#I need to work out exactly what it is Lily does on video game programming and what kinds of games they work on

[sadiesawyer]

"Oh, I got in trouble for swearing once playing a Mario game and my dad overheard me" Lily said with a laugh. "I swear, the game just didn't respond to my button press and that's why Mario kept dying." She perked up. "I'd have to know what games you've worked on. I know you haven't played mine, as my first one is still in the final stages of development. Independent game. They used me as one of the models for a princess on one day." She laughed again. "When there's a scene where the princess's hands are chained up in a cell...they had me sit there with my arms up to work out how to animate it because I was the new girl. It was a workout holding my arms up after a while. I hope I get a credit for that, too."

//continued from here with @sadiesawyer

He wondered if filtering games like this actually helped to avoid some problems in the future. Not that he would hand an eight-year-old one of the said titles, not even for science, but he knew some people were prone to violence regardless of the movies and games they had enjoyed as kids. Maybe it was a means of prevention and a way of keeping one's conscience clear.

"Nintendo counts as very mature when you start losing and inventing new swear words," he said with the tiniest wink. "I will not ask if you've played any of my games on your stream."

[gray-autumn-sky]

Sleepless in Seattle, Chapter 15

October 9, 1993- Seattle, Washington:

Roland’s eyes widen as he pulls a letter from Connecticut from the mailbox. His smile is immediate and his first impulse is to run inside and make his dad open it--and then, his smile fades. His dad hasn’t even opened that first and perfect letter; he probably wouldn’t open this one.

Forgetting about the rest of the mail, he examines the envelope. It’s not as nice as the first one--the envelope is just plain white--and the handwriting on the front looks very different. He flips it over, again, checking the return address and he notices the same apple stamp as the first--and that detail makes him grin again.

Chewing at his lip, he debates what he should do, and with a groan, he examines it again--and this time, he realizes that the envelope isn’t addressed to Robin Locksley, it’s addressed to him, to Roland Locksley.

A tight but excited grin stretches over his lips as he stares down at it, and he can barely contain himself. It’s rare that he ever gets mail, and even rarer that he gets something this exciting.

He looks at it one last time before he shoves it into his back pocket and reaches for the rest of the mail, knowing that his dad will be suspicious if he comes back empty handed.

“Dad! Dad, I got the--”

He stops, listening as his dad and Belle talk in low, whispery voices.

“No, we’re not going out again,” he says with a little sigh. “It just… didn’t feel right.”

“I’m sure you’ll meet someone soon,” Belle says, her voice calm and soothing as she talks to his dad the way she talks to him whenever he gets a bad grade at school or has a dream that makes him uncomfortable. “There are tons of women out there.”

“Yeah,” he whispers, tip-toeing closer to the living room and peering around the wall. “Like Regina.”

“I know,” Robin says, chuckling softly. “I just forgot how exhausting dating was.”

“You’re tellin’ me.”

Robin’s eyes roll. “You and Ruby have been together for years.”

“That doesn't mean finding her was easy.”

Robin grins. “I seem to remember you coming over from your very first date with her and proclaiming to me and Marian that you’d found the person you were going to spend the rest of your life with.”

“Details,” Belle says, shrugging dismissively. “Still doesn't mean finding her wasn’t rough.”

“I got the mail,” Roland announces a bit too loudly as Robin’s eyes roll. “Nothing exciting,” he says grinning as he drops down the stack. “Just bills and coupons and stuff.”

“Oh--”

“Nothing worth reading.”

Robin’s eyes narrow.

“Well, I’ve got homework to do. So, um… I should, uh… get on that.”

“Yeah, you… should,” Robin calls, watching as he runs off, taking the stairs two at a time.

He gets to his room and shuts the door, pressing his back to it and sliding down, so that if anyone tries to open it, the door will get stuck and he’ll have time to hide the letter.

Grinning, he pulls it out of the envelope. It’s thicker than the last time, he realizes as he tears it open.

And the first thing he notices is that there are three parts. The first--and the one he reads first--has a yellow post it note on it that says “For Sleepless in Seattle.”

Dear Sleepless in Seattle,

My name is Henry. I am Regina’s son.

Roland grins--responding to this letter will be much easier. He won’t need Gus or the thesaurus to look up big, impressive words like he did the last time.

My mom is a journalist and she’s been working on this story for a really long time. It’s on you.

Well, not you exactly, but the radio program you called into on Christmas. She recorded it for the article and she listens to it all of the time. I know that sounds a little creepy, but I swear, it’s not. She just really likes you and really likes your story, and when she listens to it, something happens. I can’t quite tell what it is, but it means a lot to her, and I think she’d like to meet you.

“Of course she does!” Roland says to himself, the excitement in his voice more than evident. “We wanna meet her too… even if my dad doesn’t know it yet.”

My mom’s best friend, Mal, is always talking about signs and fate and people being destined for each other. She’s pretty sappy about stuff like that, but my mom has never bought into it. It’s just not her thing. She’s always been super practical about stuff, even love.

Roland grins at the word love.

“The reason I am writing is because I think my mom really likes you. I like this could love you even.

“I knew it,” Roland whispers to himself. “I knew it.”

He reads a bit more, flipping over to a separate paper that looks like it could be part of a newspaper--and this too is meant for his dad. He doesn't understand most of it, but he gets enough to know that Regina Mills is really into his dad--and given the conversation he overheard between his dad and aunt, his dad is looking for someone really special--someone like Regina.

Then, he gets to the part that has a yellow post-it with his own name written on it.

This might sound crazy, but my friend Lily is really into this sappy old movies. One of her favorites is An Affair to Remember. It’s pretty boring, but there’s one cool part that I think could work perfectly to get your dad to come and meet my mom. We just gotta work on ‘em and convince them to do it.

“This guy is brilliant,” Roland says, reading over Henry’s plan to have their parents meet on the top of the Empire State Building on Christmas Eve. Henry isn’t sure of the details--and truthfully, neither is he--but Henry is confident they can work something out, and whoever Lily is sounds like she’s going to help them.

Tucking the letter back into the envelope, Roland gets up, opening his door and running down the hall to the phone by his dad’s room. Picking it up, he waits to hear a dial tone, and then punches in Gus’s phone number. He taps his foot as it rings and squirms as Gus’s mom goes to get him, and when he finally hears Gus’s voice on the other end of the line, he grins.

“You gotta come over now.”

“I have math homework. My mom probably won’t let me”

“I don’t care,” Roland says impatiently. “Tell her you’re coming over to do it here. We’re in the same class and all. She’ll buy it.”

“That is true and you are pretty good at subtraction.”

“Yeah, I am, but we are not doing subtraction. We have something way more important to do. We’ve got another letter to write.”

“Yeah?”

“Yeah,” Roland tells him, grinning. “I’ll fill you in when you get here.” He glances toward the stairs; his dad and aunt are still talking--and he hopes they’ll be too distracted to talk to Gus’s mom when she walks him over. “And hurry! I wanna put this thing in the mail tomorrow.”

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October 11, 1993- - Greenwich, Connecticut:

Henry grins as Lily comes into the living room with an armful of snacks—and his eye catches a big, unopened bag of Doritos.

“Okay, kid, I‘ve got all the stuff our moms would say we shouldn’t have for dinner—popcorn, two kinds of chips, rice crispy treats and—“

“You should get the ice cream to go with that bag of marshmallows.”

A grin pulls onto Lily’s lips. “I like the way you think.”

Henry giggles as she drops the snacks she's already collected down onto the coffee table, and as she runs back to the kitchen, he grabs the bag of Doritos and pulls it open.

He loves when Lily gets to babysit.

It’s a rare occurrence, but when she is allowed to, they always have a blast, filling up on junk food and falling asleep after playing video games until way past his bedtime.

The only time Lily ever gets to babysit on her own is when their moms have girls nights—and while he’s not sure what they do when they go out, he doesn't really care because he and Lily always have so much fun together.

But tonight, they won’t be playing video games or watching movies until they fall asleep—tonight, they have bigger plans.

“Okay, so, your mom had two kinds—chocolate and this cinnamon—“

“They’re sooo good together!”

“yeah?”

He nods as Lily shrugs. “Okay, I’ll give it a try.”

“You won’t regret it,” Henry says. “You scoop both kinds of ice cream into the same bowl then add marshmallow and—-“

“We aren’t using bowls.” Lily grins as Henry’s brow furrows. “I don't want to have to do the dishes so we are going to eat straight out of the carton. Not only do I hate doing dishes, you have no idea the lengths I went to to make my mom need a girls night out on a Monday.”

Henry’s grin brightens as Lily hands him a spoon. “Cheers,” she says, clanking her spoon against his before they open up the ice cream. “Dig in.”

Henry grins and does as he’s told, and for a while,  the two of them just sit there, at the coffee table, gorging on snacks.

“You know,” Henry begins as he dips a dorito until his ice cream. “You wouldn't think that nacho cheese chips would be good with chocolate ice cream but, it totally is.”

“Everything is good with chocolate.”

“So true.”

Taking a large scoop of ice cream, Lily shoves her spoon into her mouth. “Okay, we have a lot of work to do.” Henry watches as she reaches for her back back, dragging it to the coffee table. “I got some books on New York from the library at school.”

“Cool.”

“Okay, so, the Empire State Building is open until two in the morning on most days—“

“That's plenty of time!”

“Yeah, but you’re going on Christmas Eve, so the hours are going to be different. Unless—“

“Don’t say we should pick another day!” Henry cuts in. “I already told Roland Christmas Eve, and this is already going to be hard enough.”

“You really think this Roland kid is going to be able to get all the way to New York from Seattle with his dad in tow on a major holiday, like Christmas?”

Henry nods and takes another dorito, dipping it into his ice cream. “Uh huh,” he nods. “He says he can. He’s got some guy named Gus helping him. He sounds like an uncle or something.”

“Okay, good,” Lily says. “At least he has an adult helping him plan this.”

“Yeah.”

“So, can I just assume that Roland and Gus are going to figure out a way to get his dad to New York? I don't have to figure something out for him?”

Henry nods. “He says they’ve got it covered.”

“Good.”

Henry nods, looking out at the stacks of books on the coffee table. Planning their part alone is overwhelming, so he can’t imagine having to plan Roland’s part, too. “Hey, Lily,” he murmurs, looking up. “Can I ask you something?”

“Shoot.”

“What do they do when they go out, anyway?” Lily looks up. “I mean, are you sure we have enough time? What if they come home and--”

Lily shrugs. “Right now, they’re getting drunk off their asses, then they’re going to eat a bunch of bad, greasy food and drink a lot of crappy diner coffee to try and sober up before they come home to us. We have the whole night. You don’t have to worry about it.”

Henry blinks, frowning as he considers it--usually his mom eats so healthily and likes to be in bed by ten, especially when she has to go to work in the morning, and her outing with Mal wasn’t exactly something she planned for. “Oh. I hope they’re okay.”

Lily grins. “It’s good. They’re having fun. Promise.”

“Guess that explains why she’s so grumpy the day after they go out,” Henry sighs, shrugging as he takes another bite of his ice cream. “She gets bad indigestion from greasy food.”

A tight grin pulls onto Lily’s lip and her eyes roll. “Yeah. That's it. Indigestion, not a hangover.”

“What’s that?”

“A hangover?” Henry nods and Lily laughs. “It’s like a bad headache after you drink too much.”

“Have you ever had one?”

Lily blinks and for a moment she just stares at him. “This isn’t about me. It’s about your mother and how we’re going to get her on top of the Empire State Building on Christmas Eve.”

Henry nods. “We could ask to go,” he suggests. “I bet you can see the Christmas Tree in Rockefeller Center from the top. That would be really cool to see!”

“Yeah, it would be,” Lily agrees. “But what if she says no. New York isn't exactly around the block.”

“Yeah,” Henry says, growing. “That's a good point.”

“Luckily, you have me.” Henry grins and nods. “So, I think we should start planting seeds now, and make your mom thing going to New York for Christmas is her idea.”

Henry blinks. “Have you ever met my mom? There’s no way—“

“What if my mom thought it was a good idea.”

Henry’s brow furrows. “This is going to be complicated, isn’t it?”

Lily grins and shrugs—and then, for the next several hours, they hatch out a plan.

Lily starts by calling around to some of the the theatres on Broadway, asking about what shows they have playing on Christmas. She and Henry settle on a performance of The Nutcracker, and to Henry’s surprise, Lily pulls out one of Mal’s credit cards and purchases four tickets on the spot. His eyes widen and he asks why she has one of Mal’s credit cards, Lily shrugs and tells him it’s not her fault that Mal forgot to ask to have it back after allowing her to take it to the mall to get a new pair of winter boots.

Henry’s eyes narrow, not quite believable, he also doesn't care.

After they secure the tickets to the show, they plan out the rest of the day, culminating with ice-skating at Rockefeller Center.

“Now, here is where it’s going to get tough,” Lily says, biting down on her lip. “You’re going to have to do something kind of extreme.”

“I expected that,” he says, looking down at a map of New York City. “And I completely expect that if this doesn’t work out, my Mom is going to murder me.”

“No, she won’t,” Lily insists. “But… my mom might murder me for helping you runaway in New York City.”

Henry grins and shrugs. “Unless, she’s so happy for my mom, all is forgiven.”

For a moment, Lily considers then scrunches her nose. “I don’t know. I’m literally sending you off into one of the most dangerous cities in the country, to meet some strange guy so you can score your mom a date she doesn't want.”

Henry frowns. “I don’t care what she says. She wants to do this. She just doesn't know it.”

“Or maybe she does and she’s just scared to admit it.” Lily beams, reaching over and nudging him. “Hey, I’m really proud of you, kid. This is really sweet of you, you know that?”

Henry shrugs, focusing at a subway map in one of the guidebooks, trying to figure out the best way to get from Rockefeller Center to the Empire State Building.

“Seriously,” Lily says, nudging him again. “ Even if it doesn’t work out—“

“It will,” Henry interjects, still not looking up from the confusing map. “It has to.”

“But even if it doesn’t, it’ll be worth getting grounded until the end of the century for.”

Looking up, Henry giggles, grabbing another chip from the bag and popping it into his mouth, feeling quite satisfied with himself. “And lucky for us, that’s only six years.”

Lily’s eyes roll as she grabs one of the hide books and he giggles again, crossing his fingers as he again tries to figure out the subway map.

[salty-dracon]

ace hang plays calling cipher part 2

(Last Time on Calling Cipher... )

Lily, screaming, and banging her hands on the table: LET RILEY SAY FUCK

(jump cut)

Lily, screaming: LET RILEY SAY FUCK OUT LOUD! NOT IN HER HEAD! WE ALL SAY FUCK INTERNALLY! AAAAA

Brid: Lily, I am begging you to calm down. This is a video game! 

Lily: *literally falls off her chair* 

Brid: Lily? Lily, are you okay? Lily?

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Brid: Hey guys, Ace Hang is back again with more Calling Cipher! I’m Bridget!

Lily: And I’m Lily!

Brid: When we last left off, we finished the prologue, met our protagonist, thirsted over her... 

Lily: Mostly that. 

Brid: She was so cute, though... 

Lily: We also met a few characters, thank god we’re not the only girl here, learned there was some kind of conspiracy going on, and now we’re playing detective because we’re dumb and foolish, and we’ve recruited our friends to help us. Because we are all dumb and foolish. 

Brid: So what exactly did we learn? 

Lily: Maybe they should have watched the first video in the series. 

Brid: ... Yeah. Anyway, we stole a file from a school computer and some short kid thinks we’re our long-distance boyfriend. 

Lily: Plus we ran into our ex, and also got teased over us accidentally thirsting over our calc professor. 

Brid: By everyone and their mom. And our mom too. Like damn, she’s thirsty.

Lily: Not fun. 

Brid: I think the fact that we’re making a second part makes us qualify as masochists. 

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Lily: Oh, hey. Chase. What’s up?

Brid: Rich people things. The economy. Republicans. Nyu hu hu hu hu. 

Lily: Never say that again. Anyway, we’re really diving right into the investigation, aren’t we? 

Brid: Yeah. Wrong route, girl. 

Lily: Nah. 

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Lily: She’s out here wondering if he has a swimmer bod.

Brid: I don’t actually know any swimmers, so... no wait, actually, Narin’s older brother does swim a lot, so...

Lily: But you’ve never seen him shirtless.

Brid: Yeah, no.

(five second asexual silence while music plays in the background)

Lily: Are all straight people like this?

Brid: Aw, he just winked. 

Lily: AW????

(some lines of text later, the protagonist just straight up says that the professor has a spider on his head, without making any side comments on how stupid that move was)

Brid: W O W. that was... a move. Not a power move. A move.

Lily: She doesn’t even regret that one. Holy shit.

Brid: If I said something that stupid I think I’d die of embarrassment. “Hey, Mr. Balls. There’s a spider on your head, that’s why I was staring at your piercing.”

Lily: I love how he fell for it, too! 

Brid: Fucking hell. He might actually have a personality that isn’t just “horny”. 

Lily: Oh my god, isn’t it funny that he joked about the spider and his name is Mr. Parker?

Brid: There is no way they’re going to pull a spiderman joke.

(the option to pull a spiderman joke)

Lily: OH MY GOD

Brid: THE ABSOLUTE MADWOMAN

Lily: AN ICON! A LEGEND!

Brid: LET ME MARRY HER

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Brid: So Riley wants to take over her parents’ network security company, while Chase wants to take over the pharm business, and... 

Lily: Guess so. And? 

Brid: Well, my parents do financial consulting, and they want me to take over. And you know how Nick’s parents are, like, huge stockholders in Kronus Technologies? 

Lily: ... Nick... who? 

Brid: Nick Kronus. I don’t think you’ve met him, but he stays at Mr. Perch’s place sometimes. He and Val... don’t exactly get along. 

Lily: Oh. So... rich prodigal son. 

Brid: Yeah. So.... actually, it’s kind of cool that both Riley and Chase want to take over their respective businesses. I mean, I don’t, and like... I’m hoping Mr. Perch will let me take on an internship or something. 

Lily: Dude, you know he’d do anything for you. He likes you more than he likes his own kid. 

Brid: I feel bad, honestly. 

(dialogue) 

Brid: “What are you up to, Chase Colton? What’s your deal?” Oh, man. He’s trying to look for information on Reynolds, isn’t he? 

Lily: Yeah... We did tell him, yeah? 

Brid: Of course. He was with us when we were looking over the computers. 

Lily: Wait, but familiar word-

(Matt walks in) 

Lily: GOD DAMN IT

Brid: I KNOW THIS IS YOUR ROUTE BUT FUCK YOU

Lily: WE ARE BUSY

Brid: YES YOU ARE INTERRUPTING SOMETHING

Lily: Oh, he knows who Chase is, too. 

Brid: Oh no. Also, I love how Chase is taller. That’s so funny. 

(dialogue) 

Brid: Oh yeah, I forgot that this was a community college. Yeah, why is Chase attending a community college? 

Lily: I love how Matt is just chipping into him. 

Brid: Man, Riley doesn’t even give a fuck. 

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Lily: Oh. “There are rumors of an undercover cop working the case”. That’s interesting. 

Brid: Wait. Wait. Could that be referring to Kai? 

Lily: ... Huh? 

Brid: Remember he was chatting with that guy that called him “shorty”? 

Lily: Oh, yeah. 

Brid: But first, lemme go grocery shopping! 

(The let me take a selfie song plays in the background with a bunch of grocery store vines displayed on screen for like 30 seconds) 

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Lily: Love this elevator music. 

Brid: (laughs out loud) She hit someone with a shopping cart! 

Lily: Fucking disaster bi! Lily: OH MY GOD IT’S THE FUCKIN. THE FUCKIN CALC GUY

Brid: SORRY WE FUCKING RAN YOU OVER WITH A SHOPPING CART DUDE

Lily: JE NE REGRETTE NEIN

Brid: I REGRETTE IT

Lily: “so anyway you just killed my foot”

Brid: “no i didn’t”

Lily: “fuck you i’ll sue”

Brid: “you’re poor”

Lily: “and now you’re roasting me”

Brid: “shut up and i’ll buy you coffee”

Lily: “and now you want to poison me”

Brid: “ha joke’s on you i’m a mess”

Lily: This fucking banter, dude. 

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Brid: She’s a PALADIN who rides a GIANT FLYING MANTA???

Lily: I LOVE her. 

Brid: I’d die for her. 

Lily: Damn, he sure knows a lot about network security. HMMMMMM

Brid: Oh would you calm down?

(more witty banter until he calls her cute)

Brid: “HE JUST CALLED ME CUTE!” Fool, I’m in love with her too! 

Lily: You’re out there, and she’s- OH SHIT! SHE JUST GOT HIT IN THE FACE WITH A DODGEBALL!

Brid: Ouch!

Lily: Okay, but like, seriously? I’ve gotten hit in the face with dozens of balls and yeah. Ouch. 

(romantic scene) 

Brid: She is so cute. 

Lily: Wait. He has a ponytail? 

Brid: So? Sam has one. Anyway, she’s precious. 

Lily: SHE THOUGHT FUCK AGAIN-

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Brid: Great. We call our mom and get even more roasted. 

Lily: I. Hate this. But at the same time, I wish my mom were, like, cool. 

Brid: Okay, but like, yeah. I’d take being roasted over the bullshit I have to deal with every day. 

Lily: Anyway, I now know where she got that sass of hers. 

Brid: “WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS??”

Lily: “I’m a romantic, honey! Also, like... make sure you get me some of that”

Brid: Oh, she’s asking about that program that deletes the original from the original IP. 

Lily: Right. I love how the mom’s just like- “no. don’t do this again, honey. you promised”

Brid: This fucking MC... she is so valid. 

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Lily: Oh hey. It’s Kai. 

Brid: Time to pull out my Val impression. 

Lily: Can’t wait! 

Brid: “How the hell should I know? Did you give all of the computers nicknames?” Pff. I love doing my Val impression for this guy. It’s so on point. 

Lily: What did Val say about your Val impression, anyway? 

Brid: He said that my voice was too high pitched to sound anything like his voice, but Arthur said the inflection was spot-on!

Lily: I definitely see that, yeah. 

Brid: I mean, he’s so Val, though... 

Lily: Don’t start assigning kins, now. 

Brid: I’m not looking to get murdered by one of my co-stars. Oh, hey, Chase is here. 

Lily: And looks like we’re actually going to learn something. 

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Brid: Dyphine! 

Lily: A drug they’re working on. Stolen two years ago... 

Brid: And Jennifer Reynolds stole it and deleted every other copy. 

Lily: Damn. 

Brid: And you could net a lot of cash for it. 

Lily: ... Wow. And he needs our help to track her down. 

Brid: Do you trust him? 

Lily: Do I trust anyone? 

Brid: Yeah, good point. I mean, it’s Big Pharma, but at the same time, he’s been earnest with us. 

Lily: Oh, but wait! We have the formula! 

Brid: Yes! Let’s solve this case. 

Lily: I swear to god, if we head back home and it’s deleted. Because that’s totally going to happen. 

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Lily: OH NO. We’ve been hacked. 

(text on screen pointing to brid with her eyes wide at the art)

Brid: Well, shit. Cinematic hacking time! 

Lily: And this music is epic! It’s like final boss shit! 

Brid: Go girl! Go counter hack them!

Lily: YEAH BABEY

Brid: “If I’m going down, you’re coming with me, motherfucker! Yeah baby!”

Lily: I can’t believe she’s spamming the connection with pussy pics. 

Brid: ... did you have to phrase it like that

Lily: Hey, they’re saying something. I’ll voice it. “Bitmap? Really?”

Brid: “SORRY NOT SORRY”

Lily: “You have something of mine...” Oh no, it’s Jennifer!

Brid: Oh my god. 

Lily: Wait, no...? “I’m the guy who’s about to break your last shield”...? 

Brid: What? 

Lily: Wow, this is intense. “Nice job with the flooding btw.” Damn. “Would have worked if I weren’t on Egon.” Where was that mentioned before?

Brid: Huh. 

Lily: “Cute pic, though. Later, kitten.”

Brid: ... Is it... the teacher? 

Lily: Let’s see... yarn... crap, I can’t see past the dialogue box. 

Brid: Mah girl’s fired up! What’s next, baby! 

Lily: ... 

Brid: ... 

Lily: THERE’S AN UNRELEASED PART 2??

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(post video)

Brid: So what are your theories regarding Calc Daddy?

Lily: ... did you have to call him that

Brid: *snort*

Lily: Okay, like in all seriousness... hold on, give me like, fifteen minutes to collect my thoughts, because I have a lot of theories and they need some time in the Brain Oven. 

(one jump cut later, Lily is holding up a sheet of paper, which Brid is trying to look at, but Lily isn’t letting her)

Lily: Okay, so my conclusion from what I saw so far is that there is a 90% chance that he is, at the very least, connected to Juh-Reynolds and he’s either Jennifer herself, or working with her. My reasons are thus. First, you saw in the prologue that he called Ry-Ry “his little thief” indicating that she stole something from him. And he traced it using an IP address. So unless ya boi Cipher somehow VPN’d and made us a puppet, that file was somehow “his”. But wouldn’t it belong to Jreynolds, since Dyphine was HER research?

Brid: A-jreynold-in.

Lily: Fuck you. Second, and this one’s more of a symbolism thing, you might recall that password for the file was “icarus”. You know who he is, right?

Brid: Yeah, the guy who sculpted wax wings, flew into the sky, and then they melted and he fell.

Lily: You know how his sprite has a necklace shaped like a wing when he’s not wearing clothes?

Brid: When he’s not wearing clothes?

Lily: When he’s not wearing his suit and tie. Oh my god, we’re not at third base yet!

Brid: *laughs* Okay, but like, actually... that is interesting, I never made that connection.

Lily: Third, you saw how hard he grilled Chase over the whole “why the fuck are you attending a community college” thing. We didn’t notice because he was literally doing exactly what we wanted to do, and giving us the answers without us even needing to ask.

Brid: Yeah, and Riley was like, “yeah, keep saying shit”. I don’t know if he thought we shared the same goal or something... or if it was just a coincidence. Or, no! He probably wanted to know what we needed to know for J. K. Reynolds.

Lily: And number 4 does fit in with all of these, plus it also gives a clue to his motive. He said some things that would sound normal, except, they might not... I forget the exact context, but something about buying something expensive came up, and Riley said something like “aren’t you a community college professor, why are you doing something expensive, you don’t get paid for shit” and I think it was about moving into the neighborhood, though I could be wrong. And like, even though Riley is attending a community college, her parents are like network security people, she’s rich. And he’s... not?

Brid: Okay?

Lily: Recall that Chase said that you could make a shit ton of money from selling that formula. If he’s not J-Money herself, I think he’s working with her for a cut of the profits. More than enough to buy a house.

Brid: Right, and whatever answer he was about to give, we never got to hear it because mah girl got hit in the face with a soccer ball. 

Lily: Also, this one might be weird, but remember when we were hacked and we were sent a kitten picture?

Brid: Yeah?

Lily: Wasn’t the kitten sitting on a really pink blanket?

Brid: Yeah, it was, I think. Why are you asking?

Lily: It was shown off, so I think it’s relatively significant. This might be a long shot, and it does have a few conditions, but recall that he said at some point that he was staying with a friend. And I think he does chat with Riley at some point about high level computer stuff. Assuming he was the hacker or knew the hacker, I think from that, and the fact that the blanket was pink, that we can infer that his friend is a woman. And who’s the only adult woman in this series? ... besides our dirty minded mom?

Brid: It’s Jennolds!

Lily: That was... actually really clever. And we know that she can’t exactly show her face with Chase around. So she might be sending someone to do her dirty work for her. *eyes light up* ... wait, who’s the professor he replaced? Because he said that he’d be subbing for someone, some female professor, and then he cancelled all of our tests-

Brid: ...

Lily: ...

(they both dive for the keyboard)

(Text pops up on black: It was “Professor Mendez”, not “Reynolds”. Well, shit.)

(More text: The wing necklace part was correct. The grilling Chase part was also correct. However, though the pieces about him not getting paid much as a community college professor was mentioned, there was nothing about how much it cost to move into the neighborhood. We might have been thinking of the cosplayer character. But we forgot the fact that he happened to know network security programs pretty well when we were talking about the manta ray mount.)

(More text: Also, we were wrong about the pink blanket. It was more of a grey-ish-purple, but there was also a ball of yarn and a folded blue striped something on the blanket. Wonder what it could be?... seriously Lily thought it was his tie, but the text box is a bitch)

(More text: Anyway our conclusions are the same. Unless these were a bunch of red herrings.)

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SEOs talk and Preparation for a future Later COVID-19

SEOs talk and Preparation for a future Later COVID-19

When there's not any interest at all in mind vertical, the very best that you can do is look inside and attempt to reorganize your organization and assist your clients in the best manner that you can," explained Pedro Dias, managing partner at apis3 and preceding Google search quality adviser, addressing exactly what brands and agencies must reevaluate in light of their continuing coronavirus catastrophe. With need declining to get a massive variety of products and services as a result of social bookmarking, travel limitations and other precautionary steps, businesses are rethinking how they conduct business. Throughout our very first Live Together With Search Engine Land video discussion Monday, Dias along with other notable members of the search engine optimization community shared with the advice they were supplying to assist their customers to cope.

Figuring out new ways to do business.

 "We are attempting to maintain a level head and only act as advisers to our customers -- help them determine ways they can continue to create money in the meantime if desired," said Lily Ray, manager of SEO to get Path Interactive, adding "many our customers are changing to an internet version or live streaming or, even should they meet their clients, we are helping them get installed in a manner they can do this on video"

Transitioning to completely online is a remarkable shift for several companies, but it gets much more complicated in light of social networking, which will be keeping clients in the home and driving demand. "Some customers have a more difficult time figuring out just how they could adapt to the internet version of their business enterprise," said Dias, together with his customer in the vehicle manufacturing business, that was affected by the outbreak, for example. "We're looking for ways for these since they want,'Ok, clients may not purchase a vehicle, but they are able to purchase car components,''' Dias stated. "So we're advising and attempting to find out which portions of the company they could push to operate and which essentially aren't likely to find any grip anytime soon." Identifying portions of the company which aren't feasible during the emergency can allow you to make decisions that are able to keep your company afloat until the need for your offerings yields.

Review your messaging

Inspect your own messaging. The coronavirus outbreak today variables into pretty much every part of everyday life, and this will be something manufacturers will need to remember when they are communicating with their audience. "Among those things we've been thinking about... is you don't need to appear good at a time such as that -- this is quite serious and you do not need to look as if you are using a situation or expectations or people," explained Alexis Sanders, mature search engine optimization supervisor at Merkle, who also advocated that manufacturers examine their messaging and content to make sure it's appropriate given the present crisis. Agencies also have to be aware of the strategies and communicating if they are to keep positive relationships with customers. "We're attempting more to behave like mentors instead of push any job," said Dias. "We're only hoping to navigate this together and give our knowledge just as far as we could, and because we always place ourselves as a consultancy over an agency we strive to be more side by side together." Assessing consulting or other services outside what your service is contractually bound to perform may also be the ideal move, Dias additionally proposed.

Planning for post-pandemic

Planning to get post-pandemic. While the close of the virus isn't yet on the horizon, but there are many proactive steps that companies can choose to help themselves rebound strong. "A great deal of it's like, alright, let's find out our game program,''' stated Ray informs her customers that SEO is a long-term plan. "So let us just think of what another three, six months will look like for this landscape and those new challenges" "There is no way to generate company whenever there's not any need," Dias said, adding"we could look up ahead and imagine a suppressed need in the future because folks are needing to compensate for that which they did not do if they were in the house." Accounting for this slow return to normal levels of need will also aid your company and your customers to allocate funds appropriately.

Reducing digital advertising because of COVID-19?

The last week shared actual performance information for 10 unique sites in 10 distinct industries that are seeing consequences in the COVID-19 pandemic. When some companies servicing"fundamental needs" are booming, most are visiting operation drops of -20percent or worse in two weeks ago.

Using a surprising and abrupt loss in earnings, many companies are being pressured to discussions on the way they could trim budgets and optimize efficiency. However, what exactly does this imply for assorted digital advertising investments? I achieved to numerous business professionals to receive their advice about the best way best to maximize results within this period of doubt. Yells, your analytics information is probably skewed Before we leap into individual station recommendations, let us talk about your way to quantify them. "Internal visitors aren't internal! With all these workers working remotely now, this can affect your electronic analytics information! Your normal filter will not catch employees working remotely unless they're possibly employing a VPN or other distant network link. This means that your employees may be counted on your analytics, though you had created a filter with it." Brett further urges putting an annotation on your analytics accounts as it is very unlikely an answer is still accurate your analytics accounts. Additionally, it is extremely important to bear this in account when quantifying and reporting out in your own electronic advertising and marketing efforts.

Reduce search and social networking? Or Prepare for daily direction

In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, hunt requirement is down. If your organization's product or service is not recognized as an"essential requirement" then you might choose to think about pulling back in your own pay. Attempting to decrease spend can create the most lucrative campaigns turn unfavorable for return on advertising spend (ROAS). Move with caution if you understand your product/service is not a high priority to your customers at the moment. On the reverse side, bids in several businesses are lower than they have ever been. That is probably because of advertisers creating fewer bids and clipping their own funds. However, if your business is promoting products/services that nevertheless possess need at this moment, you ought to be seeking to optimize your advertising spend. Just be certain to keep a close watch on your own ROAS. "As conversion prices, CPMs and CPCs are regular, you will probably have to be hands-on than normal. On the other hand, if you're utilizing Smart Bidding, look at switching to guide bidding, or in the least bettering your Max CPC placing into account for changes in your picture. On societal, with much more eyeballs in your home, you might find you may significantly increase attain inside your top-performing viewers. Prepare yourself to change budget, alter bids, and tweak your own efforts every day " Mail is economical and potent. Considering you can not impact search requirement --leading one to possibly reduce compensated search/media--you could have the ability to claw back a scale together with email campaigns. For many businesses, it is as straightforward as reminding clients that despite motor and brick shops being shut, they could still get all of their needs met online. Recall to be more conscious of the seriousness of this COVID-19 pandemic and make certain that your clients/customers which you're here in order to provide help. This is not the opportunity to sell or market exclusive COVID-19"deals" "Even though you might choose to give clients free delivery, producing your coupon code'COVID19' or'' coronavirus' isn't how you need to represent your new when it comes to communicating sensitive subject matter" Email probably will not compensate for all of the current performance reductions but manufacturers that reveal worth and exude confidence out of their clients/customers will pay dividends if they're more confident.

Proceed the route of SEO and articles promotion

Like compensated hunt, groups everywhere are viewing performance declines in the natural station because of a fall in total search requirement. Unlike compensated search/social, I suggest continuing your implementation on SEO and articles advertising and marketing campaigns. In Assessing more than a dozen sites whose organic operation has fallen, most have horizontal keyword positions. Google Search Console additionally reveals a substantial drop in hunt impressions despite positions staying exactly the same. This further confirms this isn't an SEO/ranking problem but instead a drop in hunt need because of COVID-19. If you decide to reduce invest in your SEO and articles advertising campaigns, you significantly risk your natural rankings. After search-demand yields (and it will) that you will nonetheless drive less organic visitors than prior to the COVID-19 pandemic started. At this time, it is crucial to keep -- should not increase -- your own search engine optimization campaign. "I believe that firms that continue to perform on their intended digital advertising and marketing campaigns, and more especially, in their intended articles and conversion approaches across SEO as an investment station, will be poised to get quicker (and more efficient ) retrieval once we emerge the other side" At a time of doubt, companies will need to prioritize customers' and workers' security. Be kind and conscious of this circumstance. The manufacturers which do so best will rally most quickly after the COVID-19 pandemic retreats. Until then, be a part of your electronic advertising Read the full article

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