#79th generation

Takamina had finished her work as soon as possible, when she had found out that the new kenkyuusei had arrived at Akibastar. As she made her way to the dormitories, she looked around her, watching for unfamiliar faces.

As she didn't see any potential new kenkyuusei, she figured that they were still in their rooms. She walked up the stairs, and immediately noticed that a few rooms that were empty before, was now clearly inhabited. Takamina went over to one of the doors, knocked, and opened it.

Sonata jumped down the last few steps and onto the first floor. There was a group of girls being led around by Tsubasa. This must be the new generation! It had completely slipped her mind. Making use of what little time she had before the girls finished their tour of the grounds, Sonata hatched up a little surprise welcome party.

- - -

Tsubasa had left the girls to do whatever they wanted for the afternoon and they were just standing around the foyer, probably talking about how they had made it into 0048. Sonata jumped out from around the corner.

"Welcome!"

She handed each girl a small basket that contained some sweets and a little key chain. It was all she could pull together in such a short time.

Hearing shuffling in the hall, Chieri paused. A few keystrokes later and she was at AKB0048''s news site, and sure enough, the announcement regarding the new kenkyuusei was up. Only four this time, huh? It isn't surprising, really. Yuko-senpai's disappearance, the attack on Akibastar... people must have found it difficult to audition, not to mention the final test...

Shutting down the computer, Chieri fixed her hair before stepping out of the room. By now, the girl's had headed into their respective rooms, though the doors were still open. Knocking, she poked her head in one of the doors. 

Tomoyo was walking down the stairs when she saw a small group of girls being lead inside by Tsubasa. Oh? They must be the new kenkyuusei - the 79th generation. Waiting for the manager to leave, she walked up to the new girls.

Unlike last year, the weather was clear. There wasn't a cloud in the sky, no wind, and the only noise was the distant cheering coming from 00's concert and the heavy breathing of hopefuls.

Only four remained. Four had managed to fight mecha more than thrice their size, some manned by people who intended to kidnap them and tarnish 00's name. The entire group had fought hard, but only four were left standing, bruised and dirty, but standing nonetheless.

With her heels clicking, Tsubasa appeared. The music for Mae Shika Mukanee faded and the manager pressed a button on a small remote. Quietly, the mecha turned into fan covered machines, with grinning WOTA stepping out of them, shouting and waving.

"You four passed the test. You are now part of AKB0048's 79th generation. Keep doing your best as official kenkyuusei!"

The adrenaline of battle started to wear off, shock and confusion settling in. "It wasn't real...?" But even that was quickly removed. "I made it! I made it!"

Please welcome the new members of AKB0048, the 79th generation! Shigure Alison, Akiyama Kirino, Tanemura Hinata, and Asahara Kumori!

Applications Open: February 1st, 2014 - February 28th, 2014 (GMT+10)

Rules: When applying, I'll need your character's full name and physical appearance, age, home planet, who they plan to succeed (if you don't know, thats okay, be sure to say so) and a face claim/image if you have one. I'll need a quick bit of background information as well as a role play sample (these only need to be a minimum of a paragraph each but can be as detailed and long as you like). If you already have a muse in this group, please make sure to tell me (this will not be used in deciding who is accepted or not, its just for our records of how many muses a person has)

Accepting: Four kenkyuusei. ("But last time you accepted 8!" And some dropped out. That also means I'd have to accept 9 this time and 0 next time for the generations. OCs aren't as popular as canon characters, and that goes for pretty much every fandom - I have nothing against OCs and have a few myself, but I'd prefer for us to have more canon characters too)

I'm interested in it, but maybe not right now. Maybe sometime in February or something?

Thats a good idea. We do have two events planned to occur before the end of the year, not to mention there are supposed to be a few successions.