Shabel Tonya Cries Through Nikke’s Marian Story, Then Announces a Break of Up to Three Weeks

CHROMASHIFT — Shabel Tonya, a virtual singer with ChromaSHIFT’s ENCORE branch, told viewers at the end of a five-hour stream that she will step away from streaming for two to three weeks. The stream was spent on the 4th-anniversary story of the mobile game Goddess of Victory: Nikke.

She said the break will be shorter than a month and that she is not graduating. A short hiatus notice is to be posted on ChromaSHIFT’s main Twitter account. During the break she plans to keep working behind the scenes, recording and attending meetings, and to stay active on social media, with an occasional surprise stream possible but not promised. She also plans to catch up on outstanding Patreon rewards and to pass letters for her top donors to her new manager to send out. She said she has found a supplier of lamb kidney and will cook it during the break, the last reward left from a past donation drive’s goals, and may show it on a handheld-camera stream.

“I felt like I cried the most out of all the anniversary events I’ve done for Nikke.” — Shabel Tonya, after finishing the story

The evening began with pulls on the game’s anniversary banners, which she had saved for the stream. Her first ten-pull produced a top-rarity character, and she called it “insane luck” as chat filled with congratulations. She then chased Scarlet and Marian across the banners, at times switching to the standard banner to “recharge” her luck, and later said she had two pity tickets that could bring Marian to full limit break.

She then read Story 2 of the event, centered on the character Marian and the commander, without having seen it before. It follows the pair through repeated deaths and revivals, a proposal in a ruined church, and Marian’s decision to wipe the commander’s memories, a turn that ties back to the opening of the game. Shabel Tonya had tissues ready, said she was crying during the closing scenes, and, once finished, said “I felt like I cried the most out of all the anniversary events I’ve done for Nikke.” She also looked at the Chapter 0 map that chat pointed her to and said she would save the event’s mini game for another day.

Chat, which sent more than 3,100 messages, answered the story with crying emoji and the line “Welcome to Nikke moment.” There were two Super Chats. Shabel Tonya said she would try to play the mini game the next day if she could stream, and signed off by sending viewers to another streamer’s channel.