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Aberrant
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Ongoing, First published Jun 05, 2022
Mature
Given the chance to change everything, what would you do?

In a society defined by bespoke genetic tailoring, Dexter Reid is Aberrant:  a rare throwback to the base genome with no remarkable qualities to speak of.  Between casual dismissal and outright discrimination, Dex rarely has time to care about anything beyond making it to the end of the day unnoticed and unscathed.

In the world after that society falls, Dex rarely has time to think about anything other than how he's going to survive the next five minutes.  Nightmares lurk on every corner, and the long-reaching arm of the mysterious Apexi Industries stretches farther than anyone can run.

When Dexter wakes up as his eighteen year old self, five years after he was eighteen, with no recollection of how or why; nothing really makes sense to him anymore.  But still, how many people can say they get a chance to live through the apocalypse all over again, this time with forewarning?  

Dex has a choice:  use this opportunity to save the people he truly cares about, or gamble it all on stopping everything from going to hell before it even happens.
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❝how do you kill a monster without becoming one?❞ In the last city ruled by man, fish soar in the skies above and monsters lurk in the alleys below. Ten years ago, Jase lost both his legs and his mother to one such monster. However, tragedy couldn't bind Jase's soul forever and he once again found himself standing on legs of metal and magic with the white-hot flame of vengeance raging in the very depths of his heart and mind. With his dark desires leading him, Jase will kill the monster who stole these things from him, even if he has to rip her heart out with his bare hands. CONTENT WARNINGS (18+) Profanity, graphic violence and gore, implications of abuse, self-destructive actions, self-harm, suicidal ideation and attempt, minor character death, and morally-questionable people doing morally-questionable things. [[WORD COUNT: 110,000]]