#rkbubbles

[rksakura]

kt flyer to @rkharuto​ ! ( 7 / ? ) 

the weather today is breezy, but not in high winds but rather soft ones that mesh with the perfection of the bright sun. there’s no overcast either, sakura is a sucker for nice weather. it doesn’t come too often in seoul as it’s too humid but she dealt with all that back when she resided in japan. she hums softly to herself, prancing around and giving strangers flyers. she stops a boy who seems to be minding his own business but sakura pesters him anyway, “hi i’m sorry for bothering you!” she gives a polite bow briefly before handing over the paper. “please take this if you can! it’s a kt flyer.” she doesn’t like forcing anything on others, so she couldn’t blame him if he didn’t want to take it.

[rkwon]

unwound.

rkbubble with @rkjisoo !!

he thinks he’s seen her a few times around the royal building, a cool senior he doesn’t really know how to approach. there’s no clear, universal instructions on how to introduce yourself to people who are so far out of your social league that they’re in an entirely new league themselves. ( he fondly remembers the fact that he had even needed to be guided to meet mingyu, the older’s mother introducing them for the mutual benefit of being each others’ first best friends— first ‘everything’s, really, over the years. ) he taps the base of his bubble wand against his palm, convinces himself it’s not that big of deal, especially given that they’re just out in the wild right now. to the world, they’re just two people enjoying the festival. it’s no big deal, right? 

“hi,” his voice is small, timid, at first. “you’re jisoo, right? I’ve seen you... around.” it’s a little ominous, but he’s been given a full rundown since he started at royal to be wary of who within the company are public ( like himself ) and private trainees. he doesn’t want to take any chances. “I’m not very good at introducing myself, but I’m won! I, uh— I’m a dancer.” he hopes that that’s a big enough clue as to who he is, if the girl hasn’t seen him around or watched the mgas. “I was just going to get a drink, can I get you anything? my treat.” 

[rkevent]

Though summer is near its end, the hot waves in Seoul won’t be clearing away for a few weeks still. In order to make the most out of the season before autumn creeps in, the city hall has prepared a cheerful festival for citizens to enjoy!

The 2018 Bubble Festival will be held on the second weekend of September, starting on Friday and ending on Sunday evening. The festival ground will be open from 10am to 8pm on all three days, and there is no entrance fee. Activities within the perimeter are also free; money to cover costs will only come from the food and drinks sold there, and any profit resulting from the festival will be directed to charitable organizations working around the county.

The main attraction of the festival are the giant soap bubble wands spread across the grounds, blowing soap bubbles over the crowd every few minutes. Anyone can get a small bubble wand of their own to play with, too! Additionally, several activities have been prepared for children (or adults with youthful spirits) to enjoy: obstacle courses, ball pits, face painting, a bouncy castle and, of course, there are also several food carts spread across the festival ground.

Live music performances will happen on a 360° stage at the center of the park during the afternoon on all three days. Invited artists include Chi Chi’s subunit Oh!Chi Chi, BIGSTAR’s Jude, and LUXE. When artists are not performing, a DJ takes over the stage.

This festival will happen on the 7th, 8th and 9th of September, but OOC muns have until midnight EST at the end of Sunday, September 30th to meet the requirements for points.

For +2 POINTS TO DISTRIBUTE AS YOU WISH, write a 150+ words solo or a four-post thread of your muse watching LUXE’s live stage performance, to happen on Saturday, September 8th.  

For +2 POINTS TO DISTRIBUTE AS YOU WISH, write a 150+ words solo or a four-post thread of your muse enjoying the festival activities, such as jumping into the ball pit or buying a juice pouch from one of the food carts. 

For +2 CHARISMA POINTS, write a four-post thread with a muse you haven’t interacted with yet. You can complete this task up to three times (with three different muses), for a total of +6 CHARISMA POINTS.

Please tag all of your posts as #rkbubble, and have fun!

[soljirk]

✨ in time

( an rkbubble starter for @rkdongmin )

after what had seemed like an eternity, the day had finally come for suji to meet with dongmin. the bubble festival had been a nice way to go out and do something fun for a change instead of the typical meals that she was doing with her friends. she had no idea what she would be expecting, but she had read up on it and it sounded fun at least. 

the heat, however, was not so fun. she could most certainly do without it. she had texted dongmin to meet her in front of the ball pit, an easy place to find someone, or so she thought. she checked the time to make sure that she wasn’t the one late, but it seemed that she wasn’t at all. she pulled out her phone to keep herself occupied while she waited for him to arrive.

[rkjaemin]

너는 너 나는 나

rkbubble -- new interaction: @yujinrk

happy days usually pass by quicker than he'd like, and he almost forgets that it was normal for it to happen. he could only heave a sigh when he realized that the festival was soon coming to a close for the day. with donghyuck spending time with their other friends, jaemin opts to make his exit. but not until he remembers that he asked yujin to meet up a few hours ago. not that he was sure she was at the festival at the time, still he sent the message he'd rarely used these days since donghyuck came into the picture.

earlier today, he typed 'it'd be nice if today lasted forever' before hitting send, mindlessly. he wasn't sure if it was something he should have done considering the festivities. today was meant to be enjoyed. but she would understand, she always does. now, he's sitting on a nearby bench by the exit, scrolling through his phone and waiting for her to come. he hadn't talked to yujin in a while, things like this usually don't change how much he cared about her. but now, he's thinking if he should conclude both their days with what has been troubling him.

he goes over his messages, ignoring the ones that his brother has been sending for weeks now, and puts away his phone, getting annoyed by it. jaemin looks up and sees a familiar face approaching, bringing him to his feet, and a smile dancing on his lips as he waved at her, "yah, look at you all grown up!" he teases, holding back a laugh. there was really a sense of comfort with ahn yujin.

[rkseokwoo-blog]

— height troubles

@rkchaeyoung

It’d been a while since Seokwoo had had time to spend with Chaeyoung, a strange realisation when they’d used to spend nearly every day together as CEO and assistant. There was the nagging worry that she’d shrunk since the last time they had hung out, a thought that lingered as he peeked over at her and then up at the stage where Luxe was performing. He wondered if he should ask, offer to lift her up if she couldn’t see over the crowd or find a closer spot where less people would be in the way. Had she always been this short? Seokwoo had never noticed that until now, how it must have been difficult for her if she went to concerts like this -- he never had that issue, he was more worried about standing in the way of someone else. His weight shifted as he leaned over.

“Should we get closer?”

He knew it would be a bad idea to mention her height, or, he assumed it was. Something more subtle was a better choice. Already, he was stretching out his arm, reaching around her shoulders to try to urge her in front of him and hoping that this would be a better view for her. There was a gap between the peoples heads that she might have been able to get through. “I... can... lift you up?” Seokwoo offered this more, quietly and carefully. He selected the words one at a time, plucked them in succession and let his gaze flicker down from her expression and up towards the stage. The Luxe girls were preparing to get up on stage, they’d begin any minute and he didn’t want Chaeyoung to miss any second of it. “I have strong arms! I really do! I work out at Sphere. I won’t drop you!” He began to protest the arguments she’d already have against the offer.

[rkhtaek-blog]

{ how can you not? ` }

at the bubble festival, ball pit, w/ @rksakura

 he was twenty-two. legally and matter-of-factly, he was an adult. lee hwitaek had a good job, he paid his bills, he owned a car, he was still in school, but he was still an adult. 

  however, at the sight of the ball pit, all matureness and adulting he may have on his belt didn’t stand a chance. 

    they had time limits for the pit and there was a line. hwitaek was basically buzzing with excitement. he couldn’t remember the last time he had been in a ball pit? probably when he was much younger. probably someone’s birthday party? 

    “come on, come on,” he mumbled under his breath, bouncing a bit on the balls of his feet as he waited for his turn. he glanced back behind him at the girl and smiled, “that’s some... nope, not gonna finish that thought. funnier in my head.”

[rkmg]

time of our lives.

rkbubble event starter for @rkwon !!

This was fantastic. Not only was he going to get to see Dawon perform live again, but he was also going to get to watch her with Won again. However, it was definitely times such as this one that he wishes his road to Royal didn’t consist of being on a television show. Having people recognize them meant that he wasn’t allowed to be himself around his boyfriend. While in public, he was constantly forced to return to the stone-age... In other words, he was back to simply being Jeon Won’s best friend. He wanted to kiss his lips, rest his hands on his hips and sway to the music with him, plus so many other lovey-dovey things that were forbidden.

Even so, that didn’t stop him from occasionally placing his hand on the small of Won’s back before pulling it away. It was kind of his way to ensure that he was still there and still okay. It was weird that he needed that sort of reassurance, but it gave him peace of mind. He smiled over at the younger boy with a huge, happy grin and excitedly asked, “Are you having fun?” 

[rkseonho]

something similar

@rkdongmin

the event was heard in royal of course. luxe was performing, and as both an avid fan of the girl group, and a friend to the girls in the group, seonho knew they would be performing with other sunbae artist at a bubble festival. 

and so of course seonho found his way there. 

the crowd was big, but not over whelming. or at least, seonho wasn’t paying attention to the people around him as he bounced lightly on his heels. waiting for them to announce the next performance. to see his noonas walk onto stage. the bright shining faces he doesn’t get to see often anymore since their debut. but he’s so proud and happy for them. they deserve this, all of his noonas are so super talented. 

his own bubble wand was being waved carefully in front of him. zoning out a bit as he thought about what song they would perform. if they would do more than one. he figured they would do their title track is nothing else. “ahh... maybe luxe noonas can sign the bubbles when i get back to the company..” 

[rksora]

polarized stares

                     ━━━━━━━━━━━         @rkdongmin  ◞  ❤

somehow deserted, lingering by the candied apple stalls, jiwon lies in wait. camera on hand, blinking red, recording everything and anything the lens can capture. it isn’t much and she already knows it’s going to be hell to edit, but she doesn’t think too much of it. the more content the better, she guesses. wasn’t that what had prompted her to come with changmin in the first place? but with the younger of the two no where to be seen and nakyung having somehow disappeared in the midst of the concert, jiwon is left to her lonesome ( a subtle, as always, is comically inserted somewhere above her head ), not that she really minds. 

sure, she probably looked like the biggest loser just loitering about, thrusting her camera this way and that but -- jiwon sighs, it probably was better than doing nothing back at the thrift shop. at least there were cute guys around.

speaking of which --

at ten o’clock, literally the apple of her fisheye was one of the most gorgeous guys she’d ever seen ( some part of her crumbles because oh my god, he was probably even more good looking than jaehyun -- was that even possible? ). and was he moving in slow motion -- was this a dream -- what the fuck was happening?

fingers recoil around the silver device, eyes peeking over it; lowering the camera as she continues to stare on. the camera no longer taking notice of the male a few feet away, her eyes all on him. 

( this was probably getting weird )

[rkshion]

hello bubble ;; ✩

@yujinrk

his small black bag crossed his chest and pressed against his white shirt. it was hot out, after all, so wearing black on black would be the least desirable thing to do. minseok thanks the cart owner and steps aside for the small line behind him to keep flowing. his hands carry a juice pouch in each before he gives one to the girl beside him. “this is the one you wanted, right?” he stops for a second to turn the packaging towards him before smiling with his eyes.

the bubble festival had sounded very exciting to him. minseok had never seen one of those giant bubbles the event so largely advertised, so it would all be a great experience to him. he was sure his siblings were somewhere around the area, but, thankfully, he wouldn’t need to keep an eye on them for once. the visit didn’t conflict with his mother’s working hours so all the boy had left to do was enjoy himself and what the event had to offer. “be careful where you hold it! it’d be easy to spill it.”

[seulgirk]

Wildlife Photography

@rkjiwvn

Seulgi was having a great time at the festival, taking in all the sights and sounds of the event was way more fun than she had imagined it would be.  It reminded her a lot of her childhood and running around festivals with her brother.  This time she had ended up coming by herself, but she was having a lot of fun, regardless.  She knew her friends were around somewhere, but for now, she was on her own and she was honestly in heaven. 

She had found the food carts.

Knowing that she wasn’t normally allowed these treats on her diet, she couldn’t help but cheat on it a bit and get a few things here or there.  She had just bought an ice cream and brought it up to her mouth to eat it when a kid, racing by to the nearby bouncy house bumped into her elbow, causing the ice cream to smush right up into her face, mostly on her nose.  Seulgi started to whine, trying to see if they had any napkins at the stall, only when she saw a flash and a click of a camera taking pictures.  She grabbed a handful of napkins, wiping her face with speed before quickly approaching a younger girl who was taking pictures.  “You... didn’t happen to take one of me with...ice cream on my face, did you?” she asked, feeling kind of silly asking such a thing. “If so, what would it take to get you to delete it and not use it?” she asked, hoping it wouldn’t be too high of a cost.

[rknak]

*·— look up (to) !!

— @taeminrk !!

you didn’t need to know her personally to be aware of her passion for any artist under kt entertainment. any of her social media said so; you’d see her in any line for albums; her ringtone changed with every new release. then there were those other times when she’d just weirdly approach known figures in public spaces.

she stands only a few feet away from him. he’s tall and pretty, and his name is lee taemin. of course, nakyung knew a number of other things about him to the point it’d probably take too long to list them all. she knew it’d be creepy to take pictures of him ( she had common sense ), but nothing was stopping her from over excitedly tweeting about her sudden encounter.

chi chi rookie queens @eclipsegf · 58sec

oh my good Lord lee taemin is standing right next to me at this very instant looking all beautiful and magestic and talented

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her eyes continuously looked from her phone to the man beside her. each time they landed on him she discovered a new adjective to apply, and then she’d need to do it again. it probably took her ten looks to write a single tweet. it wasn’t every day you got to stand next to someone you admire. it’s probably the twentieth time by now, and her messy fingers are probably on its third successful tweet when she realizes he’s looking right at her. that moment of panic could only be resolved in one way, and one way only.

chi chi rookie queens @eclipsegf · 22sec

DEAR JESUS NO HE LOOKED AT ME DOES HE THINK I’M WEIRD THIS ONE SECOND OF EYE CONTACT WAS SO PAINFUL I’M ABOUT OT PERISSH

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[soljirk]

✨ open air

( an rkbubble starter for @bambamrk )

suji was so thankful for this event in which she got to spend her last summer nights. it was crazy how the summer season was winding down, and she only wished it could last a little longer. not the heat, no, not that. just the longer nights so that she could actually see some sunshine when she got off training on the weekends ( forget the weekdays, she would never expect to see the sun then ).

she was walking and paying no mind when she heard a familiar voice nearby. she turned her head and noticed one of her fellow nova trainees at one of the stands. “oh, hello,” she bowed her head at the male. they hadn’t really spoken much, despite her having been there almost a year now. “you decided to come here after practice too?” she asked awkwardly.

[yuzurk]

「 Soft Collision 」

⇢ request received: @rkkaeun !

Yena truly was still a child within her core. As dirty as her mind was and as sly as the young lady side of her could be, when faced with amusement parks or festivals alike, her eyes glistened like that of a six year old. After various collisions happening already due to her excitement, she had sworn to be more careful!

It helped little though. Right as she took the swing down a bit too soon without really looking out for anyone in the way, she came face to face with a young woman straight in her path at the bottom of the slide. “ W-watch out! ” 

At least this time she had enough room to even issue a warning.

[rkseokwoo-blog]

— the giant from the castle

@rkjaemin

There was a fumbled step, Seokwoo trying to straighten out his clothing after he’d found himself dragged into the bouncy castle against his will. A problem when befriending small children over sweets at festivals. He’d needed to get out for a breath of air, and something to drink -- his tongue darting over his bottom lip as he looked around for where he could get something for his parched throat. The eight year old boys voice already calling his name, bouncing to the edge to stare at him and asking where he was going. “I’m going to get a drink! I’ll be back! Don’t worry! Be careful in there, there’s dragons!” Seokwoo returned happily folding into their games. He was used to doing that when he babysat, just agree and play along with children; their imaginations were filled with wondrous things to do and he always had fun when he went along with them. Immediately hearing a loud holler about the dragon being woken up from its sleep.

He watched the battle scene begin, taking steps back, one and two, and then half of one. Something connecting with his back, and Seokwoo twisted around to look over his shoulder. “Oh! Sorry!” Seokwoo’s mind jerked to reality, to the fact that he had just walked into someone. Quickly he turned around, bowing his head in apology. “I should have looked where I was going, I got distracted by the dragon!” He didn’t know why he blurted that out, maybe the high from the bouncing hadn’t worn off yet and he looked over at the castle one more. A pause to lean, tilt, and check on the young boy who was still in there fighting off the said dragon with a couple of the other children now. They seemed to be struggling, someone seemed to have lost an arm or something of the sort. As long as they were safe. Seokwoo blinking as he looked back to the younger male he’d run into. “You didn’t get hurt, did you?” He asks, remembering his manners bit by bit.