I Want to Be a VTuber

"Oh, what’s with this atmosphere?"
"Aren’t they just running through the choreography before the action scene?"

All eyes in the rehearsal space turned toward Seoyeon and Min Doha.

Shooting an action scene required extensive preparation.

Perfect synchronization was necessary to avoid accidents, and if they were utilizing a set, everything needed to be adjusted accordingly.
Of course, today was just practice—

The real shoot would take place tomorrow.

"Min Doha started getting into character first, and Ju Seoyeon just matched her energy."
"Young actors sure are full of fire, huh?"

The onlookers spoke with amusement, finding the situation intriguing.
But for Min Doha, it was impossible to laugh along.

"Full of fire?"
"What the hell are they talking about? There’s no fire here."

Instead—

"It’s silent."@@novelbin@@

Min Doha forced herself to stay calm as she studied Seoyeon.

No—Jin Yeonseo.

This was the same Seoyeon she had seen in Hyper Action Star.

But not the version from the finals.
Rather, the one from the preliminaries.

The final round had been more emotional, but during the early stages, Seoyeon had been utterly expressionless.

At the time, it was just because the character's personality hadn’t been fully fleshed out yet. She was simply dull and unfeeling.

But now—this wasn’t dullness.

She just didn’t know what emotions were.

She was clearly smiling.
But there was no feeling behind it.

"Her acting looks kind of awkward."
"You idiot, that’s the whole point. Weren’t you here for the last shoot?"
"Huh?"
"When she filmed with that Hollywood guy, the director gave specific instructions—act like someone who doesn’t understand emotions, make it mechanical."

A veteran actor, Gwak Daechul, explained this to a younger colleague.

He was playing Park Hunmin, Jin Yeonseo’s adoptive father in the film.
Though he had never led a major drama, he was a seasoned actor who often played crucial supporting roles.

So he had worked with countless big-name actors before.

"She’s painting emotions onto her face, but she doesn’t actually feel them."

That was why looking at her felt so uncanny.

The discomfort people experience when watching bad acting comes from the same place.

An unsettling revulsion toward someone pretending to have emotions.

But in Seoyeon’s case—

It wasn’t that she was forcing her expressions.

It wasn’t that her movements were unnatural.

And yet, that eerie unease was still there.

"If you were face-to-face with that, you might not even be able to speak properly."

Gwak Daechul glanced at Min Doha, who stood frozen across from Seoyeon.