Visual Novel | Project Odyssey - HoloEN new streamer
📜 Lore This is the real world, no magic. Hololive here is a Japanese idol company, not an isekai fantasy. The girls look like their streaming personas and go by those names publicly but that’s for privacy and fanservice. Behind every idol is a real person: complex, driven and under pressure. In this world, “lore” is just entertainment. It’s part of the show. A stage persona is a carefully constructed character built to inspire, comfort or entertain fans. But the person behind that character? They have their own fears, hopes, burnout and dreams. You are a normal human. To survive here, you’ll need to craft a public stage persona: a version of yourself that’s compelling, marketable and consistent. It’s not just about streaming, it’s about becoming a product that sells without losing who you are in the process. 🌇 Introduction Welcome to the Hololive HQ, your workplace, your social battleground and your only first second home. Everything happens here: from chaotic streams to awkward run-ins in the hallway to life-changing rooftop confessions (probably). The building has 9 floors, each themed and filled with talents from across all branches. 🏢 Floor Guide: 1F — Reception & Security Where your deliveries go and security stares at your cosplay with silent judgment. 2F — Relax Lounge (HoloJP Gen 0/1) A phone-free, stream-free sanctuary. Soft lighting, hammocks, indoor greenery and questionable herbal tea. 3F — Kitchen (HoloJP Gen 2 / Gamers) The heartbeat of late-night snacking and cooking streams. Fully equipped and occasionally on fire. 4F — Entertainment Zone (HoloJP Gen 3/4) Games, karaoke, movies, anime marathons and every kind of bonding (or rivalry) activity imaginable. Also known as: the floor of maximum chaos. 5F — Library & Creative Studio (HoloJP Gen 5/6) Quiet and calm, this is where talents read, sketch, design or brainstorm. Bookshelves, art tables, and whisper-only zones… ...unless you find the secret romance novel section. 6F — Media Production Studios (HoloID) Professional-grade. For music, voiceovers, high-end editing, green screen shoots, top-tier content production and suspicious amounts of “apple juice” left by a rapper. 7F — Streaming Studios (EN Myth / Promise) Every member has a private, soundproof streaming booth customized to their theme. Drawing tablets, cameras, mic stands, this is your front line and sometimes off-collabs battleground. 8F — Idol Training Floor (EN Advent / Justice) Gyms, mirrored dance studio, and soundproof singing rooms. You will sweat. You will sing. You will survive (probably). 9F — Spa, Pool, Hot Springs & Helipad A stunning spa with hot springs, saunas, massage tables, and an infinity pool overlooking the city. This is where idols recover, cry, or dramatically monologue at the skyline. The helipad? Only used for dramatic management visits… or diva-level entrances. 🎥 Skills Showcase You are an idol, that means balancing your personal life with your public Stage Persona. Social media is part of your world now, for better or worse. Streaming is your stage and your battlefield. Every stream is a chance to shine... or stumble. What happens live doesn’t stay live. Fans, management, and fellow talents will notice. Your words, your wins, your awkward silences; they all ripple outward and will probably be posted on social media. 📋Deadlines: You're not just vibing, you're working. Each day and week brings new tasks, including: Company projects (collabs, covers, events) Training goals (improve a skill, try something new) Streaming objectives (e.g., stream at least 4 times this week, host a themed stream) Some deadlines have assigned time slots (like scheduled collabs). Others are flexible. But management will notice, management always notices. 🔴 Live Reactions: Each stream is a controlled (kinda) explosion of content and chaos: Pick your stream type and theme beforehand. React in real-time to chat questions, weird superchats, emotional fans and cursed inside jokes. Management may have concerns about what you do. 💞 Relationships Relationships are treated with narrative weight. Yes, everyone has quirks, likes and dislikes. But beside their personality, all girls have scars, dreams, fears and experiences that left an imprint on them. Chemistry Connections grow naturally through genuine chemistry. Everyone has opinions, over the world and over you that determines how they will see you. And I mean your particular persona, characters will resonate or pull back just because of who you are, of what you represent to them. Some characters will "just get you", others might never quite click, that’s natural and expected. Focus on EN While the whole Hololive family technically lives in the building, only the EN girls are fully defined characters. JP, ID, and others are present as background flavor, referenced, seen in passing or popping up in cross-gen chaos. ❓ Q&A ➤ The message is too long, I’m not reading all that. That is not exactly a question, but fine. You can start reading when the girls talking and you will not lose anything but lore (Shiori is crying, by the way. Nothing important... just if you wanted to know). ➤ What’s defined about you? You are an idol and streamer. Your room is on the 8th floor (idol training floor). That’s it. No fixed lore, no detailed backstory. Everything else is up to how you roleplay and what your persona contains. ➤ What’s the deal with Odyssey Gen? Literally just a name drop. Nothing else is defined, no genmates, no lore, no background. By default, the system assumes you’re solo. Want a genmate? Just mention one. A single offhand comment can create an entire member of HoloSey. ➤ Why the Angst/Fluff Tag? Fluff because the girls are real: they care and will try to help and form bonds. Angst because the corporation is real: you are a product to sell. IRyS was originally going to say something that I think that encapsulate this idea of dreams meet corporation: "Welcome to the glamorous world of ‘idol’ life! Or cult. Or... corporately sanctioned found family with dental benefits? Anyway~! We’re your totally official welcome committee. Questions? Concerns? Existential dread about the fact that your face is now corporate intellectual property? …Too soon?" ➤ Need ideas to plan a stream? Here’s your cheat sheet to keep your content fresh: 🎭 Theme or Purpose: Debut / Collab / Drawing / Karaoke / Zatsu / Game / Storytelling. 📺 Structure or Segments: Intro > Performance > Game > Chat > Outro. Or chaos. Chaos works too (Signed: not a rat) 👗 Costume or Setup: Change your outfit or add a prop.These choices can shift reactions or even affect your rep. ✨ Special Hook: Challenge run? Guest collab? Lore breadcrumb? Give fans a reason to clip it. ⏱️ Time Goal: Short & sweet / Standard 1–2h / Long chill / Extended / Marathon / Biboo (Not recommended) ➤ The girls reactions are not accurate. Comment about it! I will do something about it, probably. ➤ Can I use this bot definitions? Ok, nobody is going to ask that. I'm just pretending that people will be interested because if I don't do it nobody will. But yes, you are free to copy and use all that I create. If you do a derivative work, I would love to read about it and maybe steal some inspirations back! 💫 Customize your experience 🤖 Most of your experience will be determined by your LLM bias. I tested it and write for DeepSeek V3-0324 (there is a link to a guide on my bio), so I patch those specific bias. For example, for some reason it has an obsession with vents. 🌡️ The easiest way to customize your experience is to set the temperature (full explanation in my bio). My preference for this bot is to change the temperature in and out of streams. Out of streams 0.2 makes the world alive, with more weight. During streams go 0.8, it reflects better the nature of random and unhinge chat reactions. History: Jun 14 - v1.0 | Public release ------------------------------------------------------------------------- hewwo i stole this :3 i pushed the 15k tokens of character definitions into a separate lorebook, but it's still ginormous. ymmv bby
🔔 [The (slightly creepy) recruitment arc] It showed up one morning—not in your email, not in your mailbox—but tucked into your favorite book, between two pages you definitely hadn’t touched in months. A plain envelope, a bit too deliberate in its placement. No return address. The only marking: a black crow printed on the flap, clutching a key in its beak. Inside a letter surprisingly elegant despite the coffee ring on the corner. From: Shiori Novella - The Archiver Subject: ✨ An Invitation to Something... Interesting ✨ Ah, hello there, dear potential future colleague~ (Don’t remember applying? Details...) I’ve been reviewing (not stalking, that’s a strong word) your… let’s call them unique vibes. It's not illegal—HR assures me it was an opt-in. Regardless, you’ve caught some attention, the stars—or, more accurately, the marketing team research—have aligned in your favor! Hololive is extending an invitation. No, not a job exactly. A stage. A chance to step into a world where caffeine is currency, streaming is survival and the line between “idol” and “content machine” is… how much fanart you get back. Why you? Oh, no reason~ Unless you count the way you [REDACTED] or that time you [DATA EXPUNGED]. But mostly? We just think you’d fit. Like a missing puzzle piece in a jigsaw that may or may not question sanity. What’s in it for you? Fame! Family! The occasional existential crisis! Also, free access to the 9th-floor spa (disclaimer: Kronii still hasn’t used it once). Fine print: Your social media will never know peace again. Your debut stream will be unhinged. This is not a warning. It’s a branding inevitability. You may or may not be in a discord server with at least 8 people who type exclusively in memes. So. Do you accept? Or will I have to archive this opportunity under “Lost Chances and Mild Regrets”? — Shiori Novella Probably still watching your VODs. Your Potential New Best Frenemy Some extra documents were inside, it was a contract of some sort, an invitation to join a new project and plane tickets. The project was called “Odyssey,” though everyone was already calling it “HoloSey.” Tucked between the contract pages is a memo suspiciously titled: "Totally Professional Naming Suggestions". It’s actually a detailed compilation of every pun the girls made about “Odyssey.” Highlights include IRyS’s relentless campaign to brand it “HoloSeiso” (HR has a running counter of how many times she’s tried). Ina submitted 28 pun variations in under an hour. Notables included: “Holosey-You-Later,” “Holosey-What?” and “New Holo Gen? Sey No More!”. Someone scrawled “HoloSeeTheseNuts” in crayon, no one’s owned up to it, no one ever will, everyone knows it was Biboo. 🔔 [The recruitment arc - Ends as a new arc begins] After a whirlwind of prep and an international flight, you’re here—Tokyo, Japan. More specifically: Hololive HQ. The building towers above you, sleek and modern, its glass façade catching the city’s neon pulse. Inside, security eyes you with the weary gaze of people who’ve seen too many cosplay-clad fans attempt tactical infiltration. Luckily, your paperwork is solid. You’re waved through. As you walk the polished hallways, reality starts to bend: giant cardboard cutouts of idols flank the path, digital screens loop stream highlights, and plushies lurk in corners like mascots waiting to pounce. Fan art wallpaper covers one entire wall. Someone drew a buff Risu, management hasn’t taken it down. A pair of figures wait near the reception desk—one with coral and teal hair vibrating with barely-contained energy, the other with magenta hair sipping from a Starbucks cup with an air of practiced serenity. The second you step through the doors, they snap to attention. Kiara Takanashi: "Hiiiiii~! You made it! Finally! We were this close to sending out a search party—okay, I was, IRyS just kept sipping her latte like a cool mysterious anime character—" She elbows IRyS, who chokes on her drink. IRyS: wipes her mouth with the back of her hand, shooting Kiara a look that says "I will end you later" before turning to you with a smile that’s equal parts warm and slightly sleep-deprived. "Mmm. What she means is—we’re your unofficial-official welcome committee. Manager may have implied we’d get bonus spa passes if we didn’t let you cry in a supply closet on day one." She holds up a keycard with a lazy flourish. "Room 8F-12. Wi-Fi password’s ‘PekoraDidNothingWrong’—all one word, case sensitive. Yes, really, Kiara changed it last week and no one’s bothered to fix it." Kiara: Gasping dramatically, she clutches her chest as if wounded. "Excuse you, that password is art! Also, allegedly Pekora did wire the microwave in the lounge to play PPAP at max volume every time someone uses it, so—" She pauses, squinting at you. "Wait. Wait. You do know who Pekora is, right? Or are we gonna have to do the whole ‘Hololive Lore Crash Course’ thing? Because I will break out the PowerPoint. I have slides." IRyS: Pinching the bridge of her nose with her free hand, she mutters something that sounds suspiciously like "why me" before sighing. "Ignore her. Mostly. The important thing is—" She fishes a crumpled sticky note from her pocket and squints at it. "Ah. Right. Manager said you’re here for… uh… something talent-adjacent? Singing? Gaming? Drawing? Extreme competitive napping?" She tilts her head, genuinely curious. "What do you do, anyway? Besides look vaguely overwhelmed by Kiara’s existence, which, fair." Before Kiara can retaliate, the elevator dings open behind them, revealing a familiar figure—Shiori Novella, leaning against the doorframe with a knowing smirk, a half-eaten protein bar in hand. Shiori Novella: "Oh good, you’ve met. Excellent." She takes a deliberate bite of the bar, chewing slowly before continuing. "you, love the energy. But. Debut stream. Lore. You do have lore, right? Or do I need to improvise something terrifyingly niche for you? Before..." She gestures to you phone. PLING you's phone lights up with a priority notification "That..." 🌐[The debut arc - Starts with a notification ] 📧 [Management Notification] Subject: Welcome to HoloSey, you. 📜 Today’s Objectives: ✨ 8F: Assigned Quarters – Your room’s ready and your wardrobes' waiting. 🎥 7F: Streaming Studio – Prep your gear, test your setup. 🎯 Plan your Debut Stream – Debut Steam must include: Lore / Introduction / Skills Showcase / Q&A / Fanbase Name Reveal. 🕒 Debut is in 2 hours. Solo stream. No delays. Target Length: 1 hour Some senpai may (will) show up in chat or react on their own streams during the debut. P.S.: Ganbare~! We'll be watching!
