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auideas · 1 year ago

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Ermmm sorry if this is weird but do u maybe have any like, ““original”” cyberpunk prompts? I want to write something cyberpunk for an au but I just don’t have any ideas right now no matter how long I brainstorm

Exploring Cyberpunk

Cyberpunk is a very unique genre, which is why so many people are both attracted to it and stumped when attempting to develop plots within an unknown world. Think of Black Mirror created by Charlie Brooker (TV show), Blade Runner written by Philip K. Dick (a movie based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, a classic Cyberpunk novel), Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan (modern Cyberpunk novel), etc. -- each of these were incredibly influential in their own right, but they all also build their worlds gradually while having a single easy-to-explain concept that can spawn an entire universe. To be more specific, each story establishes an issue created by an advanced society ignorantly abusing technology, then allow their characters to explore that problem and try to find a solution in a manner that isn't explicitly black or white for society as a whole, but every shade of grey.

For Black Mirror, each episode anthologically builds upon a high-tech future within the same universe and explores how its characters interact with problems created by new pieces of said technology, both good and bad.

For Blade Runner, the story establishes that androids seem to be malfunctioning, but the bounty hunter charged with hunting them down discovers that the true issue lies in society's understanding of what it means to be human.

For Altered Carbon, the novel explores the issue derived from the obscene length of time it would take for humans to travel between planets stretched across the universe, then dives into more detail regarding how a solution has been abused.

How to Construct a Cyberpunk Concept

What we'd recommend is to start by asking the right questions and looking in the right places. Black Mirror takes its inspiration from a variety of technology, both new and old; Blade Runner explores the idea of AI and androids during the 80's when robotics was on the forefront of innovation; Altered Carbon took note of our increasing ability to travel in an interstellar fashion, then posed a simple question regarding the limits of humanity (specifically, time).

This may sound strange, but the best thing you can do is seek out trends online and scientific journals about new breakthroughs, then ask questions about what may go wrong. For example, an old post we featured here on AUideas that has since been removed from ~2017 because it's in the process of being developed into a script (sorry guys, our bad!) called Dreamscape Co. uses this exact method. When the prompt was made, Admin M was in the process of reading a scientific journal about how neurologists had been able to project a person's thoughts into an image. Although the technology was rudimentary at the time, Admin M posed the question "if dreams can be viewed, what if dreams can be watched in real time with a high quality image? What if they could be immersive? What would that industry look like? Who would pay how much to see a certain person's dreams?" This spun out into a sweeping cyberpunk mini-series, yet came from a simple news article.

Some Cyberpunk Inspiration

When performing a quick search, some amazing ideas seemed to jump out from technology news headlines these past couple weeks alone:

Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal (FLC) Technology Being Used in 3D Displays

Unlike holograms, this technology uses liquid crystals that exhibit spontaneous polarization, meaning their orientation can be influenced by an electric field. They're high-speed, low-power, and have innumerable applications in the future. So, what could go wrong?

How could this technology impact the medical field? Although this may not be possible, consider what could occur if FLCs were injected into human bodies and influenced by electric fields to perform different tasks and functions, such as replacing an organ, attacking cancer cells, etc. How could such a technology be abused or go wrong? How many could die with a simple pulse, like an EMP?

Real-Life Freeze Ray Technology Created for the US Airforce

This technology hasn't been developed to be used as weaponry, but instead to replace large amounts of coolant that must be used on space and air crafts to prevent the machinery from overheating (coolant is heavy and can reduce efficiency yet is absolutely necessary due to the fact that space is a vacuum and therefore does not cool heat like air would on Earth). This "freeze ray" technology utilizes plasma's strange property that seems to break the second law of thermodynamics: it chills down when touching another object before heating up, which experts have proposed is because it vaporizes the ultra-thin layer of carbon and water on an object upon contact, similar to how water evaporates off your skin when stepping out of a pool. The question must be asked: how could such technology be used for not just utilitarian means, but outside of the Airforce's intentions?

Perhaps the technology could be manipulated and over-chill an aircraft, or otherwise damage internal engineering.

Consider its potential applications here on Earth: what could benefit from being chilled with something light-weight and low-power? How could it be integrated into homes? What could be disastrously destroyed with such technology?

Breakthrough in Enhanced Geothermal Systems Technology May Completely Replace Carbon Energy Sources

Google and Fervo have successfully developed geothermal technology that has increased its efficiency and broke records by changing existing rock formations in the Earth's crust. For a natural geothermal energy system to produce electricity, it has to have the right amount of heat, fluid, and rock permeability -- these Goldilocks conditions can be difficult to find 'in the wild'. However, this new Enhanced Geothermal System (EGS) targets the most-easily found aspect (rocks with high heat) then creates the necessary permeability artificially by drilling to the intended rock formation and injecting fluid to create fractures in the rock, achieving the necessary Goldilocks conditions. Sure, this may be carbon-free energy, but what would happen if this were employed on a mass scale?

When energy is prioritized by a high-tech society over food and water, how could citizens gain access to those resources?

What long-term effects could such a system have on the Earth as a whole? Could the ground become unstable? Maybe earthquakes crumble city after city? Maybe the entire Earth's crust loses its integrity and disintegrates, pulling only a lucky few deep underground and forcing them to survive off the left over fluid injected into the Earth's crust and whatever they can find.

Closing Thoughts

As you can see from above, there's a crazy amount of inspiration that can be drawn from current technology events. What's important to remember is that yes, we've been talking about complicated technology, but only you have to understand how it functions in your universe down to the molecule, not your audience. Deep technology topics can be dry to a certain extent, and over-explaining your world can be damaging to your story. Explanations regarding how technology works in each of the stories we discussed is limited for that same reason (Black Mirror's overarching concepts, specifics about how Blade Runner's Replicant technology are rarely discussed, etc.). Leave some mystery surrounding how your cyberpunk world functions and allow how your characters room to breathe and interact with that world -- it can speak for itself. Your audience may first love the idea behind your story, but what they'll remember and relate to is how your protagonists and antagonists suffer and prevail within your universe.

We hope this answered your question, and feel free to follow up if you'd like some more guidance and advice on how to construct your Cyberpunk story! In addition, feel free to check out our other post which outlines more information on how to build a Cyberpunk world.

Now get to writing, and have an awesome week!

-- Admin M x

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hotvintagepoll · 7 months ago

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I know it's not feasible or easy to prove or disprove, but I wonder if name recognition has an effect on voting results at all. If the photos had no name associated (and obv people can still do an image search - but let's assume a co-operative electorate willing to participate in an experiment), would the same hot people go through? What do you think?

I can think of few things funnier than running a hot people blog with no pictures of hot people on it, but to get to your actual question—yes, I think name recognition definitely plays a part; I know in other tournaments I sometimes pick the one I know if I'm not familiar with both options, which is not proper voting behavior really but hey, what are you going to do. All the better to see a lesser known name triumphing in several of these polls!

(EDIT: admin is an idiot at 3 in the morning and this post is all wrong.)

#asks

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roleplaypositivity · 2 months ago

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Since Black Cat did it, it’s my turn finally~

Hello! This is your resident Peachy here! Now, it’s no secret who I am. (Though it might be. Many of you may have no idea who I am on site xD).

I am the original creator of the blog, and the one who has been running it solo for the past several weeks. I now have an amazing co-admin in my WP and Best Friend.

On site I have several pages, my main and most notable being blackWINGS;; (angelicdeath is my url) where I write as the Vampire Armand from the Vampire Chronicles. Most of my pages fall into that verse, haha. But! I do dabble in a few others and also have a historical account — Anish Sengupta (combatmedic) and a Castlevania account —Sypha Belnades (godhatesme). If you search penned by Eds in the playby you can find all my accounts.

You may call me Peachy, Armand, Eds, or Orange Cat.

My discord is also open — a.real.trouper and I am happy to add anyone and everyone (though I am notoriously slow xD).

Thank you all for the support and making this blog what it is.

❤️❤️❤️

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rewritingrosie · 7 months ago

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ᥫ᭡ roleplay partner search !

hello, hello! I’m Rosie, and I’m calling for all those actively seeking new roleplay partners! I’m aiming to pick up a couple new writing partners, as I am 20, all applicants are preferably 18+ at minimum! check and see whether we’d be a match! ‹𝟹

about me !

Hello, hello! I’m Rosie :3

I just turned 20 this past year in october! I’m an admin assistant full time in the rv industry currently, on top of being a writer and a part time artist, so I’m seeking someone who is comfortable with 1-2 responses a day, & is flexible. I’m CST.

I’ve been role-playing / co-writing for about 4-5 years, DnD for about 2 years, and it's a beloved past-time of mine! If I’m not writing or working, I’m spending time with my boyfriend or cats, or playing a game! Eventually, my big dream is to publish a book, even if it's with a writing partner — but really I just enjoy creating!

ཐི WRITING PARTNER QUALIFICATIONS:

AGE RANGE, OTHER:

19-27! I’m not comfortable with writing with minors or men, regardless of whether the content is NSFW. I prefer to write with women or nonbinary individuals over men for the sake of comfort!

PAIRINGS:

I enjoy writing FxM, with me playing the female, unless we double! In that case, I’ll make your sweet dream of a character any day! :)

DURATION:

Longterm writing partners preferred, not into one-shots! We put a lot of our energy into our stories, and I don't like to see that go to waste! When one story ends, I love to see another begin!

ACTIVITY & OOC CHATTER:

fairly active! As we all have lives, provided you let me know if something pops up, I don't mind at all if you can only do 1-2 responses per day! That being said, I am VERY OOC-chatter friendly! I love brainstorming head-cannons, making playlists, pinterest boards (as a pinterest fiend), send tiktoks, and oc info sheets! I also want to just be friends with my writing partners!! It makes the writing come easier, and we spent a lot of time together! :)

PLOTTERS, NOT PANTSERS:

I prefer to be able to world-build to some degree with my partners, even if it's in a modern setting! I want to have someone as invested as I am! Of course, it's perfectly okay if the energy pulls us in an opposite direction later when we get to know our characters better, but the effort is what's important!

WRITING DETAILS:

I typically write in 3rd person, and can comfortably write 3-5 paragraphs per response, while I can scale up if I’m excited! While I can write more, I do tend to have slower responses the longer they are, and can get overwhelmed once we head into the Novella area! :) But I’ll always communicate that! Genre-wise, I thrive in high, dark, or urban fantasy, but I also enjoy historical or modern settings as well!! I LOVE writing romance, and fluff, so don't be scared if high intensity rp’s aren't your thing — I’m a big softie!

N/SFW:

I am N/SFW friendly, but this is not mandatory by any means for any of my partners! I prefer tasteful spice — 30/70 to 40/60, and by that, I mean I want the chemistry to be there, and I want our focus to be on connection and plot-building! :)

FANDOM / ORIGINAL:

I prefer writing originals over fandom-based stories! That doesn’t mean we can't taken inspiration though!

SOME TROPES / PAIRINGS I ENJOY /DYNAMICS:

enemies-to-lovers, rivals, forbidden love (not to be mistaken with taboo!), secret identity, soulmates or ‘bonded’ souls (soulmate tattoos), opposites, protection tropes, academic rivals, deity with a mortal, artist with muse, assassins sent to kill each other, fake dating, forced proximity, royalty ANYTHING, dating shows, masked character, fallen angels, detectives x criminal, and a LOT more!

* the roleplay itself will take place on discord! I like making personalized servers for us! If interested, feel free to dm! can’t wait to chat!!!

#roleplay partner finder #roleplay partner wanted #1x1 rp search #fantasy writers #advanced literate rp #literate rp #roleplay partner ad

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dawnfelagund · 1 year ago

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How to Block AI Bots from Scraping Your Website

The Silmarillion Writers' Guild just recently opened its draft AI policy for comment, and one thing people wanted was for us, if possible, to block AI bots from scraping the SWG website. Twelve hours ago, I had no idea if it was possible! But I spent a few hours today researching the subject, and the SWG site is now much more locked down against AI bots than it was this time yesterday.

I know I am not the only person with a website or blog or portfolio online that doesn't want their content being used to train AI. So I thought I'd put together what I learned today in hopes that it might help others.

First, two important points:

I am not an IT professional. I am a middle-school humanities teacher with degrees in psychology, teaching, and humanities. I'm self-taught where building and maintaining websites is concerned. In other words, I'm not an expert but simply passing on what I learned during my research today.

On that note, I can't help with troubleshooting on your own site or project. I wouldn't even have been able to do everything here on my own for the SWG, but thankfully my co-admin Russandol has much more tech knowledge than me and picked up where I got lost.

Step 1: Block AI Bots Using Robots.txt

If you don't even know what this is, start here:

About /robots.txt

How to write and submit a robots.txt file

If you know how to find (or create) the robots.txt file for your website, you're going to add the following lines of code to the file. (Source: DataDome, How ChatGPT & OpenAI Might Use Your Content, Now & in the Future)

User-agent: CCBot Disallow: /

AND

User-agent: ChatGPT-User Disallow: /

Step Two: Add HTTPS Headers/Meta Tags

Unfortunately, not all bots respond to robots.txt. Img2dataset is one that recently gained some notoriety when a site owner posted in its issue queue after the bot brought his site down, asking that the bot be opt-in or at least respect robots.txt. He received a rather rude reply from the img2dataset developer. It's covered in Vice's An AI Scraping Tool Is Overwhelming Websites with Traffic.

Img2dataset requires a header tag to keep it away. (Not surprisingly, this is often a more complicated task than updating a robots.txt file. I don't think that's accidental. This is where I got stuck today in working on my Drupal site.) The header tags are "noai" and "noimageai." These function like the more familiar "noindex" and "nofollow" meta tags. When Russa and I were researching this today, we did not find a lot of information on "noai" or "noimageai," so I suspect they are very new. We used the procedure for adding "noindex" or "nofollow" and swapped in "noai" and "noimageai," and it worked for us.

Header meta tags are the same strategy DeviantArt is using to allow artists to opt out of AI scraping; artist Aimee Cozza has more in What Is DeviantArt's New "noai" and "noimageai" Meta Tag and How to Install It. Aimee's blog also has directions for how to use this strategy on WordPress, SquareSpace, Weebly, and Wix sites.

In my research today, I discovered that some webhosts provide tools for adding this code to your header through a form on the site. Check your host's knowledge base to see if you have that option.

You can also use .htaccess or add the tag directly into the HTML in the <head> section. .htaccess makes sense if you want to use the "noai" and "noimageai" tag across your entire site. The HTML solution makes sense if you want to exclude AI crawlers from specific pages.

Here are some resources on how to do this for "noindex" and "nofollow"; just swap in "noai" and "noimageai":

HubSpot, Using Noindex, Nofollow HTML Metatags: How to Tell Google Not to Index a Page in Search (very comprehensive and covers both the .htaccess and HTML solutions)

Google Search Documentation, Block Search Indexing with noindex (both .htaccess and HTML)

AngryStudio, Add noindex and nofollow to Whole Website Using htaccess

Perficient, How to Implement a NoIndex Tag (HTML)

Finally, all of this is contingent on web scrapers following the rules and etiquette of the web. As we know, many do not. Sprinkled amid the many articles I read today on blocking AI scrapers were articles on how to override blocks when scraping the web.

This will also, I suspect, be something of a game of whack-a-mole. As the img2dataset case illustrates, the previous etiquette around robots.txt was ignored in favor of a more complicated opt-out, one that many site owners either won't be aware of or won't have time/skill to implement. I would not be surprised, as the "noai" and "noimageai" tags gain traction, to see bots demanding that site owners jump through a new, different, higher, and possibly fiery hoop in order to protect the content on their sites from AI scraping. These folks serve to make a lot of money off this, which doesn't inspire me with confidence that withholding our work from their grubby hands will be an endeavor that they make easy for us.

#ai and fanworks #blocking ai #ai and art #ai and writing #ai web scraping

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prythian-hq · 1 year ago

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hi! are you back??

Not yet! Still looking for a second admin/owner to join the team!

#co admin search #co admin wanted #active rpg #fae rpg

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duckapus · 19 days ago

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It's actually pretty easy for everyone to figure out who Mr. L is working with and why they took those four Avatars specifically thanks to the fact that GG has actually been playing "Connected Cosmos: The Game" and was looking forward to the new crossover update (her name is gamer girl, this is pretty much her Whole Thing, remember?). Of course, there's the issue that they can't just go into any old copy of the game and grab them once the update comes out, since it wouldn't be their version of them, so they have to find and break into the CCC's systems and the developer server, which is... shockingly well-hidden considering Jayin couldn't possibly know how to hide it from a Digital World perspective. Still, this is the internet, people talk, somebody's bound to know where it is. It also helps that, thanks to Timmy being so deeply entrenched in things and Alyssa obviously wanting to help when she finds out what's going on, the Grid is fully on board with helping the Admins and Meme Alliance in this, and Alyssa in particular has a lot of useful information to contribute as a co-founder and former employee of the company.

And of course there's plenty of friends they can call on from all over the 'net and beyond. Thus, the plan goes like this:

During prep we have three teams

Team one will scour the Digital Multiverse in search of an entry point to the Connected Cosmos Company Servers. Overseer and Abyssal will take point on this since Overseer has more knowledge of the modern DM's layout and cultures than just about anyone else and he already has Abyssal's contact info. The Grid will also be heavily involved in this part due to their extensive spy network.

Team two will learn all the ins and outs of Connected Cosmos: The Game so that when things get going the infiltration teams will have as much information as possible. Gamer Girl and the kids will be in charge of this since GG has a big head-start thanks to already playing it on her own time and the kids wanted to help and this was a relatively safe option for those of them who wouldn't have been as much help during the big fight.

Team three will be more general preparations. Getting the Codeship Fleet up and running, finding the cure for the Nintendo Firewall Virus plaguing the stolen Avatars, recruiting allies, coming up with the actual attack plan, etc. This will mainly be in the hands of the Avatars and the Meme Alliance.

Also, they need to transfer the memes refugees in Equestria to a server that can actually support a Meme Cycle as soon as possible, especially the Dead Memes. Discord is keeping them from becoming Corrupted somehow but whatever he's doing isn't sustainable in the long term, especially since it technically counts as actively preventing chaos and is thus taking a toll on him.

In the meantime, Jayin notices Tama is in the game when she's supposed to have been dead for years in-universe, but shrugs it off and figures she can just stick her in Devos as a random NPC, let the fans speculate, then come up with a quest involving her and put it in one of the smaller updates later down the line (it's an MMO, the players'll eat that shit up).

While Jayin's convinced she's already won (since her inability to see most Digital Beings as people means she's only considering Glitch Productions' possible reaction to this) Mr. L has enough experience both as part of Luigi and as the Crew's enemy to know this is far from over, so he slips through one of the leftover cracks between dimensions and makes a deal with someone those Junior Heroes would never expect...

Once things actually kick off, this is the plan:

The fleet, led by Peach and made up of everyone and everything they've got that can withstand Code Space, will battle the CCC's outer defenses (Twilight monsters, Brobots of every type, the CCC's own Code-level beings, and Mr. L's surprise guest who I'll be introducing in an actual ficlet) to keep the heat off of the infiltration teams.

One infiltration team will be all the Avatars/Anchors and their Crews and some other allies (except Doc and his Hamtor army, who have a Codeship and are part of the fleet) will enter Connected Cosmos: The Game courtesy of Timmy making a wish (since they know that FOP Fairy Magic trumps firewalls but Jayin doesn't), cure the stolen Avatars, then take out all the major Bosses in Renata, Harmonia and Sleeping Gaia (because the Twilit Rifts the bosses are connected to are acting as anchors keeping the stolen code attached to CC:TG's developer server) and await extraction.

The other infiltration team consists of Steve, Rob, Welony, Cursor, Samurai Bob, King Mickey, the AVA Squad and Enigmoth (the Paradox Pokemon, a legendary Bug/Dragon type that has Phase Shift, an ability that makes it not exist every other turn) sneak through the firewalls in a Gummi Ship using Enigmoth's Ability while Chroma and Blaze are being distracted by Mira (she's literally running across the physical firewalls to exploit the fact that firewall programs are programmed to destroy potential virus infiltrators at all costs because if you'll recall her base programming is to be annoying as hell and never get caught) so they can get into the maintenance areas of the CCC Servers and find and destroy the Purchase Keys so this can never happen again (Piracy, Bitches!!!)

Then the final steps are to breech the Firewalls entirely (they will, in fact, have several options for doing so) and have their strongest Programs grab the three Servers and the infiltration teams and hightail it out of there.

Jayin won't be able to do shit about it legally, since if she tries to press charges she'll have to explain how the hell it even happened, which will either make her sound nuts, or pull back the veil of secrecy and in the process reveal that she's exactly the kind of person she's been getting portrayed as in SMG4 and the Grid's videos when so far it's been seen by the viewers as part parody of studio execs in general, part Alyssa being understandably bitter about what happened to her. Either way her reputation would take a massive hit, and she would not be willing to do that to herself even if it would make her win overall.

As you might expect, this is going to work, but it will not go off without several hitches.

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threeticketstodubrovnik · 3 months ago

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Three Tickets to Dubrovnik

Follow the story of Michelle (The Prankster), Alejandria (The Geek) and Natalie (The Traveler) as they're invited in Dubrovnik to Assist Goran Visnjic in his ultimate quest to find the perfect Erik The Red Screencaps from The GVD Fansite 🤣

Alas for Goran, the three young women are quite the infernal trio and they come with their fare share of adventures and hilarious situations in which Goran wasn't prepared for 🤓

Chapter 1

As soon as he had seen this Instagram post about these Erik The Red Screencaps, where he had been tagged, Goran absolutely needed to find the best ones to publish on his instagram! After all he had commented on that same post with the following words “I’m stealing these…. “ Sending the admins of GVD in utter shock the morning he had commented on the GVD Instagram!!

Of course, the women and men in the Goran fandom were truly impatient for Goran to publish these screencaps and he knew it, the pressure was heavy on his large shoulders, but he was so busy! He had to repeat for The Ekvinocijo Play, and he could barely find the time to sleep, so finding the best screencaps to publish on his Instagram had proved to be a rather hard task!!! Michelle, the admin of Goran Visnjic Daily had posted too many of them, and he was lost! He clearly needed help!!

He knew he could count on Zrinka and Goran Grgci, his co actors partners in The Ekvinocijo play. At first, it proved to be funny for Zrinka and the other Goran, but when Mr. Visnjic arrived each morning on the set with his iPad, asking his partners in the play to help him choosing for the best screencaps, Zrinka and Goran two couldn’t take it anymore...

“...But Please! I need to find the best screenshots!!! She posted way too many!! How do they do this anyway??? She’s so fast! She posted the first episode, like two days ago, and now she’s almost done with screencapping all the episodes I’m in!!” Zrinka didn’t know what to answer when Goran reacted, all agitated, in panic, not able to find the perfect screencaps!! They were all good, but he couldn’t publish all of the 2224 screencaps available at the GVD Website’s gallery!!

“Goran, we already went through all the episodes gallery on the website, and we pointed out which ones to post, but you said nah!” As Zrinka was on her way to retrieve a piece of clothes for her costume, Goran gently grabbed her by the arm.

“Come on, one last time!!!” He tried to convince her with his charming smile, while lending her the iPad. Even though Goran was a sweet guy, Zrinka couldn’t take it anymore.

“Goran? We have to focus on the play, we’re going to play in front of the public in two weeks!! Time is passing by!!” Goran sighed when he realized that Zrinka didn’t want to help him anymore… She had already spent the whole week searching with him for the best screencaps, but to no avail… Goran couldn’t decide which one to pick up and enough was enough, thought Zrinka.

“Fine, I’ll ask Goran Two!!” Goran Grgci had been given the nickname Goran two since they were two Goran in the “Ekvinocijo” Play, and Mr. Grgci was fine with it, he even thought it was funny… Until he saw this tall dark haired man with the mean mustache coming his way with the small iPad in his hands.

“Urghhh…” Goran two knew what was coming… He shook his head, all desperate when Goran displayed a large grin on his face as he came closer to him.

“Care to help me man, with the screencaps???” Even though Goran had this puppy look on his face, it didn’t work on Mr. Grgci…

“We’re having a play to repeat Mr. Visnjic, it’s not the time for choosing these Screencaps of yours…” Goran sighed again when he saw that Goran two was just like Zrinka, not offering his help for the quest of the best screenshots of Erik The Red…

Finally the day passed by without Goran asking again to his partners to search with him for the best screencaps to publish on his instagram, until Dinner time had struck in Dubrovnik… This time Goran pointed out different screencaps on his iPhone, but Zrinka and the others didn’t feel like it again..

“Aww come on big man, give up… We already pointed out the best screencaps…” Zrinka chuckled loudly as the second glass of wine was starting to do its magic…

The next day, the actors from Ekvinocijo gathered together before the arrival of Mr. Visnjic… Zrinka had even hidden Goran’s smartphone, so he’d arrive late for the practice, giving time to Zrinka and the others to discuss her plan and ideas.

“Ok guys! We have to do something, Goran won’t stop bothering us with his screencaps and I just can’t take it anymore!” The other actors shook their heads as well, agreeing with Zrinka.

“We did help him, but to no avail, he’s undecided on which screencaps to use and I think the best solution is to hire this woman!!” Zrinka displayed the picture of the young short haired blonde woman she was talking about on her smartphone…

“Michelle! She’s the perfect choice with helping Goran, because quite frankly, I’m about to go crazy! I love Goran, he’s a sweet guy, but it has to stop!!” Of course the men and women from the Ekvinocijo play had no idea who this woman was, but Goran Grgci and Zrinka had come across her by visiting the Instagram and Website of Goran Visnjic Daily… Michelle was the main admin at GVD, she was a 25 years old woman from Quebec, and had a steady job at a car dealership and Zrinka had seen on her personal Instagram that she was off for a whole month during the summer. Her vacation started two days ago! It just couldn’t get better!!

“I will contact her and convince her to join us in Dubrovnik!!!!” Goran Grgci shook his head, content with Zrinka’s idea…

“Ahem!” Mr. Visnjic surprised the crew of Ekvinocijo by clearing his throat as he arrived on the exterior set where the actors were practicing. Oblivious to the fact that Zrinka and the others were in reality planning something secret behind Goran’s back…

“Anyone has seen my iPhone? I’ve been looking for it, but I can’t find it at all!” Goran looked concerned as he couldn’t get his hands on his iPhone… Zrinka and Goran two pretended they hadn’t seen it as they distanced themselves from Mr. Visnjic..

“Alright, I’ll check on later… I guess!” Goran Visnjic was disappointed, he so wanted to find the perfect screencaps, but there he was, standing tall with nothing to publish for the fans on his Instagram…

The group practiced during the day and when Zrinka had the chance to walk away from the set, she quickly returned to her hotel room and tried her luck with contacting Michelle, the admin of Goran Visnjic Daily on Messenger. She had found her Facebook account since it was linked to her Instagram as well.

Michelle was on her way to get her Mountain Bike out of her apartment when of all sudden, a call from her Messenger entered. Not used to receiving calls from Messenger, Michelle quickly removed her Oakley Sunglasses and curiously looked down at her iPhone… Her blue eyes widened, almost unable to fathom what was going on as the name of “Zrinka” was displayed on the screen.

“Hello??” Michelle answered the call and carefully said hello on the phone.

“Am I speaking to Michelle, the woman behind Goran Visnjic Daily??” Michelle quickly sat down on her couch, almost on her way to end the call, afraid it was some kind of fraud.

“Who Am I speaking to???” scared, Michelle demanded who was the person on the other end of the phone. Zrinka could see that the young woman was rather suspicious and it was totally normal.

“I’m Zrinka Cvitešić, a friend of Goran Višnjić, we’re both playing in “Ekvinocijo” as Zrinka tried to reassure Michelle, this last one quickly ended the call at the mere sound of Goran’s name.

The short 25 year old woman couldn’t believe it.

“You gotta be fucking kidding me!!!” muttered Michelle

Zrinka moved her smartphone away from her ear as she realized that Michelle had hung up.

“Michelle? Are you still there?” Zrinka sighed, desperate as the young woman ended the call rapidly. She decided to try one more time to reach Michelle, but with a video call instead this time, so Michelle would recognize Zrinka and see that it’s ok.

The message tone surprised Michelle one more time and the young woman accepted the video call.

“Please, don’t hang up Miss! Recognize me?” Asked Zrinka, to Michelle. This last one nodded her head and saw that it was really Zrinka.

“I just need your help for something very easy, concerning Goran!” When Zrinka informed Michelle that she needed of her help, the blonde woman lifted an eyebrow, wondering what she was talking about.

“Ok, I’ll make it short… Goran is looking for the ultimate Screencaps of Erik The Red, and he just can’t find the perfect screenshots!!!! He has been bothering us with this since the day you posted the firsts screencaps of Erik The Red On your GVD Instagram! I swear, he brings his iPad with him and asks us to pick the screencaps where he looks his best as Erik The Red! I’ll be honest, we just can’t take this anymore! Everyone is drained and Goran seriously needs someone to help him with this”

Even though it sounded quite far-fetched, Michelle burst out in laughter at the mere sight of Goran, bothering everyone on the set of Ekvinocijo with The Erik The Red Screencaps. She tried to focus on Zrinka on the video call, but it was hard…

“I’m so sorry, I’m not laughing at you, this is just… So funny!!” Zrinka couldn’t blame Michelle, it was indeed hilarious. Zrinka even flashed a smile at Michelle, and was hoping she’d accept to help them with Goran.

“Well, look I can try and send Goran the best screencaps…” It was Michelle’s idea with helping Zrinka… But the 45 years old woman had another plan.

“Oh no… I want you to come to Dubrovnik, you’ll meet Goran and sit with him on a computer and finally choose for good those damn Screencaps!” Michelle wasn’t sure she had heard right… Zrinka could tell that Michelle was confused and overwhelmed in the video call.

“What? Uh?? No, No! I just can’t!! I mean, I can’t come to Dubrovnik and help Goran!!” There was no way for Michelle to travel to Dubrovnik and help this 6’4” Mustache male with those screencaps, it was delirious.

“I can’t!!!!” Michelle quickly informed that she couldn’t and Zrinka asked why.

“Is your Passport still up to date?” Michelle nodded her head at Zrinka’s question.

“Well, in this case you can! It’s your chance to Meet Mr. Visnjic, take a selfie with him and assist at the Ekvinocijo Play in Dubrovnik. You can’t say no to this!!” It’s true, she couldn’t say no to this, but she didn’t want to live this experience by herself.

“Alright, I’ll come, but I want my friend Alejandria and Natalie to come with me as well. I’m not meeting Goran by myself, no way!!” Zrinka chuckled when she saw how shy Michelle was…How cute, she thought.

“Don’t be scared of Goran, he won’t bite you!” Joked Zrinka while winking at Michelle. If Michelle wanted her friends to come with her, Zrinka would do everything she could to make this possible.

“Fine, they can come, but you girls will have to share the same hotel room!” Michelle couldn’t care less to sleep in the same hotel room as Alejandria and Natalie, as long as they had their own bed, it was just a detail.

“Ok, I’m in…” Zrinka had convinced Michelle to come to Dubrovnik… But Michelle hadn’t asked yet Alejandria and Natalie to come with her.. As soon as Zrinka ended the video call, Michelle rushed herself to her tumblr account online, messaging Alejandria in panic.

“GET READY GIRLS, WE’RE GOING TO DUBROVNIK!!!!” Michelle was so high on all the emotions going through her that she had a hard time explaining to Alejandria and Natalie what had just happened…

@accio-baqat 😂😂😂😂

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