eyes burned again. Her thumb hovered a mi
a sharp ping echoed from her phone
ead: Alp
d back. She took a q
the cheap microphone. "Welco
st sat in the viewer list. His profile
edge of her desk. She des
rocery store earlier. I had to buy the generic brand oatmeal because it was on sale f
, but her voice wa
Then, white text app
Life is ha
off Chelsi's chest. Her tense shoulders dropped. She
of digital gold fireworks erup
n bright yellow: AlphaRoach has g
er eyes went wide. Because of the extreme AR filter,
wildly against her ribs. "Fifty dollars? You didn
e clunky menu. She quickly clicked on AlphaRoach's name
appeared nex
: [Sunglas
ugh. The crushing anxiety i
ped up on the Apex homepage. It was a site-wide random
ide PK will result in a 30% drop in channel visibility for 48 hours. Her hand froze in mid-air. A 30% drop meant she might not see another viewer for days. She thought of the fourteen dollars in her bank accou
flashed b
pted the Co-stream Ba
en instantly
ce in the dark basement. On the right, a blindin
t-shirt and expensive gaming headset. His dark hair was slightly messy from wearing the headset, but it
of Kamron's screen, the
to the shared stream. Chelsi's phone be
stopped talking. He leaned closer to his monitor, his dark eyebr
ne. He let out a deep, mocking scoff tha
Kamron's deep voice vib
of toxic comments flo
k at tha
ish
the filte
turned ice-cold. She grabbed the edge of her
the screen, looking for
sconnecting from an official PK will result in a
he disconnected, she would lose the fifty dollars Al
aking hand back.
istic smirk pulled at his lips. He sna
h authority. "The loser of this battle has to accept a penalty. And th
Her voice was so quiet it was completely drowned
thousand people. Her stomach churned so
comment cut through the s
a rookie? How patheti
arrowed into sharp, dangerous slits. He
y on his mechanical key
imer appeared at the top of th

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