You’re led down the hall by a staff member early in your day at Sphere Entertainment, to Baek Jiyoung’s office. When you step into the room, she’s seated behind her desk, and she greets you with a smile that’s both gentle and professional. The staff member motions for you to take a seat across from her, then leaves. One quick glance around the room, and you can spot the same lawyer that was present when you first signed your contract.
“Hi, Soojung,” she begins, her lips still quirked up into a tiny smile before she becomes more serious. She shuffled through the paperwork on her desk for a moment, then glances back up at you. “It’s already been two years. You’ve been through a lot here. Thank you for your hard work.” Another pause, and she glances down at the papers again– shuffles them more until one manila folder is on top of the stack. “I know it can be difficult to train for so long with little to show for it, but I hope you see the same progress, growth, and promise in yourself that I see in you. If you can stick with me in Sphere a little longer, and put in more of the hard work I’ve seen from you so far, I think we’ll be able to come up with something great together.”
She opens up the manila folder in front of her, and presents a pen and contract, specifically marked where each new signature is required, to you with a bright smile. “Everyone at Sphere would love to continue working with you. Now it’s your turn to decide if you’d like to continue working with us. Feel free to take your time thinking about it, if you need it.”
OOC NOTE: First of all, congratulations to two years as a trainee! I know it’s been a long and crazy journey, and I’m so glad you’ve stuck through it. When you are ready, feel free to post this prompt with Soojung’s response to it.
Should Soojung hoose to RENEW her contract with Sphere, she will sign on to the same agreement as before for another two years. As a reward for making it this far, she will receive ONE WEEK unpaid vacation time to use any time between now and the end of August, so long as it doesn’t clash with any special trainee activities.
Should she choose to REJECT her contract with Sphere, she will leave the company, effective immediately upon rejection. She will be able to keep all of her debut points, but will not be able to take any trainee workshops or earn any more debut points/workshop points until she becomes a trainee again. She will not have any special advantage over newer characters when she auditions for other companies in the future, and should she become a trainee at a new company she will be considered a junior trainee all over again, even though she will still have her debut points and would be eligible for debut right away. She WILL have the right to audition for Sphere again, but the fact that she gave up a contract renewal WILL be taken into account in final casting decisions.
She will have up to one week to make her decision IC, meaning that if she does not make a decision by JUNE 6th she will automatically be cut from the company. Exceptions can be made for those on hiatus.
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the ice princess doesn’t recall when the last time she saw baek jiyoung’s office was. in fact, for as long as she can remember, it’s surely has been a while. so much to the point that everything feels so unfamiliar to her. even though the sphere building has been her second home ( not surprising that she spends more time here and in school than having a bed to sleep on at her actual house ). pulling up her seat, she sits down and looks down at the same sheet of paper she’s signed her name to.
it’s kind of like the devil’s contract in a way, putting your soul for the company to harness and depleting you from some of your rights. “hello.” she bows her head with her introduction, facial expression blank as ever. she doesn’t expect much from this. soojung knows what she has to do: sign the contract, right? but damn. has it truly been two years? time flies by that fast. she’s developed so much with her singing abilities, dancing, and stamina. unlike other trainees, she’s somehow managed to juggle school on top of everything.
devastation blows at her again. if she decides to stick down the two long years once more, making it four if she decides to not leave sphere. needless to say, she does have thoughts about it. giving up everything. hell, she knows that debuts might not even happen now. the ice princess has given this much thought, she should just sign it anyways. soojung’s created a life here, in sphere, created bonds with those around her and a secure position as a stable vocalist to her name.
“thank you, for training me. for pushing me.” she nods, grabbing the pen in her hand and signing her full name on it. specifically where the ‘x’ is marked for her to write her signature on it.
krystal valentine jung.
she’s still young, she has her life ahead of her anyways.
You’re led down the hall by a staff member early in your day at Sphere Entertainment, to Baek Jiyoung’s office. When you step into the room, she’s seated behind her desk, and she greets you with a smile that’s both gentle and professional. The staff member motions for you to take a seat across from you, then leaves. One quick glance around the room, and you can spot the same lawyer that was present when you first signed your contract.
“Hi, Luda,” she begins, her lips still quirked up into a tiny smile before she becomes more serious. She shuffled through the paperwork on her desk for a moment, then glances back up at you. “I heard today marks your two years since you’ve become a trainee in KT. While you didn’t start at our company, I know you’ve been through a lot. Thank you for your hard work.” Another pause, and she glances down at the papers again– shuffles them more until one manila folder is on top of the stack. “I also know that you haven’t been officialized as a Sphere trainee even after all this time. And that is why I have this to offer you.”
She opens up the manila folder in front of her and presents a pen and contract, specifically marked where each new signature is required, to you with a bright smile. “This isn’t an idol contract quite yet. You’ll be technically signing as a trainee for another two years before you can make your group debut, but now under Sphere. It’s the same contract you’ve read before. Feel free to take your time thinking about it, if you need it.”
It was still early and yet worried thoughts already raced through Luda's mind. Her steps quickly kept up with the staff, following them, but her thoughts were elsewhere. She knew her contract ran out just recently and now, where she's had a (pre)debut under Sphere, something contract related made most sense, though of course that still left many possibilities. Like not having lived up to expectations, after graciously being offered to debut, maybe she would be told that she was cut from the project. It wouldn't make much sense and be rather bad for Heartz' image, but she wasn't able to think quite that logically.
Politely, Luda bowed to Baek Jiyoung after entering the room and before sitting down, as she was instructed to. Like the CEO, she was smiling, though it was a different kind of smile. Polite as well, but also insecure. She listened without interrupting, nodding when appropriate, and the tension in her shoulders eased as she subconsciously lowered them.
A contract renewal after all and she'd officially join Sphere.
She couldn't help that the corners of her lips tucked up in a brighter smile, though the girl tried to keep it down, not wanting to look inappropriately excited or anything such.
Luda already made her choice, before she'd entered the room, yet she quickly read over the contract, glad to be a fast reader as Luda felt the quiet pressure not to waste this woman's time. But it was never smart to sign a contract without reading it first, besides, she didn't want to look like a silly, hasty girl either.
Her hand reached forward, shaking a little as she grabbed the pen and signed where she was supposed to.
“Thank you very much,” she said and bowed again.
OOC NOTE: First of all, congratulations to two years as a trainee! I know it’s been a long and crazy journey, and I’m so glad you’ve stuck through it. When you are ready, feel free to post this prompt with Luda’s response to it.
Should Luda hoose to RENEW her contract, she will sign on to the same agreement as before for another two years. As a reward for making it this far, she will receive ONE WEEK unpaid vacation time to use any time between now and the end of November, so long as it doesn’t clash with any special trainee activities.
Should she choose to REJECT her contract with Sphere, she will leave the company, effective immediately upon rejection. She will be able to keep all of her debut points, but will not be able to take any trainee workshops or earn any more debut points/workshop points until she becomes a trainee again. She will not have any special advantage over newer characters when she auditions for other companies in the future, and should she become a trainee at a new company she will be considered a junior trainee all over again, even though she will still have his debut points and would be eligible for debut right away. She WILL have the right to audition for Sphere again, but the fact that she gave up a contract renewal WILL be taken into account in final casting decisions.
She will have up to one week to make his decision IC, meaning that if she does not make a decision by SEPTEMBER 3RD she will automatically be cut from the company. Exceptions can be made for those on hiatus.
