Esteria
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Last published Thu, Dec 3, 2020
Esteria is a dystopian, yet somehow fantasy, world where all that appears sane is truly not. With your thoughts distorted and shattered, the relentless hunt for the truth of how we are quite exactly being controlled pains the pyschers.
Every day during their recess, the prestigious group joins forces - imperatively punctual and determined to seek revenge.
They have unknown abilities. They are able to control their own thoughts, a somewhat taboo and unbelievable topic due to the mass conditioning enforced by the 'echo centre'.
No one knows the truth until it is uncovered, similarly to how an object can not exist without being observed. Unless, this ruling was abolished.
Follow the psychers throughout their perilous journey to self discovery and their fight to unveil the lurking secrets that mask the entirety of society.
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