I had officially hit the stage of streamer evolution where my VTuber model looked like it was held together with duct tape, cursed energy, and a single JPEG of a blush sticker.

  “Alright,” I muttered, scrolling through art commission forums at 2 a.m., “time to invest in a glow-up.”

  After twenty minutes of dodging questionable portfolios and one person who offered “EXCLUSIVE MODEL + one (1) foot pic” for 5, I found her.

  @CelestialTrashArtz

  Banner: “? I draw hot demons & feral waifus ?”

  Status: Open for commissions.

  Tagline: “Not responsible if your model is too powerful and starts flirting with the chat unprompted.”

  Perfect.

  I sent her a message, poured my soul (and reference pics) into the inquiry, and offered payment in two installments, a blood pact, and emotional vulnerability.

  She replied in five minutes:

  "omg i love ur current goblin aesthetic it’s so cursed i’m honored"

  We were spiritually aligned.

  We set up a call the next day, which went like this:

  Her: “So you want her to look like a demon queen, but unemployed?”

  Me: “Exactly. Hot, unhinged, maybe haunted.”

  Her: “Say less.”

  She then screen-shared a rough sketch. It was everything: jagged horns, a smug expression, loose sweater with threatening energy, and legs for days.

  I wept.

  “This is it,” I whispered. “This is the chaos demon I was meant to be.”

  Then she said, “Cool! That’ll be 850!”

  I smiled.

  Then died.

  Cue emergency text to Krei:

  Aoi: "Hey, bestie. Do you accept payments in friendship and ramen?"

  Krei: "What did you do."

  Aoi: "Nothing! Just possibly made an emotionally reckless financial decision for art."

  Krei: "So like college all over again."

  Aoi: "This one has horns and eyeliner though."

  Krei: 'I’ll wire it."

  Aoi: "Thank you sugar daddy of my dreams."

  Krei: "Stop calling me that."

  By the end of the week, the sketch was finalized. My new model was coming to life.

  Sleek. Smirking. Slightly terrifying. Just like me, but shinier.

  Chat lost their collective minds when I teased it on stream.

  [Chat]

  [fedtus3r] OMG SHE’S SO HOT

  [EggsInMyWiF I WOULD SELL MY LIVER FOR HER

  [nerfedg58] Ketsusaki 2.0 is gonna ruin my sleep schedule again LET’S GOOOO

  I leaned back in my chair, triumphant.

  Sure, I was technically broke, emotionally unbanced, and probably caffeinated beyond legal limits…

  But damn if I wasn’t about to debut the hottest unemployed demon queen on the internet.