Chapter 124
Chapter 124
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 124
Chapter Title: Lee Jia Enters Fan Recovery Mode
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The Anomalous Phenomenon known as the Sanctum of the Fear Devourer was officially designated for management by the Awakener Association.
It was a case similar to the Portrait of the Mad Woman.
We couldn't completely eliminate it, but as long as we didn't force it into use, it wasn't much of a threat. Stashing it away somewhere in the Association's vaults would be fine.
After the Yeosu incident...
The Association's internal guidelines for handling Anomalous Phenomena had changed quite a bit.
With the new variable of "Fervent Devotees" entering the equation, it was only natural for the guidelines to shift.
Whether that was a good thing or not, it didn't apply to me anyway.
According to Kim Junghwan...
"Jia, you can just keep solving Anomalous Phenomena with Euisul as usual."
So, I'd heard that the updated guidelines were full of tedious, pretentious jargon, but I had no idea about the specifics.
Well...
With my ability to check target information...
And Yoo Euisul, the strongest Awakener, we were theoretically an invincible duo.
Adding anything more here wouldn't change much.
Anyway, having resolved an Anomalous Phenomenon at the start of the month meant I could stream worry-free for the next four weeks.
...Though if some suspected Fervent Devotee popped up in the meantime, I'd probably get called in again.
I'll worry about that when it happens.
Right now, streaming took priority.
My channel was facing a minor crisis.
On Friday, I'd streamed for about an hour in the early dawn.
On Saturday evening, from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m., another two hours.
I was too exhausted to keep going.
Over those prime golden hours on Friday and Saturday, I'd only managed a measly three hours total.
🔥 Burning Forum Threads — Title: If you're gonna do this, just announce a hiatus... — Title: Keeping promises is good, but this feels forced — Title: Honestly, it's too hard to keep up with the High Priestess's streaming pace lately — Title: So what were you doing Friday and Saturday that you couldn't stream? — Title: The High Priestess of the Reflecting Myriad Stars Church must explain the 45 hours of absence immediately — Title: At least post a notice — Title: Always so consistent, then one slip-up and it's extra disappointing — Title: Whatever else, dipping after just two hours pisses me off the most I could understand why the devotees were so pissed off.
The cafe was ablaze.
The most important thing in internet streaming is consistency.
To treat streaming as your main job rather than a side gig, you have to turn on the stream at set times.
Take breaks only on scheduled days to build a solid fanbase foundation.
But my actions over the past two days...
They were pretty much the moves of a streamer who'd straight-up abandoned her channel. No argument there.
A two-hour quickie stream, then claiming "Hey, I streamed every day anyway."
Damn it.
In a way, the fake downfall that "Nameless" had shown me was becoming reality.
I hadn't fully plummeted yet, but the fan sentiment was turning sour. That much was true.
Still, I felt pretty hard done by.
I'd gotten a call in the dead of night to resolve an Anomalous Phenomenon, rushed out of the house...
Face-planted in the sand.
Face-planted in chunks of flesh.
Rolled around like a dog to sort it out, only for the ghost house's inside-outside time dilation to eat up an entire day.
I wanted to stream hard, but the situation just wouldn't let me.
...The will of the people is the will of heaven.
I figured it was time for some fan recovery content to win back the devotees' hearts.
The more heads, the better.
I wasn't a lone wolf anymore; I was a proper boss with two employees under me.
Now's the time to harness collective intelligence.
I pinged my staff on VoiceTalk messenger for ideas.
💬 VoiceTalk: Staff Chat — Lee Jia Recommend some content ideas. — Grace of Myriad Stars' Pupil You're entering fan recovery mode, huh. — Lee Jia's Chapel The usual WWE collab? — Grace of Myriad Stars' Pupil First off, explain the 45 hours of absence. — Lee Jia's Chapel There are two edited videos pending review. Check those first;; Instead of giving opinions, my employees started grilling their boss.
I told them a white lie.
— Lee Jia Nothing to explain. I was just sick and couldn't stream. — Grace of Myriad Stars' Pupil Oh, so it was UFC. — Lee Jia's Chapel That day? Totally understandable lol; — Lee Jia ? — Grace of Myriad Stars' Pupil ? — Lee Jia's Chapel Sorry. Insane.
One taste of YouTube success and they're starting to climb the ladder?
Sure, the channel's subs were still skyrocketing thanks to them, but...
Don't forget.
I'm the boss.
You're the employee.
— Lee Jia I'll skip the video reviews. Just upload them yourselves. Recommend some content. — Grace of Myriad Stars' Pupil Hmm. — Lee Jia's Chapel Hmm. It wasn't just about recapturing fan sentiment; I felt like it was time for a new content pillar anyway.
Ayase's downfall show, her Battle Lounge tournament...
I'd put in my own efforts to join those, but ultimately, I'd just leeched off her content. I hadn't created anything original.
— Lee Jia's Chapel Wonder if I can even suggest that? — Grace of Myriad Stars' Pupil She probably won't like it. — Lee Jia's Chapel I think so too, but nothing ventured, nothing gained. — Grace of Myriad Stars' Pupil True that. What?
From their reactions, it seemed they'd been dying to give me some broadcast feedback all along.
Come to think of it, if my channel tanked, they'd lose their jobs too.
These two wanted my streams and YouTube to blow up more than anyone.
Good call asking them.
I told them to share freely, even if it was crap.
Lee Jia's Chapel summarized it.
— Lee Jia's Chapel If we had to pick one differentiator between you and other VTubers, RP aside, it's the quality. Super high-quality avatar and motion capture made by Grace of Myriad Stars' Pupil. You've got killer tools, but it feels like you're not using them properly. — Grace of Myriad Stars' Pupil For real. Oho.
Starting off strong and intriguing.
Seeing such serious input, it was clear the editor had been pondering my streams regularly.
Good job, both of you.
Chapel's points were spot on, so I waited for more.
— Lee Jia's Chapel So, the content we came up with is... — Grace of Myriad Stars' Pupil Hey, we thought of it together. — Lee Jia's Chapel Sorry. The content we thought of is... What is it?
Why the suspense?
— Lee Jia's Chapel Dance stream <-------- This will be a massive hit. With that super high-quality motion capture for dance practice? Views will hit 1M easy. — Lee Jia Ugh. Screw that. I got my hopes up for nothing.
Like hell I'd do something so embarrassing.
— Lee Jia Need different content recs. — Lee Jia's Chapel No, this is legit good content. — Grace of Myriad Stars' Pupil At least hear us out. As if they'd predicted my reaction, the two started unleashing their silver-tongued persuasion.
Long story short, their pitch boiled down to this:
I'm a VTuber.
So I need VTuber-style content.
Among VTuber content staples, the ultimate comfort food is song covers.
I agreed a hundred percent.
Demand for song streams is always there.
...Except for tone-deaf disaster Ayase.
— Lee Jia So, do a song stream to win back fans? That it? — Grace of Myriad Stars' Pupil No no no no, keep listening. — Lee Jia's Chapel Honestly, you're not the thick-skinned, intense-style VTuber. Song streams have demand, sure, but they don't fit you perfectly. Not enough for fan recovery. Last time you sang, the chat was just meh. True.
Other VTubers would've gotten high-note belting anthems or cute appeal songs.
Me? I got an AI hymn request for "Re! flecting My! riad Stars! (Not Bitch)."
Song streams didn't suit me, just like they said.
— Lee Jia's Chapel So dance is the answer. Super high-quality dance practice stream? Vtuber galleries will be flooded with you, Fan sentiment skyrockets back, Divine power pouch flexes hard, devotee needs obliterated, Fan hearts normalized instantly. — Grace of Myriad Stars' Pupil What do you think? — Lee Jia's Chapel Dance stream. We have to do it, right? Alright.
Ideas noted.
I gave them my verdict.
— Lee Jia I'll handle it myself. — Lee Jia's Chapel ? — Grace of Myriad Stars' Pupil ? — Lee Jia's Chapel Answered your own question... — Grace of Myriad Stars' Pupil Then why ask for recs? (Seriously) I agreed their points had merit.
But fan sentiment hadn't cratered to the point of needing a dance stream.
With no decision on content...
I fired up the stream.
💬 Live Chat Spam — Anon Downfall — Anon Lock — Anon Downfall — Anon Lock — Anon Explain — Anon 45 hours of absence, explain — Anon Met your BF? Met your BF? Met your BF? Met your BF? ...Fan sentiment was scraping the bottom even more than I'd thought.