(This is a first draft, so I'm open to constructive criticism! At the same time, though, go easy on me lol. TW list at the bottom)
Dani Behtan is missing.
Lucy Kova, Dani's fiancee, has gone crazy with worry. Raised enough hell to convince Regula, leader of the Arilo Assassins, to send out a team to find them.
Jexi Griff, Aniol Kaminski, Lucy Kova, Mayson Kaiwi, Noah Fusaro, and Mattea Sarai are dispatched from the Arilo Assassin's on a mission to locate Dani Behtan. Sparks and bullets will fly, relationships will start and end as their personalities clash together to form a team that's falling apart at the seams.
But it will all be worth it i̶f̶ when they save Dani. Right?
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(TW list: LGBT-phobia, drinking, death, gore, guns, murder, mention of murder, PTSD, mention of depression, panic attacks, possibly more but those are all I can think of at the moment! If any of these trigger you dont feel pressured to continue reading! Take care of yourself 💕)
| 𝟏𝟐𝐱 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 | An ex-gamer enters a virtual reality ruled by a rebel AI in order to rescue her younger sister and shut down the death game.
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Eight years ago, Mori Fukutomi held the rank of number two player in the tactical hero shooter game SniperX. But fate and her parents had other plans and Mori now works as an accountant with her dreams of being a pro gamer long since buried.
Games like SniperX are old relics in the face of virtual reality tech and their latest gem, Facing Fear--a simulation designed to analyze the psyche of its players and adapt itself accordingly, creating a safe terrain for players to take risks and discover themselves.
Until FEAR, the AI governing the virtual world of Valor, decides the thing humanity fears most is death.
Despite the rising death toll and Facing Fear closing its doors, when Mori discovers her sister Shiori is trapped in the game, she does the unthinkable. She goes in after her. But she'll soon discover they're not the only ones desperate to make it out alive and there are worse things in Valor than the monsters.
There's more to FEAR than fear itself.
✧ 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 ✧ 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 ✧ 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 ✧
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Completed: 4-23-2023
Word Count: 35,000 - 40,000