count by months, his group would be leading by seniority.

could it be that chaeri had more leadership skills honed from years during predebut and that unlike himself, she had earned the title whereas junseo had been given the responsibility of it? ( he doesn't think much of it, or rather tries not to doubt his own capabilities but his lack of self esteem builds heavy on his shoulder. )

"how do you do it?" junseo asks out of the blue on one fine evening where their groups had been waiting backstage for their turn to perform for the rookie stage for a year end show. "i mean, the whole... leadership thing." he adds, knowing that if he had been asked a question so out of context, it would earn him a questioning look.

it's an odd question to ask of course, considering the fact that they are basically waiting to get on stage and that this had been their first conversation aside from regular exchanged greetings between groups and junseo isn't quite sure what's gotten into him. perhaps the differences of handling their respective teams has made the leader of hiraeth rather hyperaware that he isn't as great of a leader as he thought he would be. ( and he thinks about this... rather much for it to be unhealthy. )

even so, he had to ask.