Chapter 94: Ready, Set…
"Lambs, Elf’s viewers, sailors—welcome. My church gladly receives you."
"Um, the game we’re taking on today is this one."
"Ready, set—"
"““《Fall Together!》””"
Top Chat: Elf-san’s line lmao
Top Chat: Couldn’t you have assigned her something else? lol
Top Chat: Still, when they’re all lined up, the screen looks so lively
Top Chat: True that
Top Chat: So Elf-san, what do you think?
"It’s weird seeing Kirishi-tan and Ky—… I mean Siren’s avatars move just like their real selves on screen."
On the monitor, I was the only one appearing as myself. Kirishi-tan was a nun, and Siren was a half-human, half-bird—both showing up as avatars.
Top Chat: Yeah, even knowing it’s motion capture, it feels mysterious
Top Chat: 2.5D uses a hybrid of optical and inertial tracking, right?
Top Chat: Thanks to that, even crossing arms gets reflected naturally
Top Chat: Must be expensive, but you went for it huh
Top Chat: Rumor is they brought it in because of Reverse God-sama
Top Chat: Feels like a strong intent to make people scream lol
"Also… it bothers me that Ky—… Siren is a bird."
Siren appeared as a mature, quiet-looking woman with large dark brown wings sprouting from her back, clad in something like a swimsuit.
Top Chat: Oh yeah, I wondered about that too
Top Chat: I always pictured them as fish-like
Top Chat: In Greek mythology, Sirens are half-human, half-bird spirits, but due to mistranslations with feathers and scales, and influence from Norse myths, depictions of them as half-human, half-fish spread through the Western world. Nowadays, even famous coffee shop logos sometimes use the half-human, half-fish form.
Top Chat: …Elf confident bro?
Top Chat: If you’ve got questions, I’ll answer them.
Top Chat: So she even knows non-Elf mythology…
Top Chat: Pretty sure she talked about dwarves before too.
"Wanna touch the wings."
"Hyah!? O-onii-chan, nothing’s growing out of me, okay!?"
Top Chat: Camera, do your job!
Top Chat: Motion capture: “Elf-san’s got no sensors on, so she won’t show up. Approved!”
Top Chat: Not approved!!
Top Chat: Show it!!
"Alright, alright. Enough fooling around with avatars—let’s play the game."
"Yeah!"
"Okay!"
Top Chat: So, Ochirite huh
Top Chat: It’s a well-known game out there, but…
Top Chat: Elf-san, do you know “Ochi-bito Kozorite”?
"Never heard of it."
Top Chat: Knew it
Top Chat: Simply put, it’s a game where multiple players compete in obstacle courses
Top Chat: At “Ready, go!” forty people all rush for the goal at once
Top Chat: Each stage, half the players get eliminated, and then five make it into the final round
"That’s what I hear."
"Ah, I already knew."
"I see…"
Top Chat: Elf-san all alone
Top Chat: She’s probably holed up in the forest being antisocial
Top Chat: lol
Top Chat: Siren, have you played Ochirite before?
"Yes! To tell you the truth, I’m a Gold Ranker!"
"Heh… so Siren doesn’t need a handicap then."
"Wait—Kirishi-tan, you too?"
"Exactly. This should get interesting."
"I-I won’t lose easily!"
"Uh, what’s Gold Ranker?"
Top Chat: It’s a title only about 5% of buyers earn
Top Chat: Sounds impressive, but you can get it by playing 100 hours
Top Chat: Once you get it, it’s like saying, “Okay, you’re ready for ranked matches”
Top Chat: Nickname: Rank Match License
"So it’s like a Gold License you earn by grinding, huh."
Top Chat: I was about to get mine with no accidents or violations lol
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