The Raise of Esu
EbonyTonguedDevil
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EbonyTonguedDevil
Ongoing, First published Jan 12, 2021
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The Gods have fallen.

In a desperate bid to save his family, Esu, the Yoruba trickster god of communication, crossroads and chaos, hides his family in a pocket dimension only accessible by him. 

Now he is gone, taken as a slave and imprisoned by his captors. 

In the human world, Adewale is about to start university. Ruthless, cunning and calculating, he is never to far from trouble. Life is good, until he is haunted by an old man asking for his name, and the dreams he receives warning him about the old man. Is Adewale losing is mind or is is there more to this than meets the eye?
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ENDEAVOUR. TWST

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M!OC X TWISTED WONDERLAND "all that we see or seem is but a dream" π—œπ—‘ π—ͺπ—›π—œπ—–π—› Yasuhiro handles his colleagues overblots while trying not to have one as well " yeah, I heard your song, but I wasn't impressed so, you got your feels hurt and now you're feeling depressed" ──────────────────── ;date started: 090923 ;date ended: 000000

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