Fs in the Chat
IDEA - 7-12-21
by
Patrick Ryan
Danny Davis, a new streamer, is attempting to grow his audience on his gaming streaming channel by playing Granite City, an open-world game in which you can choose to be good or bad. Danny knows that criminal streamers attract more views, so he's decided to become an outlaw in the game.
"All right, gamers, our last campaign peaked at a hundred viewers; that's the target for today's marathon," Danny says to begin the stream.
"I'm not going to stop playing until we've hit a hundred viewers. Right now, it appears that we're at," Danny says as he looks down at his streaming views. "four. We'll be here all night, so don't worry," Danny exclaims with zeal.
"Okay, the black market chatter indicates there's something valuable on the north end of town; let's go check it out," Danny says.
When he arrives, he notices a sniper in the bell tower and learns that the police have just dispatched two teams of five into a bunker.
"Wow, whatever is in that bunker, they really want to safeguard it; they're looking for a thief, possibly someone who has murdered police officers. I'm going to try to sneak in and see if I can get out with the treasure in the midst of the chaos," Danny explains with fake tension.
He maneuvers beneath the sniper and makes a break for it; the sniper fires again but misses, allowing Danny to enter the bunker narrowly. As Danny becomes lost in this building's labyrinth, gunfire can be heard throughout the bunker. He makes a quick right into a chamber, but it's a dead end. There's also a female character in the room named Kelly Clarkson, and she promptly draws a machine gun on Danny.
"Hold up, I'm not one of them; I'm an outlaw like you," Danny tries to persuade.
Kelly Clarkson holds the gun to Danny's head.
"What's the deal with this place?" Danny inquires.
Kelly Clarkson lowers her gun and says, "It's a gallium crystal."
"Gamers, I can't believe this! Only one gallium crystal spawns every 30 days, and it's worth 30,000 credits!" Danny says to his audience in a goofy tone.
"Why are you talking like that? You sound strange and phony," Kelly Clarkson says.
"I'm doing a Livestream; I'm speaking to my gamer audience," Danny exclaims.
"Livestream? Whatever, we'll only get the crystal if we work as a team. I'll share the 30,000 credits with you," Kelly Clarkson makes an offer.
"What a bargain, gamers! 15,000 credits is more than I earned in the previous three weeks combined; you know I have to take this offer," Danny adds in a goofy tone to his audience.
"Forget it; there's no way I'm putting up with that nonsense; I'll do it myself," Kelly Clarkson grumbles.
"No, no, um, I swear I'll talk normal," Danny begs.
"Fine, the crystal is located in this section of the building, to the right and roughly ten rooms down.
There are maybe 15 police officers between us and the room. If we can get past the cops, there should be another ten police in the room with the crystal. After that, it's smooth sailing with the gallium," Kelly Clarkson explains.
Danny says, "Yeah, smooth."
Kelly Clarkson and Danny begin cleaning the police from the hallway. Danny finds himself in trouble right away, and Kelly Clarkson comes to his rescue a few times. Danny can't believe how skilled she is at the game; she might be the best player he's ever seen. Kelly Clarkson executes moves and turns that would require 20 fingers to execute; her bullet efficiency is out of this world, and every shot is a head shot. Danny doesn't even realize he's about to be killed half the time, and Kelly Clarkson saves him.
When they get to the room with the gallium crystal, there is no one present, only the crystal on the pedestal.
"Something's wrong; there should be another 5 to 10 cops in here, be on the lookout," Kelly Clarkson emphasizes.
A false wall opens up as they enter the room, revealing a rocket launcher. The police have Kelly Clarkson cornered. Danny's character tumbles to the ground and lands right next to the gallium crystal. He could very easily steal the crystal and exit as the rocket launcher murders Kelly Clarkson. Danny, tempted, decides to sacrifice himself instead, throwing his character in front of the rocket launcher, killing him instantaneously. Kelly Clarkson escapes with the gallium crystal, and Danny awakens at a hospital in another part of Granite City.
Danny instantly opens the character list and looks for Kelly Clarkson so he can friend her in the game, but she isn't there. Danny's feed now has 50 viewers.
"Did you see those headshots, guys? I think I'm in love; we need to find Kelly Clarkson," Danny explains.
Danny explores Granite City extensively. He communicates with all of his connections in contacts; no one has ever heard of her.
Suddenly, as Danny drives down a rural road with no other characters around, Kelly Clarkson comes up on his right, riding a motorcycle. Danny notices her and pulls over, and the two of them flee into a barn.
"I didn't know if I'd ever see you again," Danny says.
"You helped me in stealing the gallium crystal. I owe you 15,000 credits and much more; you could have easily snatched the crystal and escaped," Kelly Clarkson says.
"I didn't think it was right to do that because you're the best player I've ever seen; you earned that crystal," Danny acknowledges.
"That's unusual; most of the time, it's everyone for themselves out there. That's why I had to track you down," Kelly Clarkson admits.
"I'm glad you did; you're not on any of the character lists, and I attempted to friend you, but you weren't in the program," Danny replies.
Kelly Clarkson sighs.
"What's the use? I suppose I should just tell you. I'm from another universe, but Earth is going to be hit by an asteroid in mine. I'll be lucky if I make it through the night," Kelly Clarkson says.
"Wait, what, are you for real?" Danny inquires.
"If you need proof, the apocalypse has all these people trying to repent before the end," Kelly Clarkson adds.
"Like what?" Danny inquires.
"Well, the President of the United States has been getting bribes from Canada, famous actor Rex Myers is gay, and there's a website, www.oooooooo.com, with eight o's, that shows you who really shot President Kennedy, with photographic evidence and official CIA certification," says Kelly Clarkson.
Danny checks the site,
"Damn, I never would have guessed it was that person,"
Danny exclaims.
"Right, that caught me off guard as well," Kelly Clarkson reveals.
"Oh my God, you're for real, and your Earth is about to be hit by an asteroid. I'm sorry," Danny says sadly.
"It's okay; we've known about the asteroid for nearly a year now, and most of us have just accepted our fate," Kelly Clarkson adds.
"Well then, I'm going to give you the most epic night of Granite City you've ever had; we've got 30,000 credits to burn through. Let's light this place on fire!" Danny exclaims with genuine zeal.
Danny and Kelly Clarkson unleash more damage than the game has ever seen in a single night. They both received the unreachable ten-star wanted rating, which is the highest in the game. With 30,000 credits, they could purchase guns, bombs, battleships, stealth bombers, and whatever else they could think of in the game. Granite City programmers were aware of this stream and began developing amazing weapons for them to use.
Over a billion people saw Danny's stream that night, yet he didn't look at his view count once. Kelly Clarkson captivated him; not only was she the best player he'd ever seen, but he also got to know her as a person.
As the night was turning into the morning, Kelly admitted,
"The time has come; the news says that the asteroid will make an impact any minute now. Thank you, Danny, for giving me this night; I'll never forget it," Kelly Clarkson says as her character fades away.
Danny's streaming platform became the most viewed stream on Earth due to the revelations about the President of the United States, the admission that gave Rex Myers the courage to become who he was meant to be, and the website that uncovered President Kennedy's genuine killer.
Years later, Danny would encounter the Kelly Clarkson version from his universe. They would also fall in love, as fate would have it.
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