Heart-Pounding Collab (6)
Of course, I started by tearing down the walls first. Once all the walls were gone, the house felt super spacious. Then I huddled up with the viewers to finalize the interior layout. There's a kitchen, a bathroom... no TV yet, but we'll place one... and a sofa too. The second floor has individual rooms with beds. Now for the reactions... gotta see those reactions.
'Whoa! Sena, what is this! Amazing!!' 'Jjang bro~ I believed in you!!! This is killer.' 'My friend Sena... you're incredible. I felt the walls.'
I can already tell it's gonna be great. But contrary to my expectations, the house was dead silent. While decorating, I was so focused on the build that I didn't notice the quiet. I was just obsessed with slapping it together. But now that it's done, it hits me. The silence is suffocating.
"When are the others coming?" I stepped outside. "No one's here..."
Raming's farm looks great, and she prettied up the fishing spot too. There's even a bench. She did an awesome job. Raming's the ace, the ace.
After that, I took a good look around. Not much yet.
"We can build a house in this garden, right?"
"Build a storage shed here, garage on the other side... sound good? I'm planning it out now."
Gotta make a garage too. Who for the mechanic? Hmm... she'll do fine. I'm the firefighter and combat specialist. As long as I do my part, it's good. No need to worry about others.
"But when are they coming..." I waited at the front gate for five minutes, but nothing happened. Should I check the cuckoo clock? No way. That's so lame. I'm a proper streamer now. Time for my stream.
If I don't know what's going on, I just do my own thing.
"Hmm... they'll handle it fine, right? What should I do?"
Waiting around won't help... I head back inside for some detailing work... and that's when I spot the cuckoo chat.
Tough spot. Ugh... what do I do? How am I supposed to find the radio here? It's so lame. I seriously agonized over it. How the heck do I turn on the radio from here!! A huge trial hits me. Just cave once and turn it on? But no... I have my streamer pride. Suddenly flipping it on like an idiot? Does that make sense? Viewers would notice right away and call me lame.
"Turning off Zombo... I'm the server admin, guys. Get it together."
I ignored the cuckoos for now. Doing my own stream is right. Cave once and they'll keep coming. I've seen this before. Gotta nip it early. Streamers set the vibe. Viewers used to lead, but now it's my turn.
"So, wanna fish and chat it up?"
Yeah. They'll manage! Honestly, turning on the radio out of nowhere with no buildup would be weird too.
"Let's go then."
Heading to the fishing spot...
"Ah, 10,000 won... uh... what? Oh."
Cuckoo bro's persistence is intense. I ignored chat, so he spams donations. Guess that's what earns the cuckoo label. I'd have stopped after two ignores. Impressive though.
Chat's pissed off.
"Whoa~ whoa~ calm down chat... maybe it's a real emergency with a dispatch. No cursing. Banned! Anyway, cuckoo bro... public opinion's bad, so later. Can't now... promise for later."
I went for direct confrontation. Saw it, can't just ignore. Especially for 10k won.
"Like... if I suddenly turn on radio... uh... I'll come save you... that's weird too, right? So later. I will turn it on. Promise... so no more cuckoo pls."
I wanna ignore too. Ignore and go fishing. But 10k won... that's not pocket change. Takes an hour's work... how to ignore.
"10k makes it hard to ignore. You guys think 10k grows on trees? Huh? Hour of work. They donated it...?"
Donated money, how ignore?! You just watch, easy to say ignore. I got paid, how?! Really!! Can't ignore!! Not asking understanding. Just... get my side a bit. Got it? Believe you do.
I temp-banned or banned all the rude viewers.
"Anyway, that's it... gonna fish. If I die, wasn't meant to be."
7:42:12. Already over 7 hours streaming. Wanna end soon. Wanna end. But one condition: shut down server. To shut down, another condition. Can't just quit—meet up in safe zone first. Mess up and error crash.
"Wanna end but... when you coming?"
"Ah, radio! Perfect timing."
Finally turned it on.
'No, don't mess with Tteok sis. You're dying. What you doing. Stay put Tteok sis. Just sleep. Ugh. Ugh stay still Tteok side. Got it, I'll find vaccine.'
Raming's voice comes in clear. But only her voice, so hard to follow...
'Ugh pls stay still. Stop. Stop whining. Whining stop. I'll do it. Find vaccine.'
I get the picture. Why do I know the situation? Why's it playing in my head?
"Hello? Can you hear me?" I say carefully.
'Huh? Sena. Sena. Sena. Hear me? Hear?'
"Yeah, I hear!"
'Heading there now. Moteok sis bit, hunting vaccine? What's drop rate? Caught 5, no drop.'
"Uh... that's low... 3%."
'3%? Like number 3? Screwed. Sis 3%, sis just zombie. No choice. Head home first. Fix up at home... Got it! Got it. Find vaccine. Didn't ditch.'
"I'll wait..."
10 minutes later.
'Agh. Got it, why you like this Mo-ssi... sad sad.'
'No save me. You can. Just catch vaccine. I'm machine 15 now... don't wanna die more...!'
'Sigh... can't even.'
'So give vaccine!'
Bickering echoes here. I head that way.
"Come on in, everyone."
"Sena no. This one's bit again. What now? Say something."
"Jjang bro... Jjang bro... I got bit. Give mercy. It hurts. Euheheheht. 15th time. Machine 15. No more. I died all game. Did nothing. My gamer pride. Protect my pride. Still sucking, roasted all day. Die here, disaster."
"Got it. Go hunt vaccine. What stage now?"
Raming would've said reroll harshly... but Moteok... Moteok's... untouchable except by Maru.
"Still anxiety stage... soon soon... uwek... uwek..."
"Pregnant?"
Raming's bold drip. True to her maid in Maid-Master ASMR.
"Pre-zombie. Not joke time."
"Where's Maru?"
"Maru sis? Coming... oh right Jjang bro we pulled good car. You'll love it? Riding now prob?"
"Aha...! Then fix up and hunt vaccine."
"For real? Won't ditch? You ditched earlier. Not this time?"
I never ditched. She died to bandit herself.
"Yeah... won't ditch."
"Then I'll prep. Got gun too."
I swallow a sigh that's half out.
"Gotta go now. Vaccine then server shutdown."
Reason for ending? Not condition or tempo. That noob streamer bingo from cafe. One square: 'Pointless long streams.' Shocked me. Why noob? More is better? Couldn't get it, but since noob, set limit. 8 hours sharp.
"Jjang Commander! From today, I move under your command! Loyaltyyyyy!"
Moteok suddenly pledges.
"Me?"
"Yup! Commander didn't die right? I'm Moteok private, reborn 15 times."
"Raming?"
"Me? Died twice maybe?"
"Maru?"
"Maru sis prob once. Only undied is you. Commander only."
Huh? No way!! I'm commander? I got promoted? For real? Real? Then 10-hour server possible? Me commander. Dreamlike. Pinch cheek just in case. Not dream! Reality. Sena commander in reality!! Wooaaaaa! Let's go...! We can do it. Heehee.