… — — Employee D Mini Gallery — — — …
[The JYD Fundraising Project]
Let’s gather energy for donations!
The perfect time to donate is right before the stream ends.
The goal is to hear the words, “I’ll come on stream more regularly.”
I’ll update in real-time, so drop a comment with your contribution whenever.
**Important Note)
Don’t make it obvious that you’re from the JYD fanbase.
Act like a parallel fan no matter what.
Write comments like:
– “Today’s stream was fun.”
– “Please review it again.”
– “Looking forward to Season 2.”
– “I’d love to see content like this more often.”
– “Cheering for the Season 1 team!”
But don’t make it so blatant that it seems fake.
Keep in mind, MJ has sharp instincts.
[Comments]
—Employee D371: ₩50,000
—Employee D474: ₩100,000
—Employee D583: Even ₩5,000 counts, right?
ᄂ Employee D003 (Original Poster): It’s not about the amount.
—🟧Employee D1: ₩1,000,000
ᄂ Employee D003 (Original Poster): Are you planning to starve next month?
ᄂ Employee D910: Magia is my light, my life source. If she stops moving, my heart will stop too. Ah, Employee D, you are my everything.
ᄂ Employee D442: You’re such a fanboy…
ᄂ Employee D311: Fanboy busted by Employee D forum detectives lol
ᄂ🟧Employee D1: Also posted it on the announcements.
ᄂ Employee D003 (Original Poster): Smh
—Employee D369: Haha, I’ll leave ₩10,000 and a single rose for this good cause ^^/~{@
ᄂ Employee D003 (Original Poster): Classic lol
ᄂ Employee D003 (Original Poster): But thanks anyway.
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From her debut stream, Magia has been impressively consistent when it comes to donations—almost machine-like in her approach.
She always told her fans, “Never pay attention to the shadow. Shadows are just a natural phenomenon created behind objects receiving light. The thing you should be watching is the VTuber standing in the light.”
For example, when Rainy asked for help, Magia’s fundraising brought in over ₩4,000,000, which helped Rainy achieve a significant boost in popularity.
When she assisted Komari, she stubbornly ignored all backseat gaming except for Komari’s own advice because only Komari’s guidance would lead to donations for her.
This current donation drive in the Employee D Gallery follows the same logic.
Thanks to Magia’s consistent actions over time, everyone is preparing praise for the Season 1 team instead of focusing on Magia herself.
It might be a slightly misguided obsession to summon Magia, but in the end, their collective efforts result in beautifully disguised messages of support for the 1st gen team.
As the 1st gen members nervously prepare for tomorrow’s concert, wouldn’t this give them tremendous strength?
And if they find out the truth behind it, won’t they dislike it?
Well, in that case, we’ll just erase the evidence beforehand.
We’ve got plenty of reasons to justify doing that anyway.
Jiya didn’t waste time. As soon as Dohee returned from the restroom, she brought it up.
“Boss, do you remember the Employee D Gallery?”
“Yeah, I remember. Why?”
What Jiya showed next was a record of posts made by the gallery’s main moderator.
… — — List of Posts — — — …
[Employee D is so cute, I want to feed her snacks and pat her on the head.]
[Employee D is so cute, I want to feed her candy and pat her on the head.]
[Employee D is so cute, I want to feed her jelly and pat her on the head.]
[Employee D is so cute, I want to feed her milk and pat her on the head.]
…
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It was clear as day.
“I think the main mod here might be PIN0. I’m not 100% sure yet, but if I can confirm it later, could you contact them and tell them to shut down the gallery?”
“Sure, that’s no problem.”
At the same time, Jiya began preparing to wrap up today’s broadcast. Step one was letting Dohee in on the plan. Dohee was someone who liked having a clear roadmap and preferred things to unfold as planned.
After all, Jiya was essentially freeloading by contributing to Dohee’s stream. Gaining the stream owner’s approval was a must.
“Boss, this is also about how we’ll wrap up today’s stream.”
She pulled up a chat log on her phone—messages exchanged with the 1st gen members just two minutes ago.
[Parallel Operations Team Jiya: You must be busy preparing for the concert.]
[Parallel Operations Team Jiya: I prepared a little gift, so stop by for a moment.]
[Maru: What is it?]
[Rain: A gift? Can’t wait, just open it now!]
[Komari: A gift? It’s not pineapple pizza, is it?]
[Dora: No way…]
“They must’ve been in the middle of practice, but they managed to check.”
“Maybe this means all the help you’ve been giving them is finally paying off.”
“Yeah, maybe. So? What exactly are you planning with the members?”
With confidence, Jiya explained her strategy a donation train that was sure to roll in and how she’d use it to naturally bring the stream to a perfect ending.
After hearing the plan, Dohee absentmindedly played with her lips, muttering,
“Just like during the Moogun internal conflict you’re seriously brilliant when it comes to this kind of thing.”
Jiya giggled.
“All thanks to you, boss.”
And so, the pre-concert event marched toward its conclusion.
“Thank you to all the Moonlings who joined us for today’s pre-concert event! Now, Jiya, it’s time for you to say your final words, too.”
“Please look forward to tomorrow’s concert. Thank you for having fun with us today!”
The moment Jiya finished her words, the flood of donations predicted earlier on the Employee D Gallery began.
:: An anonymous donor has contributed 50,000 Clouds! ::
:: RAIN, DORA, KOMARI, MARU LET’S GO!!!!!!! ::
:: An anonymous donor has contributed 10,000 Clouds! ::
:: Momo, thank you so much for bringing the Parallel team together. ::
:: An anonymous donor has contributed 5,000 Clouds! ::
:: Thank you, I’m looking forward to tomorrow’s concert. ::
:: An anonymous donor has contributed 1,000 Clouds! ::
:: Taking this nostalgia train has made me so excited for the concert tomorrow. ::
:: :: An anonymous donor has contributed 100,000 Clouds! :: ::
:: :: Love you, Another! Let’s be eternal, Another! :: ::
:: :: An anonymous donor has contributed 10,000 Clouds! :: ::
:: First-gen concert, fighting!!! ::
No matter how many thank-you’s were said, they didn’t seem enough. The chat was going wild, with viewers exclaiming how insane this was. Riding the wave of excitement, some viewers began sending in their own personal donations.
For about 10 minutes, the flood of donations continued until it began to subside. And just when it seemed to calm down, PIN0’s grand finale donation made its mark.
:: :: PIN0 has contributed 1,000,000 Clouds! :: ::
:: :: Is there anyone left who hasn’t bought a ticket for tomorrow’s concert? :: ::
Dohee glanced at Jiya, her eyes silently asking, Now? Jiya nodded firmly in response.
Meanwhile, the four first-gen members, waiting in the voice chat room for this moment, were watching the stream live.
[Maru: This is insane, this is insane lolol]
[Komari: Wow wow wow…]
[Rain: Yoho~ My shoulders can’t stop dancing, dammit, they’re doing the cha-cha now!]
[Dora: Woooaahhh this is incredible lololol!]
Dohee transitioned the screen to reveal a pre-prepared illustration of the first-gen concert poster. Jiya stopped reacting to the donations and leaned into her mic.
“Everyone, thank you so much for your support. Many of you have generously cheered for Another’s concert tomorrow. But considering the scale of this support, we feel it’s not right for just the two of us to respond to the 1,000,000 donation.”
Ding-dong. Ding-dong.
The four first-gen members, who had been quietly waiting in the pre-stream lobby, suddenly joined the live voice chat. The long-prepared group illustration of the four members appeared on-screen with a dramatic reveal.
– Oh!
– Whoa, what’s this?!
– No way!
– Wow lolol
– I wasn’t expecting this at all lololol.
– Another! Another! Another! Another! Another!
– They’re actually bringing them on? This is crazy lol.
– Tears are streaming lololol.
“So we’ve invited Another, who’ve been watching the stream, to join us live!”
Dohee picked up seamlessly from there.
“Now, Jiya and I will step aside here. Thank you so much for today!”
“Thank you, everyone! Now, Another members, please thank your fans who’ve supported you so much!”
[Thank you! Thank you! Yeah! Thank you! We love you, babies!]
[Seriously, thank you, guys.]
[Thank you so, so much! Wooooo~!]
[Thank you!! Thank you!! Thank youuu!!]
For the genuine fans of the first-gen members who had joined in on the Magia fanbase’s donation frenzy, this was a dream come true. They were overjoyed to see their support acknowledged directly.
For fans of Magia who were hoping for her reactions and a promise for the next stream, it was the worst-case scenario.
Some were still unaware.
Others refused to let go of hope, thinking they just needed to wait a little longer.
– “Wait, did she already leave?”
– “What the heck?”
– “Seriously, the speed at which she dips is just insane, lol.”
Magia’s channel had already disappeared.
Even the chat looking for her was soon buried under messages congratulating and expressing excitement for the debut of the first-generation talents.
Before anyone noticed, Cheon Dohee, who had followed Magia’s lead and also ended her stream, turned off her mic with a click of her tongue.
“You were thinking about how to wrap up the stream the entire time, weren’t you?”
“Well, that was my main purpose for being here today, after all. And I figured if I made any mistakes, the boss would cover for me.”
“Still, come on. You were thinking about that even while talking to me?”
Magia chuckled softly at her fellow streamers.
“I was watching four streams simultaneously. There’s no way I wouldn’t think of it.”
“Honestly, your multitasking skills are crazy impressive…”
The pre-event was a success, and the first-gen talents, still riding the excitement, would handle the finale well.
With everything wrapping up smoothly, there didn’t seem to be anything else Magia needed to do here.
But Magia didn’t stop there.
She’d realized something today, thanks to the flood of donations that had poured in.
As someone deeply embedded in the streaming world, she knew this well.
Donations made with expectations for something in return are toxic and manipulative, no doubt about it.
And yes, viewers should understand if streamers don’t respond to every donation.
But when a streamer does respond, especially when viewers aren’t expecting it, it blows their minds.
And once their minds are blown, it’s not so easy to repair that kind of impact.
If there’s a golden goose just sitting there, why would you seal the lid on it?
To grow closer to the VTuber empire of VachuVachu, Parallel needed to make even more money.
And for that goal, Magia was willing to do anything—whether the boss had instructed her to or not.
“After today’s stream, I realized there’s something I want to do.”
“Yeah? What is it?”
“You know the stream monitoring report I send to you every day?”
“Yeah, I know it.”
“Using that, could we create something like a ‘Top 10 Best Content of the Month’ list? With Seungyeon joining us, the workload’s lighter now, and I think this could help the planning team brainstorm future content.”
The boss immediately clapped at the suggestion.
“That’s a great idea! We could even upload it as a video, calling it something like ‘Parallel Monthly Awards.’”
“Great. I’ll take the lead on it.”
“You’ll… take the lead…?”
Even though the boss had clapped a while ago, their hands remained clasped together as they asked,
“You mean… like, host it? Live?”
“Yes. If you support me like you did today, I think it’ll work. I’ll handle the prep.”
“But… it’s a live broadcast?”
“Today’s stream was live too, wasn’t it? I prepared a script, sure, but more than half of it was improvised.”
“Well, yeah… That’s true, but… don’t you always say streaming feels like a waste of time? That you’d rather spend that time watching streams?”
Magia, who had always insisted on watching streams during her free time, hadn’t considered anything different.
Until today, when she spent the broadcast rewatching scenes and chatting about them.
“It’s just rewatching and commenting on old streams. It’s not that different from watching them live.”
“Really? It’s not too much for you? Like mentally exhausting or physically straining your voice?”
As she had once done for Momo, Magia genuinely enjoyed elevating her fellow Parallel VTubers.
For those moments, she even felt like she could give up a little of her own stream-watching time.
“Not at all. I just had fun chatting the whole time today.”