"Money, alcohol, music, sex, girls, fashion, cards, casinos, games, sex shops, hotels, love, drugs ...Well maybe, betting on money, fame, desire... so are you in?."
"why me?" i asked.
"because you’re the only person i know who knows to do what you’re doing without getting my repudiation destroyed" he sighed and came closer "plus we both know that you want this."
“wait a minute is this guy planning on kissing me?"
"niki please, we all may be smart enough to do what we want to do, but with you, we can concur the world" rojinia begged “just say yes” “please"
i looked back at him with desire, ambition filled in my eyes "count me in"
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are you a nobody? And do you dream of becoming a somebody? this is a story of a group of friends billion-er and poor playing a game, young kids fooling around with the big boys, rich gangsters, how just a thought can take you to places, that sometimes humans underestimate the minds of young ones.
This is a story of how the world got fooled by our money, and how money got fooled by us
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[WARNING: this story may contain strong language and is not a all aged suitable]
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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