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The Ground
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WpMetadataReadMatureComplete Mon, May 28, 20181h 27m
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Fantasy
The ground. The thing Jackson has dreamt about for many nights at a time, waiting for a chance to finally be allowed onto it. The ground. The thing that haunts Lucas every waking moment for his entire existence, dreading the day he'd have to step foot on it. The two are a part of an entire community, when criminals reach the age of 25, they go to a trial. They're either killed off or put in a waiting room to go to the ground as a crazy science experiment. The worst part? Only 35 have passed the test in the last 18 years... But cmon, what type of story would it be if they died? (ITS NOT FINISHED OR ANYTHING AND NEEDS A LOT OF WORK BUT YEAH! ALSO I KNOW OT REMINDS PEOPLE OF THE 100 ITS KINDA WHAT I WAS GOING FOR BUT WHATEVER I GOTTA CHANGE SOME CONTEXT OR HOW THEY GET THERE ON THE GROUND BUT JUST PLEASE DONT COMMENT ABOUT THAT, a lot of spelling mistakes aswell okay just please be kind) (I am however, open to criticism)
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