This story is a fantasy about a couple who have a YouTube channel, I have spelled their last name differently as not to mess up their search-engine results (as in, this story won't show up if you search for them in Google). If you are curious about them, replace the "i" in the name for a "y".
During the telling of the story the narrator changes a few times, this is made clear by a line of dashes and the name of the new narrator.
Word of warning, English is not my first language; I don't have any editors, just Word spell checker.
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A quick intro on Jason and Nikki Winn:
They have a YouTube channel named `Gone with the Winns`. At 28 Jason and Nikki Winn decided to sell everything and move into an RV, so they could travel the USA. Jason is a photographer, so documenting their adventures in video was right up his alley. After about 6 years they decided to sell their RV and to buy a catamaran. The fact that they did not know how to sail didn't stop them. Learning to sail became part of the adventure. After they had found the right boat and felt experienced enough to make longer trips, they started to explore the Caribbean. Then they made their way through the Panama Canal and started sailing all over the Pacific Ocean. They make a weekly video documenting their travels.
About a year ago they decided to sell their boat in order to be able to afford a brand new hybrid-electric catamaran. Which means that the engines that drive the propulsion (used on no-wind days or for docking) are electric. The battery-bank they run of can be charged with the big array of solar panels installed on the main cabins roof or via a diesel generator if needed.
They would spend the year they would have no boat (having sold their old catamaran and their new boat still being constructed) traveling by plane and making videos about their adventures and the boat building process (deciding how to the layout and outfit the boat).
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Nikki Winn:
"Jason, come over here and read this email please".
I had just read that specific email myself and whilst it sounded crazy, it also came across as a genuine proposal. We have a Patreon account so people can support us financially (to supplement the income we get from our YouTube videos). This message was sent via their messaging system and the sender was John_Smith, a top tier member.
"What's going on darling?"
"Check out this weird message from one of our top tier Patreon members. It's crazy, but it also seems to be for real!"
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The email from John Smith:
Dear Nikki and Jason,
This is a long letter from an eccentric fan, please read my entire letter (even when it gets crazy) and think about my proposal.
My name is John Smith and I'm an office worker in my late forties. My parents died a few years ago in a car crash, I have no siblings and I'm not close with the few uncles and aunts I have. I've always been a bit of a loner and having to work from home during the pandemic hasn't helped my limited social-life. Before the world got turned upside down I would occasionally go out for a few drinks with my co-workers on a Friday night. I took the advice to stay isolated seriously and almost never left my house. The house my parents left me is on the edge of town. It has a descent size yard, surrounded by woods. An ideal place to enjoy some fresh air, whilst staying isolated. I had my shopping delivered and could work remotely.
To relax I started watching a lot of YouTube, mostly travel video's that where made a few years before Corona was a thing. Your videos from all over the place made me forget about the strange world outside the safety of my home. By the time I had caught up to your current video's, it was nice to see that you made it safely to New Zealand.
Once the world started to go back to normal, I started going back into the office, but only 1 day of the week. As I had found myself to be more productive working from home, my boss was happy and so was I. I did decide I had to get back in shape and started to go to a small local gym. Usually at odd hours, to avoid the rush hours.
The Christmas seasons was upon us and for the first time in a few years there was going to be an office Christmas party. I didn't really want to go, but peer pressure got the best of me and I decided to make an appearance. One of the traditional parts of the entertainment was a Bingo. Now I'm not a big fan of playing Bingo, but it was a lot better than dancing or having to interact with my co-workers. They had 3 rounds of Bingo and the first round I managed to win the third prize: a six-pack of beer. The seconds round I didn't win anything, but during the last round I managed to be the first one with a full card. The prize I won was a ticket for the Powerball lottery. I put the ticket in my wallet and decided to head home early to enjoy my beers and some more YouTube videos.
A few weeks later I was reading the news on the local papers website and there was an article about the Powerball lottery and the fact that so far the owner of the winning ticket hadn't claimed their 350 million dollar prize, but that the winning ticket was sold in our area. That's when I remembered the ticket that was still in my wallet. Imagine my surprise when I realised that the numbers on my ticket matched the winning numbers published on that website! After the initial shock wore off I started Googling about the best way to claim a big prize like this, as I didn't want the world to know how much money I had won. It turns out you can get a law firm to handle all the paperwork for you, so you stay out of the public eye.
I decided to tell nobody about my winnings and to just keep on working for a few months. By then the mystery of who had won all that money had lost its glamour and I decided to quit my job. I told my boss I wanted a new challenge in my career and that I had accepted a new job in a different field.
Inspired by your early videos I decided to spend some of my money on a RV and I started to travel through the lower states of the USA. The plan was to slowly drive from my home state of California all the way to the Florida Keys. Half way into the trip it became clear to me that traveling on your own is not as fun as I had thought it would be. Sure you can stop wherever you want, as there is nobody to argue with, but being an introverted person meant that it was hard for me to connect to people. I have always admired people who can strike up a conversation with a complete stranger, it's a skill I don't have. Which meant that most nights I would spend in my RV watching YouTube or porn via my Starlink internet connection.
By then you where in-between boats, but your weekly video was one of the highlights of my week. Your trip to Italy with your aunt, uncle and some cousins made me realise that I was pretty lonely. I had all of this money, but nobody to share it with.
One day I was having lunch in a diner and I overheard part of a conversation from the people at the table next to me. I don't remember what the conversation was about, but the line that stuck with me was `everyone has their price`. I decided that might be true and I wondered if I could use some of my fortune to figure out what some people's price exactly is.
I know that your new catamaran is costing you slightly more than 1 million dollars, so I am offering you 750.000 dollars for a very special charter trip:
I would like to charter you and your new boat for a 8 week trip though the Philippines, Indonesia, Solomon islands, finishing in North East Australia. I will invite 3 other people to come along on this trip. Everybody will have to sign a Non-disclosure agreement (NDA) about what happens on the trip. As the dress code for everybody on board will be "as minimal as legally possible". Which means that when we are in port or near land we wear skimpy swimwear, maybe something slightly more formal when we have to deal with authorities or when we are getting supplies. But as soon as it's possible to get naked, out at sea, everybody (including the crew / you) removes all clothes.
The NDA I mentioned before is mostly for you benefit, as it gives a valid excuse for the fact that you won't be able to make video's during that period (for one YouTube doesn't allow nudity, but I doubt you want to spoil the brand that you have built over the years and lose sponsors).
My guest will be well known pornstars and they will be paid to have sex with me and each other, when legally possible out in the open. So prepare for the fact that you will get to see us having sex. You do NOT have to partake in these 'festivities', although there will be a list with all kinds of OPTIONAL bonus challenges by which you or my guests can earn a cash bonus. And to be clear, some of these challenges will be for you to have sex with one or more of the guests, others will be more mundane like flashing a local.
I know it's a crazy proposal, but it's also a LOT of money which you can use to pay off the boat.