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Parts 9
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Reads 164
Votes 20
Parts 9
Time 1h 11m

comedy mystery romance sciencefiction thriller

It's fifty years in the future, the year 2064 and Constance Snow just turned fifteen.  It was the year 2016 when the word was ravaged with a deadly virus.  It started in China, until it had spread throughout the entire world.  The remaining survivors gathered and took refuge underwater, where they built an entire civilization.  They call themselves S.A.F.F.E-H.E.L.P and they call the plagued ones; The Reapers.  In order to fight and survive - they had to come up with The Trials.  There are five phases to the trials, and if you fail any of them.. You're released to the outside world, with The Reapers.  Phase one of the trials; enter a virtual reality (that you're told is a game) where you're deepest fears come to life, and the only way out of the game?  You have to face them.. But worst of all you have to be killed by your biggest fears.

Will you face your inner demons, or will you stay trapped in their games forever?(CC) Attrib. NonComm. NoDerivs

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