Ava Britney, a beautiful woman who grew up in the city of one of the states in the United States of America precisely in Los Angeles, CA. works as a bartender waitress at a nightclub not far from her home, she is a good girl even far from being naughty but has to work in a place of immorality like that in order to save up for her dreams of college.
One night, she gets an order from her workmate to deliver drinks to a room on the 3rd floor located in the club where she works, which is specifically for club customers. she also agreed to obey the order, because the customer of the room wanted a woman to deliver the drinks that had been ordered, because the female bartender at the club bar was only Ava, the other bartenders were mostly only men, including Ava's friend who ordered her.
Knock
knock
knock
Ava knocked on the door of room 11 on command, waiting for the voice inside to tell her to come in, because she couldn't just walk into a room without permission, she'd get fired.
"Come in!" A heavy, male voice rang out from inside, making Ava, who heard it, even more frightened.
Ava opened the door, which wasn't even locked. The door opened and she quickly closed it and turned to look around the room, Ava's eyes wide open....
What did Ava see in the room? The incident changed Ava's life 380 degrees. What happened to Ava's life after delivering the drinks to room 11? Did it change for the better, or for the worse...
Geoff and Naomi are dead, and they're depressed, but when Geoff's cat Bernie dies as well, they embark on a wild journey to find it in the underworld.
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When Geoff dies, alongside his girlfriend Naomi, they end up sharing an apartment in the Underworld as skeletons. But after a few years, Geoff starts suffering a mid-death crisis. What's the purpose of going through the motions as a skeleton if you can't really live? Then he gets word that his cat, Bernie, just died and he can collect him and bring him home! Geoff and Naomi hurry to get Bernie only to discover that, due to a clerical error, their cat has been lost. With the hunt for Bernie giving new purpose to Geoff's un-life, he and Naomi begin a quest to get back their cat. Battling skeleton pirates, climbing the sky ladder and facing off against the villain who took Bernie, Geoff is determined to find his purpose - or die a second time trying!
[[2018 Wattys Winner - The Originals]]
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