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!
in and out, it was suppose to be a quick in and out. it almost felt like it was too soon for her parents to even think about coming to the company. but here they were, ready to ruin her life and this was just her debut. in fact, they were in the middle of debut promotions which bugged her even more. oh, so much more. she wished, hopped, that the company would've said no. but they said yes, here she was. in a meeting room having a lunch she didn't want, with the door slightly cracked. ( mainly due to her parents knowing she wouldn't lose her temper in at her company of all places. )
"so, we should talk to your manager..." rina couldn't help the groan that left her mouth. her father shot her a look, letting her mother continue on. "has the company thought about...plastic surgery." and if she could disappear, she would've. funny enough, the company had asked her about this. before she could even respond, her dad interjected. "i was thinking the same..the other member's in your group are very pretty." and they weren't shopping for a husband like parents thought. "shouldn't we just end the tour? i have training and other things.." and it was almost like she shouldn't have said anything because they railroaded over without a second thought.
setting: bc entertainment practice room
date: sometime during december 2011
time: 8:37pm
characters involved: eunhee & @fmdheesung
she was well aware of how other trainees perceived her, but she didn’t really care. if eunhee were being completely honest with herself, there was only one trainee whose opinion she cared about and that was heesung. eunhee rarely did the whole “crush” thing, especially because she was so focused on her own career and making a name for herself after she debuted as an idol, but she couldn’t deny the fact that heesung was very much so her ideal type in a lot of ways. he was tall and handsome, and he wasn’t a bad person to talk to. it was almost too easy to develop a little crush on him. romantic relationships between trainees were forbidden, but eunhee was always one to bend or even break the rules to push them in her favor, so she didn’t really care. that was why she didn’t stop with her advances. “oppa,” she greeted kindly when she entered one of bc’s practice rooms, already knowing that he was going to be there. she closed the door behind her, leaning against it with a smile. “getting a little late night practice in?”
to put it simply, duri’s nervous. it was his first day of training and he was now staying in trainee dorms, away from the things that he knew - the things that he was comfortable in, to say the least. however, he was excited about starting the new journey, the journey to his dreams that he had put off for so long and once he had finished his mandatory military service, he had finally decided it was time. one audition for bc entertainment; he had secured him spot with excitement of being in the same company as decipher and bee; it was a dream come true, wasn’t it? he could only hope that he can actually debut; but, he wasn’t entirely sure when that would be. there was rumors of a new boy group, but he was pretty sure he’d be looked over for that - he wouldn’t be training for too long.
eyes looking around, he walks down one of the many hallways of the building. they had a break for it was time for another training session; so, he was moving around, finding where other people would be. he wanted to talk to others; something he’s really good at. but, he was simply too nervous, especially with the fact that it’s clear he’s one of the older trainees in age - simply, a lot of them seemed like kids or teenagers, so he wasn’t entirely sure what to do. for a while, he’d simply stand back and watch. though, his eyes would come upon someone who looked a bit similar, his face lighting up a bit more. truly, they seemed to look like heesung and he had wondered if he was still a bc entertainment trainee; as it had been a while since he last saw the other.
he walked over, tapping the other’s shoulder. “heesungie? is that you?”
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!
rina has happy the dance rooms had the mirrors. ( or not so happy. ) even though right now, she could only see herself making a fool of herself. a huge one. "alright..so..i wanted to know if you'd like.." that sounded wrong, so wrong. maybe, it would just be better to not do it. that option seemed like the most appealing. if she never said anything, it'd never be a problem. ( when did she become such a coward? no need to answer. she always was. ) then she started to pace, walking around the room and muttering to herself like she was a crazy person. torn between doing it and not doing it. if only there was a way she could ask and then went it wrong, she could just toss the memory away like in their signal music video.
so she found herself pacing towards the door. "sunbae...oppa...sunbae-nim." then it seemed too stupid too be that formal for what she was asking. ( now she was just seconds from the door. a choice had to be made quickly. ) "heesung..would you like too...me..possibly..go." yeah, no. as she opened the door, her choice was made. she wouldn't do it. only to run into the person she had just chosen to avoid. "heesung! sunbae! i mean, hello sunbae." as quick as she was scared, she tried to focus herself. going into a bow because that was the respectful thing to do. "sorry, i didn't mean to open the door in your path."
