Queen Bee and Queen Ant (1)
Now the screen cover's been buffed from five minutes down to two. Now I show up quicker.
"Hey everyone."
"Yeah, hey everyone. I'm here. Did you all have lunch? I had ice cream."
Start with chit-chat. Best way to get viewers responding. This is when chat speed peaks, actually. After that, it just drops off.
"Oh, I just ate ice cream. I had chocolate in Vera."
Mint choco out of nowhere. I'd eat it if someone bought it for me. But I wouldn't spend my own money. I like vanilla. Like, vanilla in games—vanilla. What do they call it? Um... ah, default. I love the basics. Chocolate's fine if it's got almonds or that fizzy pop, but nah. Just straight original chocolate. But if it's free, I'll eat it. Freebies are freebies.
"I'd eat it if you gave it to me."
But donations are 10 to mint choco side. Can't help but yell it out.
"Da... dae-mincho..."
This hits my shallow side hard. Once money flashes on stream, it's tough to let go. Ugh, I shouldn't be like this—it makes me look money-grubbing. But! There's that saying: the one who claims not to think about money thinks about it most. Can't be helped. Money's rolling in... Yeah. Just be genuinely thankful.
"Th-thank you! Everyone...!"
After that, with nothing else to do, I logged into Arena World. Felt like forever since I last played. Newbie vibes... well, it is actually that. What first? No love for the game means I only remember what I'm told. Shortcuts and a few boss patterns, that's it?
"Party hunting? Boss runs?"
Was gonna skip homework and log off, but this chat caught my eye.
This bruises my pride. Really scratches an itch.
"No, newbies come here. I'll bus you."
"No... so anyone wanna join? Gotta be weak though. Stronger than me? Kick. Weaker than me and spams chat hard. Anyone? Newbie rescue mission."
Polling viewers hard. 90% trolling. Can't recruit like this...
"Guess not. Who's fault? Girls or guys?"
What's the userbase like?
"That bad? Why? Like, cow mobs?"
No, that bad? Just bad luck with psychos? Now I'm curious.
"Huh, sudden? YouTube? I do YouTube! What, you serious? You? Hey you. Answer me. You. You. You."
Wow, this is ridiculous. I'm chill, but this pisses me off.
"You. Answer. You."
Don't they know how amazing my editor is? What? Can't type? Just search SeonSeonSeon-ah. She's so smart she tagged variations like Seon-ah, Seon-ang, Seon-aek... and you don't know?
Money talks. If you wanna aggro, aggro away.
"Ah, what~ You scared me~ You know, subscribe and like SeonSeonSeon-ah! Thanks for the dono! Good job~!"
Good job. Nice! Angel. Heaven-bound for sure, hehe.
"I work hard on YouTube, so watch lots! Twice, thrice... a hundred times!"
"Edits fun? What about my lives?"
I know. Low-energy, chill streams. Nicely put, chill. Bluntly, boring. So I'm working hard to change. Just not sticking yet. Constant agony.
"Lives'll be fun too. I'll make 'em fun. Always thinking about it. Yup. Okay, gonna hit guild wars. No carries for creeps. Watch like VRChat meets! Promise?"
Luckily joined a newbie party. Party leader filling slots, so nothing to do but watch chat. But...
Just spectating, really. Eyes that sharp? That vicious? Curiosity kills—grab phone, open camera.
My face pops up. "Ack! Jump scare."
Shoulda turned on flash. Scared me. Anyway, stretch phone out, selfie time.
Ignore camera, stare at monitor, half-folded phone, snap pics.
Not bad eyes. Look totally innocent. Where's the vicious? The stare-down? Really wondering? Hm...
Conclusion: I'm a gentle girl, no viciousness, no stare-downs...!
Chat's curiosity central. Fair. Nod and explain.
"They say I glare... wondered if my eyes look bad? Took pics. They're fine!"
Chat floods. Good or bad reaction, it's reaction. Hehe, feels good!
Party leader filled the party. Was gonna quick-homework and dip, but in-game voice mandatory. Checked nicknames first—game lets you hide 'em. Checked. No whisper terror from angels. Mic optional, listen mode required. Orders easier by voice than chat. Fact. I agree. Talking beats typing.
Five voices. Me just joined. One other with me soon, one MIA.
"Everyone here? Checking... ah, some can't join. Anyway... huh? Minji, you here? Party full."
Friendship party? Leader suddenly sweet. Something sour hits my nose, straight to heart.
"Yeah. What's today?"
Cutesy female voice replies. When I joined, three were in. Leader, Minji, one AFK... Minji's healer...
Game DNA stirs. I'm a gamer. Famous in some games. Know ecosystems. This... yeah. 60% queen bee. Minji queen bee. Leader worker bee. Why? If streaming, wouldn't peg queen. But can't help it. Gotta do worker bee duty. Frame as everyone doing roles. But normies? Carrying, wiping, doting? 60% locked. Maybe not, so 60%.
Approach assuming not... "Oppa. Homework then what?"
"Me. Hm... dunno."
"Then help my alt. You will, right?"
"Duh. Got it."
One quits. Silently. Oof...
"What? That guy? Why leave?"
"Huh... yeah? I'll ask."
"Annoying. When we starting."
"Filling quick. Watching YouTube. Calling now."
Totally... get it. Should I bail? What to do?
"Ugh so annoying. What the hell that dude."
"Sorry. Shoulda picked better. Wait a sec, recruiting fast."
"Hah... hurry. Wasted my time, gimme gold half."
"~Of course. Sorry so all yours. Cool?"
"Fine. Last time."
"Thanks."
Whoa, suddenly too fun to leave. Brutal, suffocating. But that suffocation's the fun. Five mins recruiting, no luck... leader panics.
"Not filling..."
"Oppa why?"
"Cuz... today for homework's..."
"My fault? I said do it?"
"No no no. Not that. Recruiting. Ah, when's Jimmy coming."
Leader's voice shakes hard.
"That oppa? In party."
"AFK..."
"What's with him? Sucks. Tell him. What you doing. You let it slide he acts up. Cuz you carry."
"Uh... yeah. I'll say."
"That oppa sucks."
"Sorry. I'll handle."
Not pitiful. Chose worker bee life. Maybe that's her happy. But looks pitiful. Had to. Extreme measure. Call editor.
"Editor here?"
Editor's a gamer too. Hopefully. No choice.
"Infiltrate please. Boss gotta spin."
"Can you voice changer to guy?"
Me voice changing's stale. Did guy yesterday, tired today. But two girls? Nah. Wanna try something. Bad. Right now. Queen bee time. Water? Fetch. Buff? Pay. Envy max. Carrying envy. I grind specs, they free ride. Wanna taste. My Wanna One. But no destroying queen Minji's hive. How much effort to build? Peaceful solve.
Yeah, no need fight. Same gender. Girls unite. For Minji discomfort, script ready.
'Queen bee? Then... friends! I'll be queen ant! Cool? I ground, bee sky!'
'No fight!! No need.'
'Uh. Leader worker... make worker ant too. Half bee ant! Cool? Queen bee ok? Queen ant me! No fight!'
'Workers tough but... worker ants please!'
What? Script solid. Genius? So flexible? Prep done. Tough but worker push. Right. No queen fight. Girls solve peaceful. Talk it out? Yeah?
Viewers "watching editor's vibe." Nah. Not that. Don't know what y'all think, but no. Not stealing or wrecking queen's hive. Just wanna taste once. Bite-size. For real.