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Mirai Sentai Timeranger E27: The Small Hometown
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Dayrick | DIGITAL ISLAND REMIX album
Tracklist:
1. Everyday (feat. Lil Cherry, SEBii) [Will Not Fear & Lodge Boy Remix]
2. Miracle (feat. UnoTheActivist, Uneducated Kid,
CAMO) [Lodge Boy Remix]
3. Pistol (feat. CAMO) [lamnotnoise Remix]
4. Games (feat. Effie) [OrO Remix]
5. Don't Tell Me Lies (feat. 린린, TRYDENY) [TRYDENY Remix]
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Original Artwork by SURIN @surin.kim
Modified Cover + Tracklist by Juli YL @juliyeji
@willnotfearmusica @lodge_808 @iamnotnoise @wayleeseno @hiimtrydeny
Released on 07.11.2022
Stream via Spotify | Soundcloud
To celebrate the first anniversary of his debut ep, Dayrick made a remix of his debut ep Digital Island <- click to stream
Definitely putting an interesting twist to an album which i already enjoy listening to time & again. Gon be keepin my ears out on his future works 👍🏻
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Ralak te Sepwan ieyk’itan: Chapter Three
An Illustrated Collaboration with @zestys-stuff
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Masterlist ; Rut/Heat/Knotting Info
🔞 minors, do not interact 🔞
Hyperlinks are attached to specific paragraphs that when clicked on will lead you to its illustration by Ralak's creator @zestys-stuff.
Characters: Metkayina!Ralak (24) x Sully!Omaticaya!Reader (19)
Warnings: nsfw, smut, fluff, angst, ptsd/ flashbacks, profanity, age gap, sexual tension, size difference/kink, praise kink, jealousy, scenting, fingering, recollection of non-con trauma (for the plot), alcohol consumption/drunk character, let me know if i forgot anything?
Word Count: 6.3k
Requested: Yes || No
Author’s Note: Sorry this one took a while, been a hell of a week. It's got a lot of angst, so prep yourselves guysss. Ends with smut, ofc. I hope you guys enjoy 🤍
Synopsis: Your family seeks uturu with the Metkayina in the village of Awa’atlu. You have a difficult time adjusting, and are assigned your own special teacher, Ralak.
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“Y/n. For the love of Christ, you better tell me that the storm held ya up last night.” Jakes voice rings in your ear, waking you up.
Oh shit.
You look to your left to see the first rays of sunlight shining on Ralak’s sleeping, naked body, chest heaving slowly from his unfaltering breaths. Perched on his side, his face sits in his palm, as if he’s fallen asleep partially sitting up. Two fingers still nestled inside you, his facial muscles are slightly tensed, like he’s ready wake up any minute and tend to your every need, just like he’s been doing all night long. 
“Get your ass home. Now.” Jakes irate voice brings you back to reality.
Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit.
What were you going to tell Jake? That the storm did keep you up? He’d never believe that. Not for a second. Either way, if you didn’t go now, this man would skin the love of your life. Unmated, in his bed, all before your second iknimaya? He’d try, at least.
“Sst-ah.” you let out a shaky breath, grimacing as you pull his fingers out of you. They’re covered in your cum, so much so that a thick string of slick connects you to his fingers when you pull your pelvis away. You scramble to your feet, wiping yourself up with the already damp cloth next to his bed.
I’ll be back, my love. You think, looking over at him one last time before rushing out of his marui.
On your way to the cave, you try to assess your state. It’s hard to tell, given the fact that your heart is pounding at a speed only an ikran could attain. Anxiety streams through your veins, but otherwise, you feel fairly normal. Maybe a little bit like you did after your first iknimaya, when you passed your dream hunt and had one too many glow worms. But nothing unmanageable.
Guess it’s over.
Finally arriving at the cave, frantic eyes search the body of water for your loincloth. It’s floating at the far end of the lake, so you dive in. As you’re swimming, you catch a whiff of your own scent, mixed with Ralak’s. You bring your arm to your nose and take a deep breath. “Fuck.” you curse under your breath, submerging your entire body in the water, trying to bathe his scent off you.
You knew you scented each other, but you didn’t know that it would linger this long. You scrub your body, paying extra attention to your chest and neck. Time is going faster than you can move. But it’s like the more you scrub, the more you rub it into your skin – into your essence.
“Forget this.” you huff, grabbing your loincloth and swimming back to sand. You wring it out, slip inside and tie the knot hastily. One last look back on his marui pod, and you’re gone like the wind – quick and silent.
The trek back home is nerve-wracking, you feel so uneasy that you could feel something in your throat. A lump. You swallow repeatedly, trying to get rid of it, but it grows a little bigger for every step you take. By the time you’re at your marui door, you feel like you can’t breathe.
Neteyam smells you first, wreaking of a male na’vi, nose scrunching at the odour. He huffs a harsh breath through his nostrils, attempting to rid the lingering scent from of his lungs. He examines your condition – clammy skin with little colour left in it. Eyes trailing up to your face, he could see the fear written all over it, along with something else. Something like –
“Jesus, what the hell were you thinking?!” Jake hisses through clenched teeth.
“D-dad. I-I can explain.” you stutter, throat so tight you can barely speak.
Jake pulls his head back, eyelids blinking furiously. It’s as if the scent quite literally hit him, square in the jaw. With his suspicions confirmed, his lips stretch into a thin line, his go to expression of disapproval. The type that makes your ears lay flat against your skull, and bottom lip jut out.
“I can smell him on you.” Jake brushes past you. “Stay with your brother.”
“Dad, please.” your voice is strained, fighting against the lump in your throat. “Where are you going?”
He stops dead in his tracks, back still turned to you, a hand flying up to his face to pinch the bridge of his nose. “To Tonowari, kid. Tsireya will teach you from now on.” He heaves a heavy sigh and walks away.
The anxiety quickly morphs into anger, bubbling in your veins and sizzling your skin. Your short fuse blows. How could he take this away from you? You weren’t a ‘kid’ anymore. You had passed your iknimaya back home, and you’re on the brink of passing it here, too. Despite that, he always treats you like this, like the late bloomer you are. He didn’t even care to know what really happened.
“Not a fucking kid!” you shout after him, only for him to shake his head and continue walking.
“Sis.” Neteyam mutters, gently guiding you into the marui pod by your arm.
You shrug him off, storming past him to dive into your bed, burying your face into your pillow – damp from last night’s tears. It only becomes wetter as your fresh tears stream down your face. You couldn’t help it, you cried whenever you felt overwhelmed with anything. Sadness. Happiness. Anger. Frustration.
The sound of your privacy curtain being drawn back snaps your head up from your pillow. It’s Neteyam, standing over you with a face of concern, a bowl of steamed fish in one hand and a cup of water in the other. He sighs quietly, crouching down to come eye to eye with you. “You were in heat, weren’t you?” He states, already knowing the answer. “You should eat and drink something.” He places the bowl and cup on the floor next to you.
You sit up, supporting your torso with your arms behind your back. Neteyam. The older, caring bother, always looking out for everyone but himself. Of course, he would be the one to care enough to find out what you’ve been through the past day. “Yup. Late bloomer finally got her heat.” you speak of yourself harshly, taking the cup of water and chugging it.
“You smell gross.” he chuckles breathily, nudging the bowl of fish closer to you.
“Thanks, big brother. Appreciate it.” you giggle between cries, nudging it back to him. “Not hungry.”
His arms rest on his knees, braids swaying in his face as he looks behind him before dropping his head. “Agh.” he lifts his head, staring at you for a few seconds, as if he were contemplating something. “You should not have done that. Not before your iknimaya.”
“I didn’t! Nothing... like that happened, Tey. Ralak isn’t like that.” your head hangs low as you utter the words. “He’s... a gentle giant.”
Neteyam scoffs, straightening his spine. “Gentle giant? He looks like he eats na’vi for breakfast.”
“Hey –” you sniffle, glaring up at him, “I like him, Tey. A lot. He’s good for me.”
Neteyam’s features soften. As if hearing your words plucked a string of sympathy in his heart. As much as he wants to help you, he can’t. Not with a direct order from his father. He shakes his head, eyes closed, and brows furrowed.
That’s his way of saying, ‘Sorry. Can’t’.
You sigh, bringing your knees to your chest to hide your face. You can smell Ralak’s scent now that your nose is near your thighs. It fills your lungs with every breath you take. His pheromones. His aphrodisiac. His arousal. He left it all on you, rubbed into your skin so deep it seems to have altered your own scent.
Is this what scenting does?  
Soon you’re breathing heavily, trying to savour what left you have of him – of last night. It makes you heavy in the head, like all the strength has left your body. You feel your face warm up, the heat spreading to the tips of your ears. You’re tired. Defeated.
“Neteyam! Neteyam!” Lo’ak’s faint voice sounds frantic.
You hear Neteyam shuffling to his feet to go and check what his brother is on about. “Stay here, got it?”
“Mhm.” you hum, too tired to even lift your head.
The sound of Lo’ak yanking back your privacy curtain makes you jump out of your skin, nearly knocking over the bowl of steamed fish. You stare up at him wide eyed, to see him motioning over to the door of your marui. Your brows kiss in confusion, unsure of what’s going on.
“Heard you were in... hea-a situation. Just gonna borrow big bro for a second, cool?” he raises his brows, nudging his head towards the door in an emphasized manner.
A smile pulls at your lips once you realize what he’s doing for you. You wipe your puffy eyes with the back of your hand and shuffle to your feet. “I owe you, Lo’.”
Ralak’s POV
Ralak rouses to an empty bed. He sits up quickly, scanning his marui for any sign of you. Nothing. The only thing that remains is your potent scent flooding the room. The only proof that you were ever here. “Oh, y/n.” he groans, head slumping into his hands.
You were gone. Gone like you were never here to begin with. Taking a moment to gather his thoughts, he tried not to assume the worst. But what if – what if it was the worst? To be used and discarded like an object. All over again. Surely, there’s no way that you would do this to him, not after opening-up to you like that. Not after last night. Not after the words you uttered to one another before going to sleep –
‘I love you’.
But why does it feel the same? The same as that day. The day he was in a marui pod like this one, young, bare skinned and short haired, kneeling before his own karyu. His chest tightens, the walls of his throat closing in on one another. He can feel it creeping up his spine. The flashbacks. The tremors. The nausea. Rushing to his feet, he makes his way over to the shelf well-stocked with bottles of ‘fermented fruit’ – pxir [beer; alcohol].
A poison to many, but an antidote to him.
Dust had settled on the bottles since the last day he reached for them. The day you became his tanhì. That’s why he had never brought you up here, he never wanted you to see the truth. The way he copes with his emotions – bottling them up and then chugging it down when they became just too much.
The bottle opens with a pop, strong, bitter scent wafting up his nose, replacing the scent of you in his lungs. He takes a quick swig, baring his teeth from the sting of it trickling down his throat. “Ahh.” He sighs a breath of relief, feeling the alcohol already taking effect, loosening his chest, and clearing his throat.  
Yet he can still feel the shiver of his spine, and the churn of his stomach.
“Shit.” he curses, taking another swig. Cursing himself for trusting another after he made the vow to never trust again. Another swig. For facing the part of him that he’s denied since he came into adulthood. Another swig. For letting someone in. Another swig. For allowing himself to love you.
Alas, a clear mind and body – rid of the memories of his past.
He readies himself for his bath, something he often did to relax. Just like he did last time you left him.
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Time is of the essence. With no idea of when Jake will be back, you move quickly. You weave through the webbing of the mangrove roots, ducking and dodging those that jut out. You take a short cut, bouncing over the netting of a cluster of marui pods on the way to Ralak’s.
Eyes guardedly stuck to your feet, you bump into Ka’ani, the man who replaced Ralak’s role as fisherman – faceplanting into his bare chest. Arms instinctively wrapping around you, he holds you close until you regain your balance. Admittedly, he’s a little too close for comfort, his face nestled in the crown of your head. You hear quick, nasally breaths, muffled by your hair.
Is he... sniffing me right now?
You shove him off you, probably a little too rough to be considered friendly, and take a few steps back. “Sorry, Ka’ani.” you mutter, gingerly walking around him.
“No problem, at all.” he smirks, raising his hands and making space for you to leave.   
With a quick shake of your head, you continue making your way to Ralak. The closer you get, the more a giddy smile spreads across your face. Though you were the bearer of bad news, you can’t ignore the flutters in your stomach. The same flutters you had when you first laid eyes on him – the day Eywa herself told you he’s the one.
Your mate.
Your legs move faster, as fast as they can go, until the sand slackens your steps. Silky, fine sand – always the first thing to let you know that you’ve arrived. You can’t help the excitement bubbling from your tummy and up your throat. “Ralak!” you blurt out, eager to find your love.
A tall figure in the distance catches your eye, it looks as if he were going into the cave. You wave your hands above your head, shouting his name as you lope towards him. “Ralak!”
The figure stops, turning around to acknowledge your calls. He stands still for a minute, before walking towards you with a stagger in his step. Tail perking up instantaneously, your hand flies to your bare hip, searching for your medicine pouch. You’re running on the tips of your toes again, concern and worry replacing the flutters low in your belly.
“Wha-t is it?” you shout, voice wavering as you close the distance between your bodies.
You crash into him with a smack, making the typically sturdy giant wobble. Now your ears art alert, perturbed by his odd behaviour. Gently pushing you away, his large hands grip your upper arms, fingertips touching once another. Blue, hazed orbs peer down at you, extra glossy and lidded.
“Are you sick? Wounded?” you question, resisting his gentle pushes to search his body. 
Nostrils flickering above his pursed lips, he leans into your neck. He pulls back with a huff, blowing hot air through his nose, onto your face. Your eyelashes flutter, face of concern quickly morphing into one of confusion.
Everyone is sniffing me today.
Head snapping to the left, his eyes search the webs of the mangrove roots off in the distance. A guttural growl rumbles deep in Ralak’s chest, thinned lips curling over his canines, flashing them before your eyes. You watch in awe as his brows lower, knotting together to turn his eyes beady. Ears flat against his skull, the scent of another na’vi scrunches his nose.
That’s a new look.
“Ralak.” your voice is breathy and small – laced with fright.
His growl grows louder, coming from the pit of his stomach, deep and powerful. Lengthy fingers tightening around your arms, he spins you around and tucks you behind him in one swift move. His name slips off your tongue once more, quick, and unsure. He has one hand perched on the dip of your waist, holding you close behind this towering frame.
“Come out.” he growls gruffly, straightening his spine to present at his full height.
The two words double-knot your stomach, sending you wiggling into the sink of his back, face peeking through the crack of his arm and side. Your eyes flicker from side to side, looking for whatever – whoever he’s talking to. Meanwhile, your fingers grip the band on his loincloth, the only thing available on his body to hold.
Silence.
“Or I make you.” He rasps the warning through his four, pointed fangs.
Perhaps if Ralak wasn’t here the knots in your belly would have tightened by now, to the point where you would feel queasy. But the hiss fizzling from the back of his throat puts your nerves at ease – your body sensing its safety in his presence.
Out comes a brawny, wide na’vi, from behind the large, thick roots of the mangroves. His hands are splayed out, representing something of caution. No – surrender. He approaches Ralak slowly. Warily.
“Sorry, brother. I did not know she was yours.” Ka’ani says impishly.
Jaw snapping open, his hiss comes out full force. It’s loud and thick, almost grating. Much like a roar. Though you knew it wasn’t for you, it shook you up, tugging at the string in your grip as your body jolts forward into his.
“She belongs to no one.” His top lip twitches as he spits the vile words, stinging your heart in the process. Am I not his? What about last night? You think, tightening your grip on the band of his loincloth.
“It looks as if she belongs to you, Tak.” Ka’ani leans to the left, chin jutting out as he tries to catch a glimpse of you. “Look at her, holding on to your –”
“Lewng! [shame]. Tracking her scent.” Ralak hisses, turning his body to hide you from his predatory eyes. “Leave.”
“Ah. Come on now, brot-” He spreads his arms wide, walking around Ralak towards you.
Ralak takes a step forward on his last word, nearly coming chest to chest with the shorter na’vi. A moment of silence passes between the two, as Ralak stares him down with vengeance in his eyes. A hand flies up to his hip, gripping the knife sheathed in its casing. “Now.”
Ka’ani straightens his back, eyes flickering between Ralak and yours that peek from behind him. His hands retract, hovering either side of his head as he retreats. Ralak maintains his position, with a hand keeping you tucked away whilst the other rests on his hip. Once Ka’ani’s figure is no longer visible, Ralak sighs, and turns his heel to make his way back to his much-needed bath.
“Thanks...” you huff, walking close behind him.
“You women and your heats.” he mutters as he walks faster, ripping his loincloth out of your grip.
“Ex-cuse me?” your words bounce as you try to keep up with him. “You have no –”
“Do you understand what would have happened had I not been here? Do not be so reckless.” He tsks, as his feet come to a halt, balling his hands into fists.
“Reckless? All I did was walk here!” you shout, almost bumping into him again.
“Because you left to begin with.” he whispers through clenched teeth.
“What?” the question is breathy, hands perching on your knees to rest.
He turns around quickly, prompting you to stand at full height. Breathing heavily, he presses his warm body against yours, chin tucked into his chest to peer down at you. Instinctively, you perch on the tips of your toes, eyes lidded in anticipation of a kiss. Instead, he brings your wrists up to his nose, heated lips pressing against your supple skin.
“He scented you.” he mumbles quickly, lips pulling into a thin line before letting go and backing away.  
“Why? How? I only bumped into him.” you walk towards him, watching him turn his heel again. “Hey –” you reach out for his arm to pull him back around.
First you leave him this morning, then come back scented by another na’vi. He shrugs you off, hands now fiddling with the knot above the base of his tail as he nears the entrance of the cave. The knot of his loincloth comes undone, heavy, sheathed hunting knife silently making impact with the sand.
“Because he wants everything that’s mine.”
So, I am his. You think, one corner of your mouth curling upwards into a smirk.
“Oh, Ralak.” You stand at the cave’s opening, waiting in silence for a response.
He continues to keep his back turned to you, dips of his clenched glutes on full display. Despite last night, seeing him naked still makes you shy, cheeks turning red and hot from the blood that rushes to them. You watch him hastily put his hair in a sloppy bun as he submerges himself in the water.
“I need to speak with you about this morning” you mumble, eyes locked onto the ripple of his back muscles.
“No need. I understand.” he answers lowly, shimmying over to the bottle of fermented fruit propped on a rock in the cave.
“Understand what? It’s about –”
“You made a mistake. It was your heat. It is fine.” he mutters quickly, taking a swig at the last word.
A mistake? My heat?
The realization hits you, hard. You’d been so out of it, so delirious from your heat you hadn’t given a second thought about his confession. His trauma that he confided in you, in this very cave. It’s like stones in your heart – no, boulders. Weighing it down so heavily that it feels like there’s a pulse in your stomach.
How could you be so cruel? So thoughtless? So insensitive? To not even wake him and utter the words to his face. To allow him to wake up to an empty bed after letting down his walls and being so vulnerable to you. To be so caught up in your own head you couldn’t even bat an eye at the man who helped you through your first heat.
“Oh. Oh, Lak. No. No, it’s nothing like that.” you sputter out a trembling voice, sliding into the water to rush over to him. You rest your hand on his upper back, taking in the warmth of his skin. He feels feverish – hot to the touch.
What is he drinking?
You rub his back gently, bioluminescent freckles dancing from your caresses. Yet, he’s rigid. Cold. Distant. He’s not the Ralak you know, swaying side to side as he brings the lip of the bottle to his mouth.
“Stop, my love.” you coo, sliding your hand up his raised arm as you walk around him.  Pulling the bottle away from his lips, you cautiously place the pxir on a nearby ledge. “Ralak.” you whisper, staring up at him with worried eyes.
The sound of his name falling from your lips tilts his head back ever so slightly, like it pained him to even look at you. Curly, loose stands of hair frame his face, accentuating his angular features. He attempts to fix his mask of indifference to his face, but you can see through it. You see the anguish glossed over his lidded, inebriated eyes.
Ocean blue eyes.  
tw: flashback
His mind is elsewhere, dissociating back to the day of the incident. The night of his iknimaya celebration, where his own karyu cornered him in his family marui, engulfing him with her pheromones. Manipulating him with her heat to take care of her. To touch her.
He can hear the waves crashing into the shore, the pitter-patter of the rain on the roof of the marui, the roll of the thunder – her whispers in his ear, ‘I’ve been waiting too long for this. You are officially a man now. Make your karyu feel better, right here...’.
The smell of her pheromones is suffocating, more potent than any fermented fruit he’s ever had. It frightened him, feeling like he had no self-control. No way to stop his movements, no matter how much he screamed at his body to move, run – anything.
It is what made him vow to never lose control of himself. His composure.
He can feel the heaviness of his body. The lethargy. The way his lungs refused to fill, no matter how hard he tried to breathe. When he woke, he was alone, sitting in the corner in a pool of his own sweat, curled in on himself. His karyu left, to never return. Leaving nothing but the lingering smell of her heated scent behind. 
tw: end of flashback
“My karyu” you hum softly, placing his hand on your chest.
When you first called him that, he almost grimaced. But as time passed, you made the word bearable. You gave it a new meaning, a new feeling. Eventually filling him with eagerness to hear it fall from your flushed lips. In tones of excitement, frustration... pleasure.
You hold his thumb, and give it a squeeze, trying to bring him back from wherever he is. Your heart weighed even heavier, seeing him drift away and detach when he’s right in front of you. “I’m not going anywhere. I’m right here. Feel me. Feel my heartbeat. Focus on it and come back to me.”
The words echo in his skull, reverberating between the thick bone. He can hear you, feel you. With each thump of your heart, the heaviness of his body lifts, the scent of her fades, the pitter-patter of the storm subdues until nothing, but that thump can be heard. His eyes finally flicker down to yours, ears and brows twitching at the pulse of your heart.
Only a bottle could do that for him. Bring him back. Yet, you did it with the mere sound of your heart.
“I’m sorry, Lak. I’m so sorry. I’m sorry I was so thoughtless. I’m sorry... that happened to you.” the words are shaky, flowing over your quivering bottom lip. “I would never. Ever. Ever. Ever –” you blubber, shaking your head, “Ever, do that to you. I-I had to leave because of my father. He’s punishing me. Forbidding me from seeing you. Having Tsireya teach me instead. I should have woken you.”
Another arm snakes around his waist, bringing him in closer to you. You slump your head into his chest, letting the tears flow and stain his skin. “I don’t regret a thing. I meant everything I said. I-I see you, Ralak” you sputter, breath hitching from the crying.
“Tanhì” he croaks, kissing the crown of your head as he wraps his arms around you to hold you closer.   
“I love you” The three words are said in unison as you cling onto one another.
Alcohol still coursing through his veins, Ralak’s heavy body slumps into you, slowly shifting you both against the cave wall. He presses your back against the rocky surface, unwrapping his arms from your waist to support his body weight with a hand on the wall. He leans in, brushing his cheek against yours.
“I will miss you.” he whispers huskily next to the shell of your ear.
“I’ll miss you, too.” you whisper back, head pulling back to meet his gaze.
Your eyes lock for a moment, an undeniable tension now budding in the air and making your breaths quicken. He inches even closer, lips brushing against yours as you exchange the same hot breath until you’re light in the head.
He kisses you roughly – sloppily.
Tongue slipping into your mouth, you get a taste of what he’s been drinking all day. It’s a little sweet, with undertones of various fruits native to the reef people. But once the sweetness wears off, the bitter aftertaste makes your brows gather. He pulls away, revealing heavy-lidded eyes with thin blue rings for irises, flickering side to side as they stare into yours.
Chests heaving in synchrony, you both struggle to catch your breath. Hands cupping each other’s face, your lips crash into one another again, body language hungry and desperate for each other’s touch. Ralak shoves his knee between your legs, providing you with the friction your body has been begging for. Your body moves on its own, humping at his thigh as best you can in the water.
“I-I want... you.” The desperate words part your bruised, flushed lips, hand sliding up his back to caress his kuru [queue].
He shakes his head, brows gathering tightly. “Not now. Not here. We do it the right way.”
“Then...” you pant, voice laced with desperation as your hands make their way to his hips, dainty fingers wrapping around his hardened girth, “...give me something else.”
Breath turning raggedy, he struggles to maintain his composure. The influence of the alcohol surging through his body proves it to be an even more difficult task. He takes a deep breath, withdrawing his knee from your legs to spin you around in one quick motion. Ralak tries his best to be gentle with you, shoving you into the wall to press his aching cock against you.
A soft moan parts your lips; thin, fuzzy tail wrapping around his thigh in attempts to bring you closer. Eywa, did that push him closer to the edge. Your tail had been one of his favourite things about you from the day you first locked eyes, so slender and delicate. Nothing like his. It not only fascinated him. It aroused him.
It makes him push into you even harder, tip of his cock throbbing against your lower back. He craves to be even closer to you – to be inside you. To rut into you until your voice becomes so hoarse from screaming his name. Over and over. Again, and again. Fingers hurriedly fiddling with the knot of your loincloth, he pants a few greedy, rough kisses along your upper back.
“Oh! Ralak, I-I think –” you moan lowly, his touches throwing you into a daze.
“What?” he huffs, fingers coming to a halt in fear that he’s being too rough with you.
“I think I’m still in heat.” you lie, or maybe it wasn’t a lie. You feel so woozy in the head that you’re not even sure what’s going on anymore. All that sits at the forefront of your mind is him claiming you as his.
“Is that so?” he lets out a breath of relief, a chuckle if you will.
“Yes. Can you help me?” you pant, trembling voice feigned with innocence.
“Ah. Let me check, little one.” He buries his face into the nape of your neck, pulling back with a loud sigh through his nose. A growl rumbles in his chest and up his throat. “I can still smell him.” The scent of another so deep into your skin makes him want to mark you. To sink his lengthy canines into your neck for the smell to seep out, only to be replaced by his.
“Then fix it.” you breathe, head dipping forward to open yourself up to him.
“Oh?” he smiles open mouthed, brushing his pointed fangs against your silken skin, making your back arch on instinct. Submitting to him and his touch. Open mouth lingering over your neck, his jaw closes to graze his teeth against you. He sucks lightly on your skin, puckered lips pulling off with a pop.
Of course, he’d make you wait for that too. He was only ‘helping’ you, right now.  
He kicks your feet apart, spreading your legs for him to settle in closer behind you. A string of your slick connects your thighs together, breaking apart when he rubs his cock against your bare cunt. He begins rubbing his face into the back of your neck, scenting you as his.
“Mine. Yes?” he growls, thrusting himself against your slippery slit.   
“Yes.” You spread your legs further apart, standing on the tips of your toes to provide him with better access. “Please.” You let out a pathetic mewl.
He grunts in frustration. He wants nothing more than to thrust himself inside you, stretching your pussy out with his huge cock. And with those little, sweet pleas, it’s almost too hard to resist. But he does. He pulls away, gaze snapping down to the rope of wetness connecting your most intimate parts together.
Cocking a brow, his hand comes between your sticky pelvises, fingers coiling around the string of slick before they glide over your pussy and spread your folds. Your wetness drips down his digits, pooling in the palm of his hand. “So wet. Maybe you are in heat.” he mumbles, pressing his lips against your back, peppering kisses down the curve of your shoulder.  
Ralak fondles with your puffy clit, rubbing tight circles into it with his slickened fingertips. Your hips squirm around from the white-hot pleasure tightening your core. It’s just not enough. Perhaps it’s just residual heat, but you feel so, so empty. A yearning deep in your womb, to be filled and stretched. Your hips buck forward, slipping his fingertips to prod at your entrance, before pushing back on him to try and sink them inside you.
Needy body language riling up the giant behind you, his harsh kisses move their way up to your ear. “Say it, tanhì.” he groans lowly, positioning his finger at your tight hole.
“I n-need you inside of me!” you cry desperately, shoving yourself back into him.
“You listen so well, paysyul.” he exhales a hot breath into the shell of your ear, sinking his thick finger inside you, twisting his wrist so that he can curl it right into your sweet spot.
“Oh, shit.” you moan breathily, cheek pressed firmly against the rocky wall.
“That is why you learn so quickly.” He fingers you roughly, expertly working out a squelch with each curl of his digit.
The feeling is like heat, shooting down your spine and pooling in your pelvis. It makes your hips spasm, chasing the fiery sensation in hopes to put it out. His finger brings relieve, satiating the itch as your sweet spot swells from pure bliss. He knows exactly where to touch, and how to touch.
Yet, it still isn’t enough.
“More! ‘ts not enough!” you cry, writhing underneath him.
He finds your little cries amusing, letting a chuckle evade his lips. How could something so small act so mighty? He slides another digit in, feeling your tight pussy walls stretch to accommodate him. He hears the little whimper bubbling up your throat, letting him know you need a moment to adjust.
“Taking my fingers so well, hm?” he praises you with a shaky voice, planting a gentle kiss behind your ear.
“Mmmn! Please!” Another plea falls from your lips, a plea for him to move – to make you cum. He sets a relentless pace, stimulating the sensitive spot in your gummy, hot walls, working lengthy moans and mewls from you.
With the way he’s fingerfucking you, it feels as if your nerves are on fire. The coil tightly wound in your core ready to snap any second now. Your brows pinch together in fervour, mouth falling open to allow heavy, hot breaths to escape.
“Close! So close! Gonna! Gonna –” Your words catch in your throat, leaving you breathless and tense around his fingers.
“Make yourself cum.” he orders gruffly, stopping all movement once he feels you tighten around his digits.
You gasp, hips moving on their own to chase the orgasm he just took away from you. “No, no. You know I can’t. Please.” you sputter, pushing against the wall to ride his fingers.
“You can. And you will.” he growls, bending his fingers as encouragement.
You quickly accept your fate, holding on tightly to whatever pleasurable feeling remains and running with it. You push back on him, squirming around as you try to make yourself cum. Closing your eyes, you tune into your body, feeling what feels good and where. But the position that you’re in makes it even harder to do it yourself.
“Just fuck me!” you cry desperately, frustration so pent up you couldn’t help the outburst.
“Language.” he hisses, shoving his fingers so deep inside you that your slick coats his knuckles.
“Fuck! Please.” you beg, reaching behind you to grab his wrist.
“No.” he smirks, looking down at how your cunt sucks in his digits, listening to your pleading and begging.
He just wants to hear a little more. To hear how badly you want him. He loves the way you squirm around, sputtering nonsense from being so fucked out by just his fingers. He loves the little noises your pussy makes for him and can’t wait to hear how they’ll sound once his cock is stuffed inside you.
“Ralak. Please. Please make me cum!” you cry, using his wrist as leverage to fuck back into him.
He slides his hand down your stomach, fingers playing with your swollen, neglected clit. He’s pumping his digits in and out of your dripping cunt, feeling your slick dribble down his hand. It doesn’t take long for you to near your climax, pussy walls clamping down around his fingers.
“Let go. Cum for me.” he groans, swollen tip of his cock oozing beads of precum onto your lower back.
“Oh, fuckfuckfuck!” you let out a hoarse cry, entire body shuddering underneath him “Cumming! Cumming!”
“That’s my girl.” he hums proudly, scissoring his fingers open to stretch you out.  
You let out a high-pitched whimper, hint of pain making your eyes water. Then a wave of ecstasy ripples through you, leaving your legs trembling beneath you. He snakes his arm around your waist, holding you up while you ride out of your high, sprinkling your shoulder with kisses.
Once you come down from your high, you lean back into him, resting your head against his chest. Huffing and puffing, you try to catch your breath as you turn around to cup his swollen balls. “My turn to make you feel good.”
To your surprise, he rests a hand on your arm, pulling it away from him. He looks down at you through blown pupils, arousal plastered all over his face. Beads of sweat trickle down his temples, wet strands of curled hair stuck to his cheeks, he sighs the words. “Not today, tanhi. I must get you back, now.”
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A self-made god invites a nonbeliever to prayer
INTRODUCTION
The interaction I’ll be analyzing this round takes place on 11/16/2020, between c!Tubbo and c!Dream, who I’ll refer to as simply Tubbo and Dream from here onward. Prior to the beginning of the war, Tubbo spends time running around gathering supplies for the approaching battle. He and Dream interact at the Holy Land and then briefly engage in armed combat. Dream kills Tubbo and the interaction ends. The full clip spans about 35:58 to 48:02, though the bulk of what I’ll discuss takes place roughly between 42:00 and 47:00. When cc!Tubbo uploaded the VOD of this stream, he cut the first hour (approximately), so as far as I know the clip I refer to is only available through third-party recordings of the original stream. A recording of the full stream can be found HERE. All timestamps that aren't hyperlinked occur within this stream.
Essentially, my argument is that this clip reveals a lot about both Tubbo and Dream’s attitudes towards religion (prior to the introduction of DreamXD months later, which I don’t have room to discuss this round.) The interaction expresses Tubbo's and Dream's specific theological perspectives, which are diametrically opposed but, strangely, not incompatible.
INTERACTION SUMMARY
The actual clip is quite brief. It starts around 35:58 where Tubbo says aloud to himself, “Is anywhere safe?” At 36:46 Tubbo decides to go to the Holy Land, because Dream presumably can’t hurt him there. When he reaches the Holy Land a minute later, he expresses comfort: he thinks he’s safe, he thinks he’s “in the clear.” At 39:20, Tubbo catches sight of Dream lurking nearby but when he addresses him directly, Dream vanishes, leaving Tubbo in a state of panic. He reappears moments later and offers Tubbo a shield banner which Tubbo accepts but then immediately returns, fearing it’s a ploy to misidentify Tubbo as the traitor. Tubbo remarks that he finds Dream’s body language — his stillness specifically — creepy. At 42:12, Tubbo accidentally steps outside the boundary of the Holy Land and Dream sets him on fire. Tubbo douses himself in water and steps back into the Holy Land. Dream leads Tubbo into the church and types a message, “Let’s pray before today” at 42:47. Tubbo responds, “Y’know what, sure. Enemies on the battlefield!” Tubbo gets behind the podium, saying he will deliver a “seminar” (bless him, I’m 100% sure he meant “sermon.”) At 43:00, Tubbo receives a donation telling him that his enemies “have a secret base near the Twitch Prime church,” which he acknowledges with a “What?!” At 43:04, Tubbo begins his sermon.
Abridged sermon transcript:
Right! We’re gathered here today. Dream, even though we’re enemies, you’re here. (He evangelizes about Twitch Prime. It’s an advertisement. Dream rings the bell rhythmically as Tubbo speaks.) Worship and pray. Every prime is a bell ring, you know the drill. Welcome to church, everyone! (With manic humor) I’m not a sellout! Who said sellout? That is just not true. …Run an ad, why don’t you? No, no that crosses the line. (Tubbo reads some names from donations and subs.)
Dream rings the bell for every incoming Prime from viewers. At 46:25, Tubbo announces that he’s broken his sub goal and he and Dream exit the main chapel room of the church. As they pass through the church lobby, Tubbo jokingly asks whether he and Dream should “bathe” in the pool of holy water near the entrance. Dream doesn’t respond, leaving the church in silence. At 46:35, Tubbo (again, with a joking tone) says he’d like to “take a dip” and walks through the holy water fountain. Then, Tubbo follows Dream out of the church but walks within the border of the Holy Land, stating that once he crosses the boundary he will be “in peril — immediate danger” (47:00). He loads and readies his crossbow and attempts to make a “quick getaway” but is immediately chased down by Dream. He fires arrows at Dream as he runs away, but his shots miss their target. He jumps into water to swim away and is slain by Dream. Interaction ends at 48:02.
ANALYSIS
There are a couple of interesting ways this interaction might be interpreted, but the questions that intrigue me most are: 1) Why does Dream bother following the rules of the Holy Land? And 2) Why does he suggest they pray together? In order to answer the first question, we must determine whose rules they are; in order to answer the second question, we must determine who/what the characters believe they are praying to.
For some background context --- Dream and Tommy founded the religion of Church Prime together a few months prior on 08/23/2020. On that day, Dream declares himself a “god,” comparing himself to both a prophet, a divine spirit, and a messianic figure (2:05-2:16). The church building itself was later constructed by Punz, Eret, and Sapnap, who stated that it was “a peaceful church” that he did not want associated with violent acts (29:25-29:30). Dream threatens to execute other characters for breaking the no-killing-on-holy-ground rule, notably when George injures Ponk on Ponk’s baptism day (1:02-1:08). While Dream is responsible for conducting baptisms in the church’s early days (ex: baptizing Ponk), worshippers eventually assume that duty later on (ex: Sapnap, Karl, Punz, and Callahan baptizing Tina). Interestingly, Sapnap asserts on one notable occasion that a religion isn’t a true faith without worshippers, and therefore worshippers actually constitute the greater authority, asking Dream with mild bitterness at 00:00-00:07, “Who built this church, Dream?” It’s a rhetorical question. Sapnap built the church and is invoking his own authority. So overall, we’re presented with a somewhat contentious view of church authority: Dream posits himself as a divine figure and clearly draws a sense of authority from that declaration, while members of the congregation (Sapnap in particular) are quick to voice and exercise their own clerical authority. All of this begs the question: to whom do the rules of the holy land belong? The answer is: the rules belong to whoever is willing to enforce and respect them — which, as I hope I’ve demonstrated, includes not just Dream but a number of others as well.
This leads into the next question: if church authority is derived both from its founders (i.e. Dream and Tommy) and its congregants (Sapnap, Karl, Ponk, Tina, Callahan, Punz, etc etc), who/what divine force does that authority serve? In other words, when Dream and Tubbo pray together before the 11/16 war, what do they believe they’re praying to?
Tubbo, I’d argue, is praying to nothing. This is all a joke to him, and a grim joke at that. Earlier in the stream, he expresses despair and even nihilism in the face of Dream’s combat prowess, saying, “He literally doesn’t even care. That’s how powerful he is!” at (30:42-30:45). Tubbo also expresses premature defeat, asking, “It’s over…Why bother fighting?” (30:37-30:52). Tubbo’s tone throughout the whole encounter is morbidly jovial, bordering on hysteria. He suspects he will die the minute he leaves sacred ground — Dream demonstrated this when he set Tubbo on fire after he accidentally stepped outside the Holy Land at 42:12. He doesn't even know what a sermon is called, and he doesn't care to! He is a man marked for death. He steps into that church with the foreknowledge that his prayers will not be answered, so why bother praying with sincerity at all?
So what does Dream believe he’s praying to? At first glance, it’s hard to say. Aside from a few cryptic chat messages, Dream remains nonverbal throughout the entire exchange, silent as the grave. He is without a doubt weaponizing the laws of the Holy Land (and by extension, the religion it represents) as an intimidation and entrapment tactic. He follows Tubbo closely (as Tubbo says around 33:22-33:25, “Dream makes such a badass stalker…He’s just unsettlingly good at it”), threatening him with violence at every turn (27:30-29:47) and killing him once already that day (29:47), essentially herding him into the only area where Tubbo can reliably take momentary shelter, guiding him like a shepherd leading a lamb to slaughter. Dream doesn’t have to obey the laws of the Holy Land (there is no force physically preventing him from harming Tubbo) but doing so works in Dream’s favor because it reinforces the illusion of safety that makes the Holy Land easy to weaponize. As Tubbo acknowledges, his adversaries have a secret base nearby. Though it’s never stated outright, there’s evidence to suggest that the base is located nearby specifically so Dream and his allies can use the Holy Land as a trap. People fleeing combat will come there seeking asylum, and in this way the church (ironically, given later events in the server) becomes a prison — and a death row prison at that. But using the church as a wartime entrapment strategy doesn’t necessarily mean that Dream doesn’t pray here with earnestness. On the contrary, I’d argue that Dream wouldn’t have suggested the prayer if he didn’t think it mattered. What is he praying to? He’s praying to him. Dream is, as he says on 08/23/2020, “a god.” God invites his enemy into the church that he founded, invites his enemy to pray to a divine authority he views as himself, and slays that same enemy immediately afterwards. Dream is sacrificing Tubbo on the altar of his own ambitions. Dream here acts as both deity and officiant.
In this paradigm, we have holy ground as a symbol representing diametrically opposed (and yet not entirely incompatible) theological perspectives for Tubbo and Dream respectively. For Tubbo, the Holy Land is a place where injury and death are not possible but doom is. For Dream, the Holy Land represents a set of rules that aren’t worth breaking and, conversely, an opportunity to enact the doom of his opponents. Tubbo’s perspective is an inherently nihilistic one: nothing matters, so he might as well pray! No god will save him anyway. Dream’s perspective is that there is power in ritual, the same way there is power in strategy. What is strategy if not a kind of ritual? Note that both these perspectives posit the self as the ultimate arbiter of fate: as far as Tubbo’s concerned, he will only survive if he’s quick enough to escape (he isn’t.) And as far as Dream’s concerned, gods are real insomuch as he himself is one, or at the very least he can be if he commits to the theological bit hard enough; he decides his own fate and the fate of those around him.
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Choosing Your Niche: The Foundation of Success
Before diving headfirst into selling merchandise, it is crucial to discover your niche. Your area of interest is your vicinity of expertise or interest, and its bureaucracy is the inspiration for your advertising method. Here are some tips for selecting the right niche for associate advertising:
Identify Your Passions and Skills: What are you interested in or captivated with? Do you have a particular skill set or knowledge base in a specific area? Choosing a niche you are obsessed with will make content material creation greater fun and can help you hook up with your target audience authentically.
Market Research: Once you have some area of interest thoughts in mind, it’s essential to conduct thorough marketplace research. Analyze the competition, discover potential associate programs within your chosen niche, and make certain there is a healthy call for the goods or offerings you may be promoting.
Profitability: While ardor is vital, do not forget the profitability issue. Research the typical commission costs for affiliate packages inside your niche. Ideally, you need to choose a gap with ordinary income capacity, together with selling subscription-primarily based services or products with excessive common order values.
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How to Get Paid to Build Your Content Creator Channel
Most successful content creators are the ones who have created a reputation and identified their specialization. They then can attract viewers and make income from their videos. After you have a clear plan, create regularly to build your personal brand. Use these methods of monetization to expand your following and revenues: 1. Subscriptions
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Subscriptions are a reliable income stream that allows content creators the ability to invest in the latest equipment software, equipment, and so on. It also allows them to enhance their services to the audience by offering content that is personalized, which is what customers are seeking. Memberships can also be a good method to boost customer retention and develop loyalty. Studio Bloom is a fitness subscription site for mothers-to-be which provides peer-to-peer support as well as premium workout videos as well as guides. The most effective subscription platforms for creators are unified flexible, scalable, and flexible solutions that include analytics and payment capabilities that allow them to develop a targeted audience and provide personalized experiences. Sute's monetization tool lets creators to tailor their subscription options, or pay-per-click content to suit the audience. 2. Donations Content creators can kickstart their revenues by donating a single amount. For instance, Streamlabs provides a tool that enables users to make a donation and also get a shoutout from their preferred streamers. Buy Me a Coffee and other platforms also offer the same functionality that allows fans to give back to their favorite influencers and creators within a couple of clicks. Some platforms also allow creators of content to earn regular revenue by offering gated or exclusive content. This is a fantastic opportunity to establish long-lasting relationships with your fans and create a regular stream of income. It is possible to manage subscriptions on platforms for membership like Patreon and Twitch as well as offer perks for different levels of membership. YouTube and TikTok creators utilize this method to earn money from their work. 3. Sponsorships Sponsorships can provide an additional revenue stream because they allow you to advertise products or services in your content. Sponsored content is a very popular method of advertising on YouTube. However it is also possible to find it on other platforms, like TikTok or Instagram. Sponsors pay for products portrayed in your videos. This can be a great method to earn money if you have a huge audience. Make a compelling thumbnail that will grab the interest of viewers and entice them to check out your video. An option to create content with a gated access is to create eBooks, tutorials and video consultations. This is a great method to establish trust and generate an income stream that is steady. 4. Affiliate Marketing When they're reviewing products or making "how-to" videos, content creators can make money from affiliate hyperlinks. Sign up for affiliate programs and include links in their content. They will then earn an income if people click on the link and buy those products. YouTubers, bloggers, as well as other online creators utilize this method to monetize their content. To maximize the revenue potential of this strategy to monetize your content, it's crucial to create content that provides value to your audience. You can do this by making high-quality videos and supplying relevant, helpful information. Live chats as well as Q&A sessions are an additional option to get your audience involved. This improves the loyalty of your viewers and they feel part of your community. This kind of interaction can help to build confidence in your viewers, which can lead to an increase in video views and longer viewing times. 5. Merch It's essential to learn how to monetize a channel in order to create content. Whichever strategy you use, building an audience requires time and energy. With the right strategy you can make an income from your videos. When making a video edit, focus on the narrative first. If the music overshadows the message, it might be a good idea to consider whether the music helps or detracts from the message. Avoid songs with copyrights; YouTube is becoming stricter on this. Be sure to make sure that the audio is balanced so that the voice doesn't get lost in video or camera movements that are shaky. If you follow these guidelines to edit your videos, you will be able to create content that keep your audience engaged and eager for more. Video by YouTube
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Web Mining: Unleashing Business Growth Opportunities Online
Originally published by Quantzig: Web Mining: A Key to Boost Your Business on Web
Introduction to Web Mining Services
Web mining involves the use of data mining techniques to automatically discover and extract valuable information from web documents and services. Its primary goal is to uncover meaningful insights and usage patterns from the vast array of data on the World Wide Web. This technique is essential for creating accurate sales forecasts, enhancing marketing ROI, streamlining operations, and providing valuable customer insights.
Let's explore what web mining encompasses, its benefits, common challenges, and ethical ways businesses can utilize its potential.
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Understanding Web Mining:
Web mining applies data mining techniques to web data to identify useful patterns. This process combines information gathered from the World Wide Web with data mining techniques to evaluate the success of marketing campaigns for businesses. Web mining is a key component of web analytics solutions, helping organizations analyze website effectiveness, understand consumer behavior, and assess competitors' strategies. The insights gained through web mining provide actionable information about web structure, content, and usage.
Exploring Types of Web Mining:
Web Content Mining: This type focuses on collecting multimedia documents such as videos, images, and audio embedded or hyperlinked to web pages. Web content mining deals with unstructured or semi-structured data, requiring innovative approaches to data mining techniques. Despite the rapid growth in web data, challenges remain due to the lack of structure and heterogeneous nature of the data.
Web Structure Mining: Web structure mining analyzes the link structure of the web to identify desirable documents and similarities between different websites. It aims to provide a structural summary of web pages and websites by focusing on both the inner-document structure and the hyperlink structure at the inter-document level.
Web Usage Mining: This type predicts user behavior while interacting with the World Wide Web. It helps discover navigation patterns and extract useful insights from user interactions, facilitating a better understanding of consumer behavior and purchasing patterns. These insights enable personalized services, site modifications, and overall system enhancements.
Experience the benefits firsthand by participating in a customized complimentary pilot tailored to meet your specific requirements. Pilot studies are non-binding and provide valuable insights.
Key Advantages of Web Mining Solutions:
Improves Business on the Web: Web mining enables real-time analysis of click-stream data, identifying e-business opportunities and targeting the right customers at the right time. It aids in customizing services according to customer demands, enhancing marketing strategies and website effectiveness.
Analyzes Customer Behavior: By leveraging web mining solutions, companies can analyze the relationship between customers' present and past behavior, enhancing website segmentation and offering personalized services. Predicting customers' future behavior is crucial for designing future content and planning.
Assists in Analyzing Proxy Servers: Web mining helps identify user behavior on specific websites as well as proxy servers, providing insights into customer behavior on the internet.
Enables Automated, Faster Decision-Making: Certain decisions can be automated, saving time and effort. For instance, banks can use software to detect fraudulent activity and expedite the decision-making process.
Facilitates Efficient Team Work Management: Data mining eliminates manual labor by sifting through vast amounts of data, benefiting managers and team members alike in various scenarios.
How Quantzig Can Help Your Business with Web Mining Services:
Quantzig's data analytics services and web mining solutions assist businesses in managing large volumes of web data, deriving real-time insights, and making data-driven decisions. With leading data governance practices, Quantzig provides best-in-class frameworks for data visualization and multi-dimensional data aggregation.
Conclusion:
Web mining is a powerful tool that leverages data mining, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to enhance business operations on the web. Data cleansing and analytics ensure high-quality data for decision-making, driving revenue and effective marketing strategies. In the age of big data, web mining's ability to analyze vast amounts of information is critical for staying competitive and optimizing services.
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Signal Genesys: Digital Press Releases for Unmatched Advantages
In the fast-paced world of information, Signal Genesys, a leading white-label SEO software provider, discusses a practical approach to public relations by emphasizing the effectiveness of digital press releases over traditional methods. Digital press releases bring many advantages to their agency partners and enhance their SEO capabilities.
The Digital Press Release Advantage
Embracing Multimedia Dynamics
Signal Genesys understands that the contemporary audience demands more than static text. Digital press releases offer a multifaceted approach, integrating text, images, videos, and hyperlinks. This dynamic format captures attention and provides an immersive experience for the audience.
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SEO Optimization for Unrivaled Visibility
As a white-label press release provider, Signal Genesys prioritizes the online visibility of its clients. Each digital press release undergoes meticulous optimization for search engines, incorporating strategically relevant keywords to boost their client's online presence and improve search engine rankings.
Instantaneous Global Reach
Signal Genesys' digital press releases quickly break down geographical restrictions. Leveraging this advantage, the company guarantees that its customers' newest breakthroughs, product launches, and industry insights are promptly shared with a bigger audience. Clients benefit from this quick distribution approach since it puts them ahead of their competitors.
Traditional Press Releases in the Rearview
While traditional press releases maintain a legacy presence, Signal Genesys strategically focuses on digital communication, recognizing the limitations of their traditional counterparts.
Legacy Format Limitations
Traditional press releases adhere to a static, print-oriented, one-dimensional format. Signal Genesys acknowledges the limitations of this legacy approach in capturing the attention of today's digitally-driven audience.
Evolution Beyond Print
Printed releases, although tangible, lack the interactive and engaging elements of their digital counterparts. In a world where audience interaction is vital, Signal Genesys ensures that the messages are in a format that aligns with the expectations of a tech-savvy audience.
White Label SEO Software at the Core
With their white-label SEO software, Signal Genesys empowers agency partners by offering the capability to deploy Enterprise-level PR and Media Rooms for their clients with just a few clicks and approximately five minutes. This super-powerful software tool efficiently manages online newsrooms, news distribution, and press release publishing automation to the Media Room. Hosted on Amazon with full SSL, it is managed and supported by Signal Genesys for the agency and its clients.
Visit their website for more information about Signal Genesys and their white-label press release distribution services.
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About Signal Genesys
The founders of Signal Genesys kickstarted a successful 7-Figure Digital Marketing Agency, where they identified Press Releases as a crucial solution for businesses looking to boost their online presence, search visibility, SEO, and brand marketing efforts. They developed a comprehensive, white-label, agency-centric PR platform after extensive experimentation with various PR services. This platform has unique functions, features, and pricing models tailored to support marketing agencies and resellers worldwide, seamlessly integrating press releases and PR marketing as a significant revenue stream. It offers unparalleled capabilities within a PR platform.
Based in Raleigh, N.C., Signal Genesys operates with a global team. Connect with our experts today to elevate your SEO campaigns using the Signal Genesys white-label press releases.
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Chorus.fm’s Top 30 Albums of 2023
And we are back, once again, with our annual ranking of our favorite albums of the year. Below you’ll find the contributor best of 2023 list with blurbs written by the staff talking about why we loved these albums. Each album title links to a streaming page so you can check out anything you may have missed. There’s also a playlist featuring a song from every album on this list, and a few staff members have shared their individual lists and some commentary in their blogs. As always, thanks for spending 2023 with us, and I hope you find something new to check out and love. Note: Check the bottom of this post for links to individual contributor lists. Top Albums of 2023 1. Fall Out Boy – So Much (for) Stardust As long as this corner of the internet has been hopping along, Fall Out Boy have been one of those bands who have always been top of mind. And that’s not just because of their ascension from a small pop-punk band that was featured on MTV to playing arenas all over the world, but rather due to the band’s innate ability to make you feel something in their music. Whether it be Pete Wentz’s knack for writing killer lyrics in a hook that stays in your mind for days on end, to Patrick Stump’s vocal range that puts most band’s frontmen to shame, Fall Out Boy have earned their right at the top of the mountain of this scene’s popularity. So Much (For) Stardust took all of that long-lived legacy of the band, rolled it up into a complex firecracker, and exploded in magical/vibrant colors all over the place. The promotion cycle even included the very first vinyl record to include the band members’ tears (called “Crynyl”), and singles that will ultimately stand the test of time even as we turn the page on 2023. Fall Out Boy are undeniable, and they made their way towards the top of our contributors’ list once again. – Adam Grundy 2. Blink-182 – One More Time… Having Tom Delonge back in Blink-182 just feels right. Like that last missing piece in a jigsaw puzzle, or a connection with an old friend you haven’t seen in forever, having Tom back in the fold in the classic Blink lineup makes everything better. Jason wrote (HYPERLINK) majestically about this exact feeling in his “essential reading” review of the album, and it’s hard to not get a little emotional when hearing their comeback single “One More Time” with the gut-wrenching refrain of “Do I have to die to hear you miss me?” Blink-182 means so much to so many people, so to have these three musicians and beautiful souls re-connecting on all cylinders was quite the treat in ‘23. From completing the “Anthem trilogy” in “Anthem Pt. 3” kicking off the LP to the closing notes of “Childhood” wrapping up this latest chapter in the band members’ lives, everything clicked directly into place at just the right time. It’s a magical formula that you just can’t quantify, but you know it’s there when you hear it. The three core members of Blink-182 are back, the tunes are awesome, and all is right in the music world once again. – Adam Grundy 3. The Gaslight Anthem – History Books Resurrection. If there was one theme to the music of 2023, that might have been it. So many bands I never, ever thought I’d hear new music from again in my life came roaring back into the picture, often with vital work. History Books brings back the long-dormant Gaslight Anthem, but not in a way that pretends time hasn’t passed. Instead, History Books contends with all those years – with time and battle scars and mortality – and does it so beautifully. “We circle ‘round the sun until someday we won’t”; “I was invincible many years ago when I was so much stronger”; “I wish I could do my life over, I’d be young better now.” Again and again on this album, frontman Brian Fallon sings about the burden of age and how it humbles you. Fallon writing about faded youth isn’t necessarily new, but it hits different when you’re pushing mid-30s or 40s than it did when you were 21, and it hits different when his voice sounds… https://chorus.fm/features/articles/chorus-fms-top-30-albums-of-2023/
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