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Where did this begin?
Silas, also known as Saparata was famous. Famous for his acting in roleplays and his streams. Not like crazy, crazy famous like Zachobuild, of course. Famous in being a funny enough guy that people genuinely like watching him do things! Saparata would never complain about that.
Considering he could be infamous instead of famous, one of those choices were nicer. His fans loved seeing him in a small production roleplay series and then see him die in a horror game while screaming at the top of his lungs. It was charming to at least half of them. Being able to see his other side, his alter ego according to Flux. His whole thing started after he got a little Internet famous and was invited to a Block-tube event where they had to play characters.
People really liked his acting from there so he started getting more roles. It was the nice kind of popularity. It was something he always remembered when he had a second to think. But then again, being famous always meant questions. Questions weren't bad, sometimes they just had bad outcomes. Saparata stopped zoning out due to the horrible robotic voice that rang out in his dark room.
"Chat I said we are NOT doing that anymore. Stop wasting your money on that or I'll literally end stream right now!" The angel hated the voice that's used to read messages out loud.. It was sounded way too monotone and usually messed up words too. Plus he really didn't want his viewers to waste money on it. Saparata didn't like anyone wasting money on him PERIOD.
Have you seen the economy?!
Besides that annoying voice.. it was Friday! So after finishing up all his studies, of course Saparata hopped onto one of his games. The grind never stops for him, okay? Especially not during the weekend. He turned on his monitor and started the live as his game loaded up.
It's been a pretty good day in his books!
And his sister, Jophiel wasn't here to boss him around. He loved her a lot but she was scary when stuff had to be done. Thank Schpood for taking her outside. Saparata answered some questions about upcoming events during the start of a couple rounds. His attention was divided though, made him think of those 3 screen iPad kids..
Sheesh!
His most common to play game was about parkour where you basically had to beat the other person. Fans could join and try to beat him too so it was fun. Whoever got to the end the quickest! So basically a race with much more jumping. He didn't want to brag but he was basically the pro at this.
Noob vs pro vs hacker kind of thing.
Around the 2 hour mark of streaming, he had to take a small break. His hand was starting to cramp up.
"Guys remember that you can submit your art in the server! I'm thinking about having a stream just to check out fanart soon.. maybe." With the amount of fanart being made, he didn't want anyone to feel left out. Putting so much effort into something you love just to be ignored really suck. A separate stream would be good whenever he had the time. He paused the game and switched to a secondary monitor.
His main monitor could handle running the game for a while. Saparata located the saved tab to his fanart page and quickly got distracted by the masterpieces. Saparata was lucky like really lucky!
"One of these are going to confuse a historian someday." Somewhere in the future, he'll become the next Mona Lisa. Some of the art had just him but some had his friends mixed in there. Being a faceless streamer meant everyone went off his skin which was really funny. Seeing it compared to his friends was even funnier. They all looked normal while he was just completely white.
"Okay what's with everyone drawing me like some angel? Guys are we larping the Bible now.." A bunch of No and Yes were spammed in the chat making him laugh.
"Some of you are definitely lying!" With his bulky headphones on, he couldn't hear the door slowly opening behind him. The creaking was so loud that he didn't even need to. Because chat could usually hear every noise in his room. He was not spending money on getting rid of his natural, free of cost background noise..
His older sibling and his twin brother kept out of his room, usually so there was only one option left. His cousin, Snow Bird! He basically lives with them all at this point considering Aunty was on vacation. So Snow being here was second nature to his real and online life. Chat knew that too considering they were already spamming "snowbird" around 500 times.
Snowbird was the codeword for his cousin that quickly became his online personality. Snowbird wasn't his actual name but online safety was really important. Nobody know who's on the other side of the Internet! His brother, Micro almost got scammed trying to buy a bunch of robux off this sketchy guy.
Micro was a grown man btw..
Micro should be relieved that Ish got there in time.
The entire family in debt over robux
With a glance towards chat, he turned his head over to focus on the door. Saparata watched his younger cousin sheepishly poke his head in.
"You're right once again, Saplings!" Sometimes the angel has to remind himself that they can't see him or what's happening. Pngtuber was a safe option! He didn't want to even imagine his classmates finding the yaoi..
"Imagining things make them come true" Jophiel sometimes quotes as if she was better than them cause she was older. The whole family is made of chaos junkies, a family which she belongs to. Besides that was definitely not her original quote but it stuck around anyways! They switched back to the game, hoping he could play a round while talking to Snowbird.
Change of plans
Saparata was quickly distracted by the fact that Snowbird wasn't alone either. Creeping out from behind his brother was one of their friends, Sidefall.
Does he have to be so creepy?
He noted the black and purple hoodie, it had cute little ghosts! Sidefall was the Internets most and least trustworthy source of information, to be honest. If there was news, well you definitely weren't the first one to hear it because Sidefall existed. The dude was basically a one-man show of a fake radio station. Some people found it bad because of rumors and false information but Saparata thought it was a good hustle.
Sidefall tried to get evidence at least..? That makes him better than half of the people online who immediately blurt something out for views! Besides it was clearly working considering all of Sidefall's expensive clothes. Saparata could see his job made him happy too so that also mattered a lot. The angel put down his controller next to him on the desk being careful not to spill his coffee. Coffee is just too expensive these days but you can't blame a man for being in love.
"Hey gu-" Saparata couldn't even finish his sentence before Sidefall shoved a phone into his face. The flash was so bright and it didn't even have a purpose!?
He's trying to blind me bro..
There was a strict no face policy when it came to media. Saparata knew he could trust Sidefall though. The man crossed a bunch of lines but some he wouldn't like privacy, of course.
"Are you in a relationship with anyone?"
What happened to hello or how are you..?
The white haired man glanced at Snowbird who didn't meet his eyes. Sidefall definitely forged house keys for all of his friends. That is something Saparata would NOT put passed Sidefall. The question made Saparata pause for a second. He raised a weary brow towards his cousin leaning on the door.
Snowbird hid his smile behind his hand trying to save face. Saparata wasn't letting that disrespect slid!
Should he say no?
He wasn't in a relationship, a couple in the past when he was younger. Like really young though! He's a bit too busy for that and with being well-known, relationships are kind of complicated. Saparata didn't have any interest in them either. Sure he found some women nice and some men great, don't get him wrong.
Getting into a relationship was at the bottom of his to-do list of the year. And according to his chat he was too much of a chud to pull someone.. which was totally false. But a light bulb went off in his head. A big, old blue light bulb! Recently a new game was coming out that he was thinking about playing so some more attention would be good.
Saparata really wanted to hit his goal for the month and he was currently lacking in new viewers. Jophiel was going to be disappointed about this later but hey, what could go wrong! He would just explain it to her when she finds out!
There's no harm in a little lie.. right?
"Well I'm not in a relationship," The angel could see the disappointment on Sidefall's face instantly. The man was already pulling the camera away, thinking there wasn't any drama for him.
"because I'm trying to find someone. There's this fan I saw at a meet and greet that I'm just waiting to see again." It was a total low blow, okay! Saparata rambled the first thing that came off of his head but it was immediately funny. But he saw the way Sidefall immediately, eagerly leaned in again. If his webcam was one then a new ship would have been made.
Cause the saplings would see how close Saparata was to kissing the case of Sidefall's phone. A new dating rumor would be created instantly.. And the angel had to admit that wouldn't be the worst ships he would have to deal with. Snowbird looked surprised before he narrowed his eyes at Saparata.
The entire conspiracy gang is going to beat me up..
But the reaction was fair considering their family was really close. Like woven feathers kind of close. They told everything to each other so a crush on a fan would definitely have come up already. The crush wasn't real though so everything was okie dokie! This was good for publicity.
Shipping was the biggest part of any media. There was a second reason as well. It was funny to tease his friends about them getting shipped together, he did want fans to slightly calm down. They wanted to be able to hangout without a bunch of heart emojis!
What's the worst that can happen?
There wasn't anyone to find and the hype would die down after a while. It would also make a new topic for the fandom. The most that was going to come out of this was more engagement and probably a bunch of clipping. And none of that sounded bad to the Saparata. The angel watched as Sidefall turned the camera back around to himself and started heading towards the door.
Sidefall grabbed Snowbird by the sleeve and dragged him along. They both had taken away enough of Saparata's stream time.
What a bunch of larpers..
Sidefall immediately started rambling to his video. They couldn't understand what he was saying, they got the last part.
"You've heard it here! The white angel has fallen for a nameless fan, will they ever meet again? And is the love even mutual!" Saparata cringed to himself hearing what Sidefall said.
Cringe fest
He knew he wasn't any better than Sidefall.
Is that really how bro talked to his fans?
The dude really acted like someone written by a 14 year old girl. And the last look from his cousin was definitely noticed. It was practically screaming, what are you playing at?! Saparata was supposed to be playing on stream, thats all. He fixed his headphones before spinning back around to face his desk. His game had already booted up again but a death screen was displayed.
Someone got a free kill on him?
The streamer was ready to whine about the lost. A complaint about no one warning him died in his throat. Saparata noticed that chat was still scrolling past, fast. They swapped to a shrimp posture, leant forward to read a single one of those messages but he failed. Saparata regretted not putting on slow mode.
The saplings could type pretty quick, just couldn't type properly.. There were 0 eligible sentences being sent at all. The education system has failed the saplings. In the loving name of Mother Mary, what could WHATHEHFCHEKRHATSISHCYTW mean?? It was only after the chat lagged for a split that he could at least read one of them out loud.
"What if the fan was watching the stream like right now?" Saparata chuckled in the quiet room.
Yeah sure maybe they were watching the stream right now hmm maybe only if they were hmm REAL.
That comment was the only one theorizing that he could see. Most of them were hyping him up or spamming dancing cat emotes.
So cute!!
This truly was the simplicity of online, how amusing. He was knew he was the exact same as them. Saparata has laughed at the 67 meme too many times to be considered same. A comment caught his eye.
"Okay wait-," The angel scrolled up through chat. "go back.. larping king? I will get the mods on you!"
That role of a villain might have been a mistake. And with that the stream continued on normally. As normal as a stream could be. Saparata watched the viewer count go up but by bit. Some people joined late after all the tweets going on about what he said but most of the stream had moved on from it.
Some fans cared about gameplay! It was just a joke, a little advertisement for the upcoming streams. His friends were totally going to bully him for this later. He's smarter than all of them. First one to do this, Saparata loved being an original. After another lost, he sighed and paused the game.
"Hold up Saplings." The angel looked over at his window and saw how dark it was getting. After checking the clock, he realized why.
4 hours already!?
Saparata suddenly noticed how tired he actually was. He felt like his body was shagging, it wasn't actually but it felt like it. His head wings folded over his eyes. He had stared at the screen for too long. He'll be blind by 40 years old! It really is that dang screen.
"4 hour long stream guys, pretty good for a Friday!" Saparata messed with his pngtuber for a couple seconds, making it bounce around.
"Hoping you all have some good plans for the weekend." The angel switched the screen to the ending soon slide.
"Personally, I'll take a bunch of naps this weekend. I plan on completely ruining my sleep schedule." They were being dramatic about that, Jophiel wouldn't allow him to ruin the schedule. It was just how she showed love so he didn't hold that much of a grudge against her. Sleeping in longer was happening no matter what!
"Don't be like me guys. You'll turn into a complete chud." Saparata raised his arms and tried to crack his back on the behind of his chair. His attempt failed though.
Dang you Jophiel getting a comfortable chair
She'll pay for this crime for sure
It was his favorite chair of course. Jophiel got it for him when she found out they wanted to be a streamer.
"I'm going to bed but I'll be streaming on Monday again!" Saparata announced, a small yawn falling from his lips loudly.
"Goodnight if it's that time for you!" After saying a few last goodbyes to the saplings, he shut down the live and saved the footage. The angel really didn't want to edit it 4 hours of footage.
Maybe Micro could be bribed to do it
He closed down the tabs he wasn't using. They weren't going to bed just yet. He had to check Twitter and all of his other medias to see new announcements. Saparata saved a few pieces of fanart for later. With Sidefall at least half of the world probably knew, if they're chronically online that was. He saw a new trending hashtag on the page.
#whoareyou
A bunch of edge lords.. They scrolled the tag's media, most people were quoting him. Saparata saw how many people cared and he paused. It did warm his heart. They knew none of these people but they were determined to find his so-called crush.
He would be nowhere without everyone who watched him from the start or middle. The saplings really did help him create a life. They still were crazy for this.
kinda parasocial
Saparata could only tell them good luck in his head.
Searching for someone who doesn't exist.
They switched off of their current tab and went to double check nothing was urgent. After answering some DMs and messaging his family group chat a little good night, he finally powered off his monitors. Saparata pushed up from the desk and stretched his wings.
ouugh
As exhausting and stressful it could be as a streamer and an actor, they wouldn't exchange it for anything. It was a dream come true. A genuine fantasy. Sure little him wanted to be a doctor or a professor, this was just as beautiful. Saparata got to make people happy while being happy himself!
He walked around his room and picked up some dirty clothes. They tossed them into the hamper near by the bathroom. His foot caught on something making his wings flare. Saparata almost tripped on his cat, Jophiel JR. An older cat that's been around since his older sister.
The lucky little brat almost took him out this time. His family called him crazy for saying the cat wanted to kill him but it was becoming more true! Saparata was going to get more than enough evidence one day.. Jophiel JR let a little squeak out before she rolled back over onto her stomach.
What a lazy bum!
They tried to help pay the bills unlike her.. The angel walked over to their drawers after sending her one last nasty glare. He grabbed some random clothes from the top drawer. Saparata already knew he was going to wake up and be mismatched. Micro and Snowbird were going to poke fun at him.
Those two didn't dress great either so meh. Snowbird and those rainbow crocs of him could make anyone shiver at just the thought. Micro's hello kitty shirt was faded beyond familiarity too. After pulling the shirt over his head, he grabbed his coffee from the desk. With a horrible throw, he managed to get it in the can.
The big leagues were waiting for sure
After wandering into the bathroom and braiding his hair and brushing his teeth, he was done. Saparata stepped over Jophiel JR who was making her way to bed as well. They watched as she managed to open the door with her paw before disappearing. The whole family is cooked.
we're all doomed.. why Snow just why would you teach her to open doors??
He wondered if you could get killed by a cat.. maybe from smothering? She was definitely fat enough to accomplish it. Ish needed to put her on a diet for sure. And Snowbird needed to stop trying to teach her tricks. Old age is somehow not stopping her from actually learning a couple of them.
Would Snowbird be the accomplice technically?
Saparata walked over and collapsed onto his bed. This was all the love he needed. The bed right here could replace a partner for sure! The angel laughed to himself, quietly wanting to respect his siblings next door. He sat up and tried to wrap the blankets around him.
When they were bundled up enough in his mess of a bed, he laid down. Saparata snuggles into his pillows with loosely shut eyes. Maybe he could sleep in until the afternoon..
Scratch that
Jophiel was going to be livid in the morning. That was an issue for the him in 10 hours or longer! A small part of curiosity already gnawing at him. What effect will his words have? Hopefully it will bring in newer viewers. With that thought, he started drifting.
And wanting time to past already, Saparata laid down. His head shut off the second it touched the cold pillows. From behind the slightly cracked door, snores drifted outside. Also outside was a hunting predator.. JR Jophiel laid across the top of the stairs, ready to trip a new victim.
You can only finish the book
Wifies gnawed on the tip of his finger nails, unable to stop smiling. Seriously, his dopamine could be considered off the charts at the moment. The pencil in his free hand faltering as it lazily dragged nonsense onto his essay. His angel was adorable, completely adorable even as just a reactive png. Wifies could only assume that was the same in person too.
Most would consider it unfitting for a too student like Wifies to watch Saparata. Which that was a horrible claim considering the content people watched didn't always reflect on themselves. His love never affected his grades or social life so therefore an issue didn't exist! Only his schedule had to be changed a couple times, the fox marked down next Monday as busy. Wifies wanted to be there to support Saparata.
Even if supporting meant purchasing those voice read messages on stream. Wifies knew his angel hated them with a passion but them coasting money meant he could help with financial matters. It was purely dedication. It was for the other's good, using something Saparata hated to help him. Everyone was dedicated to something or someone. His sibling Squiddo was dedicated to their art, meaning Wifies could request commissions for his dear.
I should ask her to draw Saparata more.. that would be nice
Ash, his (soon to be) brother in law was dedicated to Squiddo. Squiddo was bright and joyful while Ash tried to seem the opposite. They both worked out perfectly together. Wifies always wondered if him and Saparata are going to be like that one day. The both of them would figure out soon.
Anything can happen if you have enough money, of course. And if you were smart with how you used it as well. Wifies focused back onto his laptop as he went back to restart the clip of Saparata confessing their crush. The one scene might just burn into the screen, sooner or later. It was obviously on Wifies, he's been to every greet and meet.
Even small, repeated glances in crowds could spark emotions. His ears twitched at the scenarios. Wifies fell in love with Saparata from the first clip on some fan account. When did the angel fall in love with Wifies? They would have to talk about this soon.
A sharp knock on the door forced him to pause the video playing. The door being opened as a familiar face appeared. Squiddo, his sister always around when something was happening. They attempted to carry a takeout box in their hands as they tried to balance way too many other items in their hold too.
"Let me help you, Squiddo." Wifies stood up from his desk, pushing his chair in as he went. The fox grabbed the drink and accompanying box from his sibling. Squiddo rearranged the rest of the items. Her drawing tablet in the crook of her arm. He could make out a sketch of Ash.
"Thanks! I thought to grab you something while I was out. Make sure you eat at least half of it, okay?" Squiddo explained as she entered his room to make sure there wasn't no dead bodies or something. Squiddo was a great older sister, she was just bold sometimes. They looked around before landing on his open laptop.
I forgot to close my laptop
Squiddo smiled at Wifies for a second before she went towards the door. The stylus already adding to the sketch on their tablet. They had delivered the food to their creeping, lil brother. There wasn't a need to bother him while he studied.. and watched that streamer he really liked.
"Goodnight Iffy."
"Rest well Dodo."
Wifies was left with his late night meal after Squiddo shut the door. He took it back to his desk and settled down. Wifies kept his laptop from shutting off as he switched to an old stream of Saparata's. The fox glanced over his work before he started working again. It was a pretty good day in his book.