Chapter 5: Rose’s Reign of Chaos: The Debut Disaster

The Next Day

[What’s this girl doing?]
Seriously, what is she doing?

• For real lol
• A mukbang for her debut stream? Is she actually insane?

[Hahaha her stage name is ridiculous lol]
Lmao

• Lol I thought I misheard
• Who says that at their debut?

[Why’s the phone ringing nonstop?]
Did she not consult her agency?

• Looks like it
• Commenter: Hahaha insane girl lol

[Her screen’s so chaotic lol]
Did she draw that herself? Lol

• Yup
• That’s what she said

[I’m convinced]
She picked it for the chaos

• When’s she spilling the interview tea?
• For real, her character’s one of a kind

[And that setup speech was absurd]
So grandiose, and then it’s just a mukbang lol

• Her quotes while eating are straight-up unhinged

To avoid a plain mukbang fizzling out, I focused on two key elements.

First: just the right amount of chaos.

Since mukbangs aren’t a VTuber’s strongest suit, I drew food on MS Paint beforehand.
I put my drawings on screen alongside real food photos for comparison, adding a small visual gag.

• Her drawings are awful lol
• But you can tell what they are, which is hilarious lol
• She’s got just enough skill to make it recognizable

The second, and most crucial, was word choice.

“Hmm… This rosé mara tteokbokki has a strong mara flavor that overshadows the rosé. It’s a bit lacking to carry the rosé name. I recommend renaming it to milk-mixed mara tteokbokki.”

• Crazy girl…
• And yet her taste review’s kinda legit lol
• Isn’t it mara rosé tteokbokki?

“I’m Rosé, so I might be biased toward rosé.”

• Lunatic…
• Insane girl…
• Crazy chick…
  Message deleted.

“Oh? This rosé pasta is worthy of the rosé name. Thus, I grant it the right to become part of my body and live as rosé.”

Slurp!

• Insane lol
  Message deleted.
• Now I’m craving rosé pasta…
• This isn’t an ad, right?

Ring ring!

• Answer the phone already
• Not picking up?
• Is it really been ringing for 30 minutes?

“Phone? No idea what you mean. Those are just the screams of the rosé being absorbed into me.”

• Screams: confirmed
• Don’t know about rosé, but the screams are real
• I’m… more scared than entertained now…

Thanks to my efforts, the stream’s cruising smoothly.

Current viewers: 4,364.

My deliberately provocative word choices must’ve hit the communities, as the viewer count’s higher than expected.

“Oh, this rosé jjimdak has enough rosé flavor, but the seasoning hasn’t sunk in well. Hmm…”

• What’s she gonna say?
• Survive?
• At this point, it’s beyond scary—it’s awe-inspiring…

“It passes for rosé alone, but the basics are lacking, so I’ll boil it more in the pot later before absorbing it.”

God… I might have to eat rosé dishes for a week…
I ordered too much…

“Well, that’s all the food I prepared.”

• Now what?
• Sing for us?
• Song?
• Intro?

Looks like the chat wants the classic VTuber debut stuff—singing, talents, that sort of thing.

Guess I’ll do a song?

“Alright, I’m full, so let’s do a song.”

• Hell yeah!
• That’s the stuff!
• Let’s go!
• Rosé! Rosé! Rosé!
• Damn, a rosé who eats rosé is different

Boom ba bam!

• ?
• That one?
• That’s super hard to sing solo!

I picked a boy group song.
No big reason.
Just one I sang a lot at karaoke when I was a guy.

Which means—

• ????
• Insane
• Wow
• Killed it
• Rosé! Rosé! Rosé!

It’s a damn tough song.

After the song, with the chat hyped up and cheering, I decided to fan the flames.

“Hmm… Nothing left to do…”

• ?
• One more song
• No, do what everyone else does

“That’s a lie.”

• Crazy girl lol
  Message deleted.
• Wow
• Damn jerk
  Message deleted.

I’ve been streaming for 56 minutes now…

Oh!

“Let’s do another song.”

• Hell yeah!
• Let’s go
• Do a girl group song
• Can you do a ballad?

Tap! Tap!

• Yo!
• She’s singing that!
• Epic
• Rock
• Epic
• Love this one
• Rock
• Rock

I picked a well-known indie-style song in Korea.
The kind that relies heavily on vocal tone.

• Her voice is a total cheat code
• She sings so damn well
• Just one girl group song, please ㅠㅠ

While singing, I checked the stream time: 59 minutes, 50 seconds.
The first chorus was coming up.

“So, I’ve hit the one-hour mark, so I’m outta here. See you next time, everyone.”

Phew, managed to cram that in under 10 seconds.
Seeing the stream hit exactly one hour felt satisfying.

Final viewer count: 5,083.
That’s a solid result, right?

Ring ring!

Oh, phone’s ringing.

“Hello, Manager-nim.”

[…Yeonwoo-nim.]

“Yes.”

[…Nothing to say?]

“Oh, the results were great, right? I didn’t expect that many viewers either.”

[…Yeonwoo-nim.]

Oh, I’m screwed.

[I was watching your stream—]

“Manager-nim, I’m sorry. I’ll definitely consult you next time.”

[…Really?]

“Yes, yes, I’m so sorry. I messed up.”

I didn’t expect even the stoic Manager-nim to sound hurt.
Was she that stressed?

…That bad?

No, I toned it down from worse ideas, so my threshold’s probably just high. It was a bit inflammatory.

After a lecture from Manager-nim, I hung up, and another call came right away.

“Hello?”

[Yeonwoo-ya! What was that?!]

It was Minseo, our group’s eldest unnie.

Calling her “unnie” still feels weird…

[Get on Discord, now!]

I joined the server, and all five members were already there.
The moment I entered, I got an earful.

[Hey! What was that stunt?!]

But I’ve got my defense.

“When I suggested an impactful concept for the final push, you all agreed.”

[Yeah, but we didn’t know it’d be that!]

“I said it’d be something fresh.”

[That’s true, but do you know how nervous we were watching?!]

“Sorry…”

I lowered my tone to sound repentant.

[Huh? No… If you’re sorry, that’s fine!]

Hmm? That easy?

After Minseo’s scolding, the others started asking questions.

[Why’d you do that?]

“For attention and growth.”

[…It definitely got attention.]

[So! How’d you come up with it?!]

“Huh? I just thought of eating rosé pasta when I got my nickname.”

[I’m more curious about those gem-like word choices.]

“Oh, I usually filter out about 70% of what I think before saying it.”

[…That was filtered?]

Huh? Their reactions are kinda flat. I didn’t do much, did I?

“You’re not scolding me more?”

[We’ve seen you for three weeks, so we kinda get you.]

Guess the members, after seeing me often for three weeks, aren’t too worried.
I made it clear I don’t cross that line.

That’s why I answered like this.

[Your voice sounded different on stream, though. It was good, but still.]

“The stream was more fun than I expected, so my energy went up.”

My tone just naturally spiked.

[Streaming like you, it’d be hard not to have fun…]

“Jealous? Take notes.”

[No, I can’t do it like that—]

“Nope.”

[Huh?]

“Just take notes.”

I left the Discord call.

Hah! What a fulfilling day!

Stretching my stiff body, I thought about the community.

What’s the vibe there?
With half excitement, half dread, I opened Pandora’s box.

[Damn, when’s Rosé coming back?]

Oh, first post is this?

[Rosé, you cut it off there?]
Even taking a dump and stopping feels cleaner than this

• Ew… gross
  Commenter: It’s a metaphor, damn it
• Poop vibes…

[Is she aiming for a huge controversy?]
Is that okay for a debut stream?

• It’s not okay, that’s why the phone’s ringing like that
  Commenter: Ahem! Not a phone, it’s the screams of the rosé!
• If she cared, she wouldn’t have done it
  Commenter: True

[Her voice is a damn cheat code]
How’s she that good at the first song?

• For real
• It’s my go-to song, and she nailed the original vibe
• Singing that well and then pulling that stunt with the second song makes it worse
  Commenter: For real

Not as bad as I—

[If Rosé’s hot, I’m down]
Me first

• Down
• Down
• She’s mine lol
  Commenter: She’s mine, damn it

Hmm… I expected this.

Harassment’s common in communities—

[I wanna see Rosé cry]
Tie her up, train her, and watch her cry

• You’re…
• That’s a risky taste
• Down

Uh… I expected this too.

I’ve seen these kinds of posts a lot, so I’m used to it, but it feels weird knowing I’m the target.

Communities are for ego-venting. If you can’t handle these comments, you wouldn’t be here.

[Rosé-nim Stream Review!]
Didn’t know where to post, so here’s my review!
Rosé-nim was so charming!
I’ll definitely watch the next stream!

• Get out
  Commenter: Huh? Why?
• …Leave the community
• Sorry, this place is a cesspool
• She won’t read that here

…The community bashing my antics is fine—I expected it and did it anyway.
But seeing a pure soul toss kindling into this cesspool…

And I’m the one who caused it.

I feel oddly guilty.

…Gotta make a fan café soon.