Chaos. It spread, far and wide, and now, it's everywhere. Tera Autumn Deisch, aka Tad, and her large family make up the US's current government, but in secret. The family has been rumored to almost always be broke. Considering that underneath the plain, old, poor family house is a state of the art living area, complete with a gym, pool, and science + weaponry lab, they are in no broke. Tera, a secret princess, one of Victorian U.S. otherwise known as the United States of Victoria. It's war in the Second Victorian Era, except with modern adjustments. Now let me explain something, this is not our world, The United States of Victoria is the country made by an alliance of Britannia, Canada, and Civil America
Geoff and Naomi are dead, and they're depressed, but when Geoff's cat Bernie dies as well, they embark on a wild journey to find it in the underworld.
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When Geoff dies, alongside his girlfriend Naomi, they end up sharing an apartment in the Underworld as skeletons. But after a few years, Geoff starts suffering a mid-death crisis. What's the purpose of going through the motions as a skeleton if you can't really live? Then he gets word that his cat, Bernie, just died and he can collect him and bring him home! Geoff and Naomi hurry to get Bernie only to discover that, due to a clerical error, their cat has been lost. With the hunt for Bernie giving new purpose to Geoff's un-life, he and Naomi begin a quest to get back their cat. Battling skeleton pirates, climbing the sky ladder and facing off against the villain who took Bernie, Geoff is determined to find his purpose - or die a second time trying!
[[2018 Wattys Winner - The Originals]]
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