Effervescent

tomoe knew how it felt when your group seemed to kind of trail behind the others at your company. promiss had been a flop, and while clover was gaining more notoriety, they were nothing compared to jewel. mo could only imagine what it was like being callback– the group that liberty very publicly didn’t even want to debut. “this is so huge– i’m so happy for you,” they said sincerely. “it’s so deserved.”

“well, if you ask me, your group is on the way up– i’m sure you’ll have plenty more all-kills in the future to celebrate,” she encouraged him

“maybe the word suffering is a bit extreme but…i see people i went to school with who deb-uted around when i did, and the level they’re at compared to me? my career is certainly suffering,” she said, making it about herself instead of him. she didn’t want to make him upset, though she genuinely felt everyone at liberty except maybe burnout was fucked.

“oh man, i remember our first all-kill– it’s such an incredible feeling!” aesol gushed. “hopefully your next one lasts a little longer!”

“Same, I hope so too!” Duckie said. “We’ll just have to wait ‘til everyone’s gone on hiatus and just burst on the scene.”

“it must feel so good! like all your hard work is paying off!” chaeyoung gushed excitedly. “and for such a good song too– congratulations.”

“a short all kill is still an all-kill! you guys should get one of those bowling trophies and get it engraved with something to celebrate it,” hyo laughed.

“nah, i definitely saw it too. i mean, maybe i’m lying about it, and you’ll never know, but between you and me– reflexion had the charts refreshing when we noticed you getting close. if you ask noeul, i bet he has a screenshot,” jakey replied. “congrats. y’all are the little underdog band that could. huge ups to you.”

“watch– liberty’s going to make a big tribute video and get you guys to react to being first, and none of you will have seen it in real time,” he teased

“congrats– this is your first ever all kill, right?” sookie asked with a smile. “huge moment, however brief. i hope this is just the beginning for y’all.”

“it still happened though, right? i think that’s cause for celebration,” mikey insisted, smiling at him. “you and your group should be very proud. it’s a huge achievement.”

“Yeah, I guess so - if we were thinking we’d make an all-kill, I probably would’ve got party poppers or something,” Duckie said with a laugh.

“well, if your mom is anything like i am with songyi, there are surely screenshots and screenrecordings for you to live the moment through at least,” solim answered with a smile.

“i’m so excited for you guys,” dain said, clapping duckie on the shoulder enthusiastically. “i remember when fans had to, like, riot to get you to debut! and look at you now! take that liberty!”

“i mean, first of all, congratulations. from what i know, that’s a really big deal,” tony answered earnestly. “i just… what’s the difference between an all kill and a perfect all kill? i feel like i see all of those terms a lot.”