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cobaltusami · 4 years ago

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Tropical Vacation pt. 3

Hey hi hello! This part has been my favorite to write thus far, obviously because I am obsessed with Sakura 💙 lol.

I hope you like it!

Characters in this part: Switch!Sakura, Switch!Mondo, Ler!Hiro, technically Ler!Taka?, Leon, Hina

Word Count: 3,299

PT 1: [Click here.], PT 2: [Click here.], PT 3: [You are here.]

Later on In the day, the vibe was back to normal. The beach sounds were actually pretty calming...

Well, that’s what they would have liked to say. The sounds would have been calming, had It not been for the loud laughter and swearing drowning It out.

You see, Mondo thought he would try to lie in wait for Sakura, but the minute he touched her, she grabbed his hands and judo flipped him onto the floor, pinning him down and proceeding to wreck him with tickles.

“You don’t learn, do you?” she hummed, her fingers tickling every patch of unprotected skin she could reach. “Did you honestly think I was going to let you jump me?”

“Fuhuhuhuhuhuck! Ahahahahahahaha!” Mondo laughed. “Hohohohohow did you eheheheheven seehehe me!?”

“I am not an idiot. I knew you would be waiting for me, You don’t give up that easily.” She replied. “But to answer your question, I didn’t. Hina gave you away.”

Hina giggled deviously as Mondo glared as best he could at her. “Youhuhuhu’re so dehehehehad AsahinahahaAAAHAHAHA-- SHIHIHIHIT!”

He shrieked as Sakura managed to slip her fingers under his arms, which were pinned to his sides. “Don’t threaten Hina.” She chastised.

“SAHAHAHAHAKURAHAHAHA I AHAHAHAM SOHOHO GONNA WREHEHEHEHECK YOU FOHOHOHOR THIS! MAHAHAHARK MY WORDS!” He declared through his fit of hysterical laughter, squirming to no avail.

“Yeah sure you will.” She rolled her eyes fondly at her hot headed friend. “You’d need two of you to hold me down, And unfortunately for you that doesn’t appear to be likely… Unless you have some kind of cloning power I was unaware of--”

Mondo was going to make a smartass retort, but was unable to when Hina joined in, tickling his stomach and ribs. “FAHAHAHAHACK! STAHAHAHAHAHAHAP!” He cackled.

“Are you able to clone yourself? No? Well… That’s unfortunate for you.” She teased, speeding up.

“Guess you’ll just have to lay here and laugh instead!” Hina giggled.

Oh, they were so going to the top of Mondo’s list- Move over Leon you’re no longer public enemy number one as far as Mondo Is concerned.

“Did you seriously try to tickle Sakura again? How dense are you, Mondo?” Leon chided, unable to help himself from grinning at the sight before him.

Okay, Maybe Leon stays at the top of the list too…

“DOHOHOHON’T JUHUHUHUST STAND THEHEHERE!! HEHEHELP ME!” He shrieked.

“Are you nuts? Do I look like I have a death wish??” Leon laughed.

“IHIHIHIF YOU DON’T HEHEHELP ME YOU DOHOHOHO!”

Leon sighed. “Fine. Hey Hina, Wanna go get some donuts with me?”

Hina stopped tickling, perking up at the mention of donuts. “Donuts??” She looked up at Sakura with pleading eyes. Sakura chuckled.

“Yes, You can go.”

“Thank you!” She squealed, jumping up and running towards the kitchen, grabbing Leon’s arm and dragging him behind her.

Mondo managed to pull an arm free, he quickly latched on to the first part of her he could reach and wasn’t guarding or anticipating- her leg. He delivered a few squeezes to her leg just above her knee, this action made her flinch and a smile briefly cross her face.

She grabbed his hand and pried his off of her, pinning it down to the floor with a small indignant huff. “Was that your best attempt? I suppose I was expecting something better from you.”

Mondo narrowed his eyes as he caught his breath. “Yeah? How’s this?” He pulled his other arm free and shot his hand up under her shirt, attacking her side.

She yelped, her body jolting away from his touch, a few giggles slipping past her lips. “Mohondo-- I will rihip your hand off!”

“I thought you weren’t ticklish?” Mondo grinned, his fingers following her wherever she squirmed to. “You look pretty fuckin’ ticklish to me.”

Sakura giggled a bit more, deciding her best course of action now would be to get away from him before she broke out into full on giggles. Because as soon as she did that, She was toast.

Whenever Sakura has been tickled In the past, she would become completely helpless and immobilized by her laughter, like her body would lock up and just stop responding like some slow web browser.

Only two people knew about this weakness of hers, Kenshiro and Hina. The only two people brave enough to tickle her. She would prefer not to add Mondo to that list.

She flew off of Mondo, taking a moment to recompose herself. Though she could only take but a moment because Mondo swiftly followed, having since recovered from his laughing fit.

Sakura knew she couldn’t reach her room, she’d have to run right past Mondo who would undoubtedly be waiting and catch her in his arms. So she ran into the dining hall where Hina and Leon were eating donuts.

“Oh hey Sakura, How’s It going?” Leon asked casually.

Sakura ran around to the other side of the table as she heard Mondo burst into the room. She eyed him carefully, the table serving as a barrier between the two. “Where do you think you can run to that I won’t catchcha?” Mondo asked teasingly, approaching the table.

“Mondo… I will reverse anything you try.” Sakura tried to reason with the Biker as she backed up a bit so that she was out of his reach. “So It’s pointless to continue.”

He thought about It, she was probably right… She’s faster and as much as Mondo hated to admit it- stronger. Maybe he should--

“Nuh uh!” Hina interjected, her mouth full. “Sakura’s lying, She freezes up when you tickle--”

“HINA!”

Leon snorted with amusement.

Mondo raised an eyebrow. “Reeeaally? Well, I guess It is pointless to continue… Pointless for you.” He smirked. “Just accept your fate and maybe I won’t be as merciless… though, I wouldn’t count on it after that little stunt you and Hina pulled.”

Sakura sighed internally. Thanks a lot Hina… Now her worst fear is coming true, Mondo now knows about her weakness. Guess she has to use her speed now. Her eyes darted around for a way out, but before she could find a route, Mondo lunged across the table at her.

Though thinking fast as always, she dove under the table at the same time and bolted out the door, with Mondo swearing and chasing after her.

She was going to run back to her room, but saw her friends In the hall and didn’t want Mondo to accidentally run them over so she made for the stairs and dove into the rec room to hide.

She leaned back against the wall next to the door, gasping softly, catching her breath. The room was empty, though she wasn’t sure if that made her feel better or worse.

She stilled her breath as she heard footsteps coming up the stairs, they lingered outside the rec room for a moment before becoming silent. She wasn’t sure If he was looking in the room or just standing there.

After another moment of silence, she heard footsteps go running down the hall and she let out a breath of relief. She stayed there a bit longer before peaking out the window, There wasn’t anyone there.

She opened the door and went to run down the stairs but a strong arm hooked around her waist and pulled her back into the rec room with a startled yelp. “Where do ya think you’re going?” Mondo grinned as he kicked the door shut.

Sakura pulled out of his hold and backed up nervously. “M-Mondo… Think about this, I told you earlier that It would take two of you to hold me down.”

“Oh, I know what ya said.” He chuckled evilly, advancing towards the retreating Martial Artist. “But I also know what Hina said, Too. Ya lock up when ya get tickled.”

“If that were true, then how did I get away from you earlier?” She challenged.

“If It’s not true, why are you nervous?” He retorted, closing in on the white haired girl.

Sakura didn’t have a response to that, well, except for a small gasp when she bumped into the couch and almost lost her balance.

Mondo took this opening and coiled his arms around her, pulling her down to the couch next to him. She resisted as he suspected she would so he had to throw all of his weight into it.

Immediately his trained fingers were scribbling all over her sides. “Gotcha~” he grinned.

She let out a strangled whimper before bursting into breathy giggles, she tried to get away but the remaining strength she had wasn’t enough to get free once he sat on her legs. “Mohohondo! Stohohop It!” She complained, wrapping her arms around her midsection in a feeble attempt to block off other spots.

“I thought ya weren’t ticklish? What happened to that?” Mondo teased, running his fingers across her toned stomach experimentally. He wished he had enough time to ask Hina where she was most ticklish at, but figured it would be more fun to find out for himself.

She giggled a bit harder. “Okahahay, I’m tihihicklish! Are you hahahappy?”

“Yes.” Mondo smirked. “‘Cause that means I can get some revenge on ya!”

“Ihihi swear you’ll rehehehegret thi-- AAH! NOHOHOHO!”

Mondo immediately honed in on that spot upon drawing that reaction from the fighter. “What’s wrong? A lil ticklish on your hips?” he asked teasingly, squeezing at her hips relentlessly.

Sakura tried to contain her laughter but it was no use. “DOHOHOHOHON’T!” She grabbed uselessly at his hands, unable to pry them away.

“Don’t? Don’t what?”

“I AHAHAHAM GOING TO KIHIHIHICK YOUR ASS!” She threatened, blushing bright red. Well, Looks like she wasn’t gonna fall for the obvious trick like Taka would...

Mondo laughed, shaking one of her hands off. He reached up and fluttered his fingers against her neck. “Oh yeah? Tell me all about how you’re gonna do that. All I gotta do Is tickle you and you’ll crumble to the floor In a cute giggly blushy heap.” He teased.

She brought her shoulder up to try to block him. “SHUHUHUT UP!” She blushed more.

Ah, So that’s what her trigger is. The cutesy teasing approach. Mondo grinned evilly at the realization. “What? You don’t like being told you’re adorable?” He cooed.

He moved his hand away from her neck to tickle her newly exposed ribs thanks to her trying to block him from her neck.

“STAHAHAHAP!” She laughed harder, trying to turn on the side he was currently attacking to protect her apparently very sensitive ribs.

Mondo released her hip much to her relief but to her dismay his fingers were now mercilessly wiggling against the ribs on her other side. “Man, We should tickle you more often… You’re just so cute when you laugh! Maybe I’ll tell Hiro and the others about--”

“DOHOHOHON’T YOU DAHAHAHARE!” She laughed, her body trembling, not used to being tickled.

“Why not? I think you could use it. You’re so stoic all the time.” Mondo chuckled, tickling the spots between her ribs.

While that may be true, Sakura still would prefer no one else be brave enough to tickle her because she finds it completely embarrassing. When she was training with Kenshiro sometimes he’d cheat and make her submit by completely destroying her with tickles. It was totally unfair, He knew all of her worst spots thanks to them being friends for so long.

She would also prefer no one hear her squeal like she just did. She tried to wrack her brain to come up with a way to turn this around and get out of Mondo’s tickly grasp, but It was really hard to concentrate with him viciously tickling her.

“What? Don’t got a smartass response to that?” He smirked, speeding up the tickles to her ribs. “Ya givin’ up already, Sakura?”

C’mon… Think! Think think thi… oh god It tickles so bad!

“NOHOHOHO! I NEHEHEHEVER GIHIHIVE UP!” She retorted stubbornly, trying to will herself to throw him off. But alas just as previously mentioned, her body wouldn’t respond to her brain.

“Aight, Whatever works for you.” He shrugged, giving a lopsided grin. “I’m pretty content tickling you and listening to your cutesy laughter.” he teased, marveling at the way her face turned pink at the teasing.

Oh! That’s It! Maybe she can’t outpower him right now, but she can outwit him!

“YOUHUHU KNOW, FOR SOHOHOMEONE WHO GETS SOHO NEVEROUS THEHEHEY YELL WHEN FLIHIHIRTING, YOU’RE AHAHAHAWFULLY CAHAHALM RIGHT NOW.” She struggled to taunt him through her loud laughter.

Sakura managed to open an eye to observe his reaction, just as she hoped he would, he got flustered and turned pink himself. “U-Uh yeah, that’s ‘cus I’m not flirting with you.” He tried to dispute awkwardly.

“REHEHEALLY?? SOHOHO DOHOHO YOU CAHAHAHALL EVERYONE CUHUHUTE OR JUHUHUST ME AND CHIHIHIRO?”

“H-Hey! Don’t get it twisted!” Mondo stammered awkwardly, stopping his torment of her. “I’m not-- ACK!”

That was just the opening she needed, She grabbed him by the arms and flipped their positions, pinning his arms above his head as she caught her breath. “H-Heh….heheh…” She giggled still, her body still slightly trembling.

“Wh-Wha-- You fuckin’ tricked me!” Mondo growled.

“Of course… Just as you were… I used your weakness… against you…” She smirked tiredly. “I… Know you didn’t… mean It like that… But I also know… How awkward you are about that sort of thing…”

“That’s so not fair!” He complained, struggling in her iron grip.

“I don’t believe there were any ground rules laid out, were there?” She retorted. “You brought It on yourself when you started teasing me.”

Think quick, you’re in danger now Owada… Do to her what she did to you… Ooh, He can work with that.

“I brought it on myself when I started teasing you?” He repeated for confirmation, continuing after she nodded. “Soo… that mean you actually like being tickled, just not teased?” He grinned slyly.

She felt her face heat up. “Wh-What?!”

“Do you actually like being tickled?” He repeated.

“I heard what you said!” She snapped, flustered. “N-No! Of course I don’t! How girly do you think I am?!”

Ohh, Maybe he accidentally hit the nail on the head? Therapist Owada Is detecting some deep rooted issues she has about being perceived as weak or girly.

“Well, It’s just your wording Is kinda confusing… wouldn’t I have brought It on myself the moment I put my hands on you?” He grinned cheekily at her.

“Of course you did! I just meant that the teasing was the final straw!”

“So the tickling itself wasn’t bad enough?”

Sakura narrowed her eyes at the biker. “Do you think I don’t see what you’re doing? I know you’re purposely misconstruing my words to distract me so you can reverse our positions again.”

Before Mondo could argue, She used her free hand (bc of course she had a free hand) to mercilessly attack his belly and underarm. “I warned you that you would regret it.”

“BAHAHAHA! SAHAHAHAHAKURAHAHAHA STAHAHAP!” He barked through fits of laughter.

The door to the rec room swung open. “Bro?? I heard you scream! Are you--” Kiyotaka paused, taking in the unusual sight before him.

“Hello Taka.” Sakura greeted nonchalantly.

“FAHAHAHACK! TAHAHAHAHAKA HEHEHELP!” He cackled, trying to throw the Martial artist off.

Taka chuckled a bit after he got used to the scene in front of him. “Bro, What did you do to end up like this?” He asked amusedly, approaching the two.

“He thought I would let him get away with tickling me.” She answered.

Taka raised his eyebrows in surprise, Mondo actually managed to catch her? And he missed It? Damn. “Kyoudai, why would you do something so reckless?!”

Sakura chuckled.

“WHOHOHOSE SIHIHIDE ARE YOU OHOHOHON!?” Mondo shot back.

“R-Right, Sorry.” Taka smiled sheepishly. “U-Um, How am I supposed to help you?”

“You don’t.” Sakura replied, her tone warning as she glanced at the Moral Compass.

“JUHUHUHUHUST TIHIHICKLE HER! SHEHEHEHEHE FREEHEHEHEHEZES UP!”

“Taka,” She paused her torment of Mondo to look at Taka. “I feel I must offer you a fair warning, If you tickle me, I will hunt you down afterwards and make Mondo’s tickles look like child’s play.”

Taka squeaked nervously, his arms wrapping around his midsection subconsciously. “Y-Yes ma’am. U-Understood.”

“Fuck It, I’ll do It!” Hiro said, suddenly at the other end of the couch.

“Wh-Wha-- Hiro?? When did you get he--”

Hiro squeezed her sides, causing her to yelp and burst out laughing. She tried to get away by sliding to the floor, but Hiro followed, laughing along with her. “Man Sakura, I never would’ve guessed you’d be this ticklish!” He grinned.

“Stahahahap hehehehelping hihihim he stahahaharted it!” She complained childishly.

“I’m about to end It, too.” Mondo smiled evilly as he got down on the floor with them.

“Hey, Quit squirming will ya? It’s making It harder for me to--”

Hiro immediately stilled his fingers in surprise when Sakura shrieked. Mondo’s eyes shot to Hiro’s hands, they were resting on the back of her ribs. “Well well…”

“Hey are you okay, Sakura?” Hiro asked, concerned he had hurt her.

Before Sakura could recollect herself to get away, Mondo attacked. Wiggling his fingers incessantly against the back of her ribs.

She shrieked again, this time hysterical laughter following. “AAH! NAHAHAHAHA! MOHOHOHONDOHOHO DOHOHOHON’T!”

Hiro blinked In surprise. “Ohhh! I see, Your back Is ticklish!” He laughed as he realized, his fingers tracing delicately across her back. This made her squeal uncharacteristically as her body shook with laughter.

“Looks like Hiro found your ticklish spot.” He chuckled, tickling the spots between the back of her ribs without mercy.

“NAHAHAHAHAT THEHEHEHEHERE YOUHUHUHUHUHU JEHEHEHEHEHERKS!”

“Hey, Don’t be mean!” Hiro frowned, squeezing her waist. This drew another squeal followed by louder laughter from the fighter.

“Yeah, It’s not our fault you’re so fuckin’ ticklish~” Mondo teased, He glanced up at Taka who was watching with a bit of amusement. “Wanna help us?”

“W-What? But she said--”

“You think she’s In a position to be threatening my Kyoudai?” Mondo smirked, speeding up his tickles to emphasize his point.

Taka hesitated, It felt kind of mean to gang up on Sakura like this, but on the other hand… When does an opportunity like this present itself? And her laughter does sound lovely…

Sakura was hoping that Taka wouldn’t give in, but was sorely disappointed when she felt another set of hands on her, Nails gliding gently across her back. This paired with the harsher tickles to her ribs and the squeezes to her waist and hips made her laugh turn wheezy and borderline silent as she shook violently with laughter.

It wasn’t long though before they heard the familiar chime come across the monitor. Mondo and Hiro both groaned as they all ceased their tickling, much to Sakura’s appreciation.

“Ahem! This Is a school announcement!” Monokuma’s voice spoke. “All Students please report to the Gym for a special surprise!”

“What do you think It Is this time?” Mondo sighed to his classmates.

“I have no idea, but whatever It Is It can’t be good.” Hiro frowned, crossing his arms, Taka nodded In agreement.

“Sakura? Ya good?” Mondo chuckled at the still giggling heap on the floor.

“G-Give me ahaha… minute… hehehe…”

“You have a cute giggle.” Hiro complimented, much to her dismay.

“D-Don’t sahahahay that… wohohohord to mehehe…”

“What word?”

“Cute.” Mondo snickered at the weak glare she gave him. “C’mon giggles, Let’s get to the gym.” He said as he stood up, offering his hand to help her up.

She took it and he pulled her to her feet, once up she pulled him in closer to whisper to him. “This Isn’t over, Owada.” She declared threatening, letting go of him.

Mondo cleared his throat nervously, He knew that wasn’t just a threat… It was a promise.

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ff15trashgoldenslumbers · 6 years ago

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Shy somewhat quiet S.O gets roped into playing a fighting game with the bros. But what the bros don't know is she's a famous live streamer of the game who has never shown her face on camera. She talks on her streams but that's it. During the streams she is crazy good to the point of people saying if she went to competitions she'd sweep it no trouble but she doesn't want people hounding her for it. She completely DESTROYS the four in the game. Reactions?

Lol, I kill at Super Smash Brothers, nothing like in a gaming league, but I often pick the character by how pretty they are, and just wreck my friends. So this is fun. Also kinda OT4 plus one this, cause it seemed cuter that way.

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“I’m fine.”

The same reply every time the game station was brought out and your sweethearts got into a little tournament. No matter how much Noctis nor Prompto tried to assure you they’d take it easy on you, you would politely decline. Even when Ignis went to prepare food, the controller was left empty.

“Come on, Babe you must be getting bored sitting there every time,” Gladiolus stated, only to hiss as Prompto got the Smash Ball.

“I like watching you all play.” You giggled, as Noctis let out a curse at being hit by the smash. “Most of the day when you guys are at work, all I do is let’s plays.”

“Well…” Noctis huffed as the screen showed Ignis character as the winner. “You can’t say no tonight. I bought you, your own controller.”

You looked down to the sleek black controller slightly smaller than an average to fit your hands. It was absolutely stunning and was the latest, hottest game controller on the market right now. Of course, Noctis could afford it.

“I don’t want to get chip dust all over it.” You replied, motioning towards the chips you had been snacking on.

“I don’t believe that will be a problem, Love.” Ignis replied, motioning toward Noctis and Prompto, “If I didn’t disinfect their controllers, a new civilization would be growing on them.”

You giggled softly, before sighing softly, “All right, one round.”

“Score!” Prompto cheered, leaning over to press a kiss to your cheek. He was so affectionate. “You can pick the stage too.”

You took the controller from Noctis, it was so much lighter, and you hadn’t even noticed that a little heart in gold was on it. Noctis had specialized everyone’s controller, each were black, but Prompto’s had a gold Chocobo, Ignis has cute little glasses, Gladiolus’s had a shield, and his own had a cute little crown. You kind of felt guilty that he had to go this far to get you to play.

It was a standard stock match, everyone got three lives, and everyone seemed to stick to their favorite characters. You slowly got used to the feel of your new controller after losing one life to Noctis, after all, he was the reigning champion of the house.

“Come on Y/N, do better.” Noctis playfully called.

“You’re going to trash talk me? After all, I’ve done for you?” You giggled, “Guess someone else will be picking up releases.”

Noctis chuckled, as he tossed Prompto off the stage, leaving only you and the Prince on screen and Noctis still had all his stocks left.

“So when I win, what do I get?” Noctis inquired.

“When you win, Noct, hasn’t Gladdy always told you to make sure your enemies down for good before boosting?” You smirked.

“You got one life left. Pretty sure this is in the bag.” He replied, as his character grabbed your own, and tossed you off the stage, ending the match. “Cake baby.”

You really loved your sweet Prince but sometimes he needed to be humbled, “Noctis, let’s play again. I feel I took it too easy on you.”

“Too easy.” Prompto squawked. “You sure about that?”

“If you want to play again, all you have to do is ask,” Noctis replied, setting up a new match.

“No, no between you and me. You put a lot of hours in this game and I wasn’t playing fair.” You stated.

“You sure you’re not getting in over your head?” Gladiolus chuckled playfully.

“It’s fine.” You replied as Noctis picked the stage. “Ready whenever you are Sweetie.”

If you blinked you would have missed it, one moment the game was declaring start and the next GAME OVER! with you as the victor, and a room staring in confusion.

“Y/N, love how did you accomplish that?” Ignis inquired as you leaned over pressing a kiss to Noctis’s cheek.

“I’ve played this game quite a bit. I think I logged 300 personally and I think about 100 streamwise.” You replied. “Everyone asks me to constantly go to tournaments but…” You shrugged leaving the sentence unfinished. “You want a rematch?”

“Wait, you stream?” Prompto asked as you nodded. “When?”

“Mostly when you boys have to stay at the Citadel, it gets kinda lonely, and I have access to all the latest games.” You replied.

“Show me!” Noctis barked.

You couldn’t help but let out a bark of laughter as you changed the tv to bring up a web browser, typing in StarryFantasy as your username before pulling up a video.

“I did this one last week when you all were stuck at the Citadel.”

“Y/N you have over 1 million subscribers?”

“Yeah, I hit 1 about a month ago we’re getting super close to 15.” You replied, over you in game voice of where you were taking online matches against fans.

“Why didn’t you say anything?” Ignis inquired, watching how your skills were actually extremely dominating.

You shrugged, “Figured it wasn’t a big deal.” You let out a squeal as you felt Noctis take both your cheeks in his hands turning you toward him. “Mock?”

Noctis stared deep in your eyes, “This is the hottest thing I have ever seen!”

You rolled your eyes playfully, “Guess I don’t need to buy any more lingerie if that’s the case.”

“Hey, we didn’t all agree on that,” Gladiolus called, as Noctis pulled you forward pressing a kiss to your lips.

“Do you ever do video streams or a face reveal?” Prompto inquired.

You finally managed to pull away from Noctis with a soft pant, “No, figured it wouldn’t be a good idea to have the Prince’s girlfriend going viral that way.”

“Let’s pray none of us go viral for any reason,” Ignis replied.

You shook your head before looking to your control on the coffee table next to your boyfriends,

”So anyone up for a rematch?”

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my-one-love-is-music · 8 years ago

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Be My Player 2? Ch. 12

Feel free to yell at me for this chapter.

Also on AO3!

Keith’s life had become a non-stop blur of work, studying, classes, and tests. He was vaguely aware that some eating and sleeping were happening in between all of those things, at least sometimes, but his thoughts were a whirlwind. It didn’t help that almost every night instead of gaming or watching anime, he’d be skyping with Shiro. The two of them would be quiet, the only sounds those of turning pages or pens scratching, but the thoughts flitting in Keith’s head were loud. Oh so loud.

He’d be sitting there, going over a calculation in his head, completely confident because he was thinking about physics and how much power and fuel was needed to get a 165,000 pound space shuttle off the ground and into space when Shiro’s muscular shoulders shifted underneath the tight navy blue shirt he was wearing. He had to bite back a groan on more than one occasion because letting it out would only draw concern from Shiro and that would lead to some awkward questions that he couldn’t fucking answer so he just had to bury his head back in his book and try and focus on his courses.

But did he stop skyping with Shiro? Did he tell the man that he needed some time for himself to make sure that he knew the material? No. Because he loved causing himself pain with his crush that had started getting wildly out of control. He’d had his own share of crushes in the past. They didn’t happen often and before college he never would’ve dreamed even acting on one of them because even showing interest in another guy would’ve been liable to get him punched. And he wouldn’t have just laid down and taken it if he had.

Keith was just grateful that his friends were as swamped with their own studying and work as he was. Pidge had still managed to send him a few texts that were teasing and made fun of him, but for the most part they were all on strict radio silence. Exams tended to have that effect on people. Except Shiro.

He just had to make it to the end of the week. His tests would be done and his grades would be released Friday and then he could kill his crush once and for all. He would have the chance to game with Shiro or do whatever and he would finally be able to see for himself that Shiro didn’t like him like that. It would hurt, but it would be necessary. And he could handle it. He’d been through worse.

Linda: I know that you’ve been working yourself into the ground over mid-terms this week so I’m giving you the night off. I don’t want any excuses and reassurances that you’re fine to work. You need a break and you’re working all day tomorrow, so go get some rest.

Keith huffed and stumbled through the door to his apartment. He was a little annoyed to have gotten the text because there was that little voice in the back of his head protesting that he could do it and that he would be fine, but if he was being honest… He was exhausted and worn out and he honestly needed a break.

He headed straight for his bedroom, kicking his shoes off along the way and dropping his jacket on the floor. He pulled out his laptop before collapsing onto his bed and rolling onto his side, letting his computer sit next to him on the bed. He wanted to do something to forget about his tests and his grades that would be released later, but even playing Voltron seemed like too much work.

He let his eyes slide shut and let out a breath, body relaxing against his mattress. A notification sounded on his computer and Keith groaned, turning to bury his head further into his comforter. Maybe if he was lucky he’d smother himself and wouldn’t have to worry about anything else. He could be put out of his misery for once instead of having to deal with everything that life decided to throw at him.

Keith huffed and peeked out from where he was trying to hide. He pulled up Skype and read over Shiro’s message.

Shiro: How did you do on your tests????

Keith sat up with a groan and settled back against the headboard of his bed, pulling his computer into his lap.

Keith: Grades haven’t been released yet so I’m still waiting. I’ll know later tonight.

Shiro: I’m sure you did great.

Keith: I’m just glad that it’s all over. I’m so tired. This week has drained me.

Shiro: Well now that you’re free from the joys of studying and test taking, want to play Voltron?

Keith: That sounds like it would take too much brain power.

Shiro: Lol. What about that anime we started watching last week? Want to finish that?

Keith paused before replying. He stared at Shiro’s words, wondering when the change had occurred that they would just do things together. There was no asking whether they wanted to hang out with each other, it was just assumed. And it didn’t bother him. But this was just something that friends did, right? It was true that he had to schedule his plans with Hunk and Pidge because of their busy schedules, but now that he thought about it, he and Shiro always had access to each other when they were on their computers.

And it didn’t bother him.

Keith: Sure…

Shiro: Okay, I’ll get it set up and send you the link in a minute.

Keith waited, staring at his computer screen, but not really seeing it. His mind was anything but silent. A storm cloud of thoughts raging in his brain at what he was beginning to realize. And what he didn’t want to accept. The fact that he liked Shiro. Liked him more than just a little bit. The appearance of Shiro’s next message in the skype window briefly pulled him from his thoughts and he opened it without thinking. Tried focusing on the image on his computer screen even as music spilled from his speakers.

As the episodes progressed, Keith slowly ended up on his side, staring at his computer screen. His head was resting on his pillow and the other was clutched tightly to his chest. He knew what was coming. He knew it. But that didn’t make the ending any easier to handle.

He did his best to stifle his sobs, trying to keep quiet even as tears poured down his cheeks when the credits rolled on the final episode. He wiped frantically at his cheeks. This was not how he imagined the end of his hell week going.

“Keith?” Shiro asked, his own voice uncharacteristically thick.

“I hate you so fucking much right now,” Keith mumbled.

“Are you…are you crying?”

“Yes, I’m fucking crying!! I don’t know how you could get through that and not cry!” Keith snapped, exasperated.

Shiro chuckled. “Just wanted to make sure I’m not the only one…”

“God I hate you.”

Shiro laughed again. “Hey, weren’t you supposed to get your grades back for finals?”

Keith sucked in a breath. “I really didn’t need that reminder.”

“Come on, I’m sure you did fine. And I want to know how you did.”

“Fine, fine.” He opened a new tab in his web browser and pulled up his student portal for his university. It took him a minute to navigate to the page and while it was loading he squeezed his eyes shut.

“Well?” Shiro asked expectantly.

Keith opened his eyes slowly, scrolling down the page to read over his updated grades. He relaxed the further down he got and felt relief wash over him.

“I passed. With flying colors, honestly.”

“See, I knew that you could do it! Great job, Keith.”

“Yeah, thanks.”

Silence fell between the two of them. Keith stared at his grades, the warmth that had bloomed in his chest from Shiro’s words not showing any signs of fading.

“Hey, Shiro…I’m going to call it a night. I’m exhausted and should get some sleep before I have to go into work tomorrow.”

“Oh. Yeah, yeah, don’t worry about it. I’ll talk to you later, then?”

“Yeah,” Keith answered, frowning. “Later.”

He closed out of everything that he had open and shut his computer. He sat back, thinking. Shiro had sounded almost disappointed by the fact that he had to hang up. He probably just didn’t want to be left alone since it wasn’t that late. And it was a Friday. Keith was sure that it had nothing to do with him. He reached for his phone and pulled up his list of contacts, scrolling down until he hit one of the people he knew he could talk to.

He held the phone up to his ear and waited as the ringing sounded in his ear.

“Hey, what’s up? Everything cool?” Pidge asked. It sounded like she was eating something.

“Yeah, yeah. I just need to talk to you about something. And Hunk if he’s around.”

“He’s not here right now, but I can relay the info when he gets back and get him caught up on the situation.”

Keith let out a breath. “Okay.”

“You didn’t bomb your mid-terms, did you? That’s not what this is about, right?” Pidge sounded worried.

“No. I just checked them. Passed with flying colors. That’s not the problem.”

“Is this about Shiro?”

Keith sighed, heavy and full of meaning. “Yeah…”

“Did something happen?”

“No.”

“So you didn’t tell him that you have a crush on him?”

Keith nearly choked. “No!”

“Relax, just checking. What’s the problem then?”

He sighed. “I just…I realized how much time that we actually spend together and talking to each other. Our friendship is just sort of assumed at this point and there’s not really a question that we won’t hang out or do something together.”

“Does that bother you?”

“No.”

“So what’s the problem?”

“I don’t know…I just…I feel like this is so much. So soon. And I like him, but isn’t that kind of weird? We only met online and have only been doing this for a couple of weeks. Isn’t that too soon?”

“Keith,” Pidge sighed, sounding both exasperated and fond, “You are pretty much shit at anything that comes to romantic feelings, aren’t you?”

“I…guess? Should I be insulted by that? I feel like I should be insulted by that.”

“You can be insulted by that statement all you want, but it’s true. So let me spell something out for you. Feelings aren’t this logical thing that you can dissect. You should know this, Keith, even though you are going into science. It’s not rational, these types of things just sort of happen. So if you’re comfortable with it all, it shouldn’t really be a problem.”

“I guess…” he said, reluctantly.

“Trust me, Keith. I know that you’re going to have doubts and you’re going to second guess every move that you end up making, but it doesn’t have to be that way. I know that it’s probably really scary. Not only are you putting yourself out there emotionally, but you’re also doing so with someone who you’ve started to largely consider a friend. But if you don’t ask him, you aren’t going to know where you stand.”

“But what if he doesn’t like me like that?”

“I’m going to be honest with you, Keith. There’s the chance that might happen. But that doesn’t mean you can’t still be friends. That doesn’t mean you still can’t do stuff together. If he doesn’t like you in a romantic way and insists on cutting off all ties because you have a crush, then he’s the asshole in this situation and doesn’t even deserve to have your affections if he reacts that badly to it.”

Keith smiled. “Thanks, Pidge.”

“I’m your friend. It’s what I do. But…you should tell him. You should put all of it out there, before you end up hurting yourself and him.”

“I’ll think about it.”

“You better,” Pidge warned. “The three of us should get together again soon and you can tell us how it goes. And maybe we can actually get through a couple of movies without you spacing out on us. Or force-feed you ice cream in case it does go badly.”

Keith chuckled, already feeling lighter. Maybe he could handle this whole situation. “Sounds like a plan.”

“You’re not going to curl up in a ball and cry your eyes out if I hang up now, are you? I think I just heard the front door open which means it’s time to spill all of your dirty secrets to Hunk.”

“You’re the worst.”

“Love you, too,” Pidge said before hanging up.

Keith locked his phone and let his hand fall to the bed. He stared across his bedroom, not really seeing what was in front of, allowing his mind to focus on the question and issue at hand. He thought about how the conversation would have to go and didn’t see any other outcome than it being so incredibly awkward. How was he going to tell Shiro how he feels?

He could just imagine the disgusted expression that would come over his features. He could already hear Shiro freak out on him.

“I trusted you!”

“I thought that we were friends!”

“You’re disgusting!”

Keith squeezed his eyes shut, trying to block out the thoughts and keep them away. He didn’t want to think about this. He didn’t want to think about it. It was bad enough with everything else that he was always forced to deal with, but now this was just one more thing. Shiro said that he could go to him with anything. He could talk to him about anything. How was he supposed to talk to him about this?

He curled into a ball on his side and gripped the long strands of his hair in his hands. It was only a moment before the tears were sliding down his cheeks. Unlike the last time that he’d cried, he was silent, body only shaking slightly with his agitated breathing. And God did he hate that Pidge knew him so well.

“I can’t-“ he gasped. “I can’t do this.”

He rolled onto his back and stared at the ceiling, tears still sliding down his cheeks. “I can’t tell him. It’s going to ruin everything.” Grasping onto the broken determination that was rising up inside of him, Keith sat up and got out of bed. He turned and looked at his computer where it was still sitting on his bed. He shivered.

That was the thing that had started all of this. That had been the outlet for his frustrations and brought him to Shiro. But now it was mocking him. Because it had the power. It could destroy everything for Keith. Could absolutely wreck him. And if he let go and told Shiro about his feelings and it all blew up in his face? He didn’t know how he was going to come back from it.

“No. I can’t tell him. I can’t.”

Keith hurried over to his dresser and grabbed a change of clothes. Hopefully a shower would help him push all of this aside. He was too keyed up to sleep and he couldn’t exactly get back on his computer because Shiro would know. And that would only end up confusing him and hurting him. Shiro was the last person who Keith wanted to see hurt.

So he turned to the bathroom. He turned on the spray and stripped out of his clothes quickly. He tried to force his mind to go blank, which he was not very good at because every other second, thoughts of Shiro kept coming back to him. He kept thinking about his kind smile and bright eyes. Kept thinking about how soft his hair looked and how it would feel to run his fingers through it.

Keith squeezed his eyes shut. And if his tears happened to be hidden by the water running down his face, then that was fine, too. He’d let it go. He’d let the feelings remain. If he had to hide and keep them to himself he could do it. If he lost sleep thinking about what could be and remind himself why it can’t be. Then he could do that, too. If it broke him inside every time that he saw Shiro smile at him and reminded him that he’d never be able to feel his lips against his own… Then he could handle it.

Because he wasn’t about to ruin one of the few good things that he had going in his life. If his feelings ruined him, instead? Then he could handle it. Because it would mean that he would be the one suffering and not Shiro. He’d suffered a lot in his life. So what was one more thing added to the list? He’d content himself with the smiles that Shiro would give him and his bright laughter that would crackle through the speakers, the connection making it no less genuine.

He could handle it. He just had to keep reminding himself of that fact.

#voltron #sheith #molim writes #fic update #fic: Player 2

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topfygad · 6 years ago

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The Day I Swam in Antarctica’s Icy Waters! – I am Aileen

When I had the chance to go to Antarctica on an expedition cruise with Hurtigruten, I made it one of my goals to do my first ever polar plunge in the continent — and I did!

…However, it helps to note that this almost did NOT happen.

This is a “right of passage” for all of us who have adventurous souls as well as one of the best things to do in Antarctica; but of course, we all know that it isn’t exactly a wise decision to swim in the world’s coldest waters in just a bikini, right?

So yes, for total disclosure, I did spend some time debating with myself before the whole ordeal happened, and I segregate them into the following stages… .

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Polar Plunge in Antarctica

» Stage #1: Excitement «

Deception Island from Shutterstock.com A few days after we’ve landed in the Antarctic Peninsula itself, the Hurtigruten crew announced our upcoming arrival to Deception Island: a unique place in the continent due to the fact that it is the caldera (volcanic ‘crater’) of an active volcano. To set everyone abuzz even further, they said that this will be the location wherein we would be allowed to do a polar plunge.

“This is it, I’m going to do a polar plunge!” I thought to myself excitedly.

After all, it’s not everyday that someone can have the unique opportunity of swimming in Antarctica waters — and even inside a volcano at that! .

» Stage #2: Doubt & Fear «

“Meh, I’m not going to do it.”

Jonas quipped from across the room while I was preparing my clothes for the shore landing in Deception Island.

“Wait, what? You won’t do the polar plunge?” Jonas shrugged, “It’s not my thing, and I have to work.”

Well, there goes my ‘plunging’ support buddy! Aww… Then again, nope, I was not to be swayed. Of course I was a bit disappointed, but I didn’t let it bother me too much.

– – –

Later at lunch, I passed by one of the service staff and he gave me a little nudge, “So, are you going to do the polar plunge today?”

“Yes,” I replied, “How about you? Have you done it before?”

He chuckled, “Yes, and I will NEVER do it again!”

Something in me faltered, but I shrugged it off. I went back to my cabin and in order to hype myself up for the experience, I typed the phrase “polar plunge” on my web browser. I simply wanted to browse through some cool photos — but one thing led to another… and I rather stumbled into article headlines that read:

Polar Plunges: Are They Even Good for You?

Is the Polar Plunge Safe?

Swimmer Rescued During Polar Plunge

How to Survive a Polar Plunge

Wait. I can die from this? What do they mean it’s not safe? Someone had to be rescued before? And what — I have to “survive” it?

It then dawned on me that my initial “euphoria” on the idea of doing my first ever polar plunge had clouded my practical judgment that: OF. COURSE. Swimming in cold waters has risks that are not limited to shock, heart attack or hypothermia (maybe even drowning because I’m not a good swimmer myself lol). It didn’t even help that I started to recall how cold I felt when I first took a dip in European waters — and mind you, that was in the summer!

So okaaaay. Maybe this wasn’t a good idea after all… .

» Stage #3: Facing it All «

Sure, I might die because of “cold shock” if I’m not healthy enough or if I happen to have a heart problem — but that’s just highly unlikely. The expedition team even told me that they never had someone who died from doing a polar plunge; besides, the whole plunge will only be for a few minutes (even seconds if anyone couldn’t bear it) and there will also be a doctor on shore.

Naturally, the above factors were all sensible reasons for lessening my building doubts and fears; but do you know what took it all away completely…? When I thought of ‘regrets’.

If you’re a regular reader of my blog and if you’ve followed my whole journey up to now, you would know how I dislike having regrets in my life. I didn’t want to have a lot of “what ifs” in the future — and certainly, I didn’t want this polar plunge to be one of those.

So that afternoon, I boarded the zodiac boat that was sailing to Deception Island’s Pendulum Cove. As I sat there, I can already see the cluster of ship guests on shore, both old and young, who were either stripping off their clothes or running straight into the freezing waters. I couldn’t help but giggle… “Yup, I am one of those crazy lunatics.”

After I set foot on the cove, Hurtigruten’s expedition team leader gave us a tip that we could walk (or even run) around the island before taking the dip so that our bodies can get to warm up a bit more before the plunge itself. However, I was in a daze — I went straight to the part of the shore where all the swimmers were.

I just wanted to get it over with before I could change my mind.

Once there, I did a quick chat with one of the swimmers who gave me an encouraging mini speech and then, without missing a beat, I set up my camera and started putting off one layer of clothing at a time. Now I assure you that I shuddered terribly when the harsh Antarctic winds first hit contact with my bare skin — plus, I felt even more chills when my bare feet touched the cold black sand. It didn’t even help that the water boots they made me wear was sogging wet!

I ran over to one of the expedition staff and muttered, “I’m ready.”

She put a check mark beside my name and afterwards, I swiftly turned and ran towards the water. .

» Stage #5: Adrenaline High «

You see, running is essential in order for this particular polar plunge to be successful. Some other ships do it ‘pirate style’ where you get to jump off a plank; but for ships like Hurtigruten, it is up to you to set your pace — and nope, there’s no room for slow wading and adjusting here: you MUST run, or else, you might back out given that the water is so awfully cold.

So as my body gradually went through the water, all the obscene words that I’ve learned in this life spilled out from my lips.

And when the water hit my waist — there was a pause. I didn’t think that a sudden ‘slow mo’ could happen to me in real life, but it did. And for some reason the word “PLUNGE” popped in my head. Before I knew it, my body automatically did a little dive and then I was wholly under the water.

…Aaah, I can still recall how cold and painful it was as if millions of tiny needles were piercing through my skin! But before I could process everything further, again: there was another pause and I think this is the part when my body was already done with the cold shock response. I proceeded to push myself out of the water and then walked back to shore. One of the expedition staff wrapped a towel around me while saying, “Good job!” and as I was drying myself off, I felt incredibly weird.

For some reason, my body didn’t feel like it was cold anymore. Rather, I felt so refreshed and energized.

At some point, I even took off my towel and then took some photos of myself on the beach with just my bikini on. But of course… I didn’t take too long because I know that my body must actually be very cold despite the numb yet invigorating feeling that I was having!

Soon after, I was back on the ship and enjoying a hot jacuzzi (as if to remind my body how it felt to be warm again).

TRIVIA: There was a time when you can dig holes in the warm sands of Pendulum Cove so you can enjoy a ‘hot spring’ by the bay — but this is NO longer allowed under the Antarctic Treaty. Hence, people’s perception that there are hot springs in Deception Island is not true; and believe me, even if it was still allowed to do that, there is no way that your plunge won’t be cold.

You can also do a polar plunge in Whalers Bay of Deception Island, but the upside of doing it in Pendulum Cove is that once you get back on the beach after your swim, you’ll get to enjoy brief moments of semi-warm sand on your feet.

By the way, I got a certificate for doing this and it’s probably the coolest certification that I have to date!

STATS:

Water temperature was at 1.5°C Windspeed of 6 meters per second Air temperature of 2°C

December 10, 2017 Place: Pendulum Cove, Deception Island, Antarctica

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It still felt like a dream that I really did manage to check off ‘polar plunge’ on my travel bucket list! (I also did camping in Antarctica which you can read here.)

Now if you were to ask me if I’m going to do this again, my answer would be YES! — But, I won’t make a habit out of it. *wink* I will most likely do the next one in the north pole once I get to be on those parts.

All in all, I’m just so glad that I didn’t let my doubts and fears stop me from doing this. So if you ever are in the glorious Antarctic continent, I highly recommend that you do this.

Again, remember: better to push yourself to do it than to regret it later!

What do you also like to do a polar plunge?

Why or why not?

Or have you done this before? How was it?

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neptunecreek · 7 years ago

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Sextortion Scam: What to Do If You Get the Latest Phishing Spam Demanding Bitcoin

You may have arrived at this post because you received an email from a purported hacker who is demanding payment or else they will send compromising information—such as pictures sexual in nature—to all you friends and family. You’re searching for what to do in this frightening situation.

Don’t panic. Contrary to the claims in your email, you haven't been hacked (or at least, that's not what prompted that email). This is merely a new variation on an old scam which is popularly being called "sextortion." This is a type of online phishing that is targeting people around the world and preying off digital-age fears.

We’ll talk about a few steps to take to protect yourself, but the first and foremost piece of advice we have: do not pay the ransom.

We have pasted a few examples of these emails at the bottom of this post. The general gist is that a hacker claims to have compromised your computer and says they will release embarrassing information—such as images of you captured through your web camera or your pornographic browsing history—to your friends, family, and co-workers. The hacker promises to go away if you send them thousands of dollars, usually with bitcoin.

What makes the email especially alarming is that, to prove their authenticity, they begin the emails showing you a password you once used or currently use.

Again, this still doesn't mean you've been hacked. The scammers in this case likely matched up a database of emails and stolen passwords and sent this scam out to potentially millions of people, hoping that enough of them would be worried enough and pay out that the scam would become profitable.

EFF researched some of the bitcoin wallets being used by the scammers. Of the five wallets we looked at only one had received any bitcoin, in total about 0.5 bitcoin or $4,000 at the time of this writing. It’s hard to say how much the scammers have received in total at this point since they appear to be using different bitcoin addresses for each attack, but it’s clear that at least some people are already falling for this scam.

Here are some quick answers to the questions many people ask after receiving these emails.

They have my password! How did they get my password?

Unfortunately, in the modern age, data breaches are common and massive sets of passwords make their way to the criminal corners of the Internet. Scammers likely obtained such a list for the express purpose of including a kernel of truth in an otherwise boilerplate mass email.

If the password emailed to you is one that you still use, in any context whatsoever, STOP USING IT and change it NOW! And regardless of whether or not you still use that password it's always a good idea to use a password manager.

And of course, you should always change your password when you’re alerted that your information has been leaked in a breach. You can also use a service like Have I Been Pwned to check whether you have been part of one of the more well-known password dumps.

Should I respond to the email?

Absolutely not. With this type of scam, the perpetrator relies on the likelihood that a small number of people will respond out of a batch of potentially millions. Fundamentally this isn't that much different from the old Nigerian prince scam, just with a different hook. By default they expect most people will not even open the email, let alone read it. But once they get a response—and a conversation is initiated—they will likely move into a more advanced stage of the scam. It’s better to not respond at all.

So, I shouldn’t pay the ransom?

You should not pay the ransom. If you pay the ransom, you’re not only losing money but you’re encouraging the scammers to continue phishing other people. If you do pay, then the scammers may also use that as a pressure point to continue to blackmail you, knowing that you’re are susceptible.

What should I do instead?

As we said before, for sure stop using the password that the scammer used in the phishing email, and consider employing a password manager to keep your passwords strong and unique. Moving forward, you should make sure to enable two-factor authentication whenever that is an option on your online accounts. You can also check out our Surveillance Self-Defense guide for more tips on how to protect your security and privacy online.

One other thing to do to protect yourself is apply a cover over your computer’s camera. We offer some through our store, but a small strip of electrical tape will do.

We know this experience isn't fun, but it's also not the end of the world. Just ignore the scammers' empty threats and practice good password hygiene going forward!

Example 1

I am aware one of your passphrase: password. Lets get directly to point. Not a single person has compensated me to investigate about you. You do not know me and you are probably wondering why you're getting this e mail?actually, I actually installed a software on the adult vids (sex sites) site and you know what, you visited this web site to have fun (you know what I mean). When you were viewing videos, your internet browser initiated working as a Remote control Desktop that has a key logger which provided me access to your display screen and also web cam. Right after that, my software program collected your complete contacts from your Messenger, FB, and email . After that I created a double-screen video. 1st part shows the video you were viewing (you've got a good taste haha . . .), and 2nd part shows the view of your webcam, and its u. You do have only 2 alternatives. We are going to understand these types of choices in aspects: 1st solution is to disregard this message. In this case, I am going to send your actual video clip to just about all of your contacts and thus you can easily imagine about the disgrace you feel. Not to mention should you be in a relationship, just how it will eventually affect? Number two choice will be to pay me $3000. We will think of it as a donation. As a consequence, I most certainly will without delay eliminate your videotape. You will keep going on your daily life like this never happened and you will not hear back again from me. You'll make the payment through Bitcoin (if you do not know this, search for "how to buy bitcoin" in Google).

Example 2

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Example 3

𝕨hat's up. If you were more vigilant while playing with yourself, I wouldn't worry you. I don't think that playing with yourself is very bad, but when all colleagues, relatives and friends get video record of it- it is obviously for u. I adjusted virus on a porn web-site which you have visited. When the victim press on a play button, device begins recording the screen and all cameras on your device starts working. мoreover, my program makes a dedicated desktop supplied with key logger function from your device , so I could get all contacts from ya e-mail, messengers and other social networks. I've chosen this e-mail cuz It's your working address, so u should read it. Ì think that 730 usd is pretty enough for this little false. I made a split screen vid(records from screen (u have interesting tastes ) and camera ooooooh... its awful ᾷF) Ŝo its your choice, if u want me to erase this сompromising evidence use my ƅitсȯin wᾷllеt aďdrеss- 1JEjgJzaWAYYXsyVvU2kTTgvR9ENCAGJ35 Ƴou have one day after opening my message, I put the special tracking pixel in it, so when you will open it I will know.If ya want me to share proofs with ya, reply on this message and I will send my creation to five contacts that I've got from ur contacts. P.S... You can try to complain to cops, but I don't think that they can solve ur problem, the investigation will last for several months- I'm from Estonia - so I dgf LOL

Example 4

I know, password, is your pass word. You may not know me and you're most likely wondering why you are getting this e mail, correct? In fact, I placed a malware on the adult vids (porn material) web-site and you know what, you visited this website to have fun (you know what I mean). While you were watching video clips, your internet browser initiated operating as a RDP (Remote Desktop) that has a keylogger which provided me access to your screen and also webcam. Immediately after that, my software program gathered your entire contacts from your Messenger, social networks, as well as email. What did I do? I made a double-screen video. 1st part shows the video you were watching (you have a good taste lmao), and 2nd part shows the recording of your webcam. exactly what should you do?

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topfygad · 6 years ago

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The Day I Swam in Antarctica’s Icy Waters! – I am Aileen

When I had the chance to go to Antarctica on an expedition cruise with Hurtigruten, I made it one of my goals to do my first ever polar plunge in the continent — and I did!

…However, it helps to note that this almost did NOT happen.

So yes, for total disclosure, I did spend some time debating with myself before the whole ordeal happened, and I segregate them into the following stages… .

Polar Plunge in Antarctica

» Stage #1: Excitement «

“This is it, I’m going to do a polar plunge!” I thought to myself excitedly.

After all, it’s not everyday that someone can have the unique opportunity of swimming in Antarctica waters — and even inside a volcano at that! .

» Stage #2: Doubt & Fear «

“Meh, I’m not going to do it.”

Jonas quipped from across the room while I was preparing my clothes for the shore landing in Deception Island.

“Wait, what? You won’t do the polar plunge?” Jonas shrugged, “It’s not my thing, and I have to work.”

Well, there goes my ‘plunging’ support buddy! Aww… Then again, nope, I was not to be swayed. Of course I was a bit disappointed, but I didn’t let it bother me too much.

– – –

Later at lunch, I passed by one of the service staff and he gave me a little nudge, “So, are you going to do the polar plunge today?”

“Yes,” I replied, “How about you? Have you done it before?”

He chuckled, “Yes, and I will NEVER do it again!”

Polar Plunges: Are They Even Good for You?

Is the Polar Plunge Safe?

Swimmer Rescued During Polar Plunge

How to Survive a Polar Plunge

Wait. I can die from this? What do they mean it’s not safe? Someone had to be rescued before? And what — I have to “survive” it?

So okaaaay. Maybe this wasn’t a good idea after all… .

» Stage #3: Facing it All «

Naturally, the above factors were all sensible reasons for lessening my building doubts and fears; but do you know what took it all away completely…? When I thought of ‘regrets’.

I just wanted to get it over with before I could change my mind.

I ran over to one of the expedition staff and muttered, “I’m ready.”

She put a check mark beside my name and afterwards, I swiftly turned and ran towards the water. .

» Stage #5: Adrenaline High «

So as my body gradually went through the water, all the obscene words that I’ve learned in this life spilled out from my lips.

For some reason, my body didn’t feel like it was cold anymore. Rather, I felt so refreshed and energized.

Soon after, I was back on the ship and enjoying a hot jacuzzi (as if to remind my body how it felt to be warm again).

By the way, I got a certificate for doing this and it’s probably the coolest certification that I have to date!

STATS:

Water temperature was at 1.5°C Windspeed of 6 meters per second Air temperature of 2°C

December 10, 2017 Place: Pendulum Cove, Deception Island, Antarctica

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It still felt like a dream that I really did manage to check off ‘polar plunge’ on my travel bucket list! (I also did camping in Antarctica which you can read here.)

All in all, I’m just so glad that I didn’t let my doubts and fears stop me from doing this. So if you ever are in the glorious Antarctic continent, I highly recommend that you do this.

Again, remember: better to push yourself to do it than to regret it later!

What do you also like to do a polar plunge?

Why or why not?

Or have you done this before? How was it?

Did you like this article? Follow me on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or YouTube and be notified about my newest posts and updates!

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topfygad · 6 years ago

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The Day I Swam in Antarctica’s Icy Waters! – I am Aileen

When I had the chance to go to Antarctica on an expedition cruise with Hurtigruten, I made it one of my goals to do my first ever polar plunge in the continent — and I did!

…However, it helps to note that this almost did NOT happen.

So yes, for total disclosure, I did spend some time debating with myself before the whole ordeal happened, and I segregate them into the following stages… .

Polar Plunge in Antarctica

» Stage #1: Excitement «

“This is it, I’m going to do a polar plunge!” I thought to myself excitedly.

After all, it’s not everyday that someone can have the unique opportunity of swimming in Antarctica waters — and even inside a volcano at that! .

» Stage #2: Doubt & Fear «

“Meh, I’m not going to do it.”

Jonas quipped from across the room while I was preparing my clothes for the shore landing in Deception Island.

“Wait, what? You won’t do the polar plunge?” Jonas shrugged, “It’s not my thing, and I have to work.”

Well, there goes my ‘plunging’ support buddy! Aww… Then again, nope, I was not to be swayed. Of course I was a bit disappointed, but I didn’t let it bother me too much.

– – –

Later at lunch, I passed by one of the service staff and he gave me a little nudge, “So, are you going to do the polar plunge today?”

“Yes,” I replied, “How about you? Have you done it before?”

He chuckled, “Yes, and I will NEVER do it again!”

Polar Plunges: Are They Even Good for You?

Is the Polar Plunge Safe?

Swimmer Rescued During Polar Plunge

How to Survive a Polar Plunge

Wait. I can die from this? What do they mean it’s not safe? Someone had to be rescued before? And what — I have to “survive” it?

So okaaaay. Maybe this wasn’t a good idea after all… .

» Stage #3: Facing it All «

Naturally, the above factors were all sensible reasons for lessening my building doubts and fears; but do you know what took it all away completely…? When I thought of ‘regrets’.

I just wanted to get it over with before I could change my mind.

I ran over to one of the expedition staff and muttered, “I’m ready.”

She put a check mark beside my name and afterwards, I swiftly turned and ran towards the water. .

» Stage #5: Adrenaline High «

So as my body gradually went through the water, all the obscene words that I’ve learned in this life spilled out from my lips.

For some reason, my body didn’t feel like it was cold anymore. Rather, I felt so refreshed and energized.

Soon after, I was back on the ship and enjoying a hot jacuzzi (as if to remind my body how it felt to be warm again).

By the way, I got a certificate for doing this and it’s probably the coolest certification that I have to date!

STATS:

Water temperature was at 1.5°C Windspeed of 6 meters per second Air temperature of 2°C

December 10, 2017 Place: Pendulum Cove, Deception Island, Antarctica

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It still felt like a dream that I really did manage to check off ‘polar plunge’ on my travel bucket list! (I also did camping in Antarctica which you can read here.)

All in all, I’m just so glad that I didn’t let my doubts and fears stop me from doing this. So if you ever are in the glorious Antarctic continent, I highly recommend that you do this.

Again, remember: better to push yourself to do it than to regret it later!

What do you also like to do a polar plunge?

Why or why not?

Or have you done this before? How was it?

Did you like this article? Follow me on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or YouTube and be notified about my newest posts and updates!

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