LOKI MALIK SPIN OFF
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Let's get one thing straight: I am not the good guy. I've bought myself a ticket to hell a million times over, you are not supposed to root for me, or hope all my problems will solve themselves. You are supposed to terrifying me, hope you never run into me, hope you don't know anyone like me and pray your daughter doesn't date me.
Most importantly, you should feel no sympathy for me. But you do, don't you? The image of me clutching roses and stumbling upon my wife's deaf body coaxed some sorrow for me into your being, even though you know it shouldn't.
That's one of the many complexities of human psychology. Perspective. There is always a bad guy, but who it is... is what come into debate.
Is the serial killer the one to blame because he is bad, or is it his parents for neglecting him or abusing him and making him that way? Or, if people are truly born bad, is he really to blame for simply being a product of his biology?
It's a slippery slope when you start getting into details. Regardless of your viewpoint, humans have been known to be drawn to the people who truly are the worst of the worst, dare I say even care for them.
That's what I plan for you. I want to make you question your own innocence and sense of good and bad in the face of something objectively and utterly evil.
So I'll tell you my story, but I ask you to leave your fears at the door. They have no worth here, they will get you nowhere. Come with a blank slate. Forget what you've heard of me and learn what you think of me.
Welcome.
When Jane Madarang's neighbor Natalie kills herself and leaves behind cryptic instructions, it's up to Jane and her classmates to unearth deadly secrets.
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Natalie Driscoll is dead.
She threw herself out a window and left her neighbor Jane to unravel their town's darkest secrets. Following Natalie's instructions leads Jane to three other high school students who all have something to hide. The four of them must carry out Natalie's final errand while solving the mysteries written in her diary. But the secrets they unearth may be far more dangerous than what they ever imagined.
Content and/or trigger warning: This story contains scenes of suicide, violence and murder that may be triggering for some readers.
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