at this point, hyeju’s convinced that bc is being lazy. ticket’s not a bad song, but she thinks they could have spent some more time finding a more interesting song for this comeback. on top of it all, recycling two previously releasing singles and shoving it into this poor excuse of a new mini album screams incompetent. it’s like the company doesn’t know what to do with the newfound wave of interest that came along with lipstick’s appearance on queendom. is it that hard to make a song like genie again? or maybe even something performance-heavy like first love or bang. she just wants a song that leaves an impact.
she’s busy with her own individual schedules, but that doesn’t mean she misses out on group practices. they’re being given a short fifteen minute break before going back to choreography rehearsal, and she takes this time to practically lean into sia with a loud groan. “please tell me i’m not the only one that isn’t completely in love with the new song?”
Alex told himself multiple times that he wouldn’t contact Sia and would try to keep his distance for the time being for her sake but also for his sanity. Things hadn’t ended on a good note for them, and even though it wasn’t his intention, Sia had left their shared apartment giving him much more space than he needed and quietness that was nice in the beginning, but it was starting to get unsettling.
He started cleaning then because he needed to do something to keep his mind occupied, and doing music, although a good outlet, would only make him start overthinking things and wouldn’t help him with anything. Making his apartment tidy proved to be something that wouldn’t help him either because it didn’t take him long to start finding things that Sia had left behind in her haze to leave that place as quickly as she could. Sheets of paper with things written on that he wouldn’t dare to throw away, even the headphone that she had ever since they moved in together was in the corner, forgotten. He thought to leave those there, wait until she misses those enough to come back and get them, but days pass and nothing, and at that point, those objects were just starting to haunt him. So, he sends her a message one day.
↳ To: Lipstick’s Artemisia ➛ you left some things here. can you come and get those?
↳ To: Lipstick’s Artemisia ➛ I won’t be around I promise, I’ll stay in my room and you won’t even hear I’m here
↳ To: Lipstick’s Artemisia ➛ the password is the same, just come and get your stuff
it felt good to have someone over. it gave her a good enough reason to clean up, cook a small meal and have a few drinks. all because of her album that was about to drop, an album that she wasn't really ready to drop. the production was tight but her story would be out there. then kami found herself shaking her head, going to open the door since sia told her she had arrived. her friend was welcomed with a huge and smile before kami lead her to the kitchen. her laptop was also on the table, the album ready to go.
kami motioned for sia to sit as she took a seat herself. "i'm happy you could come, it's been a while since i had anyone over." and that wasn't that big of a deal but it still felt good. "i whipped us up a meal and i have the album ready to go." all in all, she was happy she had everything planned and prepared. "i wanted to at least eat or something, the album is a little on the sad sighed." they could have something good to listen to at least.
Deadline: September 10, 11:59PM KST (note: the audition deadline was in EDT by error—deadlines for Secret Sibling, as with all base schedules and monthly schedules, going forth will be in KST)
Those involved in Secret Sibling this month may earn up to 8 points total for writing, by the end of September 10 KST:
Completions of the two interviews included in the in-character prompt. (1 point each, up to 2 points total)
One solo para of 400+ words based on filming for episodes 1 & 2. (2 points).
EITHER two threads of six posts (three per participant, including the starter) OR one thread of ten posts (five per participant, including the starter) with their assigned Secret Sibling taking place during their first filming. (2 each, for up to 4 points total OR 4 points)
These do not count toward monthly limits or toward normal schedule points. All posts for this task block should be tagged with #fmdsecret1.
There are not tasks available for muses outside of the main cast for this task block.
IN-’VERSE INFO
The following idols are informed they’ve been chosen in early August and will be sent a contract to sign: @fmdhyoyeon, @fmdartemisia, @fmdxsuwei, @fmdhyuk, @alicefmd, @fmdminhee, @fmdtaejin, @durifmd, @fmdheesung, @miyeonfmd, @fmdwoochan, @fmdrina, @fmdjaeyeol, @fmdting, @fmdsan, @fmdminah, @fmdsooah, @fmdminjung, @fmdsophie, @fmdjynx They will be told not to share the news of their casting with anyone yet and sharing the news with anyone outside of their management before they’ve been officially announced will result in them being removed from the cast and replaced.
The cast members will be paired up as follows, with the designated filming date (for a twenty-four hour span from the afternoon/evening of day one to the afternoon/evening of day two):
Lipstick’s Artemisia & Fuse’s Sooah - August 7 - August 8
Lipstick’s Ruby & Lucid’s Hyoyeon - August 8 - August 9
Lipstick’s Minnie & Lucid’s Suwei - August 9 - August 10
Fuse’s Minjung & Lucid’s Alice - August 14 - August 15
Fuse’s Miyeon & WISH’s Rina - August 15 - August 16
Knight’s Hyuk & Unity’s Ting - August 16 - August 17
Knight’s Duri & Unity’s Jaeyeol - August 16 - August 17
Decipher’s Taejin & Knight’s Heesung - August 21 - August 22
Knight’s Woo & Alien’s San - August 22 - August 23
Aria’s Jynx & WISH’s Sophie - August 29 - August 30
(admin note: The date of the first day of filming should have been checked to work around all muses’ schedules with the consideration idols do not attend music shows on Mondays and some schedules may happen on the morning of the day they meet, but if you notice any problems, please send in a message and the date will be fixed!)
Before the first meeting, each pair member will be driven to the filming location by a manager and told whether they are the younger or older “sibling” of their pair, but not the identity of their partner. They will then be asked the following interview questions by their manager and are expected to answer them as if having a casual conversation with their manager. There will be three cameras stationed in the car for different angles of the interview “conversation”.
What are the traits you think you should show as a good younger/older sibling?
What kind of personality would you like your older/younger sibling to have and why?
What might surprise your sibling about you if they only know you as a celebrity?
The idol member will then have their partner’s identity revealed by their manager by playing the message from their audition as linked above (if their partner didn’t say their name, their manager will tell them who it is).
What do you think about your partner now that their identity has been revealed? From what you know of them, what are they like / what do you think they are like?
Following the conclusion of the in-car interview, they will be taken to the location of their first meeting: an apartment rented out by production and set up with mounted cameras where they’ll be spending twenty-four hours together to get to know each other. They’ll be aware that this is the setting and concept for the first day of filming beforehand.
The older “sibling” will arrive first and will be given time by themselves to get to know the apartment, which will include everything the pair might need, like food in the fridge, a video camera and Polaroid camera, board/card games, and pair-specific props like a guitar, a karaoke machine, cooking essentials, video games, etc. based on public knowledge of the interests of each member of the pair. Each idol will also be allowed to bring a single bag of their own full of anything they may need overnight like pajamas, toothbrush, snacks, bonding activities, etc.
Examples of what the apartment might look like are here, here, and here.
The younger “sibling” will arrive after the older “sibling” has had about thirty to forty-five minutes in the apartment on their own.
In addition to everything else in the apartment, each pair will also have also have a “secret notebook” which will include questions and tasks for the pair to get to know each other including the following:
Have three meals meeting the following requirements:
Leave the apartment for one meal mutually agreed upon by both siblings.
For another meal, cook together using what’s supplied in the kitchen.
For another meal, order take out agreed upon by both siblings to be delivered to the apartment.
Take Polaroid photos together as proof of this memory.
Teach each other the point dances of one of your songs.
Use the projector set up in the living room to watch a reel of moments (stages, variety appearances, etc.) from each of your careers prepared by production and discuss your experiences as an idol.
Share your concerns with each other.
A note is included in the notebook including these missions and telling them they should work to achieve every mission by the time they part at the end of the twenty-four hours.
Outside of these missions, the “sibling” pairs will largely have free reign over what they discuss and what they do within the apartment with their twenty-four hours together, although everything should remain family-friendly and image-conscious and idols should not be too candid about any frustrations with their company, their group members, or their fans.
When/if the pair sleep, they’ll sleep in the same large bed like real siblings might do in their childhood.
At the conclusion of their first day together, they’ll do separate talking head interviews before leaving:
Was there anything that surprised you about your sibling during the time you spent together?
What was the most memorable part of the twenty-four hours you spent with your sibling?
Do you feel that you opened up to your sibling or is there still a barrier between you two?
What would you like to do with your sibling next time you meet?
OUT OF ‘VERSE INFO
The final number of submissions was twenty with even numbers of muses by gender, so all muses submitted were cast in the show, although the casting process would have been selective in-character. Pairing was semi-random as complete randomization was not possible while still keeping pairs realistic and making sure muns weren’t paired up more than once across multiple muse submissions!
Any questions can be directed to the main’s ask box!
On-Set Filming Dates: Varies by pair + September 29
Deadline: October 15, 11:59PM KST
Those involved in Secret Sibling this month may earn up to 8 points total for writing, by the end of October 15 KST:
Completions of the two interviews included in the in-character prompt. (1 point each, up to 2 points total)
One solo para of 400+ words based on filming for episodes 3 & 4. (2 points).
A threads of at least six posts (three per participant, including the starter) with their assigned Secret Sibling taking place during filming for episodes 3 & 4. (2 points).
A threads of at least six posts (three per participant, including the starter) with a muse other than their assigned Secret Sibling taking place during the joint pre-Chuseok gathering filming. (2 points)
These do not count toward monthly limits or toward normal schedule points. All posts for this task block should be tagged with #fmdsecret2.
There are not tasks available for muses outside of the main cast for this task block.
IN-’VERSE INFO
Before filming begins this month, the cast members are informed that the show has teamed up with the Korea Tourism Organization to sponsor the next two episodes of the show and each pair will be going to a city in one of the nine provinces of South Korea to spend a day on a “family trip” with an itinery completely created by the pair themselves. They are given at least a few days to research their assigned city if needed to find places they might want to visit before they are expected to make their itinerary. Assigned cities(/counties) and the dates the pairs will be visiting are as follows:
(admin note: The date of filming should have been checked to work around all muses’ schedules with the consideration idols from the three companies do not attend music shows on Mondays, but if you notice any problems, please send in a message and the date will be fixed!)
Each pair is assigned one tourist spot in or near their assigned city/county that they must visit during their day trip to fulfill the sponsorship with the Korea Tourism Organization, but the rest of the day’s activities will be completely decided and agreed on by the pair themselves during a day of filming taking place before their trip (admin note: the exact date can be decided based on muse schedules) where they will meet in a room at the company building of the younger of the pair. They will be given an hour or two to film themselves planning out and agreeing on an itinerary together. They’re free to do as they please with the obvious limitations of all activities needing to be family friendly, image appropriate, within a reasonable budget, and reasonably able to be filmed. If they’d like to take a food tour of the city, they may do so. If they want to spend all day in the city’s animal shelters except for when they must visit their required location, they’re also welcome to do that. (admin note: A list of possible hot tourist spots in each city/county is linked above to help start out research into specific locations, but muses are also welcome to visit general locations that can be found in most every city like restaurants, shopping, movie theaters, etc. if that’s what they jointly prefer!) The required tourist spots to visit for each pair are as follows:
Knight’s Hyuk & Unity’s Ting - Jaman Mural Village (Jeonju)
Knight’s Woo & Alien’s San - Samsung Innovation Museum (Suwon)
Fuse’s Minjung & Lucid’s Alice - Seoraksan National Park (Sokcho)
Fuse’s Miyeon & WISH’s Rina - Yeosu Expo Ocean Park & Hanhwa Aqua Planet (Yeosu)
Before their planning meeting, each member of the pair will be pulled aside to film a talking head interview:
What kinds of places do you want to visit in the city/county you’ve been assigned?
Are you the type of person who prefers day trips around a city, or is a night in like last filming more comfortable for you?
If you could go anywhere in the world outside of Korea with your sibling, where would you want to go?
Following the planning meeting, at least a few days later, the pairs will go on their trip as they have planned (on the dates listed above). Each pair will have a camera crew and a few producers present during their trip. Production will have already cleared filming at any location they planned and any necessary tickets or equipment for activities planned will have already been bought.
At the conclusion of their day trip filming, they’ll do separate talking head interviews before leaving:
Did you learn anything new about your sibling today? If so, what did you learn? If not, what would you like to learn about them?
What was the most memorable part of the day you spent with your sibling?
Is there anything you didn’t get to do that you might want to come back and do with your sibling off-camera some time? Was there anything you did do that you’d want to come back and visit/do again some other time?
You’ll need to buy your sibling a gift before the next time you meet at the full cast dinner. What do you think you’ll get them?
On September 29, all nine pairs will come together for a joint day of filming at a large apartment rented out by management where they will have an early pre-Chuseok gathering. Anyone who has other group mates on the show is encouraged to introduce their group mates to their sibling, and, in general, everyone is encouraged to socialize and come together for what will be used as a heartwarming ending scene to the fourth episode. At the end of the dinner, the sibling pairs will exchange gifts with each other.
OUT OF ‘VERSE INFO
Any questions can be directed to the main’s ask box!
Those involved in Secret Sibling this month may earn up to 8 points total for writing, by the end of November 19 KST:
Completions of the two interviews included in the in-character prompt. (1 point each, up to 2 points total)
One solo para of 400+ words based on filming for episodes 5 & 6. (2 points).
A threads of at least six posts (three per participant, including the starter) with their assigned Secret Sibling taking place during filming for episodes 5 & 6. (2 points).
A threads of at least six posts (three per participant, including the starter) with a muse other than their assigned Secret Sibling taking place during the finale Sibling Games. (2 points)
These do not count toward monthly limits or toward normal schedule points. All posts for this task block should be tagged with #fmdsecret3.
There are not tasks available for muses outside of the main cast for this task block.
IN-’VERSE INFO
After their trip around Korea last month, the pairs are informed shortly after their Chuseok filming that they’ll be going on either a two day-one night trip or a one day-two night trip out of the country with their partner for the first part of filming for the final two episodes. At the time, they’re told the city and the dates they’re scheduled to travel.
Assigned cities(/counties) and the dates the pairs will be visiting are as follows:
October 18-20 (one day, two nights): Knight’s Duri & Unity’s Jaeyeol - Hong Kong
October 20-21 (two days, one night): Lipstick’s Artemisia & Fuse’s Sooah - Seattle, USA
October 21-22 (two days, one night): Lipstick’s Ruby & Lucid’s Hyoyeon - Gold Coast, Australia
October 22-23 (two days, one night): Lipstick’s Minnie & Lucid’s Wei - Guam
October 25-27 (one day, two nights): Decipher’s Taejin & Knight’s Heesung - Hanoi, Vietnam
October 27-28 (two days, one night): Fuse’s Miyeon & WISH’s Rina - Chiang Mai, Thailand
October 29-30 (two days, one night): Fuse’s Minjung & Lucid’s Alice - Singapore
November 1-3 (one day, two nights): Alien’s San & Unity’s Ting - Taipei, Taiwan
(admin note: The date of filming should have been checked to work around all muses’ schedules with the consideration idols from the three companies do not attend music shows on Mondays, but if you notice any problems, please send in a message and the date will be fixed!)
The aim for this trip is to show how the pair have grown more comfortable together, from a full day in together to a small trip outside of the city to an out-of-country trip. Each member of the pair will be asked to write a letter to the other that they’ll exchange in the final hours of their trip.
Before the trip each member of the pair will be pulled aside to film a talking head interview:
Have you ever been to the city you’ll be visiting with your sibling before? If so, what do you remember it being like? If not, what do you expect it to be like?
You’ve been tasked with writing a letter to your sibling. Do you know what you want to say to them in it yet?
What is the top thing you want to do, eat, or see in the city you’ll be visiting?
Each pair will have relative freedom as to where they go and what they do during their short trip (as long as all activities are family friendly, image appropriate, within a reasonable budget, and reasonably able to be filmed) and a small crew will be sent with them to their location. They’ll stay in a hotel room together (with two beds) at their location for either one night or two nights depending on their assigned trip type. For two day, one night trips, pairs will arrive on the morning of the first date and depart in the evening of the second date. For one day, two night trips, pairs will arrive in the evening or night of the first date and leave early in the morning of the third date. The show will pay for necessities like transportation and food during the trip, but any souvenirs and the like will have to be bought with the cast member’s own money. Each cast member will be given a self-cam during this trip in addition to the camera crew that will go with them.
After all pairs have returned from their trip, the second part of the episodes will be filmed on November 9 at a large house outside of Seoul that has been rented out for the day for filming. This will be the final filming of this season of the show and it will another meeting of all of the siblings where everyone will show off the bond they’ve formed over the course of the show by competing in games against each other. These will consist of physical games like wheelbarrow races and pair volleyball as well as less physical games like charades and paired video games. Not all pairs will participate in all games, but all pairs must participate in a full-group sibling version of The Newlywed Game where the pairs are asked a question about one "sibling” and the other sibling must give the same answer their sibling gave to see how well they’ve come to know each other.
At the conclusion of their final day of filming, each member of the sibling pair will do their final talking head interviews:
Think about the first time you met your sibling. How has your relationship with them grown since then?
Do you feel you’ve gotten to know your sibling better over the course of the show?
Would you like to keep in touch with your sibling now that the show’s come to an end?
You’ve already exchanged letters with your sibling, but is there anything you’d like to tell them now for them to hear when they watch the finale of the show?
OUT OF ‘VERSE INFO
Any questions can be directed to the main’s ask box!
the month of may had been filled with the japan leg of their concert tour, and hyeju wishes that rather than making sure the rest of the month is booked, bc would simply let the girls rest. concert tours are exhausting both physically and mentally, and all she really wants to do right now is be in her bed, cuddling romeo and watching something that she can doze off to. instead, she was backstage at hongik university and waiting for lipstick to be called up to perform. it’s not that she disliked university performances—quite the opposite as university students were very loud with their cheers—but she’s just tired. there’s no other way to describe how she’s feeling right now, and she’s not in the mood to be performing for a crowd of such energized people because she doesn’t think she’ll be able to match that energy. hyeju looks over to her group member, wrapping an arm around the other’s shoulder. “i’m surprised they still call us to these things. i thought we were supposed to be irrelevant.” it’s said in a more mocking tone as she mimics the comments that she sometimes sees online in regarding to their group.
cai was drunk, and somehow got separated from his friends. for the life of him he found heaven... a dog cafe that was still open. he had two cats at home who he loved dearly, yet when drunk he becomes obsessed with dogs and several times he has been hauled by friends to not dog-nap.
smiling brightly as he accepted the hot chocolate he ordered, he took a picture and scrolled through people on his message list before choosing randomly to text them the picture.
....text message incoming. 1 picture attachment.
cai: i think i’m in love.... will i get into trouble if i take this guy from the place? i mean look at his face! he’s begging me!
cai still hadn’t realized that once again he messaged the wrong number, the number he also forgot to delete last time he was drunk.
