(BEFORE YOU READ, just so you know that this is a completely fictional story. Every reference to real world events, characters and places are just that, references. Any likeness with real world stuff is just a plot-point, and YouTube, Youtubers and their community might not be accurately reflected here. Also, I'll mix Real Life YouTubers with Fictional Youtubers. Thank you, and I hope you enjoy)

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So... this is my normal life. I'm Isabella Brun, a college freshman. I'm studying a major in Periodism, as video-editing and music has always been my passion. I live on New York, more specifically on the suburbs around it, and now with the pandemic that is currently happening on the new 20s, I'm forced to stay at home. But anyways, while the country burns outside my window, I stay at my parents's home, studying and all that.

I'm video-calling my best friend, Jessica, about some things, like videogames: The new PS5 came out and I bought it thanks to some money I earned thanks to part-time jobs. So, I was thinking about getting some PS5 games, and I began talking with Jessica about what should I buy.

"Do NOT buy anything yet, Bella" She says, dead serious. "Just wait up until the games come out."

"Seriously? Then how will I survive!" I cry jokingly. I feel amused about her cliche comment, so I want to pressure her a bit more by acting bratty "I want to playyy!"

"You got PS4 games, right? Play with them until some good games come out" She says, with an annoyed tone, like she's scolding me. "Seriously, you're nothing but a child. Buying the PS5 as soon as there was stock on the shop and spending all your earnings..."

"Yeah" Guilt washes over me because of that. I dart my eyes across the room: There is a jar that I used as piggy bank, but now it's empty. "I should just sell my PS4 now that isn't late... but my save files..."

"Just upload them to the net and then download them to the PS5. At least you have registered on the same PlayStation account, right?" Jessica asks, raising an eyebrow at the other side of the screen.

"Yeah, I'm not braindead" I said, rolling my eyes.

"By the way, talking about braindeadness... it results that I won a raffle of a Video Capture record, but I don't want it. Didn't you had all of this audiovisual equipment? I think it would be more useful if you have it" Jessica says.

"Why would you even join a raffle of a product you don't want?" I ask her. It was stupid, after all.

"I know! I just like all of Maximus Shadow's posts, and I just so happened to be following the account of the shop that promoted the raffle. And it's not like me to just reject free things, so I gave your data instead of mine" I can't really believe. She must BE pranking me, right?

I swallow all the things I'm inclined to say to her and just force a smile.

"Thaaaanks" I say. But now that I think about it... my parents have a room on our house to host audiovisual equipment, as my mom works on the industry, we have it soundproofed and I have plenty of outlets, along with our own Wi-Fi signal. I could give it a try. "I'll give the video capture record a try. Does it have HDMI input?"

"I think so. You could even become a Youtuber!" Jessica laughs.

"I think I'll do that" I say, serious.

"Wait, really?" She says. "Well... it's the best thing you could do. I wish I had all this equipment that you have."

Jessica is a pretty girl. She's got blonde hair, blue eyes and the presence and height of a top-model. She has been annoyed by some kids during our time at school, but on high school she became really popular, and as I heard, on college she's also regarded as pretty.

"By the way, how are your designs?" I ask. Jessica has a hobby, which is fashion design. She's studying a career about it.

"They are doing great! Thanks for asking" She smiles, showing happiness. Suddently, she perks up. "My mom's calling me. I gotta go. Bye!"

"Bye!" I hang up, and suddently someone rings the doorbell.

"I'm coming!" My mom warns. i get up and take the nearest shoes.

"No, mom, it's surely for me!" I scream, while getting out of my room.

i explain everything to her and she laughs.

"Oh, dear. You should just have told me!" She laughs. "I'm making dinner. Do you want some home-cooked burgers?"

"Yes!" I squeal, excitement bursting out of myself. "Please!!!"

Meanwhile, we can hear the garage's door opening. It's my dad, who just noticed about the bell. I watch him with his torso *****, he was just doing some sport inside home.

"What happened?" He asked.

"Nothing, dearie. Your daughter and her shenanigans" My mom says, laughing it off.

"It's not important, dad. Just Jessica being annoying." I add, smiling.

"Oh, well. Have fun! I'm going to the home gym again" He says.

My parents have always been like that. They have guided me, but let me have as much freedom as I liked. They always let me get bad and let them ride if it got too much for me. So I go to the audiovisual room, and install the program of the video recorder inside my PC. I make my best setup, and then think about what should I upload and when.

I believe that a good thing about a channel is a good nickname. One that isn't too generic, but one that is not too complex. So I go back to my books to search for a name, and... I find it: Aphrodite. Although the most famous Greek Goddesses are Arthemise or Athena, I really love Aphrodite, and I aspire to be as beautiful as her. When I input it, Aphrodite is already taken... I think about it more... and I decide that I want to upload more things than gameplays, so I decide something: My channel will be called The Temple of Aphrodite, and my nickname will be Sybil. Why Sybil? Because I love oracles! I just love Greek Mythology.

I then do some tests of recording, and when I find out that everything is okay, I turn on the recording:

"Hello everyone, and welcome to the Temple of Aphrodite! I'm Sybil and welcome to my Persona5 Royal gameplay!" I have decided to upload Persona5 Royal because it's the longest game I have on the shelf.

The gameplay goes on without technical difficulties. I end the chapter with a cliffhanger, and then I begin editing it. I edit it really well: I have previous experience with it thanks to my mom's work. I think I have a really good video. I didn't show my face because I didn't want people to mock me if it wasn't good. I create a YouTube account and just upload the video. I make sure I put the most tags so it will be shown, and keywords inside the description.

"I hope this works..." I whisper.

This way, my story to become a YouTuber... begins!

To be continued