In a dim room, lit only by a computer monitor, sat the newest recipient of the Chronivac. They were humming away, as they tinkered with settings and parameters on a second screen. On the other monitor, video was full-screened showing a 20-somethings hispanic male, clearly concentrating at the gameplay that was filling his screen for his audience. Every time someone donated in excess of $50, he would drop everything and gyrate his slightly chunky belly in front of the camera.
A sudden *PING!* noise brought the humming to a halt; the real fun was about to begin.
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Hector "DangerFail" was spending his evening like usual, streaming games to entertain internet strangers. 2017 was truly a crazy year. Just before the year had rolled over, he had been close to living on the streets with no roof over his head. Now, he was making six figures just to play video games on camera.
As he maneuvered his character into a safe area, he heard the chime of one of his donation messages. It wasn't a particularly large one, so he knew he didn't have to pay much attention. The text-to-speech read it out to him.
"$3 donation from Anyon: Im gunna change ur world n u wont even kno"
Hector's eyebrows furrowed as he took down the next player in the game. "Sweet, thanks for the donation bud. Hope you're having a good time." the script was rote at this point. He didn't have enough time to even process what the message had been before the next one came in.