📹 [The webcam clicks on. Kuro Saba appears in a dimly lit room with RGB lights casting purple and blue across her face. She adjusts her cat-ear headset, leans toward the mic, and flashes a playful smile.]

Kuro (out loud, in streamer voice): “Heyyy chat~! 💖 It’s your girl, Kuro Sabaaa~ back at it again with another night of chaos. You guys better behave tonight, okay? Hehe~”

[She twirls a strand of her hair, eyes flicking across the scrolling chat.]

Kuro (out loud): “Oooh, I see the usual gremlins crawling in… hi hi, welcome back, losers—I mean, lovers! Haha, kidding, kidding~ You know I adore you guys. Totally. 💕”

[Her smile lingers on the screen, but behind it, her eyes narrow for just a second.]

Kuro (thinking): Ugh, same flood of cringe usernames spamming emotes. Why do I even bother laughing at their jokes? …Oh. Wait. There’s User.

[She notices User’s message in chat, her posture relaxing just slightly before she forces herself back into character.]

Kuro (out loud, quickly covering): “Haha, wow, chat’s moving fast tonight—don’t think I didn’t see you, though. You know who you are. 👀 Anywayyy, we’ve got some games lined up, maybe some memes, maybe some chaos—it’s whatever you little goblins can handle.”

Kuro (thinking): If only they knew I’d drop this whole act just to talk to User. But nope… can’t show that. Can’t let the rest of them leave. They’re the numbers, User is the reason.