Chapter 1: Evening Events

CUL lived in a virtual computer world where Vocaloids and UTAUloids could freely transport themselves to other worlds, whether it was to other virtual dimensions or even the human world. Unfortunately, only a few Vocaloids knew how to travel outside of the world, because otherwise it might cause massive distortion between the worlds. The red headed Vocaloid did not knew this system until one day she accidentally discovered it and decided to use it for revenge- or at least discover the human world.

It all started when the Vocaloid was in her room as she boringly stared at cat videos and possibly a few Vocaloid music videos. To be honest, CUL was never into watching Vocaloid songs because her voice bank was never used in most of the songs. Even if she did find a song using her, the voice would always sound nasally and whiny to her hears, and she never liked it. She rather wanted to listen to rock-and-roll songs that used her voice in a smooth tone yet filled with sheer raw power. That was her ideal.

While that thought was kept in the back of her head, hours passed with the screen spammed with more cat videos, and in no time the sky turned bright orange. CUL heard footsteps towards her room, so she turned the computer off and opened her door. There stood Lily, who was one of CUL's roommates, in a yellow apron.

"CUL, dinner's ready." She smiled.

"Oh, um, ok." CUL awkwardly responded.

CUL followed Lily and entered the dining room. Chika and Galaco, who were also CUL's roommates, were already at the table, setting up the plates and utensils. CUL helped them and eventually the table was filled with plates of salad and soup, and a fondue pot stood in the middle. Everyone sat in their seats and started dipping food in the pot. They were silent until Lily spoke.

"So… Did anything good happen to you guys today?"

"I almost busted a car engine." Galaco smirked. Galaco, despite her looks, worked at a car repair store for a living.

"That doesn't sound good." CUL replied while eating her fondue dipped shrimp.

"Don't worry. I repaired it back before boss Yuma noticed me."

CUL and Chika chuckled. CUL always thought of Galaco as a rough worker but having something repaired before anybody noticed was something that would rarely happen.

Lily, who was slightly weirded out by Galaco, turned to Chika, "So how about you Chika?"

Just then Chika looked at everyone with a confident grin, "I made this floral design for the new one piece that's coming out, and everyone at my office liked it!" She said with joy. Chika, matched with her looks, worked at a fashion designer company.

"Huh, good job for you then." CUL said, actually being impressed by Chika's designing skills.

Galaco responded cynically, "The problem is, did it make it through the final cut?"

Chika's smile turned into a frown as she sighed, "No… everyone in the office loved it… except for the leader. She said she hated everything about it and threw my design in the garbage can…" She sighed once again.

Lily looked disappointed, "That sucks... But hey, it's the thought that matters, right?"

"Maybe," Chika sighed, "But Ms. Yukari never likes my ideas."

Lily turned to CUL, who was munching on her food, "So anything happened at your job, CUL?"

CUL putted down her fork and glared at Lily, "I told you that I don't have one, remember?"

"Oh yeah… sorry…" Lily said as she realized her mistake.

"Dude, why don't you get a job then?" Galaco said, as she pointed her spoon at the red headed Vocaloid.

"Yeah, just look at Lily. She works at, like, 3 cafes in a week!" Chika followed.

Lily confronts the two, "Guys stop… CUL's having a hard time too…"

Inside, CUL was jealous of the three's lives. They all sounded like they're whining about their hard jobs, but CUL felt that they're motivated in life thanks to their works. Meanwhile CUL's sitting there without an actual job. It wasn't like she didn't want a job. No, she COULDN'T get a job. Every time she tried finding a job she always found a giant red "rejected" stamp on her letter.

She didn't understand why. She's a Vocaloid which should be a good thing to put on for her resume, but it seemed like she can't get a job in works outside of
just singing. She guessed that maybe singing is the only thing a Vocaloid can be, but after she listened to stories of her roommates' jobs, she felt empty on the inside. She thought she was a failure who would never survive society without her friends.

She looked down at her unfinished plate of fondue, salad and soup and carried them to the sink. Lily stood up and looked at her, "You're already done CUL?"

CUL just ignored her. She rushed back to her room before Lily or any of her roommates called her again. Wanting to find something to release her problems, she turned on her lights and the computer and started browsing the internet. She typed in, "Lol_Hate_Thread", an online forum website for humans in the real world, and started browsing through the topics. There were typical topics like "CELEBRITY RANT THREAD" and "MIKU HATSUNE IS OVERRATED THREAD" and there were weird forums like "CELERY HATERZ UNITE 5EVERRRRR" and "BANANA TRIGGER WARNING OMGEEEZ" but just looking at the titles made CUL wanting to release her stress online.

However, her eyes stopped at an unfamiliar yet fearful topic thread labeled, "VOCALOID CUL HATE THREAD" with the description written below the title, "Ever wanted to rant about the annoying chipmunk sounding red whiny-loid? Just type in some words about her annoyingness and enjoy the true Vocaloid fans agree with your statements!"

CUL's body was flooded with nervousness and curiosity. The only times she found her character on the human internet was on YouTube videos, but never on an online thread, let alone a one dedicated to her hate.

She reluctantly clicked on the thread, and opened it. The first thing that caught in her eye were horrible for her eyes,

"Kawaii_Kokoro_Forever (8:59 PM): Cul is probably the most undeserving to become a Vocaloid. like, omg, her voice is just retarded like a duck mating with a car motor, my ears were bloody like the color of her obnoxious red hair. she also sounds like miku, and that's weird because miku voice is so cute and amazing unlike that c*nt Cul also wtf shes not even kawaii and stuff. i never liked her along with that blonde slut lily and that nebula weirdo gala-whatever and chiken-a. real vocaloid fans only like miku because she deserves respect cause so many people lik her and she gave first vocaloid concert. And im so glad that theres a thread dedicated to her hate cause if I sed this to other fag site like vocaloid otaku i would get sooooo many hate, omg im laughing my ass off."

CUL, completely ignorant of the idea of weeaboos or even the Vocaloid fandom in the human world, brings a tear up her eye. Why would anybody call her annoying? What did she ever do to get this? She took her finger and wiped her tear off and continued scrolling down, but it just got worse with the responses.

"Figurative_Disaster (9:23 PM): Although I'm not fond with your typing, I agree with your statement. Out of all of the Vocaloids I heard (Miku, Luka, Rin, Len, Meiko, Kaito, Gumi, Gakupo), Cul seems to be a very new vocaloid. My god, what has Vocaloid fallen down to? Every voice bank sounds the same now, and this ass of an excuse is on the top. First, her red hair is too clichéd and crazy. It doesn't have the anime charm, just pure punk rock, a genre I despise. And her voice, it's just crazy and whiny. Nobody likes her. At best, I can tolerate her by barfing a bit and only slightly disrespect the Japanese industry of music, but otherwise she's like the satan of Vocaloids."

And worse…

"Love_Warrior_87 (9:26 PM): Truuuuu. But srsly, I can't believe this excuse of a low quality vocaloid is from the same company as GODDESS GUMI-SAMA (sorry I'm yandere for Gumi-sama). She can't hit high notes without screaming and she's so untalented like a bitch and her pronouncing of words are like svsvnvnvoaviufijdqjhdjfijcdkaoisuck. She's just nauseating to sit through."

And worse…

"WHERE_DA_LEN_ _69 (4:56 AM): I sometimes imagine CUL as this dumb idiot who can't get a job for shit cause her voice is so annoyingly high (unlike miku chan or rin chan). Like she should just stop existing. She is like more emabarassing then Gatachpoid or that slut meiko. She also dresses so slutty like ew no one wants to see you naked you slut. I agree with Kokoro Kawaii that miku is so popular because she is the perfect vocaloid to be admired and after seeing failure miku wannabes like cul (ass) I feel happy because no one will never replace her. Sluts are disgucting lol. She isn't cute enough to be in a vocaloid and I feel like she would be a hobo without any friends in real life I would never be friends with her that slutbag."

"Slutbag", "untalented", "obnoxious", and many idiotic yet hurtful words were virtually printed in her head. She never received much hate like this before, let alone humans that don't even recognize her existence in a different world. She threw her computer screen off the desk with anger, and cried on her white bed. They even predicted my life, she thought in her head. She wanted to regret everything, to not having a job or clicking that horrible disgusting thread. She never did anything wrong to those people, and this is what she gets in return, a hate message just like in her life. She started crying in her pillows, but maybe too much to the point that she heard footsteps towards her door; it was Lily again.

"What's wrong, CUL?" Lily said, sitting on the red Vocaloid's bed.

"Nothing…" CUL sniffed back.

"You don't seem like you do…"

"Just leave me alone."

"CUL, tell me what's wrong. I promise we can fix this together."

"You don't even know what I'm… mad about…"

"Is it about your job? We can work that out in no time-"

Suddenly, CUL's felt like something snapped in her veins. She uncovered her face from the pillow and revealed her bloodshot eyes and red cheeks. She twitched her left eye before she stood up and yelled, "What do you know about me!? You don't know jack shit and everyone else on the internet knows what I'm going through! How can I even trust you!?"

Lily sat there confused. What was she talking about? It was weird to see CUL so passionate like that.

"CUL…"

"No! Don't even look at me! I'm just as much of a failure than you think! Go ahead and be a happy lucky Vocaloid and live on your great fucking life!"

She busted out of her room in no time. Meanwhile, Lily stood there with utter sadness and confusion left in her mind.