prove it • stray kids

22 | mission three

riley smith

[korean]

Here we are, back to the room where PDnim evaluates us. Nyla is especially nervous about this performance since she has to show her confident side. I place my hand on her shoulder, about to give her words of encouragement, but PDnim walks in at that moment.

As usual, he gets talking about the mission, "You've been practicing for a duet between Riley and Nyla and Suwei's solo performance. What have you guys prepared?"

Suwei starts talking, "I decided to choreograph a dance for 'Like This' by Pentagon."

PDnim nods and gestures for me to explain our performance.

"Nyla and I are covering 'Bring It' by Seventeen's Woozi and Hoshi."

"Okay. Let's start with Suwei," PDnim announces.

As Nyla and I go to sit on the side, I see Chan, Jisung, and Changbin walk into the room, hiding in the back.

Suwei starts her performance, which lasts for about the first one and a half minutes of the song.

After she finishes, Nyla and I are up.

"Be confident. You can do this," I tell the girl.

She nods, giving me a high-five for good luck.

We begin our performance and do our best to follow the tips Changbin and Jisung gave us for adding energy to our stage.

We split up the lines; I had Hoshi's part, and Nyla had Woozi's part.

PDnim finishes taking his notes and starts his process of giving us feedback.

"Honestly, I think your skills were better shown in this way than as a group," he tells us.

I look down and bite my lip, waiting for him to continue.

"I'll start with your performance notes. Suwei, your dance conveyed your emotions very well. I'm impressed by your skills yet again."

Despite the earlier news of us being supposedly better while separated, Suwei is happy to hear the compliment. I am too: she always doubted her skills as a choreographer, so I'm glad that she could gain more confidence from this mission.

PDnim moves on to me and Nyla, "I enjoyed the high energy. While I can still see Nyla's shyness, I think the delivery was good and was pleasantly surprised by the change of pace. Try using more gestures and make more eye contact to catch your audience's attention."

The three of us bow and thank PDnim as he starts explaining the fourth mission, "Although I think you expressed your individual talents better today, the next mission will put you all as a group together. I want you three to write a song that has singing, rapping, and choreography. Now, since you know that I prefer your talents when you performed as a duo and solo, I suggest you work extra hard to prove that this group performance is better than what I saw today."

We all nod, and the filming soon ends. PDnim leaves the room, the crew slowly packing up their equipment and following.

The 3RACHA members that have been silently watching head over to us.

"You did great," Chan starts, "But that means your group performance has to be much greater."

Jisung nods, "Any song ideas?"

Suwei gestures to Nyla, "She said she had a few."

"Well," Changbin says while pointing at the door leading to a producing studio, "Let's hear them."