a BOOMBastic race

[For the sake of story lets clarified that this is a perfect mix of franchise of MarioCart, Anime, V-tubers and full dive Virtual reality experience or other Dreamy or Virtual experience unrecognizable from reality. Highly inspired "William Tell Overture" from "Hooked on Rhythm & Classics". By combining all of this it shall be a music video story.]

The story began before the actual race, with a scene where girls from Hololive Myth are in a some kind of a living room, discussing a fresh update about "The racing game" where 'Developers' released a massive update containing a lot of 'car variations' for the celebrities from Virtual world. The update was so fresh that it was released for a limiting amount of people, to test it out so they can catch 'last bugs' and comments or complains before official release. It was still hot from oven, released only a few minutes ago. We can say in advance that every car, cart, craft, mount, or 'means of transportation', is roofless, so the driver will be exposed to air and eye.

As always Calliope Mori, a rapping Shinigami/Soul-reaper with a widened eyes, disbelievingly stared at digital tablet in her hand that shows a picture of her dedicated car. She was angry, shocked and panicking at same time. "Why?!! Why you had the need, to do this to me?! Is this some kind of reference on me?! Because I am stacked?!"

Ina'nis Ninomae, a Priestess of the ancient one, hardly holds her laugh and amazement after sawing what she got. "Calli,-- Calli, my is-- just a meme. *gigle* Its perfect."

On other hand Kiara Takanashi, a crazy phoenix from 'Kiara Fried Phoenix' restaurant, was confused. "Why is my car so long?-- It looking really fast, but… Girls, what kind of car is a Dragster?" [Drag racing is a sport in which vehicles compete to see which can travel a specific distance the fastest from a standing start. To achieve high acceleration, drag racers have large tires on back, and the tires often "burn rubber" by friction with the pavement when starting. For some reason, to tie up a rocket engine on it, sounds reasonable.]

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Of course Mori bark at Takanashi "What do you mean, what is a dragster?!!"

In haste Gawr(rrr) Gura, a friendly lazy shark, state: "Shes a European, she doesn't know." Pointing out the cultural difference between continents.

Ninomae tried to calm (influence) Takanashi by saying: (Don't worry about it.) And Gawr added with a friendly face: (Yea, don't google it.)

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Suddenly Mori had a revelation, as she realized 'something'. Her eye pupil focused on infinity, she for second fazed out, until she utter. "We going in!" When Amelia Watson, a suspicious traveling detective and sometimes they tech support, tried to explain to her that there is not jet a server to connect onto it, Mori ordered the this blonde to let the race happen. And before Ninomae finished, to say that they probably don't have enough people, rapper has already sending an invitation to the discord main channel of they company even yelling what she typing. "Everybody who doing noting, this instant, get you asses to the track, we blind testing the new update! Everybody pick you dedicated car! No rules. No sneak peak on performance. Just surprise race action." She was so fired up to make onto the race as soon as possible, that she extended the invitation outside the company on other V-tubers. (Actually skipping the thinking of possible consequences.) On second glance it sounded more like a life threats.

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And so… The 'Hot spot' server has been opened. The map is 'The Harp Academy'.

Allegedly former delinquent and a prankster Watson, clearly don't had a 'Click bait' on mind when she created the server and write down name, owner name, map nape and description so it can be read as "(Hot spot) (of Calliope Mori at) (The Harp Academy) (Hop in, to quick one. To test the fresh update of a new gear. Limited access update only. Bring yours own personal gear to blind test it out here.)

So no wonder, that knowledge about this server existence, spread like an inferno of a wild forest fire fertilized by napalm. Now remember, that we said that this is like a perfect virtual reality crossed with an Anime. It was not just players-races who gathered at the wast land territory of academy, that was just like a deep dark forest park. Sometimes trees hides buildings and roads quite well to the point it fells like a wild place. The background of this place was a sacred territory for training Idols and heroes. Except the dominant main buildings of academy towering like central point in middle of the forest, the dormitories for teams was spread around the field and all had build in some them; like fantasy Inn, dark castle, heroes not so secret lair, and such. The race track will bring you to visit many sight sites, but for now lets focus on the start/finish line of the lap. That line was located on a park square before main building. It was literally a park zone with benches lamps and grass strip. The finish line was on a pair with a large stature of Hatsume Miku standing in concert singing pose, with one legs step out on loudspeaker box in front of her, one hand holds a microphone and the other aiming toward the sky in a (Aim for sky!) gesture. In her iconic Idol costume, as all of her part were too well detailed, to encourage or charm any approaching student or visitors.

From moment they got in, Mori was really demanding that nobody from the racers that joined the event, will not do any drive test before the actual race. To make the party surprise effect more tasteful, everybody shall figure the features only when the race begin.

Because there was more visitors that expected, somebody got an idea that they shall recreate the scenario of Star Wars race on Tatooine. So the racers list was filled quite fast as the others went to make a quick preparation.

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The tribune was filled by cheering audience. The flags holders, stand next for every 'playable character' with they dedicated car, boosted the impact of importance as if every racer on track represented a whole team. The flag itself flutter in wind. By making these small details, they really tried to sell the feeling of attending a real race competition.

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Then the music start to play, signalizing the actual start of music video like story.

Flag holders leaving the track, drivers climbing onto they 'cars'. Hatsume Miku itself stand forward on the tribune stage as VIP. She risen her hand with a starting gun a pull the trigger. The race began.

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First one to be in camera shot is of course Kiara Takanashi with her Dragster, decorated whit painted flames. This dart like long shoot car something, leap forward like launched rocket. Previously she had a question, why her seat having this hole in it, connected to some pipe that seems to go into a car engine behind driver seat. But Mori teased her, that the hole is for her farts, to be turned into the engine as 'nitro' and the car can go faster. Not sure if phoenix used that feature, but flames were leaving from many exhaust pipes on her car engine. She accelerated too fast that she was instantly taking the lead… Then she reached the first turning curve… (For those who don't know: Dragster cars: Don't make turns to side!) Takanashi got confused. "He?? How do I turn??" As her car was going straight forward, leaving the road, she panic and yell: "Its not turning!!" And with chick[chicken?] scream, she crash into academy main building, her dragster exploded like a missile, and she went out with a fire ball. (Lately, she figured out that to make turns, she need to stop pressing the acceleration button. For some reason, the acceleration blocking the wheel controls. Her throwing weapon is a fried chicken legs or nuggets from her restaurant.)

Now, we have a quick flash onto commentators station on a VIP tribune, where duo of commentators was shocked from explosion and making a comments about not bringing a dragsters onto a lap track. Miku joined the duo as a guest to provide her comments.

Second car get on camera shot focusing on Calliope Mori. Her bright red car was based on 1934 Ford 40, classic looking car from movies about New York mafia. It got this famine curves as if it was made for a female drivers or was a reference on a woman body. But, if you imagine the hour glass dynamite body of this driver: What will happened if you try apply that ratio on a car design? The wheels got ridiculously widen, increasing they thickens. The holding for those wheels was push out more to side to the point that one will compare that construction to a formula race car. Yet still the round wheel cover that elegantly covered the wheels, got extended too. Slight center body of car got accompanied whit wide chest and trunks. The back storage place can hold music equipment/instruments of the entire Hololive Myth band. Mori dint anymore care about her car appearance, as she was laughing from deep of her stomach on what happened to Takanashi. She holds her facade just to this point so her plan dint blow up prematurely. (Her throwing weapon is a can of energy drink.)

Next one was Ina'nis Ninomae, sitting in big comfy armchair on a shopping cart wells, as if someone put an armchair on a garden mower. A suspicious void particles were emitted from bottom, where scooter or mower engine is hidden. As priests napping sits in her armchair a blanket hi over her down part of body, legs and feet, an eye-cover for a better sleep is across her eyes that have her open eyes drawn on it. She (holds?) a Takodachi [a purple octopus like ice-cream slime-blurb] that sits in her lap with a console controller under its (tentacles). The other Takodachi sits on top of the chair to be able to throw her weapon (a cookie).

Of course Amelia Watson, riding mini Porsche 911 that scream (I am the secret agent!) complain that "Ina cheating! She use a bots!" without a success. (Her throwing weapon are evidence photo whit compromising, foul or (dirty?) content.)

Last one from the first five is Gawr Gura siting on a hovering living shark that have an anti bite muzzle on maw. That buddy was wriggling as if it was swimming through a river. (Her weapon is bubbles from bubble gun.)

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Now as the race got into a wild chaos and shenanigans far extending the assumed game parameters, camera switching between racers to show they (vehicles) and the commentators trio has making a short notes on playable players race style or whatever come on mind.

Baelz Hakos, a rat-girl herald of chaos, was riding on an enlarged rodent like mouse as if it was a pony-horse or a pig, that is like her rat bro [Baerats]. This mount had a cool guy black glasses on eyes and Elvis wig/periwig/hairs style. If she was of the size of a mouse and sitting on guinea-pig, that will be adequate visual. (Her weapon is a piece of cheese.)

Sora Tokino, nicknamed as Goddess of Hololive, had a one passenger seat limbo [limousine], with its own driver behind the wheel, and she seat there like a boos... Oh wait,-- like a proper Idol lady, smiling and waving her hand to the crowd. (Her weapon is a wink star.)

Holo-tory group, a bird like club of several members across Hololive teams, ride on a planes like crafts, from fighter jet something to duck like cargo plane that can land on water. They shall be pretty fast but as they keep a neat V flight formation, they reduced they overall speed to match they slowest member: Mumei Nanashi, guardian of civilization owl girl, had a biplane, one of the slowest airplanes category that ever flight. Owls are the slowest flying animals in animal kingdom, and as she wearing a pilot scarf, she had a serious expression of high concentration as camera got a quick screen shot on her speedometer that is already past its maximum. One of the commentators got loose as it shout that they keep this formation even if it is a race because "They are birds!" and flock instinct kicked in. (Oozora Subaru, weapon is a police penalty-fine speed tickets.)

Next, camera focus on Fizzi the Furtrap, a neko Trap maid from Maid cafe. No matter how you look at this car, you will see that this cat driver is sitting in a very fluffy-hairy bedroom slipper on a wheels. (Its throwing weapon is an empty fuzzy drink can.)

IRyS, the angel-demon nephilim, driving on a black white go car, that is so small that on will think, that she can take it on back like back pack when done driving.

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Now, camera glance at the unlucky group of racers that fall-out of the map. We don't means they failed to stay on the asphalt road and they went to plow a line on dirt or a grass field. No, they clip out through some wall or obstacle, and fall from the playable area on bottom of the world. (Do you know the movie 'Ready Player One: Game start'? It something like during that race.) The sub area was this box plane lined with green grid, left from map editor. This group still follows the flat echo of track as it was displayed on 2D screen of track designer computer. The real playable track was elevated above them and partially transparent for them, for the sake of cameras or such. This group was looking for an opportunity to clip back onto the track, looking for a places where map obstacles/traps were sinking and rising above track surface. At last all of the traps and more was fully displayed as plans on the race map they were on.

One of those racer was Chloe Sakamoto, a (genius?) clumsy orca girl with talent to mess things out. She with excited smile, siting on top of a large white hairy dog, that for some reason was capable to wild run fast like a car, following the 2d track shape perfectly. [Yes, this is the reference on the banana girl.]

Commentators try to make a solid comments, but the one who already loosing it, pointed out that the two of his colleagues ignoring the fact that those players are outside of playable area.)This person when pointed at the displayed computer track map sting showing that they are offset a little bit, while everybody else stick on it like marbles in tube.

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As the game progress and players looping through the entire lap, visiting all parts of school premise and dormitories, and school facilities... (Who though?,- that is a good idea to put the track through canteen/mess-hall, with a large chess pieces simulating the movement of people inside?)… Racers doing a questionable fees; A game developers already set up they tent, office or corner directly on the map, next to the track and tribune. It was like a field activity on test site for a IRL cars. They were there because, during this hot spot 'stress-test' of the first ever user usage of new update, new cars, new race-map; the players already glitching out the game inside out in astronomical rate, turning the event into a 'crash-test'.

So everything going fine, until…

Kobo Kanaeru; a Rain Shaman little princess girl, driving a bumper car from mini-Autodrome/amusement-park ride/attraction with a flag sticking out on a long stick, to be noticeable from a distance; had a difficulty to outrun Mori. Calliope probably dint even noticed tiny Kobo on her matchbox, but from Kanaeru perspective, that wide massive trunk of the red car from 40s New York was to big obstacle to overcome. Especially when Rapper ride causally and the Shaman wanted to win the race. So the little kid call for her adoptive parent in a frustration. "Dad!! Get you fat ass out of my face!"

The woman in front of her freak out, startled by the unexpected yell of child as if she failed to notice the little one presence as she was putting down her ass onto a wide sofa with to many pillows around. Unfortunately, this person has been know for her tsundere freak-out/startled panic-attack/power-ups, where everybody who know and can evade, jumping out of the way. (Half of them was just miss understanding, but that don't matter for people in panic running away from her.) So, as Mori panicked, she lose control over her 'wide' car, hasty turning the wheel in both directions, desperately trying to not to crash into some tree. When she notice an item box in front of her, she start screaming as if it was another car, tree or semaphore pole.

In this game, you must pass through the item box that spawn on track, to trigger the collection script/program and obtain the item that can help you in the race. Buuuuut… In her panic state, she crash onto that box as if it was a solid object and not collectable item. You probably can imagine a scene when a car crash into an amusement park stall with a popcorn and all that corn flew to the air. Or crashing/ramming into a coin parking machine on side of the road and all coins that collected, flow through air attracting attention of every beggar around.

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Now, the time slow down for a moment. (Or laggin occured...)

The item box runs the lottery slot machine script as if it was normally collected...

It stop on a 'Super star' that give the racer the super boost of speed and partial invulnerability…

But this is where the script glitched out…

As the item box, actually explode, be torn out, by imagining an exhale from a whale, a really lot of stars was tossed to the air like a coins.

The game developers in dev's tent, already working on a next patch and fixes, saws on they own eyes what happened. In a slow motion, they drop they jowls, ending with open mounts in shocking expression or saying "Shieeeeeet" in this is the end expectation.

Racers, commentators and even audience was staring with open eyes as rain of stars descent from the sky onto the entire map. Literally, some had a stars in they eyes as they watched the sky.

You can already imagine the ridiculous scenario when everybody on track got they power up star in the same moment.

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The time got back onto normal, Calliope Mori ran through the item box as if it was wooden garden fence that was destroyed/obliterated by a massive car. She got her Super-Star power up, but a transformation began. Her mourning battle dress clothing turned to a show white. Her silk white veils extended to a ridiculous length as it was floating behind her and even car. Next to her as if sitting on a passenger seat, materialized a golden vinyl record plate, having on it a gentlemen black cylinder hat and bow tie instead of a tie. A white ribbons and ribbon bows decorated the car on sides and front. A gigantic ribbon bow was pin on the back of car on its trunk, giving the car image of the bribe with a long skirt. Of course driver struggled a lot to keep the vehicle on road, panic screaming. [The Golden Disc Awards is an annual South Korean major music awards ceremony that honors achievements in the local music industry. The awards ceremony was founded with the purpose to promote popular culture creativity, discover new artists, and contribute to the growth of the music industry. The first ceremony was held in 1986. (Wiki)]

Commentators made a note that she just married to her job, or a wining prize.

Kobo got her star too and her bumping car transformed into overturned mini drifting car, with back-light under it. This little dude drinks 'Nitro' on a regular race base. Driver eyes lit up with fire of determination and gasping for the win, she instantly use a mad driver skills to drift around the red-white bride car.

Ina's armchair transformed into a bed and still continued the high stake chase, with the void participles under, it giving this fairy tale magical flying bed appearance caring its sleeper into a dreaming fantasy.

Gura's floating shark got robotized, turning into metallic robo-shark battle craft from Atlantis navy/army. (Its very cool.)

Sora's limbo got an unreasonably longer, to the point we must ask how it turns. Now, she with a black glasses of well know actors and smug expression of a star, she cool sitting there like a boss.

Chloe, who managed to get back on track, got flat slapped by a star directly across her face and (faint?) from it. Her legs still holds her onto the dog body, and as she unwillingly bent back with her arms floating behind her, she expose her chest onto wind drag. Except the dog, received the power-up and reached the speed of a super bike. From the passing wind, the pressure waves on elastic skin surface that remind a wind hitting a lake surface, created a very jiggly physic on her woman pride. For some reason the air/wind drag on those balls, was creating a white lines [cirrus] of concentrated humidity into ice shard turned into clouds. With unconscious driver on its back, its seemed that the big white hairy dog is racer on its own and the girl just had a fun. [Yes, it is reference on the banana girl.]

Amelia Watson got surprised that her totally a super spy car have Perry the platypus in hat sitting next to her on a passenger seat.

La-plus, a tiny demon lord child girl with a big horns on her head, who had a tricycle, after collecting a star her bike jump up high, for a moment leaving the camera screen. Then a roar of a real monster echoed around. What dropped back on the road was a true monster on a wheels, a 'monster truck'. [They are mostly modified cars, occasionally also newly built. They are used for rough terrain and for car races and shows popular especially in the USA, Europe, but also elsewhere in the world.] With the wheels larger that person, this big boy take a third, if not half of the track. The little girl up in the bodywork, in her driver seat starts laughing manically like a villain in moment of victory, stating that the real race begins only now.

Roboco-san, a lonely, clunky robot from a faraway wasteland, was riding a potato [cheap-low spec] motorbike for rough wildness terrain, when she collected the star: A tune jingle from Space odyssey movie 2001, starts to play. The potato motorbike transform onto a high-tech super-bike, with the iconic red-eye circle-sensor on front as direct reference onto a ship super computer from that movie. A mere second after she try the new acceleration the bike handle to accelerate, she shot forward like a bullet. With that boos she pass right between the monster truck massive wheels, outrunning La-plus from under her.

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And there was many racers, all around many agencies or as individuals or as group effort, who join the mad dash. They all broke free from the chains that restrained the game into reasonable level. Because they had something like a maximum collective speed of a main group, everybody eventually gather into this one group where everybody can compete for the first place. The commentators were unable to keep the pace with the races.

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So, as the music video and the race, heading to its end: A racers, like a frightened herd, make the last turn onto the main road, that leading from the entrance of the school dark forest park area onto the school square and the main building. Like a caravan made of races, dash racing through a desert, they were heading toward the 'red-line' finish.

With last beats of drums and such, a trio of character shadows shows up above the iconic demolishing box with push-down-stick-handle, where you will push down the stick, that will generate an electric signal, that will go through the wire, reach the explosive and it will detonate. In this scenario, that stature of Hatsume Miku on a finish line was decorated with a lot of dynamite stick, firework rockets and such. A random passerby can think that someone forgot to unpack the firework into fire-ready position, but explosion enthusiastic will know better.

In next camera frame, a security agents in tuxedo suits guiding the VIP Hatsume into safety, outside of the track tribune, to log out the map itself.

All of those trio shadow character are looking like not just fans of explosions, but expert on this field. For some reason one of the shadow has a silhouette of Ninomae Ina'nis who sometimes state to like explosions. The second is like Megumin from Crimson demon clan holding a mage staff. [A crazy explosive genius mage girl. She is know from interrupting peacefully quiet surroundings by nuking neighborhood.] And the third is like Klee from Mondstad wearing on a back cardboard-box/school-bag. [A elf lolly child, that love to make and use bombs, explosives, and fireworks. No safety rulebook regulations are applied.] Eye expression of those trio says, that they (will do it).

The moment the racers approached the finish line, the handle stick on detonation box was pushed down by hands of this trio.

A quick screenshot on doomed expression of developers in a dev's corner.

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A massive explosion lift up not just the racer, track, tribune and audience… but as the most of explosives were around the stature of Hatsume Miku, the stature itself got space rocket ignition and was sent to planetary orbit.

At this point the screen glitched up for the last time, as the game system framework finally give up and game itself froze.

In a moment a 'game crashed' report shows on screen, and everybody was auto kick onto the waiting lobby.

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That shall be end of the music video. On the lobby itself shall be this panel with servers, and they status, displaying that the (Hot spot) is (crashed down). Plus names of other servers and they track displayed here shall be meme reference on some other stuff and fan-art work.

Then there shall be reference that this was just a game at all, by entering a car/racer database, where racer (V-tuber) standing next to its modded car or mount, as if it was an auto-salon presentation. As the user clicking to arrow to side to display next playable character, it press down that button so it just running across the entire character sheet. Then the user will notice that doing this onto all character at last once, unlock a secret garage/character section. Exploring it will found only (cars?) without characters belonging to them. Like a flying carpet with a symbol of bread. Or a this family light green car with a hint of blood on front bumper as if that car hit someone. Or a cabriolet with flames painting on front and dragon scales on back, with a turbo-air-compresor on front hood. A grocery pickup Truck-kun with a label (Licensed to run over.) as a reference of origin for few isekaied character.

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