Teach me, Miss Yukari!
"Mornin' everyone…", mumbled the blonde with ruffled long hair, Miss Yukari. Adjusting her glasses while stifling a yawn, she took a stack of documents of her desk and shuffled them around so that they were in proper order. Gold lifeless eyes shifted around the classroom to address every student present with a silent glare. She made a mental note to tick the names of those empty seats as absent. Regardless if they arrived now.
After a few minutes of intimidating stares being felt by her students, she brought out a yellow chalk out from the pocket of her un-ironed lab coat and wrote the initials, PSA, on the blackboard. "Usually I would begin class by giving you a run-down on how the Void works and all that mind-bending parallel universe theory goodness because that is apparently how this show is formatted and I curse whichever Yukari that thought it up in the first place," she drawled, muttering under her breath her annoyance at having to do this and wondering how every instance agreed to this. "Anyways, in place of the usual episode-of-the-week, I am being put in charge of giving a public service announcement to all of you viewers out there."
Silence answered her.
'Tch, I wish I had my snotty brats as my students again rather than these…viewers. At least they responded to stimuli…', she clicked. "This PSA is more of a televised public announcement if anything because I am here to tell you viewers at home that the next episode will start off with a Q&A session run by me so be sure to send questions my way before then. If you somehow have not heard of Q&A's, here's a little demonstration brought to you by…*sigh*…Yakumo Entertainment…"
Her face scrunched up as some unintelligible noises could be heard leaking from her earpiece, causing her to respond with an unenthusiastic "Okay, fine, geez…you didn't have to shout so loudly…"
Looking down, she coughed a little to clear her throat. Then, her head shot up to reveal a smiling face so bright even her eyes appeared to be smiling. "Alright, class! Let's get this demonstration going!", she cheered with a sing-song tune, dying on the inside.
Bringing the documents she shuffled earlier closer to her, the mock Q&A session was about to begin. "Okay, let's begin with the first question of the day! Remember, you don't have to put your hands up because the actual Q&A will have me answer questions that you will have submitted so please give a response if you want them answered!"
Question #1: [Can I suggest ideas to be featured here?]
Clearing her throat and drinking some water, she answered, "Yes, of course! Since the Void is essentially a showcase of one of the many interesting stories the parallel instances of Gensokyo offer, any idea or suggestion for an episode is acceptable* as we, in Yakumo Entertainment, are bound to find one that matches it. In fact, the premise of the previous episode came from a suggestion given by one of our viewers so you can be sure that yours may be featured too!"
Question #2: [WHY AREN'T YOU WRITING INFERNO?!]
Miss Yukari's happy persona faltered a bit upon reading but regained composure after wiping some sweat off her brow using her lab coat.
"Oh my… Well…I believe the previous episode announced that the series, 'Inferno', is currently on hiatus for a while due to creative reasons. The director had come out saying that the hiatus was due to mental fatigue and a loss in passion so it may be a while before it comes back. But do not fret! He has not planned on dropping it just yet so you can have that to look forward to."
Question #3: [Why call it the Void and why have this mock Q&A when you haven't had questions or reviews yet?]
She raised a brow at this and let slip a genuine chuckle. "My, my…a two-parter. Interesting indeed!", she hummed.
"To answer your first part, it is called the Void because that is what the gap between the instances is called. Much like how there's an unseen 'dark matter' that is supposedly pushing galaxies away from each other, the Void is an unknown mass of dark energy that serves as a divider between the infinite parallels. Since there is nothing in that mass of dark energy that is distinguishable, it is called a void. I know, not a creative name. Not my fault."
Unable to contain her fatigue in maintaining this façade of cheer, she yawned loudly and stretched her arms before putting up a smile again. "As for the second, why not? Sometimes it is quite nice to be able to pre-empt questions or answer your own lingering doubts or confusion. Besides, it's written in the script anyway so we got to find a way to keep this segment one way or another…"
A heavy sigh was heaved and it was clear that Miss Yukari had now given up the persona. Adjusting her glasses while stifling a yawn, she slumped into her seat by the desk.
"What? Were you expecting an episode? Hate to burst your bubble but this is the episode. Rather short, I know, but I did tell you that this was an announcement for the most part."
Scratching the back of her head, her droopy eyes glanced at her wristwatch. It was time to call it wraps.
"Well, that's all the time we have for today. Now, before I let my actual students back in here for their biology lessons, let me say one more thing…"
The corners of her mouth cracked to form a slight grin. "Tune in next time!"
