"Not all you see is as it seems, but there is life hidden behind it. Tread carefully, arouse no suspicion, keep to the rules, and just maybe you will be here for an eternity." My name is Alex Markus. Welcome to the Markus Party. This fascinating quote excited anyone who ever ventured within the massive castle hidden in the woods. "Oh, to be captured by them. Possessed. Engaged. Entertained!" They thought. The Markus family was a marvel to the world. Kings, princes, moguls, the rich, and all sorts of people readily flocked within their mysterious home every year, once a year, for the Markus Party. And this exhilaration was not missing from the group of fifty interns hired by the family to do, as was written, a series of odd jobs. Why? Strange as it may seem, no one really knew. To think that a family too rich would need interns for a week to help prepare for the party was unprecedented to anyone who heard it. Still...they were considered the lucky fifty. Billboards of the group lined city squares just as they imagined Willy Wonka's tickets would have caused quite a buzz. They would prepare for and entertain in this annual illustrious event. And in their spare time romances, escapades, and mysteries would abound. Who wouldn't be willing? But nothing was truly as it seemed. ... Hello readers, I am still currently editing, and large sections will be changed over again. However, the story still remains so I hope you can solve the puzzles. Thank you once again and massively for reading! Cover art by (https://www.pinterest.com/pin/323907398217764777/). To be changed to an original if need be.
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