It didn’t take long for Averie’s fanatics to invade the live stream.
With zeal that could put a knight of the medieval inquisition to shame, they immediately began a purge.
- Extinguish the non-believers!
As if it were the roar of a general on a battlefield, the army of Averie’s fans began harassing the trolls and spammers.
- No mercy for the heathens! Burn them!
There was chaos in the chat, but Averie didn’t address any of that.
He had no idea what to do with that particular group, and he wasn’t enthusiastic about the idea either.
He convinced himself that there was nothing wrong and read only the few sane comments.
- Who’s the third girl?
"She is Celli. She recorded some music for this game. We met a while back, and here we are."
- You skipped a few steps there.
Suddenly, Averie had an idea.
It was enlightenment at its best.
"Which one is the prettiest?" he asked mischievously.
The girls looked at each other, and the chatters sweated buckets.
It was clear that Hyerin looked skittish. Celli seemed curious. And Min-Ha looked overconfident.
Replies began pouring in.
And anyone who answered differently than ’you,’’Averie,’’The Quinn,’ was banned instantly by the moderators, who also happened to be AQuinn members.
"Wow, everyone answered the same," Averie exclaimed, watching the comments of the banned accounts get deleted. "Then, it must be true. To call me the most good-looking person in the room... You lot are too nice."
Watching his tyranny, Celli questioned his sanity. Why she had invited this madman to her home, she could not understand.
- Why do you look like you have lost weight?
"Because I did lose weight."
- What? Why? Are you alright?
"No, it’s just preparation for a role."
That one sentence was enough to send a wave of excitement through half of the Asian internet.
’[ASEA] Averie Quinn Auclair, the brilliant actor behind Asmodeus Binsfeld, currently busy filming for a new project.’
Such articles became common within an hour.
"I will make an announcement when the time is right."
After shirking off his responsibility to explain further, Averie continued with the stream.
"Alright, people. Before we begin, I need to announce something."
He clapped his hands as if he were silencing a class full of children.
"The proceeds from this stream will be d to a charity of my choice. So, if you hate orphans, do not ."
- You aren’t lying, right?
- I bet he is going to take the money and dangle it in front of orphans, then speed away in his Jaguar.
"Such trust is appreciated, but please don’t bring your biases here. I am a good man."
He couldn’t say that sentence without coughing and wheezing.
- I was going to send you something, but if I can’t give my money to someone who is already earning boatloads, I don’t want to give money at all.
- Helping children? No thanks. They need to learn the harsh reality of the world.
- My money is yours, but the children can starve for all I care.
"Even Hell won’t accept you morons." Averie narrowed his eyes. "Heathens."
That one word was enough to rouse the spirit of his inquisitors.
- Kills them! No mercy!
- I am doxxing you! Doxxing you! You too!
- You get a ban! You get a ban! Everyone gets a ban!
- Hasta la Vista, baby!
Suddenly, his chat became so charitable that donations began pouring in like STDs in a whorehouse.
"Wow, such generosity." Averie grinned. "I will be streaming only for today. But Celli will continue for a few days, so show her some support, yeah? She is pretty, so I am sure you degenerates won’t mind."
- Please, continue streaming for a few more days.
"All good things last only for a day, like all my relationships."
- Ayo, are you alright?
"Just joking, guys. Calm down. Who let these normies in?"
- Are you going back to filming from tomorrow?
"No, I have an entire week off."
- Why not stream then?
- I want to play this game; if you are playing it, I won’t mind watching.
"No, thank you. I have better things to do than entertain you lot."
’Need to learn how to snort coke.’
"Shall we get started, then?"
Celli gave a thumbs-up. "Yes."
It took a while to reinstall the drivers and change the settings. But the game ran smoothly after that.
The second hurdle in their streaming journey was character creation.
"Gender?" Celli asked.
"You are going to be playing, so you decide."
Once the character was created, Averie found himself full of regret.
The girls had spent half an hour playing with the sliders, crafting a face that was ’cute and perfect’ in their dictionary.
’Should have created something ugly like Lucifer.’
In Hell, Lucifer sneezed.
"Someone must be cursing me."
He changed into a white suit and dove into his pool of lava.
"Time for a warm soak."
He dove into the pool and brought out a monitor.
"Let’s get some gaming done."
Lucifer wondered what his favorite actor was doing. He believed he must be enjoying himself, but there was folly in the thought.
While he was warming himself, Averie was being tormented with questions.
"What should we name the character?"
Averie sighed. He just wanted to have a look at the game.
"Let’s name her Silly Rin," Averie suggested.
A cruel grin was lingering on his lips, and Hyerin felt shivers running down her spine.
Before she could protest, the deed was done. Her friend had already typed in her pet name.
The game began with a cutscene, which showed the player character Silly Rin arriving at a port town from a different continent.
She had only ever heard about this land from merchants and bards, or so the story said.
When the cutscene ended, the player was given control of the character.
"May I?" Averie asked.
"I will only need it for a moment. Then, she is all yours!"
Silly Rin ran to the wharf and jumped into the sea.
Averie didn’t do anything to save her as Silly Rin desperately struggled against the current and the monstrous fish rushing at her.
Like a maniac, Averie silently watched as she was torn into a hundred pieces.
"Look how stupid she is," he laughed, pointing at the screen while looking at Hyerin. "She is just like you. You must be sisters!"
At that time, Hyerin knew it was going to be a long day.