Hertareum #9

Hertareum x 20, "Crises" x 1

📍 Herta Space Station Master Control Zone

Investigate
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The speaker's interface is quite special, and you read the text beside it: "The Original Music Singing Contest has entered the audition voting stage. The contestant with the highest number of votes will have a chance to enjoy a direct promotion!"
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The current #1 song is titled "Madam Herta is the Light of the World." #2 is "Herta's Love Song," and #3 is "Busted by Madam Herta Experimenting Alone."
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There is one track, flooded over by cliché Madam Herta worship tracks, that actually ends up piquing your attention.
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You decide to play that song: "Crises."
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A torrent of music flows out. You close your eyes off to the world and as you enjoy it, your mind seems to swim off to the edge of the universe.
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For this song, you decide...
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This performance represents the true art of music, and yet it was at the bottom of the list. How can you accept that such a talented contestant was just buried away?
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Why not give them an upvote?
Just don't upvote it.
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You choose to upvote, but it's still ranked near the bottom. That's when you notice that the other contestants already have a few dozen votes or so. It's no wonder a single vote won't change this song's destiny of being buried in the bottom rank.
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Why not give it ten upvotes?
Forget it, I won't upvote.
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You notice that "Crises" has leaped up from the bottom to the middle of the leaderboard, but it still seems like a tall order to spread it on to even more ears.
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Meaningless lyrics and noisy melodies are horrid, but they've been in the public's ears and minds for too long... It's time to let the music scene know what real music is all about! You decide...
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Why not give them 100 upvotes?
Forget it, I won't upvote.
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You feel a vague pain in your finger joints, which is probably a side effect of clicking "Upvote" so many times. The song jumps up in the rankings, flying from the bottom to the top, even edging out "Madam Herta is the Light of the World" by one vote.
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Your knuckles may need two or three days of rest to recover, but this temporary pain has brought a true artist to fame!
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Just as you are about to leave, a pop-up window appears on the display... It says "Fan Reward."
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You pore over the leaderboard rules and discover that the first prize — A Signed Photo of Madam Herta — is worthless. Even if you won, it would be meaningless. You resentfully withdraw your hand.
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You carefully look over the leaderboard, and discover that it only circulates around the space station — so you decide to stop.
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You come to realize that the whole leaderboard is just spam promoting songs and comments about Madam Herta. You begin to feel dirty merely opening up the page.
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