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"Testing, testing can you hear me everyone?" Kyungsoo lightly tapped his finger against the mic a few times then spoke in it.
@CharismaS[MOD]: Yup, all good!🫶
@hamster: We can hear you^^
@YellowBananacheong: can you donat to me plspls
@ftf_fan: is it wrong to watch this at a family gathering? I'm gonna die from boredom...ㅠㅠ
@orvpeak: Loud and clear!
The once empty box was bombarded with more users chatting, but one user's display name caught his eye.
@meowiesleft_eyebrow: Damn it, i was so excited to leave the first comment. How are you guys so fast?T_T...
Meowie's left eyebrow? Kyungsoo unconsciously lifted the corners of his mouth upon seeing the username. To think that someone would care so much that they'd even put their display name as that. Meowie or MeowieMeowMeow was the handle of his Twitch account and the username he used to play Illusion, one of the biggest MMORPG's out there with over a million players playing it daily.
At the beginning, everyone seemed to doubt if he would even reach max level because of the class he was going for, berserker. Several users on the forum critiziced him, saying he was stubborn for choosing such a class. Kyungsoo sighed thinking about it.
But, as much as he hates to admit it, they weren't entirely wrong. Even he had some negative things to say about the job, for example: the recoil damage and the skill's cooldown. Still though... He ended up replying to the comments saying they just had to get used to it.
Of course, it was all worth it in the end.
Under the span of a year, he worked tirelessly, grinding for experience just to get to level 250, even staying up till sunrise on school days. Kyungsoo was dedicated and got rewarded for it, he ended up doing an official interview in the Illusion HQ about his class and players were joining the guild just for Meowie. It wasn't until his guild members suggested streaming that he got even more fame, gaining over 100k followers and bringing him to where he is now.
After talking and answering some questions in the chat, Kyungsoo pulled up the Illusion game tab, showing that his character was already inside the event map. He strolled through the crowded valentines themed map and skimmed through the NPC's dialogue, it didn't really matter.
For some reason, the Illusion developers decided to make it uncannily similar to last year's, neither unecessarilly easy nor hard.
@LukaMpreg: LOL??? I'm getting deja vu.. Atp, the GM's should have just made it the same.
@terminal7500: New viewer here!👋 What are we doing?
@Ihatesunset: I can't take this update seriously..
@Jinx_: @terminal7500 We're watching our Meowie play the new Valentines update!
@iron6: @Jinx_ I wouldn't say "new" ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
@hyunaisalive: :meowielaugh: :meowielaugh:
"I don't think it's that bad as everyone makes it to be. Besides, most of this event's rewards are for couples. I'm not engaged."
Kyungsoo talked to the chat as his eyes were still fixated on the screen, finishing all his daily tasks before doing the event mission. Come to think of it, he did form a couple once. But that was with his alt account, he only needed to pair his character for that stupid guild boss tree's protection. He'd probably never pair up his main character with someone unless the developers decided to be extremely generous and made the dating system overpowered. Which... Would probably never happen.
[Guild] Parkwoash: Oh, I was too focused on the monsters. Hello Meowie!
[Guild] Pwince Pea: Hey^^
[Guild] PoseidonCaptain: Huh? Weren't you online yesterday past midnight? It's still so early, you should consider taking a break.
[Guild] MeowieMeowMeow: No worries, I'll sleep later and besides, it's the weekend.
[Guild] Ji9star: Tsk Tsk Tsk, my subordinate should listen...
[Guild] MeowieMeowMeow: ㅗ
[Guild] neutaaaa: Guys, wanna form a party? Just so we can complete the quest faster.
[Guild] Ji9star: Okay, babe!!
[Guild] Parkwoash: Geez... Get a room, I'm about to throw up...
[Guild] HalloweenEggplant: Oh yeah, Good idea.
[Guild] neutaaaa: Alright, I'll invite you all!
Not later, a notice appeared on the right side of his screen inviting him to the party but before he could press accept, a new notification overlapped with it.
"[You have recieved a new mail. Please check your inbox.]"
"..."
Kyungsoo blankly stared at the notification then sighed. Even without clicking on the notification, he already knew who it was.
"This consistent bastard..."
@Moonfox: Hmm??? Did they normally send event rewards through the mailbox?
@unicornpiss7: I'm betting on my wrist that the mail was from his secret admirer.
@dazaispersonal_vaccum: 222222222 But I'd remove the "secret" LOL practically almost everyone in the this community knows them.
@twsalover: "@unicornpiss7 Who? Also, how aren't you banned with that username??ㅋ ㅋ ㅋ ㅋ ㅋ
@fruityfog: @twsalover newgen🥀
@twsalover: @fruityfog ??? What did I even do...?ㅠㅠ
@CharismaS[MOD]: @twsalover Don't mind them...
The chat was talking about ThousandSunsets, a new player rewnowned for their terrible game control and their obsession with following Kyungsoo wherever he went. Even going as far to publicly announce messages using the server mic, offering money to who ever gives out his location. Thinking about ThousandSunsets made his head throb, it was infuriating.
Kyungsoo wished he could just delete the mail but ThousandSunsets attached junk to each of his letters. He had to claim the items so he could get delete it. He couldn't even block him from sending mail, let alone whispers, ThousandSunsets would just make an alt account to send more messages every single time. He was seriously on another level.
'Even the developers can't do anything about this...'
[Guild] MeowieMeowMeow: Wait, just a second, I'm checking my mail.
He hovered his cursor on the mailbox button then clicked on it. and as expected, he was unfortunately right.
[Recieved Mail]
From: ThousandSunsets
Subject:^^
Content: You're doing the new event quest, right? Can I join in too?ㅇㅅㅇ
I'm watching your stream rn><
Attachment: Stale bread 1x
Kyungsoo hesitated for a few seconds then typed a reply, deciding to let him join. He wasn't really hurting anyone isn't he? Despite everything, ThousandSunsets was never disrespectful to him and would even go out of his way to submit reports about the disgraceful players he encountered. Sometimes, he'd even donate concerning amounts of money when he was watching his stream.
[Whisper] MeowieMeowMeow: Sure, just don't cause any trouble.
[Whisper] ThousandSunsets: Yay!!
He could probably guess that bastard was smiling like an idiot behind the screen.
@eatthedirt: Oh? That person's joining again?
@hamster: This is gonna be extra interesting now:meowielaugh::meowielaugh:
@unicornnxq: LOL Whenever that player's in the stream, crazy shit ends up happeningㅋ ㅋ ㅋ ㅋ ㅋ
@twsalover: I'm so lost...
@giggleshiter8687: @twsalover You should watch Meowie's previous streams to catch up on the lore! Trust me, it's worth it.
@twsalover: @giggleshitter8687 Again, the users with weird names replying to me, damn it... But alright!
Soon, he sighted ThousandSunsets approaching him from the map's spawn point.
[Server] ThousandSunsets: Hello hello~
ThousandSunsets character altered between using the 'act cute' and 'wave' emote to greet Kyungsoo.
[Guild] Pwince Pea: Ah.. Your stalker again LOL.
[Guild] PoseidonCaptain: ThousandSunsets? Oh, that rich newbie who keeps announcing a bounty on Meowie's location?
[Guild] Ji9star: Yeah, i made such a profit with that event. Probably might be one of my favourites LOL.
[Guild] neutaaaa: I'm slowly starting to think they know Meowie irl with how much they follow him around.ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
'Ah right, I forgot to alert them that ThousandSunsets was coming.'
[Guild] MeowieMeowMeow: My bad, I forgot to let you guys know that he was arriving. I let him join.
[Guild] HalloweenEggplant: Ooh, alright.
[Server] ThousandSunsets: Hm? I could've swore I whispered to you, Meowieಥ‿ಥ
They were talking in the guild chat and ThousandSunsets, who wasn't in Poseidon, thought he was getting ignored.
[Server] MeowieMeowMeow: Hey
[Server] MeowieMeowMeow: You whispered to the right person, we were just talking in the guild chat.
[Server] neutaaaa: Helloo, let me add you to the party^^
A popup of ThousandSunsets' profile appeared on the party tab, indicating he had joined.
[Server] Parkwoash: So, which quest should we do first?
[Server] Ji9star: Isn't there a quote like, "Do the easy jobs first. The hard jobs will take care of themselves"? Let's do the chocolate dungeon mission first !!
[Server] HalloweenEggplant: Dumbass??? It goes, "Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves."
[Server] Ji9star: Eh, it's the same thing.
'Ji9star has been demoted to honorary guild member"
[Server] Ji9star: WHAT
[Server] HalloweenEggplant: smh
[Server] Pwince Pea: What is even going on rnㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Server] PoseidonCaptain: Lets not fight now...
"What are these idiots doing?..." Kyungsoo quietly muttered under his breath, but it was still loud enough for the microphone to pick up.
@Moonfox: LOL This is even more entertaining watching it from both POVS
@Laybae: REAL I thought I was the only one who came from their stream!!
@koala_8970: NOO I GOT AN ADㅠㅠ
@free.illc: Get FREE Illusion coins here ----> illupay.xyz
@Ihatesunset: @free.illc huh? get out of here you bot.
@pepper.mint: Question! We're so close to hitting 300K! Are we getting a special video once we reach the milestone?
As the computer was showing the loading screen when he entered the portal, Kyungsoo took this as an opportunity to talk with his viewers.
"Ooh, that's a good question, I'll probably do a QnA again once we reach our goal."
@butteredPig: oo nice!!
@sunflower0301: That's boring, You did that for your 100K special and your 200k special!!
@Jinx_: @sunflowe0301 What do you expect him to do LOL? An ASMR??
Not long after that comment was made, a familiar voice came out of his speakers.
'ThousandSunsets Donated ₩150,000'
"I'm not against that, Meowie, you should consider it.ㅇ ㅅ ㅇ"
Naturally, Kyungsoo would just thank the person but hearing the username and the donation amount made his eyes widen.
@mitsukoucanon: ????
@onionshavelayers: Huh?? If only I get donated that much by just talking and playing in front of a camera...
@Motsuena : @onionshavelayers Why are you act as if streaming consistently isn't that difficult? Anyway, fuck Poseidon
@giggleshitter8970: LMFAO?? Why is this guy here? Are you ever gonna let it go? Its been monthsT_T
"Thanks for the donation and I appreciate the suggestion, but I don't think I'm gonna do it. Besides, I don't have the experience or the right equipment. Maybe something else?"
Kyungsoo, who was laid back waiting to be transported to the map, quickly went to position his hands on the keyboard, prepared. The loading screen slowly faded into black before showing his character on the dungeon's spawn point.
Floating on his bazooka mount, he went through the barely lit path to defeat the first wave of monsters with his guild members. Among the moving players going down the hall, ThousandSunsets for some reason was as still as a rock, the only signs of movement being his idle animation.
[Party] Ji9star: Did he go AFK??
[Party] PoseidonCaptain: Sunset, is there a problem?
'Wait, don't tell me he's going to, again...!'
'ThousandSunsets Donated ₩250,000'
"I have an idea, how about reacting to other streamers?"
ThousandSunsets character used the 'pleading' emote in front of Kyungsoo, trying to act innocent.
"..."
@CharismaS: Ah... So that's why he stopped moving. LOL
@orvpeak: lol, what does ThousandSunsets even gain from this??
@honeymoon: does it know how to use the chat
@ThousandSunsets: @honeymoon Yes, 'it' knows how to chat. It's just that Meowie might not see my text with how fast the chat's scrolling!!!ㅇ ㅅ ㅇ
@honeymoon: EW IT REPLIED TO ME
@dazaispersonal_vaccum: @honeymoon throw salt on itㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
@ThousandSunsets: @dazaispersonal_vaccum T_T?????
[Party] MeowieMeowMeow: Sure, I can do that.
Hearing the reason for the donation made Kyungsoo communicate with ThousandSunsets through the in game chat. Come to think of it, he's been carelessly donating to Kyungsoo for a while now. Was his wallet that loaded or were they an elementary schooler secretly using their parent's credit card to spray cash on him?
Kyungsoo hoped it was the former.
[Party] neutaaaa: ?? Were you guys communicating in whispers?
[Party] Ji9star: My viewers told me all about it LOL Apparently, ThousandSunsets was idle because he was donating to Meowie
[Party] ThousandSunsets: Who wouldn't?ㅇ ㅅ ㅇ
[Party] MeowieMeowMeow: Please stop, LOL