I’m a Genius Idol but my Passive is Sunfish – Chapter 39

Author: LyraDhani

“Can I come out? Now?”

“Yes, please come in.”

“Hello~ I am the Cheong doll!”

Cheong walked out of the box with a bright smile. He gave a relaxed grin toward the camera. It seemed DASE intended to stay faithful to the doll concept today.

– The doll ripped through the box and came out!

– For a second, I thought he said he was a paper doll lmao.

– So the boys are waiting for their turn inside that thing? So cute ㅠㅠ

The chat moved at a frantic pace.

Meanwhile, the second doll appeared. Baekya peeked his head out, glanced at the camera, and walked out while covering his cheeks.

“I-I am the Baekya doll….”

“Don’t hide your face!”

As Cheong pulled Baekya’s hands down, his shyly flushed cheeks were revealed.

– Why is a peach walking around..?

– Seriously so cute ㅠㅠㅠ

– Oh my god, is that blush on his face?? His cheeks are totally pink!

The entry order seemed to be decided by age, as Yooyeon, Yulmu, Jihan, and Minseong appeared in sequence after them.

The members welcomed each other with applause as they stepped out of the box. Soon, DASE was standing side-by-side next to Yeonha.

“Nice to meet you, DASE.”

Yeonha greeted them once more.

He thanked them for inviting him to the DASE Dollhouse and handed over a cake box he had prepared. It was a similar shape to the one Cheong was eating in the music video.

“First, before we take our seats, shall we do a group greeting?”

“Yes! One, two, three.”

“For your days! Hello, we are DASE!”

As always, the group chant began with Minseong’s lead. Since it was everyone’s first time doing such a proper live broadcast, their faces were full of tension.

“Could each of you give a brief self-introduction? Since there are probably people like me who are visiting DASE’s house for the first time today.”

When Yeonha asked who wanted to start, the members standing at the edges glanced at each other. Cheong and Yulmu exchanged a few looks, then Yulmu raised his hand.

“I’ll go first.”

Starting with Yulmu, the introductions made a full round, and the turn came back to Yeonha.

“Now, shall we sit down?”

It was DASE’s house, but it somehow felt like Yeonha was the owner.

– Something is a bit… weird? lol

– Is this Yeonha’s house and DASE just came over to play?

– The kids being nervous is so cute.

– But their clothes… they look very comfortable haha. Especially Baekya.

The scenario was roughly this: Yeonha had come over to his friend’s house, following his owner. While the two little girls playing house had stepped out to eat dinner, Yeonha and DASE were ‘coming to life’.

“The house is really clean. Is it because it’s a new model?”

Yeonha admired the set. Yulmu, standing right next to him, skillfully picked up the line.

“We’ve been cleaning hard since morning because we heard a friend was coming over today.”

Yulmu wiped his forehead as if brushing away sweat.

“Whew~”

After letting out an exaggerated sigh, he glanced around at the members.

“Um… that’s why we haven’t had the chance to change our clothes yet.”

Baekya looked back and forth between his own clothes and Yulmu.

‘Did they give him a separate script?’

Whenever he opened his mouth, lines poured out like a flowing stream. Baekya was thinking that Yulmu wasn’t the variety-specialist member for nothing when Yulmu suddenly addressed him.

“Right, Baekya doll?”

“Huh?”

Baekya’s eyes widened.

‘What are you doing, asking me out of the blue…!’

The moment he stammered in panic, Yulmu spoke again.

“We have to change quickly before the Master returns, right?”

Master?!

Baekya shot Yulmu a resentful look that said, ‘Why are you doing this to me?’

Right before the live broadcast, all he had been told was that the concept was ‘Dollhouse’. Baekya had been sitting there quite peacefully, hearing that Yeonha would lead them well and not to worry. He had just been debating whether to succeed or fail the quest….

At that moment, the current situation and the quest merged into one in Baekya’s mind.

‘The broadcast concept is dolls. If I fail the quest, the penalty is 100% concept digestion. If I add those two together….’

If he failed the quest, he would become a doll?

The moment he realized the truth, goosebumps broke out all over his body.

“No!”

Being a sunfish and dying was bad enough, but now they were trying to take away his human dignity!?

Baekya shouted toward the malicious system window, his face pale.

‘W-what was the quest again?! Over-immersion? Concept master?’

The Sunfish GPS was rapidly recalculating the path he had to take today.

Beep.

Recalculation complete.

Quickly changing his route, Baekya rushed to fix his sudden outburst.

“W-we have to change quickly before the Master returns!”

Baekya grabbed the hem of his T-shirt and flapped it.

“This! I have to change out of this quickly…!”

Baekya claimed that these were clothes they had secretly changed into for cleaning, so the Master would think it was strange if they saw them. He even stamped his feet while still seated.

– The over-immersion is legendary lmao.

– M-m-master?! Crazy, what did I just hear?

– I thought Baekya would be embarrassed, but he’s the most immersed right now? lol

– Everyone except Yeonha and the Yulmu doll is panicking right now ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

– Ack!!!! So cute!!!

“Then I’ll look around the house for a moment. Could you go and change quickly?”

“Yes! Thank you!”

Baekya looked back at Yulmu. His eyes pierced him, asking why he wasn’t moving the show along.

‘…What’s gotten into him?’

A rare moment of panic flickered in Yulmu’s eyes as he reached for a prepared box.

“Just in case, I took some photos of you guys this morning.”

When he opened the box, it contained Polaroid photos of the members. The only difference from reality was that the members in the photos were 3-SD characters.

They were the 3D characters of the members that could be found in the DASE Dressing Room service on the official site.

Yeonha picked up a photo. It was a photo of Minseong’s character wearing rabbit ears.

“The photo and the real person look exactly the same. Then, to help out, I’ll hand them out to each of you.”

Each member held a polaroid. The eyes of several members shook as they checked the photos.

The fans couldn’t see them yet, but some quick-witted ones were certain that the Polaroids Yeonha handed out weren’t just random photos.

– Are those the Dressing Room photos we posted on Twitter?

Baekya’s Adam’s apple bobbed heavily as he checked the photo.

‘What… is all this?’

He was aware they were on broadcast, so he didn’t show his distaste. He just looked thoughtful before speaking in a cautious voice.

“Um……. I don’t remember wearing clothes like this?”

Yooyeon, standing next to him, nodded in agreement.

“Me neither.”

But Yeonha was firm.

“Then please hurry and go change. I’ll be waiting here.”

He pointed toward the dressing room behind them.

“Find the outfit from the photo, change into it, and come back here.”

He even kindly informed them with a smile that the changing room was on the other side.

– Isn’t that supposed to be DASE’s house? lol

– The academic consensus is that Yeonha is the landlord and DASE is just renting.

Unlike the flustered DASE members, the chat window was cheerful.

‘So that’s why they said we didn’t need to change.’

Baekya looked down at the polaroid in his hand with a grave expression.

[Coordination Name: Peach / Stylist: Boksoong]

A green beret, a pink trucker jacket, and pink pants. Around his neck was a flamboyant necklace of pearls and chains.

The fan clearly loved peaches.

But that wasn’t all. Looking closely, the 3D Baekya was also wearing ivory gem earrings. The real Baekya instinctively covered his mouth.

‘Can I really pull off this incredible coordination?’

If he messed up, it might wander the internet for the rest of his life as a ‘dark history’.

Feeling worried, Baekya looked sideways with a face full of worry. Yooyeon was there, looking down at his Polaroid with a similarly serious face.

“…How’s yours?”

Yooyeon looked up, and their eyes met.

“Well. Want to see?”

A photo was slid in front of Baekya.

[Coordination Name: Only Half Remains / Stylist: Thanoss]

Wasn’t ‘Thanoss’ the ultimate villain who could wipe out half the world’s population with a single finger snap?

True to the work of the universe’s greatest villain, 3D Yuyeon’s clothes seemed to be missing a lot of fabric. His midriff looked cold.

It seemed the villain had already snapped his fingers. Apparently, no one could stop him.

“……A crop top?”

The length of the T-shirt was quite short. Even on the character, a span of bare skin was visible above the pants.

Baekya thought.

‘I’m a lucky guy.’

No matter how burdensome the pink was, at least his clothes were intact. Fighting!

Patting Yooyeon’s shoulder, Baekya headed for the dressing room.

“Why are you only coming now?”

Minseong, who had already found all his clothes and had them draped over his arm, gently pulled Baekya’s wrist. He seemed curious about the other members’ outfits.

“Oh? I saw that over there earlier. It was easy to find.”

Minseong pointed to one side. Baekya bit his lip and gave a nod.

“Yeah. Thanks.”

“It’ll look good on you.”

Minseong patted Baekya’s head as he passed by.

Yooyeon entered next. Minseong checked his photo too. He let out a short exclamation, then informed him of the clothes’ location before heading to the changing room himself.

– Is Minseong the Dressing Room NPC? He helps every kid he meets ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

– Jihan! Jihan just picked out a choker! It seems they really are coming out in the Dressing Room outfit coordination ㅠㅠ

– I’m so curious about their clothes ㅠㅠ

– Yeonha, I love you ♡

As word spread on SNS that DASE had gone to change into the Dressing Room outfits styled by fans, the number of live viewers nearly doubled.

Yeonha, sitting alone next to the six empty chairs, was answering fans’ questions while looking at the chat.

“Where did DASE go? They went to change for a bit.”

He glanced toward the changing room, saying it was about time for them to emerge. Right then, the door opened, and Cheong came running out.

“I’m first!”

Cheong returned to his seat noisily and lunged in front of Yeonha, thrusting his polaroid forward.

“I look exactly the same, right!”

Yeonha looked back and forth between the photo and Cheong, letting out a small whistle.