#and not get spooked by loop appearing randomly

[askoverkill]

So when siffrin talks to loop is he saying all that out loud?

// yeah.

// he COULD use the phone craft but loop forgot to tell him about that.

[lgcmanager]

NOVA IUVENTA 002 (CHAPTER 5: OUROBOROS)

SCHEDULE TYPE: VARIABLE GIG SCHEDULE RESTRICTIONS: please check your individual missions for details on restrictions.

MAIN CAST:

SON NABI

WATANABE MIYU

the drama will mostly be from the point of view of these characters.

LEAD CAST:

KIM NAYOUNG

KWON SENA

SEO MINSEO

YU MILAN

these have prominent roles and are necessary for the plot. they get a similar amount of lines.

SUPPORT CAST:

BAE SOJIN

CHA SANGWON

HAN ROWON

NAM GYURI

while the supporting cast isn’t as prominent, they will still be present in many scenes.

GUEST CAST:

BAE NATHAN

CHAE RUA

CHO MINKYU

HAN NOEUL

ITO MIO

LEE HYUNSOO

guests usually appear in a single scene or a limited amount of time.

CHAPTER 5: OUROBOROS

NOVA IUVENTA is NOVA'S very own VISUAL UNIVERSE. the new mini-album songs will be introduced through 'CHAPTER 5: OUROBOROS' storylines. in this SHORT FILM, students are stuck in a time-loop that they try to get out of. which means that besides the members of NOVA, most of the cast will reenact the same motions in every scene, unless affected by one of the girls' actions. 

ic wise, all the selected actors were contacted on JANUARY 6 about passing the audition and given the script the following day. the short film will be filmed from FEBRUARY 10 to FEBRUARY 21 and premiere on MARCH 5 in various cities KOREA in selected theaters. MAIN, LEAD and SUPPORT cast will be present at the SEOUL PREMIERE, at 7:00PM on MARCH 5. finally, NI:5O will be released on NOVA's YOUTUBE channel twenty-four hours later.  

SYNOPSIS

*please note that this is just a summary, as mentioned above, each loop will have people go through the same motion. therefore, unless stated otherwise, your muse will always be in the repeated scene.

PART 1: ACCENDIO - NABI POV

SCENE: NABI'S WALK TO SCHOOL

the film opens on NABI making her way to school. as she walks on the streets joyfully and confidently, she explains that she was blessed with LUCK at her birth. since her childhood, luck has always been on her side. in a flashback a young nabi (played by a child actress) randomly picks lottery numbers for her father and they become millionaires. returning to the present, the bright and happy nabi seems to be at the right place at the right moment for diverse incidents. right before a crossroad, she stops to tie her shoe and avoids a painting falling for above, dropped by movers. she shrugs and crosses the street.

SCENE: NABI'S CLASSROOM CAST: CHAE RUA, NAM GYURI, HAN ROWON

the way to her class goes much the same way, she's greeted by various people and greets them back joyfully, another student (RUA), reminds her that they have a dance practice in the evening. once inside, she's joined by her best friend (GYURI) with whom she gossips about the latests news. they are joined by several other girls, with whom they chat happily until their homeroom teacher (ROWON) asks them to sit down. when nabi is given her latest test back, a perfect score of 100 is noted on it.

SCENE: NABI'S WALK TO SCHOOL

the scene repeats the same way, but this time, her narration is hesitant and at times, she keeps frowns, noting that this all feels like a déjà vu

SCENE: NABI'S WALK TO SCHOOL

again, the same scene, but nabi is clearly spooked.

SCENE: NABI'S WALK TO SCHOOL + CLASSROOM CAST: LEE HYUNSO (note: he's been in the scene since the beginning, but only his feet were visible before)

nabi has been living the same day again and again. she's over it by now. no more narration. in fact, she's so annoyed by now, that she stops before reaching the crossroads and yells up at the workers to stop texting on his phone and do his job right before he kills someone. the worker (HYUNSOO) bows apologetically and secures the painting. however, this does nothing to better her mood and as her friends chat around her, she's sitting quietly, gaze vacant.

PART 2: MY WORLD - MIYU POV

SCENE: MIYU'S HOME CAST: ITO MIO

the day begins with MIYU getting out of bed with purpose. as she washes up and changes into her school uniform, she narrates that her life has always been a little strange. the house is clearly eclectic with unique arts and objects, almost looking more like an antique shop than a home, 80s japanese music can be heard coming from downstairs. she checks the time and leaves her bedroom. she counts down the seconds before opening the door and expertly catches a baseball that would've otherwise hit her face. her little sister (MIO) whistles, clearly impressed by miyu's reflexes. miyu's narration continues and she explains that she has been living this day 12 times already. she throws the ball back to her sister who catches it with a 'humpf' and ask since when has she become good at sports. miyu ignores her, going about her routine, which entails any accident from happening, starting with getting to the stove before the breakfast gets burned, due to her parents being too distracted dancing to their music. the girl clearly has a predetermined route, and only goes through the motions, until one day, she sees nabi walking down the corridor. she snaps out of it when a girl slaps her boyfriend (MINKYU), yelling at him for having forgotten their anniversary. miyu winces, realizing she missed the timing to prevent this from happening. she turns her gaze towards nabi, seeming to hesitate before changing directions and going after nabi. she runs after the girl and grabs her wrist. as nabi turns, miyu pants and asks her: "does time curse ring bells to you?"

PART 3: MOTTO - NABI x MIYU

SCENE: CAFETERIA

having found each other, the girls begin meeting every lunch hour, where they share their experiences, findings and theorize about what could've happened and how to resolve their issues. after a couple of loops, miyu passes by a table, frowns and turns around to stare at a student busy studying, her lunch forgotten. out loud, MIYU notes that she wasn't reading this book the previous day. with a sigh, MILAN raises her head, clearly annoyed to have been found out. while nabi and miyu sit down (uninvited) with the girl, clearly excited to have found another 'cursed one'. excitement not shared by milan. as they question the girl and why she didn't tell them before, she explains that before this time loop, she was clearly on her way to fail her CSATs, but this 'curse' is giving her a chance to study and perhaps get to university. when nabi asks why didn't she study before, she gets extremely defensive, packs up her things and leaves.

PART 4: YOYO & TRAMPOLINE - NABI x MIYU

SCENE: AROUND THE SCHOOL CAST: BAE NATHAN, CHA SANGWON

the following day, the duo returns to the cafeteria, nothing has changed, except that milan isn't here. they sit down to eat, both glancing at the spot where milan used to sit from time to time. they decide to try to find her the following day. a loop later, the two meet in the corridor and decide to look around the school to find the other student. they check inside the girl's classroom and the library but cannot find her. they decide to check the indoor gym where a couple of boys (including NATHAN and SANGWON) are playing basketball, girls fawning over them on the side. but it's a girl (MINSEO) jumping and doing flips and tricks on a trampoline who catches her attention as she questions since when the 'horse girl' has been this good at this. before she can investigate, however, someone (NAYOUNG) suddenly appears at their side. she's playing with a yoyo and asks them directly how long they've been in the timeloop. from nayoung they learn that minseo have also been stuck in this timeloop for several days now. she explains that minseo has been trying various hobbies before sticking to trampoline. from time to time, minseo interjects herself. She even reveals that they know about milan but don't want to bother her due to her difficult family situation, which makes it impossible for her to focus on her studies. nabi begins to feel guilty for how their interaction went upon learning this. when asked if they have found a clue on how to break out of the timeloop, nayoung tells them they haven't even tried. while minseo has been trying various things, she's been testing how far sangwon is willing to go just to catch her attention. to prove her point, she tells them to wait a couple of seconds, after which she waves to the boy who waves back and gets hit by the ball nathan has just thrown at him. his friends rush to him, while he assures everybody that he's doing just fine, much to nayoung's amusement. nabi and miyu exchange a glance, clearly wondering if nayoung is sane. after glancing at minseo still doing flips on the trampoline, they seem to wonder if BOTH are insane. 

PART 5: FIND - NAYOUNG x MINSEO x NABI x MIYU

SCENE: SCHOOL YARD CAST : BAE SOJIN, HAN NOEUL

NAYOUNG leads the 3 others towards the school yard and finally explains that she hasn't just been experimenting with sangwon, but also been testing causality in various ways, theorizing that by doing so she'd manage to find a singularity and thus the way out. she tells them that she doesn't believe that they need to 'correct' things as if this is a puzzle, but rather break the simulation enough to overwhelm whatever has them trapped. she stops in front of stairs leading down towards the track field and tells them to watch. on their right SOJIN is walking towards them, furiously texting on his phone. on their left a boy (NOEUL) is skateboarding towards them. a notification on his phone distracts him as sojin suddenly change directions, however, before he can go too far, nayoung calls out after him, which gets to stop and noeul to try to avoid him last minute and fall down the stairs. nayoung waves a hand for the girls to not worry as everybody else rushes to help the student. meanwhile, sojin appears clearly distressted as he feels like he keeps living the worse day of his life she tells the small group that noeul has broken his arm and would miss the rest of the day because of that. MIYU asks if this was necessary and nayoung admits that it wasn't but she needed to prove her point.

in a flashback, nayoung is seen following noeul for a full day. in a voiceover, she points out all the events that don't take place with noeul's absence. MINSEO cuts her flashback by noting that she's a bit creepy and the two other girls clearly agree. NABI then jokes that they should start a fire in the school to completely deviate from the normal timeline but nayoung seems to consider the idea seriously

meanwhile, inside the school a girl (SENA) is observing them by the window. next to her on the floor, MILAN is sitting and studying yet another book. she notes that nayoung is back to torturing noeul. since her companion doesn't reply to her, sena asks her if she isn't worried that nayoung could murder someone just for the sake of proving her theory and milan dismisses her worries, explaining that nayoung isn't actually cruel but methodic and is just collecting evidence.

sena sits down next to milan and sighs, her last word before the scene cuts is "you could end this… we could end this."

PART 6 RIGHT NOW - NOVA

the story rewinds to the early days of the loop, before MILAN has figured out that she can make use of it for her studies. school's out and she's using a shortcut behind the school to get to her part-time job faster. she needs to traverse a small wooded area, but while on her way there, she notices something shining a little further way. she feels drawn to it and without realizing, she's suddenly standing over the object that's revealed to be a scepter. she's confused and a little scared. she looks around her, trying to make sense of what happened, but catches a glimpse of a hooded figure dressed in black. her breath quickens and she runs away, terrified.

during following loop, she explains what happened to SENA and the other girl convinces her to take her to the scepter. milan is reluctant but sena convinces her. after classes, milan takes her to the same spot, but unlike the day before, there's no hooded figure. sena wonders if it wasn't just a shadow. sena picks up the scepter but nothing happens. during the following loops, sena is seen studying the scepter and investigating for additional clues. she finds the number 6 engraved on trees. the following day, she explains her findings and theory to milan who has a feeling that something is wrong. 

back to the present time and the two girls sitting next to each other, sena suddenly catches her friend's shoulder in alarm. milan has a nosebleed and her eyes flutter open at sena's contact. sena pleads with her as her episodes are getting more frequent and she's starting to lose consciouness. milan argues that she just needs to stop studying for a couple of loops. the same day, NAYOUNG experiences her first nosebleed while in class.

while the other four continue investigating and testing theories, sena keeps an eye on them and milan. she tries to leave them clues to lead them towards the scepter, but they are going too slow and she fears that they're running out of time. MINSEO is the next to experience nosebleeds.

finally, one day, milan collapses during a lunch break. unable to wake her up, sena runs to the four others. they are surprised to learn that there's another one like them and want to know how she knew about them. sena tells them that she has no time to explain and they need to help her because milan has collapsed. since they are still suspicious, she asks if any of them have started to have nosebleeds. minseo and nayoung share a look and agrees to help. sena asks them to trust her, that she'd explain everything later. they rush upstairs to pick up milan and sena leads them frantically to the scepter. milan stops when she realizes what sena is doing, nabi and minseo, who have been helping her, have no choice but to let go of her and let her sit on the ground as she yells at sena to not do it. meanwhile, nabi, miyu, nayoung and minseo surround sena and the scepter. nayoung is the first to inquire about it, but an answer never comes…

as soon as sena touches the scepter time stops around her, her body is frozen but her expression turns into one of terror. in voice over, she's heard saying "at that moment, i remembered what i had forgetten; we were never supposed to remember." a tear drops from her eye as the camera pans away from her. the school and the students are nowhere to see, they are in a field surrounded by trees. Six hooded figures dressed in black come out from the wood, surrounding the still frozen protagonists. the last image is of one of the hooded figures smirking [[ NABI ]].

PREPARATION

since most of the film is a repeat of the same scenes and motions, from JANUARY 7 to FEBRUARY 9, the cast has been learning the routine and timing of each scene. those with low dancing points are likely to struggle more as this is similar to performing a choreography. in terms of workload, guests are expected to only need 2 days total for this part of rehearsals. others will need 2 to 5 days rehearsals per week, depending on their roles. the schedule isn't fixed and depends on artists' availability.

REQUIREMENTS

the success of the drama depends on its script but also on its cast members. you have until MAY 3 to fulfill the following requirements depending on your type of role:

MAIN: one reply (8 lines) OR one solo (300 words) for 5 WEEKS about the drama (either on set, during rehearsal, etc) with ANY cast member. out of the 5 requirements, only TWO can be solos. each week completed will give you 5 ACTING and 5 NOTORIETY POINTS.

LEADS: one reply (8 lines) OR one solo (300 words) for 4 WEEKS about the drama (either on set, during rehearsal, etc) with ANY cast member. out of the 4 requirements, only TWO can be a solo. each week completed will give you 4 ACTING and 4 NOTORIETY POINTS.

SUPPORTS: one reply (8 lines) for 3 WEEKS about the drama (either on set, during rehearsal, etc) with ANY cast member. out of the 3 requirements, only ONE can be a solo. each week completed will give you 3 ACTING and 3 NOTORIETY POINTS.

GUESTS: one reply (8 lines) for 2 WEEKS about the drama with another GUEST (rehearsals) or CAST MEMBERS YOUR MUSE HAS SCENES WITH (on set, rehearsals, etc). each week completed will give you 2 ACTING and 2 NOTORIETY POINTS.

PREMIERE (nova + support casting): write a solo (300 words) in which the muse replies to journalists' questions about the film, their experience, thoughts and even details about their speficic role. completing this requirement will give you 5 POINTS TO DISTRIBUTE and 7 NOTORIETY POINTS. *cannot be used as acting weekly post

for roles related requirements, you can skip certain weeks; so they do NOT need to be consecutive ( ex. meeting the reqs in weeks 1, 3, 7 for supports ).

use the hashtag lgc:novaiuventa. make sure to submit your points before MAY 3, 11:59 EST to the lgcpoints blog, you may send the points WEEKLY.

TITLE: MUSE NAME · NOVA OUROBOROUS (WEEK #) -  1 SOLO or 1 REPLY : +2/3/4/5 acting + 2/3/4/5 notoriety [ LINK 1 ]

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TITLE: MUSE NAME · NOVA OUROBOROUS (PREMIERE) -  1 SOLO : +5 (points) +7 notoriety [ LINK ]