Chapter 1: A New Day
(camera pans various locations across Japan, including the Tokyo subway, a hot spring in Hokkaido, a school in Kyoto, a gigantic arcade, a beach, and a Shinto temple)
[Hello, everyone, and welcome to Japan, where anything is possible if you have music, a computer, and uh…some other stuff. I am the narrator, a generic voice that doesn't exist, but moves the plot along for your convenience. And just what is the plot, you ask? Well, our story begins with a renowned singer here in Japan, (camera reaches a concert hall; fade to inside where we see Miku standing at the center of a stage) a 16 year-old teen idol named Miku Hatsune.] (pause) [That's her, by the way.] (resume)
Miku: (enthusiastically waving to the crowd) Hello, Tokyo! Are you ready to rock?!
(applause)
Miku: (points to the drummer) HIT IT! (upbeat music starts playing)1
It's a new day for adventure. Here I come!
I just wouldn't miss it for the world.
Even though I don't have any leek,
I would still like one if I could.
But now, would you please,
Install me on your PC,
Quit staring at the
Package and just let me do what I do best?
So, here we go now!
Miku miku ni shite ageru;
That's the song that I'll be singing every day.
Miku miku ni shite ageru;
So give me one chance, and I promise
I won't let you down!
[Can that girl sing or what? (camera fades to black) Anyway, the next morning, (camera fades in to a kitchen; we see Kaito cooking something at the stove) at Miku's apartment…]
Miku: (walks into the kitchen, rubbing her eyes) (yawn)
Kaito: Well, look who finally (camera cuts to view of Kaito) decided to wake up. Good morning.
(pause) [This is Kaito Shion2, one of Miku's friends and forerunners. Despite his large female fan base, he seems oblivious to any sort of physical attraction to him. It's kind of stupid if you ask me. I don't know for sure. I just get paid to read this.] (resume)
Miku: Good morning, Kaito-san… (sits at the table)
Kaito: I heard the concert was a smash hit last night. (camera cuts to top view of stove; Kaito is making hard boiled eggs, pancakes, and miso soup) Too bad I couldn't go.
Miku: Uh, what were you up to, anyway?
Kaito: Well, let's just say I was busy…(fade to white)
(fade from white to a scene with a white border; Kaito is standing at the back of a very long line at a Baskin Robins)
Kaito: (sigh) What is with these ice cream people? (fade to white)
(fade from white)
Miku: That's okay, Kaito-san. We all know how much you love ice cream.
Kaito: Gee, thanks for understanding.
Miku: (chuckle) You're welcome. By the way, how long was the line?
Kaito: Well, I…uh… (cell phone rings3) Oh, just hold on a second. (answers his cell phone) Hello?… Oh, hi, Meiko… What? You want to meet up with us later?...Okay… We'll be right there… You already invited them?... That's great!...You think so?...Pfft, typical…Okay, bye…Wait. You what? (cell phone clicks)
Miku: (taking some pancakes and an egg) What was that about?
Kaito: It's Meiko; she's back from her vacation in Okinawa and she wants us to meet her at her house later.
Miku: Ooh. I'd love to go there. She has such a nice backyard to play in. (sits down) Will Rin and Len be there too?
Kaito: Well, Meiko said she invited them, but knowing the twins, they'll either be fashionably early or ridiculously late. (turns off the stove) I wonder what she wants us for.
Miku: Maybe she just wants to catch up on what we've been up to. I haven't seen her since she left two weeks ago. (takes a bite out of a pancake)
Kaito: Yeah. (sits down with his plate) You're probably right.
[And so begins another day in the life of Miku Hatsune. What new surprises await her today? What could Meiko want with her and Kaito? And will Kaito ever make it to Baskin Robins in time to avoid a long line? Find out in the next chapter of Project Vocaloid.]
1 Fandub lyrics of "Miku Miku Ni Shite Ageru". Be on the lookout for various Vocaloid song references throughout Project Vocaloid.
2 I've heard a lot of speculation regarding Kaito's last name. Personally, I think it's Shion.
3 Kaito's ring tone is "Sen'nen no Dokusouka," meaning "Thousand-Year Solo" in Japanese.
