“Good work~.”
Ji Hye-min’s gentle voice ca just as Diah’s final rehearsal wrapped up. She stepped a bit closer to Ha-eun and handed her a fresh fruit smoothie from the in-house café at LUX HQ—now a famous staple among employees.
“There’s about 20 minutes left. If you go change now and turn the stream back on, the timing’ll be perfect.”“Ah, got it.”
The Illusionary Realm mbers' performance—including Diah’s—was scheduled for the second half of the special concert. Before that, they’d all be watching from the audience seats, just like the other strears.
That’s why, after changing out of her motion capture suit, Ha-eun turned the stream back on from the studio computer. She wanted to experience the final Dream Server concert with the Noeulis.
[Diah's stream has started.]
— OPEN THE DOOOOOOOOR
— Nao show
— Diah
— Diah is here!
— 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥
— I thought I was gonna die..! I thought I was gonna die..! I thought I was gonna die..! I thought I was gonna die..!
— If you don’t co back, I’ll just die!
— Diahhhhh
“Mm-mm. I'm here now~...and now I’m gone again~!”
[Diah's stream has ended.]
— ???
— ??
— DIVA
— 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
— 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
— What the hell
— Nao show nao show nao show nao show nao show nao show nao show nao show nao show nao show
— ?
— 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
— What is this
— Noeulis are gonna drop dead~ drop dead~ drop dead~ drop dead~ drop dead~ drop dead~
— ??
[Diah's stream has started.]
“...Heehee.”
— Ayo
— Aghhh
— 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
— I’m gonna lose my mind I’m gonna lose my mind I’m gonna lose my mind I’m gonna lose my ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ mind
— She just went “heehee” are you fu—
— This push-and-pull ga is insane...
— 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
— What kind of bell prank was that?
“Well... I guess I was a little nervous... So I ssed around to calm myself down. Call it WWE energy, or, uh, just being sorry~.”
— Dding.
— Dding ding.
[User ㅇㅇ donated ₩1,000!]
: “It was a joke~. Smile, smile~. Smile for .”
[User ‘110 Days Requesting Diah’s Swimsuit Avatar’ donated ₩1,000!]
: “So you relieved your own nerves by making all of us Noeulis anxious—absolute baby-mode insanity.”
[Anonymous donated ₩1,000!]
: “Is it okay if I want to slap Diah’s cheeks? (affectionately)”
— It’s okay
— It’s okay
— Huge like
— Okay while tumbling
— It’s okay
— 😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫
— It’s okay
— Liked it so hard I cried..
“Oh—whoops! At this rate, I’m gonna be late~!”
[LUX_Diah has logged in.]
And just like that, still half-nervous and surrounded by taphorical fire, Ha-eun logged into Dream Server, masking her nerves with light-hearted trolling like always.
Soon, she stepped through the portal leading to the concert venue—and was t by a swarm of other strears.
[ @^$#@#^$#%%@#$@$ ]
[ @#$%@#$%@#$%@#$%~. ]
[ @%#%#@$$^#@$#%#@ ]
“Whoa... how many people even is this...?”
— It’s jam-packed
— The concert hall is so well built
— I know all these people lol
— The big one’s coming
— LOL
— There are so many people
All around her were Minecraft avatars—but what was visible wasn’t even half the story. Each strear was also broadcasting to hundreds, thousands, even tens of thousands of viewers.
On a normal day, maybe they’d be chatting at the Illusionary Realm dessert shop—but today, every last one of them was an audience mber. And just thinking about performing as Diah in front of this massive crowd made Ha-eun’s heart pound strangely.
‘It really is different from doing it as a hobby...’
Diah’s first-ever solo concert. Hundreds of thousands of viewers.
Honestly... it was impossible not to feel nervous. Even with all her past performance experience as a singer.
A little while later, the voice of Dream, the strear who created Dream Server, echoed across the venue:
[ Alright~! Welco, everyone~! It’s such an honor to be here tonight with all of you— ]
As Dream, the MC and founder of Dream Server, spoke, the crowd of strears erupted in cheers. It was the exact kind of festival Dream had envisioned from the very beginning.
Dream began explaining how the concert would proceed and started introducing the perforrs. Once the opening speech wrapped up—
[ Then, we now begin the Dream Server Special Concert! Our first performance will be... ]
**— Flash! **
As Dream’s voice rang out, the lights of the concert hall shifted. A giant screen rose up into view.
《 :𝕊: 》 / 《 𝕽𝕾 》
On the giant screen linked to one of the concert venues, the symbols of Song Hyun-min and Rick Simon began to glow softly. For a brief mont, the entire audience went silent—and then, as the symbols faded like smoke, Song Hyun-min and Rick Simon themselves appeared on stage.
「Good evening, everyone~! Can you hear us okay~!」
— ?
— ??
— ?
— Bro, why are you here?
— ??????????
— Is this real??
— ????
“Whoa, whoa...! It’s Song Hyun-min~!”
With the sudden appearance of world stars Song Hyun-min and Rick Simon, question marks flooded Diah’s chat—and every other strear’s chat across the concert hall. It was the definition of a surprise concert.
Top stars with global fanbases were now standing at a physical venue, broadcast in real ti via the massive screen—and Dream Server–related communities exploded instantly.
— DREAM
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