Chapter 105
Chapter 105
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 105
Chapter Title: The Motion Capture Fiasco
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Truly a beautiful day. The birds are chirping...
🔔 Superchat — Anon Why'd you normalize the slider? Just leave it be? "..."
🔔 Superchat — FerventBeliever For real, flat-chested sticker freak lol. Leader was tasty enough in her own way—why normalize it again? Piss off. What am I supposed to do?
If I crank the slider down to minimum, they bitch about nerfing it and tell me to piss off.
If I normalize it, they bitch about why I'm normalizing it and tell me to piss off.
Somehow...
It looks like my attempt to crack down on the devotees bombed spectacularly.
I lost the intimidation battle again.
"That's it for today's stream..."
Thoroughly deflated, I ended the Motion Capture session.
And declared the end of the broadcast.
💬 Live Chat — Viewer1 No way, already ending? — Viewer2 Where you goiiiiingggggg — Viewer3 Only 3 hours in, arghhhhhh — Viewer4 My bad... Stream a bit longer pleeeease... — Viewer5 Devotees, is that you guys again? — Viewer6 You idiots pissed off Leader, damn it — Viewer7 Pouting Leader is cute too... Heh heh heh heh. — Viewer8 Not even a girl, and she's pouting? — Viewer9 Info) She is a girl. "I'm not really pouting or anything. I just suddenly lost the will to stream."
— Viewer10 That's pouting lolololol — Viewer11 Sorry sorry sorry sorry sorry — Viewer12 Hmm... But thinking about it, why should we be sorry? — Viewer13 True. She picked a fight with viewers on her own and declared defeat? — Viewer14 Lmao yeah — Viewer15 Shouldn't have touched the slider to begin with lol These are supposed to be my devotees?
Seems like a bunch of trolls flooded in today, stirring up shit.
Anyway, today's Motion Capture wasn't official content—it was just a test stream.
I'd planned to end it right after the test, so even if I wanted to keep going, there wasn't much else to do.
As I was about to log off, I realized it wasn't past midnight yet.
Can't end early.
Streaming till after midnight, then rerunning for at least 30 more minutes, has become my daily routine.
If I don't wrap up my duties like this, I get anxious the next day.
You never know.
The Awakener Association might suddenly call me out to resolve an Anomalous Phenomenon.
"Never mind. I'll do two more hours."
— Viewer16 ? — Viewer17 What suddenly lololol — Viewer18 You said you were ending, liar! — Viewer19 Oh right, not past midnight yet — Viewer20 Gotta stick to the routine 👍 — Viewer21 Viewer training? Lmao. Everyone knows by now—even the newbie devotees who just joined—that I always stream past midnight.
So I grudgingly dragged it out until 12:45 before finally ending the broadcast.
Nothing beats a café for killing time.
After logging off, I glanced around the studio, lost in thought.
Not the most pleasant hiccup, but...
The reaction to the Motion Capture stream exceeded my expectations.
Ideas were already bubbling up in my head for how to leverage it into hilarious broadcast moments.
Quiz games with devotees like "Talk with Your Body," for one.
Or bringing in a dance instructor for a proper lesson—that could go over well.
And if the other party was game...
Inviting fellow VTubers for a collab stream here wouldn't be a bad visual at all.
Other VTubers, like...
Ayase.
Ayase.
Ayase.
"Ehehe."
A grin crept onto my face unbidden.
That's when I felt a twinge of dissonance.
Did I just chuckle to myself while brainstorming stream content?
Whoa.
Guess I've leveled up to pro streamer now.
Truth be told...
Streaming is starting to feel fun.
Even that breast slider fiasco earlier.
Embarrassing at first, sure—but part of me thought, "Nailed a highlight for today's stream."
Forced into it at the start, and now it fits me like a glove. What a hilarious coincidence.
...Or maybe not a coincidence.
This could be Reflecting Myriad Stars's grace too.
Reflecting Myriad Stars's intent, even.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ The fallout from the Motion Capture stream was way bigger than I'd imagined.
Thanks to the stellar quality and the slider incident, it spread like wildfire across communities, skyrocketing my recognition.
📰 Breaking News [VTuber Motion Capture Stream Disaster] The edited clip I uploaded to my YouTube channel shot up to #4 on trending videos.
After the stream, Lee Jia—the shrine owner running my worship hall—must've been hyped, because she dropped her ongoing edits to rush an all-nighter on the Motion Capture one.
And the result?
Hit a million views in just two days.
That guy's mantra of "YouTube needs shock value" was spot on.
Whether that's good or bad, who knows.
Recognition's up, and that's gotta please Reflecting Myriad Stars plenty.
Best to just take the good with the good.
That one video netted nearly 50k new subscribers.
— GraceOfMyriadStarsGaze Holy fu@@@@@ck — GraceOfMyriadStarsGaze Kill me........... The guy handling YouTube comments probably has triple the workload now.
High views mean a flood of toxic troll comments.
Not that I'd dream of helping him out.
Who told you, a mere manager, to spam the holy pouch?
That's all on your karma, buddy.
Post-Motion Capture, a ton of VTubers reached out personally.
Who'd I commission for the 3D model?
Where's the motion capture studio? Rental fees?
I answered each one diligently, but...
Sorry.
This setup was built with a single click via the Omnia Archive program.
Couldn't exactly tell them the truth, so I bullshitted some vague answers.
Drawing the curtains lets intense sunlight flood the bedroom.
Damn, another perfect day.
I'm a total hikikomori who prefers solo home gaming over going out, but...
Even I feel like stepping out for some fresh air on a day this gorgeous.
Ayase is off today too, so nothing much to do.
It's not just nice out—it's the kind of day where holing up feels like a crime.
Well...
Not like I'm actually going out.
No one to meet, nowhere I wanna go anyway.
That's when my phone rang—Yoo Euisul.
Oh no.
Why does she always call at the most uncanny timings?
Tensing up for no reason, I answered.
"H-Hello?"
[Get out here.]
"..."
Did a god hear my inner wish and grant it?
Please.
No need for that.
Yoo Euisul was now barking orders without even stating her business first.
And to top it off...
Vrooooom!
A familiar sports car exhaust roar echoed from outside the window.
"N-No way, you're already at my place?"
[Yeah, that's why I said come out. Wait, open the door first. Gotta use the bathroom.]
"..."
Her brazen attitude was so absurd it was almost amusing instead of annoying.
I opened the door and let Yoo Euisul in.
She acted like it was her own house—no asking for directions, just beelined to the bathroom like she'd been there a hundred times.
Then, shaking water off her hands, she asked:
"Got anything sweet?"
"Sweet my ass! No! More importantly, what's this about?"
Another Anomalous Phenomenon?
Or did the secret of her sword, Iron Sword No. 3, finally come out?
I asked what was up, and she answered straight.
"Nice weather, huh."
"Huh?"
"Let's go out and get some air."
"Oh."
Great minds think alike.
Yoo Euisul must've had the exact same thought about the weather.
One difference between us, though.
Action speed.
If Yoo Euisul thinks it, she does it—no hesitation.
Weather's great? Boom, in the car for a drive.
Straight to my place.
Why me, of all people?
I almost asked, but held back.
I already knew the answer.
Yoo Euisul's a total loner too.
No real friends, just like me.
"..."
"What, don't wanna? Fine then."
"No, it's not that I hate it."
I'd been wanting fresh air anyway, so actually kinda nice.
"Where we headed?"
"How should I know. Just wherever."
Knew it.
My fault for expecting plans from Yoo Euisul.
Grumbling complaints at her all the while...
My face was weirdly smiling.