One-leggedly, Minara balances herself on the heels of her knee-high boots, but when she spun around haphazardly...
... Ablam was gone!
Minara is alone! She had gone commando into the last place that a vtuber should ever find herself... a fitness gym!
Look at the bright paneled lights above in the ceiling, they illuminate the entire place in a bright, cheerful glow! Mirrors outline the three walls of this gym interior, watching racks of monstrous hunks of metal be lifted up and down, attached to a seat with wires.
tiny girl with twin-braided ponytails was pressing the handlepads down with such vigor; why was she smiling?! She could lower the number of plates she was lifting if they gave her so much strain! Beside her, a white domino-masked girl is cheering this senseless act, her arms swinging rapidly left and right while she shouts words of encouragement; yet another thing quite foreign to Minara!
Minara breathes out a sigh of relief;
Good, the natives have not noticed her yet.
Unlike when she arrived at the theatre house on a Righteous quest to seek her brother [R50], she could not afford to be bombastic here! Things would be different around here if this were a simple VRChxt Room, she could simply stroll up to a random passerby and strike up a conversation with,
"HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF THE GALACTIC WAR AND THE FIGHT FOR MANAGED DEMOCRACY?!"
"THE MINISTRY OF TRUTH HAS APPROVED FOR THIS MESSAGE TO BE BROADCAST BY YOUR DECK WINDOWS!"
"HAVE YOU SEEN MY PET ROVER? I'LL LET YOU PET HIM IF YOU LET ME DO THIS ONE THING...!"
Perfectly normal.
Perfectly acceptable behavior in VRChxtland!
What's more, Chat would back her up! They would KNOW that she was a 3-view vtuber! Everyone would laugh, like, and subscribe, because of...
Social proof! When you demonstrate that you have a higher value than the other person you are talking to, opening up doors automatically!
No, these are normies she is dealing with here!
What's worse, they are sweaty normies! They just don't understand the nuances of the virtual world!
How was she supposed to strike up a conversation like that?!
N-not that she didn't get sweaty at times, the girl thinks to herself, pulling endlessly at the side-strands of her frazzled blue hair. She simply didn't go out of her way to be sweaty!
Oh, how did she manage to get herself into this situation...!
It is to be noted that Minara did not say a single word this entire time.
Instead, she presses her back against the wall, arms bent at fifteen degree angle, upper arms pointed downwards like a strange blue-colored cactus.
Each 'thump' of the infernal metal machine would mask her approach, an ingenious plan!
"Hey! You can't be wearin' heels on the mat!!"
Foiled at the last moment!
She had just four-leggedly crawled up the side of the aluminum steps by the window to get some height, when the clattering of her heeled boots became too loud to ignore! Stuck in a strange position under the bottom ropes near the window...
... the girl starts to sweat profusely!
Recall
[R50] Remember Minara's debut appearance all the way back in Hell's Theatre chapter 50?
