Aftermath (2)
"Anyway, I ended up agreeing to appear on Yama-nim's channel again later."
After the shoot wrapped, I mentioned meeting up with Oh the commentator later for more content, and sure enough, some folks were freaking out that I'd ditch streaming altogether.
"Guys, why you doing this? I agonized forever over even starting streams, and now you're thinking I'd jump ship to YouTube with zero foundation? Plus, chatting with you all is kinda fun."
"You asking if I'll go once I build a base? Why you thinking so far ahead?"
"Guys, chill. Fine, fine. Even if I do YouTube, I won't drop streams. Happy now?"
"Hey hey. No streamer bashing or drama in my chat. We ban that outright."
I wondered why the chat was veering that way—turns out some big-corp streamer with tons of viewers switched to YouTube full-time 'cause TV schedules got too packed alongside their exploding channel. Made sense; TV folks always complain about insane schedules, hard to juggle lives. Top YouTubers have jammed filming too. But nuking all VODs? Fans must hate that.
"Anyway, even if I blow up big time, streams stay priority one, so relax. That's it for today."
Hmm... stream was kinda short? Check—yeah, just two hours.
"Whoa, really only two hours in. King of Fist maybe?"
Heavy casual traffic today—most don't know my mukbang skills yet. But mukbang's embarrassing. Planned it as core content, but self-review? Meh. Sure, pretty girl crying over food looks cute... till it's me. No backstory, just "too tasty, tears"—feels contrived.
Spin the late-night menu roulette—eat whatever lands without crying for success
1,000,000 won
Embarrassed? Real men know no shame.
"Mission donor? What's this mean?"
I temp-promoted the donor to manager and asked for details.
"Too easy? That's really it?"
Simple mission. But "roulette" bugs me. Seen weird food roulettes on other streams.
"Can I tweak rules? Skip stuff I straight-up can't eat? Hate wasting delivered food. Should be edible at least."
Chat's fighting now. Yeah, my rules favor me to newbies. But they don't know—this Food God Seal lived in bland hell; even "normal" tasty stuff makes me bawl. Still, patterns: no tears for day-old shriveled jokbal from fridge, or true taste bombs. Like cucumber, pickle, oi-muchim? Coincidence my tastes match past life, or seal shifted 'em? Hated cukes pre-seal, tested raw one—reeked, no guts. Phone blew up: "Wtf food, gross!" without biting. Desserts? All tears. Regulars? Hit-or-miss. 5-stars no "wow," dry eyes. Sweet tooth? Over-sweet non-dessert gets panned. Picky god tongue, unknown prefs.
Viewers clueless, so break the fight.
"Chat, please. No more infighting. Can't get mealworms now anyway. Rules: Exclude my one no-go—cucumber. Skip cuke dishes, anything else fair game."
Ah, Baleta's mutant elf hating veggies. Overlaps my quirks. But I don't hate veggies—just cukes.
"Guys, not veggies, just cukes. Not Baleta-level veggie hater."
"Ah......"
"I am Baleta. Veggie hater supreme."
"Ahem. Anyway, my proposals: 1. Delivery available. 2. No cukes. 3. Minimum 10 portions per dish. Deal, Romantic-nim?"
Sudden question mark flood. Wow, tons of first-timers today.
"Forgot all the new faces. I down large pizzas, 10 easy."
"Alright, roulette per price? 10,000 won?"
"Ahem. Fine, 1,000 won. 5 mins only."
"Thanks for 10k. Hot stuff? One sec."
Yeoljjim—spicy jjajang chain, infamous inferno. High school dare with Seung-yoon, suffered hell. Thought I handled spice, nope.
"Uh... yeah nearby. Why?"
Ah... should've lied no store. Idiot.
Roulette lands Yeoljjim—finish 10 bowls clean
1,000,000 won
Oh. Shit. Stomach'll handle, but last cola reflux flashback—capsaicin bombs might torch tongue/lips on contact. Health over cash.
"E-everyone? Any sweet oppa viewers save my tongue?"
Week 2 streaming. Time to grind that pocket money.