The Road Less Traveled
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- Parts 11
Ongoing17m
Last published Wed, Jul 12, 2017
"There never seems enough time to stop and smell the roses anymore, progress just keeps pushing"
-Red
What is bliss? True bliss I mean! Is it like a good dream you wish you could never wake from? Is it the silence of everything? Our main character, Jake (though most call him Barry), has always been in search of true bliss. He's in for a rude awakening when he gets drug into the complete opposite, Chaos.
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