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The Trench And The Tower
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Bandito_In_Red
Ongoing, First published Apr 14, 2020
Mature
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***HIATUS***
Carnation has lived in Dema her whole life. Despite that, it has never quite felt like home to her. She feels smothered, unable to breathe within the restrictive walls. Unlike the others, content to live in this Glorious City, she has always longed to see what is outside and to be free from Dema's confines. At the same time, she grapples with a terrifying power she never wanted and learns of a secret group on the outside she thought only existed in stories.
****TRIGGER WARNING: MENTIONS OF SUICIDE AND POSSIBLE SELF HARM, EMOTIONAL ABUSE****

Based on info from this site (http://dmaorg.info/found/15398642_14/clancy.html), interviews and the Jumpsuit, NATN and Levitate music videos and the interactive Bandito experience imaband.ito
I did not create Dema. it was created by Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun.

I have related to Tyler's worlds of Dema and Trench a lot. So many of us see our struggles within this vague, grey city. I saw myself in Dema so much I began to create a character of myself living there to help me process my mental stuff. This is her story. My hope is that maybe, just maybe, you will see yourself in Carnation and that this inspires you in some way.
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58 parts Complete Mature

"You know, to think about all I just said. I'll reiterate some stuff. In the beginning, I wanted help. But there was none. There were glares on me that made me feel disgusted. There was a sudden interest that wasn't there before. There was my- or should I say our rebirth. There is the epiphany. No one can get this thing to leave. Especially since it's a love-hate thing. I hate that it happened, but I love some of what it enables me to do. I really can't live without it. So save me your prayers." I put my bag by my bedside and grabbed my phone. "I'm going for a walk, you should too, love." y'all can skim over chapters 1 and 2 if you like. They're just intro-type chapters and foreshadowing the main reason she becomes the way she does. Chapter 3 recaps her previously bullied in chapt 2. you can skip that too. mentions cannibalism Supernatural, smut, demonic, possessed, Zendaya. That's allll you need to know. (Cause I'm gonna take a while to come up with a better description. It includes smut/s*x at indicated points in time, OFFICIALLY starting from chapter 28. It's short smut though. Still, y'all have been warned lol. Book 2 is Dark and light. Cover done by: Brittcaranza Contains killing/murder, demon possession, sexual, rape, assault, anorexia, abuse, minor neglect, self-harm, suicide attempts. death. Highest rank: in paranormal Dec 27, 2017 #211 DO NOT use my book, it's reserved since 2014. I mean idk which one of you may be brave enough to plagiarize but who knows 😂♥️

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