The Stage manager can't decide on how he pictured Xion's stage in his mind as he can't hear any lyrics of the song and since he's not that expert in judging the situation of the song just by the sound, he got confused and didn't know what to do..
He then talks to Rain and other performance assistants as they help him about Xion's stage appearance. In the end, they just put a minimal concept as the output since everyone was blank on ideas about the song. It was not their fault, it's just their first time handling such a situation.
Xion's stage is very simple, a wooden box used as a chair is put in the center left of the stage with low fog covering the whole stage. Xion examined the whole stage as Kim Yohan yelled..
"Yeoreobun, hwan-yeonghabnida Xion" as Xion walked towards the chair and sat down. The cameraman took a close up shot at Xion as he covered his head with the hood from his hoodie and prepared to sing.
As the melody started to play, Xion muttered "Beast Mode" and toggled "Soulsteer" on. Everyone's eyes were focused on him as they could feel that the atmosphere in the hall was slowly changing.
Xion then shouted the first verse
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Forfeit the game
Before somebody else
Takes you outta the frame
And puts your name to shame
Cover up your face
You can't run the race
The pace is too fast
You just won't last
Forfeit the game
Before somebody else
Takes you outta the frame
And puts your name to shame
Cover up your face
You can't run the race
The pace is too fast
You just won't last
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
He then unveiled his hoodie and stand while rapping to the beat of the song with high pitched violin strings being the main sound.
The other trainees that listened to the lyrics stood frozen on the spot in front of the big monitor as it was a blatant challenge by the tone Xion is using.
The mental break that they suffered yesterday slowly emerged in their minds once again as Xion continued his performance
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I am a little bit insecure, a little unconfident
'Cause you don't understand I do what I can but sometimes I don't make sense
I am what you never wanna say, but I've never had a doubt
It's like no matter what I do I can't convince you for once just to hear me out
So I let go watching you, turn your back like you always do
Face away and pretend that I'm not
But I'll be here 'cause you're all that I've got
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The tempo of the song then changed as Xion facing the audience while standing at the edge of the stage, the beat was added with some snare and drum beat and low violin sound as he kept rapping
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Xion! - He doesn't need his name up in lights
He just wants to be heard whether it's the beat or the mic
He feels so unlike everybody else, alone
In spite of the fact that some people still think that they know him
But fuck em, he knows the code
It's not about the salary
It's all about reality and making some noise
Making the story - making sure his clique stays up
That means when he puts it down Ravn's picking it up!
Nobody really knows how or why he works so hard
It seems like he's never got time
Because he writes every note and he writes every line
And I've seen him at work when that light goes on in his mind
It's like a design is written in his head every time
Before he even touches a key or speaks in a rhyme
And those motherfuckers he runs with
The kids that his friends ?
Ridiculous, without even trying
How did he do it?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rain and all the producers didn't expect that Xion would use curse words on a live performance. The Audience was getting hyped by the beat and the rap.
The Idols were seen standing in shock as they watched the performance.. Everyone was stirred as the beat hit their mind and the strong lyrics left lingering feelings, everyone got hyped the more they heard the sound and the lyrics combined, this is self declaration of Xion.
Xion then walks towards the cameramen and holds the camera in front of his face while he screams low to high notes like a madman declaring his stance to the world as they saw him perform…
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Now
Hear me out now
You're gonna listen to me, like it or not
Right now
Hear me out now
You're gonna listen to me, like it or not
Right noooooooooooooooooow
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Xion then let the camera go and jumped backwards, he then faced the audience once again while singing..
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is ten percent luck, twenty percent skill
Fifteen percent concentrated power of will
Five percent pleasure, fifty percent pain
And a hundred percent reason to remember the name
This is ten percent luck, twenty percent skill
Fifteen percent concentrated power of will
Five percent pleasure, fifty percent pain
And a hundred percent reason to remember the name
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The audience was stirred crazily as they repeat Xion's lyric together with him twice
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is ten percent luck, twenty percent skill
Fifteen percent concentrated power of will
Five percent pleasure, fifty percent pain
And a hundred percent reason to remember the name
This is ten percent luck, twenty percent skill
Fifteen percent concentrated power of will
Five percent pleasure, fifty percent pain
And a hundred percent reason to remember the name
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Xion then ended his performance, dropping the mic on stage as the "beast mode" effect wore off and moving back to the backstage, leaving everything behind.. Mad Clown was standing still in a disbelief expression as he saw Xion's back as the crowd chanted in unison.. "Encore..Encore..Encore.."
On the front stage, Rain, Bae Yoonjung and Soyou were astonished to hear the encore chant; the other producers were caught stunned as the camera panned on them.
The audience in the hall was filled with unspeakable emotions as the encore chant slowly turned silent, All the Idols can't believe what they are seeing.. While in their minds thinking " Is this really a trainee? What did I do when I was a trainee?
In the backstage, Yeonjun comes to Xion and just shakes his hand.... Xion understands the underlying meaning of his action since he has asked for it implicitly before.
Wooseok, Chan and Ravn were sitting in their seats waiting for their turns but their minds were occupied with many thoughts. Xion entered the waiting room for the trainees but when he looked at them, almost all the trainees turned away , avoiding his gaze.
Xion then decided to just wait outside and didn't speak a word more. He then walks towards the production team area as the production team claps at him, Xion walks slowly amidst the claps but he then collapses as he turns off the soulsteer skill.
The staff was quick to respond and some of them informed Lee Joowon to come backstage.. Lee Joowon quickly ran backstage as he informed Dreamcatcher's members to join him. Xion's body was so hot that he was unconscious in the medical bed.
When Lee Joowon and Dreamcatcher came, they found Xion unconscious and an emergency ambulance was called to bring him to the nearest hospital. Without thinking much, Lee Joowon just ordered Jiu to accompany Xion to the hospital as he took the other members to his car and followed the ambulance to the hospital.
Rain was called backstage and got the news that Xion was hospitalized. He just nodded and explained to the staff to prepare some announcements after all the performance is finished as it is.
Kim Yohan then found himself aware and asked the audience to vote for Xion's performance which earned him 990/1000 points in his performance, he then tried to communicate with the Idols and talk about the performance itself, more than 4 people were interviewed as the stage manager setting the stage for the next performance.
Jiu was in the ambulance, accompanying the unconscious Xion. Xion was in Mirage at that time while he's asking Nocturne "Noct, why am I here?" Noct replied " Host is unconscious at the moment as Host just exhausted your mental energy while using Soulsteer for a long period since Host never used the skill before so the energy cost is kinda large, but since host body is strong enough to offsiding the outcome, host just turned unconscious.
Repeated use of the skill might lower the energy consumption in the future. " Ahh,, i see, as Xion tried to wake himself up but he can't wake up as usual, Xion tried several times but to no avail" he then asked noct "why can't i wake up noct? what happened?"
Noct then replied, the host is forgetting that he is in mirage, which the time is different with the real world, your body needs at least 24 hours to rest at minimum, especially since you never trained your mental energy or "psyche" it will take longer time, estimated around four years and 4 months time in Mirage but only one day in real life..
Host better use this time to maximize everything that the host has learned so far as it will be beneficial for host growth in the future. "Holy Fu… Xion cursed inwardly as Noct explained his condition at the moment.
Xion usually sleeps but he only sleeps in Mirage for a certain amount of time because of the time difference and that usually only for 6-7 hours in real life.
"I'm screwed", he slowly admits...