Lost Paradise: The Initiation
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Life in my high rise apartment complex here in Brandon City can be rough sometimes. Terrible to be honest. The best I can say is to stay away from dark allys and Middleton Square. I'd recommend you'd also want to distance yourself from the gangs, their ruthless; all to guarantee you another day here in Brandon.
The city used to thrive in peace not long ago, the government has forced us all into poverty, whilst the police basically left us abandoned to fight on our own. Now people are starting to panic, our water supply was poisoned and a virus like plague has spread. The people i live around are starting to speculate that Romore is behind all this.
Ever since the city collapsed from our oil sands drying up, Romore has been thriving. That damn Resort even had their own docks built to negate their clients from seeing the state of the city. Those bastards. Now all that we can do now is survive each day. Rather it be from starvation or the virus, Brandon's future is possibly on the brink of ending.
I wish I could leave but my whole life is here. Despite losing my family I can't bring myself to leave. Brandon is all I have and even though it's a hell hole, I got nowhere else to go. Trapped here just like the other citizens.
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