“What else do you have planned?”
“I was planning on starting up a new run of Dungeons. I think we’ll mostly be doing character creation since that can take so long, especially if I listen to chat. Donos will be on and they’ll be read out loud today. Can someone keep an eye on that, please?”
I have a program that’ll read donation messages out loud for me but I like to have a mod approve or deny them, that way no one can say anything awful for the stream to hear.
“I got it,” Pally says which doesn’t surprise me. She likes having that type of power while Joker likes taking over the stream using my stream key, adding silly stuff on stream to trip me up or get chat laughing.
“Did you end up with a date for your SkyDive stream?” Azaad asks.
“Yep! You can mark it down for next week. We’ll start Friday and go until I beat the game.” There’s a chorus of groans from everyone in the call. “Hey! Have a little faith!”
I click over to my streaming program. I go live on my channel, starting up my pre-stream screen. Right now, viewers can seea music video parody I made last year while the words ‘stream starting soon’ flash above the video. This will go on loop for a few times so my mods and I have time to finish our conversation before I switch over to my camera and unmute my mic.
“This means we’re all on babysitting duty,” Pally says and I can practically hear her shaking her head. Rude!
“We’ll have to take shifts for when he’s sleeping. Suga? Rodney? You wanna take a shift?”
“I will,” Rodney says right away. “Maybe I’ll force him to host my stream so that I can steal some of his subs.”
“That could work,” Azaad jumps in, making notes. “Suga, I saw you’re back into that one card trading game. You could play that for a bit on Blue’s account. Or the two of you could just take a shift together and do a little impromptu podcast session. Everyone really loved when you did that advice show.”
“Oh my gods.Pleasedo the SueRod Advice Show again with me! Pretty please!”
There’s a long pause before finally Kei sighs. “Fine.”
A round of cheers go around the call, making me smile. I love this group so much. It’s so strange to love these people even though I’ve only met a couple of them. Anyone who says online friendships can’t mean as much as real life ones have never metmymods.
“Anything else anyone would like to add?” There’s a chorus of no’s. “Perfect! Then I’m gonna jump into the stream. As always, thank you all for your help with the stream. I love and appreciate you all more than words can say.”
“Oh, someone’s getting sentimental in his old age,” Vee says with a cackle. I quickly mute Discord so no one can tease me further.
I turn to my stream controls, switching the screen over to my camera and unmuting myself so the stream can hear me.
“Hello everyone! Welcome to the stream! Hi!” I look over at my notifications. I only just started but already, subscription renewals are flooding through. I take a moment to say hello and thank everyone who’s subscribed so far. I like to give them little shout outs when I have the time, appreciating each and every one of them.
“Okay, okay,” I say, sitting back in my seat. “I think it’s time for a storytime, chat. Does that sound okay? Would you be up for that?”
PeriwinklePally(mod): I’m dying to hear what went down!
MischiefRus: Don’t leave us in suspense!
IwaZilla(vip): why do I already think you’re the asshole?
Azaad(mod): @IwaZilla I’m holding out judgement until I hear the story but I’m inclined to agree with you…
“Great,” I breathe out, crossing my arms over my chest. “Thanks a lot, Iwa! I see how it is! Already deeming me the asshole before you’ve even heard my story. Mods, ban that guy.”
Every single one of my mods comments ‘no’ in response. I shake my head at them, murmuring how I’m the streamer and how I pay them to follow orders. They all respond with some form of snark.
“Right,” I say, totally getting off track. “So, let’s get into this storytime, shall we? Let me paint a picture for you. It’s a normal Monday morning and I’m going through my cupboards, looking for my favorite brand of cereal. It’s the kind with the little marshmallows that taste kinda like smores, you know the kind, chat? Type one in the chat if you love that smores cereal.”
I read through chat, frowning when all my mods and VIPs start typing two.
PourSomeSuga(mod): You’re really bad at storytelling my guy…
VeeEyePee(mod): …are you twelve? That cereal is for children!
TheGamer_JDB: You’re the asshole. I can tell from the start of this story.
