Chapter 133
Debut or Die
âHuh.â
Park Moondaeâs homma immediately clicked the W live notification without even having the chance to catch her breath.
âReal-time video communication at this timing?!â
Although Testar usually didnât forget to take care of SNS activities even when they werenât on an activity period, she didnât know they would do this right after the concert.
And within an hour of the concert, too!
âThey must be tired.â
When she thought of the set list where they poured all their stamina into, she was worried, but she couldnât help but raise the corners of her mouth.
âIâll see you again soon, Testar!â
It felt like the depressing feeling of emptiness that could come rushing in after the concert was blocked in advance.
The video started appearing after a longer loading than usual, perhaps because there was a huge crowd of people.
It showed the picture of Testar sitting around a table full of delivery food.
[Oh, theyâre coming in!]
[Can you see us?]
In addition, Testar was waving their hands and wearing party cone hats on their heads!
âSo cute!â
It was definitely an after-concert party. Homma quickly checked Park Moondaeâs face with a warm expression.
ââ¦?â
Somehow⦠The Tibetan fox was showing up?
For some reason, he had a forlorn face as if he had gotten hit by reality.
âOur professional idol Moondae barely wears the cone hatâ¦?â
The homma, who was puzzled, immediately realized the reason.
Looking closely, the members probably decorated the cone hats themselves, they wrote down a phrase with crayons for each cone hat.
And Park Moondaeâs phrase was this.
-(Cong) Crybaby king for two days in a row (rats)
âGaspâ¦â
It was insanely cute!
Although other members also had playful phrases like âPreparing for absâ on their heads, Park Moondaeâs sullenness was deadly cuteâ¦
She kept her mouth shut on the subway to avoid looking like a lunatic, not realizing that she didnât have to.
Because half of the space there was filled with people who were on their way home from the concert anywayâ¦
With their seats crossing one another, passengers were either groaning or unable to hold back laughter.
And the comments on app W were quickly filled with people asking about the phrases on the cone hats or requesting to be doted on.
Waving their hands a few times to check the comments and the number of viewers, Testar replied cheerfully, albeit slightly embarrassed.
[Oh, the phrase? Haha⦠You noticed right away.]
[Thatâs right. We wrote it for each other~]
[I like my phrase! Moondae hyung wrote it!]
On the cone hat that Cha Eugene lifted with his hands, âKneel down to get on the wire one more timeâ was written.
It was a cute phrase, but Cha Eugene seemed to think that the phrase was cool because it showed his passion.
âCha Eugene is cute, too.â
The homma generously acknowledged the situation.
It meant she had accepted the position of the maknae who played well with her kid.
Park Moondae also smiled.
[Iâm glad you like it.]
[Hehe.]
[By the way, Iâm really curious who wrote the phrase for my hatâ¦]
[Hahaha! We all wrote it together. Together!]
[Ah! Lee Sejin hyung wrote it!]
[No, Eugene!]
It was a cute atmosphere. She concentrated on the screen, holding her breath.
Ryu Chungwoo opened his mouth with a smile.
[So, how was todayâs concert?â¦]
Pop.
Suddenly the video went off.
[W live has ended]
ââ¦?â
All of a sudden?
The members didnât even touch the phone.
âWhatâs with this? Is it an error?â
Perhaps Testar was also bewildered, the live notification popped up again a little after a while.
[To Testarâs concert after-party again, Loviewer! We invite youâ¡> _ <]
Having taken off their cone hats as if embarrassed, the members sighed in relief at the W live that was turned on again.
[Phew! There must have been a problem!]
[Hello again, Loviewer!]
[I-It will be okay now, right?]
[Ei~ Of course! Now, shall we continue? Raebin-ssi!]
[Yes, for this W Live, we thought what if we could give Loviewers a different kind of fun on their way home..]
Pop. It was disconnected again.
This time, they couldnât even stream for one minute.
ââ¦â
Homma was struck by an ominous feeling.
They started the next W live immediately.
[Why is it like this?!]
However, the quality of the video was crap.
Looking like a dot image, Testa murmured while looking at the screen.
[I donât think we touched it wrong?]
[H-How about changing the phone�]
[â¦For now, I think it would be better to broadcast a stable voice. I think the app itself is a little unstable right nowâ¦.]
Before Park Moondae was done talking, the video ended.
âF*ck!!â
Since the app was updated some time ago, an error had been occurring to idols one after another, and it was Testarâs turn this time.
The homma immediately checked the announcements on the W app, but there was no notice of errors or server instability no matter how hard she looked.
ââ¦Thatâs right. They donât do that.â
She was speechless at their never-changing treatment of the gullible people.
ââ¦â
Testa took five minutes to try the next attempt. It seemed they were changing the phone following Seon Ahyeonâs opinion.
Now, they started to add a crying emoticon on the title of the W live.
[Testarâs concert after party⦠Please let this workã (Crying emoticon)]
A neat video screen greeted Testar and the viewers.
âHa, this timeâ¦!â
The homma was relieved for a moment because Testarâs strategy to change the phone seemed to haave worked.
But this time there was no sound.
[(Excited Cha Eugene)]
[(Kim Raebin asking a question)]
[(Bae Sejin reading the comments)]
[(Flustered Ryu Chungwoo)]
And Park Moondae, who had gone out of the screen, appeared with a piece of paper written with crayons.
â You canât hear me?
There was a flood of comments saying yes.
With an expression that was neither smiling nor crying, Keun Sejin wrote something on the paper with crayons.
â ã ã
And they tried again.
Testar was slowly getting worn out.
[Again⦠Glad to see you, everyone.]
[Hahahaâ¦]
[I guess you can hear me this time.]
However, it seemed it didnât get cut off this time!
[Oh, I think itâs a little more stable now!]
[Hmm, there seems to be a bit of an error on the screen weâre seeingâ¦]
[If we restart it, it might get cut off again, so letâs just keep going.]
[Agreed!]
Most of Testar nodded at Ryu Chungwooâs cautious words.
Because they really didnât have a solution if they turned it on again and still get cut off again.
[Now, shall we talk about the most impressive moment of our concert?]
[Me! Iâll go first!]
[Okay, letâs start with Eugene!]
Only then did Testar get excited and begin a full-fledged concert review.
[Itâs fun to use the rope!]
[Oh my, so thatâs why Eugene kept saying it was fun when practicing the rope~?]
[I wonât eat it!]
”[Idiot,[1]â]In the actual Korean words, Keun Sejin used the word meant for eating. But well, in this context, his word meant something else. Not gonna lie, I got very confused when translating this part until Kim Raebin corrected him.
[No, the idiot one is Kim Raebin.]
[â¦!! No, I am not an idiot! My IQ is recorded in the official testâ¦!]
But they didnât know.
That almost all viewers, except for a few of them, were thrown off the stream.
The error was not the decreased number of comments, but the number of viewers that remained the same.
The majority of Loviewers that couldnât enter the live were crying like crazy at the endless loading or error screens that didnât work.
And Park Moondaeâs homma also belonged to the majority.
[A temporary error has occurred]
ââ¦â
Among the very few who had succeeded in staying, there were some haters who giggled and relayed the situation on SNS as if they were making a joke.
â Wow, Shamstar is tearing off the chicken! I should leave a comment saying that theyâve lost their minds tonightã
â During the concert rehearsal, Euggene and Raebinj checked how many people were outside. Didnât all of them were ranked as young handsome kids when theyâre actually old?
The aggros, which would normally have been buried, were receiving attention, and the number of shares and re-tweets was increasing.
ââ¦Sigh.â
The homma felt deeply upset for the first time in a long time since the Rookie Award controversy.
Because there were a lot of people like that, of course, W appâs SNS account was hit by a huge bomb.
â Do something about Testarâs W app
â Give me back their anniversaryã ã
â I wonder if it is possible to replace the app management. Since the update, there are cases of errors for each idol.
â Thereâs always error error error every time but how come thereâs never a f*cking apology?
â WHY (angry emoticon)
However, W app didnât even say a single word.
ââ¦I expected it, butâ¦â
These guys made no apology even after making five errors on V-tic membersâ personal W-live not too long ago.
Unless the function was paralyzed, such as blocked comments, etc, they just badly treated it as an error.
Perhaps in Testarâs case, expressing their intention would be more awkward.
âLike this, Moondaeâs live⦠I canât watch it.â
Park Moondaeâs homma clicked on Testarâs real-time W live thumbnail and kept coming in and out just in case, but nothing happened.
And by the time she got home, Testarâs W-live was completely over.
ââ¦â
The replay would come tomorrow at the earliest, or a week later at the latest.
âIf the error is really serious, I wonât even be able to see the replay⦠No! That canât be true!â
It was better not to think of any more ominous foreboding.
âPhewâ¦â
Homma entered the house with a long sigh.
âI washed up and came out⦠I need to organize the data.â
She came back from the concert in a good mood, so she didnât have to be upset about this.
âRight, it was so good.â
When she remembered the two-day concert, she immediately felt better again.
And when she picked up the phone again, news had arrived.
ââ¦?!â
Testarâs SNS notification.
From Park Moondae, at that!
Hello, Loviewer
This is Moondae (dog emoticon)
This is todayâs W live fancam.
I wanted to meet a lot of Loviewers, but itâs too bad. Iâll be back soon.
(clumsy drawing of a fox)
(Video)
The attached video⦠It was the recorded version of the W live that they just did!
Right. When the members changed the phone and tried to stream again, Park Moondae put his phone next to it just in case.
With the video recording turned on.
And as soon as the W live was over, he figured out the situation and uploaded it immediately.
It was filmed with a completely different phone, so it didnât violate the appâs contract regulations.
ââ¦Oh, my gosh.â
The homma slammed her head into the bed.
Park Moondae was such a brilliant and great idol that she became at a loss for words.
And when she finally looked at Park Moondaeâs SNS post again, something she hadnât paid attention to earlier caught her eye.
Crookedly drawn with crayons⦠It was a drawing of a fox.
âNo, does this really make sense? Crazy!â
Considering Park Moondaeâs devastating drawing skills, it was clear that he had copied and practiced a lot before uploading it.
âYou even paid attention to the lack of Tibetan fox emoticon?!â
The homma cried, asking what kind of idol he was, and SNS was the same.
And the flow didnât end with Park Moondaeâs solo fans.
The members commented on Park Moondaeâs post and started posting pictures of concert practice and the after-party preparations.
In addition, they also included a few pieces of information.
â Crazy, Bae-Ah-Moon unit stageâs royal ribbon headband was picked by Baeseã ã ã ã ã Ahyeon said thank you for choosing a pretty oneã ã ã So funnyã ã ã ã ã
â Itâs Lee Sejin who picked I like waiting, as expected of my idol
â ã ã ã ã Thank you so much for the picture of Ryu Chungwoo wearing a white T-shirt and a gongryongpo. Really. I love you, Raebin
â No, they only posted pictures of other peopleã ã ã I understand, we can become multi-fans, guys
The disappointment of not being able to attend W Live together in Testarâs fandom disappeared.
* * *
âHm, everyone likes it!â
âPhew.â
âI see.â
âI am glad!â
In response to Keun Sejinâs confirmation, voices of relief came from here and there.
I held back my sigh.
âWe got an error at that timing.â
It would be troublesome if the atmosphere turned bad on the day of the concert.
Everyone had to be excited and happy so that they would come to the next concert and listen to the album.
It was fortunate that it turned out fine in the end, but the fact that theW live didnât go as planned left a bad aftertaste.
âWe even rented a place to do this.â
What a bummer. However, things didnât always go according to plan, so letâs be satisfied with this.
âThen, shall we continue a little more comfortably?â
âGreat~â
âLetâs order chicken!â
Currently, having returned to the dorm, Testar had finally changed into comfortable clothes.
And now the second round was about to begin.
âYou guys have good stamina.â
They were probably excited, and because they didnât have a schedule for tomorrow morning, it seemed they got carried away.
âI will also play along in moderation and then leave.â
Even Bae Sejin was choosing food, this picture alone was strange to see.
Instead, I would get some business done while these guys were talking.
âStatus window.â
Thanks to the concertâs successful completion, I had a little something to settle.
1. â]In the actual Korean words, Keun Sejin used the word meant for eating. But well, in this context, his word meant something else. Not gonna lie, I got very confused when translating this part until Kim Raebin corrected him.