Scrapmetal (on hold)
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After the apocalypse the human race thrives and instead adapts, this causes their DNA to contain Traces of metallic molecules. Forced to live In a new corrupted economy the world has come to live by, citizens are lost when two of the greatest monarchies are melted down to keep the capital, luxury, from losing its value. With a corrupted judgment of society all metals that dont pass the judgment of value are forced out of luxury into the wilderness...to die? A runaway from a royal past hides her true metal and creates a new city for all scrap pieces cast out of luxury but with rumors about and trusts being questioned is war really an answer? Well for the new unlikely duo,deadbolt and iridium that answer has never been more clear.
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