Jin and Dylan soon arrived at the studio where the auditions were about to take place. Today's organisers had rented the studio specially to conduct the auditions. They exited the car and soon made their way in.
Dylan talked with the receptionist while Jin looked and noted the time on the wall clock. It was 8:30 AM. Dylan ended his conversation with the receptionist and soon returned with a white cloth with the number 27 printed at its centre.
"What's this?" Jin asked.
"It's your chest number. You'll be called in for your audition as per this number," Dylan explained while handing over the cloth to Jin.
Jin accepted the cloth and quickly wore it. The two then entered the waiting room. Several other actors were waiting there as well so the room was quite stuffy.
They all gazed at Jin when he entered the room before averting their eyes back to where they were before.
Jin too didn't have any intention of interacting with others. He sat down along with Dylan and started revising his script.
"Number 1, please come in," Around fifteen minutes later the first person was called in for the auditions. The atmosphere around the room became a bit tense cause of it as many started going through their scripts with much greater intensity.
However, that was not so the case for Jin. After revising his script he was now comfortably sitting on his seat with his eyes closed.
"Number 2!" Not even a couple minutes had passed and the next number was called in. Seeing the deflated expression on the face of number 1 as he exited the audition hall clearly expressed what had transpired to him. Thıs content belongs to NoveIＦire.net
Similarly, the next numbers kept getting called after every three to five minutes. While some of them had a smile on their faces the others had a lot of grievances written on them. The frustrated actors could only abuse the judges as they made their way out of the studio in a bad mood.
"Number 27" It was Jin's turn now. He stood up from his seat and made his way in. Dylan prayed that everything would go well for him. Although he was confident in Jin's acting seeing so many actors coming out of the hall with such a gloomy expression had affected him severely.
"Good morning, I'm Jin Blaker and I'm here to audition for the role of the photographer," Jin introduced himself to the two judges sitting behind a table. One was a man in his early forties and the other was a young man who seemed to be in his 30s and had quite some style to him.
"Hey I remember you, aren't you the one who knocked down the terrorists and saved the flight from being hijacked some time ago?" The young man asked.
"Yes, that was indeed me," Jin acknowledged.
"Ha! I got it right!" The man cheered for himself while the old man beside him furrowed his brows seeing the man's unprofessional behavior.
"I remember hearing you say that you wanted to be an actor but never would I have imagined that I'd see you auditioning for a villain's role. Is it because it's difficult for you to get other roles since you're new?" The man asked.
"It's just that I seem to have a talent for playing a villain," Jin answered.
"Interesting, I'm looking forward to it then," The man said with a smile and then looked at the old man next to him.
The old man gave a dry cough to clear his throat and said, "The only reason you're here today is because of the incessant pleadings from Tyler. Don't let his efforts go to waste and perform your best…"
Jin nodded hearing the old man's words.
"...You see that woman over there," The old man pointed his finger at a spot.
"Yes," Jin replied. The moment he did the woman stepped on the stage. She then sat down with her legs tucked up to her face.
"That's Samantha, your first victim according to the script in your hand. I believe you understand what I need you to do right?" The old man asked. Usually, human dummies are used for auditions but the old man wanted to get an actual sense of the actor therefore he made the audition much tougher than usual.
"I understand," The scene played inside Jin's mind the next moment and in a time that was less than it would take to snap a finger he was now Jack, the photographer.
Both the judges noticed the subtle change in Jin's demeanour and couldn't help but raise their eyebrows in surprise. They then looked at each other to confirm the shock in each other's eyes before reverting their gaze towards Jin.
Jin who was now Jack walked towards Samantha and bent down on his knees.
"You truly are beautiful," Jack asked as he traced his fingers over her cheeks. Samantha's figure shuddered the moment it felt those hands on her cheeks. The piercing emotionless gaze that Jin was directing towards her had involuntarily activated her fear response.
"Cute, there's nothing to be afraid of really. I'm just going to give you a pill and you'll never need to wake up again. Isn't that lovely?" Jack smiled as he pinched her cheeks. He then grabbed a camera lying nearby and told the woman to pose a smile.
However, noticing the tears welling up in Samantha's eyes Jack asked with subtle irritation in his voice.
"Why are tears welling up in your eyes? You better not cry since I don't want to do your make-up again you understand? Or…would you like me to bring your daughter here to comfort you?"
With Jack's threat, Samantha soon forced herself to smile.
"Perfect," Jack said as he took several pictures of her and the scene ended.
Jin soon came out of his character and passed a hand towards Samantha to help her up.
"Thank you for your assistance," Jin replied.
She hesitated a bit before grabbing his hand to stand up. Jin's performance earlier had frightened her. She nodded towards him and soon returned to her seat. Her mind was a mess at the moment.
"You're selected!" The old man exclaimed the next moment. Jin's performance earlier had surpassed all his expectations.
It was the same for the man sitting beside him. He said the next moment, "You do seem to have a talent for this…Since you got the role you get a return now. I'll contact your agency after the auditions are over and we'll finalize a contract by today evening. You'll be intimated about the rest of the details soon,"
"I understand, Thank you," Jin left the audition hall in a pleasant mood to inform Dylan about the results.