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Top 6 Practices to Harden Docker Images to Enhance Security

Dockers can be considered equivalent to containers. Different verses of tools and platforms of containers are being used to develop containers to work more profitably. However, there are so many principles for protecting applications based on the container by collaborating with other secured applications.

We have described top 6 practices for Docker security into the most widespread Docker consulting that will be beneficial to build secure containers. If we see the infrastructure of traditional applications, we will find that the apps were hosted on bare or virtual machines.

On the other hand, containers are being used in Dockers that undermine the presumptions of clarity in the application. Due to this, many users face obstacles during the migration of Dockers and compare the usage of containers.

The user may have disorderly containers and servers, blind spots, or a much unprotected environment if you do not have an absolute arrangement and regular sustenance. If you’re also looking to work on Docker, you can take trusted docker consulting from 9series.

Through this article, we are going to discuss the most convenient practices for the security of Docker:

1. Confinement of network post convenience

Network ports are the most secure way to protect containers. The developers need to access the extra network ports to avoid hurdles at the development of the new container. After the image is entered into a composition or open internet atmosphere, it removes all the additional network ports.

While using Docker command-line interface (CLI), try to use the p parameters so that you can set limitations on host-to-container port mappings.

2. Apply Insignificant base images

The images in Docker are usually built on the top of “base images” to avoid the configuration of the image from scratching because it can cause a principal security issue. The component base images can also be used that are completely useless for your purposes.

Although, the additional component that you are using can expand the attack surface of your image. So it is necessary to select the base images carefully that can complement your target. If possible, you can also build a depreciated base image of your own.

3. Use of Docker Compose

This is the final way to harden your containers of Docker that you can combine all the files into Docker compose files. We can make them a public endpoint or public user access for the front end only when separating your network in the docker-compose method.

With this, your database will be limited only to container-to-container communication than the specific links. This method will increase the security of Dockers to the next level because there will be no public use that can connect to databases.

This method can be considered the most robust method of network segmentation for the architecture of the application. In this, all you need to divide the public-facing is the depletion of a flat network of containers.

There is no need to expose the database to the public internet. All they need is the minimal link of the narrow network so that you can communicate to the web series. As a result, when the database has been restricted, the chances of security issues decrease.

4. Secure the Host

The host is more protected than the Docker environment means if the host is compromised, then the containers are also at risk. So if you want to secure your containers, then first harden the host of containers, including an operating system, kernel versions, and system software. You can also do continuous patching and auditing for the hardening of the host.

5. Use Multi-Stage Builds

If you want your containers in an organized manner, then nothing can be better than a multi-stage build that provides operational and advantages of security. In this method, you can develop an intermediate container with all the necessary tools to generate the final artifact.

So lastly, only the final artifact will be copied in the final image without building temporary files or any developmental dependencies. Although it will only build the minimal binary files and the dependencies required for the final image without any intermediate files.

6. Use metadata labels for images

Labeling containers is the most basic practice that refers to the objects. The users can apply labels for additional information about the container. You can also characterize the containers by using tags, and this is what they are used for.

Conclusions

We hope that these fundamental points will help you to maintain a protected atmosphere for the container applications. As a result, The Center for Internet Security has put together a comprehensive benchmark for Docker with security guidelines for the Docker server software.

Now you can enjoy the advantages of Docker containers with the help of docker consulting from 9series without any obstacles in security only by using the outlined practices in the benchmark of CIS.

Source: 9series

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avanatural · 1 year

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That Simple

Part 9

Series summary: Beau goes to Y/N, a new friend of his, for some dating advice. Is the charming new Sheriff gonna get the date that he’s hoping for?

Pairing: Beau Arlen x female Reader

Category: Fluff, angst, smut, 18+

Word count: 4k

Chapter warnings: Mentions of blood and stab wounds, mentions of kidnapping and homicide, explicit sexual content, penetrative sex, unprotected sex (Wrap it up!), hurt!sex, cursing

A/N: This chapter contains smut! Do not proceed if you’re under the age of 18! Otherwise, I hope you enjoy! Wanna be added to my Beau tag list? Send me an ask! ❤️

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“Oh, fuck,” Y/N cussed to herself, pinning some fabric between her fingers. She straightened out her dress and assessed the damage. There was a huge stain of bleach on the black-and-white checkered material. Great. She hadn’t heard from Beau all day, and everything else was going to hell, too.

Ever since she’d left her bed that morning with puffy eyelids and an exhausted mind, Y/N had sent multiple texts to the Sheriff. But he hadn’t responded to a single one of her messages. It wasn’t like Beau, not getting back to her. It wasn’t like him at all, even after their… Argument? Disagreement? Falling out? She didn’t even know what to call it. She’d been acting distracted, inattentive, and clumsy all day. As soon as she closed up her salon that night, she was going to drive up to his trailer, that was for sure.

“Hey, you okay?”, Charlotte, one of her employees, asked, coming up behind her.

Y/N jumped, muscles tightening in surprise. As soon as she caught sight of Charlotte’s signature pink hair, she recognized whose palm had landed on her back. She relaxed visibly and leaned against the front desk. “Yeah.”

“You sure?” Charlotte took a look around, discreetly making sure that none of the customers were listening to them. “You seem pretty shaken up,” she continued more quietly.

Y/N shook her head and smiled at her fellow hairdresser as reassuringly as she could. “I’m fine.”

Charlotte briefly narrowed her eyes at Y/N, but ultimately decided not to push it. “I think your cellphone just rang,” she said, pointing her thumb in the break room’s direction.

Before Y/N could get out a single word in response, the telephone on the front desk started to ring. As soon as the shrill sound traveled through her ears, a sense of dread settled deep in her gut. She knew instantly that something was wrong. After the second ring, she abruptly picked up the speaker, beating Charlotte to it. She even forwent any introductions, instead going straight for a “Hello?”

Charlotte could hardly make out the hushed mumbling coming from the other end of the line. But she could clearly see the perplexed twitch of Y/N’s brow, and the tearful frown that followed.

“Yeah. What? What happened?”, Y/N asked, gaze nervously jumping back and forth between the computer and the day planner on the front desk. “I’ll be right there. Give me ten minutes, tops.” With fright in her chest, she hung up the phone and hurried through the salon to the break room, her hair bouncing with each of her steps.

Charlotte’s forehead crinkled with bewilderment as she followed her boss. When she entered the break room, Y/N was tossing her belongings into her bag. “What’s going on? Did something happen?”

Instead of giving any details, Y/N slung her bag over her shoulder. “Could you cancel my last appointments for the day?”

“What?”

“I gotta go. Now.”

“Emergency?”

“Yeah.” Y/N was already headed for the back door, in the greatest hurry of her life. Looking back, she threw one last glance Charlotte’s way. “It’s Beau.”

“Hi,” Y/N huffed, out of breath after climbing up the hospital stairs to the fifth floor. The elevator had been too packed with people and she couldn’t get to Beau fast enough. Her concern was spiraling from the tips of her jumpy feet up to her throbbing head. Her stomach turned like she was going to be sick all over the dirty white tiles.

The young man at the front desk looked up from the computer and met Y/N’s gaze. “Hello. How can I help you?”

“I’m Y/N Y/L/N. I’m here to pick up-“

“Sheriff Arlen,” the young man responded, eyes twinkling with recognition. “He’s a talker, that one. He, uh, he’s really sorry he messed up.”

“What- I-“ She paused and subtly shook her head, unable to put her thoughts into order. “Where is he?”

“If you round that corner, you’ll find him waiting in the corridor.”

“Thank you.” After sending a grateful nod his way, Y/N turned her back and followed the young man’s instructions. As soon as she rounded the corner, she spotted a row of chairs against the wall.

The Sheriff was sitting on one of the chairs in the back of the empty corridor. He was wearing the denim button-down that Y/N loved so much. Crimson blood stains were scattered across the blue fabric, and part of the material that was supposed to cover his left shoulder was missing. A thick layer of bandages peeked through the hole.

When her footsteps echoed through the hallway, Beau lifted his head. Their gazes met, prompting him to get up on his feet. He didn’t move beyond that, didn’t move a muscle. All he could do was observe her. He felt guilty, ashamed, and so damn thankful, too. He didn’t know what to do. How would she react?

Y/N gave Beau a once-over. Aside from the messy stab wound in his shoulder, he seemed to be fine. Relief seeped into her aching heart and her face contorted, eyes prickling with salty tears. Before she knew it, her boots where speeding along the colorless corridor. When her body met his, everything else around her faded into a big black hole of nothing, losing all its meaning. All that mattered was the injured man before her.

When her front bumped into Beau’s torso, he remained still, startled by the sudden hug. If he hadn’t been given painkillers, the impact surely would have hurt worse than it did. After a second of processing her reaction, an immense flood of comfort kicked in, breaking down his walls and making him slump forward. His unscathed arm wound around her, pressing her into his chest. What the corridor lacked in color and warmth, Y/N breathed right back into him. “Thank you,” he rumbled into her hair, “For comin’. I didn’t know if you’d-“

“Of course, I came,” she spoke firmly and pulled back just far enough to look up into his shiny candy green eyes. “I dropped everything the second they reached me. I got so scared that I just-“

Before another word could escape her, her lips were occupied by Beau’s plump ones. He cupped her jaw with his right palm and caressed her mouth with his own. As they broke apart, he pressed his forehead against hers. “I’m glad you’re ‘ere.”

Her body leaned forward, making her forehead press harder against Beau’s, her soul melting right into his. “Me, too.”

“I’m sorry, darlin’.”

“I’m sorry, too.” A few moments passed, filled with utter silence, until Y/N found it in herself to break their little bubble of reunion bliss. “What happened?”

“Some asshole thought he could take me out.” Tenderly, Beau let his thumb swipe across her cheek. He gave her a somber, heart-stopping smile, conveying his stream of emotions with a single curl of his lips. “He was damn wrong about that.”

”He was,” Y/N agreed. As soon as his touch slipped from her face, she took hold of his hand and gave it a squeeze. “Come on, let’s get you home.”

The Helena sun had set, and it was getting breezy outside.

“Thank you. For takin’ me home.” Beau’s brown boots hit the wooden porch that led up to his homey trailer.

“Thank you for letting them call me,” Y/N replied as the two of them came to a natural halt.

“It was, uh…” Beau scratched the arch of his eyebrow. “It was actually Hoyt who made ‘em call you. I didn’t have the damn guts.“ He sighed, his eyes haunted by regret. “I wanted to text you all day, you know? I was gonna swing by the salon during your break. I had this… Whole apology thing planned out. Then a homicide got called in. We tried to solve the case…. And I got stabbed and had to be sewed up.“ He proceeded to roll his eyes, mentally cursing himself for not doing a better job, both at being the Sheriff and Y/N’s partner. “Instead of makin’ it up to you, I get in contact with you because I need something? That’s a dick move.”

“Beau, if you need me, I’m there, no matter what happened between us.” When he attempted to avert his gaze, she crossed the invisible threshold into his personal space. She took his scruffy jaw between her palms and made him look at her. “You hear me? You’re stuck with me, handsome.”

“I don’t deserve you,” he mumbled, subconsciously leaning into her touch.

“I don’t deserve you,” she retorted, her tone shuddering with remorse as her hands fell from his jaw, “God, I was being such an idiot.”

“So was I.” Beau’s lips morphed into the gentlest of smiles, his fingers reaching out to brush a strand of hair behind her ear. “I’m so glad you’re okay, sweetheart. That’s all I should’ve said to you last night.”

“It’s alright.” Her hand landed on top of his, keeping his affection glued to her cheek, “You were just worried.”

“You stopped that robber, which should be all that matters, but…” His jaw clenched as he tried to keep his emotions at bay. “When I close my eyes, all I can see is you, trapped in his hold, and I just…” He stopped, incapable of finding words that could do justice to just how gut-wrenching his fear of losing Y/N was. Angry droplets of salt welled up in his eyes as he recalled the way she’d been held hostage. “I woulda done anything to get you outta there safely. Anything.”

Her eyebrows drew together shakily. Her mouth delivered a pained smile. “I know.”

When his tears threatened to cross the edge, he cleared his throat in defense and stepped away. He tilted his head toward his trailer and proceeded to change the topic. “You wanna come in? We could, uh, Netflix and chill.” With all his heart, he prayed that she was going to say yes. That she was not going to leave him just yet.

“I don’t think that means what you think it means,” she said, her smile turning from pained to amused. All Beau did in response was squint at her in the cutest, most confused way. “I’d love to,” she added sincerely.

“That simple, huh?”

“That simple.” With her spirits a dancing a little higher, she followed her partner into his trailer. Right away, she was hit with a feeling of comfort and ease. They were safe. And they were together.

“Let’s see…,” Beau said as he bent down and opened the small fridge in the kitchen area. “Can I, uh, interest you in some… Cheap Beer? Water? Expired yogurt?”

Y/N’s chin almost met her chest as she looked down and grinned to herself. “Maybe we should’ve gone to my place instead.”

Twirling on his feet, he turned back around. “What are you sayin’?”

“I’m saying that I don’t wanna go separate ways tonight. Or tomorrow. I wanna spend as much time with you as I can.” She searched his eyes, trying to gauge his reaction. “If that’s okay.”

“Hell, yes.” Beau’s instant approval struck Y/N like a love spell. “After last night…,” he trailed off and cleared his throat again. “It’s, uh, it’s more than okay.” A charming smirk grew on his ample mouth, bringing the light back to his face. “But we gotta go grocery shopping first thing tomorrow. My girl deserves better than cheap beer and expired yogurt.”

Y/N was in the safest place in the world. Dressed in one of his t-shirts, she melted into Beau’s grasp, straight into the love he radiated.

His arm was folded loosely around her middle, mindful of the deep wound in his shoulder. He was her big spoon, keeping her tucked against his chest, fearing that her presence was only a dream. Fearing that she would disappear into thin air if he didn’t hold on.

“I missed you,” she breathed into the darkness of his trailer.

“Missed you, too.” The tip of Beau’s nose snaked along her shoulder and up behind her ear.

The pads of Y/N’s fingers drew random patterns on his forearm. The previous night, which had been cold and lonely, made her value their exchange of warm touches all the more. “You haven’t told me what happened today.” When her partner didn’t respond right away, she waited patiently for him to take his time.

Silently, Beau relived the bloodcurdling case he’d solved alongside Jenny that day. After releasing a sigh from the depths of his lungs, he spoke up. “A teenager was kidnapped. The guy was plannin’ to abduct her since she was just a kid. He killed her mom, drugged the girl, and took her to a room that was hidden in the walls of his house.”

The little hairs on the back of Y/N’s neck stood up in shock. “Oh my God, that’s horrifying. Is she okay?”

“We got to her in time,” was all he said. Inching forward, he pressed himself more tightly against her back, intensifying their embrace. He didn’t want Y/N to ruminate about the viciousness of humanity. Beau had done nothing but that all day, and it had exhausted him. That night, all he wanted was to get away from the horrors that made up his daily life. Lucky for him, the woman in his arms was his antidote.

“The guy stabbed you.”

“Don’t think about what could’ve happened. All that matters is that we’re ‘ere together.” He planted a kiss in her hair. A kiss on her shoulder. A kiss on her neck. “Two idiots in love, right?”

A sudden, honest chuckle broke free from Y/N’s lungs. It felt foreign, leaving her body like that. She suddenly realized she hadn’t laughed all day. “Exactly right.” Craning her neck backwards, she eagerly connected her mouth to his. The touch of his lips on hers was a breath of fresh air after being confined in searing uncertainty all day.

“Hmm,” he hummed. His calloused palm spread across her cheek, keeping her head in place to return her feverish kiss. He loved it when she took the lead kissing him. She was like a lioness pouncing on her bait, which was his ultimate kryptonite. Beau felt himself grow hard, soon straining against his boxers.

Y/N noticed his undeniable arousal and ground herself back into him. His grunt vibrated into her mouth, making her head spin. She needed to touch him, feel him, be connected with him in every way imaginable. Overcome with mischief, she reached back to rub the bulge in his boxers.

The Sheriff had to break away from her to drag some air into his lungs. “You’re drivin’ me crazy,” he confessed, breath fanning her face.

Her blossoming need for intimacy set her insides ablaze. Her arousal flourished so fast that she felt like she was going to implode if her partner didn’t fill her up soon. “I want you,” she whispered to him.

Her whisper resembled a sweet symphony – music to Beau’s ears. “Want you, too.” Despite the stinging sensation in his shoulder, he strengthened his grip on her cheek, hooking his fingers into some of her hair to pull her close for another heated kiss.

As his tongue claimed hers, Y/N giggled, stomach fluttering wildly at his enthusiasm. “What about your injury?”, she husked, voice hushed by his fierce lips on hers.

“Don’t worry your pretty head about it.”

Then, after Y/N had wriggled out of her t-shirt and underwear, she helped Beau do the same.

“Come ‘ere, beautiful.” His arm reclaimed its place around Y/N’s torso, tugging her back against his front. His aching arm was bent across her side, his forearm pressed between her breasts, his hand spread across her heart.

When he entered her from behind, he was careful. Gentle. When his devoted lips attached to her neck and distracted her through the burn, he was patient. Calm. When he began to thrust, it was slow. Loving. But when he tightened his arm around her to drag her back into his thrusts, he flinched.

His wince landed right in her ear, alerting her. “Beau… Take it slow, alright? I don’t want you to hurt.”

“It’s okay.” He pressed a sweet peck to her cheek and picked his lazy thrusts back up. Anything to please her.

But Y/N couldn’t relax. She couldn’t enjoy their connection knowing he was in pain. There was no way she could ignore his discomfort. “Beau, stop.” Her fingers dug into his forearm, making him cease his thrusts.

“You okay?”, he whispered into her ear.

It was so characteristic of Beau to ignore his own needs and focus on his loved ones instead. This time though, Y/N wouldn’t let him. She pushed her hips forward and rolled over, causing him to slip out of her. As she faced him, she could faintly see the beautiful outline of his finely chiseled features, illuminated by the moonlight. He truly was a work of art. “Lie on your back,” she said.

Staring back at her in the dark, he admired the faded view of her angelic face for another lasting second. Once his back was resting against the mattress, his arms sprawled out by his sides, she climbed onto him, straddling his toned thighs.

“What are you doin’?”, he wondered.

“I’m gonna do the work.” Her palm met the patch of skin that covered his heart. “Do you trust me?”

“Yes,” he replied even before she’d completely finished her question.

His instant response made Y/N smile to herself. She sat up on her knees and positioned herself above his erection. When she slowly sank down on him, taking him in inch by inch, the couple hissed in unison.

Beau’s left arm remained by his side, granting his injured shoulder some rest. His right arm bent at the elbow, his hand clawing at Y/N’s hip.

“Better?”, she asked.

“So much better,” he grunted openly. His head sank further into the pillow as he surrendered to his arousal, to the feeling of raw bliss. To Y/N.

Once she’d adjusted to his size, she began rotating her hips. His shallow breaths became hers, and her quiet moans became his. His carnal sounds served as a manual on how to please him. A deep sigh? Keep circling those hips in a drawn-out forever symbol. A low groan? Slide down harder when rolling them forward. An unfiltered curse word? Jackpot. Repeat whatever it was that made him lose his grip on himself.

Slow sex had never felt as satisfying to Y/N. Maybe it was the fact that her heart was overflowing with love for Beau. Or maybe it was the fact his voice alone was sexy enough to send her tumbling to the edge. Maybe it was the fact that he was so deep inside of her that she lost every last rational bit of herself.

Beau’s long fingers kept clenching and unclenching around Y/N’s hip. With each roll of her hips, the arrow whose tip was coated with his release got closer and closer to hitting the bullseye. But he wasn’t ready to shoot just yet.

The Sheriff placed the soles of his feet on the mattress, causing his legs to bent, knees pointing at the ceiling. Y/N was propelled forward in the process and pushed a surprised gasp from her lungs. She chuckled and propped her hands against the trailer’s wall for stability.

Beau circled his unscathed arm around her waist and used his new-found leverage to thrust up into Y/N while she shoved herself down on him. The sounds of skin slapping against skin echoed through the trailer, and the windows started to fog up.

“Fuck…” The muscles in his thighs tensed, and so did his arm that was gripping Y/N. “Sweetheart, I’m gonna-“

“Go ahead”, she panted, “I’m right behind you.”

“I’m gonna-“ He dropped his right arm from around her, letting go. “Fuck, I’m gonna come inside you if you don’t move.”

She scooped up his hand, guided it to her lips and kissed the back. “Do you wanna come inside me?”

“Is the sky blue?”, he retorted, baring his teeth with a grin.

Y/N laughed freely and pinned Beau’s wrist to the pillow, next to his head. She bent down and grazed his mouth with her own. “Alright, then.”

“You sure?”, he asked.

“Yes, I’m sure.” She skimmed her feathery lips along his bearded cheek until she was met with his earlobe. “I wanna feel all of you,” she muttered into his ear and felt his thighs tremble against her ass.

When she started to move up and down his manhood again, the swollen tip was trapped between her inner walls so tightly that it took Beau’s breath away. The thought of coming inside her drove him wild, making his hips rock into her of their own accord. A layer of sweat gathered between them as they slid against each other’s skin.

Y/N’s grip wandered from Beau’s wrist to his palm. She interlaced their fingers and pressed the back of his hand into the pillow. She let the jerks of his hips guide her and slammed herself down on his lap, lust shooting through her veins. Her upper body remained in a hunched position, giving her the freedom to adorn his lips with kisses.

Beau was so close to spilling his seed that he could barely hold back. And he could tell that Y/N was just as close when she buried her face against his neck, panting into the crook. She was shaking above him, her thighs quivering, her pussy gripping him hard.

The Sheriff wriggled his hand out of her grasp and thumbed her clit, rubbing it in circular motions. “God, you feel so good,” he all but grunted, voice strained and muffled by her hair.

“Come with me, baby,” Y/N moaned, “Come with me. Want you to fill me up.”

Her sultry words served his green light on a platter. When he shot his load into her, the pleasure was so intense that he checked out for a second, his vision resembling a grey, flickering tv screen. Static. Y/N’s cries sounded far-away for a while, overshadowed by the exceptional sensation of his swollen member pulsating inside of her.

Y/N, too, felt like she was drowning in arousal. All she could do was hold on while the current swept her away and took her straight to pleasure island. The fact that Beau was emptying himself into her, the feel of his warm release entering her body, it fulfilled her more than she could have ever imagined.

Then, once Beau had given her all the had to give, the sounds came back to him, returning back to normal, and he got to enjoy the hoarseness of her crying out his name once more.

Y/N’s muscles clenched excitedly a few more times before she stopped moving her hips. Her torso went limp on top of Beau’s, completely spent. Her pussy throbbed with the aftermath of what had to be one of the most powerful orgasms she’d ever had.

Gently, the Sheriff brushed back her hair, so he could have a proper look at her face. “You okay there?”, he inquired, a tinge of amusement coloring his voice as he studied her tired expression.

“If I get down, I’m gonna make a mess,” she chuckled.

“Mhh, that’s okay.” His smiling lips puckered and met the crown of her head.

“Are you alright?”

“Awesome.”

“Your shoulder?”

“It’s okay, darlin’. I’ve had worse.”

The two of them remained cuddled up in their own shared universe for a few more minutes. They passed breaths and kisses back and forth until Y/N’s limbs cooled down and began to shiver.

“I’ll be right back.” On wobbly legs, she climbed off and stood up to retrieve a washcloth. She could feel his release trickle down her inner thighs, and was unable to wipe the grin off her face.

Beau wore a toothy smirk of his own, watching in awe as the moon shone a light on her nude body. She looked like a statue of a Goddess, like a beautiful painting that was brought to life with precise, divine strokes of a magical paintbrush. He whistled at her, causing her to peek over her shoulder with a bright, lighthearted smile.

It was then that it hit him – together, they could conquer anything.

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Series 3, Episode 5 - Diddle Diddle Dumpling

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Effective Tips for Handling Stocks Through an Online Trading App

Stock market trading has become less time-consuming in recent years. Online trading allows you to trade without the help of a broker. A report states that over 55% of adults in the US do stock market trading. You can start selling stocks online in the same way that you can shop for groceries.

At the beginning of online trading, you do not need to be an expert as most of the platforms are user-friendly and do not require any training. Custom android app development in New York has made things even easier for investors and traders since you can do any stock market transaction using your smartphone.

The mobile trading software enables you to trade 24/7 from anywhere. Trade platforms give essential support and assistance by allowing secure real-time access to research reports, trading, stock price analysis, and market news, among other things.

Everything you need to know about trading app

Like all other apps supported by mobile, trading applications are designed to improve users’ effectiveness and efficiency whenever they execute a task in their personal or professional lives. Apps for stock trading, in particular, are designed to assist consumers in their hunt for reliable trading solutions.

The desired product should encourage consumers to stick to their unique investing strategy while fitting into their budget. A professional custom android app development New York can help in designing a responsive app with functional features.

Commissions and other trading fees can pile up quickly, costing frequent traders a lot of money. As a result, investing apps built with the end-user in mind should decrease or even eliminate unnecessary expenditures.

Several brokers provide investment opportunities in financial assets. After comparing brokers based on services, brokerage charges, and other factors, you may select the best that meets your needs and wants.

Do you know that the US accounts for over 55.9% of the total global stock market capitalization? Online trading platforms provide flexibility to trade or invest in the safest possible manner. Trading online is simple, straightforward, and quick.

The segments are financing and crowd-funding, wealth and asset management, capital markets, payments, and insurance services.

In the event of internet trading, the following safety precautions must be taken:

● Do not place trade orders from communal computers or cyber cafes. ● Always log out after making a trade to prevent your account from being hacked. ● Anti-virus software must be installed on personal computers to safeguard them from infections. ● If you log in to your account with trading credentials from various locations, do not use the “remember me” option.

Guidelines to efficiently trade through an online app:

1. Practice

Make imaginary trades and fine-tune your skills and system with a pretend account. Treat the procedure as if the money was real, and you’ll be able to find what works and what doesn’t work without taking any risks.

Switch to the actual thing once you’re sure in your approach and aren’t afraid of losing. In a notepad, keep an account of every deal you make and also the ones you’re considering. Long into the future, this trade publication will provide guidance.

2. Timing

One of the finest trading strategies is to avoid entering a trade during the first hour of trading since volatility is typically strong at this time of day. Many experts like to trade intraday between 12 p.m. and 1 p.m.

The NYSE opening and closing time is the most uncertain time, so avoid entering into the fray. Because of the bustle of activity, pricing mistakes and false trends are possible. Wait until the water has calmed before entering.

3. Watch the declining stocks

Keep an eye on your over-performing stocks the same way you keep an eye on your sputtering stocks. When you’re used to making money on a particular investment, it’s easy to make mistakes and expect it to keep paying off.

Keep an eye out for signals of a slowdown or decline, and get out as quickly as possible to keep your pluses from becoming minuses. If you lose money due to events beyond your power, chalk it to learning and move on. Don’t let that affect your next trade or you.

4. Do comprehensive research

Thoroughly investigate a set of stocks that you have found through professional intraday calls. Find out if there are any upcoming corporate events. Acquisitions, mergers, stock splits, bonus problems, and dividend payments are just a few examples. These may prove to be just as crucial as keeping up with technical levels.

Final words

Online trading platforms make the trading job easier because it allows for high-speed trading. Trading has changed thanks to these platforms. All you need is a trading account and internet access to buy and sell stocks. Not only that, but you may trade currency, commodities, and other financial instruments through a single trading platform.

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Fascinating Flutter

Flutter is the most popular open-source mobile application development framework which has achieved colossal popularity since its launch in 2017. Developed by Google, Flutter provides numerous features that make it a perfect choice for mobile application development. Here we will discuss why to choose Flutter.

Cross-platform Development

Flutter offers cross-platform development, wherein you can develop applications for both Android and iOS platforms using a solitary codebase while helping developers save time and effort. This is the key reason being developers prefer Flutter over any other development framework.

Fast-moving Development

Flutter has a hot reload feature that allows developers to see changes in real time without recompiling the code. The feature helps developers to build and test applications swiftly, which improves the development process and saves time.

Pleasing UI

Flutter has a wide range of customizable widgets that can be used to create interactive and engaging user interfaces. Flutter’s UI toolkit is designed to provide a modern and gleaming look to applications, which is an essential feature in today’s competitive market to stand out.

High Performance

Flutter’s framework is built on the Dart language, which is fast and efficient and accurate. Flutter applications are assembled directly to native code, which helps them run faster than other applications. This feature makes Flutter an ideal choice for high-performance application development.

Huge Community

While more and more mobile application developers are adapting Flutter, its community has been increasing immensely. The community of developers actively contributes to its development. This community provides support, updates, and new features, which makes Flutter an authentic and sturdy framework.

Cost-effective

Flutter’s cross-platform development feature and hot reload feature save developers time and effort, which makes the development process more cost-effective. Flutter offers time-saving and efficient features which is the primary reason for developers to switch to Flutter while it is a free open-source platform to build mobile applications and that makes it a good attractive deal for developers and businesses alike.

Integrations

Flutter allows integrations with many popular backend systems, including Firebase, GraphQL, and more. This integration feature enables developers to build applications that uninterrupted connect with other systems, making it the perfect choice for developing scalable and excellent applications.

While Flutter is developed and supported by Google it allows developers to build high-quality native apps for both android and iOS. Since Flutter is offering exceptional features and smooth integration along with a seamless experience of mobile app development, it has a bright future and stronghold.

Continued Growth

Flutter is becoming more and more popular in recent years, with a wide range of developers adopting this framework for their app development. Flutter is developed by Google and it is investing huge to keep up the regular updates and enhancements. Since more developers and companies have started using Flutter, the community is becoming larger and is believed to be increasing immensely.

Enlarging Support

While Flutter is providing support for web and app application development, it is certainly anticipated to get additional platform support in the near future. Adding up features like embedded systems and IoT devices will give Flutter more exposure and will attract more developers to jump in.

Enhanced Performance

Flutter is one of the most popular names in the market for its performance and speed however, there will be enhancements for sure. Google is persistently working on optimizing the platform to advance the features like rendering, animations, data management and so on.

Google Services Integration

Since Flutter is developed by Google, the other Google service platform integrations can be launched soon. This will help developers to encompass Google services such as Google Maps, Google Cloud, Firebase and many more within the app they will be developing.

Adoption by More Companies

Flutter is already being used widely by giant companies over the globe like BMW, Google Pay, eBay, Toyota, PUBG Mobile and many more. Smooth functioning and speeding make Flutter an attraction for companies to adapt and build quality mobile applications. Flutter Development Services are insanely increasing as the demand for this framework is at its peak.

Conclusion

Flutter is a dominating mobile application development framework with multifaceted and provides a wide range of features, opening doors for developers to experience the seamless, fast and effective development of applications. Flutter is and will be the best choice in the present and near future.

Do you have a project for mobile application development? Want to build an amazing app that gives a pleasant experience to your customer? We at 9series have a team of experienced, passionate and dedicated Flutter App developers who can bring life to your project.

Let’s connect!

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The Platform To Power up Synchronized Digital Experiences In Real-Time With Socket io

Our everyday digital experiences are in the midst of a real-time revolution. Whether attending an event in a virtual venue, or receiving real-time financial information, or monitoring live car performance data – consumers simply expect realtime digital experience as standard.

What Socket.IO is Socket.IO is a library that enables low-latency, bi-directional and event-based communication between a client and a server.

It is built on top of the WebSocket protocol and provides additional guarantees, like fallback to HTTP and HTTPS long-polling or automatic reconnection. WebSocket is a communication protocol which provides a full-duplex and low-latency channel between the server and the browser.

There are several Socket.IO server implementations available:

JavaScript (which can be run either on the browser, in Node.js or in React Native)

Installation steps

API

Source code

Java: https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-client-java

C++: https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-client-cpp

Swift: https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-client-swift

Dart: https://github.com/rikulo/socket.io-client-dart

Python: https://github.com/miguelgrinberg/python-socketio

.Net: https://github.com/doghappy/socket.io-client-csharp

Rust: https://github.com/1c3t3a/rust-socketio

Kotlin: https://github.com/icerockdev/moko-socket-io

App Development Tips From Our Experienced Developer. Also, check some of the tips shared by our developers who have experience working with top developing tools to create mobile applications with Socket.IO. Being the best mobile app development company.

What Socket.IO is not

Although Socket.IO indeed uses WebSocket for transport when possible, it adds additional metadata to each packet. That is why a WebSocket client will not be able to successfully connect to a Socket.IO server, and a Socket.IO client will not be able to connect to a plain WebSocket server either.

Reliability

Connections are established even in the presence of:

proxies and load balancers.

personal firewall and antivirus software.

For this purpose, it relies on Engine.IO, which first establishes a long-polling connection, then tries to upgrade to better transports that are “tested” on the side, like WebSocket. Please see the Goals section for more information.

Auto-reconnection support Unless instructed, otherwise a disconnected client will try to reconnect forever, until the server is available again. Please see the available reconnection options here.

Disconnection detection A heartbeat mechanism is implemented at the Engine.IO level, allowing both the server and the client to know when the other one is not responding anymore.

That functionality is achieved with timers set on both the server and the client, with timeout values (the pingInterval and pingTimeout parameters) shared during the connection handshake. Those timers require any subsequent client calls to be directed to the same server, hence the sticky-session requirement when using multiple nodes.

Binary support

Any serializable data structures can be emitted, including:

ArrayBuffer and Blob in the browser

ArrayBuffer and Buffer in Node.js

Let’s conclude This module provides an easy and reliable way to set up a WebRTC connection between peers, and communicates using events (the socket.io-protocol). Socket.IO is used to transport signaling data; and as a fallback for clients where WebRTC PeerConnection is not supported.

Well, that’s how to integrate socket IO on many platforms . The package made it all easy. Thank you for reading, give it a clap or buy me a coffee!

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What’s new in Xcode 10

With time technology is moving fast too. This article will provide information about Xcode 10 tool and what is new in Xcode 10 compared to its earlier version. It is beneficial for the developers who like to add new features to their apps. Our experts use the latest tools & technologies to deliver the best to our clients. Xcode 10 is one of the tools we used after thorough testing. 9series always ensures to test all the tools before they use it for your solutions.

Below is the synopsis of the blog in case you just want an overview of the same ~ Xcode 10 was announced at WWDC 2018 on 4 June 2018. ~ Xcode 10 includes Swift 4.2 and SDKs for iOS 12, watchOS 5, tvOS 12, and macOS 10.14. ~ Xcode 10 requires a Mac running macOS 10.13.4 or later. ~ It is capable of running multiple simultaneous versions of the Xcode App and any associated tools. The interesting thing about Xcode 10 is that it can coexist with the previous version.

Here are the detailed of the new features.

Dark Mode ~ Xcode now supports the Dark Mode. You can adopt a dark mode instead of wide light as the appearance. It is a system-wide appearance that is already implemented and adopted by many apps. ~ Dark mode is now available in the Xcode 10. Xcode 10 also enables you to create your own dark apps for macOS. You can also move between the light and dark mode. You can also move your app in and out of Dark mode while debugging.

Better Editor Xcode 10 supports multi-line editing by selecting multiple lines. If we want to change all functions to private functions, then we can select all lines of func and replace them with private functions.

New Build System ~ The new build system has been activated by default in Xcode 10. We can go to Xcode-Files-Project/Workspace settings options. You will see that there is a Build System option that allows you to select a new build system.

Directly Upload App to AppStore ~ Through Xcode 10, we can directly upload an iOS app to the App Store from the Xcodebuild tool using the following command: ~ “ $ Xcodebuild -exportArchive -archivePath <xcarchivepath> [-exportPath <destinationpath>] -exportOptionsPlist <plistpath> “ ~ We need to pass the ExportOptions.plist file containing the key destination and value upload. Furthermore, we have to ensure that Xcode is configured with the right membership details to be able to connect to the Apple developer portal.

Parallel Testing Xcode 10 supports running tests in parallel, which reduces the time for takes to run the test. Test parallelization is supported for macOS, iOS and tvOS unit test in simulators.

Version Control Integration Xcode now supports working directly with a few source code collaboration platforms such as GitHub and GitHub Enterprise, Bitbucket Cloud and Bitbucket server and also GitLab.com and Gitlab self –hosted.

Asset Catalog Xcode 10 supports the CarPlay assets and ARKit 3D ARReferenceObject asset. It also supports unit varying image and color assets with light, dark and high contrast appearances on macOS 10.14 and above.

Code Snippets ~ We can also create snippets for other languages likes Ruby, php, Python, C++, Obj C, etc. ~ We have to define the shortcut keys for the snippets.

Closing Note

There are new great features included in this version of Xcode that we have discussed in the article above. So you can also go for it and experience the difference. 9series provides you with the best iOS App Development Services where they use the latest tools and technologies like Xcode 10 to develop the most dynamic and user-friendly apps for your business. Source : https://www.9spl.com/blog/new-in-xcode-10/

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Inside No. 9

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Here are the color variants that OnePlus omitted for the 9 series

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Siemens EQ.9 Coffee Machines innovations

The tough competition of the modern consumer market stimulates companies to constantly improve their models, expanding their functionality with the help of innovations. Of course, the segment of coffee machines is fully consistent with this trend. Leading companies are actively using new technologies, increasing the competitiveness of their models. Siemens EQ.9 coffee machines innovations confirm the commitment to this trend of the well-known BSH Group Concern. The new flagship Siemens EQ.9 premium series includes the EQ.9 TI903509DE, TI905501DE, TI907501DE and TI909701HC models. The number of user profiles, a set of recipes, the availability of certain modes and the way to heat the cups are the main differences between the models. The most expensive TI909701HC additionally has a built-in Wi-Fi module for remote wireless control using a smartphone or tablet.

Drinks customisation

All models have a large color screen with a large rotary dial.

The intuitive interface prompts and schematically draws all the necessary actions and drinks. Pressing the large rotary dial starts the making coffee. Of course, the user must first select the settings for making the drink that can be stored in memory. The keys below the screen provide a choice of the values of strength, volume, temperature, pre-wetting time (AromaIntense function) and the percentage of milk in a drink. The recipe list contains: - espresso macchiato - espresso and some milk foam; - ristretto - 20 ml. Unfortunately, DoubleShot mode is not available when preparing half the volume; - espresso - 40 ml by default. Setting range from 20 to 250 ml; - espresso doppio - double espresso; - lungo; - cappuccino; - latte macchiato - milk foam and coffee on top; - latte; - milk foam; - coffee pot mode - consistent making the 6 servings of coffee; - warm milk; - hot water. Coffee machines support up to 10 user profiles, each of which is designed for 10 recipes.

Barista Mode

Of course, Barista Mode is a unique innovation in this series.

The choice of the sequence of milk and coffee supply in the cup is its significant advantages. On the other hand, a similar feature is available in Philips Saeco Xelsis series. But Siemens is implementing it for the first time. Unfortunately, this setting affects all milky coffee drinks and is not available for personalized installation in a profile. AromaIntense feature provides personalized coffee strength settings. Additionally, it also adjusts the volume and coffee / milk ratio for each drink are also regulated. The list of settings contains: - pre-wetting time; - one of the 6 available temperatures of water supply to the brewing group (88, 90, 92, 94, 95, 96 ° C). Of course, maintaining the ideal temperature is very important because it provides maximum aroma during extraction. This function uses the innovative sensoFlow system.

This system adjusts the temperature based on data from the sensors during the entire brewing process.

Screw removable brewing unit

Its design is similar to the brewing unit of Jura models, but is removable.

It presses the coffee tablet with the help of screw rod that is a guide for container with ground coffee. Jura coffee machines use similar tablet formation principle. It provides a uniform force over the entire area due to the vertical design and a large squeezing force. The brewing unit holds between 5 and 14 grams of coffee. The upper value is larger compared to most Melitta and Saeco models, and similar to Delonghi coffee machines.

Improved automatic cappuccinator

Milk jug is installed from the left side and does not take up space in front of the dispenser. This solution provides simultaneous preparation of two milk-coffee drinks. Additionally, active monitoring of the presence of an installed jug provides automatic cleaning the milk tract, eliminating the risk of getting the sour milk into the system.

AutoMilk Clean

Today, the AutoMilk Clean system is one of the most effective. It automatically cleans the milk supply system with hot steam after each preparation of a coffee milk drink.

Home Connect App

Siemens EQ.9 connect TI909701HC supports control with the help of smartphone or tablet with iOS 8 and above or Android 4.1 and above using the Home Connect App.

Connection requires registration on the BSH server via the Internet. This app includes a wide list of recipes for coffee drinks.

The video at the end demonstrates its connectivity and capabilities. Of course, the premium models of the top price segment of other companies also use technologies that can be considered analogs of Siemens EQ.9 Coffee Machines innovations. Nevertheless, the German company can fully qualify for a place among innovative leaders. Read the full article

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Hasan and Declan - 9

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Content warnings: mention of water torture, recorded whump, and caning. dubcon touching of wounds, forced cleaning, light tiktok usage and inspiration, niche video game topics.

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I had to split up the audio file for this chapter so click here for (RECORDING PART 2)

Previously…

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“You’ve got half an hour. Spend it however you like, but after that, you’re going to get this blood out of the carpet before it stains.”

Declan stifled a groan, instead opting for a heavy sigh as he laid his head on its side. The blood still pooling in his nose dripped slowly to the ground.

“You need anything before I settle down?” Hasan asked, waving at him for his attention. “I’ve got plenty of beverage choices here. Stain remover, another bottle of chemicals, water…”

“Please…” His tongue felt heavy, and his nose was hard to breathe through.

“Chemicals, you said? Coming right up!” What the fuck.

“W-water!”

“You really can’t take a joke, hm?” Hasan laughed, bringing over a bottle of water and tilting his chin back.

“No!” Declan flinched violently. The last thing he needed was further harassment of his recent trauma.

“I’ll leave it right next to you, but you’ve got to tell me that’s what you want, darling.”

“Please, I’ll drink it myself,” he groaned, watching the water bottle touch the ground before Hasan retreated.

He painstakingly propped himself up on his elbow as the bastard flopped effortlessly into an armchair a few feet away. Each shift agitated the welts on his back. A shaking hand brought the bottle to his mouth, a sweet, cold stream of water pouring as steadily as he could.

Declan closed his mouth, breathing in what air he could from his nose, and swallowed. His throat was beyond sore, and he felt a shiver rush down his spine, but it was good. His body begged for it, even as intuition only remembered suffering.

A few more sips would have to satiate him, because his arms refused to hold him up any longer.

He kept eyes on Hasan, scrolling through their phone. Short snippets of songs and voice clips came through the speaker, but soon one came that made their face light up.

“Oh, would you look at that!” They glanced at Declan, then turned around the screen so he could see. “That’s McQuinn!”

A quiff of generic brown hair stood out on the screen, but a particular pair of red sunglasses sparked the recognition in Declan’s mind.

“...isn’t that the guy who cosplays Lightning McQueen?” What a strangely familiar face to see in a place like this.

“He was!”

“Damn, why’d he stop? I haven’t seen him on my for you page in a bit…” He allowed himself to reminisce, like his TikTok for you page was something he’d be able to see any time soon.

“Well… do you remember the man I picked up for my friend?” Hasan grinned.

The faint smile over his face dropped and Declan’s eyes went wide. Shot right back down to reality.

“No…”

“Hell yeah! He’s in Adela’s basement as we speak!” Hasan exclaimed, swiping through their phone and turning it back around to show the same man, frightened, bound, and gagged in a wooden crate.

“Oh my god. Oh my god.”

“It’s not-”

“You’re a freak!” Declan shouted. There was no reasoning or excuse that could make this okay.

“Do we really need to go over that again? This can’t possibly come as a surprise to you.”

He sighed into the carpet, already starting to smell of iron. Or maybe that was his nose. Soft twitches of his face kept disturbing it.

“Ooh, but speaking of captives’ social media…” Hasan leaned back, and Declan already knew what he was searching up. “Out of three Declan Labelles on Instagram—I looked at your ID—only one of them has a trans flag in his bio, fifty-one followers, and of course, those iconic blue bangs. But there’s only one problem! Some silly thing decided to keep his account private~!”

“Fuck off- hey!” They grabbed his hand and pressed his thumb to the scanner of a phone they’d just whipped out of their pocket. Hasan fist pumped when it unlocked, and Declan only realized it was his phone when it was in Hasan’s hands.

“There we go... I already stripped all communication, location, or cellular capabilities so we don’t have to worry about anyone finding you, but I’m keeping it active on my internet for situations like this! Now, if you don’t mind, I’ll enter my fingerprint in here.”

Declan was already lost in his head as they did that, because if they found his Instagram they could see his linktree, and if they could see his linktree they found-

“But that’s not the main attraction, of course. You didn’t tell me you’re a streamer!”

“You didn’t fucking ask,” he grunted.

“Beside the point. I’ve refrained from snooping around too awful much, but I’ve gathered you’re a video game speedrunner?” Hasan asked.

“Surprised you know what that means.”

“They’re nice background noise sometimes. Not that I could ever perform those glitches myself.”

“Cool.” Great. Something else for his captor to ruin.

He heard his own voice coming from the speaker, laughing and wheezing over a corrupted file. It cut out and was replaced by the celebration of his most recent personal best, only a week ago. Hearing his own laugh, so unaware of what was to come, made his breath catch in his throat.

“Turn that off,” he pleaded weakly.

“Come on, I’d like to get to know you!”

“I’m right here. Talk to me.” Declan rolled his eyes.

“We both know this isn’t the real you. You’re angry and hurt, and some may call that one’s true colors, but Declan isn’t this miserable thing at his core,” Hasan said, giving him the grossest pitying look.

“Stop torturing me and I might let you have a glimpse.”

“Goodness, isn’t somebody extreme!” They put a hand over their chest and pulled back.

“Asking to not be torn apart is a reasonable request, I think!”

“Here, here’s an archive video on your YouTube. Listen to this.” His own voice came through the speaker once again, over a music track.

“...and we’re live…? Woo, we’re live! Alright, uh, hey all, I’m Cy or Cybermen, my pronouns are he/him, and today I’m gonna show off a run of Donkey Kong Barrel Blast!” The audio paused, and Hasan turned back to him.

“See what I mean? So much brighter, more alive. Though, playing a game that uses a pair of bongos as controllers.”

“Like I said, you could have that for the low, low price of-”

“-not hurting you, and letting you go home, reimbursing you for this inconvenience, and disappearing off the face of the earth, of course, of course. Because you’re only here so I can experience your joy,”

“Shut up, you fucking sadist!” Declan grit his teeth to keep something more desperate from coming out.

“Mmmh, no, thank you. Just sit down and listen for a while.”

They hit play on the video again, watching along as Declan started the game, commentating on exploits and difficulties of individual levels. Listening to something so separated from his current self was a very strange experience. He tried to find comfort in the familiarity and success. That had been a particularly good run, especially considering how nervous he’d been about performing it in front of a large audience.

Declan had settled into the situation when a ding interrupted the video, and Hasan clicked on it.

“Oh my, looks like Lee had plenty to say about that video!” they smiled, opening the message instead. “Lee’s my boyfriend, by the way.”

Yes. He’d gathered that from the context. Hasan adopted a slightly more American accent and read it off.

“Babe you know I never questioned you for a second, but he’s perfect. Those noises, mmmmm and he took it well for a first timer. Nice even lines down his back too. If I didn’t know you, I might think you’re more experienced.

“I’m so proud of how you handled that little escape attempt. You’re doing such a good job already and I can’t wait to be with you again.

“Please keep a proper eye on him though. I’d truly hate for any punishment to come to you, be it at my hands or the law’s.”

Oh, gross. That was gross. Hearing himself talked about like he wasn’t even there, which he didn’t have to be if Hasan didn’t read that out… and talked about like that. Like he was there to look good for them, like Hasan was the person in the right here, like any of this nightmare was reason to praise the instigator.

Declan didn’t say anything.

“I must say, I have to agree,” Hasan said.

“Good, because I wasn’t entirely sure if you were a creep yet.” Delcan sighed, knowing the insult wasn’t worth shit. He glanced up and the bastard was visibly blushing. They really were deprived.

“Mmhmm,” Hasan nodded absentmindedly, ticked out a text back, paused, and held the phone up. “Say cheese.”

“I’m lactose intolerant,” he muttered to the carpet.

“Close enough. You look cute by the way.”

“No wonder my last relationship didn’t work out. I wasn’t covered in blood.”

“Which means this one will inevitably last now that we understand the issue,” they finished, effortlessly, and Declan didn’t want to muster up the energy or effort to do more than roll his eyes. “Hey, Adela sent a heart of approval! The rest of the chat seems very excited as well.”

“I thought that was just for Lee.”

“Eh, spread the wealth and all that,” they waved him off, unpausing the speedrun video.

And it was right back to listening to game sounds and commentary. Like that wasn’t incredibly violating and invasive. Goddd and it was probably his fault too for saying how much it bothered him. Idiot!

Eventually, Hasan paused it once again.

“Alright. What do you say about cleaning that carpet now?”

“I say I feel like I’m gonna pass out,” Declan groaned.

“And if I offer you two granola bars in return for doing it?”

“You’re a dick.”

Hasan pretended to think for a moment.

“I can bump it up to three.” It sounded like a game show offer.

“You’re gonna make me do it anyway.”

“But I’m being so generous!” Yep, just as generous as those scammy hosts.

“Help me up.”

“That’ll cost you a granola bar.” Declan desperately wished he could switch the channel of his life.

“And if I ask you to do it without hurting me?” He was too tired to care that his question was a stupid one. Not too tired not to internally acknowledge it, though.

“Two.”

“Hurt me, then.” He kept his expression carefully flat, but Hasan lit up.

“Wow, those are certainly not words I expected to hear from you today!”

“Splendid. Brilliant. Get off your ass.”

“Goodness, not if you’re going to keep pretending these are commands for you to give. Ask me, and I’ll see how I want to answer.”

“Hey Hasan, do you wanna help me get up?” he asked flatly.

“Aww sure, Dec, I’d be glad to!”

They stood and approached him, sneering at the bloody carpet before straddling the small of Declan’s back.

“Ow, fuck-!”

“You signed up for this. No complaints.” Hands slid under his shoulders and pulled him up. They came together, shifting all of the welts across them, and Declan cried out.

“I didn’t- aaaagh! I didn’t say I’d take it well!”

“Just scream then. That’s more than enough for me. Now put your elbows under you before I drop your torso to the ground.”

Declan did, and once they’d gotten up, he tried to pull his knees under him too. Hasan helped. They lifted his hips.

“Alright, that’s enough. You’ve done your granola bar’s worth of work,” he shooed them away.

“That I have. Are you sure you’ll be able to get this done?”

“You’re the one who beat me up and then told me I had to.”

“Sue me for caring,” Hasan held up their hands, but they couldn’t commit to the act.

“You’re concerned about your precious carpet. Not me.”

“And you’re the one taking care of it.” They didn’t deny his statement.

“Am I done after this?”

“If I say yes, will you get on with it?”

“I reserve the right to wonder why I bothered asking,” Declan groaned.

“If you’re craving motivation, I can offer to step on you in the next five seconds if you don’t grab the stain remover.”

“Consider it done.” Declan waved a hand whimsically and reached over to the spray bottle. He sat on his heels to read the instructions on the back. “Spray on the area enough to soak it through. Rub in, and wait five minutes. Then, blot dry with a towel until the stain is no longer visible.”

“Read like someone who has never cleaned anything before.” They gave him a sarcastic thumbs up.

“That’s literally just the instructions.”

“Exactly. You don’t read the instructions.”

“Well. I do,” he grumbled. “Shut up unless you want your carpet ruined.”

“Don’t tell me what to do unless you want your mouth ruined.”

He shut up. He’d brushed against enough limits already.

Foamy spray soaked into the carpet below Declan, and he crawled across the floor, only as far as he needed to cover all the bloodstains.

He took a rag and worked it in, regretting not doing so on the first pass. He had to sit up a few times to ensure that he wasn’t about to pass out, continuing at Hasan’s insistence. If they wanted the stain to come out completely they should’ve been helping. Having the sickly torture victim clean their floor wasn’t going to end in a job well done, which was brushed off every time Declan brought it up.

It was a slight relief to see rusty red and brown soaking into that same rag just minutes later, but he had to dig into the carpet to reach the lowest fibers. Declan put all of his weight on his trembling arms, and eventually switched to his knees. This was not worth two granola bars in the slightest, but they surely beat laying here for hours more, being stared at and forced to listen to his own voice, presumably until he finished.

But now he was finally there, he sighed to himself, soaking up the last traces of the cleaner.

Declan didn’t even wait for Hasan to survey his job before collapsing to the ground and greying out.

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