Chapter 5
Chapter 5
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 5
Chapter Title: Reflecting Myriad Stars is a God and Invincible!
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⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ [Time until debut stream: 00:27:52] About 30 minutes left.
A VTuber debut stream is a once-in-a-lifetime special event in that VTuber's streaming career, unless they reincarnate or something.
Floating viewers naturally flock to them.
Even I, who's made Ayase's streams my main haunt, make a point of catching other VTubers' debuts.
Of course, corporate VTubers promote heavily on SNS and such before debuting, so they can draw in way more floaters than indies.
But you can't ignore the firepower of community floaters.
If an indie VTuber has real charm that grabs viewers, someone will post a relay on the forums and pull in the crowds.
In that sense...
With a setup like this, floaters might just show up on their own without any promo.
Ugh.
I have no idea how many viewers I need to draw in. So frustrating.
It'd be easier if there was a quest like "Reach 1,000 viewers!" from the start.
"..."
Ah, no!
Take it back!
I misspoke.
Not that I even said it out loud. Bad thought.
Silence is golden.
No need to rack my brain and accidentally trigger some weird obligation.
So.
Am I an indie VTuber or corporate?
My affiliation is listed as "Omnia Archive," so technically corporate, I guess...
Yeah.
Claiming indie with this top-tier model quality would be ridiculous anyway.
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ [Time until debut stream: 00:05:52] "Kyaaah!"
Only 5 minutes left!
With the debut stream right around the corner, my heart started racing out of control.
I'm so nervous I'm going insane.
To suppress this overflowing tension even a little...
📰 Breaking News [Ayase's here, my ducklings!] Ayase's stream is the best, hands down.
Heh heh heh.
Ehehehe.
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ [Time until debut stream: 00:00:30] Good.
Tension's mostly gone.
Even though this sudden VTuber debut was forced on me out of nowhere.
To avoid "disposal"...
I'll have to give it my all.
Stream title... yeah.
Might as well go all-in as a Fervent Devotee.
⚔ STATUS ⚔ [Fervent Devotee of Reflecting Myriad Stars, Archivist of Omnia Archive, Lee Jia! Debuting!] How's that.
With this much sincerity, even Reflecting Myriad Stars might forgive me.
And so, I started the stream.
...
...
...
"..."
Five minutes since the stream began.
Slowly.
Impatience started creeping in.
The reason was simple.
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ [Current viewers: 1] For reference, the streamer themselves count as a viewer.
In other words...
No one was watching my stream.
My mistake.
Should've promoted on the communities at least.
Got cocky.
Thought this overwhelming model quality would pull floaters without promo.
"Haa."
A sigh slipped out, laced with some weird seductiveness I couldn't place.
This high soprano voice never gets less weird, no matter how much I hear it.
Monologuing with 0 viewers...
Tougher than I thought.
As I pondered whether to keep going...
Finally.
💬 Chat — Viewer Whoa, what's with the thumbnail? The long-awaited first viewer arrived.
D-don't panic.
Thanking them by name is a classic newbie mistake.
I've hit up a VTuber chat, they mentioned my nick, and I bailed because it felt awkward.
Here, play it natural...
"Hello! I'm Lee Jia, Fervent Devotee of Reflecting Myriad Stars and Archivist of Omnia Archive!"
Perfect.
Smooth as can be.
— Viewer Concept's way too intense lol; — Viewer I'm out gg ...Or not?
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ 💬 [Domestic VTuber Gallery] 📰 Breaking News Title: Lee Jia <- What's her deal? Content: Seems like a VTuber who just debuted. [Image] Model quality why like this? Does this even make sense??????????? — Anon (3) This level ain't rare? — Anon It's super polished, but not that big a deal, right? — Anon No big-booba VTuber. Blocked gg 📰 Breaking News Title: Lee Jia <- No way, checked after gallery post, insane Content: Quality doesn't make sense ffs Didn't notice from pic, [GIF] Check the frames; insane I tell you — Anon (44+) ????????????? — Anon What? Fake? — Anon How tf did they do that ffs — Anon This real? — Anon No joke, better quality than pre-debut corp streams? 📰 Breaking News Title: Saw Lee Jia post on nyoum, checked stream lmao Content: This chick's properly unhinged lololol Brought some insane hardcore RP, no cap lolololol — Anon (52+) What concept? — Anon ↳ Reply Dunno ffs, something about being Reflecting Myriad Stars' Fervent Devotee or whatever, total chaos. — Anon Cultist concept? — Anon ↳ Reply Yeah but watching it, not easy lololol RP skills are top-tier. — Anon Top model but tough concept... — Anon ↳ Reply Still fresh and fun tho — Anon ↳ Reply Curious af, gotta see for myself ffs. ◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ 💬 Chat — Viewer Whoa so pretty — Viewer Frames what? What program for such smooth animation? — Viewer Historically top-tier polish — Viewer Rigging insane?????????? — Viewer Hair moving like it's alive? — Viewer No cap, can't tell from real cam fr — Viewer Archivist-nim, what's today's book rec? ⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ [Current viewers: 524] Someone must've spread the word on the communities.
Floaters are pouring in properly.
Great.
I reintroduced myself to the viewers.
"Let me greet you again. Hello, I'm Lee Jia, Fervent Devotee of Reflecting Myriad Stars and Archivist of Omnia Archive! Please take care of me from now on!"
— Viewer Omnia Archive? Such a corp? — Viewer New one? — Viewer Name's weird af, can't say that right? Forced into this stream as I was, even I was surprised at my streaming adaptability.
But with my life on the line, I couldn't help but give it my all.
When I revealed the "truth," viewers just laughed it off.
RP too intense.
Bit off more than she can chew, etc.
A few were superchatting too.
Ding.
Ah, first superchat.
⚡ SUPERCHAT ⚡ [Anon superchatted 1,000 won] So who's mama and papa? Curious af
Mama.
The artist who drew the VTuber avatar.
Papa.
The rigger who made the model movable.
"Mama and papa are the same person... Ah, no, misspoke! Not person, god, yes. The same god."
— Viewer Fr?????? — Viewer Awakener or what? — Viewer Drawing nuts, rigging godlike — Viewer So who? — Viewer Calling mama papa god lolololol — Viewer First VTuber calling mama papa a god — Viewer Concept no joke... "Mama and papa are Reflecting Myriad Stars."
— Viewer Reflecting Myriad Stars? Name? — Viewer First time hearing? — Viewer Unknown artist? — Viewer Someone pulling this quality has to be known; foreigner maybe? Revealing mama and papa's identity left viewers confused.
Makes sense.
Anyone making a model this good should be famous already.
But nope.
The creator's not human, but a god. A god.
...Tricky.
As a veteran VTuber watcher, I got their skepticism.
But what can I do.
Reflecting Myriad Stars really made this Latudi avatar.
— Viewer Just mixing RP to talk shit? — Viewer Seems like. Searched "Reflecting Myriad Stars," nothing. — Viewer Hmm... — Viewer Jia-nim, reveal mama papa, it's manners — Viewer New streamer, bound to slip up~ "No... R-really, mama and papa are Reflecting Myriad Stars. I know lying about this gets found out eventually."
Like the chats said.
No matter how serious the RP, revealing mama and papa is basic etiquette.
Yep.
So I did.
It's Reflecting Myriad Stars, I said.
⚡ SUPERCHAT ⚡ [Anon superchatted 1,000 won] What's Reflecting Myriad Stars? Bitch Myriad Stars maybe?
Y-you, you fucking bastard!
"Y-you fucker, die!!!!!!!"
— Viewer Whoa scared me — Viewer ?????????? — Viewer ???? — Viewer Sudden swearing? "How dare you blaspheme a god in this sanctuary! You're banned, you shithead!"
Cold sweat pouring down.
Didn't expect a viewer to blaspheme [Reflecting Myriad Stars].
Letting trash like that slide... I'd probably pay for it instead.
Banned on the spot.
Still...
Twisting [Reflecting Myriad Stars] into [Bitching Myriad Stars].
Pretty creative, ngh.
Honestly chuckled inside...
Thud!
"Kyaaah!"
— Viewer ????? — Viewer Thud wtf — Viewer She just slammed her head on desk? Thud!
Thud!
Thud!
"I-I'm sorry, my god!"
— Viewer This one's nuts lololololol — Viewer RP overkill lololol — Viewer Cultist VTuber? Rare find — Viewer Crazy debut in ages wtf lololololol "Reflecting Myriad Stars is a god and invincible!"
"Reflecting Myriad Stars is a god and invincible!"
"Reflecting Myriad Stars is a god and invincibiiiile!"