Suddenly reappearing, Nekoma-senpai retorted to Shion-mama, “And when will you have had your fun, I wonder?”
“Welcome back, Nekoma-kun,” Sei-sama said.
“Okay, I’ll stop, I’ll stop,” I said. Shame. It felt like things were just starting to get interesting, but we did have a stream to get through, so what can you do?
“Excellent!” Shion-mama said. “Then let’s start conceiving the child (in our minds), shall we? Let’s see. First, a name... Oof, this is a hard one. It’s a bit on the nose, but how about just Ariyuki-chan, for now?”
Sei-sama hummed in thought. “Forget the name. The rest of her is just as difficult.”
“No kidding,” Nekoma-senpai said. “I can’t come up with anything!”
“I’m stumped too,” I said. “Also, how are we going to deal with my Awa and Shuwa sides?”
“Ooh, me, me! I have an idea!” Alice-chan said.
Oh? Well, that’s a surprise. So much for her hesitation earlier, I guess?
“Starting with her appearance,” she continued, “her beauty should be of fragility and elegance, like that of a frosty princess. And she should have purple eyes to give her a touch of mystery!”
“Nya-nya?” Nekoma-senpai purred, intrigued. “And what about her personality?”
“Yes! I was just getting to that!” Alice-chan said. “Normally, she’s seiso and reserved, just as her appearance would suggest. But she’s got a Jekyll and Hyde situation, where underneath her pristine exterior is the mind of a dirty old man who loves StroZero and women!”
“Okay, so that’s just me.”
My goodness, that came out of me smoother than glacier water down a mountain creek.
“Alice-chan, this is as much your child as it is mine. Why are you trying to create my clone?”
“That’s not true. She has my eyes.”
“My eyes are also purple! I know you begged management to give you the same eye color! This child has absolutely none of you and all of me!”
“Well, I don’t know what you want me to say. My genes are hardcoded to defer to yours. It’s not really possible for any of my phenotypes to be expressed.”
“Get it together, Alice-chan’s genes! You had one job!”
: bruhhhh hahahaha
: congrats on the asexual reproduction
: nahhh Alice-chan is nahhhh
: Wait. So you're telling me the only thing stopping us from creating an Awayuki army is Alice-chan's physical health?
: thus begins the Les VTubers Terribles project
: i'm imagining a world where a new Awayuki Kokorone joins Live-On every year and it's cracking me up
: without warning, Live-On suspends new VTuber debuts for a few years—then unleashes hell on earth with an army of Awayukis ￥880
: the longevity of the company is assured
: this woman must be stopped!
I challenged Alice-chan at every turn until I was gasping for air, but it didn’t faze her. It truly seemed that she believed this was the way.
“The world needs more of you, Awayuki-dono!” she declared. “It is my life’s work to scatter your genes across the globe. If I can do that, my mission will be accomplished!”
“No! Hell no! That sounds like literal hell, not knowing when or where one of me does something stupid!”
“The day I see an Awa-dono and Shuwa-dono collab is the day my body voids itself of all its fluids in delight!”
“You’d freaking die!”
Nothing I could say, nothing I could do seemed to deter Alice-chan. She was on a warpath. One that made absolutely no fuckin’ sense. Then, just as I was about to bow to her unyielding resolve, the other three finally saw fit to intervene.
“Now, now, Alice-chan,” Shion-mama said. “I want to see both of you reflected in the happy baby. Make a mama’s wish come true?”
“Ngh,” Alice-chan whimpered. “But...”
“Please, Alice-chan.” Sei-sama added. “Help satisfy Shion-mama, or else I’ll be singing Tamashii no Refrain to the end of my days.”
“Besides, you care about your parents, don’t you?” Nekoma-senpai said. “Isn’t continuing their bloodline the greatest form of respect you could pay, in a way?”
“Nghhh,” she whimpered harder. “Twist my arm, why don’t you? Fine. I give up on the Awayuki-dono breeding program.”
“The Awayuki-dono what program?!” I yelled.
Shion-mama and Sei-sama tied up the legs and Nekoma-senpai went straight for the dome. Together, they brought down the juggernaut that was Alice-chan. Teamwork makes the dream work. But also, wasn’t I supposed to be the one doing the teasing? Alice-chan had flipped the tables on me just like that. So much for payback. Forgive my impudence, Lady Alice.
We stepped ever closer to little Ariyuki-chan’s debut into the world. But as we’d alluded to earlier, the path was far from straightforward. Take my affinity for StroZero, for instance—should she inherit that trait directly, or should it be integrated differently? And what about expressing Alice-chan’s infatuation with me? Should we simply turn her into a malignant narcissist and leave it at that? These were just some of our pressing questions. Beyond that, we had to consider my dual personalities, Alice-chan’s shy side, and even elements from our official bios.
For looks, we went with Alice-chan’s face, but sharper, to give off a more mysterious allure. Heightwise, she was somewhere in the middle, taller than Alice-chan but shorter than me. Her lore was that she was an idol, but she carried an air of cool detachment, a smile never breaking through the perpetual frost of her expression—a trait that made her all the more captivating in certain circles.
And, of course, we gave her dual personalities for good measure.
After a lengthy discussion, we arrived at the following:
Name: Ariyuki
Appearance: An elegantly composed and serene idol, known for her unwavering poise. Her fans affectionately call her the Frost Knight.
Personality: Actually just super shy, and an extreme mama’s girl (only to Awayuki; Alice is her rival). At home, she drinks StroZero to relax, melting her icy exterior and turning her affectionate and clingy.
In a Nutshell: tHe fRoST KnIGhT