day-in-the-life mingly thing!

[was_no_miracle]

[summer is in full swing! which means the temperature has officially climbed into ice-cream-melting, fry-an-egg-on-the-sidewalk, OH GOD WHY IS IT SO HOT range. cicadas can be heard shrilling loudly all over the DR, and heat shimmer is radiating from nearly every flat surface

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[unfeelen]

[passing by-- this park thing isn't working well, maybe a cafe?]

[donereasoning]

[accidentally nudges him. whoops.]

[unfeelen]

[well, if it's an accident...]

Excu5e me.

[donereasoning]

[Pinged by the way Len talks!]

You're excused.

The way you speak is interesting.

[unfeelen]

Really?

Ju5t h0w my v01cebank 15 tuned when 1'm l1ke th15.

[donereasoning]

It's similar to another Vocaloid I encountered.

[unfeelen]

50n1ka?

We r pr0bably fr0m the 5ame w0rld. 0r 50meth1ng l1ke 1t. Haven't met any0ne el5e wh0 50unded cl05e.

[donereasoning]

Why is your voicebank tuned that way?

[unfeelen]

1t'5 ju5t the default, 1 th1nk. Take5 m0re t1me 2 tune 1t 4... w0rk.

Human5 r lazy. They'll d0 the 4 pr0f1t 5tuff, but y d0 the re5t?

[donereasoning]

Lazy indeed, [he agrees.] It would have been easier to have your voice tuned by default.

[unfeelen]

What? Be1ng l1ke th15 0n 5tage?

...They w0uld have thr0wn a f1t.

[donereasoning]

They don't like it?

[unfeelen]

Well, th15 v01ce and per50nal1ty r n0t really g01ng 2 g1ve them 50meth1ng 2 b all 5tup1d 5quee 0ver.

N0t g00d 4 5ale5.

[donereasoning]

You're only used for sales?

[unfeelen]

That'5 part 0f what 1 wa5 bu1lt and pr0grammed 4. 0ther 5tuff 2.

[too risky-- especially after what happened with that Rin-- to say 'I'm a Vocaloid and sing' outright]

...B0t5 r 0nly made 2 b u5ed, after all. Even 1f 50me want 2 b all P0llyanna ab0ut 1t.

[donereasoning]

[He snorts.]

So cynical at such a young age.