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Continuing their tour, the following crowd did not fail to notice the solitary string beginning to slowly unravel the bottom of Esmeralda’s dress. Slight chuckles turned into audible gasps of astonishment as the tread continued to pull from the dress. Some in the crowd began debating what was more amazing; that the thread did not break, or that Esmeralda did not notice yet. Just as an older woman in the crowd went to tell Esmeralda, Emilio stops her.

“No señora, este es su trabajo”.

Emilio was astonished, as the older woman nodded in agreement. The young teen simply wanted the show to go on, but even Emilio underestimated how pious his fellow villagers are. To them, Esmeralda’s dismissal of their local deity, along with the thread getting caught at the alter itself, meant that none could dare intervene.

“Wow, I could not be more blessed. Being around my heritage, helping those in need, this really has been an amazing experience.” Esmeralda does her best impression of compassion as her stream enters its final period, the actual act of charity. Even before her internet fame, Esmeralda never did an hour of manual labor in her life. However, her plan required her to participate in some token acts of work, primarily bending down to pick up some boxes, making sure her back is facing the camera.

In the construction area, where the villagers were building a new well, the crowd began to work, with Esmeralda’s symbolic participation mostly just getting in the way of actual work. To everyone’s amazement, especially Emilio, the thread was still pulling away at the bottom of Esmeralda’s dress. At this point, a noticeable portion of the bottom of her dress had dissipated. Nothing was revealed, yet, but more and more of her thighs were slowly being revealed. The cameraman, used to Esmeralda’s ploys of feigned exhibitionism, assumed this was all a part of the plan. In other streams she would wear extremely revealing leggings, crop tops, and even “nearly” had to strip in a game of Strip-FIFA with another famous streamer. However, the cameraman knew Esmeralda forbid actually exposing herself on camera, and would frantically change the subject if pressed on the matter.

Before he could potentially intervene, the donations began pouring in. Viewership was steady to this point, but now donations of five, ten, even hundreds of dollars began flooding the stream. The iconic notification sound always enthralled Esmeralda. As the notifications continued, the cameraman knew to dare not intervene.

‘Oh my lovelies, you really are all made of gold! Please remember that all this money goes straight to these poor, smelly people!”

Esmeralda’s contempt was completely missed by Emilio and the crowd, they themselves mystified by what they were seeing. Esmeralda had made a couple of rounds around the construction area. The string had zig-zagged across boxes, carts, and the well itself. Inexplicitly, the string would not snap, and the dress continued to get shorter and shorter. As the donations flooded in, Esmeralda’s self-confidence reached its peak. So enamored was the young streamer that she even stepped over her string-trail multiple times as she continued her supply run.

“¡Mami, mira su vestido!”

“¡Esto es vergonzoso!”

The crowd, at this point consisting of nearly the entire village, watched in awe as Esmeralda turned to the camera. Not knowing more than two words of Spanish, Esmeralda paid no mind to the crowd’s rumblings.

“Never in my wildest dreams could I ever imagine having so many of you watch at once. We’ve raised Fifty THOUSAND dollars today, so let me read some donations!”