Hobbyist VTuber-Chapter 292
The interview with Doublely ended up requiring four or five retakes.
Probably because they were so close with Ha-eun, they kept tossing out remarks that were... not exactly in line with the truth(?).
"Ha-eun, the public has a right to know."
"I mean, anyone who’s gonna know probably already does. You can’t cover the sky with your hand."
"...Wow, what a team. You’re always bickering in the studio, but now you’re totally in sync just for this."
At least when it came to questions about the new song, they answered seriously without goofing around — small relief.
Still, the scene reminded her a lot of the interview with Song Hyun-min.
Were all singers like this, or...?
"If the same person shows up at every crime scene, that person’s probably the killer, right?"
"Yeah. If everyone you meet says the same thing, maybe you’re the one with the problem, Ha-eun."
"...This is why neither of you are married."
"What." / "It’s not can’t marry, it’s don’t want to, okay?"
Only after getting in a good jab at Lee Gun-yeol and Lee Jun with her own little finishing move(?) did Ha-eun finally press the action cam’s stop button.
Then she changed outfits and makeup once again, finishing the scenes that still needed to be filmed.
Most of the shooting was done in a set surrounded by chroma key, which felt a bit awkward, but maybe because acting was part of it, it didn’t feel overly tiring.
After all, Ha-eun was an actress.
｢─♪─♬──♪─♪｣
-Beep.
"Okay, that’s a wrap! Great job, everyone~."
"...Ughhhhhh—."
With the director’s OK and a big stretch from Ha-eun, the music video shoot for her new song came to an end.
She changed back into her original casual clothes and stepped out of the set — the sun had already gone down.
Right after that, Lee Gun-yeol and Lee Jun laid out the upcoming schedule related to her new song.
"Since you’ll be performing on music shows when the single drops, take care of your health, alright?"
"Telling Ha-eun to take care of her health might be the most useless advice in the world."
"Yeah, true."
"...Just wait, you two."
Their voices were laced with jokes, but the words themselves weren’t wrong.
Just because she’d finished recording and shooting the music video didn’t mean she had nothing left to do.
In fact, the most important part of releasing a song was promotion, including music show appearances.
No matter how hard you worked on a song, if people didn’t hear it, it was meaningless.
In other words — Ha-eun’s schedule was only going to get tighter.
Even at the Korean set menu restaurant they went to afterward, the talk kept circling back to Pinocchio’s promotional plans.
"It’d be good if you could do a light variety show too."
"Hmm... Let’s get through the Yeryeo University entrance ceremony tomorrow first. I’ll think about it after that."
"Huh? That’s tomorrow already?"
"...I can’t believe Ha-eun’s already a college student."
Anyway, after roughly wrapping up the promotional plans,
Ha-eun returned home in Ju Jung-yoon’s van as usual.
She stepped into her pristine soundproof booth — and immediately went live as Diah.
-Tap tap tap tap.
[Forget the past version of me☆]
Diha
? what’s with the stream title
Why are you so late...
Diha
Hello, great actress Lee Ha-eun (this user has been temporarily banned)
Loved MariLa, salute ^^7
"Ah, ah. Can you hear me?"
Yes
ㅖ
yeah yeah
wait what why is baby here
bring noona baaaack
we hear you
You there, Diah!!! Where is the great actress Lee Ha-eun!! Bring her now!! (temporarily banned user)
"You can hear me? Who said you could? Don’t listen!"
?
??
Why are you acting up from the start
?
You’re the one who asked if we could hear you tho
???
Ah, here we go again
Formal tone on public broadcasts, and then you go off on Noeulis like this. Naughty naughty
"...Kidding~ Smile, smile~"
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
So what’s with the stream title?
me
baby out, bring noona backkkkk
rock
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
me
(picking a fight right away) just kidding~
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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Another fiery night, huh...
rock
Hahaha fanfare
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Big like if you think Ha-eun was a school bully
Who said you could joke around
"I mean... I’m only joking because I like you, you know...? ...Or... do you not like it?"
gasp
oh?
dramatic
no, we like it
hehe
stop lyingggg
look at all these brain-dead simps, geez
rock
wow
so what’s the stream title, 4th time asking
oh?
Noeulis <<< hella simple-minded
"Okay, okay. Today’s stream is a singing stream~"
After checking that the chat had cooled off from the flames, Ha-eun pulled up a prepped song list in the top right corner of the stream.
Then she started queuing up the necessary backing tracks.
But most of the songs on the list were ones Diah had sung in the past.
Group songs from the Illusionary Realm 1st gen like Illusion, or her first solo track Bright Days were among them.
The real kicker was — when Diah began singing, it sounded nothing like the Diah they were used to.
The chat, of course, responded in kind.
"At the end of a sunset you can’t quite grasp—♬ we were starting to resemble each other──♪"
"Following the direction the dusk light points to, we go───♪ continuing our own journey────♬"
??
gasp
Diah is God Diah is God Diah is God Diah is God Diah is God Diah is God Diah is God
Whoaaa
Those high notes are insane
(emoji of 11 glow sticks shaking)
Wait did she just bring out her main self lmaoo
wha t
‘Diah’ is ‘God’ ‘Diah’ is ‘God’ ‘Diah’ is ‘God’
Hello, singer Pinocchio! Hello, singer Pinocchio! Hello, singer Pinocchio!
Is this a chart-topper?? Is this a chart-topper??
Holy crap that’s crazy lol
A so-called cover stream, where Diah re-sang her own past songs using her real voice as Ha-eun.
Now that there was no need to hide her actual vocal skills, she sang with all the shamelessness she could muster.
Of course, once the song ended, she switched back to her usual Diah voice and asked, all innocent, how it was.
She ignored all the chats talking about Pinocchio this, Lee Ha-eun that.
"Well? My singing’s improved a lot, right~?"
(emoji of glow sticks waving) ×9
Whoa, 20k viewers lol
So dirty... using your main voice like that. I LOVE IT
Thisisnuts thisisnuts thisisnuts thisisnuts thisisnuts thisisnuts thisisnuts
Encore! Encore! Encore! Encore! Encore! Encore!
Sign the petition: Diah is a hidden boss
This is what an idol looks like lol This is what an idol looks like lol
Kill the old Diah... that was the plan from the beginning... kill the old Diah... that was the plan from the beginning...
The seal... has been broken...
-Ding.
[eternalyg donated 10,000 won!]
: One more song! One more song! One more song! One more song!
[ㅇㅇ donated 10,000 won!]
: Hello, Mr. Pino...cchio, really enjoying the music ^^7
[Noeul4 donated 10,000 won!]
: You're such a great singer, Mr. Pinocchio haha—wait, am I in the wrong place?
"Oh dear, looks like someone wandered into the wrong stream. Guess I’ll have to kick them out..."
gasp
You’re the one who changed your voice!!
Everyone take your hands off the keyboard!!!!
A paid ban omg
^^7
Time to open Notepad, Noeulis~
Anyway, the singing stream continued, bouncing back and forth between Diah and Pinocchio.
It was a kind of preemptive shot.
Once the new single drops, it’s going to explode again...
She needed to ease the Noeulis into getting used to the idea of singer Pinocchio’s voice.
Of course, most of them had probably already listened to songs under that name,
but hearing it live on stream was a whole different thing.
So, Ha-eun kept singing in her natural vocals until sleepiness started creeping in.
The stream was so different from usual that the chat even started wondering if today was some special day.
Real singer moment, this is insane...
What a loaded stream today ㅎㅅㅎ
Is it a special day or something?
Diah the Great, Diah the Queen, Diah the King
Coming in to personally clean up the stagnant VTuber scene T_T
Did something happen today?
"Mmm, mm-mm. No comment~ No comment~! I’m not telling you a thing~ Just listen to the music~~"
what
no but seriously, something happened right?
lmao
now I’m scared
If you take a break now I swear I'm gonna turn pitch black If you take a break now I swear I'm gonna turn pitch black—
"Ahahaha. I’m not setting up a break, okay~."
Then finally, just as it was time to end the stream, Ha-eun delivered her usual sign-off into the mic.
When the Noeulis nervously guessed she might go on another break, she quickly shut it down — absolutely not happening.
After that, she rubbed her slightly sore neck, stepped out of the ★ 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ★ soundproof booth,
and flopped right onto her bed, falling asleep in an instant.
The very next evening, she was back in the booth again, streaming and chatting with the Noeulis.
However, that day had also been Yeryeo University's entrance ceremony.
And, on that final day of February, the moment it ended, she and Da-yeon had to flee quickly after being recognized by the surrounding crowd.
[ Hello? Ha-eun, do you have a moment? ]
"Yes? Uh... is it urgent?"
[ Hmm... depends on how you answer. It could become urgent. ]
The call from Ju Jung-yoon came about halfway through her stream.
She muted her mic for a moment, then turned it back on to say she was stepping away briefly for the bathroom.
And right after that, over the phone, came the story of Da-yeon’s guest appearance on the variety show Dinner Together.
[ Da-yeon’s asking for your help. Says she might end up in the ER if you don’t come.]
"...What happened to her?"
[ She nearly fell into the ocean multiple times while fishing, saw a snake while digging up potatoes... it’s been a day. ]
"Wow."
[ She’s holding on, but she’s exhausted. She’s begging for you to come help, even for just one day. ]
And so, Ha-eun found herself awkwardly backpedaling in front of roughly 20,000 Noeulis,
eating her words from just the night before.
She explained she’d likely need to take a break for three days,
then slowly slid her virtual avatar off-screen and watched the chat for reactions.
"Uh, something kinda... unavoidable just came up... right now... ugh..."
?? : “No breaks,” she said
Diah, did you lie to us? Diah, did you lie to us? Diah, did you lie to us? Diah, did you lie to us?
me
Ah lol she’s off filming again
So where to this time?
rock
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
If you tell us where, we’ll forgive you
Legend says when one of Diah or Hida goes on break, the other one does too... and I’m terrified of that legend...
“No breaks,” she said, over and over and over
We’re turning black, Noeulis are turning black, black black black black black black—
"...Ah, ahm... I’m so so sorry but I love you all!!"
[ Diah’s stream has ended. ]
?
????
Where’d she go
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LMAOOOOOO
Kyaaaack
Ice Age: ON
Come baaackkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
***
-Screeeeech─
"...Hello. Um, is this the—"
"Oh! Ms. Ha-eun."
"Yes, yes. I’m in the right place? Glad I found it."
"Here, hand over your suitcase first. Let’s head to the fishing spot. Da-yeon’s already there."
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.
.
-Tap tap.
"Da-yeon?"
"?!?"
"What the—why are you so startled? You’re the one who called me."
"...H-Huuu... I’ve been through sooo much..."
"Oh dear."
.
.
.
"Pull! Pull it in, Ha-eun!"
"A trout? That’s a trout! ...Wait. Why is it so huge?"
"Hold on tight! If we lose that, we’re not eating tonight!"
"Ah, okay."
-SNAP!
-...thump.
"Uh. It fainted. What do we do now?"
"...??"
