The Ellyrium Scepter ✓

The Ellyrium Scepter - A Bloody Summer Contest Entry

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Jake Brown found a secret door in his bedroom that previously didn't exist.

No one else but him could see it and a countdown blazed brilliantly above it.

Curiosity got the best of him, and as soon as he opened the door, he found himself on Venus with no way back.

Welcome to the year 1500 in the town of Ellyrium where nothing is as it seems.

Worshippers of the Sun, the townspeople bow in submission.

As if it was a sign from their Lord, a staff lands on Gregory's hands, choosing him as their Scepter.

It shows a certain percentage above people's heads which they later discovered as the trust detector.

And so, the saga began.

To survive, there is only one rule: Don't trust anyone too much.

Trust is a currency that you must live by and only the affluent can afford to have loving relations.

Will Jake survive the town or ever find his way back home?

Read to find more!

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prompt:

@The_Reading_Room
"Until you are presented with a key that opens a sealed room. The moment you walk through the door, you realise that you are in a completely different time period, on a completely different planet, in a completely different reality. The door then closes and locks behind you."

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cover and story by @Saramitra_
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