“Those are both two-person board games,” I point out.
“You’ve met Max. Even with his new calm personality, he can make anything into a three-person event.”
Max Latham, who plays for the Philadelphia Hatters, is a crazy dude. Well, hewasa crazy dude. Just before I joined my brother aboard theOpulencelast year, he’d been walking around naked for several days because he’d fallen asleep naked and his dick was sunburned. He made headlines last summer after the cruise, and not in the most favorable way. I suppose being the cum-covered poster boy for the St. Andrew’s Cross isnotthe look the NHL is going for. As a result, he disappeared for the rest of summer and returned with a boyfriend who seems to smooth out all his rough edges.
He’s quieter now. Still quick to smile and laugh, but he’s not ready to walk around naked with his dick sunburned.
I don’t know him well, but after observing him from summer to summer, I can see that the biggest difference is that Max now looks settled. He seems comfortable in his skin. I’m not even sure I know what I’m talking about, but that’s the impression I get.
But Lix is right. He can turn anything into a three-person event. I think he enjoys the challenge. “We should see if he can turn it into a five-person event,” I say.
“I have a feeling he’s going to use painter’s tape to cover the heli-pad with a life-sized chess board, and we’re all going to be in his game,” Lix says.
I grin. “Sounds to me like this is already underway.”
He turns his blue eyes on me. “I’m a rook for the skins team.”
I laugh.
CHAPTER 2
OSCAR “HONEY SIN” “OZ” LENNON
Ono Romeo
I’ll be checking in on Kala on Sunday and staying for a week. You still going to be there? Would totally love to do a collab. I know just the place!
Iclick the date and time to pull up the calendar on the computer. Sunday… sure. I write back.
Me
Sounds good. How about Tuesday at noon? We can meet at the Sandy Bar Mixer on Anopos. Unless there’s somewhere else you’d like to meet closer to this perfect spot?
Leaving the chat up in case Ono Romeo comes back online while I’m still here, I click through my emails and other direct messages on different platforms, making sure I don’t miss someone reaching out.
I always take care of work first. Honey Sin never rests, after all. That’s practically my motto. Thankfully, almost all platforms that I use have the ability to schedule out, which is fortunate. It allows me to remain “active” even whileon vacation.
Considering summer vacation lasts for nearly three months and I spend that on the Isle of Kala with my husband, scheduling out is necessary. It definitely works out because I have endless opportunities for collabs here.
Being an adult content creator can be exhausting. It might look like a good time—sex all the time and posting thirst traps to direct people to the subscription platforms—but it’s far more complicated than that. You need to have chemistry.
There’s nothing I hate more than collabs that look like what they are—set up. There are a handful of content creators that I’ve scheduled within the past that I won’t work with again. Not because they weren’t lovely, but because our chemistry was shit and, in my opinion, it really showed on screen.
We didn’t get many negative comments, but I need to feel good about what I put out in the world. It’s there forever, after all.
There are also a handful of creators who constantly look fake on screen. One couple seems to have a very popular following of both haters and lovers. They’ve made it their brand to look at the camera with this “oh my god” face that is completely and veryobviouslyfabricated. In every. Single. Video. Whether it be a tease or not.
I’m 100% not into that. Besides, I find their brand confusing.
Anyway… Sometimes, I feel like I work more hours every week at this job than I would at a “normal” nine-to-five. It just never ends.
A new message pops up from Ono, so I click over to look at it.
Ono Romeo
Sounds good. See you in a week.
I send him back a thumbs up before closing out of ShareIt DMs entirely. Last up, I log into my ReachMe account. Most of the time, I’m just making sure that what I have scheduledactually posts as it should. Technology is not perfect, and glitches happen far too often.
