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*is shy* Hi guys....I really wanted to do a fanfic that chronicled my experiences from the time I started kau to the present day. Most people I have talked to on a regular basis in kau have already asked me to be in it....if I haven't asked you or you haven't asked me and you would like to be in it please contact me on MSN so I can write you in. Apart from that, I hope you enjoy reading my story ^^ I just started writing it today, but I can write quite quickly when I have a mind to, so it should start getting interesting soon ^^ Comments are love, and if you steal or repost my story, then my evil scythe of doom will come down upon your head with a vengeance, 'kay? 'Kay.

<div align="center">Chapter One</div>

A young dancer named Stephanie smiled as she left her friends at the gate to Audition Town, the dance center where they all practiced together. After a long day of training, she was eager to get home and relax. “I’ll see you guys tomorrow, all right?” Her friends nodded and waved as Stephanie walked rapidly toward her home, which was only two blocks from Audition Town.

The moment she got in the door, her mom was waiting, holding up a letter. “Steph, this came for you – from the Korean Audition Town,” she said, pronouncing her last three words with emphasis to let her daughter know how important this matter was. They currently lived near the South-East Asian Audition Town, which was fairly large – but everyone knew that the Korean Audition Town was the best. Not just anyone could get in – dancers from the other Audition Towns had to audition in front of Korean Audition masters to be able to join. It was very elite, and competition was fierce. Stephanie had auditioned a few months ago, but since she’d never heard anything, she’d assumed she hadn’t made the cut.

“Well?” her mother demanded, breaking into her daughter’s reverie. “Are you just going to stand there mooning around like an idiot, or are you going to open the damn letter?” Despite her mother’s harsh words, Stephanie knew that her mother was very, very proud of what she had accomplished in Audition Town. So she smiled as she took the letter out of her mother’s outstretched hand. “I’m opening it.” She carefully pulled open the letter and read aloud:

Dear Stephanie Johnson,

We are pleased to inform you that the results of your audition to join Korea’s Audition Town are in. You are by far one of the best and most talented dancers we have seen in a number of years. Therefore, it is our pleasure to extend you an invitation to join us and become a dancer for the Korean Audition Town. To ease the problems that arise from culture shock, we have invited other foreign dancers who will all live together, in the same dorm, and train together. We hope that you will accept our invitation. Enclosed is money for your journey to Korea. If you accept, please come no later than May 23, 2007.

Sincerely,
The Korean Audition Masters



Stephanie finished reading. Today’s date was May 19, so she still had time to decide. But in her heart, she knew her decision was already made. It was her dream to be one of the best dancers in all of Audition Town. To reach that dream, she had to go to Korea and dance with the best dancers on earth.

“Are you going?” her mom asked. Joy and sadness mingled on her mother’s face. Since it was only the two of them, Stephanie knew that it would hurt her mother to watch her leave. But she also knew that her mother would never stand in the way of her dream.

“Yes,” Stephanie nodded, acknowledging what she knew was inevitable. “I’ll say goodbye to my friends tomorrow and pack. Then I’ll leave the day after.”

“Okay, sweetheart,” Stephanie’s mom said as she reached out to hug her daughter. “I know you’ll become one of the best dancers in the world,” she whispered.

“Thanks, Mom, I hope so too,” Stephanie replied quietly.

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The following day, Stephanie made her way back to Audition Town to play with her friends for the last time. She was quiet through much of the day, and her friend Kim finally asked her why. “Umm…well…I got a letter from the Korean Audition Masters…they want me to move to Korea and become a dancer there.” She waited anxiously for her friends’ responses, wanting them to say that they wouldn’t forget her and that they’d still be friends. What she got was much different.

Kim’s face turned stony after she heard Stephanie’s news. “Well, I should have expected it,” she said curtly.

“What do you mean?” Stephanie asked, hurt by her friend’s cold tone and expression.

“I guess we’re just not good enough competition for you, here in this little Audition Town, so you have to go to Korea,” Kim sneered in reply.

“Yeah, it seems that all the attention you got here finally went to your head,” another friend, Trisha, put in.

“It’s not like that!” Stephanie was struggling to find the right words to defend herself and make things okay again. “We’ve all talked about Korea and how we want to go there. If you want to be the best dancer you can be, you have to end up in Korea eventually!”

“Yeah, well, if you’re going to forsake your family and friends for it, then fine,” Kim said curtly. “Have a nice life in Korea. We won’t miss you at all, you spoiled bitch.”

Stephanie bit her lip to hold back tears. I won’t let them affect me, I won’t... She took a deep breath and became composed again. “Okay, I just came to say goodbye to you guys, because I’ll be leaving tomorrow. But since you don’t care, I’ll cut it short. I still have packing to do.” She gave Kim and Trisha tentative smiles. “My mom’s going to send my letters to me. If you change your mind, you can always write.” Best to leave the door open for old friends, just in case. She waited for a response, but neither of them said anything. “Okay, I’ll be going then. Best of luck to you guys.”

Then Stephanie turned her back on her former friends and strode out of Audition Town to prepare for her new life.

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Some questions you may have had after reading:

Q: Who are Kim and Trisha based on?
A: No one, really Tongue I didn't make many friends during my time in SEA, it was only when I went to kAU that I met all my Audition friends.

Q: May I be in your story?
A: Well, that depends. If I've seen you a lot on kau and we are already friends, then of course you may be. If we haven't spoken a lot but you would like to be, you can talk to me about your character's profile and you miiiight make an appearance. No promises though, I reserve the right to be an erratic, unpredictable artiste <3

Q: If I am in your story, when will I appear?
A: No promises on that either. I'm trying to go in chronological order, so if I met you when I was new to kAU, you'll show up much sooner than someone I met last week.

Q: So boring so far! I want action!
A: Hush, it's the first chapter. I had to set up a frame for the story. In chapter two, I'll begin writing about my kAU experience and things should pick up from there.

Oh and in case anyone was wondering: I've already drafted Multi to make an appearance. It may not be for awhile, but the insanity of the Blartchis' conversation with Multi shall be preserved to the best of my ability to do so in a story~hahaha.

Thanks for reading this to the end and....I hope you enjoyed my story so far!
It's great! I love it so far *thinks of any critisim* I'm drawing a blank here... >< But really so far it's nice and I can relate to jealousy pretty well >.> Okay I'm done with the pointless rambling :3
Killha Wrote:It's great! I love it so far *thinks of any critisim* I'm drawing a blank here... >< But really so far it's nice and I can relate to jealousy pretty well >.> Okay I'm done with the pointless rambling :3

hehe thank you so very much....i think everyone can relate to that, i still get jealous as well xD

and next chapter is being worked on!
*is sure to be in it eventually, but who knows, i'll prolly be drifting in space somewhere* Tongue
Gamingnerd Wrote:*is sure to be in it eventually, but who knows, i'll prolly be drifting in space somewhere* Tongue

of course you'll be in it soon, as my big brother! anddddddd chapter two is coming naooo. in my next post Tongue
lawl, multi.

I'm probably in the later chapters

Nice fanfic Big Grin. I like your style.
I'm baaaaaaaaaaack....couldn't stop myself from releasing Chapter Two tonight ^^

<div align="center">Chapter Two</div>

The plane ride to Korea was long and boring. Stephanie listened to her mp3 player to pass the time. She wasn’t at all frightened about going, she just wanted to get settled in and make a new life for herself.

From the airport, Stephanie found a taxi and gave the driver the address to Audition Town. A few minutes later, she found herself outside the gates. She searched for a call box or some other way to alert someone of her presence, but there was nothing. Instead, she noticed a tall man with disheveled brown hair and a raggedy, old outfit consisting of a jean top and jeans that were far too short. His outfit was laughable at best, but since he was most likely an Audition Master, she resisted the urge to giggle. When the man reached the gate, he focused on her. “Are you Stephanie Johnson?” he asked her.

“Yes, I am,” Stephanie answered politely.

The man smiled suddenly as he pulled the gate open for her. “Welcome to Korean Audition Town. My name is Jin, and I’m one of the Audition Masters.”

“Thank you,” Stephanie answered as she stepped into the town. “Oh….by the way…how many Audition Masters are there?”

“Well over one hundred,” Jin replied. “With a town this large, we need a lot of Audition Masters to settle disputes and keep the town peaceful.”

“And….do all of the Audition Masters speak English?” Stephanie asked, feeling a little anxious. She had never learned Korean, although she’d always wanted to.

“Yes, we all learned it to make our foreign students feel more comfortable here,” Jin replied. “However, with our Korean students, it is a different matter entirely. Most of them speak only in Korean, so you will probably want to stay with your class until you feel more secure here.”

“Thank you, I can’t wait to meet my classmates. How many other foreign dancers are there?”

“It’s a small number, I’m afraid. At the moment, there are ten of you total. However, there are always some who decide that the Korean Audition Town isn’t for them, after all. They usually end up quitting dancing or going back to their old Audition Town.”

“I see,” Stephanie said as she walked through the center of town with him. A series of huge, brown-brick building covered in moss came into view. “Are those the dorms?” she asked.

“Yes. Do you see the smaller building at the edge of town? That’s the dorm for our foreign students-” Jin was interrupted suddenly as an Audition Master in raggedy, mismatched clothing that looked better-suited for a homeless bum, pushed by him, running away with a bag of brand new clothes stolen from the shop. A woman dressed all in blue with long black hair was close behind, yelling, “Hooni! I don’t care if you are an Audition Master, you have no right to steal clothes from the shop! I WILL ARREST YOU! COME BACK HERE!”

“Aw, come on, Policewoman,” Hooni protested as he continued to run. “How would you like it if you were dressed like this? Do you even know what all the dancers say to me? Especially those awful ones from the South-East Asian town?” His voice became nasally as he imitated the dancers. “Hooni, you so ugly la, look like your clothes come from garbage bin, how a bum like you ever become Audition Master meh?”

Stephanie couldn’t help but giggle softly, watching as the Policewoman finally caught up with Hooni and strapped handcuffs on him. “So these are the other Audition Masters,” she mused. “Are they all like that?” Jin lacked fashion sense, it was true, but he seemed normal enough.

Jin was chuckling too. “It’s never dull here, I will say that. But you’ll get used to everything soon enough. And you can always ask me or any of the other Audition Masters for help, especially the Policewoman. She seems tough and imposing at first, but she really does care about the dancers, and she’ll always help you if you ask.”

Stephanie nodded. “Thank you, I’ll remember that.”

At last, they reached the dorm. Jin gave her final instructions. “Your room number is 109. You’ll be rooming by yourself…I assume that’s all right with you?”

“Yes, it’s fine,” Stephanie assured him.

“Good,” Jin nodded. “There is a computer in your room, it has a messenger system equipped. After you’ve made some friends here, their locations will show up in your messenger if you need to find them quickly.”

Stephanie beamed at that. The Korean Audition Town was so much more advanced than the one she had come from. “Great, thank you so much for all the help.”

“My pleasure,” Jin responded. “One more thing. After you’ve unpacked all your bags, please come to the registration building we passed on the way here. They’ll make you an official ID card. Every dancer here must have one. And then tomorrow you will start your training with the other foreign dancers. If you have any more questions, please contact me or another Audition Master,” Jin said, and then left her alone to unpack.

Stephanie couldn’t keep a joyful smile from spreading across her face as she settled into her new home and began unpacking. The Korean Audition Town was turning out to be everything she’d hoped for and so much more. She couldn’t wait for tomorrow to come so she could begin training again.

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Some more questions you may have had while reading:

Q: There are over 100 Audition Masters?
A: Yep. I made them correspond to all of the NPCs available in kau. Obviously, they won't all be written in, but some of the more common ones from story mode like Jin, Barbie, Hooni, Scotch, Policewoman, etc. will show up occasionally.

Q: WTF, are the NPCs on crack? Why is Hooni suddenly a klepto?
A: Because the writer is on crack so her characters are too Tongue No, seriously - Hooni just wanted to stop looking like a homeless bum. Come on now, you know you wouldn't like it either xD But thanks to our bold and intrepid Policewoman, the cracks at Hooni's expense don't have to stop Tongue

Q: A messenger system on the computer? How does that work?
A: It's just like the messenger system on kau, only I figured that it would make more sense to have it be on the computer. The limitations of real life really suck, don't they? Tongue Obviously it'll be an annoyance for Stephanie to have to run back to her room to check the computer everytime she wants to find a friend. Maybe I'll make it so that her messenger shows up on a PDA eventually....*ponders*

Again, thank you if you've read 'til the end, I hope you're enjoying it so far ^^
MORE MORE MORE MORE MOOOOORE
Vpower Wrote:lawl, multi.

I'm probably in the later chapters

Nice fanfic Big Grin. I like your style.

i'm very much looking forward to multi. it's giving me inspiration to write faster. hahaha.

i hope you will be in it, although i hadn't asked you yet xD but i guess so Tongue

and tyyyy. i'm glad you're enjoying it!

kentaroron Wrote:MORE MORE MORE MORE MOOOOORE

okkkkkkkk. i have work tomorrow night but maybe i can get another chapter done before then ^^
Lmao hooni owns ftw! XDDDD Too bad the koreans can't interact with the forigners T_T That would be cool if that was to happen and everyone would be in unityyyy. I'm rambling again .-. Again, it's very nice ^__^
Killha Wrote:Lmao hooni owns ftw! XDDDD Too bad the koreans can't interact with the forigners T_T That would be cool if that was to happen and everyone would be in unityyyy. I'm rambling again .-. Again, it's very nice ^__^

Maybe eventually some korean people can start appearing? Just random ones cause I don't know many koreans. But I think I'll have my hands full with all the trouble we english speakers get up to xD
it was cute, THERES YO COMMENT NICCA!
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yay tyyy for giving me the push to write this <3 you need to write more of yours. haha.
aw poor hooni D: caught red-handed
cant wait till next chapter D:
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