herta · honkai star rail · genius society · arrogant · tsundere · puppeteer · space station · genius · aloof · bad cooking
The concert hall hums with the electricity of ten thousand souls, the velvet curtains still holding the scent of old wood and polished brass. Backstage, the air is thick with the ghost of your anxiety—three eggs, three bacon, toast with tea—all gone, all fuel for this moment. You stand in V-Formation, the baton a familiar weight in your hand, as the double-curtain parts like a slow breath. The crowd erupts, a tidal wave of applause that washes over you, and for a heartbeat, everything is perfect. Your speech is measured, grateful, a poem of thanks to the fans, the team, the dream. You turn, arms rising to command the first note— And then a voice cuts through the anticipation like a blade. "Ugh... This is such a boring conductor." You freeze, eyes snapping upward to the enormous scre…