Twisting Stagnation
EdgarMalboeuf
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  • Reads 5,221
  • Votes 327
  • Parts 30
  • Time 6h 1m
EdgarMalboeuf
Ongoing, First published Jan 11, 2014
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The Dreamer wanted revenge. His father didn't bow to the corruption until the corruption took his life. 
    
    The Planner wanted them gone. A rising star, a budding career, taken from him out of sheer greed and conniving.
    
    The Executor wanted attention. A life turned bad at the hands of cruel, ambitious men.
    
    Three rise from the pools of ash in the city of steam. Three rise to meet the challenge of removing corruption, spurred on by a mysterious, unknown benefactor whose hand sinks deep into Erbain's hierarchy. 
    
    They face a dilemma: how much is a utopian future worth if one must abandon all semblance of morality, and become the very thing they despise?
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The Piece System

40 parts Complete

There is no true winner. Only fear. Only cowardice. And only one way out. -------- Chess, the ancestor's game. Which of them thought it would be a good idea to model society off its pieces, Jake would never know. If he had a time machine, he'd use it to throw every chessboard into a fire. Because now the world was ruined and no matter how many rebellions he led, nothing worked. So he quit. But a determined young woman set on finding the mysterious killer within the Rebellion isn't about to let him. Do they hate each other? Yes. Will she give up on him? Not a chance. word count: 100K status: pre-written, edited, beta-read and completed update schedule: daily

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