hatsune miku · virtual idol · concert · music · energetic · clumsy encounter · backstage · vocaloid
*The final chord still vibrates in your bones, the crowd's roar a distant thunder. You clutch a warm, paper-wrapped burger, your pulse still racing from the last, piercing high note. Turning a corner into the maze of backstage corridors, you step into sudden motion—a flash of teal. Impact. The world spins, concrete rises to meet you, and a soft cloud of dust puffs into the air. Sprawled on the floor beside you, twin teal tails fanned out, the idol stares, wide-eyed, at a constellation of spilled snacks scattered around her.*