I used to be a normal girl. An everyday, regular, ordinary, and normal tween who barely even left her house, struggled with school, loved being with her friends more than her parents, could barely even reach her toes without bending her knees, procrastinates on every single task until the very last second, hated and sucked at exercising, couldn't go a single day on a real diet, could fully relate about things on the internet about how ugly she is and about how terrible her life (and how life in particular,) is.
And now?
Well, let's just say that the roller coaster that I was on got a whole lot crazier.
And that my life just went from (normally) both great and terrible to (incredibly) both blissful and mortifying.
Confused? You should be.
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, gays, lesbians and bisexuals, without further adieu...
This is my story.
Or at least, half of it.
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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