Playthings For The Gods
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Last published Wed, Mar 1, 2023
Gabrielle must survive her first time in the selection.
A battle to the death for Otherworldly beings. If you refuse to answer the call, you die.
No one knows why they're there or how they got there.
Just that they must fight to survive.
The winner is the person who is left standing in the end.
A person can survive without winning, but it's hard. That person will either be near death or so injured that they will die in the next round.
No one knows what happens to the winners. They disappear, never heard from again.
Gabrielle must dig deep into this game of life and death and win if she hopes to ever go home again or to find the answers she seeks.
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ONC 2023 Prompt #62 Hell is empty and all the devils are here
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