#fmdfantasyfest

she took a glance at the idol next to her as she got settled. “i hope you don’t mind if i join you.” things were already hard enough as it was, she hopped this wasn’t someone’s bad day. “the place is full...i shouldn’t have took my time getting here.” that was the biggest problem, she should’ve come right away. 

“hey, have you seen this coffee shop anywhere?”

after her photography class had come to a close, seolhwa had set out into the city on her own with her camera strapped around her neck to get more pictures to take back home with her. she’d never done scrapbooking before, but she was willing to start if she could arrange all the pretty views she’d seen so far in california.

unfortunately, somewhere in the midst of her photo-taking adventure, she’d ended up following her phone’s gps app on a wild goose chase looking for a coffee shop she’d heard good things about. her phone tells her she’s standing right in front of it. she’s decidedly not, and she hates looking stupid, but walking in circles in the heat for any longer doesn’t sound appealing either.

she picks up the pace of her steps to get to the other idol she’d noticed and stopped, showing them the coffee shop’s logo on her phone. “i heard they have the best iced soy lattes in the city. if you help me find it, i’ll buy you lunch.”

with his current state of mind, it’s little surprise that he mistakes another idol for the palm springs native he’s decidedly befriended over the past half an hour. ash is hardly a social butterfly, but lowered inhibitions and the brief illusion of freedom has him coming back to where he’d thought he’d left his new buddy with all the giddiness of someone who has decided he doesn’t care at all about the potential career-ending consequences of getting caught doing half of the things he’s done since he touched down in california.

it’s a false sense of familiarity that has him slinging his arm around the person’s shoulder, self-dyed purple hair falling out of where it’d been tied and into his face with the motion. “i’m telling you, no one in seoul knows how to party like this.” more likely than not due to the absence of large mansion estates within the city, but ash isn’t interested in parsing through rationality at a time like this. “everyone i know is boring as shit. you’re a lot more fun.” his eyes try to focus on the people in the distance, and one corner of his lips pulls up flirtatiously in a way that would have been much more at home in the conversation he thinks he’s returning to. “did i mention the place i’m staying at isn’t too far from here?” it’s only then that he turns to look at the other, imminently facing the realization of his mistake.

jetlag isn’t how she expects to spend the most of her days.

spending between the lines of trudging out of a shared space with however many faces she tries to avoid, and prepping the rest of the time with ways to stand undercover, covert — away from the craze of crowds of people. california, and she wanted to believe that in any case, things would be different. perhaps, guised inside the monotony of a crowd who doesn’t know her name, surrounded by the boom of the bass heavy in the speaker with artists she wanted to listen to. but that’s all wishful thinking, and by now, the jetlag is something her body doesn’t want to slip away from.

Ting absolutely adored performing. He loved being on the stage, feeling the electric energy from the crowd. Even though they were in a completely different country, they still had a lot of fans out there cheering and singing along to their songs - as best as they could due to the language barrier. It was really sweet seeing so many people excited just to see Unity on stage. It made the entire experience even better. It made him realize why everything he had went through to get to that point in his life was worth it. However, the only downside to it all was the fact that after concerts and performances, he couldn’t find a way to bring down his energy. Unity performed about two or so hours prior to that, and he still felt as though he were buzzing with energy. 

strike one was the quarterly schedules. two, the flight over where his age doesn’t follow up with the time zone disparity. three becomes in an embodiment of a diva moment when the room doesn’t become his sole source of comfort — instead, it’s shared with new faces and old.still, there’s glimpses of whatever he can manage with what he’s given, and the first becomes when he sees duri in the room. familiarity, and smooth sailing, taejin carves out a smile from his disheveled fatigue from the events prior.

“do i call this the hag room?” taejin musters up a laugh, throwing in a friendly wave. “considering that i don’t know many of the faces in this room, it’s nice to see a familiar one.” and where he makes most of what he’s tossed to today, it’s a small free time and the effects of california sun that bring adventure to the table. 

turning his head with a toothy grin, he adds. “for the sake of being in california, want to teach me the 30 sexy dance? then, perhaps, i’ll learn to have more fun while i’m here.”

    duri isn’t entirely sure why he had decided to attend the first after concert meal. to be fair, he thought if he went early, there wouldn’t be too many people at the dinner. but, he had unfortunately, been wrong about that in it’s entirety. to be honest, he really thought about turning around and leaving, but it seemingly had already been too late to actually do that. so, instead, he attempted to suck it up, and just eat. simply, he would just have to pretend that it didn’t feel like the room was closing in on him with the amount of people that were in the room. would he ever be able to get over that? he wasn’t entirely sure,  but it was a feeling that he really didn’t like at all. he would much prefer to not be here, but he decided to just eat and show his face - but, he thought, maybe he should just cook back at the villa. but, who would really have the time to do that? he was tired, he didn’t feel like cooking - no matter how much he loves it. sources say, he’d probably make this mistake again.

jaewon: 

he’s staying in bungalow c and yeah... not gonna lie he’ll probably spend a bunch of time there whenever he’s not expected somewhere, not like jaewon ever goes anywhere he doesn’t have to be

june 10: he’s teaching a songwriting class at the local community center so like anyone that is present hit him up (this was a terrible idea btw, jaewon’s english is abysmal and he’ll suffer but whtvr)

june 11: he’ll probably check out the foodtruck festival, nothing too crazy

june 11: he’s performing at the pop-up concert (performing jasmine, fiancé, run away and lost in a crowd) i’d love to do something with other performers

june 11: he’ll probably forego the pool party, jaewon isn’t too big on parties (or getting drunk in front of other idols, rip the halloween party) and he’s trying to micro-manage unity less so he’s not likely to attend (tho he might be swayed if anyone really wants him there)

june 12 & 13: both concert days he mainly focuses on the concert. he’s kinda annoyed about having to perform jopping, also a lil hmh about unity not performing kick it but it shouldn’t make him more disgruntled than usually? tho he’ll still be a bit annoyed

yuanjun:

he’s staying in villa b and rip to everyone there because he Will be a menace about it. he’s not looking for a roommate tho cuz he and jaeyeol are gonne wreck havoc together, rip everyone there

that being said he’s probably also frequently over at villa e for the sole purpose of annoying his boyfriend so catch him around there too

june 9: he’s doing a fan makeover and he’s absolutely over the moon about it, we all know yuanjun loves fashion and make-up things

june 10: also participating in the dance class, go off nation’s main dancer (im kidding ofc) but yeah he will be in his element and eager to have fun w the other ppl present

june 11: at the foodtruck festival, someone pls make the mistake of offering to buy him food and watch him work through an absolute impossible amount of food

june 11: he will be watching the softball game and rooting for the blue team (and oggling his boyfriend in the process) anyone willing to come hang out with him is more than welcome!!

june 11: also DEFINITELY going to the private pool party and honestly, i rlly want to have yuanjun going stupid crazy, he only needs like three drinks to get fucked up anyway so this is gonna be fun. come cause chaos w him, or attempt to reel him in, either one goes

 june 12: he’ll def be hungover the next morning, offer him some helpful advice maybe? 

june 12: luckily he has the rest of the day off and he’ll be back on his cheery bullshit by the time concert rehearsals and the concert rolls around (this applies to june 13 as well, he’s just glad to be here man)

minah:

staying at bungalow d, as im writing this still all by herself but i’m sure that will change soon enough anyway!

june 9: taking a floral dessign and arrangment class cuz she’s a wholesome lil hag, i love her for that

june 10: has a lot of free time on her hands, probably spends a lot of it calmly hanging around her bungalow, maybe writing some songs, but also just spending time with friends who prefer a calmer day in as well

june 11: most definitely attends the food truck festival, will buy people meals 

june 11: also will probably attend the softball game to be a supportive friend, not rooting for any team in particular, theyre all winners!!! 

june 11: most definitely will forego the pool party, the sole exception of her coming near that place is to pick up drunk friends if they text her they need help to get back to their accomodation

june 12 & 13: eager for the concerts like you’d expect from minah, truly just happy to be here, even if she wished they’d get to perform some bigger, older hits, even if just one (genie > news)

june 13: also partaking in the busking event, i’m super excited for this one, down for any sort of little collabs and duets so any muns partaking pls do hmu!!!

yena: 

villa a ladies this is gonna be funnnn!! for yena at least, she’s just here to be drunk and look hot at the poolside. she does however still need a roommate tho, just saying

june 9: participating in the fashion show cuz shes a model who models!!! god this pretty bitch rlly will be in her element just walking around looking EXPENSIVE

june 9: probably goes to the open mic night to ‘support the other idols’ aka drink cocktails, she can multi task okay

june 10: will be spend in the villa lazing by the pool i do Not make the rules

june 11: im rlly not set on any of the afternoon activities, she might go to the foodtruck festival + softball game if it lines up for a thread but otherwise its also far to assume she didn’t bother

june 11: she IS however attending the pool party, dear lord as if yena would ever let that go, truly just here to look hot and get drunk, when does she ever do anything else

june 12: does have the billboard pictorial shoot in the morning and she’s definitely hungover showing up there but that’s okay she makes it work

june 12: still hungover by the time the concert creeps around and tbh cuz she doesn’t care for the concert she will do the Bare Minimum, as nam yena does