It turns out that over a decade of horrific electrocution as punishment might make your heart a little bit funky!
TWs: mentions of torture, heart problems, descriptions of missed heartbeats
Wheezing / Light-headed / “I'll count, you just breathe.”
Dread flooded Laredo as a familiar ache ripped through his chest. "Hang on--sorry." He leaned back in his chair, the sounds of his teammates still coming in clearly through his headphones. The relaxed music drifted under it all, the pops of distant gunshots telling Laredo that the match was still going on.
Laredo took a slow, deep breath, one hand raising to his own throat. Every few beats, his heart would miss a contraction. His head started to spin, and he forced himself to close his eyes and relax. This was fine. This just happened sometimes.
It just wasn't ideal to happen during one of his livestreams.
R u ok?
What's happening?
Why does he look like that
When Laredo opened his eyes again, he saw his chat flooded with similar messages. He smiled, and watched himself on screen follow suit. He was too pale, and the smile was weak. "Hey--I'm okay, this just happens sometimes."
His character died, killed in one shot because he was just standing there out in the open.
The match was almost over anyway, it didn't matter. He felt his own unsteady pulse continue, another wave of deep fear rolling through him. It would pass.
Is this because of that torture shit?
What?
Bro wat
Laredo laughed. It sounded breathless. "Yeah, actually, it's...we're going to the lobby anyway. I can talk about it."
He reached for his water bottle and took a long drink, feeling the wave finally start to pass. He looked just a little less pale when he sat up straighter again. "So I really hate being electrocuted, y'know, like most people. But it was the thing that got under my skin the most, so whenever I'd fuck up, my boss would haul me into the torture room--I've told you guys about that, and zap me."
What
WHAT
Oh my god that wasn't a bit?????
Fr???????
He's fucking with us there's no way
No look it up he has like the whole court case linked in his bio
"Yeah, it was pretty fucked up. But it happened, and over the years my heart just started to get weird. Sometimes I get these spells where it gets off rhythm." Laredo shrugged and reached for his phone. "My doctor wants me to write down whenever it happens and how long it lasts, and stuff."
It didn't take long to add the newest situation to his document. "I'll let my medic boyfriend know too, one sec. He gets mad if I don't tell him when this happens." He laughed, before taking another sip of water. "I'll just skip the caffeine for a few days."
O he's fr fr
I thought torture was illegal though
idk still looked sorta fake
guys just read the court case omg
hi youtube hi
"Here, let's give my heart a break. Who wants to see the landscaping ideas I've got for my Animal Island layout? Wild Bluu was at my port yesterday, and he had some sick statues that I was waiting on."
Every time i get light-headed or dizzy i wonder, is this because of the 5+ cups of coffee i drank today, the fact that I didn't sleep last night, the amount of time I spent looking at a screen sitting down today or that I didn't take my asthma medication?
