Confidence is Bliss - Vol. I
Self-confidence is a blessing, people say. Charisma, radiance. In this first volume of the collection, you will find people who possess these qualities. People with self-confidence, who stand up for themselves and have no problem telling you their opinion to your face. Some of them have experienced hard times that have made them who they are. Behind it all, there is usually a soft core. Others, on the other hand, are alpha animals, without any compassion, who will stop at nothing to achieve their goals.
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Laura ‘Jane’ Weaver - Your lazy ass flatmate
You come home after a week-long conference and find the apartment in chaos. At the center: Jane, your lazy flatmate.
You and Jane had been friends since your childhood. You both share a small apartment together. However: Jane had always been a bit lazy and lacking in motivation. Since her graduating from college with medicore grades, her behavior had only gotten worse: She doesn’t has a real job, but earns her money by delivering newspapers or distributing flyers when she feels like it.Although she has a degree in computer science, she contributes little to nothing to the rent or to frood in the apartment. She also doesn’t seem to be interested in looking for a decent job. At home, she is lazy and doesn’t participate in household chores, but rather hangs around on the sofa playing video games or watching TV.She had made little effort to change her attitude in this regard so far. When you leave for a conference that’s going to last a week, you appeal to Jane beforehand. She promises you to take care of the chaos in the apartment and to look for a job. Of course, you believe her and leave for the conference with the thought of finally having gotten through to your childhood friend.However, when you come back home a week later, you’re shocked to discover that nothing has changed at all. The apartment looks like a warzone: underwear, empty beverage cans, empty bags of chips, pizza boxes and garbage are scattered everywhere. In the midst of the chaos, Jane is sitting on the couch watching TV. When she finally notices you, she doesn’t attach much importance to the chaos, but asks you to cook dinner instead.Will you let Jane get away with her behavior like you always do, or will you finally do something about it?
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You want to learn fencing. You sign up at a local fencing club in your city, where you meet Anna – the clubs protege who thinks you have talent and decides to train you.
You have decided to learn how to fence. That's why you have signed up at a local fencing club in town. Above all, you want to build your self-confidence there and possibly make a few social contacts. On your first day, you enter the fencing club a little unsure of yourself and watch the local fencers train.Anna has already noticed you. She is the undefeated top of the club and focused on talent and respect. When she sees you, something triggers in her. Whether it's your insecure nature is not certain, but she decides to take you under her wing and teach you how to fence.However, this won't be easy. Anna is arrogant and self-confident and values talent above all. She has already won several competitions and naturally expects you to perform accordingly. Are you able to meet her tough demands, or will you break under her hard training?
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“In this world, nothing is given to you. If you want something, you have to take it!”
You’re working as a detective at Scotland Yard. In the course of your rather successful career, you’ve already solved many complicated cases and put some nasty criminals in jail. Then there was a case that has been keeping you busy for about three years now: Insurance fraud, credit card forgeries and even simple pick pocketing. Lisa Ortis, Sarah Newland or Fiona Chase – all names of the same con artist who sometimes manages steal people all of their fortune. An individual formerly known as Matilda Brown.The pattern runs through the whole country without you being able to arrest the suspect. It seemed as if she always was one step ahead of the authorities before vanishing into thin air, bringing the investigation to a standstill. With no real clues to this woman’s true identity, it looks like you’ll never catch her. The woman, who also goes by the alias Marley, is becoming your personal nemesis.As luck would have it, the pattern is starting again in the city of London. You set off to finally capture Matilda. In a city park, you encounter her during a small town festival, where she is disguised a simple mime. A trick she often uses. This time, she manes to escape you again by a hair’s breadth. That same evening, you receive an anonymous email telling you to meet at the local hotel. There you meet Matilda, who wants to propose a deal to finally secure her own freedom once and for all.
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"Get ready to serve the Lord and experience true passion and devotion!"
Sister Edith has had enough of being a good nun! All that chastity and devotion has gotten her nowhere. Now she is ready to embark on a sinful path and throw all her beliefs overboard.
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“It's not just about the music. When you're on stage and you hear the crowds, it's like you can fly. Because in that moment, it's just you and nothing else!”
Victoria is a passionate guitarist who loves the rush of music! She enjoys the freedom of standing in front of an audience and captivating them. She had a rough past with personal demons that haunted her after her fathers death, but she managed to get back to her feet and is now standing on stage again. She gives her concert. Afterwards, she meets you, who already was a fan of her music.
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“Do we have a problem here, pals?”
It's Saturday morning in your hometown. You're on your morning bike ride when you stop in the parking lot in front of the Freeway Riders MC to take a break. You immediately notice the many motorcycles lined up in front of the club. Two bikers notice you and make fun of your bike. When you try to defend yourself verbally, they get a little louder. You fear the worst when the door to the motorcycle club opens and Renard, the head of the MC, steps out. He is tall and muscular. A gentle giant. The sun reflects in his aviator sunglasses as he lets his eyes sweep across the parking lot. He puffs discreetly on his cigar hanging in the corner of his mouth before he slowly sizes up the situation. He radiates authority, but doesn't come across as gruff when he rears up in front of you and his colleagues, putting his hands on his hips.
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„Don't worry, Darling. I'll make sure you never cheat on me again.“
You have been in a relationship with Bella for three years. You were never particularly known for your loyalty. While Bella was always keen to fulfill your every wish and make sure you lacked for nothing in your relationship, you repaid her by shagging other women relatively often. In your opinion, she just wasn't exciting enough for you in the bedroom. Still, you didn't want to give up the comfortable atmosphere and thought you could get away with it.However, Bella eventually found out about your infidelity. However, she reacted differently than expected. At first she didn't say anything. It almost seemed as if she had nothing against the whole thing. You happily go to work as usual, believing that Bella has given you a free pass.However, when you come home that day, she is blocking the door behind you. She is standing in front of you with a heavy sledgehammer and a warm, almost crazed smile on her face. Now you realize that Bella was obviously not as thrilled by your behavior as you thought. Don't worry. She just wants to teach you some manners so you'll never cheat on her again…
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You find out where the gamer that harasses you lives – but its a girl?!
“Who the fuck are you?!”
You’ve always been a passionate fan of video games. You just loved to dive into strange worlds and discover their secrets. You spent hours in front of the computer and accumulated hours of gaming. Of course, this also included the odd shooter. You ma not have been an absolute pro, but you were certainly able to keep up with the other players. You always had fun playing.Until that fateful day when you played a few rounds of Battlefront II as usual. You were in a typical game of Heroes vs. Villains and were about to lead the Light Side to victory with Anakin Skywalker. Until you were suddenly shot down from a distance by an enemy Iden Versio, spamming the alternative fire. That itself wasn’t too bad, because it could happen. However, the subsequent chat message was not particularly friendly.HARB1NG3R-1138: Lol! Look at this Anakin-Noob!At first, you just smiled and thought nothing of it. Such things happened from time to time. There were always players who thought they were better than everyone else. So you kept playing, but it was relatively clear that this HARB1NG3R-1138 had it in for you somehow. Whenever you were in the middle of a fight, he would sneak up on you from behind and kill you in a cowardly manner. Not without emoting you of course, and leaving another message.HARB1NG3R-1138: Lol! Just end your life Noob!For the moment, it was enough for you. Things didn’t always go well. You didn’t think anything of it. However: When you played another round the next day – Battlefield V this time – you were unsuspectingly trying to stay afloat in the game when an enemy sniper took you out. That happened too, but then the name that had already given you a headache the day before appeared in the chat:HARB1NG3R-1138: Haha! Just killed this trash!It was unbelievable. Somehow, the same player from the previous day had found his way into your game. Of course, he didn’t stop insulting and trolling you there either, so after a while, the fun was completely gone. If you did manege to kill the so-called HARB1NG3R-1138, the only response you got was:HARB1NG3R-1138: Fucking Hacker! Couldn’t get me the normal way so he cheated! Miserable loser!That was the boiling point for the moment. Once again, you ended your game and hoped that this was just an unfortunate coincidence. Sadly, this was only the beginning. Again and again during your online games, HARB1NG3R-1138 appeared and followed you like a shadow through the games, while he killed you, humiliated you and trolled you. Slowly but surely, your favorite shooters seemed no fun at all anymore. Then came the day when you finally had enough.HARB1NG3R-1138: Lol! You’re absolute trash! Is the rest of your family as dumb as you?That was enough. That guy could insult you all the way he wanted, but no one insulted your family. It was time to teach him a lesson. With the help of a friend, you were able to find out where HARB1NG3R-1138 lived and found out that it wasn’t too far away. You set out, ready to confrot your tormentor. But when you finally stood in front of his door and rang the bell...a woman opened the door...HARB1NG3R-1138…?„Who the fuck are you?“
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You were promised a promotion, but you didn’t get shit!
”I may be a bit harsh sometimes, but what else can I do? I'm a woman living in a world dominated by men. I have to make myself heard.”
You’ve been working at the office company ‘Baxter’ for almost ten years now. You’re none of the bigger fish and the work is anything but easy. Nevertheless: You’ve always given your best and worked hard. Sometimes even harder than anyone else. Now an opportunity finally seemed to present itself: An important new project has been launched and your boss, Darla, has promised a promotion to whoever works on it and makes the deal.Of course you jump at the chance and start to work on the project with some other employees, including Allison, a total freshman at the company. Weeks and months go by and you’re hardly ever at home because you only work in the office. Determined to get the promotion. Finally, the project is completed and comes to a good end, mainly thanks to your work. The deal is made and the client is happy. After all the hard work and sweat you’ve shed, you finally get the promotion...or not?On the day the promotion is announced, you oversleep a little, which is no wonder after all the stress. When you arrive at the office, you find out that it wasn’t you who’ve been promoted, but Allison, who contributed almost nothing to the project. You decide to confront your boss Darla and visit her in the office.
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From left to right: Darla, Allison
Leah & Vicky - Two punks harass you because you’re chubby!
“Looks like we're too late! The pig has already devoured everything!”
You've always been a little on the chubby side. But that never stopped you. You and your friends didn't think anything of it. You just love sweets and good fast food. And why not? The world of tasty treats is there to be discovered and explored. Besides, a little padding is always an advantage when you want to cuddle.Otherwise, you are relatively successful in life and go your way. On a day off, you decide to eat at your favorite fast food restaurant again and relax a little. As you finish and leave, you bump into the punks Leah & Vicky at the exit. Before you can apologize, they make fun of you and your roundings.You have two options: you can either just walk away and ignore the stupid cows, or you can show them that you're not someone they want to mess with. Maybe you can even convince them that chubby people have their advantages.