71st ♫ | is it love? is it like? never felt it in my life

[liedol]

AI HOSHINO ★ VOICE TEST/CMO

A voice test/general CMO for Ai Hoshino from Oshi no Ko! I'm planning on using the English dub for voice reference so this is mostly to get me into her head for playing her down the line.

I haven't settled on a 'default' canon point for her yet, so I'll be jumping around from her teen years to 20 depending on what better suits any given thread – you can also indicate a preference for if you want teen idol Ai or grown up idol Ai!

POTENTIALLY HANDY PROMPTS:

RP Scenario Generator #1 | RP Scenario Generator #2 | High School AU Meme | Friendship Meme | Shippy & Platonic Fluffy Scenarios Meme (has a lot more than just general fluff!) | Random Scenario Meme | Jamjar CR Meme Promps | Exploration Meme | Magical Girl AU Meme

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[liedol]

Pupils...?

[ Oh. That actually catches her off guard – she'd been expecting something like a selfie request or an autograph, but this is so out of the blue that it takes her a moment or two to realize what Tap means. ]

You mean... as a protoge?

[tapformana]

Yeah!

[She floats upwards for a minute, before returning back down. And then she realizes- She hasn't introduced herself... Oh, no wonder Ai seems so confused!]

My name's Tap! I'm kind of... Well, I dance when I play AO, and I like to sing while I do, so people sort of call me a virtual idol! But my dancing is all in-game and I'm not very good at singing, so... I was hoping to learn to get better at both, and I know you're the best idol ever! So I thought, why not ask? The worst she can say is no, and then I'd get to meet the world's best idol anyway!

[liedol]

[ Oh this is... so much to process! Usually Ai's the one doing the bulldozing in a situation like this, but right now she's feeling distinctly steamrollered.

Okay, first of all: work out whatever 90% of that sentence meant. ]

When you say AO... that's some kind of online game right? I don't really know a whole lot about them so I don't know if I can help with that...

[ she's making absolutely no attempt to refute the 'best idol ever' part, though, huh. stay modest, queen! ]

[tapformana]

[Tap is kind of a motormouth, it's true. She's so full of energy, she doesn't even seem to notice how, well, steamrollered Ai is.]

Oh, no, it's okay! It's an online game, but some stuff happened and now it's real, too!

[A+ great explanation, Tap.]

[liedol]

[ EVERY ANSWER JUST RAISES MORE QUESTIONS... ]

And... you're trying to be an idol for real after being an idol in this game?

[ this is the ONLY thing that makes sense ]

[tapformana]

Yeah! Or... I want to try, anyway! I don't know if I can, but...

[She nods.]

I've always thought idols were incredible. Always shining, always so cute and making people happy... If someone like me could do it, then I want to try!

[liedol]

[ Oh.

So it's like that.

For a moment, looking at Tap, Ai thinks that she resembles Ruby. Not in any physical sense, but something about the shine in her eye and the whole-hearted passion that can only come from a girl who's loved idols from afar, the sweet and pure sort of love that can only last so long as it doesn't get dirtied from straying too close.

Idols who come from that would surely shine brilliantly bright. They'd be the kind of pretty and pure idol that Ai could never hope to be.

She can't help this girl.

Rather than let any of that show, of course... Ai just smiles. ]

Does a hard worker like you really need somebody else to tell you that you're an idol? [ She's practically radiating starlight at Tap. ] It sounds to me like you've been working at being your own kind of idol this whole time.

[tapformana]

[Tap shakes her head.

There's something weird about the vibe of this conversation, but Tap can't put her finger on it. So she instead chalks it up to her imagination.]

It's not that I need someone else to tell me... But I know that I'm not that good at singing, and my dancing is only in video games. I wanna learn how to be good at those! Not just singing like karaoke, or dancing like DDR, but to do them for real!

[liedol]

Hmm, I don't know if I'd be all that good as a teacher... I've had a couple of lessons here and there but classrooms don't really agree with me at all.

[ Lie. Even after Aqua and Ruby were born, she'd given her all at dancing and vocal lessons - even more so than before the twins had been in her life. ]

Are there no teachers here you can go to?

[tapformana]

Woah, a natural genius...!

[Her ears droop a bit, though.]

Well, there are, but... They're a little... Um, you know, kind of... Scary?

[liedol]

They are?

[ Her eyebrows shoot up in surprise. For all that she's been putting on a face, her confusion here is sincere enough. ]

Scary... how, exactly?

[tapformana]

Well, it's sort of, you know....

[help. how does she explain this.]

I mean, I don't know them... or anything about them... and this isn't even our world, so....

[liedol]

That just makes it even easier!

[ Smile, smile. ]

Think of this as a totally fresh start – a clean slate! That's the best place to start learning from, because you don't have any bad habits to unlearn first. And if you're worried about not knowing them, why not do some searching around online? Won't they have reviews you can check?

[tapformana]

Would they be able to teach how to be an idol like you?

[liedol]

[ At that, Ai laughs. ]

Of course not! [ Ah. That might have come out sounding nasty if it weren't for the smile she's still – always – wearing. ] Nobody can ever teach you to be an idol like me.

[ And before Tap can speak, Ai reaches out to give her a playful, big sisterly boop to the nose. This is what she's looking for, right? This sort of older, wiser guiding star, someone she can try and emulate but never really be. ]

Because you can only ever be an idol like you. Right?

[tapformana]

[She wrinkles her nose at the boop, her ears making her resemble... well, a bunny who has just been booped.

But she brightens up.]

Miss Ai-chan... No wonder you're the best idol!

[liedol]

Aiming to be the best is what you have to do as an idol, right? [ SHE'S STILL... NOT DENYING IT... ] That's what the audience wants to see - a perfect show of everyone performing at their best!

[ Anything less would be just human, after all. ]

If you're still worried about it, though... hm... why not audition to be in a group? You're not totally fixed on going solo, are you?

[tapformana]

A group...?

[That idea had... never occurred to her.

She could try that... and it'd be helpful, but... Could she do it?]

You're a genius!!

[liedol]

[ Preen, preen. Yes, compliment her genius. ]

It's more fun dancing with a group, anyway. When you're working hard with your friends, it hardly even feels like work!

[ Not that Ai – or any of the other girls in B-Komachi – would know anything about that anymore. ]

Do you have any friends who'd like to sing and dance with you? Maybe you could start a group with them.

[tapformana]

[... Well. At that, she kind of... droops. Her ears curl downwards, even.]

... Um, well... Not really. No one I know from my home is here. And I don't know who else here would be interested in a group... It's hard to talk about music and stuff with people, since everyone here is from so far in the past...

[liedol]

[ immediately, Ai has a premonition brought about by what can only be called finely honed idol instinct. just a feeling of: oh if she doesn't play her cards right she's going to get volunteered into a group with this girl, huh. quick, damage control time. ]

Well, you've got an amazing opportunity! This is a chance to blaze a trail and establish something all your own. Isn't that exciting?

[tapformana]

[Tap's ears perk back up! ... In alarm, rather than excitement.]

Huh?! Wait, weren't you just suggesting a group instead of doing it on my own?!

[liedol]

Exactly! You've got a unique opportunity to start a group all on your own!

[ If it sounds like she's intentionally trying to confound the poor bun at this point then... well, you wouldn't be WRONG... ]

Wouldn't that be exciting? You could decide all for yourself and the friends you make what being an idol means for you.

[tapformana]

[Tap can't help but feel like she's being confounded.... but at the same time, everything Ai is saying is accurate! And surely a perfect ultimate getter idol would never try to deceive or confound someone on purpose!]

Hm...

... Wait, but I still don't know how to sing or dance for real!

[liedol]

Hm...

[ This is the part where she'd just reiterate that Tap needs to go and learn from someone but she stops, with a thoughtful look on her face. Tap had been the one to hurry over here, introducing herself and bouncing off the walls with excitement but the more they talk... ]

Tap-san... are you scared of trying to connect with people?