Spectral Hourglass
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Lyre Amano is new in town, an asocial teen with a bit of a ghost infatuation. It doesn't take long for him and his new neighbor Nate Arkwright to become friends, (albeit a rocky start). With the help of their mutual interest in photography, the two are able to grow and flourish. This budding friendship is quickly put to a halt, however- A school field trip leaving their club mates stranded in Llide Forest, a location notorious for paranormal encounters. The trip soon turns sour, the two teens finding more about themselves as well as each other. The clock ticks down as time passes... Can they escape the forest unharmed?
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