Vantacrow Bringer Spends 6½ Hours as a Delivery Driver Who Is “Not an NPC Anymore”

NIJISANJI — Vantacrow Bringer played a delivery driver for the Soul Sushi restaurant through a stream of more than six hours on the District V Grand Theft Auto roleplay server, in a session titled “I’m Not an NPC Anymore.” The streamer’s character is a former non-player character who gained free will only days earlier, and the day began with that character being kidnapped.

Early on, his boss called with an offer: a dating show was being held the next day, producers wanted one more admirer, and he could promote his delivery service on air. He said yes. Minutes later, a masked man who told him to call him “Happy” held him up in the middle of a delivery. Bringer drove him to a bank machine, waited while the man broke into it, then took an order for sushi from his captor, who paid him directly and warned that he knew where Bringer worked. In character, he treated it as a sales opportunity and told colleagues the kidnapper was one of the nicest he had met. “Just chilling with the kidnapper ..totally normal,” one chat message read.

“This is probably some of the most fun I’ve had on stream in a while.” — Vantacrow Bringer, on his first serious roleplay server

The middle of the stream was a long outing with a police detective, Brucey Wayne, that chat took for a date. They walked to a scenic spot, rode skateboards down a trail, and talked about their jobs. She handed him a pair of handcuffs, which he promised to keep and never use on anyone. Chat cheered the exchange (“VANTA THATS SMOOTH”). Later, his boss warned him about carrying packages without asking what was in them, and he sat for photos for the restaurant’s new staff photo cards. He then met JC Hope, a hostess at the Vanilla Unicorn club who works under the name Blue J, at a spot overlooking the water at dawn. He described his life before Los Santos as being a cog in a machine, she told him her real name, and the two agreed to see each other again. She said she would come to the dating show.

The evening ended with a Soul Sushi team outing at the club, where Bringer’s character performed on stage and gave a toast to his coworkers. Along the way, a reporter from Weasel News asked him to keep an eye on the restaurant, and he bought a new sports car after losing his motorcycle.

Speaking to chat between scenes, Bringer said he was building the character as he went. “I’m filling out my character. I’m trying to discover things as well,” he said, adding that a character who has just gained free will cannot be expected to commit to anyone yet, and asking viewers to remember that their frustration was with the character. He called it his first serious roleplay server and said he planned to go live around 5:30 PST the next day so he would not miss the dating show. Viewers sent 19 Super Chats during the stream.