The room was suddenly filled with uncomfortable sounds as I vomited out my guts into the toilet.
[Host, are you okay??? Σ(°△° ꪱꪱꪱ)]
I could feel the little penguin soothingly pat my head. However, the bright blue screen was dizzying and I had to take a few deep breaths before I could suppress the nausea.
"Urgh... Yes, I feel better now," I replied. Still feeling kind of queasy I flushed the toilet.
The bathroom stall was pretty small and barely had enough room for the two of us but the floor was pretty clean.
[Wait a minute host!]
[Beep! Initiating cleaning...]
Suddenly I felt a cold and fresh sensation in my mouth and the weird taste was replaced with the sweet taste of mint chocolate.
[Host, don't you feel all fresh now? Also, I gave you a mint chocolate to cheer you up! Isn't it delicious? ૮ ˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶ ა]
At some point, the little penguin had hopped off my head and the little penguin puffed out its chest behind the blue holographic screen.
"Yes, thank you," I smiled, "The mint chocolate is delicious too."
[It's the least I could do after how I didn't prepare you for the transmission.]
"It's okay, it wasn't your fault we just ran out of time because of my missing memories," I comforted while standing up from the floor.
Suddenly the penguin lifted its head, [Wait, we don't have time to be worried about this! We've already been transported to the new world. Hold on, host, I'll send the script right away. (˵•̀ᗝ•́˵)૭]
{Sending...]
"Script?"
[Ding! Sent.]
Just as I asked, a wave of new info flooded my mind.
This was a novel called Debut as the Center. It was about a trainee called Moon Chan-Yeol. His name meant bright and fiery and he was named that in hopes that his personality would be out going and fiery with passion. He had been a trainee in a small company called Polar Ice for 8 years but never got the chance to debut since there weren't enough trainees ready to debut like he was. Just as he was about to quit his dream of becoming an idol, he got an invitation to take part in an idol survival show. Thinking that it was his last chance anyway, he did his best to show off his skills in both rapping and dancing.
As luck(protagonist's halo) would have it, he was a mega-hit with the audience and became one of the most popular contestants. By the end of the show, he won first place and became the leader of the most popular K-pop group that took the world by storm.
Overall, it was a smooth-sailing success story that many people liked and envisioned themselves as the main character in.
The role that I played was another contestant in the survival show. I was only mentioned in one line of the whole story, "As Moon Chan-Yeol looked around at the trainees in the opposing team, only the trainee Ahn Hwan-Byeol seemed like an opponent."
[Host, are you done reading the script?]
"Yes I've checked it but I don't really know anything about the person I'm supposed to play," I answered, trying to make the best of my situation.
[Oh, host don't worry I'll send you the character information! You don't have to worry about OOCing and can act like you normally would. ૮ ˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶ ა Since this is your first mission world it's a level 1 difficulty and basically like a tutorial level in game terminology. Ah! Also, your new body still has the skills of the previous owner so you don't have to worry about your singing or dancing.]
"Oh... okay," I replied. I was grateful that 553 also had a voice or I would be struggling trying to read and digest such a big paragraph of information. Before long, the blue transparent box refreshed with a new message.
[Character Profile
Ahn Hwan-Byeol
Name meaning: Brilliant star
Age: 18
Birthday: September 6th
Additional info:
-No family
-He has been training to be an idol for 4 years.
-His skills are pretty solid but singing is his forte.
-At his audition in the show, he danced and sang to Los*r=Lov*r
-Was on the opposing team of the protagonist in the first round.]
"Hey, 553, this new information is great and all but," I replied, once again looking at my surroundings, "Why am I in a bathroom?"
[Well as I said, this is a tutorial-level difficulty so you start in a place where no one else is in case something like what happened earlier happens. (๑>ᴗ•๑) Now, let's go to the audition! (◞≧∇≦)◞*✰]
553 started waddling towards the stall door before suddenly stopping with an exclamation.
[Oh, That's right!]
It suddenly turned towards me again.
[I can't show my physical form to others so you will only be able to contact me through the messages in your vision. (っ◞‸◟ c)]
The penguin deflated as if someone removed its stuffing. Looking up from the ground, 553 waved its flipper sadly as its physical form started to disappear. I slowly waved back at 553, dazed at the sudden news of parting. Only when 553 fully disappeared did I take a deep breath and open the door to the stall.
Although I didn't know my old name or even my nationality, starting now I was Ahn Hwan-Byeol, a Korean idol trainee.