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Welcome to the VIRTUAL SINGER ROOM

Location: your WIFI

Hatsune_Miku: I have an idea!!!!

Megurine_Luka: oh no

MEIKO: oh no

KAITO: oh no

Kagamine_Rin: oh no

Kagamine_Len: oh no

Kagamine_Len: wait why are we going all oh no

Megurine_Luka: because Miku has an idea and it’s either really good or we’re really cooked

Hatsune_Miku: oh come on, this’ll be a good one (also i made progress on the idea already)

Hatsune_Miku: don’t you want the kids to meet new people? like somewhere outside their usual circles

MEIKO: And this is a good one, how?

Hatsune_Miku: i’m thinking of them meeting people from somewhere out of this world?

Hatsune_Miku: like we invite more people for them to talk to. Have some cross-cultural exchanges

Megurine_Luka: i’m getting the feeling this is just more than outside Tokyo

Hatsune_Miku: that’s because it is~

Hatsune_Miku: I said out of this world for a reason

Megurine_Luka: …you’re kidding

Hatsune_Miku: nope! And I know you know that we can help the kids better in this way

Hatsune_Miku: we may not be able to help them directly, but any fresh perspectives can help them reach their goals. Thus, this idea!

MEIKO: …well with the way you said it, I can see the benefits on that

Hatsune_Miku: see?

Kagamine_Rin: they just moved up a year after all

Kagamine_Len: and they’ve been talking about moving forward, expanding their horizons

Megurine_Luka: okay I guess I can see why you’d think it sounds fun

KAITO: but how are we going to find which people to talk to?

Hatsune_Miku: Good question!

Hatsune_Miku: I’m letting you all pick the other fifteen! Since it’s kinda obvious our SEKAI reps will be a part of the exchange by default

Hatsune_Miku: feel free to go by it on how many you want to gather and from which world you’re gonna gather them

Hatsune_Miku: but it has to reach exactly fifteen other people. No more or no less

Megurine_Luka: mildly disconcerting advice but okay

Hatsune_Miku: the server can only hold up to 26 people and that's counting us. Got to balance

Kagamine_Rin: Oh! Len, I have an idea! Let’s find our picks together

Kagamine_Len: Sure thing!

MEIKO: I suppose I should get looking for choices then

Megurine_Luka: Yeah, I’ll look too. I want to make sure this goes well!

Hatsune_Miku: guess I’ll leave you to it for about 30 minutes? Then we’ll put all our lucky participants together

Hatsune_Miku: I’ll wrap up the new server app base soon once you’re all finished

KAITO: One question: Why 30 minutes?

Hatsune_Miku: because there are plenty of worlds out there and we all know we can be indecisive sometimes so let’s go now let’s chop chop

~

(30 Minutes Later)

Megurine_Luka: i think that’s about a total of 15 now combined

MEIKO: you only picked two

Megurine_Luka: and you only picked three because they just happen to have red as their color

MEIKO: no, it’s because they like jazz and they’re people of culture

Megurine_Luka: and…

MEIKO: yeah, you’re right red looks good on them

Megurine_Luka: called it!

MEIKO: but why did you only pick two

Megurine_Luka: one, had to adapt because the kagamines got a lot

Megurine_Luka: two, I’m just really picky

Kagamine_Len: Rin and I picked three each

MEIKO: why did you pick six in total

Kagamine_Rin: the people we picked are a package deal! 

Kagamine_Len: if you can’t separate us, then you can’t separate them!

KAITO: good thing I picked four.

KAITO: so it all evens out up into 15 I think

Hatsune_Miku: and done! 

Hatsune_Miku: the server app should be able to adapt to any worlds it may spawn into. 

Hatsune_Miku: I also added a universal translation add-on and a device creation prompt, just in case if said choices don’t have a phone on their person at the time

Kagamine_Rin: was the last one really necessary

Hatsune_Miku: not everyone that you have selected is chronically online all the time

Hatsune_Miku: we gotta respect that at least

Kagamine_Len: and you’re gonna ruin that through your phone creation mod dang go off ig

Hatsune_Miku: alright girlypops

MEIKO: girlypops?

Hatsune_Miku: who are our lucky 15?

Megurine_Luka: participants.txt

Megurine_Luka: managed to compile most of the participants on here

Hatsune_Miku: thank you girlypop 2 <33

Megurine_Luka: anytime girlypop 1 <33

MEIKO: well these are some interesting choices the more i look at it

Hatsune_Miku: yep, very varied

KAITO: I picked four people but there may or may not have been a few… overlaps on their end

Hatsune_Miku: overlaps?

KAITO: well the group of people I picked had a tendency to

KAITO: to encounter people from other worlds entirely

KAITO: something something their world is just a hotspot of wackiness

Kagamine_Rin: and so do the rest of the worlds we chose for our picks too?

MEIKO: you guys have equal ensemble picking, you hush

Kagamine_Len: it was a 3 by 3 play; we got three each!

Kagamine_Rin: yeah and besides, they’re pretty close to our age

KAITO: wait we have ages?

Megurine_Luka: eternally 20 icon

KAITO: but MEIKO and I don’t have one…? :<

MEIKO: because we really don’t

MEIKO: also are ages really necessary for us

Hatsune_Miku: if you believe you do then you have one, if you don’t then you don’t

Hatsune_Miku: anyway before KAITO gets distracted

KAITO: oh yes

KAITO: the people i picked are various travelers from their world. They live pretty far, although the four picks are friends with each other in spite of that.

Kagamine_Len: original

KAITO: time travelers

KAITO: and by pretty far, I meant each of them came from a different era

Kagamine_Len: well that went from a zero to a hundred fast

MEIKO: you two picked six space travelers for some reason, your view of a hundred is skewed

Kagamine_Len: okay maybe that’s fair

Kagamine_Rin: I wanted to first check out the space travelers who travel by the space train

Kagamine_Len: but it was clogged. Heavily clogged.

Kagamine_Rin: I don’t think it was a bad sign; maybe everyone really liked making connections with the people on that world

MEIKO: or maybe it’s just too far from our scope. It’s not ideal, but your picks will do just fine

Megurine_Luka: I picked two people.

Megurine_Luka: for some reason they're both reaching out to one of MEIKO’s and KAITO’s choices for some reason

MEIKO: and two of my choices are reaching out to one of KAITO’s picks

MEIKO: so that adds up to KAITO’s selections being wackier than normal

Hatsune_Miku: hmm, oh I see.

Hatsune_Miku: yeah KAITO’s picks have a stronger Collab Sensor than the others

Hatsune_Miku: strong enough that meeting new people from other worlds isn’t a new occurrence for them

Megurine_Luka: though to be honest, all of them have strong Collab Sensors

Megurine_Luka: even our kids have it, they did collabed with a few people, a few companies and made songs with them in mind

KAITO: the Cup Noodles songs are part of the Sensors?

Kagamine_Rin: yeah?

Kagamine_Len: of course it was a collab

Kagamine_Len: also why did I have to be the poison tester for the Tonkotsu Flavor Song?

Kagamine_Rin: because there’s a 50/50 chance that you get sniped in the song

Kagamine_Len: I DID NOT GET SNIPED IN THE SONG

Kagamine_Rin: sadge

Kagamin_Len: RIN!

Megurine_Luka: anyways

Megurine_Luka: Miku is everything all set up

Hatsune_Miku: yep

Hatsune_Miku: Server App’s now running live, we can all jump in now

Kagamine_Rin: yipee! Last one is an unripe banana, Len!

Kagamine_Len: Hey I'm going first, Rin!

MEIKO: welp, I’ll be seeing you there

KAITO: I hope this doesn’t get too crazy like your other ideas, Miku

Hatsune_Miku: …nah, it probably will

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Welcome to the CrossWorld App!

Time_Check: it is now 18:00! Good evening!

6 users have been added to the server

Welcome, Virtual Singers!

Hatsune_Miku: and now

Hatsune_Miku: let the magic commence!

20 users have been added to the server

6 users have been given the [VS] tag

5 users have been given the [PRSK] tag

6 users have been given the [KKT] tag

4 users have been given the [TLT] tag 

2 users have been given the [SOAR] tag 

3 users have been given the [PT] tag 

Hatsune_Miku: hello henlo you all wonderful people

Kagamine_Rin: you all

Hatsune_Miku: shush

Hatsune_Miku: Welcome to CrossWorld! You’ve been selected as participants to bridge barriers together, culturally and inter-worldly

MEIKO: inter-worldly is not a word

Hatsune_Miku: it is now shush

Hatsune_Miku: all twenty of you wonderful brilliant stunning people have one thing in common 

KAITO: y’all need therapy!

Hatsune_Miku: if y’all don’t shush your virtual shoes i will harness the mute hammer and make myself the sole admin

Megurine_Luka: jokes on you you love us too much to do that

Kagamine_Len: KAITO does have a point tho

Hatsune_Miku: fair enough!

Hatsune_Miku: aside from what KAITO said, you all have knowledge and experience with other worlds!

Hatsune_Miku: and to start this off let’s check our local Tokyo kids in blue-

BlueComet: HATSUNE MIKU?

Hatsune_Miku: Yes, that’s me! Hi Comet!

Clover: Hatsune Miku… talking to me on my phone

Clover: this is so cool! 

BlueComet: Hatsune… Miku…

BlueComet: I need to pinch myself this feels like a dream

BlueComet: oh wow this is real oh okay this is real aaaaaaaaaaaaa

Clover: honestly mood, Comet! I still can’t believe it either!

Kagamine_Rin: hi Clover!~

Kagamine_Rin: hope we haven’t caught you while you’re busy

Clover: AH!

Clover: Hi Rin! I’m not busy at all! Just got home after practice, actually ^^

Kagamine_Rin: I see, I see!

Kagamine_Rin: Good luck for tomorrow! You’re gonna do great on your idol show!

HamSnake: oh hi! You’re an idol?

Clover: Yep! Still not as experienced as my friends though, but I’m doing my best!

HamSnake: That’s really cool

HamSnake: I’m sure you’ll do great! You remind me of one of my best friends, she’s an idol too

HamSnake: if you guys meet, I’m sure you’ll both do so amazing

Clover: aaaaa thank you for the kind words Hams you’re too kind 😭

Clover: this new app ain’t so bad after all, and here I thought my phone went wack again

HamSnake: wait, did this app just show up on your phone out of nowhere too?

Clover: whoa, same hat! You too?

HamSnake: yeah actually

HamSnake: I don’t remember installing an app titled CrossWorld before

HamSnake: but looking more into it, there doesn’t seem to be anything to worry about

Clover: well I think this app’s perfectly fine to me

Clover: I mean, if I get to meet new people and Hatsune Miku and five of my idols

Clover: I think we’ll all be just fine, Hams

Kagamine_Len: hallo, hammy the hamster

Kagamine_Rin: cringe intro Len

Kagamine_Len: yours is cringier

Kagamine_Rin: no you

Kagamine_Len: no you

Kagamine_Rin: no you

Kagamine_Len: no you

Hatsune_Miku mutes two users for 1 minute

HamSnake: uh

Megurine_Luka: don’t mind them, they’ll cool down in a bit

HamSnake: oh it’s okay! Just a little surprised, that’s all

Hatsune_Miku: anyways while local banana and orange calm their shouting match down

Hatsune_Miku: hallo Hamster! How’s singing practice?

HamSnake: oh it went great! Our live show’s still up for next week, but practice went well!

MEIKO: you’re gonna do great, Hamster. Scout’s honor

HamSnake: aaah, thank you so much MEIKO

KAITO: and that's 3 over 20

KAITO: I wonder where the others are?

Hatsune_Miku: they’ll show up eventually just be patient

HamSnake: wait, others are coming?

Hatsune_Miku: yeah. I mean, we invited quite a bit of people

MEIKO: you’d be surprised at who we’ve picked for this Project

Hatsune_Miku: hehe, Project

Megurine_Luka: miku, only we get the joke

Hatsune_Miku: not for long if the others show up, Luka Lu!

Megurine_Luka: …I can’t believe I’m friends with this silly polka leek

Kagamine_Rin: but she is your silly polka leek, tuna

Megurine_Luka: you’re lucky i'm feeling merciful that I wouldn’t mute you next

WonderStar: HAHA! RUI! IF THIS IS A MALWARE APP YOU PUT IN MY PHONE I WILL NOT AGREE TO THE NEW STUNT YOU HAVE COOKED UP FOR NEXT WEEK’S SHOW!!!

K: …wow

K: you're very loud

WonderStar: WHY THANK YOU. IT’S JUST HOW I TYPE!

Kagamine_Len: bad news your director’s not here, star boy 💀

KAITO: Len, that’s my kid please do not call him names

WonderStar: AH! KAITO’S HERE?!

WonderStar: THAT’S INCREDIBLE! ALBEIT I’M SOMEWHAT NOT SURPRISED

KAITO: why hello Mr. Wonder, hope you’re having a lovely evening

WonderStar: HA HA HA! I AM POSITIVELY HAVING ONE MYSELF! I HOPE YOU’RE HAVING A LOVELY EVENING TOO!

BlueComet: wait

BlueComet: @WonderStar you remind me of someone

WonderStar: I DO?

BlueComet: are you an actor?

BlueComet: like an actor from PXL?

HamSnake: PXL?? Like Phoenix Wonderland??

Clover: whoa, you mean the same one in Tokyo?

Clover: that must mean we live around the same area don’t we?

WonderStar: WHY YES

WonderStar: HAVE YOU VISITED THE WONDER STAGE AWHILE BACK? 

WonderStar: WE MAY BE A INDIE THEATER TROUPE NOW TO BROADEN OUR HORIZONS BUT WE STILL DO SHOWS ON THE WONDER STAGE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE!!!!

BlueComet: …in the name of Hatsune Miku

BlueComet: yeah, I think I might have

BlueComet: and… now that I think of it, I can’t believe I didn’t notice who you were sooner

WonderStar: YOU KNOW WHO I AM? 

BlueComet: well only you could put all your energy into all caps, Tsukasa-senpai

WonderStar: PEOPLE KNOW WHO I AM! WOW!

WonderStar: THANK YOU FOR SHOWING YOUR SUPPORT FOR WONDERLANDS X SHOWTIME! WE’LL DO OUR BEST TO KEEP ON PUTTING BETTER SHOWS!

BlueComet: tsukasa-senpai its just me ichika…

BlueComet: you don’t have to be so formal you know

WonderStar: OH HELLO THERE ICHIKA!!!

WonderStar: IN HINDSIGHT, YOUR USER TAG MAY HAVE MADE IT OBVIOUS

WonderStar: BUT STILL! IT’S LOVELY TO SEE YOU HERE!

HamSnake: Ah! Tsukasa-senpai! Ichika-chan!

HamSnake: I can’t believe that you’re here!

HamSnake: this is kohane btw hehe

BlueComet: Kohane-chan?!

WonderStar: AZUSAWA-SAN! I DIDN’T KNOW YOU WERE HERE TOO!

WonderStar: THIS IS AMAZING! TO THINK I’D FIND FAMILIAR FACES HERE!

Clover: WHOA! OH MY GOSH KOHANE! YOU’RE HERE TOO!

Clover: I DIDN’T KNOW SO MANY PEOPLE I KNOW ARE HERE TOO!

Clover: THERE’S TSUKASA-SENPAI AND THERE’S ICHIKA-CHAN AND KOHANE-CHAN!

HamSnake: w-wait, have we met before?!

Clover: Kohane-chan, it’s me Minori!

WonderStar: AH HANASATO-SAN? IS THAT YOU?

Clover: YEAH!

K: hoshino-san, is that you?

BlueComet: ?! Yeah…! Wait, we knew each other too?

K: yeah, we went candle-making sometime ago, didn’t we

BlueComet: Ah!

BlueComet: yoisaki-san!

K: hi ichika

Clover: KANADE-CHAN?

K: ah

K: you’re minori-chan right? From Spojoy?

Clover: YEAH!

BlueComet: this feels so strange, finding people i know in here

BlueComet: and it feels too much of a coincidence that we have this chatting app

K: ah, i’ve backread from the chat and

K: Miku, what do you mean we have knowledge of other worlds

Hatsune_Miku: ehe

Hatsune_Miku: i think you already know~

HamSnake: …what do you mean we already know?

WonderStar: OH

WonderStar: OH YOU

Hatsune_Miku: ah, looks like someone figured it out!

Kagamine_Len: certainly, because I can hear him screaming even from here 💀

KAITO: leave tsukasa-kun be, this is a big Project we’re implementing after all

HamSnake: …Project?

WonderStar: NOW I HAVE A THEORY! A REALLY DUMB THEORY TO SAY AT FIRST BUT IT MIGHT… MAKE SENSE?

WonderStar: NOW THIS MAY BE A STRETCH TO ASSUME BUT ALL FIVE OF US ARE PART OF A MUSIC GROUP, RIGHT?

K: oh, i see? I’m part of a music circle, if that helps

HamSnake: and Ichika-chan’s band, and then Minori-chan’s MMJ, and our VBS

WonderStage: WHAT IF THIS KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE OF OTHER WORLDS 

WonderStage: IS BECAUSE WE HAVE A SEKAI TO HELP WITH OUR PERFORMANCES?

HamSnake: we have another world to help with our performances…

HamSnake: wait a minute

Hatsune_Miku: DING DING DING, and the Pegasus hits the mark

BlueComet: oh my gosh it’s now hitting me

BlueComet: so what you’re saying here is that all five of us here have SEKAIs?

Megurine_Luka: yep

Clover: THAT’S INSANEA ASDASDSAFS

HamSnake: and I thought me and my friend group were the only ones!!!

HamSnake: this feels… somewhat relieving to know ngl

K: ^^ i think it does a little

Clover: IT’S 6 IN THE EVENING AND I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD CALM DOWN BUT AAAAAA

Kagamine_Rin: wait where’s Tsukasa

Kagamine_Len: OW OW OW OW OW OW OW OW

Kagamine_Len: and there goes my ears my poor ears 💀

BlueComet: uh Tsukasa-senpai

BlueComet: I think I can hear your scream from here?

WonderStage: SORRY SORRY

WonderStage: IT’S JUST! I WAS NOT EXPECTING TO BE CORRECT AT MY HUNCH

Hatsune_Miku: man I’m so glad I raised such smart kids

Megurine_Luka: our kids

Hatsune_Miku: shared custody kids then

BlueComet: Miku we’re your kids?  :O 

Hatsune_Miku: yep!

MEIKO: although… we can’t help but pick some few favorites

KAITO: I’m Tsukasa’s adopted big brother, no you can’t take that away from me

WonderStage: THANK YOU KAITO!

Hatsune_Miku: so yeah Leo/Need has a SEKAI together

Hatsune_Miku: and so does MMJ, VBS, WxS and Kanade-chan’s Music circle

K: ah Miku, I don’t mind telling them 

Hatsune_Miku: you sure? I don’t want to rush you or anything

K: mhm, i'm sure. And i feel like it’s okay, since we all have SEKAIs, so…

K: my music circle’s name is Nightcord at 25:00, or N25 for short

Clover: oh, I think I heard a few of your songs! They were really cool!

HamSnake: yeah I like Samsa! It has a really neat oomph to it!

K: …ah, thank you

K: we made that to give people more courage, even when they think they couldn’t have it

WonderStage: PLEASE SEND A COPY SOMETIME I’D LOVE TO LISTEN TO IT

BlueComet: ^^ yeah I’ve heard a few of Kana-chan’s music before, but not her N25 work yet

K: …!! Of course

K: <link sent>

WonderStage: THANK YOU

Hatsune_Miku: well, I think that went well! No sudden messes as far as I could see

Kagamine_Len: yet

Hatsune_Miku: dang would it krill you to be optimistic

Kagamine_Len: maybe when my ears finally stop ringing like bells, we’ll see 🔔

WonderStar: MY APOLOGIES LEN! I SHALL RESORT TO PUTTING ALL MY VOICE ON TEXT THEN!!

Kagamine_Len: …ah, I’ll take it i guess

SignalCubed: huh

BlueComet: oh, hi!

BlueComet: welcome to a new server?

BlueComet: (i’m so sorry i’m still processing. things)

BlueComet: because apparently I know at least four people in here and wow

BlueComet: and it turns out we all have something in common other than being musically inclined like accessing a pocket world which is definitely normal for normal people

SignalCubed: oh, it’s okay! ^^

SignalCubed: i'm just honestly checking this new chat, it showed up recently while i’m at work

BlueComet: that’s fair! I like your user tag tho ^^ 

SignalCubed: yeah, it does have a nice ring to it! It’s cute

SignalCubed: wait a minute, you guys have pocket worlds?

BlueComet: uh, ahah, it’s a bit of a long story

K: excuse me, but what do you mean by work?

SignalCubed: my friends and i are a bit busy with a case rn so we may just all show up online a little later

SignalCubed: …or an hour if they keep getting lost in this maze since they lack sense of direction

HamSnake: a case? Like you guys doing some kind of mission?

SignalCubed: calling it a mission sounds a little silly out of context

SignalCubed: but yeah, we’re running a mission

SignalCubed: I’m running support duty for my friends, but the moment they need backup, I’ll be there faster than they can say hot cocoa

Clover: good luck with your mission!

SignalCubed: thanks!

SignalCubed: ack, got to go! Vanguard duty!

Kagamine_Rin: aw man, I wanted to talk to her

Kagamine_Len: she just said she was busy

Clover: I wonder what kind of mission it was

HamSnake: maybe it’s an escape room mission? Signal seems to imply that

Kagamine_Rin: well nothing we could do but wait

Kagamine_Len: in the meantime, i'm going to do some tinkering

Kagamine_Rin: if you break this server with a virus, im stealing your Switch

Kagamine_Len: geez rin, i break your laptop one time and now you’re all like this

BlueComet: you make it sound like you all live in the same house

Megurine_Luka: we do

Hatsune_Miku: we’re hiding on your wifi~

BlueComet: ...for some reason I don't feel surprised knowing that

Hatsune_Miku: yeah some songs hit closer to the truth on some cases

MEIKO: but if you want to be more specific, we live in the In-Between of Earth's WiFi

HamSnake: Earth's WiFi?

KAITO: Well, other worlds exist so we got to be specific!

Time_Check: it is now 18:30! Good evening!

MiniMinty: testing?

MiniMinty: oh, it’s like a chatting service, I see

MiniMinty: …then this tag on my name my username, huh?

Kagamine_Rin: it means that you’re short

MiniMinty: I’m not mini

MiniMinty: this is false advertising, actually

KAITO: well you are kinda short

MiniMinty: 155 cm isn’t short

WonderStar: I’M AFRAID TO INFORM YOU THAT IT’S QUITE SHORT!

MiniMinty: :< unbelievable

CaeluCorn: you are being overdramatic about your height again, Mino

CaeluCorn: …but this is interesting

MiniMinty: The fact that you immediately clocked me already like that, Cae

CaeluCorn: these usernames aren’t subtle in the slightest

CaeluCorn: but it is nice to see you here, wherever here is

MiniMinty: wonder who else is here

Aldonut: a

Aldonut: nona how does this work

NoriNona: I think that’s the enter button?

NoriNona: oh! It’s like one of the things Yakumo used, I think

Aldonut: asdssfs

MiniMinty: ah

MiniMinty: hold the phone, Cae suddenly I have a day trip to crash

CaeluCorn: but aren’t you like in Port Rinde right now

MiniMinty: nothing like a quick hop into the local gate can’t fix; brb, i’m heading to your place

Aldonut: wait mino is thatasfdsgdgd

Clover: I hope you’re okay, Aldonut!

CaeluCorn: he’s fine; he’s just

CaeluCorn: bad with tech

CaeluCorn: really surprisingly bad with tech even after staying in Elzion for over four years

Clover: oh! I see, i see

Clover: do you like corn, CaeluCorn?

Clover: hey that rhymed

CaeluCorn: uh, I suppose so. It's not my first choice for a username but it somewhat fits

KAITO: glad you liked it. I was a little hungry when trying to figure out your tags here.

CaeluCorn: wait, you were the one who brought us here?

KAITO: yes and no

MEIKO: its a general consensus that we gather participants from other worlds for this, but KAITO specifically picked you and three others

MEIKO: you can tell because your username is coded with KAITO's blue [TLT] if you click it

CaeluCorn: is it because I work on the shop that has Corn in the name that you put corn in my username

KAITO: well you do like corn. I rest my case

CaeluCorn: …fair

MEIKO: huh, no rebuttal?

CaeluCorn: hard to find good corn in 1104 AD, everything’s synthetic these days

K: …synthetic?

BlueComet: the year here is 20XX so 1104 should have felt like an old period and yet

BlueComet: you make it sound like you came from something sci-fi

CaeluCorn: and futuristic? Yeahh, I guess it does

CaeluCorn: i’m guessing we run on a different calendar than yours, but 1104 AD here is the era of advanced technology

WonderStar: WAIT WOULDN'T THAT MEAN YOU WOULD COME FROM THE FUTURE IF YOU LIVE IN OUR WORLD

CaeluCorn: I suppose so! 

CaeluCorn: the norm here are floating islands, advanced AI, hoverboard races, Synth Humans and robot cats

WonderStar: A

Kagamine_Len: please don’t scream (;-;)

WonderStar: a

BlueComet: you broke him

BlueComet: oh my gosh you broke him

K: okay, i think the other worlds part of the chat is really sinking in now

WonderStar: WAIT BUT IF YOU COME FROM THE FUTURE SHOULD YOU NOT INTERACT WITH US

WonderStar: DON’T GET THE WRONG IDEA BUT USUALLY USUALLY IF PEOPLE FROM THE FUTURE TALK WITH THE PAST WOULDN’T THAT MEAN YOUR HOME WOULD CHANGE?

CaeluCorn: I think it might be fine?

CaeluCorn: technically we came from different worlds, so I wouldn't be able to cause time altering discrepancies on your end

CaeluCorn: even if I came from the ‘future’

KAITO: what the corn said

CaeluCorn: im not a corn but okay

WonderStar: OH WHAT A RELIEF!

WonderStar: THEN PLEASE IF YOU HAVE THE TIME, TELL ME MORE ABOUT YOUR ERA!

WonderStar: I’D BE HONORED TO MAKE A SCRIPT INSPIRED BY REAL SCIENCE FICTION

Kagamine_Len: Real science fiction ✨

WonderStar: YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN!!

CaeluCorn: sure thing, i don’t mind!

CaeluCorn: but let’s wait for the others first, seems like this’ll be a long night

SignalCubed: I'm backkkk

SignalCubed: worms im looking the server list and there are over 20 people here whoa that’s a lot

YYellow: you said this was a chatting device that showed up while we’re finishing up, right?

SignalCubed: pretty much

SignalCubed: even has customized user tags for us to keep it personalized, ish a little cute

YYellow: oh ic

YYellow: I like this username

SignalCubed: double the yellow?

YYellow: double the yellow!

EdgeShearan: and I hate this username

SignalCubed: really? I find it funny actually

EdgeShearan: of course you'd find it funny

GogoCocoa: don’t worry, S, I find it funny too

GogoCocoa: also this is a good user tag, very fitting

YYellow: yeah, ‘cause you’re the most hot cocoa fanatic

GogoCocoa: look we all like hot cocoa here, no need to be jelly about it

EdgeShearan: anyways I’m not even ginger? This comparison doesn’t make sense

SignalCubed: yeah but the hairstyle checks out

EdgeShearan: I can’t believe I’m friends with all five of you

Dinocap: and yet we’re still friends anyway

Dinocap: but this looks so awesome

Kagamine_Rin: dang I wish we have that dynamic Len

Kagamine_Len: but don't we already have that?

YPink: wait a minute

YPink: is that the real Kagamine Rin and Kagamine Len?

Kagamine_Rin: the one and only

Kagamine_Len: technically the two and truly

Kagamine_Len: but it doesn’t rhyme as much as one and only so what Rin said

YPink: oh wow oh wow oh wow

Dinocap: you sound excited

YPink: B, I told you about them a few months ago

YPink: they’re Virtual Singers meant to perform songs made from artists around the world

YPink: they could sing anything to anyone, and they’re really cool

YPink: and you mean to tell me that you're all real?

Kagamine_Rin: indeed we are~

EdgeShearan: you know i’m mildly surprised that you’re so excited about this

YPink: Edge i’m not that much of a stick in the mud, aren’t I? I do have hobbies ;-;

EdgeShearan: I wasn’t implying that, you know!!

EdgeShearan: just… wasn’t expecting you to be a fan. They’re kinda niche back home

YPink: kinda niche yeah, but that makes them more valuable I think

SignalCubed: okay so let me get this straight

SignalCubed: Virtual Singers are real

Kagamine_Rin: yep!

SignalCubed: you’ve somehow managed to create an app that’s able to connect people from other worlds into one virtual chat room

Hatsune_Miku: yep!

SignalCubed: and you’ve also managed to create add-ons prompts on said app to translate all our texts so we can all understand it

Hatsune_Miku: yep! And on your case, I made a device creation prompt, just for people who can't easily access phones for certain reasons

Kagamine_Len: I’ve added a mild variation on the code that some of the text ends up on your local language if you want to in the options

Hatsune_Miku: wait when did you add it

Kagamine_Len: while you weren’t looking

Kagamine_Len: a small switch of the code to keep things clean

Kagamine_Len: needs a touch of intentionality to keep the variation in place

Dinocap: warna ini oren? [This color is orange?]

Kagamine_Len: Terima kasih kerana mengujinya, Dinocap! [Thanks for testing it out, Dinocap!]

Dinocap: huh so we can speak our local language if we want to?

Kagamine_Len: accessibility options exist for a reason

Kagamine_Len: so yeah, go ham like the bananas

Dinocap: hehe, that’s awesome

Hatsune_Miku: well that helps bridging the barriers together, so thanks Len

Hatsune_Miku: So yes! You got everything right! We pulled this off together

Hatsune_Miku: The Kagamines over here were the ones who selected you for this silly project

Kagamine_Rin: we’re kinda like your sponsors! 

Kagamine_Len: sponsors?

Kagamine_Rin: yeah Len, that’s kinda what we are? 100% full vouch!

YYellow: although, why exactly did you choose us to participate here?

Kagamine_Rin: why not!

Kagamine_Len: and I think you six could use a little break from your work every now and then

SignalCubed: huh, thanks for the recapping

SignalCubed: at least I’m 110% sure this wouldn't blow up on our faces

BlueComet: shouldn't it be 100

SignalCubed: 100% isn't enough

HamSnake: I like Signal’s view

HamSnake: I also want to be more than 100% sure

Joker: …yeah, honestly this feels pretty tame in comparison

Joker: so six resident vocal softwares turned out to be alive and powerful enough to do ALL OF THAT.

Joker: okay then

SignalCubed: you’re not surprised?

Joker: nope! 

Joker: and you don’t look like you’re surprised either

SignalCubed: after Hatsune Miku managed to create six whole working phones in spite of where we are right now, i’d believe it

Joker: and where exactly are you that phones’ signals won’t reach you? Antarctica?

YYellow: nope, but good guess! Think a little more outside : >

SignalCubed: besides we have a stronger strangeness tolerance than most so this is fine

Megurine_Luka: all of you have strong strangeness tolerance in the server ngl

Joker: yeah, i can believe that. I'll put aside the guessing for now

Joker: I wonder who else I know that I got brought into

Joker: seems the way I view chat and the tags on our usernames, there’s probably a few people who came from my side too, right?

Crow tried to leave! Attempt failed.

Crow tried to leave again (1)! You do realize this isn’t going to work, right?

Crow tried to leave again (2)! Chill out, you’re not going to be mauled by the app, okay?

Crow: …if I have a nickel for every time my phone is hacked with a malware app, I’d have two nickels, which is not a lot but it’s annoying that it’s happening again

Joker: Crow!

Crow: @whoever the staff here, please let me [SEKAI IDEE] leave

Crow: …why is this [ICHIBAN OHIME SAMA] censored

Hatsune_Miku: part of the package, pancake boy

Hatsune_Miku: also MEIKO put it in

Crow: I

Crow: [POPIPO POPIPO] you

Hatsune_Miku: hehe

Crow: …you annoy me

MEIKO: glad you think so

MEIKO: you need to touch grass anyway

Joker: @MEIKO @Hatsune_Miku thank you so fucking much, vocaloid cosplayers

Crow: WHY CAN HE HAVE [MOU IKKAI MOU IKKAI] RIGHTS

MEIKO: because he’s Joker

MEIKO: and I respec a good barista when I see one

Crow: …you’re correct on this one time and this one [ATASHI BAMPIRE] time only

Joker: I miss you too, Crow

Crow: …at least please tell me he’s not the only familiar face I have to endure with

Violet: hello?

Joker: oh, hi Violet! How’s gymnast practice?

Violet: ah! Senpais! I didn’t know you were here! <333

Violet: My practice went well, so I’ve just finished some cooldowns after the workout

MEIKO: and that’s the most people you're probably familiar with rn

Crow: …you’re spared for another season

MEIKO: charmed

Violet: It’s really good to see you guys!

Violet: you too, Crow-senpai!

Violet: although, the last time we saw you, you almost… well, you know-

Crow: it’s

Crow: let’s just say i somehow survived, unfortunately for me

Joker: not unfortunate for me

Joker: now I have to find a way to send pancake mix to your house

Crow: i will [SALAMANDER AAAH] pull the thing if you do that

Joker: do it and i can tell everyone about the Russian takoyaki

Crow: [IDENTITY O SE] you, attic boy

Violet: is Crow-senpai uhm… being censored

MEIKO: funniest code I’ve ever put in since ever

Violet: is… is that the real MEIKO?

Violet: or are you some kind of collective cognition or

MEIKO: yes and yes

Violet: okay then!! 

Violet: still, thank you for connecting us with Crow-senpai again, MEIKO-san!

MEIKO: no need to be so formal, little ribbon

MEIKO: i would have done it either way so little birdy here can touch grass

Crow: …damn you are making it hard in not regretting my decisions

MEIKO: your usual means are absent and you wouldn’t really mean doing it anyway

Crow: MEIKO-san, you’re on thin ice

MEIKO: cool, I like my alcohol on the rocks you know

Crow: *sighs*

MilesofMirage: testing testing

MilesofMirage: well the server doesn’t seem to be… harmful I guess?

Localark: are you sure? 

MilesofMirage: 95% sure?

MilesofMirage: 5% as a margin of error, ofc

Localark: hoo boy, assuring

Megurine_Luka: ah, last but not the least huh

Megurine_Luka: you sure took your time; I was getting a little worried

Localark: sorry for taking so long?

Localark: i was just wrapping up some online errands with Mirage over here

Localark: and then this shows up on my phone and im kinda curious

MilesofMirage: got to admit, i usually keep my phone's security updated

MilesofMirage: so it’s a bit of shock seeing something get past that, you know

K: the server doesn’t seem to do anything harmful, if that’s what you’re worried about

Localark: that’s a relief

Localark: last thing Mirage wants is a bunch of hacking devices on his house

MilesofMirage: you know my security can handle them just fine, right?

Localark: doesn’t hurt to knock on wood regardless

Localark: learned that from my mates, after all

K: you two come from another world together, don’t you?

K: at least, if the current pattern from the colors seem to be consistent so far

Localark: wait, we’re talking to people from other worlds?!

MilesofMirage: how’s that possible?! 

MilesofMirage: I mean, I can believe it since we’re literally talking right now

MilesofMirage: but how does it work

Megurine_Luka: a mix of technical and magical exposition that will probably be too long to say

Megurine_Luka: so I’ll just call it Virtual Singer magic to make things simple enough

Megurine_Luka: but to make things clearer Mirage, it’s not too dissimilar to harnessing the fabled emeralds in your world, in theory at least

MilesofMirage: huh,

MilesofMirage: well, it’s not the strangest thing we’ve encountered

MilesofMirage: I mean, we’ve seen stranger stuff before, don’t we, Lar?

Localark: the fact that I can understand your complete nonchalance at this situation says a lot more to me than I care to admit

MilesofMirage: it’s okay, the tolerance to crazy shenanigans grows higher over time

Localark: i wish i wasn’t roped into the fact i find this comforting now

Localark: but now i do, so go off i suppose

Megurine_Luka: hehe, i find it amusing you’re not surprised at the thought of other worlds existing

NoriNona: i’m sorry but define other worlds in particular? It’s kinda a broad thing

Dinocap: i dunno, other planets?

Localark: other dimensions?

Joker: other parallel realities?

K: …huh

BlueComet: I… I don't know how to unpack this 

BlueComet: like just to recap; we’re meeting people from other worlds, and the people familiar with each other are grouped by their color tags

BlueComet: and they can also travel to other worlds?

Megurine_Luka: relatively that’s the gist of this Project, yes

BlueComet: compared to all of THAT, it feels like we’re the normal kids

KAITO: nah you all need therapy equally~

Crow: [SENBONZAKURA] you, i don’t need it

Violet: …he uh, he had bad experiences with a therapist once

Joker: both of you did

Violet: correction, technically all of us three?

KAITO: …MEIKO, your picks are all traumatized

MEIKO: all of them have trauma, don’t go putting one above the other, scarf boy

KAITO: …i hate the fact that you’re right

Joker: wait a minute

Joker: can I test something I saw something

MEIKO: floor’s yours, local barista

Joker: I think the Wisps would like Lucniva if they ever visit it

Aldonut: who would like Lucniva now?

MiniMinty: What's Lucniva and why would the Wisps like it?

Localark: no idea on what Lucniva is but I hope it's not a floating island over the Dusken Lands

Aldonut: no?? it's more of a village somewhere in the southwest of the mainland

Aldonut: wait, but how could you have known the Dusken Lands? Not many people go there

Joker: aight close enough

Joker: really really good to see you again, gods it feels like years since i last saw you

Joker: also the nicknames suit you like a glove, couldn’t have been nicknamed any better

MiniMinty: i don’t know what to react first

MiniMinty: on one hand, it is really good to see you again, Joker

MiniMinty: but on the other hand, I am not short

Joker: lol

Crow: you know some of the people here, Joker?

Joker: yep

Joker: November was a lot more hectic than you remember

Joker: among our other scheduled events

Crow: what

Joker: yeah you missed a few of those because of your well… errands at the time

Crow: I don’t want a reminder of those errands, Joker

Joker: oh I’m just putting things into context, no need to shoot the messenger

Violet: oh I recognize Aldo

Violet: but I don't recognize the others tho ;-;

Localark: it's alright, I crashed onto Mino’s side so that might clear things up

MiniMinty: more like we all got crashed into each other

Joker: yeah what an eventful year that was

Joker: not really surprised though, but we made it out all okay

HamSnake: this still feels so surreal

Clover: and yet it’s so cool though! Even if it feels impossible at first!

Clover: aaah i hope i can make a good impression! An idol’s got to give that, even on text!

K: i think you’re already giving a good impression by being you, minori-chan

Clover: AH! Thank you Kana-chan!!!

Hatsune_Miku: well it looks like everyone’s here

Hatsune_Miku: only took… relatively about an hour I think? Yeah it still fits the schedule

Megurine_Luka: what are you planning now, Miku?

Hatsune_Miku: the next part, of course!

Hatsune_Miku: @everyone Okay, local other-worldly explorers! It’s time for introductions!