When I woke up, I was in front of a microphone. Behind it was a monitor, where windows for streaming apps and video sites were crowded together.
"Kyouya, are you ready? We're starting
with the overlay on in three minutes, so keep yourself muted at first. After I
call out to you, give a simple self-introduction."
Kawasegawa was right beside me. But she
seemed different from usual. Not the dignified woman from the office... but in
casual clothes with a somewhat sleepy face, and though she was supposed to be
bad with machines, she was adjusting various apps with a practiced hand.
"Huh? Um, what are you talking about?
Kawasegawa, have you been streaming or something?"
Kawasegawa sighed, her expression looking
weary.
"Are we going with that kind of
roleplay? I get it. Okay, then you'll start by acting like you don't know
anything and ask me various things. I'll respond politely at first, but then
I'll snap mid-way and get into the game, so from there we'll interact as usual.
Got it?"
"Got it?" I don't understand a
single thing.
Guessing from the situation in front of me,
I was a streamer, Kawasegawa was also a streamer, and it seemed we were doing
some kind of collaboration. Seeing as we weren't doing it online, we might be
fairly close.
There were no avatars on the screen, and
seeing the green screen behind us, I figured we must be live-action game
streamers. Knowing her, who hated not just streaming but appearing at events in
general, it was a bizarre sight.
(Alright, this is a dream.)
The situation was so incomprehensible that
I decided to think of it that way.
"Still, for someone who said they
hated streaming so much, you're about to hit 50,000 subscribers. You've done
well, really."
I almost laughed at how hard I was
apparently trying in my own quiet way.
"It's nothing compared to you,
Kawasegawa."
"You think so? Well, regarding the
numbers, I was lucky too. I'm hoping to somehow hit the one million mark this
year, but I wonder."
She's trying insanely hard, and that also
almost made me laugh.
But well, I think Kawasegawa is suited for
streaming. She's not very good at games, but with her serious side, big
reactions, and jumpy nature, I bet she'd be popular. I even thought that when I
wake up from this dream, maybe I'll suggest it to her as a joke.
The time came. The overlay image was
hidden, and our cutout faces appeared on the screen.
"Good evening, everyone! Eiko's Game
Channel is starting now! Today, I'm here with Kyou-kun from Kyou-channel, and
we're going to be playing Fall Gaze!"
The Kawasegawa of this world was,
surprisingly, an extreme extrovert. And "Kyou-channel," really? I
felt like getting angry at my dream-self for being so uncreative.
