My name is Justin Carlton, and this is War 2-11. In the year 2016, war broke out amongst the world on February 11th, thus earning the name War 2-11. I am an Athro-Falar, or earth seacher. My job is to find all of the most high in their class and bring them together in order to discontinue the war started by Xanthoes, the king of all-but-three countries. Xanthoes will be explained at a different time, given the difficulty of the subject. The classes, however, are simple:
Scientist; every good group of world savers need a good old nerd.
A Fae; good with bending elements in order to achieve basically anything.
A Popular; not just any popular, mind you. Someone would we can rely on for the people to trust. Say, someone who the public knows, respects, and would pay attention to.
A Hacker; someone with the ability to hack into anything; an alarm, house, savings accounts, just someone to get us in.
And most importantly, a Athro-Falar. Someone to lead the band of heroes, someone to get the group to work together and use one another's skills. That person is me. I have the first of five necessities in order to even be qualified to attempt the act.
Join Justin in his journey to bring together the Dream Team; where he will have to battle through gaining and losing loved ones.
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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