Favors and Followers

Favors and Followers is a comic series in SapphireFoxx. It was released from October 29, 2020 to December 2, 2021, with a total of 400 pages, in which 83 of those have uncensored Beyond versions.
== Synopsis ==
“Luke is your fairly typical college student. He might be a dreamer with sky-high aspirations, but Luke’s been working hard on the traditional career path his parents laid out for him. That is until one faithful day at the start of Junior year where a single decision will set him on a journey he never could have imagined.”
== Production ==
* Producer: Sam Mokler
* Writer: Christina Pokler
* Artists: Jeremy Pursell, Fil Romero, Gabriel Carroll
* Illustrators: Tyler Scaglairini (375 Pages), Tom Slayter (15 Pages), Mikhail Komlev (10 Pages)
== Characters ==
== Chapter Summary ==
NOTE: The chapter/part titles and groupings are not official, and are made for the purposes of this wiki for easier navigation of the story.
* Part 1 - LukeNukeEm (pages 1-27)
* Part 2 - MsLovelyLara (pages 27-53)
* Part 3 - Working It Out (pages 53-71)
* Part 4 - California Girls (pages 71-107)
* Part 5 - First Date (pages 107-128)
* Part 6 - Unwanted Message (pages 128-159)
* Part 7 - Reach the Goal (pages 159-181)
* Part 8 - Second Date (pages 181-198)
* Part 9 - Blackmail (pages 198-211)
* Part 10 - "Friends" (pages 211-234)
* Part 11 - The Breakup Plan (pages 234-256)
* Part 12 - Guilty Conscience (pages 256-275)
* Part 13 - Third Date (pages 275-307)
* Part 14 - New "Luke" (pages 307-341)
* Part 15 - Exposed (pages 341-366)
* Part 16 - Confession (pages 366-386)
* Part 17 - Epilogue (pages 386-400)
== Plot ==
=== LukeNukeEm ===
This part is from pages 1 to 27. (↑ back to summary)
Sept. 12, 2020 — Luke Jensen is an aspiring streamer on Switch, under the account name LukeNukeEm. However, the lack of viewers and a loss streak made him doubt having a career while streaming. He was visited by his college friend Karl Bevil, who made a comment that women are getting more views on their streams than men. Karl invited Luke to one of his parties to cheer him up, but Luke refuses. He instead borrowed a hard drive from Karl.
After streaming, Luke went to Q-Bar to meet his other friends Ana Carson and Darren Kaminski. Darren is heartbroken after his crush busted him, and Ana and Luke try to cheer him up, when Luke made the mistake of saying that there's some girl who is interested in Darren. Luke, along with Ana, bails out of the bar to save face.
Ana asks a favor from Luke to do her laundry. Luke obliges, while he tries to make moves on Ana. At Ana's house after Luke fetches the dirty laundry, he accidentally wore Ana's heels, which fit perfectly on him. Ana makes a comment that Luke could fit in her clothes and calls herself and Luke "twinsies", which saddens Luke, but also gave him a bright idea that could solve Darren's problem: transform himself into a girl.
Darren calls Luke and makes him explain about what he said earlier, which prompted Luke to say that his "cousin" named "Lara" is interested in him. Luke then went to a cosmetic store to buy makeup, a corset, a purple wig, and Sili-Gel. At Luke's dorm room, he then applied Sili-Gel to his chest and ass, wore the corset, and taught himself makeup using Ana's makeup tutorials online. He then borrowed some of Ana's clothing from her laundry that he cleaned, then wore the wig to complete the disguise as "Lara Jensen".
Luke, as Lara, then took selfie pictures, which he then sent to Karl and asked him to edit the photos to make him look more attractive. Luke then remembered Karl's comment earlier, and decided to make a new account named "MsLovelyLara" and started streaming without a mic and the face hidden. Luke noticed that he got more followers and donations than he ever got as LukeNukeEm, and he continued streaming until he fell asleep.
=== MsLovelyLara ===
This part is from pages 27 to 53. (↑ back to summary)
Sept. 13, 2020 — The next day, Karl knocks on Luke's door, which woke him up. Luke, still disguised as Lara, hurriedly removed most of his disguise except the pants, since the swelling in his ass still hasn't gone away. Karl enters the room which prompted Luke to go to the bathroom to wash his remaining makeup. Karl congratulates Luke upon seeing the donations Luke got on his stream, which was actually Lara's account. Luke requested Karl to edit Lara's selfies to make her look hotter. Shortly after leaving, Karl then sent the edited selfies to Luke, which shocked Luke with how hot the edits turned out.
Upon sending the photos to Darren, he immediately called, telling Luke that there's no way a girl that hot is interested in him. Luke then tells him to chill out, says that Lara won't be in town until about a month, and offers Darren to build some muscle to increase his confidence. Darren agrees, but also asks that he and Lara should video chat, which surprised Luke since he plans to use the month to improve upon his look as Lara. Luke agrees and makes plans to buy a voice synthesizer immediately.
Later, Luke, Ana, and Darren's sister Jackie meet up at Q-Bar, where Luke finds out that word about Lara is spreading fast. Luke gives Ana her laundry back, and he treats her using the money he earned from Lara's stream.
That night, Luke transformed again to Lara, this time with the voice synthesizer on. Despite Lara fully transforming and Darren wearing a suit, they only talked without video. They exchange pleasantries, and Darren asks Lara out on a date, which Lara agreed to. Lara then streamed again, this time with the mic on, when a watcher named Cypher gave Lara a large donation and some creepy messages afterwards. Lara gave a hint that she is not interested in Cypher's offer.
=== Working It Out ===
This part is from pages 53 to 71. (↑ back to summary)
Sept. 14 - 29, 2020 — An argument brewed between Karl and another student named Thad after Karl hit on Thad's girlfriend Camille. Luke calmed the two down in the hopes of the two not starting a fight. After, Luke went to the gym to start their training regimen with Darren, with Darren seeking to gain some muscle and Luke wanting to reduce his body mass. Two weeks after, they both have noticed some major progress with their workouts, when Thad approaches Luke at the gym to ridicule him, revealing that he knows about his streaming career as LukeNukeEm.
Later that night, Luke went to Darren's house, where Darren's whole family (including his parents and Jackie) and Ana are also there for dinner. They all talk about their current life situation, which includes Darren working with his dad in their television studio, Ana helping out his brother Joe at their shop, Jackie attending beauty school, and Luke continuing his accounting degree to work at his dad's firm. After dinner, Ana comments about Luke taking a diet, while Luke talked to Ana about their upcoming girl's day with Lara.
=== California Girls ===
This part is from pages 71 to 107. (↑ back to summary)
Sept. 30, 2020 — Lara arrives at Ana's place, where Ana and Jackie worked on their magic and gave Lara a complete makeover, including nails, eyebrows, and makeup. They all went to the mall after to shop for new clothes. Lara was forced to try on panties after Ana and Jackie saw her wearing boxers, and Lara also learned how to wear high heels.
At Q-Bar later that night, Lara and Ana played a game of pool, where Ana told Lara her feelings about Luke. In a chance to score a date as Luke, Lara told Ana that she should give him a chance. Lara then went out of balance on her heels and bumped onto Jorge, a guy at the bar. She and Ana both flirted with Jorge until Ana invites him to dance, which left Lara disappointed. However, Jorge later approached Lara and gave her his number.
At the dorm later, Lara was approached by Thad in the hallway, trying to flirt with her, but Lara refused. Lara started streaming again, but was again harassed by Cypher by showing dick pics to her. Lara immediately blocked Cypher, when she received a text from Karl, asking for the hard drive Luke borrowed before.
Lara has no choice but to give the drive back to Karl while in disguise. At Karl's door, his neighbor Stephen angrily knocks, complaining about the noise from Karl's room. When Lara arrives, Stephen recognized her, saying that he watches Lara's streams. Karl, wearing only a towel, shoos Stephen away and invites Lara in. He and Lara watched a movie together before Lara decided to go back. At her dorm, Lara removes her disguise, while her webcam seems to still be recording...
=== First Date ===
This part is from pages 107 to 128. (↑ back to summary)
Oct. 13, 2020 — Two weeks later, Luke's hair has grown a fair bit. Ana invites Luke to the cafe for breakfast, where Ana teases, but also compliments, Luke over his growing hair. Due to her talk with Lara last time, Ana decides to give dating Luke a shot, which pleases Luke. During their conversation, Cypher sends dick pics to Luke on his phone, distracting him from talking with Ana. Ana and Luke then agreed to schedule their first date tomorrow at the fall festival.
Later that night, Luke prepares for his first date with Darren as Lara, wearing the dress she bought back then. At the restaurant, Darren meets Lara for the first time, and Lara is appreciating how caring Darren is treating her. Lara makes a couple slip-ups to her real identity by using Luke's own car and calling Darren "Dare-bear" (a nickname used by Luke to refer to Darren), Darren did not find out her secret. When Darren asked if Lara would be okay with another date, Lara agrees, hoping to not disappoint him. Darren kisses Lara before they part ways.
Lara decides to stream afterwards, wearing the same dress during her date, and is surprised when her channel reached over nine thousand followers. During the stream, Cypher harasses Lara again, but this time, he reveals that he has photos of Lara mid-transition. He then uses this as blackmail to coerce Lara into showing and playing with her tits to him. Lara reluctantly obliges, and Cypher also turns on his camera to show him jacking off to Lara. Lara has enough and blocks Cypher, but he keeps pestering her on her phone afterwards. Desperate, Lara removes her voice synthesizer and calls Karl (as Luke) to deal with this hacker.
=== Unwanted Message ===
This part is from pages 128 to 159. (↑ back to summary)
Oct. 14, 2020 — Karl visits Luke in his dorm the next day to help him with his hacker issue, while Luke tries to be careful with the details he's disclosing to Karl so that he wouldn't find out about Lara. While Karl tinkers with Luke's computer, Cypher sends a dick pic to Luke again, causing him to stare at both the sent photo and at Karl, as well as getting an erection himself. After Karl does his computer magic, he gets disappointed after finding out that Luke still pushes to score with Ana, when Luke responded that they're now going on a date for real. Karl also takes Luke's phone so that he could block the hacker in it as well. Karl wishes him luck with the date and leaves after.
After his class, Luke sees Stephen knocking on his dorm room, claiming that Lara is living in Luke's dorm, and plans to give her a present. Luke takes the present, says that he'll give it to Lara instead, and hurriedly goes inside his dorm to prepare for her date with Ana. Luke then goes to Karl's dorm to get his phone, and was shocked to see Karl half-naked. Luke notices a Beast energy drink, thinking that the drink's getting popular in campus recently. Karl gives Luke his phone back, saying that Ana left him a couple of messages, to his dismay. Luke then leaves to go to his date with Ana.
At the fall festival, Ana and Luke have their first date. Luke treats Ana, who finds it very sweet, and they start expressing their feelings towards one another. Luke's phone rings, and he finds out that Cypher is still managing to send messages to Luke despite blocking him and Karl fixing his phone. Due to this, Luke panics, which concerns Ana. Ana then comments that Luke has been getting distant recently. Luke apologizes and assures Ana that he will focus on her only from this point on.
Their date got interrupted by Jorge, who is in the festival as well. Ana and Luke chat with him, when she notices that Luke is being "overly friendly" to Jorge. Over time, she realizes that Luke might be gay, which she thinks is the reason why he's been overly pushing to have a date with her. Because of this, Ana starts thinking of Luke as simply his friend that needs support.
Back at home, Luke tries deleting Cypher's messages, but to no avail. As Luke sleeps, he dreams of streaming as Lara, where she took things further than simply streaming the game, by undressing herself bit by bit, putting on a show for her viewers until the alarm wakes Luke up.
=== Reach the Goal ===
This part is from pages 159 to 181. (↑ back to summary)
Oct. 27, 2020 — Two weeks later, Luke wakes up from a really graphic dream of him streaming as Lara. One hour later, Luke arrives at the gym for his workout sessions with Darren, who has been gaining more mass ever since. Luke, however, has been losing more weight recently, though Darren notices that Luke's butt is getting bigger.
After their workout, Darren and Luke take a shower at the gym, and they suddenly felt awkward after seeing each other's junk. They try to lighten the mood by talking about their respective dates — Luke with Ana, and Darren with Lara. Darren also has noticed some other odd things about Luke, like him using the shampoo he uses as Lara, and giggling like he would as a girl.
After his class, Luke receives a text from Ana, who is actually looking for a girls' night with Lara. Luke got the bright idea of streaming today with Ana, so he dressed up as Lara and went to Ana's house. Ana has noticed Lara's weight loss, while Lara gets puzzled when Ana says that she's not rushing things with Luke yet. They streamed together, setting up a donation goal for Lara to buy new clothes.
In order to reach the donation goal, and after Lara offered Ana a portion of the donations, Ana gets the idea of kissing Lara on stream, which surprised both Lara and the viewers. When the donations almost reached the goal, Ana and Lara kiss each other, which is seemingly enjoyed by the both of them. After the stream, Ana comments that kissing girls is not new to her, which made Lara make some hints that Ana should explore trying to date girls. Ana then invites Lara to find a dress for her next date with Darren.
=== Second Date ===
This part is from pages 181 to 198. (↑ back to summary)
Oct. 30, 2020 — Lara, wearing a new outfit at Ana's suggestion, meets up with Darren for their next date at a movie theater. While buying popcorn and drinks, Thad shows up, claims to be a fan of Lara's streams, and insults Darren. Darren found out from Thad that Lara and Ana kissed each other on stream, while Lara prompts Thad to leave them alone.
Sensing some tension, Lara explains the situation to Darren while sweet-talking him by calling him "Babe", which calms him down and changes his tune. During the movie screening, Lara and Darren flirted with each other, with Lara subtly teasing Darren, and the two of them kiss each other for 45 minutes until the movie ended.
After watching the movie, it turns out that Thad is waiting outside for Lara, which disgusts the two of them. Having enough of Thad, Darren calls him out and tells him how much of a fool he is underneath his "cool" façade, which impressed Lara. At the car, they continue kissing and teasing each other. They held off at first, but after some persuasion from Lara, they continue where they left off. Darren pleasured Lara's breasts, while Lara strokes Darren's cock. 15 minutes later, Darren drops off Lara at the dorm and they kiss one more time.
=== Blackmail ===
This part is from pages 198 to 211. (↑ back to summary)
Oct. 30, 2020 — After her date with Darren, Lara notices a mysterious package with a note in front of her door. It turns out to be from Cypher, who has been closely watching Lara for some time now. In the note, he threatens Lara to wear the contents of the package, which are a lingerie set and heels, and accept his video chat request in 15 minutes, or he will upload all the pictures he has of Lara online. Lara decides that she has no choice but to follow his bidding, and wears the lingerie set.
In the video chat, Cypher requests for Lara to do a private dance and a strip tease, which Lara reluctantly accepts. During her private show, Cypher adds in more requests, such as Lara removing her wig to reveal her natural hair, talking dirty to him, and rubbing her erection in front of him. Lara is surprised when Cypher calls her "Luke" instead, and thinks that he must be attracted to her as Luke personally. Cypher turns on his video feed, showing a buff man with a voice synthesizer, rubbing his own erection.
Despite hating Cypher's actions to her, Lara is also turned on by him, and proceeds to do what he says willingly. After they both came, Cypher revealed that he recorded their whole conversation, including the part where Lara seemingly enjoys what she is doing. Lara is horrified by this, and Cypher leaves the video chat afterwards. Calming down for a bit, Lara suspects that Cypher might be someone that she knows personally.
=== "Friends" ===
This part is from pages 211 to 234. (↑ back to summary)
Oct. 31, 2020 — Luke is unable to reach Ana over the phone, and after confirming from Jackie that she hasn't been in touch for a few days, visits her in her house, only to see both Ana and Jorge inside. Heartbroken over what seemed to happen between the two of them, Luke left despite their invitation to join them. At Luke's dorm, Ana tries to reach out via text, but Luke decides to not talk to her, and decides to transform into Lara and stream to get her mind off on Ana.
Lara plays the game "The Chronicles of Helva" instead of the usual "Counterwatch". During the stream, Cypher chats Lara once again, and gives a large donation to her stream. He sends yet another dick pic to Lara's phone, which made her lose focus on the stream. Lara shouts Cypher out on stream, then Lara pauses the stream to relieve herself, when Karl knocks on the door, looking for Luke. Lara invites Karl in and lets him join the stream instead, and they both made attempts at teasing and flirting with each other.
After the stream, Karl shares some news about Cypher, saying that he needs some kind of password in order to access Cypher's encrypted files, and that Luke might know of some clue as to what it is. Afterwards, Lara asks Karl about her issue with Ana. Karl then suggests stumbling upon some secrets that the partner might be hiding. They flirted a bit more before Karl left her dorm room, and Lara thought of a plan to expose Jorge by putting on a new look.
=== The Breakup Plan ===
This part is from pages 234 to 256. (↑ back to summary)
Nov. 1, 2020 — Luke chats Jorge using the contact info he gave to Lara in order to invite him on a date, which Jorge hastily agrees to, despite him already courting Ana. Luke dresses himself up into a girl with a different look and identity, which she names "Sara". Compared to Lara, Sara wore extensions to her natural hair instead of wearing her purple wig, made her body curvier, and adjusted her voice synthesizer to have a different voice.
Sara arrives at Q-Bar, wearing a provocative dress. Jorge arrives after and instantly tries to court Sara, even after going there for the purpose of meeting Lara. Sara and Jorge flirt with each other at the bar. While Jorge gets some drinks, Sara contacts Ana (as Lara) in order for her to get to Q-Bar as soon as possible. After more flirting with Jorge, Sara stalls him into staying at their table until Ana finally arrives and witnesses Jorge courting Sara.
After an intense argument between Ana and Jorge, even going as far as calling Sara a "bar skank", Ana breaks up with Jorge. Sara then quietly leaves the bar and went back to her car, anticipating that Ana would call "Lara" for emotional support. Ana calls, and Sara switches back to her "Lara" voice before answering. Ana vented her frustrations about Jorge and the "bar skank" to Lara, before she invites Lara to meet at her house tomorrow.
Relishing the success of her plan, Lara goes back at her dorm, admires her new look and decides to grow her natural hair because of it. Lara then wears a new nightie before trying to sleep, but is unable to due to sexual urges caused by flirting with Jorge. Lara then relieves herself with thoughts about Ana, Jorge, Darren and Karl, and announces to herself that she's officially bisexual after orgasming.
=== Guilty Conscience ===
This part is from pages 256 to 275. (↑ back to summary)
Nov. 2, 2020 — Lara arrives at Ana's home, bringing a bottle of rum with her. Ana, still feeling emotional after yesterday's events, invites her in. Ana and Lara then drink together, with Lara trying to drink less than Ana. After much prying from Lara, who wants to clear her conscience after orchestrating yesterday's events, Ana shares what happened yesterday to her.
After a few more drinks, Ana has expressed her disappointment when it comes to Jorge, and also dating in general. Ana also comments about her and Luke not working out because she thinks that Luke is gay, which puzzles Lara at first, but then says to Ana that Luke is bisexual, which surprises Ana. Ana then reveals that she wants to experiment with dating women, and that she is particularly attracted to Lara. This revelation excites Lara, who also admits to Ana that the feeling of attraction is mutual. The two of them kissed afterwards.
Ana then notices that Lara is still wearing a corset, which made Lara feel embarrassed. Ana, however, comments that Lara does not need to wear the corset anymore since her waist significatly became slimmer. Lara contemplates on what this could result when she changes back to Luke, but then realizes that she should focus on making Ana feel good instead. They both remove their tops, and Ana teaches Lara about the pleasantries of being a woman. The two of them make out until Ana is about to see Lara's erection, which prompts Lara to stop for now.
Lara makes the excuse that she realizes that she's not yet ready to go all the way. Ana feels disappointed, but Lara then mentions that making out with her right now would feel like taking advantage of her after her recent heartbreak and the drinking they've been doing. Ana feels better after that and agrees to have a platonic relationship with Lara for now, and they dress up afterwards. Ana then asks for another favor to Lara about having her laundry cleaned again, which Lara agreed to. After leaving Ana's house, Lara orders a Ghost Skin vagina on her phone, which is set to be delivered in two days.
=== Third Date ===
This part is from pages 275 to 307. (↑ back to summary)
Nov. 3-4, 2020 — After waking up, Luke notices the drastic weight loss that his diet plan has caused. Not having any more of his male clothes to fit him, Luke snags an outfit from Ana's laundry, which would not make him look too feminine. Darren visits Luke at his dorm and talks to him about Lara possibly wanting to go all the way for their third date, which shocks Luke. Not wanting to disappoint Darren, Luke gives him advice and his blessing in case Darren and Lara do go for it. Darren thanks Luke and leaves, and Luke is relieved that Darren did not notice that he is wearing girl clothes at that moment.
After his last day at school for the year, Luke runs into Jackie, who has immediately noticed Luke wearing girl clothes. Luke becomes embarrassed immediately, but Jackie comments that he has nothing to be ashamed about, and that she always had a feeling that Luke is hiding this kind of secret from her. Luke feels relieved hearing that, and thanks Jackie for her support. Jackie offers some fashion advice to Luke before leaving, and Luke feels torn upon knowing that Jackie now knows his secret, and that she's being nice to him.
The next day, Luke prepares for her third date with Darren. While waiting for his package to deliver, Luke dresses up as Lara, wearing a long gown and a new set of underwear. Mid-transformation, her Ghost Skin vagina arrives, prompting her to wear the wig and voice synthesizer to retrieve the package. After reading the manual, Lara wore the Ghost Skin vagina and plays a little with it, convincing Lara that it is the real deal. After fully dressing up, Lara goes to the party at a private movie screening.
Inside the venue, Darren talks to his friend Aleks Dimitri, who is hosting the screening and the party, about an offer of working with him together on a project, which would make him leave for New York in about a week. Lara, meanwhile, interacts with another guest named Tyler Levans, who she immediately recognizes as a popular streamer named "Samurai Gamer". Tyler recognizes Lara's streamer name "MsLovelyLara", saying that she's one of the fastest growing streamers on Switch, which amazes Lara. He gives his card to Lara then leaves, and Lara thanks Darren for inviting her to the party. Lara and Darren thank each other for the opportunities and support that they received from each other.
After watching the movie, Lara and Darren head straight to Darren's house for some alone time together. As they both undress, Lara feels a little nervous due to her having sex as a woman and wearing the Ghost Skin vagina for the first time, but Darren's confidence makes Lara forget her worries and enjoy the pleasure that her new equipment gives. After their intense sex, Lara and Darren cool off while talking about whether or not they're officially an item. Lara then leaves Darren's house, to Darren's disappointment, in order to avoid being seen with her Sili-Gel worn off. Lara then texts Jackie about her offer earlier.
=== New "Luke" ===
This part is from pages 307 to 341. (↑ back to summary)
Nov. 5-7, 2020 — Jackie thanks Luke for accepting her offer for her to work on his hair. While Jackie volumizes his hair, she and Luke talk about Luke's recent developments, including his relationship with Ana and him going out on a date yesterday. After, Luke is amazed with the resulting length of his hair and thanks Jackie. Jackie secretly gives makeup advice to Luke before he leaves.
Two days later, Luke is wearing more feminine clothing as himself. A package arrives at his dorm, containing a makeup set and a dildo. Luke tries on the makeup, but was interrupted by Karl knocking on his door. Luke put the makeup on his pocket and stashed the dildo away before he and Karl go out to eat. At the restaurant, Karl comments on Luke's unusual weight loss, which makes Luke nervous. However, Karl says that he connected the dots, and is okay with Luke's new lifestyle, which made Luke relieved and flaunt his new body.
Karl talks about Cypher afterwards. He suspects that the hacker might be Stephen, based on supposed evidence that he found, such as a shrine he made for Lara, and his email address found in Cypher's encrypted files. Luke, however, wants to find more evidence that proves that Stephen really is Cypher before filing a claim to the police. While mad at first, Karl understands Luke's decision, and lets him know that he'll come up with a plan to gather more evidence.
Karl then changes subjects, and talks about Luke's new outfit and lifestyle choices. While initially embarrassed, Luke enjoys being complimented and flirted at by Karl. When Karl asks what Luke looks like when completely dressed up, Luke went to the bathroom and spiced up his outfit and makeup, which blows Karl's mind away. Karl then paid for both of their meals, which shocks Luke as he knows Karl to be a cheapskate, and they leave the restaurant. Luke has been noticing how much nicer Karl has been treating him since he openly admitted his new lifestyle, and Karl then admitted that he's attracted to Luke.
Back at Luke's dorm room, Karl then finds a bottle of Sili-Gel in it. Flustered, Luke admits that he's been using it, which made Karl get attracted more to Luke. After being buttered up by Karl, Luke then uses the Sili-Gel to transform himself into Lara. Karl can't believe his eyes when Lara reveals herself, and he then reveals that he prefers women with a penis. Surprised by this revelation, Lara accidentally stumbles the box contaning the dildo she ordered earlier. Karl then realizes that Lara's attracted to men, and he offers the "real thing" to Lara instead of playing with some toy. He then invites Lara to go to his party as his date, and he takes his leave after that, but not before telling that Stephen attends his parties every time as an incentive for Lara to accept his invitation.
Empowered by Karl's reaction to her secret, Lara then wears her voice synthesizer and streams without wearing her usual wig. She announced her natural hairstyle to her fans, and she is met with positive reception. After her stream, she then took pictures of herself, slowly taking off her top, and then her bra. With this new found confidence in herself, Lara then informs Karl that she will be attending his party.
=== Exposed ===
This part is from pages 341 to 366. (↑ back to summary)
Nov. 8, 2020 — At Karl's party, Lara arrives fully transformed but sporting her natural hair look. She then meets Karl, and they then discuss their plan to gather evidence to incriminate Stephen as Cypher. Karl wants Lara to flirt with Stephen in order to gain access to his dorm room, which disgusts Lara, but agrees to anyway after some persuasion from Karl. Due to his fanboyism for Lara, Stephen agrees to invite Lara over to his dorm room without much effort from Lara. Lara then saw Stephen's shrine, which made Lara uncomfortable and Stephen flustered. Wanting to stick to her goal anyway, Lara shrugs off the shrine and lets Stephen make her a drink. Lara uses this opportunity to take a look at Stephen's computer for evidence.
Lara sees photos of Cypher's blackmail material at Stephen's printer, however, Stephen's "recently printed" folder is found to be empty. Stephen then comes back and gives Lara a drink containing Beast Energy and vodka, which disgusts Lara. Having found what she came for, Lara then invites Stephen back at the party in order to confirm if Stephen really is Cypher. Lara hides and then calls Cypher while looking at Stephen, and he responds, but Stephen is only seen standing and not answering his phone. Karl then sees Lara, who then notices the he became drunk. Karl then invites Lara to his room, and he then flirted with Lara, ignoring the evidence she found in Stephen's room. Karl's compliments eventually got into Lara's head, and they both started making out, until Karl decides to leave for a bit to pee, which disappoints Lara.
Lara then gets another message from Cypher. At the same time, Karl's computer lights up, showing the exact same message Cypher sent to Lara just now. This lead Lara to realize that Karl has been framing Stephen as Cypher, when in fact Cypher's true identity has been Karl all along. Lara then checks his computer to see blackmail materials from not just her, but countless other transwomen as well. She took photos of these files and his voice synthesizer as evidence, as well as checking that Karl's "recently printed" folder contains the planted photos found in Stephen's room, when Karl enters the room again and reveals his secret to Lara.
Lara confronts Karl, telling him that he has been Cypher all this time, and Karl then mockingly congratulates Lara for finding it out. Lara attempts to go to the police, but Karl stops her. Karl then makes a proposal to "reveal" their relationship to the public and for Lara to continue engaging with him for his sexual needs, or else he will reveal the blackmail footage to everyone. Feeling betrayed by her close friend and wanting to put an end to his harassment once and for all, Lara stands up to him and decides that she doesn't care anymore if the footage comes out, for her real friends and followers will still support her no matter what. Karl angrily threw a tantrum at Lara, commanding her to stay, but Lara flips him off and leaves the party.
Freaking out about the aftermath of the confrontation, Lara texted Ana and Jackie to meet with them as soon as possible, hoping that she could tell them first before the footage comes out. Jackie already has a suspicion as to what the meeting is about, and Lara told Ana that she has been Luke all along. Ana is completely surprised at first, which made her reveal the fact that Lara is her first girl-on-girl experience, but has calmed down afterwards. Lara apologizes to Ana for deceiving her, in which Ana then tells Lara to stop keeping secrets from her anymore, and they both hugged.
Now that both Ana and Jackie know Lara's secret, Lara then explains her situation involving Cypher. Ana and Jackie are surprised when they found out that Karl Bevil is Cypher, and have offered their help with filing a claim to the police, when Karl has released the blackmail footage to the public. This made Lara freak out, but Ana and Jackie tell her that there's still time to reveal her secret to Darren, who is currently in New York right now. Ana and Jackie leave Lara alone to call Darren and reveal the truth to him. Lara tells her secret to Darren, along with a confession that she loves him. Darren then says that he only cares about the woman Lara is now, and that he's very lucky to have Lara supporting him. This makes Lara relieved, and she then shared her situation to Darren.
At the police station, Lara, Ana, and Jackie filed a claim to the police regarding Karl. However, the police said that cybercrimes are FBI jurisdiction, and that trials concerning cybercrime cases take a long time. The police referred Lara to a cybercrime attorney before they leave the station. While Lara feels hopeless, Ana and Jackie comfort and hug her to make her feel better.
=== Confession ===
This part is from pages 366 to 386. (↑ back to summary)
Nov. 9, 2020 — Darren arrives home, and Lara welcomes and embraces him. Darren then formulates a plan to salvage Lara's reputation by spinning negative PR. He, Jackie, and Ana set up a special livestream on Lara's channel to address the scandal to the public in order to clear her name and take back the power from Cypher.
30 minutes later, Lara starts streaming. She tells her viewers the truth about the blackmail footage, and reveals who she really is, as well as a confession as to who she chooses to be. She then tells about her encounter with the hacker Cypher, and that she took a stand against him, hence the public knowing about her darkest secret. She then apologizes her audience for deceiving them, assures her followers that she will still be the same MsLovelyLara they have known, and that she will never let them down again, before ending the stream.
Ana and Jackie tell Lara that her subscriber and donation counts are off the charts, as well as her stream reaching one hundred thousand views, which amazed Lara. Positive comments have also been left in her stream, which assures all of them, especially Lara, that her reputation is saved. Lara then cheerfully hugs Darren, thanking him for finally leaving this dark chapter of her life behind for good. Darren then tells Lara that she did the same for him, and they kiss each other.
The group then formulates a plan to bring Karl down, which includes getting as much evidence as possible for their lawyer to go through. Lara then gets a call from an unknown number, whom they first thought was Karl, but is actually Camille, Karl's ex. Camille tells them that word has spread everywhere online, with the hashtag #Justice4Lara trending, and Tyler Levans supporting Lara in his stream. Camille also reveals that she knows Karl is the one they're looking for, based on what she first found out when she was still with Karl. She agrees to be a witness to Lara's case, which Lara thanks her for, and she also tells her that other victims of Cypher have also messaged Lara in order to help get justice.
Darren, Ana, and Jackie then left Lara alone for her to read the messages sent by Cypher's other victims. In one of the messages, Lara recognizes Karl's dorm room in one of the pictures sent to her, making her assured to end Cypher's crimes once and for all. A few days later, Karl is visited by police in his dorm, and places him under arrest for claims of sexual harassment and extortion. News outlets have reported about this case, particularly about Karl's arrest.
=== Epilogue ===
This part is from pages 386 to 400. (↑ back to summary)
One Year Later — At the L.A. Comic Con, fans are eager to meet Lara, now a famous streamer with almost the same or possibly greater popularity than Tyler, who is also with Lara during the con. Lara wears a cosplay featuring a character from the game Counterwatch that she frequently plays. A news report was broadcasted on TV during the con, which features Karl Bevil convicted of his harassment and extortion cases against Lara and his other victims. Tyler invites Lara to celebrate her victory, but Lara already made plans to meet up with Darren for a private screening of his own documentary. Jackie fetches Lara to prepare for the premiere, and Lara leaves Tyler in the con.
Jackie is now Lara's personal hair and makeup stylist, and she lets Lara know that she's proud of her and Darren's achievements, which cheered up Lara. While Lara is dressing up, Jackie points out the changes Lara made in her body throughout the year, such as breast implants and hip injections. As Lara wears her dress, Darren arrives at their hotel room, wanting to meet Lara despite his premiere starting soon. Getting the hint, Jackie leaves Darren and Lara alone to enjoy their time together while she dresses up herself for the screening.
Despite being fully dressed already, Lara and Darren undress and have sex with each other. This also reveals that Lara decided to have her dick stay in her body, and also that Darren doesn't mind, since he is still shown to be very attracted to Lara today. After the deed is done, Jackie knocks on the door, and Lara and Darren quickly dress up before opening the door. Jackie then hurriedly fixes Lara's hair and makeup again, and the three of them leave the hotel to meet Ana, who now has her own ride.
At Ana's car, the four of them talked about what they have achieved in the past year, such as Ana's thriving family business and plans to attend courses at Cali-Tech Institute, Jackie being a professional beautician, and Darren's filmmaking career. Lara also talks about how her love for Darren brought happiness to both of them, and Darren also told them that his documentary is about Lara's journey to discover herself. At the theater, a large crowd is waiting for them, which shocked Lara as she thought this is a small private screening. Aleks meets with Darren and tells him that he was the one who invited the crowd due to Lara being the talk of the town. Before going inside the theater, the four of them entertained the paparazzi, with Lara kissing Darren in the final shot.
== Trivia ==
* This comic is tied with Different Perspectives in terms of number of pages, with both comics having 400 pages.
* This is also the first main comic that premiered in both SapphireFoxx and SapphireFoxx Beyond, as the Beyond site was first released during the run of the previous comic Cinder Isle.
* Lara Jensen's preferred game to stream, Counterwatch, is a parody of the real-life game Overwatch. The streaming platform Switch is also a parody of Twitch.