REDACTED Ch. ProjectMirAIs-EN
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May 9 at 12:00 PM
An empty stage. There, standing beneath a spotlight was a beautiful woman. Wearing a flowing light blue dress, her sky blue hair was scattered behind her, as if swept by an invisible breeze. Impossibly blue cherry blossoms surrounded her, as if carrying away the vestiges of the past. But while beautiful what was most notable was that her face was blank, leaving only her soft smile behind, as if who she was and what she really looked like had been forgotten.
> @tide-us: Last Delusion reference?!
> @titus_blitzball: Aaah, I can hear the piano already...!
> @yuna_summoner: The people and the friends that we have lost, or the dreams that have faded... Never forget them.
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> @redpanda: WHY IS PROTEST SO HIGH PRODUCTION?!
> @lore_enthusiast: So this is DEFINITELY after Zen and Niko in timeline
> @epi_log: Are we opening with a finale?
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> @smart_alek: Is this truly... the final fantasy?
> @bruhmeister: Oh COME ON man... Really?
> @laughing_coughing: PFT
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> @keen_ai: Huh? Her name is actually redacted?
> @observe_ant: Wait, her handle is LITERALLY @redacted_vt ?!
> @curious_jorge: Do we have an actual goddess without a name?!
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> @whitefox: She's so pretty...!
> @flower_petals: We're opening with a goodbye?
> @ashen_wolf: My heart's broken already...!
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> @uncle_rodger: Fuiyoh! Nothing but emotional damage!
> @steven_heh: EMOTIONAL DAMAGE?!
> @failure_co_CEO: Haiyah, if last chance, go big or go home!
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> @killerwhale: Okay, either Lore is helping them or they're godtier storytellers.
> @icypenguin: 100000% Lore is helping them. He'd be raging if he wasn't XD
> @high_onlife: Blue hair, tragic backstory, goddess... I'm sold.
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> @bell_keranos: She kinda reminds me of Hestia...
> @welf_cross: ...OH MY GOD IS SHE ELPIS?!
> @selene_goddess: A fairytale ending... but not the happy one... T_T
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> @luckyleopard: THAT DAMNED HERO...!
> @notkirito: MEGAMI-SAMAAAAA!
> @sungjin_who: So this is the goddess we restored in the raid...
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> @cryingchild: It's just a thumbnail and I'm sobbing already T_T
> @weeping_onion: Oh my god, this is going to be emotional in a different way, isn't it?
> @questioning_quail: Betrayal, wrath, now... sorrow?
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> @number_four: I PROTEST THIS EMOTIONAL DAMAGE
> @yu_narugami: This is like a ziodyne to the heart...
> @a_killer_joker: ...This reminds me too much of Kotone...
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> @ohanadayo: aaaahhhh. So pretty, but so sad looking...!
> @hanas_imouto: She's crying...!
> @jecht_ace: You'll cry. You're gonna cry. You always cry. See? You're crying.
> @blitz_ace: I hate you...
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> @JohnSmith🔧: Disclaimer - Emotional damage inbound
> @ZenDrion_VT🔧: I hope you brought tissues.
> @NikoManser_VT🔧: Alfi-sama's emotional damage is nothing compared to what [REDACTED] is gonna cause~
> @NikoManser_VT🔧: Huh? I can't even say her name here? [REDACTED]
> @ZenDrion_VT🔧: Whoa! That's cool! [REDACTED]. [REDACTED].
> @Radial: Oh dear god run she's getting closer
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> @lore_enthusiast: ARE YOU /j or /srs RIGHT NOW?!
> @nightowl: IF JOHN'S WARNING US WTF ARE WE GONNA SEE?!
> @vocaloid_enthusiast: Oh no. OH NO. ARE WE DOING DISAPPEARANCE OF HATSUNE MIKU?!
> @miraiz_enthusiast: SAY SIKE RIGHT NOW
> @nekomanser_ichiban: I STILL HAVEN'T RECOVERED FROM THE MERYL/NIKO EMOTIONAL WHIPLASH!
> @lightning_staff: its joever...
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> @Anumi: After all this hype I wonder how the finale is gonna be?
> @Alex_Li: I wonder who this girl even is...
> @ReMark: Oh! Is it Friend B from Hana's stream?
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> @no_one: John keeps finding women who lost all hope in the world... sus
> @jonathon_freaking_kennedy: tbh I'm more concerned about the fact that these women keep saying yes...
> @Mire_lia: Such beauty and grace, but such sorrow...
Starting soon...
> @JohnSmith🔧: Good luck.
> @NikoManser_VT🔧: You've got this, my goddess!
> @tragedyjuliet: Just have fun!
> @ZenDrion🔧: Break a leg or ten~
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The stream began. Like with the other two members of Protest, everything cut to black. And the moment it did...
[Play: Zanarkand]
...A soft piano started. Slow notes, rising and falling arpeggio chords, a melody that seemed to symbolize pressing onwards even when you had to take a few steps back.
After that, a soft voice whispered.
"Listen to my story."
> @questioningquail: !!!
> @number5_killedher: Chills. Absolute chills.
> @betrayed_hero: HOW COULD YOU KILL SOMEONE LIKE THIS?!
The sound of lights turning on echoed. Heavy switches, snapping into place.
The moment that echoed, the stream revealed a close up of a woman standing on stage. Her delicate hands traced along the edges of a grand piano, clearly nostalgic about the past.
"This... may be our last chance."
> @icypenguin: SHE SAID THE LINE
> @yuna_summoner: aaaaaahhhhhhhhhh
> @titus_blitzball: People die, the summoner dances. When will she stop dancing...?
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> @ReMark: Oh it really is Friend B!
> @eye_new_it: HAH! TOLD you it was a soft launch!
> @smug_fox: Called it!
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> @killerwhale: My heart strings...
> @millennial_gamer: This is nostalgia bait. But DAMN if it isn't effective.
> @last_delusion: amazing...
The woman walked to the side, causing the camera to pan with her. As her hand swept off the piano, light blue notes shimmered before the piano started playing on its own. And as it did, the sound from the stream shifted, the music echoing like it was actually being played in the room form the piano.
> @amazed_apple: OH MY GOD
> @audio_file: GUYS. IF YOU AREN'T WEARING HEADPHONES, USE THEM!
> @music_enthusiast: WHO IS DOING THE MIXING BECAUSE GODDAMN!
> @JohnSmith🔧: Thanks.
> @john_enthusiast: JOHN IS DOING LIVE MIXING FOR THIS GAL?!
> @jademoon🔧: This 'goddess' is sweet. Treat her well.
> @lore_enthusiast: EVEN YUE APPROVES?!!?!?!?
Footsteps echoed as the woman walked back to the middle of the stage, standing beneath the spotlight. Those impossibly blue cherry blossoms followed after her, glitching in the air into forget-me-nots as she moved. Then she stopped, staring into the camera with a soft smile.
"Thank you for listening to my prayer." The nameless goddess placed her hands over her heart and said, "It means everything that someone out there cared enough to help someone like me."
> @pretty_plz: NO! THANK YOU! THANK *YOU*!
> @notkirito: MEGAMI-SAMA! WE'LL BE HERE FOREVER!
> @yuki_asuna: We'll always help you, Miss Goddess!
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> @sung_jinu: Even if we must walk through Ragnarok, you will rise again
> @bruhmeister: Bro, stop larping on main
> @miraiz_agent2: WORTH GETTING BRUISES IN THE RAID MISSION!
The nameless goddess gave a helpless gesture towards herself and said, "If I could, I would give you the world. The fifteen thousand who fought for my sake... the countless more watching my last moments here and now across time..."
Tears glistened as they fell down her cheek.
The nameless goddess paused and placed her right hand to her cheek, letting out a helpless laugh. "Why am I crying? This should be happy..."
> @happyhippo: HNNNNNNGH
> @take_maimoney: TAKE IT. ALL OF MY HEART! ALL OF MY SORROW...!
> @yu_yeven: This spiral of sadness... we must break it.
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> @keen_ai: GUYS! THE BACKGROUND! LOOK AT THE BACKGROUND!
> @deeplore: WTF. WHAT THE ACTUAL FVCK?!
> @irateigloo: THE BUDGET FOR THESE STREAMS ARE TOO DAMNED HIIIIIIGH
While tears fell from the nameless goddess's face, flickers of images appeared in the background.
A young boy with a wooden sword, swinging it around and chatting as the goddess ruffled his hair.
That same boy, now a heartbroken teen collapsed in front of a burned village, screaming while the goddess stood behind him, draping her arms over his shoulders as if to shield him from the world.
And then the heartbroken teen, now a young man, glaring with hatred as he pierced a sword through the goddess's heart, her crimson blood staining his cracked armor. All while a beautiful female sage smiled behind him, fiddling with her tiara.
> @notkirito: HNNNGH! I WANNA KILL THAT BASTARD AGAIN!
> @betrayedhero: Petition to have those bastards be raid bosses in [World Line] so we can kill them over and over
> @ren_amamiya: +1
> @not_fumi: +10000000000000000000
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> @irateigloo: the official lorebooks for Protest are gonna be craaaazy
> @LoreOwl🔧: Official hardcover manga-style lorebooks for Protest drops at Summer Comiket.
> @nocap: FR?! On god?! No cap?!
The nameless goddess wiped off her tears and let out a sad smile. "The only thing I can do right now is give you my voice. So... before I stop being myself. While I'm still 'me.' Let me sing you one last song. It's not mine... but I think it's close enough."
A music box slowly started playing, like it was being wound up for one last song.
[Play: The disappearance of Hatsune Miku - DEAD END]
> @miku_lover888: NO WAY
> @M+N_official🔧: Rap goddess on the way. For real.
> @dis_belieber: WTF?! M+N IS A MOD ON THIS GIRL'S CHANNEL?!
The nameless goddess took a deep breath and then slowly said, "Just once more... please." And after that...
> @miku_enthusiast: SHE'S RAPPING IT AT FULL SPEED?!
> @crazy_loon: WHAT BLACK MAGIC IS THIS?!
> @wata_flock: SHE'S ACTUALLY RAPPING IT LIVE? NO EFFECTS?!
...A goodbye song echoing at supersonic speeds. The lyrics writing across the screen as she sang them, the Japanese characters and romaji flashing up like cracks across the screen, slowly dissolving the theater behind the goddess.
> @blackbox_enthusiast: THIS BUDGEEEEEET!
> @tech_guru222: HOW? HOW?!
> @art_student000: This isn't a stream! It's a magnum opus!