[ So that thing about offline collabs? Turns out the restriction is just for things like "going to a cafe between two vtubers" or things like that, but coming over to play games as vtuber selves is apparently a-okay. That's the logic behind Terrence inviting Hibiki over for a collab stream. Even though they live together, Terry is out because he has things to do. Don't question it.
The streaming room has soundproof walls, two stations with mics, and computers... all that stuff. Since Hibiki is here for a collab, they can sit next to each other on a comfortable couch-like seating that will still recognize live 2d input and all that stuff. Terrence has voice changers ready to be used, in which nothing sounds different irl, but it sounds different online to everybody else. So Hibiki is going to hear all those tsundere oujo-sama-like lines from Terrence's direct and real voice. Fun.
They're also nearly done with the stream, playing Super Bunny Man. Terrence probably ditched Hibiki to die several times by pushing him off to a pit of spikes. The fans sometimes comment that they seem to get along, despite all the dying. Maybe Usameme is so friendly to everyone that she can even melt a tundra heart.
They're still on level 5. Two hours have passed. ]
I'm going to kick you into the portal this time, so stay still.
[ Hibiki will never say no to a gaming stream; it's one of the most enjoyable activities, especially if they manage to find a silly game. Which is exactly the case here. To be honest, he expected to play a darker game with Terrence, but Super Bunny Man is perfectly fine in his book. ]
Come at me~
[ Staying still? Not gonna happen. Hibiki's going to try kicking him right into the spikes whenever Terrence manages to bounce closer. It's their 3934598 try so one more shouldn't hurt. ]
[ Terrence has enough sense when inviting someone to do a collab with him, it would be a game that they both would enjoy--well, for a relative level of enjoyment anyway. Anyway, it's been two hours and Terrence's patience grows thin, but it's not like he had much in the first place. That's why he breaks character when Hibiki manages to kick him into the spikes by grabbing a cushion and pushes down Hibiki's head into the couch.
[ The startled noise Hibiki lets out only fuels the hysteria in the chat. ]
What a bold move! [ His voice is muffled because of the pillow, but if Terrence though that it will be enough to shut him up...well. ] Be gentle with me~
[ The chat is so torn on this because "WHAT ARE MY PRECIOUS PURE IDOLS DOING" and "haha they're such good friends" and "SOMEOME GET THE STAFF HUXIAN MIGHT ACTUALLY COMMIT MURDER" and the rest find it hot. Maybe this is what happens when half your fans are degenerates.
Despite the murderous aura before, Terrence is only normal here and is less prone to actually murdering people. That's why he doesn't suffocate Hibiki outright by lifting the cushion, takes one good look at his face, and shoves the cushion back onto him.
He just has the urge to really knock people down to the ground and Hibiki's attempts feel like he constantly has a safety net to avoid crashing down too hard. He wants to squish his smiling face onto the floor.
...
Terrence lets go of cushion and leans back into the couch. ]
You will be sentenced to imperial punishment next time, Usameme. Let's keep that in mind for next time, hm?
[ It feels like Terrence's route always leads to attempted murder, but apparently Hibiki hasn't reached the true (bad) end yet. Who knows how long will that take...anyway.
Hibiki can only imagine what is going in the chat for the time being. If he's lucky today, maybe he'll get to see it again after Terrence is done murdering him. Which happens fairly quickly, to be honest.
Once he puts the cushion away (that's one murder weapon out of Terrence's reach), Hibiki makes sure that the voice changer is on (for once) and reassures the viewers with a smile: ]
I'm back, everyone ✨ I need to behave from now on. I don't want Huxian to get angry.
[ It's too late for that. At least he didn't call him Huxie or anything of the sort. ]
Let's try again~ And since you're so eager for punishment... [ Rather for punishing—that's a detail Hibiki decides to ignore. ] Let's play a mini-punishment game. If we don't beat this level, we'll let everyone decide what should we do!
[ Degenerates tier must be really happy right now... ]
[ The two of them did beat previous levels, so there's some chance at cooperation, but seeing as to how they were stuck on their current level for two hours because they thought killing each other would have been more fun... maybe, just maybe, it's time to end that. Terrence starts playing a little more seriously, waiting for cues to do things and such. It looks like he's willing to cooperate this time.
Huxian had given choices to her fans before, but they were relatively safe options like which map should she pick in Mario Kart, or what game should she play, or what song should she sing... It seems generous on the surface, but she always gave them predetermined choices to begin with. Safe choices. After all, there needed to be some sort of fan interaction as part of being a virtual idol.
So the thing Terrence doesn't like about this is that it's too open ended, but he can't exactly refuse. The stream might as well have something other than constantly killing each other, like a "thanks for sticking around, here's a reward". ]
Don't submit your desires now, peasants. If it happens to come up, I'll open up a time window for you to type and the bot will pick up the majority within that minute. But I don't plan to lose when I get serious... Usameme, angle yourself correctly and jump over the pit of spikes.
Huxian listened to me, whoa... [ Usameme's ear twitch in surprise before this continues: ] My charm stat has just gotten maxed~
[ He's risking getting murdered again, but maybe it's okay. For now, Hibiki focuses on getting in position so they can finally get past the spikes and straight to the portal. ]
Is this what you call angling yourself correctly?
[ When someone is going to edit this video, they better follow this question with careless whisper.mp3 because Usameme's bunny position is Highly Questionable. ]
[ Hibiki is truly the embodiment of 100% risk yolo, because it takes a lot out of Terrence to not smack him right there. Huxian has a dead look on her face as she stares at Usameme.
So Terrence punts Hibiki's rabbit down the pit.
The chat explodes with a lot of grassy laughter wwwwwwwwww ]
[ Usameme just blankly stares at the camera. What just happened here. This is some top ten anime betrayals shit. ]
Everyone~ Our Huxian wants to get punished really badly she can't even hold herself back from throwing me across the whole stage...take this one in a lifetime opportunity and come up with something creative ✨
[ Obviously, they're both going to do it...Usameme has nothing to lose. ]
Oh~? "Play Super Bunny Man for 12 hours straight"?
[ Terrence isn't sure if he can squint any more out of the sheer unsure that he feels right now. He is going to pretend that never happened. Anyway, he toggles the bot to gather the responses into a makeshift pool result while he sees the suggestions scroll and scroll endlessly... the bot is gonna have a hard time sorting all this out by keywords. ]
"When are you two getting 3D models? I wanna see Huxian step on Usameme." "Speak in a sexy voice as you two try to woo each other!" "Offline voice only collab with a sleepover!"
[ Terrence notices that Hibiki said that without muting himself and he can't tell whether he's still using the voice changer or not. Terrence's is still on and he can't quite tell if Hibiki's is functioning.
...
All he'll have to do is look at the chat for any reactions, but in the meantime, Terrence just stares at Hibiki quietly with the most judging stare with a hint of "please shut up" sort of aura behind it. ]
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The streaming room has soundproof walls, two stations with mics, and computers... all that stuff. Since Hibiki is here for a collab, they can sit next to each other on a comfortable couch-like seating that will still recognize live 2d input and all that stuff. Terrence has voice changers ready to be used, in which nothing sounds different irl, but it sounds different online to everybody else. So Hibiki is going to hear all those tsundere oujo-sama-like lines from Terrence's direct and real voice. Fun.
They're also nearly done with the stream, playing Super Bunny Man. Terrence probably ditched Hibiki to die several times by pushing him off to a pit of spikes. The fans sometimes comment that they seem to get along, despite all the dying. Maybe Usameme is so friendly to everyone that she can even melt a tundra heart.
They're still on level 5. Two hours have passed. ]
I'm going to kick you into the portal this time, so stay still.
[ He sounds absolutely m u r d e r o u s. ]
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Come at me~
[ Staying still? Not gonna happen. Hibiki's going to try kicking him right into the spikes whenever Terrence manages to bounce closer. It's their 3934598 try so one more shouldn't hurt. ]
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The chat explodes. ]
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[ The startled noise Hibiki lets out only fuels the hysteria in the chat. ]
What a bold move! [ His voice is muffled because of the pillow, but if Terrence though that it will be enough to shut him up...well. ] Be gentle with me~
[ Chat better love teasing and fanservice. ]
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No.
[ The chat is so torn on this because "WHAT ARE MY PRECIOUS PURE IDOLS DOING" and "haha they're such good friends" and "SOMEOME GET THE STAFF HUXIAN MIGHT ACTUALLY COMMIT MURDER" and the rest find it hot. Maybe this is what happens when half your fans are degenerates.
Despite the murderous aura before, Terrence is only normal here and is less prone to actually murdering people. That's why he doesn't suffocate Hibiki outright by lifting the cushion, takes one good look at his face, and shoves the cushion back onto him.
He just has the urge to really knock people down to the ground and Hibiki's attempts feel like he constantly has a safety net to avoid crashing down too hard. He wants to squish his smiling face onto the floor.
...
Terrence lets go of cushion and leans back into the couch. ]
You will be sentenced to imperial punishment next time, Usameme. Let's keep that in mind for next time, hm?
[ He switches just like that. ]
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Hibiki can only imagine what is going in the chat for the time being. If he's lucky today, maybe he'll get to see it again after Terrence is done murdering him. Which happens fairly quickly, to be honest.
Once he puts the cushion away (that's one murder weapon out of Terrence's reach), Hibiki makes sure that the voice changer is on (for once) and reassures the viewers with a smile: ]
I'm back, everyone ✨ I need to behave from now on. I don't want Huxian to get angry.
[ It's too late for that. At least he didn't call him Huxie or anything of the sort. ]
Let's try again~ And since you're so eager for punishment... [ Rather for punishing—that's a detail Hibiki decides to ignore. ] Let's play a mini-punishment game. If we don't beat this level, we'll let everyone decide what should we do!
[ Degenerates tier must be really happy right now... ]
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Huxian had given choices to her fans before, but they were relatively safe options like which map should she pick in Mario Kart, or what game should she play, or what song should she sing... It seems generous on the surface, but she always gave them predetermined choices to begin with. Safe choices. After all, there needed to be some sort of fan interaction as part of being a virtual idol.
So the thing Terrence doesn't like about this is that it's too open ended, but he can't exactly refuse. The stream might as well have something other than constantly killing each other, like a "thanks for sticking around, here's a reward". ]
Don't submit your desires now, peasants. If it happens to come up, I'll open up a time window for you to type and the bot will pick up the majority within that minute. But I don't plan to lose when I get serious... Usameme, angle yourself correctly and jump over the pit of spikes.
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[ He's risking getting murdered again, but maybe it's okay. For now, Hibiki focuses on getting in position so they can finally get past the spikes and straight to the portal. ]
Is this what you call angling yourself correctly?
[ When someone is going to edit this video, they better follow this question with careless whisper.mp3 because Usameme's bunny position is Highly Questionable. ]
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So Terrence punts Hibiki's rabbit down the pit.
The chat explodes with a lot of grassy laughter wwwwwwwwww ]
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[ Usameme just blankly stares at the camera. What just happened here. This is some top ten anime betrayals shit. ]
Everyone~ Our Huxian wants to get punished really badly she can't even hold herself back from throwing me across the whole stage...take this one in a lifetime opportunity and come up with something creative ✨
[ Obviously, they're both going to do it...Usameme has nothing to lose. ]
Oh~? "Play Super Bunny Man for 12 hours straight"?
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Absolutely not! When would I be able to eat?! My stream max is 4 hours! 4!!
[ Yeah that's some ojou-sama vibes reeking there. ]
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"Let Usameme feed you!"
[ Perhaps they should have seen it coming after Huxian mentioned food... ]
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[ Terrence isn't sure if he can squint any more out of the sheer unsure that he feels right now. He is going to pretend that never happened. Anyway, he toggles the bot to gather the responses into a makeshift pool result while he sees the suggestions scroll and scroll endlessly... the bot is gonna have a hard time sorting all this out by keywords. ]
"When are you two getting 3D models? I wanna see Huxian step on Usameme."
"Speak in a sexy voice as you two try to woo each other!"
"Offline voice only collab with a sleepover!"
[ ... ]
You peasants have wild imaginations...
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[ Usameme says it like it was the most normal thing to do during a stream. ]
Give us a minute to figure things out, okay?
[ A minute might be too long—he needs to explain his plan right away if he wants to avoid certain death. ]
Before you do anything, just hear me out.
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...
All he'll have to do is look at the chat for any reactions, but in the meantime, Terrence just stares at Hibiki quietly with the most judging stare with a hint of "please shut up" sort of aura behind it. ]